Amazon Book Description

The Duke of Jervaulx was brilliant and dangerous. Considered dissolute, reckless, and extravagant, he was transparently referred to as the 'D of J' in scandal sheets, where he and his various exploits featured with frequency. But sometimes the most womanising rake can be irresistible, and even his most casual attentions fascinated the sheltered Maddy Timms, quiet daughter of a simple mathematician.

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Product Description

The Duke of Jervaulx was brilliant and dangerous. Considered dissolute, reckless, and extravagant, he was transparently referred to as the 'D of J' in scandal sheets, where he and his various exploits featured with frequency. But sometimes the most womanising rake can be irresistible, and even his most casual attentions fascinated the sheltered Maddy Timms, quiet daughter of a simple mathematician.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #190623 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-27
• Released on: 1992-10-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 560 pages

Amazon.com
Would you like to convert someone who says romances aren't "real" novels? This book is the one that will do it! Flowers from the Storm is one of the best books in the genre. Christian Langland, Duke of Jerveaux is the ultimate hero. A brilliant mathematician and a complete rake, Christian is a man of contradictions. When a stroke leaves him permanently unable to speak, his family believes him to be mad and relegates him to a sanitarium. Fortunately, Maddy, a righteous Quaker and do- gooder, recognizes that Christian is not insane--he just can't talk! Maddy may not be the most likable heroine you'll encounter, but she has depth and character, and is probably one of the few people you could imagine who would have the patience and understanding to accept and live with Christian's intense anger and frustration. This is a book that defines the word "keeper."

About the Author

Laura Kinsale is a winner and multiple nominee for the Best Book of the Year award given by the Romance Writers of America. She became a romance writer after six years as a geologist -- a career which consisted of getting out of bed in the middle of the night and driving hundreds of miles alone across west Texas to sit at drilling rigs, wear a hard hat, and attempt to boss around oil-covered males considerably larger than herself. This, she decided, was pushing her luck. So she gave all that up to sit in a chair and stare into space for long periods of time, attempting to figure out What-Happens-Next. She and her husband David currently divide their time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Texas.

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Customer Reviews

Want to say Great but can't
I ordered this book because the reviews suggested that this was a great novel. It was in its own way but something was missing for me.

It is most certainly a dark and dramatic novel and is beautifully written.

characters with depth
I am new to this author. I've read Flowers from the Storm and The Star and the Shadow. I enjoyed both. I enjoyed Flowers from the Storm more. I understood the uniqueness of the writing, especially whenever Christian got mad at Maddy, he's make up some name for her that related to the current crisis. Thought that was very creative. Don't know if I'll read her other books. Some of the reviews seem to make them less worthy than these two.

CAUTION: drama ahead
I picked this up after reading as one of the top ten historical romances of all time. It is wonderful but it is frustrating because it is so dark and dramatic. The characters are well wrought but the asylum scenes are horrific and barbaric, as I'm sure Kinsale meant them to be. But the love story is wonderful, beautiful...just not my favorite by her: that would be "Uncertain Magic" (sigh). Happy Reading!