Wonderful book...couldn't put it down!

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	• The Velvet Promise Jude Deveraux Pocket, 1991 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 73 reviews view larger image
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Wonderful book...couldn't put it down!

It has been a long time since I read a Deveraux novel, and almost 27 years for Promise. I loved her main characters of Gavin, Judith, Raine, Miles, and Stephen. Deveraux really brought the characters and the time period (1501) alive for me.

Alice was a nasty piece of work and I simply wanted to shake some sense into Gavin that he couldn't see how manipulating the woman was.

There was a secondary character that I took a strong liking to...Jocelin Laing, a traveling singer who, although lighthearted when we first meet him, is a troubled soul by the time he leaves the Chatworth manor. I rather liked his character and can only hope that in the other books he will make another appearence and I can find out what eventually happened to him.

The book made me laugh, rage and cry, especially toward the end but as I've said in another review, a novel that can get me emotionally involved is always a good one. One of my favorite scenes in the novel is at the beginning when Gavin gets his first look at his bride (he was engaged by proxy) as Judith arrives at the church. His reaction to seeing her riding toward him is priceless!

I naturally will read the other three books in the Velvet series. I loved the brothers and can't wait to find out what happens to them.

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Wonderful way to start out the series

So I'm a Jude Deveraux Montgomery FANATIC now, and this is definitely a FABULOUS way to start out the series (before you all go off saying actually The Black Lyon starts it I haven't read that one so for me this is the beginning of the series). Gavin and Judith are incredible together, it's nice to see a Tudor woman who stands up for herself and can hold her own. I felt so sorry for her with the trials she has to go through, especially the main one at court (I won't go into detail but let's just say a lot of ooooh poor Judith and almost tears came when I read what happened) and I loved how her fear of heights played into the end. I loved the scenes at court when Jude really got into the history. Alice was a GREAT villian, really evil and it was nice to see a woman able to come up with the schemes on her own rather than being manipulated by someone else, ie Counterfeit Lady or Lost Lady in the James River trilogy. My one complaint with this book is the fact that the first time they get together, it's rape. I felt that was REALLY uncalled for and I didn't think that was a good way to start their love out, even if the second time and from then on is very caring. Also I loved that the other brothers played into this story so that I was so excited to read their tales, especially Stephen when you hear about how Bronwyn holds a knife to his throat on their wedding knight (maybe Judith should have taken a lesson from Bronwyn :-) ). This book also explains WHY Stephen was so late to his and Bronwyn's wedding which plays a big part in Highland Velvet. Definitely read this book but be prepared because after this you'll feel like you have to read the whole Velvet series, if not get the MOntgomery and later Taggert novels that continue in centuries after this!!

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my velvet promise to u

A Little secret, I am a voracious reader and growing up I would read romance novels too, tee hee!! I have to say that Ms. Deveraux is one (actually the only) all time fave Historical Romantic novel authors. The "quadrilogy" - the velvet books are amazing...
Its the author as her best. And yes, I know a whole bunch of folks will say "whatever" but, this tale involving 4 brothers is amusing, entertaining, insightful and varied...
Enjoy

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All of England rejoiced on her wedding day. But Judith vowed that her husband would get only what he took from her!

At the flower-bedecked altar, the first touch of their hands ignited an all-consuming passion. Gavin Montgomery looked deep into her golden eyes and burned with desire for her...but his heart had been pledged to another.

Humiliated and alone in a strange castle, Judith resolved to hate this husband who took her body, but rejected her love...never admitting her fear of losing him.

But destiny held another fate for Judith...a fate that would keep at last...The Velvet Promise.

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