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Silent Melody
Silent Melody
Author: Mary Balogh
Lady Emily Marlowe was beautiful, wild and unspoiled. She could not hear or speak, though she listened with her eyes and answered with her smile. She was betrothed to a man who would have her as a pretty possession, a captive listener. But there was only one man for her -- the dark and reckless Lord Ashley Kendrick, the childhood amour who inspi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780425158623
ISBN-10: 0425158624
Publication Date: 8/1/1997
Pages: 368
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3.8 stars, based on 71 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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The story of Lady Emily, a deaf-mute loved and protected by her family and her childhood soul mate, Ashley. He is tortured by guilt and a nasty suspicion and returns to England after a 7 year hiatus.. She is a breath away from being betrothed and then all kinds of emotions come up. Altho I love Balogh, this one took a long time to get to the point.
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Great story that I've re-read a few times. The heroine cannot hear or speak.

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Very disappointed in this. It has all of Mary Balogh's worst traits as an author. The heroine is very passive; the hero is emotionally confused and a real "taker" rather than a giver. For example, he

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takes the heroine's virginity and belatedly offers to marry her, but, she wants a kind of independence, and also isn't sure he could ever *love* her... the lame-est sort of delay between a hero/heroine's eventual HEA that an author can put in a romance.

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There's a creepy subtext later on in the story, where a criminally sick man preys on the hero and heroine (especially the heroine). Bleh. I don't understand the raves for this story. I found it a little disturbing, and a lot just plain boring.
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"For readers who really want both history and romance in their historical romances."


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