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Captives of the Night (Berkley Sensation)
by: Loretta Chase

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425209653
ISBN: 0425209652
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: May 02, 2006
Publisher: Berkley
Sales Rank: 249136
Studio: Berkley

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Chase is on! Her out-of-print classic is now back in top form. The Comte d'Esmond is supposed to be investigating Leila Beaumont's corrupt and treacherous husband. But all he wants to do is surrender to her dangerously captivating eyes.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Witty, Intricate, Enticing.
This is the second book I have read from Loretta Chase, after reading Lord of the Scoundrels. Without fail Chase has done another wonderful job. I didn't find the romance lacking at all, and was blissfully happy with the mystery aspect of the book. I won't describe the book too much, because other reviewers have done a better job than I could myself.
Comparing the two books I've read, there are less cutesy scenes in Captives of the Night but I believe this pushes the book into its own light and gives it indiviuality within the "series". This is heaven-send to me, because many romance authors write repetitively within a series: different characters, change of scene, new villian, but the overall gist is the same. Chase as an author has shown me to expect more intellectually from books when I read, because she does it so damn well. Romance novels are for the emotional and entertaining uplift, but this book ... Read More

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- Please stop with the male model covers
I am ashamed to say that I could not read this book. I sat down several times and found it to be so over the top with flowery descriptions that I tossed it out; and since I am an incredibly frugal individual it hurt to do that. I usually bring my finished books to the library to donate and I was even embarassed for them to think I had read the book. What is with the double covers on these books anyway? Am I the only one who finds this humiliating? I don't think so since many of the books I buy second hand usually have that second picture of the guy with the long permed hair and big chest (usually both the hair and the chest are bigger than the red head - always a red head - woman wriggling out of her dress/sheets/whatever. Enough already.

Rating:

- Seductive Tale with Two Incredible Characters. This book is Hot! (A Grade)
Loretta Chase is an incredible writer and with Captives of the Night, she writes a near perfect book. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical romance with mystery, suspense and passion from a hero for a woman who becomes his soul, or so he believes- this book is for you.
Captives is the sequel to The Lion's Daughter where Comte d' Esmond (Ismal is his real name) was the villain of that story and now he is the hero and after ten years he is back with a vengeance but on the right side of the law. He is undercover trying to stop a man who was even more devious than he was. Francis Beaumont is the true villain of the piece but soon is murdered. He leaves behind a widow- Leila who is an artist and becomes the new obsession of Esmond.
Leila is an interesting woman and one that has been though so much heartache. Her husband treated her horribly, even though he saved her after the murder of her own father ... Read More

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- A well-written and layered book but with flaws
First comment about this book - the cover art seemed a bit odd. We have a man with a very modern haircut peeping through some bed hangings; he's got a definite five o'clock shadow but completely hairless arms and he looks like one of my friends who's a vicar in Swindon. He certainly doesn't look like an Albanian man masquerading as a French Count in 1829 - who is described as having blonde hair which is slightly overlong and amazingly blue eyes. Once again, the cover art of a Regency Mass-market Paperback lets us down - badly.

But on to the book, if you've managed to get past the awkward cover and actually purchased the thing. It's the story of the Comte D'Esmond, French nobleman, who appears to be trying to seduce Mrs Leila Beaumont, wife of Francis Beaumont. All of these characters appeared briefly in "Lord of Scoundrels" - Francis Beaumont being a very unpleasant man who spends his time in dissolute living; ... Read More

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