After the Kiss
After the Kiss

After the Kiss

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Elizabeth Sheringham defiantly refuses to abide by the rules of proper English society, until Beau Wharton, Duke of Blackthorn, scarred by war and called the Beast of Blackthorn, is moved by fate to win the stubborn beauty, demanding marriage in exchange for employing her as his nieces' governess. Original.
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Product NameAfter the Kiss
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TitleAfter the Kiss
ISBN044022201X
Author(s)Joan Johnston
Release Date1997-02-10
FormatPaperback
Num. of Items1
Weight0.5 lbs.
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2 Star Rating  "Who wrote the second part of the book?"2006-04-16
- Reviewed By lunnara
This book was sectioned off into two parts. When you first meet Marcus, the hero, he's sweet and charming. Eliza, the heroine, is smart and independent. This story had potential.

Enter the second part of the book..the Beast of Blackthorne. Marcus is a true beast in every way and Eliza is suddenly blindly dedicated to him, despite his ravings and rapings...

I truly enjoyed the first part of this book and am disappointed it turned out to be so bad.
 
1 Star Rating  "Poor; could have been so much better!"2004-10-17
- Reviewed By edieedie

As WMR-UK says in her review "waste of a great premise!" Besides the inaccuracies as stated in other reviews, there are unsolved mysteries here - the whole book seemed geared to fill us in so Johnston could lead to other books! No one even mentioned that "Beau" (Marcus) rapes Eliza twice - what kind of a hero is that? (Oh, I forgot we are calling that "forced seduction" now!) I was so thoroughly disappointed! It is rare that I am so repulsed by a book - but I was.
 
3 Star Rating  "Not all that bad if you forget the details"2002-03-03
- Reviewed By la-layl
The story, once you get over the errors and the inaccuracies, is not all that bad. I found the relationship between Julian and Eliza touching and their friendship very real and down to earth. The first part of the book is quite enchanting.

The relationship between Eliza and Marcus is odd to say the least. Why would a person who is so badly scarred emotionally and physically force a woman to marry him? Why resist her so much if he wants her that badly? Why does she agree to it all? What is the secret she is hiding?

There are many things wrong with this book, but it does compel you to finish it! Despite the inaccuracies that will frustrate and irritate you... You still find yourself turning page after page, so... there must be something in it to merit a good rating!!

 
2 Star Rating  "So-so; waste of a great premise!"2001-12-21
- Reviewed By wmr-uk
I was going to write a lengthy review explaining all the ways in which this book, in its plot and execution, fell short of my expectations and desires, but I see that the reader from Bethesda who wrote the review of 16 March has done all that, very well indeed. Great review, and very accurate in its detailing of this book's shortcomings!

There are other grating inaccuracies and impossibilities which also irritated me: for instance, Marcus travelling with his twin nieces without a maid or governess in sight?! No way. Absolutely would that not have happened. These are daughters of a duke. They would be protected and chaperoned at every turn. Marcus may have been a relative, but he was still a man; he would not have been alone with them.

And then later in the book, Marcus sends someone to ride from Kent to London, to see his solicitor and a vicar and arrange for a special licence and dispensation to be married after dark, then visit Eliza's friends and get them to Kent for the wedding. All in the same 24-hour period! No chance; that's a complete impossibility. Sure, a rider on a speedy horse could get to London within a day, but do all this and get back again??? And, if I'm not mistaken, a special licence could only be obtained *in person* from the man about to be married, and only from a bishop.

I do find it irritating when writers clearly haven't bothered to do the most basic research.

Johnston doesn't take care with her language, either: her characters are supposed to be English, and English aristocracy at that, and yet a lot of the time they talk like Americans. Simply omitting contractions doesn't cut it, Ms Johnston. For instance, no young lady of the aristocracy - or even any English person - would talk about 'fixing' hair. One 'arranges', or - for that period and class - 'dresses' hair. That's just one example of several irritating Americanisms which leapt out at me. And Ms Johnston or her editor really needed to pay a little more attention to grammar, especially punctuation.

Some of this wouldn't have mattered so much - as with the inaccuracies in Edith Layton's early books - if at any time the characters had engaged my emotions. They did not, in any way. I found them flat and one-dimensional. And when I think of what someone like Mary Balogh or Mary Jo Putney could have done with a premise like this, I feel bitterly disappointed. This premise, in the hands of a Balogh or a Kelly, would have been a tear-jerker. Johnston's book has simply left me bored.

 
5 Star Rating  "Second in the Captive Heart Series"2001-08-27
- Reviewed By wallacestacy
I Loved this book! It was better than the first one in the series. I just knew that Eliza would be able to help heal Marcus after he returned from the war. I felt so sorry for him because he had been so handsome, "The Beau," is what the ton called him. But after the scars healed he wasn't that bad. It was just too bad it took him a year and of course Miss Eliza to make him realize that and to embrace the world again. And of course his two nieces. I can't wait to read the next book about Marcus's brother who has come back from their Scotland holdings married but without his bride. This should prove to be interesting. This series is a must have. Highly reccommend!
 
3 Star Rating  "An entertaining read."2000-04-27
- Reviewed By car6146614
Marcus and Eliza set off sparks from day one, but I found the story more interesting when after they are caught in a compromising position and her cousin Julian is forced to marry her. He dies and Eliza is forced to support herself and her aunt by being a tutor for Marcus's twin nieces. Marcus has been taking solace in the form of brandy because his brother is dead, he's scarred and his damaged hand is constantly in pain. The story seemed to pick up once he and Eliza married, and I like the way the author managed to make Eliza compassionate towards Marcus despite what happened. She vows that each night she's going to work on his hand, get him to use it instead of turning to the bottle to dull the pain.
 
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