MY THOUGHTS ON "THE SCENT OF JASMINE" BY JUDE DEVERAUX

"THE SCENT OF JASMINE"

BY JUDE DEVERAUX

Published:  december 28th 2010 by Pocket

Details:  Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Isbn:  0743479025 (Isbn 13:  9780743479028)

DESCRIPTION  (from Goodreads)

Would you risk your life—on the love of a lifetime?

Charleston, 1799: A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family. But Cay’s adventurous spirit, fostered by growing up with her three brothers, is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina. Bedridden with a broken leg, he asks Cay to fill in for him on an urgent task: on her way to a fancy dress ball, she must deliver a packed horse to an old friend’s son—who also happens to be an escaped convict charged with murdering his wife! Cay agrees to the plan, which doesn’t go at all as planned . . . whereupon she finds herself fleeing Alexander McDowell’s captors, riding blind into the night with the fugitive Scotsman. Though she should fear him, Cay finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to Alex, and drawn into his tale of misguided justice and his innocence as they seek refuge in the steamy Florida everglades. Will trusting him be the worst mistake of her life? Or will falling in love be the salvation both of them have been looking for?

A BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jude Deveraux is the author of thirty-seven New York Times bestsellers, including Scarlet Nights, Days of Gold, Lavender Morning, Return to Summerhouse, Secrets, Someone to Love, Wild Orchids, Holly, The Mulberry Tree, The Summerhouse, and Temptation. To date, there are more than 50 million copies of her books in print worldwide. She lives in North Carolina.

MY THOUGHTS

I was hooked on this book from the beginning chapter.  The storyline is great.  I found it to be very interesting and with plenty of details.  The characters are carageous and you fall in love with them as this story unfolds.  You have a chance to really get to know Cay and Alex and understand them and that is one of the things I like the most about a good book.   At times the story gets a bit wordy but that is probably just me wanting to get to the best parts faster.  I tend to want to hop right to the best parts because I get that I can't wait to see what happens and it tends to push me along to the point I can't put the book down.  There is plenty of mystery and romance in this book and is well worth the read. 

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