Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72190 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
The bastard son of a Norman nobleman, Robert Beaumont has blossomed into one of England's fiercest killers - and has found himself well paid for his talents. But now the time has come for him to set aside his sword. The king has agreed to reward him for his last service with an estate...on one condition: Robert must marry the sitting tenant - the infamous Lady "Deformed". For years, Imogen Colebrook has lived in the ramshackle Saxon keep, the virtual prisoner of her cruel, sadistic brother, the man responsible for her deformity - and for wedding her to a dangerous man. Yet, on Robert's arrival, Imogen nearly brings the hardened warrior to his knees. For she is a vision of unparalleled beauty - living in a world without sight. Drawn to her courageous spirit, Robert gently draws Imogen out of her tortured past. But with her brother always lurking in the shadows, Imogen's newfound sanctuary in Robert's arms is in danger of being destroyed - unless her salvaged heart can find a way out of the darkness...

Customer Reviews

another super debut talent
I really enjoy the Debut books for Kensington. New voices often deliver a story of passion, straight from the heart. It's too easy in this business to start trying to write to please the masses, instead of telling the magical tale within your heart. Authors often lose that daring. I have seen books, including my own, get comments of too much sex, not enough sex; people writing me how they love my books, a few don't. That only shows each book comes to the reader and affects them differently. Often, it's the readers fault as much as a book for not working for them. They bring prejudices, religious, educational exposure, dislike of names, and even hair-colouring, which can "set" them against a book and then they don't give it a fair hearing. Too many times, a reader wants the book to go as they think it should, instead of giving the storyteller the chance to tell it as the author created it. First books don't have writers fretting over these things. They just have an author with a love for their story giving you the sparkle, the freshness. Books after that see them starting to fret over who dislike what. First books are personal -just the writer and the story, so they thrill me for their purity. This is the true storytelling of Auld, the closest we get today to the bard by fireside, spinning tales to fascinate us. Midnight Eyes is one of those "shimmering tales" of a writer in love with her novel. If a writer doesn't love her book, then how can I, eh?

It's a delightful plot. Robert Beaumont is the typical Alpha knight, handsome and with things to prove in life. He is the [...] son of a highborn man, and he wins the lands that will make his goals real. Only, they come with the hand of "Lady Deformed". Too busy fighting to discover what is what, after years, Robert is shocked to learn the Lady Imogen is very beautiful. Her "deformity" - she is blind. She was not born this way. The evil of man - in particular one man ¯ robbed her of her vision. Her brother had tried to kill her, though she survived a fall, but it left her without sight. Their parents banished him for this wicked deed, but in true villain fashion, he means to return and finish the job, and has at times, come back and played "games" with the blind Imogen. Imogen fears she will do no better with her new lord husband. Though for the first time, she learns how tender a real man can be. What love is.

I applaud the author for having the less than perfect heroine. Many publishers won't take the chance, as if readers only want perfect heroes and heroines. I look forward to the next story from this author, and hope she hangs onto the magic of the "first book" instead of hearing the voices of "too many cooks".