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Dance With Deception |
Author: Tracy Goodwin
Published: 2007-11-02 |
List price: $15.95
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 A solid read.
I think Dance with Deception is my first straight historical romance, if so it's an enjoyable introduction to the Victorian era. (And a fun change from my more commonly read Victorian tales, most notably those of the Lovecraft mythos.)
Gwendolyn MacAlistair's father is supposedly dying and she is being forced into an arranged marriage with his close friend and near constant companion, Kier. But since their re-introduction as adults Gwen can't rid herself of thoughts of Sebastian, a duke now, but like an older brother to her in childhood. But both Gwen and Sebastian find themselves unprepared for the manipulations of her father and Kier, and for the deep family secrets that are about to be revealed.
Dance with Deception has all the classic ingredients of successful romance. Sebastian is haunted by a loveless past. Gwen is a feisty woman in a time that doesn't appreciate her, being manipulated into a proper, dutiful marriage with a man who seems to have no redeeming qualities. The attraction between the two is sizzling and the drama is spot on and satisfying.
Being new to historical romance I can't say how it rates in period accuracy, but the details of the setting neither disrupt nor overwhelm the love story. Even though it's over four hundred pages I read this one pretty quickly and found it hard to put down. The best thing I can say about it is that it's quite the sensory novel, woven with tastes, smells and sounds that other authors sometimes forget. All in all Dance with Deception is a solid, if not enjoyable debut.
 Delightful Read
Dance With Deception is a great book filled with captivating plots, great characters and fabulous dialogue. Ms Goodwin has done a wonderful job with this book.
 Jeanne Lee
Dance with Deception was a delight to read. The dialogue was fun and clever. Light read for any day, rainy or sunny.
Fantastic first novel!
I found Tracy's book to be well written with a great plot. The story of Gwen and Sebastian was wonderfully told--the way she fleshed out the characters pulled my right into their story. I cannot WAIT for her next novels to be published so I can see where she goes with the secondary characters from this first book.
Delight to read
I really enjoyed this novel. I read it in two evenings (staying up well past bedtime) because I couldn't wait to find out what happens with Gwen and Sebastian. Tracy Goodwin's writing is easy to read without being "simple" and the pace of the book was such that I didn't want to put it down. I'd recommend it.
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