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After Innocence (Delanzas, Bk 2)
After Innocence - Delanzas, Bk 2
Author: Brenda Joyce
Estranged from society, wealthy and beautiful artist Sofie O'Neil finds solace in her private world, She longs just once to taste a forbidden love -- to follow the dangerous diamond smuggler Edward Delanza to paradise. But Edward wants far more from the innocent young heiress than a brief and passing encounter. For he is determined to heal her a...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380775729
ISBN-10: 0380775727
Publication Date: 10/1/1994
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 62 ratings
Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed After Innocence (Delanzas, Bk 2) on + 244 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is my favorite romance book of ALL TIME.

The blossoming of a shy, introverted artist and the man who captures her heart are the engaging protagonists in Joyce's seventh historical romance after Promise of the Rose. Lame from a childhood injury-which seems to disappear midway through the book-Sofie O'Neil is certain she is destined to live out her life as an eccentric spinster devoted to her canvases. Edward Delanza, a self-serving rake with a reputation to match, takes Sofie's dilemma to heart and decides to boost her ego. It is time, he figures, "to do something noble and worthy for a change." Edward's scheme backfires as Sofie ends up head-over-heels in love with him and pregnant besides. Her solitude turns chaotic as her mother badgers her to give the child up for adoption while Edward, riddled with guilt, insists on a marriage of convenience. To Sofie, social ostracism as an unwed mother is preferable to a marriage of unrequited love. The ensuing events send her fleeing to Paris, where she becomes an extraordinary woman in her own right. The author tells the story in several voices, which are often difficult to distinguish one from the other. But her characters are fresh and wickedly sympathetic-especially Sofie's mother, Suzanne, who keeps the reader on an emotional seesaw. Joyce's highly visual prose breathes life into the art world of bohemian Paris and turn-of-the-century New York.
reviewed After Innocence (Delanzas, Bk 2) on + 27 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
One of my favorites. Very romantic.
dterlec avatar reviewed After Innocence (Delanzas, Bk 2) on + 238 more book reviews
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What an absolutely fabulous love story. This book draws you in and doesn't let go. Definitely one to be read again.
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