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Erotic Literature. Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. Valentina had been admired, married, widowed, yet had never known love . . . Not even at the illustrious court of Queen Elizabeth, where her innocent, violet-eyed beauty fired the hearts of England's most gallant gentry, especially the roguish Earl of Kempe and the irrepressible Lord Padraic Burke. But her innocence shattered when a deathbed confession revealed that her true father might not have been Lord Bliss, but the lustful Sultan show more Murad of Istanbul. Determined to find the truth, Valentina sets sail for the East, a voyage of unsurpassed danger . . . and sensual discovery. Contains mature themes. show lessTags
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It's a decent book... it tends to ramble about unnecessary details a great deal, sometimes losing where you are in the story. There's an awful lot of bizarre sex scenes as well, that I think it could probably do without. Overall, the main storyline was actually quite good... if you could get past the other various details.
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72+ Works 10,947 Members
Bertrice Small was born on December 9, 1937 in Manhattan, New York. Primarily known as a historical romance author, she also wrote erotica and fantasy romance. Her first novel, The Kadin, was published in 1978. She wrote more than 50 romance novels during her lifetime including The Love Slave; Love, Remember Me; Hellion; Darling Jasmine; Betrayed; show more Bedazzled; A Memory of Love; and Lucianna. She died on February 24, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Lost Love Found
- Original title
- Lost Love Found
- Original publication date
- 1989
- People/Characters
- Valentina St. Michael; Conn O'Malley; Aiden St. Michael; Padric Burke
- Important places
- Turkey; England, UK
- Dedication
- To Louisa Rudeen with love-
from the lady who know her when . . . - First words
- Valentina, Lady Barrows, knelt in the prayer beside her bridegroom's bier.
- Quotations
- (p. 54)
"To a lady residing at court:
Then this advice, fair creature, take from me.
Let none pluck fruit, unless he pluck the tree.
For if with one, with thousands thoul't turn whore.
Br... (show all)eak ice in one place and it cracks the more." - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then catching his wife's eye, Adam de Marisco began to chuckle once again.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- Czech, Dutch, English, Hungarian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 5
