The Governess Affair

The Governess Affair

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2012-04-12
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She will not give up.

Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Unable to find new work, she's demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. But it's not the duke she fears. It's his merciless man of business--the man known as the Wolf of Clermont. The formidable former pugilist has a black reputation for handling all the duke's dirty business, and when the duke turns her case over to him, she doesn't stand a chance. But she can't stop trying--not with her entire future at stake.

He cannot give in.

Hugo Marshall is a man of ruthless ambition--a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner's son to the right hand man of a duke. When his employer orders him to get rid of the pestering governess by fair means or foul, it's just another day at the office. Unfortunately, fair means don't work on Serena, and as he comes to know her, he discovers that he can't bear to use foul ones. But everything he has worked for depends upon seeing her gone. He'll have to choose between the life that he needs, and the woman he is coming to love...

Print Length: 201 pages
Publisher: Courtney Milan (April 21, 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

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閱讀首次涉獵的作者作品,總是又期待又怕受傷害,而這本短篇外曼讓我讀了欲霸不能耶!
我原本對情節設定有先入為主的抗拒,但看到站上童鞋bookworm對Courtney Milan極力推崇下,冒險一試,結果一試應該會成主顧了。

原本主觀認為會很悲慘晦暗的故事,結果看到是權利意識覺醒後的女主角,以自己無聲的力量爭取權利,也獲得了意外的幸福。男主角雖然名聲令人畏懼,擅長為達目的而直擊對手要害,但對女性的態度很君子。

男女主角的個性塑造,我都很喜歡!結局沒有太矯情或不實際,又還是很浪漫。非常令我滿足的故事。滿分5葉!

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老實說,原本沒有期待這本會這麼好看。原本也沒有期待會感動到掉眼淚。

這個作者說故事的方式很不一樣,她從描述角色彼此的互動中帶出每個人的性格、背景、現況。所以感覺她沒有在說故事,她直接把你拉進這個故事裡面。

這個故事有幾個不落俗套的優點:

1. 兩位主角都不是社會中的權貴。但是他們都是外表平凡,但是卻背負著自己生命故事在為自己開創一條路。

2. 兩主角相遇的緣由非常特殊,連結婚的理由也是。能想到這麼棒的劇情發展,真的給作者10個讚。

3. 唯一的一場sex,卻讓人窩心到不行。髮夾的梗太貼心,這男主角根本不是wolf。

除了這些不落俗套的設定,兩個主角的每一次對話我都好喜歡。

"make up your mind." She snapped. "Either threaten me with bodily harm or be kind to me. Dont do both, it's bewildering. "

因為男主角一定要扮演壞人驅逐她,但是又一直忍不住對她升起保護跟關心的念頭與舉動。啊~他已經陷進去啦!so beautiful, isn't it?

短篇小說就是考驗小說家功力的試金石。這篇是brothers sinister的開場故事,雖然很短,但感覺它本身的力量跟它未來伸展到每一本的力量都很有滲透性。

非常好看的一篇。極力推薦!

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feed me books, that's all i need. 

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以下有雷,請慎入。

 

我覺得這是本很有趣的書。

 

首先,男女主角的塑造極有趣味。男主角給女主角的第一印象是中庸。

 

Everything about him was middling. He wasn’t particular tall, nor was he short. He was neither skinny nor fat. The most that she could imagine anyone saying about him was that he was virulently moderate. He looked safe. 

 

可是事實上,他是為達目的可以不擇手段的人。

 

女主角則是被強暴後,發誓此後要讓自己在生命中採取主動。

 

“I am done with things happening to me. From here on out, I am going to happen to things.”

 

其實男主角也曾被錯待,他的爸爸有強烈家庭暴力行為,小說裏暗示他的媽媽及兄弟姐妹有些就是受虐而死。

 

小說振奮人心之處,在於兩個人都嘗試用自己的力量,掌握自己的命運,為自己尋求應得的地位或權利,男主角要成為全英格蘭最富有的礦工之子,以慰他母親在天之靈,女主角則是要為因強暴而受孕的小孩,爭取唸名校、受優良教育的權利。因我偏好收藏溫暖甜美的小說,以此情節安排而言,會是我想要收藏重讀的作品。

 

如果我之後有空,很想再寫男女主角互動篇,好有趣呀。
 

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        這是Brothers Sinister系列的暖身之作,我惟一的抱怨就是:太短了!
        男主角Hugo曾經是個拳擊手,後來成為幫Clermont公爵收拾爛攤子的“辦事員”,綽號the wolf of Clermont, 女主角Serena被Clermont公爵強奸後懷孕,失去工作的她無以為生,找到公爵要求補償。公爵家的財務大權都掌握在夫人及其娘家,怕事的公爵要求Hugo“搞定”這件事。故事就此展開。
        難得看到男主角不是高大英俊的公爵侯爵,女主角也不是貴族小姐,Courtney Milan 你好嘢!
        書末的Aftermaths & Beginnings真會吊人胃口,未來將登場的幾個男主角,在伊頓中學先打了一架。不打不相識,期待好戲上場。

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