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Nunca Pactes Con El Diablo (2011)

by Sabrina Jeffries(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8492617764 (ISBN13: 9788492617760)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Terciopelo

series

School For Heiresses

review 1: Very good book. While I understood Lucy's hesitation, at the same time I just wanted to shake her into realizing what was happening. Even after realizing she was in love and learning she could trust Deigo, she pushed him away because he didn't tell her about her grandfather right away. While it was a stressful situation she should have known she could trust him that he wasn't wanting her just as an obligation but because he loved her!
review 2: The unhappy truth is that Georgette Heyer has completely ruined my ability to read other regencies. In the past, I would have read this book and I wouldn't have thought it was good, exactly, but I would have thought it was fun and finished it. And now I just can't. My little finger has more historical accuracy that DB... morewtD -- although I would like to point out that it does feature a headless heroine on the cover, so at the very least I can add it to my collection.In short: a girl is orphaned in Spain during the Pennisular campaign, adopted by the colonel of the regiment, brought back to England where, inevitably, she chafes against Rigid English Propriety because her Hot Spanish Blood is urging her to Run Free. She grows up, is working as the watercolor instructor at a girls school as a favor to a friend, when the famous magician Diego rents the neighboring estate. He has a mustache which is the first point against him. The second point against him is that he is not really Diego the Magician but a Spanish nobleman who lost his estate during the war and is now doing a job for another Spanish nobleman who will reward him with money to pay off the mortgage when he is done. The job? To find the elderly nobleman's kidnapped granddaughter and bring her back to Spain! And how will he know said granddaughter? By the birthmark on her thigh, of course! That will prove she is the lost heir to the throne of Ruritania! Her elderly nurse smuggled her out of the castle and prevented her from being killed by the evil wizard and she has grown up in a simple peasant cottage dancing in the forest with the woodland creatures and singing sweet songs to them... sorry, wrong book. Although I'm not kidding about the birthmark part.But course, Lucy and Diego fall in love. I will not provide the details about how he confirms the existance of said birthmark -- use your imagination -- but, of course, she puts up a fuss because she is Spunky and Uncoventional and then there's also the afore mentioned Hot Spanish Blood. So he drugs her and abducts her and she swears she will never, ever, ever forgive him. But of course, she does and divers alarums and excursions occur and they have sex and their parents threaten to come between them and then they all conclude that Love is the Most Important Thing. And probably Diego will discover, as well, The Healing Power of Love which will cure whatever trauma he expenienced as An Innocent Young Boy during the war which led him to make A Sacred Vow To His Father to recover the estate. And they all live happily ever after.And I actually stopped ready after the never, ever, ever forgive him part, but if it doesn't end the way I predict then I'M the lost heir to the throne of Ruritania.And Georgette, writing 80 years ago, would have NEVER come up with a story that retrograde. There's nothing else for it -- I'm going to have to start reading contemporaries. Hello, my name is Heather and I'm addicted to Georgette Heyer. less

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cassy

This was a fun, entertaining read with enough twists and turns to keep the plot interesting. I liked Lucy and Diego, they made a wonderful couple. Their passion was hot, and their journey to falling in love filled with the ups and downs brought about by honour, duty, and the need to do what they misguidedly thought was the right thing. The final balcony scene was hilarious. I just loved it and then, Diego's impassioned declarations of love were lovely. It made me cry ever so briefly, it was so romantic.

shounig

Very good book. While I understood Lucy's hesitation, at the same time I just wanted to shake her into realizing what was happening. Even after realizing she was in love and learning she could trust Deigo, she pushed him away because he didn't tell her about her grandfather right away. While it was a stressful situation she should have known she could trust him that he wasn't wanting her just as an obligation but because he loved her!

nik

i havnt read a beek by her i didnt love!!!

Grant

i havnt read a beek by her i didnt love!!!

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