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My Sweet Folly

by Laura Kinsale



      Folie Hamilton married because it was expected of her, but she finds her true love in written prose. A chance, and then coveted correspondence with her husband's cousin in India makes her heart sing with joy. Robert, her dear Robert, turns life into a beautiful place and his tales of a far-off land excite her imagination.

Lieutenant Robert Cambourne writes his cousin to ask a small favor; in return, he receives the friendship of a woman who relieves his soul of dark burdens. Folie, or as he calls her, his "sweet Folly," is all that a lady should be -witty, enchanting and fascinating. He lives for each of her letters and wonders what he would do without her friendship.

When Folie's husband dies, she writes Robert, only to discover the love she holds for him can never be returned; he's married. Time goes by and she tries to put him out of her heart and mind, but when he becomes Lord Cambourne and the guardian to her stepdaughter, he summons them to his English estate. The Robert she loved is no more; a stranger stands in his place -one without humor, compassion or love.

Robert hates what he's become -a mindless freak who quakes at the thought of going outside. He is haunted by his now-deceased wife and believes someone is trying to do him harm. His unwanted fears could lose him the woman he loves.

Ms. Kinsale uses letters to begin and move her story along. She takes an era in history fraught with turmoil and debauchery and pits it against hope and love. This is a book that will keep readers on the edge of their seats to find out whodunit and why.

The Book

Berkley Sensation
April 2006
Paperback
0-425-20979-2
Historical Romance
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Excerpt
NOTE: Explicit Sexual Content

The Reviewer

Faith V. Smith
Reviewed 2006
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