Vanity

By Jane Feather

Book Overview

Picking pockets as her only means of survival, Octavia Morgan realizes that she has made a terrible mistake when she targets Lord Nick, the most notorious highwayman in England, who vows to ensnare... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553572482
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 1.2" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Nice

All in all, this was quite a good book. Anyway, there were a few things I didn't like about it. First, I don't know why the prince had to appear in the book. It was totally unnecessary and made the book all the more unrealistic. Second, I hated hero's names (except for Lord Nick). Rupert and Cullum just aren't good names for heroes. Third, it is never explained why the hero is a highwayman. And the way Rupert was using Octavia (ah well, another horrible name), and the fact that he was sleeping with her while she was seducing his brother was just... well, not tasteful. I found it rather surprising that Octavia was so eager to jump between the sheets with Rupert. I doubt any well-bred lady of the era would do it. However, the part of the story where you could watch their feelings for each other grow was nice, and therefore four stars.

Vanity

This book was fun with lost of passion and emotional events. I would recommend it.Jane was great and different as usual. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Nasty.

A dark and sinister book filled with a threatening evil -- an evil kept below the surface. Jane Feather fills the novel with intrigue and devious schemes. The setting is the late Georgian era. A time when frenzied male hedonism rules -- live big, play big. A time ravaged with over indulgence, whether it is food, drink, gambling or a brazen sexual encounter with another man's wife. I am always uncomfortable with adulterous themes, and I'm grateful few authors travel this path. Nevertheless, I suppose, in this story, it is a necessary ingredient -- an ingredient that bonds the contract our two characters have agreed to fulfill. Jane Feather covers the era's historical view with careful planning. The author describes the prevailing fashions, the political views, and the distinct class divisions with superb detail.Yet, I felt a problem with the book's outline. The author insinuates a strong sexual desire between our lovers, but the reader senses it is only a clever facade. We never explore true sexual tension. The sultry cravings and lustful desires are missing. The initial seduction scene is very uncomfortable -- it is murky and bizarre -- the hero drugs the heroine and then introduces her into an eerie sexual world. Disappointingly, the reader will not find flirtatious frolic among these pages. Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.

Vanity was spell binding.Each page brings new excitement.

Vanity was one of Feather's best.Octavia is a loveable person that you can easily identify with. She is all passion-motivated by love and willing to do what ever she is asked by her master lover Rupert-Lord Nick or Cullum.His main goal in life is to get even with his evil brother Philip no matter what the cost even the Love of his life. The love that grows between Octavia nad Cullum is unavoidable. What will it cost them? Read this powerful romance to find out. Loved it!