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Captured Hearts
The Terror Had Begun...
Daughter of nobility, Anne-Marie de Chalmes faced the guillotine as the frenzied mob cried vengeance in the madness that was Revolutionary France. Disguised as a peasant, she set sail for England only to find herself entangled with the audacious and irresistible spy, Max Dayton himself in a race with death.
Hunted like animals across the English countryside, they found no sanctuary--yet their uneasy alliance became a love strong enough to defy even the blackest treachery.
Daughter of nobility, Anne-Marie de Chalmes faced the guillotine as the frenzied mob cried vengeance in the madness that was Revolutionary France. Disguised as a peasant, she set sail for England only to find herself entangled with the audacious and irresistible spy, Max Dayton himself in a race with death.
Hunted like animals across the English countryside, they found no sanctuary--yet their uneasy alliance became a love strong enough to defy even the blackest treachery.
- GenresHarlequin Historical
304 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1989
About the author
Deborah Chester
51 books147 followersThe internationally published, award-winning author of 41 novels, Deborah Chester has written Regency romances, historical romances, young adult, science fiction, and fantasy. She is a tenured professor of professional writing in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches novel and short story writing.
She holds a B.A. with General Honors and an M.A. in Journalism; both degrees are from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied professional writing from author/teachers Jack M. Bickham, Robert L. Duncan, and Pulitzer-nominee Carolyn Hart. Chester has been writing professionally since 1978, and has used three pseudonyms – Jay D. Blakeney and Sean Dalton and C. Aubrey Hall for some of her science fiction and fantasy works.
In 2004, she was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame of America.
She holds a B.A. with General Honors and an M.A. in Journalism; both degrees are from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied professional writing from author/teachers Jack M. Bickham, Robert L. Duncan, and Pulitzer-nominee Carolyn Hart. Chester has been writing professionally since 1978, and has used three pseudonyms – Jay D. Blakeney and Sean Dalton and C. Aubrey Hall for some of her science fiction and fantasy works.
In 2004, she was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame of America.
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July 20, 2020
Though an old-fashioned read, Chester's eye for detail and period-appropriate dialogue carries this one through. The French Revolution is vividly brought to life and though Max and Anne-Marie aren't the most original hero and heroine I've ever read, they are the closest I've seen anyone come to actually writing another story in the same vein as The Scarlet Pimpernel. Extra points are awarded to Rochard, the villain of the story, for not only upping the stakes in the novel, but also compelling the reader to really think about the heroes and villains of the revolution, and forcing Anne-Marie to grow as a person as she tries to reason with the man who was once her friend. Is it my favorite book? No. Is it a keeper? Definitely.
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