Beyond Innocence (A Beyond Novel)

by Emma Holly

Book Overview

A sinfully sensuous story of a family plagued by scandal--and a shy young woman who discovers a passion beyond her wildest dreams... When her beloved father passes away, Florence Fairleigh finds... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0515130990
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Muy bueno

Es un libro entretenido de principio a fin, muy buena autora. Lo recomiendo ampliamente. Ojalá y publicaran más libros de ella

Resplendently Erotic

I loved this book. Extremely erotic with several plot turns and situations that were unexpected. I couldn't put it down. I had to know what they were going to do next.Emma Holly captures the emotions complicated situations and gives a modern feel to a story from another century and a society that didn't value women much. Yet her female characters were strong and sometimes flawed as were her male characters. And lets not forget the erotic love scenes. Too Hot to mention on the net. You must read the book

DECEPTION FOR APPEARANCES

In BEYOND INNOCENCE, Emma Holly writes a beautiful story about family love between brothers, and the degree of deception and self-denial to which one of those brothers will go to protect the other.This book tells how young, naive Florence Fairleigh, fallen into poverty upon the death of her vicar father, is looking for a suitable husband for security sake. It seems almost miraculous that the "perfect" gentleman, Freddie Burbrooke, almost magically appears, and that in addition to being from a rich family, he also is handsome, charming and he likes Florence very much. Yet, as much as she returns his affection and enjoys his company, something is missing. That something is sensuality and passion.Florence is quite satisfied to forego the passion in a marriage with Freddie, but with his older brother, Edward, it's another story. Edward and Florence develop a love/hate relationship that each tries to deny, yet it's visible to everyone, even Freddie. Edward maintains an outward appearance of frigid control, but Florence is the only thing that can melt him.BEYOND INNOCENCE has extremely erotic scenes. It also deals with very real issues of homosexuality, love and denial. This is a wonderful book and a keeper.

A great debut in traditional romance

Her Black Lace books have won legions of fans and now author Emma Holly brings her own special brand of sensual adventures to traditional romance with her first novel, BEYOND INNOCENCE. The author easily surpasses other authors of erotic romance in this book filled with multi-layered characters, a plot with meat to it and steamy love scenes that are not just page fillers but actually advance the story. When Florence Fairleigh travels to London in 1873 to meet with her recently deceased father's solicitor, little did she know that the meeting would have far-reaching implications that would affect her life forever. Originally thinking to secure a position as perhaps a governess or teacher, Florence is, instead, thrust into London's social whirl in a plot to encourage a marriage for young Freddie Burbrooke, in the hope of settling him down and sparing him society's censure. In the process, Freddie's brother, Edward, earl of Greystowe realizes he has feelings for his brother's intended-feelings that deepen and finally are reciprocated. But can a true and lasting relationship be built on a foundation of lies? As much as I like the eroticism of this author's work, in this instance I especially enjoyed the warm relationship between the two brothers, the caring and concern Edward (the older) had for his younger, homosexual brother, Freddie. It softened Edward's dark, stern outward personality and made him more real. BEYOND INNOCENCE hooked me from the first page and never let me down. I found myself reading long after I would have put another book down for the night just to discover how the situation would resolve itself. Emma Holly's Black Lace books are all on my `keeper' shelf and now that she's taken her skill and talent into the traditional field, it looks as if I may have to add more space on the shelf.

A KEEPER

I found this book as I was browsing the ... book section. The cover of the book caught my attention because I love the Regency and Victorian periods. Since I had never read this author, I didn't know what to expect; but after reading the prologue, I took a chance and bought it. I LOVE THIS BOOK! The characterizations, the story line and the beautiful writing combined with the erotic love scenes make this book a keeper. I subscribe to Romantic Times magazine, and I looked back at the review of this book. The reviewer only gave this book 2 stars; she seemed to question Emma Holly's understanding of the time period and the morals of young ladies; and quoting, "...her attempt at writing an erotic romance falls a bit short." Well, that reviewer is wrong. I hope Ms. Holly keeps writing books set in the 1800's, and keeps writing great erotica.