Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Review: Stranger in My Arms by Lisa Kleypas

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Title: Stranger in My Arms
Author: Lisa Kleypas

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: May 29, 2007
Publisher: Avon
ISBN: 0061379077
ISBN-13: 9780061379079

“Lady Hawksworth, your husband is not dead.”

With those words, Lara’s life turned upside down. Hunter, Earl of Hawksworth, had been lost at sea. Or so she’d been told. Their unhappy marriage—with its cold caresses and passionless kisses—was over. But now a powerful, virile man stood before her, telling secrets only a husband could know, and vowing she would once again be his wife in every way. While Lara couldn’t deny that this man with the smoldering dark eyes resembled Hunter, he was attentive and loving in ways he never was before. Soon she desperately wanted to believe, with every beat of her heart, that this stranger was truly her husband. But had this rake reformed—or was Lara being seduced by a cunning stranger?

My rating:

Lara has finally started enjoying her widowhood (who wouldn’t, after the marriage she had), when news comes that her husband is still alive. But the man she takes under her roof is completely different from the man she married. Though he looks the same, his behavior, his obvious changes, make him appear a stranger…


This is one of my favorite LK stories out there. A nice dose of mystery interspersed with the (budding) romance, with danger looming on the horizon. A great story, nicely paced, with wonderful characters, good tension and great intrigue, offering a little twist on the “old married couple getting reacquainted after a long absence” theme.

Though it was rather predictable (no real mystery involving “the stranger”) it would still get a 5 star rating if it weren’t for the constant “bane of my reading existence”—the dreaded heroine. I just couldn’t stand Lara, though she did come around as the story progressed. I know she had her reasons for being so “uptight”, but her husband sure deserved better.

And I have to say I absolutely loved the epilogue. Brief, to the point and sweet.

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