A Kiss to Remember
by Teresa Medeiros
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Author: Teresa MedeirosEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-06-26
ISBN: 0553802097
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of A Kiss to Remember
Book Review: Could have been better
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought this book was an OK read. I had some real problems with it though. Like many of the other reviewers here I found myself not liking the heroine at all. Though the author spends a lot of time trying to make the reader understand the heroine's motives, and the fact that she felt guilt over her actions, it simply wasn't enough to make me come away liking her. The heroine went to far in not only manipulating a person who lost their memory into marrying her, but trying to shape their personality to the extent she did was unjustifiable.
Also, the two main characters did not spend enough time together, or have enough interaction to make me believe he fell in love with her enough to forgive all her many, many sins.
Finally, the brother and sister trying to kill him! Please, if I had been the hero I would have run away and never looked back. I am glad I read Lottie's story out of order first because I would have never given her a second chance.
This story had so much potential. Perhaps if they had took better care of the hero and made him care for them, find out their predicament and chose to help them, only later to find out he was the source of their problems to begin with. Now that would have been a really good read. I just didn't see any reason for the hero to fall in love with the heroine.
I understand the author had the heroine commit some of her sins to create some funny scenarios, but it still made the heroine lose some of her likeability. There were some funny scenes, and overall it made for a nice beach read, despite some of the flaws, so I gave it three stars. It just had so much potential to be better.
Summary of A Kiss to Remember
Award-winning author Teresa Medeiros has an extraordinary gift for weaving heart-stopping adventure into unforgettably sensual tales of romance. Her latest novel, a delightful retelling of the classic tale Sleeping Beauty, features a singular twist -- as a young woman convinces a stranger with amnesia that they are betrothed ... only to be shocked when his identity is finally revealed....At the tender age of seven, Sterling Harlow, the seventh duke of Devonbrooke, was virtually sold to his coldhearted uncle to pay off his own father's gambling debts. Sterling won his uncle's title in the bargain -- but lost the playful spirit of his youth.
Dubbed "the Devil of Devonbrooke," Sterling's exploits have earned him a reputation as a notorious rake. And when his mother dies, he is determined to take possession of the house -- even if he must remove his mother's ward, Laura Fairleigh, to do it. But while he is returning to Arden Manor, a riding accident knocks Sterling unconscious -- and when he awakens, his memory is gone.
Laura Fairleigh has turned down more marriage proposals than she can count -- for no man compares to the noble and handsome man of her dreams. But when her benefactor dies, Laura learns that the woman's prodigal son, the infamous duke of Devonbrooke, plans to return to Arden Manor.
Laura has never laid eyes on the duke, but his reputation precedes him -- and Laura is determined to keep him from casting her and her young siblings into the streets. Her only hope is a stipulation in the will that says if Laura marries by her twenty-first birthday -- a mere three weeks away -- the house will be hers.
Laura prays for a miracle -- prayers that seem answered when a morning walk yields a remarkable discovery: a mystery man with the face of an angel and the body of Adonis. Best of all, he seems to have no memory of who he is -- or more important, who he's not!
Desperate, Laura does the unthinkable. She lies. Not only does she tell the mystery man that he's her fiancé; she convinces him that he possesses all of the qualities of the man of her dreams! As she nurses her "betrothed" back to health, Laura thinks her problems are solved.
That is, until she realizes that her handsome stranger and the duke of Devonbrooke are one and the same -- and that the man she has convinced to act like a pussycat is really a dangerous panther.
As the wedding night approaches, there's only one way for Laura to atone for her deception -- she must win the heart of the Devil himself to save both their souls....
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