Heiress Louise Vandemeer is an exquisite beauty who is traveling to France to marry Prince Charles d'Harcourt. She has never met Charles, but has heard that he is disfigured. Thinking this might be her only chance for a fling before she is married, Louise decides to have some fun onboard the ship. Unknown to Louise, Charles is also traveling on the ship. He decides that he will seduce Louise under cover of darkness. He succeeds in his quest and Louise is totally smitten with him, believing that he is a rich sheik traveling on board the ship. When Charles and Louise finally meet in France, she does not recognize him. They are quickly married, but both feel guilty about what happened on the ship and the secrets they are keeping.
Good grief. How did this book get so many good reviews? They certainly saw something in this story that I missed. Both the hero and heroine were unlikeable. Louise is so beautiful she stops men in their tracks. But she wants to be appreciated for her mind. When she learns that her fiancé has a scar and a limp, she is not happy about it. A woman as beautiful as she should not be saddled with an ogre. I was sick of continually hearing how beautiful she was; and I never saw her use that brain of hers.
When the book opens, Charles is having an affair with a married woman who he claims to love. But since she won't divorce her husband, he is going to marry Louise. The reason for the marriage is to ensure that he can get a shipment of Ambergris, an aromatic ingredient used in perfumes. Charles works in the perfume industry and needs this shipment which is owned by Louise's family. Charles is understandably self-conscious about his facial scar and limp. But he is an arrogant womanizer who I found hard to take.
The plot to this story was just stupid. How could Louise spend five nights in the dark with Charles and not know him when she meets him? He even used the same name on board. Wouldn't she recognize his voice? I was going to DNF this book; but kept thinking it would get better. It didn't. My rating: 1 Star.
Good grief. How did this book get so many good reviews? They certainly saw something in this story that I missed. Both the hero and heroine were unlikeable. Louise is so beautiful she stops men in their tracks. But she wants to be appreciated for her mind. When she learns that her fiancé has a scar and a limp, she is not happy about it. A woman as beautiful as she should not be saddled with an ogre. I was sick of continually hearing how beautiful she was; and I never saw her use that brain of hers.
When the book opens, Charles is having an affair with a married woman who he claims to love. But since she won't divorce her husband, he is going to marry Louise. The reason for the marriage is to ensure that he can get a shipment of Ambergris, an aromatic ingredient used in perfumes. Charles works in the perfume industry and needs this shipment which is owned by Louise's family. Charles is understandably self-conscious about his facial scar and limp. But he is an arrogant womanizer who I found hard to take.
The plot to this story was just stupid. How could Louise spend five nights in the dark with Charles and not know him when she meets him? He even used the same name on board. Wouldn't she recognize his voice? I was going to DNF this book; but kept thinking it would get better. It didn't. My rating: 1 Star.
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