Catherine Archer
Author of Velvet Bond
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Catherine J. Archibald wrote as Catherine Archibald and Catherine Archer.
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- Archer, Catherine
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- Archibald, Catherine J.
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- Catherine J. Archibald was born on 17 August, and grew up in Oregon, USA. She has always loved books and reading. Even as little girl, she enjoyed making up further adventures about the characters in the books she read as well as writing stories about her own characters. But it wasn’t until she read Jane Eyre at around the age of 12 that she realized she wanted to write... romance novels. Completing a novel, however, turned out to be much more difficult than making up stories in her head!
In the years between deciding to become an author, marrying her Canadian husband, Steve, having three children, enrolling in nursing school twice, she began but never finished many novels. It wasn’t until her youngest child was two that she sat down and told herself that she would complete her book or go to her grave trying. That novel, written on an old typewriter that a friend gave her after finding out that she was working on a book, took two years to finish. Her husband, Steve, seeing how determined she was to become a published author, sold his 1965 Mustang to buy her first computer. He remained a constant and devoted supporter through the seven years of rejections. It was her third completed historical romance, Rose Among Thorns, that Catherine sold to Harlequin Historicals in 1992. It was the culmination of her all her dreams and hard work. She still approaches each book with the same excitement of that first one. Bringing the characters and their story to life are some of her greatest challenges and joys. Each time she helps the hero and heroine discover that being able to truly love and trust in another person only makes you stronger, she renews her own belief in the power of love. With the 2003 release of her thirteenth and last book for Harlequin, Dragon's Daughter, Catherine has lost none of her sense of awe at seeing the names of her characters in print.
After a rich and unforgettable stay of 15 years in Alberta, Catherine now lives with her husband of more than 25 years and her three children in Troutdale, Oregon, near her family again. She loves meeting and hearing from readers and may be reached at the following address: Catherine Archer, P.O. Box 1216, Fairview, OR 97024-1216. - Nationality
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- Oregon, USA
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- Alberta, Canada
Troutdale, Oregon, USA - Disambiguation notice
- Catherine J. Archibald wrote as Catherine Archibald and Catherine Archer.
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- Oregon, USA
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An intensely annoying book - not least because the romance was not, in and of itself, all that bad. There were the usual problems with medieval romances - she was both less and more free than she really would have been. The notion of a medieval noblewoman 'running away' from her father, and going to some relative who may have seen her once as a child...as far as I can tell, she didn't even know the woman's name...is totally ridiculous. On the other hand, she was allowed not to be running the show more castle - certainly, her father could have enforced her idleness, but it would have been highly worthy of comment, not a matter of an assumption that she was lazy.
However, the real problem with the book is - if you're going to write forsoothly, first figure out what the words mean! 'Lest' does not mean 'unless' - it's more like 'for fear that'. The sentence 'Don't do that, lest there is great need' makes exactly no sense - and it was used like that over and over. Grrr! Threw me out of the story every time. There were other words similarly misused, but the author did love 'lest'...A correct sentence would be 'Don't do that, lest there be bad consequences' - it's closer to 'or' than 'unless'. So I'd be reading along and enjoying the story - and a nonsensical sentence would pop up and I'd have to stop and construe it.
The romance itself, as I said, isn't bad. Abused woman learning to trust, which is one of my favorite tropes, mixed with persistent misunderstandings, which is one of my least favorite. The setting was interesting (though the characters weren't accurate to the time). It's good enough that I want the other two books in the series, if I can find them (or possibly three, depending on whether the blatant foreshadowing about Rosalind is a fourth book or a match with one of the three blood brothers). But I don't think I'll reread this one. I'll remember the story and not subject myself to the(se) grammatical errors any more. show less
However, the real problem with the book is - if you're going to write forsoothly, first figure out what the words mean! 'Lest' does not mean 'unless' - it's more like 'for fear that'. The sentence 'Don't do that, lest there is great need' makes exactly no sense - and it was used like that over and over. Grrr! Threw me out of the story every time. There were other words similarly misused, but the author did love 'lest'...A correct sentence would be 'Don't do that, lest there be bad consequences' - it's closer to 'or' than 'unless'. So I'd be reading along and enjoying the story - and a nonsensical sentence would pop up and I'd have to stop and construe it.
