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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780451221056 ISBN: 0451221052 Label: Signet Manufacturer: Signet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: May 01, 2007 Publisher: Signet Studio: Signet Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Never before published-from the New York Times bestselling author of Infamous The daughter of Jory de Warenne and lady-in-waiting to Queen Isabelle, the spirited Brianna de Beauchamp is betrothed to the distinguished Lincoln Robert de Warenne, but yearns for a deeper passion. When she meets the dark and dangerous Wolf Mortimer-a man who possesses the Celtic gift of second sight-she finds it impossible not to surrender to his fierce desire. And when Wolf's father-the queen's lover, Roger Mortimer-is imprisoned in the Tower of London, she finds herself swept on an adventure that not only puts her heart in peril, but jeopardizes the life of the man who could be her destiny... Average Rating:
 Rating:  - DisappointingAlthough I enjoy a good history lesson in historicals, there was simply too much history here, leaving the romance between Brianna and Wolf in the dust. And ack! the history part was as dry as if copied from a textbook. All was tell, rather than show. We are repeatedly told how Brianna feels instead of experiencing it in a vivid manner. The characters left me cold, I skimmed most of the history as it was presented in a boring manner, and then just quit without finishing. Read More Rating: - I just wasn't that into it....So, let me say first of course that I am a fan of Ms. Henley's; hopelessly devoted to every single book. I started reading her about 13 years ago as a high school senior and have continued on to now. But lately....her books....just....havent had the same....punch. This book which was a spin off of Infamous I believe, and the main character just isnt as interesting or entertaining as her mother Jory. I just..didnt cae about what happened to her, at all....seriously. The same of true of the sequel to ... Read More Rating: - Bad costume historical romance.Whoever wrote the back blurb for this novel should have written the book because they sucker me into reading this book. This was my first novel by this author and I can't foresee my buying any further works by Ms. Henley. The writing reminds me of the old 80s style of telling instead of showing. It also reads like a costume historical where the language and thoughts sound like modern American women. The author also seemed to forget exactly whose story this is supposed to be about. (Brianna-not Queen ... Read More Rating: - Pretty good bookThis was a pretty good book and it was enjoyable to read, but as another reader mentioned, the ideas and personalities of the characters were highly inaccurate for the time that it is supposed to be set it. One of the inaccuracies that I found particularly ridiculous was a part in the book where the son of an earl or lord or something (I read the book a while ago so I don't quite remember) got a maid pregnant, and his parents persuade him to "take responsibility for the poor girl" (not an actual quote but ... Read More Rating:  - UnpleasantNotorious, the sequel to Infamous, is set in the 1320s and purports to be the romance of Brianna de Beauchamp [ludicrous modern name, there] and Wolf Mortimer. Many of the characters in Notorious were real people in fourteenth-century England. I say 'purports' because Brianna and Wolf disappear from the narrative at regular intervals, while Henley focuses on the story of Edward II and his wife Isabella, and their lovers. Here, Notorious becomes deeply unpleasant, and readers of a sensitive disposition ... Read More 
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