sunnuntai 10. joulukuuta 2017

Julia Quinn: Everything and the moon

Julia Quinnin viihderomaanissa kaksi petetyksi tullutta rakastavaista kohtaavat toisensa vuosien päästä, ja tunteen paloa piisaa, tosin alussa enemmänkin kostonhimoa ja häpeäntunnetta: Everything and the moon (Piatkus, 2008; ISBN 978-0-7499-0895-9).



Päähenkilöt ovat kumpikin hiukan ressukoita, elämässään kärsineitä, mutta taitavan puoleisesti kirjailija saa hahmonsa jotakuinkin elämään, eikä hirveästi haittaa että tämä juoni on tullut kerrottua aiemmin satoja kertoja. Huumoriakin piisaa, ja sitten on myös kuu, jolla on oma erikoislaatuinen tehtävänsä tarinassa.



When Robert Kemble stumbles across Victoria Lyndon in a hedgerow maze, he can't believe his eyes. The girl who'd torn him in two, who let him plan an elopement and then left him standing by the side of the road, was suddenly within arm's reach, and even though his fury still knew no bounds, she was impossible to resist.

Victoria's father had told her an earl would never marry a vicar's daughter, and he was right. Robert had promised her marriage, then danced off to London while she suffered the shame of a foiled elopement. But even though Victoria doesn't particularly enjoy her new life as a governess, when Robert offers her a job of a different sort - his mistress - she refuses, unable to sacrifice her honour, even for him.

But Robert won't take no for an answer, and he vows to make her his, through any means possible. Can these star-crossed lovers learn to trust again? And is love really sweeter the second time round?



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