Lords of Danger: Bewitched

by Heather Cullman and Ana Huang

mass produced book about 6x4x1 inches and weights about 7 ounces, Multicolored book that looks just as the photo in the listing, This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451202295
• ISBN13: 9780451202291
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Totally Bewitching!!!!

Heather Cullman has become my all time favorite author. Her characters jump right off the page and into your heart. This book is no exception. Read it. You won't be sorry!!!

A great love story -- Highly recommended

Heather Cullman creates an imaginative, romantic tale that breaks the most common plot lines in BETWITCHED. Rather than relying on an action driven plot, a miscommunication, or lust, Cullman presents a heart touching tale of friendship that evolves into love, thereby deeply touching the reader's emotions.Michael Dane, Duke of Sherrington and once a favorite member of the ton, now lives sequestered in a gloomy and dismal former abbey surrounded by fierce gargoyles and ominous noises. Members of society believe he is mad because he suffered humiliating seizures in their highbrow presence. After several years of isolation, Michael's grandmother and her best friend determine to bring happiness into his life again. They threaten the loss of his dukedom and banishment to an institution if he refuses a marriage of convenience.Freshly arrived from Boston, Emily Merriman's father's dying wish was to see her married. A terrible curse has already resulted in the breaking of three engagements, leaving Emily determined to remain forever single. Despite Emily's vow to remain single, however, her grandmother complies with her deceased son's wish, and arranges the marriage to Michael. After meeting Michael and assuming that he's only marrying her for an heir, Emily reluctantly agrees because she wants children. Emily fears falling in love with her husband, however, for the curse promises to make her "a plague to any man she loves." She only believes Michael will be safe from the curse because their marriage is not meant to be a love match.Michael differs from any many Emily has ever known because he listens, really listens, to her. His refreshing, careful attention values her intellect rather than pretending to hang onto her worlds with banal pleasantries. Michael was once rather shallow, as he wanted nothing more than momentary pleasure and to keep up with the vapid ton. His rejection from society has allowed him introflection. Emily's presence inspires a desire different from that which he's known while a member of the ton. There he freely partook of the sexual favors of the flirtatious and daring. Emily touches not just his libido, but also his heart. She makes Michael want to share once again in the joy of living, in simple games and pleasures, in laughter and her vivaciousness. Indeed, just the sight of Emily stirs sensual feelings that Michael hasn't felt in several years. Sadly, his treatments have insured that he cannot perform any longer. And frustration that he can no longer perform occasionally leads to abominable behavior toward Emily. Consequently, their wedding day and subsequent time together lacks the promise and joy to which its entitled. Instead, their wedding day only seems to be the beginning of a lifetime of broken dreams and emptiness.Lovely, impertinent Emily has a marvelous hobby that mirrors her flights of imagination. She creates kites; elaborate affairs complete with drawings of angels and details of feathers. Flying kites gives her th

A bewitching romance

Though still a duke, Michael Vane went from one of the Ton's darlings to exile after an illness leaves him suffering from seizures that make him imperfect. To the aristocracy, Michael is tainted, unacceptable, and mad. Worried for her beloved grandson and knowing they need an heir, Adeline realizes that the American granddaughter of her friend Euphemia is the ideal solution to Michael's problems, especially since her deceased father sent her to England to find an aristocratic spouse.Surprisingly, Emily Merriman agrees to marry Michael out of filial loyalty to her dying father since she has given up on love due to the family curse. Michael refuses until his grandmother points out that Emily is his proof of sanity that will stop a devious plot by an odious relative. Neither Emily nor Michael expected love to bind them FOR ALL ETERNITY.Readers will be BEWITCHED by Heather Cullman's tender late Regency romance. The lead characters and the two Machiavellian dowagers make the plot work. The elderly duo are so good at machinations, they pull the heartstrings of the readers leading to the audience feeling waves of empathy towards their grandchildren. This entry in the "Lords of Danger" historical series provides a delightful time for sub-genre fans.Harriet Klausner