The romance itself, as I said, isn't bad. Abused woman learning to trust, which is one of my favorite tropes, mixed with persistent misunderstandings, which is one of my least favorite. The setting was interesting (though the characters weren't accurate to the time). It's good enough that I want the other two books in the series, if I can find them (or possibly three, depending on whether the blatant foreshadowing about Rosalind is a fourth book or a match with one of the three blood brothers). But I don't think I'll reread this one. I'll remember the story and not subject myself to the(se) grammatical errors any more. show less
The loss of their father left Raine and her brother William Blanchett without protection, Will was too young and in need of a guardian to help hold the lands and the keep till he came of age. Raine’s only solution was to find herself a husband that could act as that guardian. Finding a man that could meet her criteria was proving especially difficult, even their own cousin only pursued her with his eye on Williams wealth. Surely at court she could find someone. Several seemed interested in show more the job, but after researching them a bit they discovered that they too were only after the wealth. A landed, wealthy, stable, loyal and conscientious man was all the attributes that Benedict Ainsworth was said to possess and after hearing the reason for his request for a private audience with the king, Raine knew that this was her last and possibly only hope for a good man. He may never forgive the deception that she planned to use on him, but he seemed the type to do the right thing.
Book 2 ….. Not as much of the other brothers, we get a small peak at Kendran but for the most part this is all about Benedict and Raine in a fight with their own pride. I like the strong silent type, the reliable, the loyal, but this guy is that to the extreme. Raine has the same characteristics - talk about adding fuel to the fire. Oh how the mighty shall fall, and when these two admit to falling, it was nice. Totally predictable as it was, this story still was difficult to put down. I got so into the misunderstandings, the assumed preferences, the perceived wrongs, the unintentional slights that (as much as I hate to say it) I fell for this couple and rooted for them in the end. Next up is Summer’s Bride (I will wait for summer - I am reading by the season), it is suppose to be Marcel and Genevieve’s story. show less
Book 2 ….. Not as much of the other brothers, we get a small peak at Kendran but for the most part this is all about Benedict and Raine in a fight with their own pride. I like the strong silent type, the reliable, the loyal, but this guy is that to the extreme. Raine has the same characteristics - talk about adding fuel to the fire. Oh how the mighty shall fall, and when these two admit to falling, it was nice. Totally predictable as it was, this story still was difficult to put down. I got so into the misunderstandings, the assumed preferences, the perceived wrongs, the unintentional slights that (as much as I hate to say it) I fell for this couple and rooted for them in the end. Next up is Summer’s Bride (I will wait for summer - I am reading by the season), it is suppose to be Marcel and Genevieve’s story. show less
Um...yuck. It reads like a Regency romance poorly transported to a few centuries earlier. There are, I believe, a _lot_ of anachronisms - closed carriages, with arms on the side, on a rural road in the 1400s? Yeah...not. Maybe in London there were roads smooth enough for that. And the signal tower. His motivations are seriously twisted, hers are equally seriously confused. And the way he can't comprehend her loyalty to her family - OK, he knows how they treated her earlier and she doesn't, show more but still. He never tries to understand how she's feeling. And the convenient way their various engagements go away, and...like that. I usually like family sagas, but I'm not even interested enough to track down the others. Oh yeah, and this is the 'lest' lady - they use the wrong word less often than in Dragon's Dower, but often enough to annoy me. Really really not good. Oh, and there's a romance in there too - pffff. Mutual lust and her distrust, over and over until she regains her memory and then it's happy ever after. No character development at all. Bah. show less
Being around the Ainsworth family for so long left Genevieve of Harwick knowing exactly what she wanted, to be a part of the family. Realizing that the one brother that she felt the closest to was finally coming home gave her hope. Returning home meant returning to the one person that he both wanted to see the most and wanted to avoid the most, Marcel Ainsworth knew that being the third son meant that he had nothing to offer but his name and that was not enough for him. Wanting to be wanted show more for more than just his name and his family, he had left two years earlier to find his own but never felt he had made it. Taking things into her own hands, Genevieve became a stow-a-way as Marcel left Brackenmoore on a journey to help his Aunt.
Book 3 ….. The Ainsworth boys are such a treat to read. For a historical romance they all show how strong and honorable they are, but they (at least with Marcel) shows a great lack of understanding when it comes to women they are interested in. The misunderstandings are the major drama as far as the romance, but with the addition of Aunt Finella’s troubles and the sea voyage this book does pack quite a bit of action and adventure to add to the suspense, but it is in the end a very predictable story. I will continue with the next and final installment of the Season’s Brides were the youngest of the Ainsworth boys, Kendran will finally get his story in “Autumn’s Bride“. show less
Book 3 ….. The Ainsworth boys are such a treat to read. For a historical romance they all show how strong and honorable they are, but they (at least with Marcel) shows a great lack of understanding when it comes to women they are interested in. The misunderstandings are the major drama as far as the romance, but with the addition of Aunt Finella’s troubles and the sea voyage this book does pack quite a bit of action and adventure to add to the suspense, but it is in the end a very predictable story. I will continue with the next and final installment of the Season’s Brides were the youngest of the Ainsworth boys, Kendran will finally get his story in “Autumn’s Bride“. show less
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