Ravishing Camille by Cerise DeLand
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She’d wanted him for years…and denied she cared.
As a step-brother, he’d loved her.
But she’s older now and even more delectable. Should he walk away? Can he?
Pierce Hanniford returns to England after tripling his fortune in China. He’s come for business. Not pleasure. And definitely not for love.
Camille Bereston decided years ago that Pierce was not for her. He’s her step-brother, famous, restless, a savvy Shanghai taipan and a menace…to her heart.
She has ambitions to marry. Funny that none of her candidates seems good enough.
Yet Camille excites him as no woman ever has and he must have her, no matter the cost.
But should she take an older, experienced rogue as her lover…and should she claim him forever as her only love?
- File Name:ravishing-camille-by-cerise-deland.epub
- Original Title:Ravishing Camille: Those Notorious Americans, Book 5, Steamy Family Saga of the Gilded Age
- Creator:DeLand, Cerise
- Language:en
- Identifier:4021414023
- Publisher:W. J. Power
- Date:2021-06-28
- File Size:576.147 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Ravishing Camille
- 4. Contents
- 5. Chapter 1
- 6. Chapter 2
- 7. Chapter 3
- 8. Chapter 4
- 9. Chapter 5
- 10. Chapter 6
- 11. Chapter 7
- 12. Chapter 8
- 13. Chapter 9
- 14. Chapter 10
- 15. Chapter 11
- 16. Chapter 12
- 17. Chapter 13
- 18. Chapter 14
- 19. Chapter 15
- 20. Chapter 16
- 21. Chapter 17
- 22. Chapter 18
- 23. Chapter 19
- 24. Chapter 20
- 25. Chapter 21
- 26. Epilogue
- 27. If You Were the Only Girl in the World, Book 6, Those Notorious Americans, Steamy Family Saga
- 28. Who is Cerise DeLand?
- 29. Also by Cerise DeLand
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Ravishing Camille, Book 5 of Those Notorious Americans series, was about Mr. Pierce Hanniford, eldest child of the American millionaire, Mr. Killian Hanniford, and Miss Camille Bereston, eldest child of Mrs. Olivia Hanniford and step-daughter to Mr. Killian Hanniford. Let me say first and foremost, this book began as a total bore. So much fluff about trade and other countries and other people and other things and...and...and...anything but the two main characters. Filler words are so difficult to countenance when reading a romance novel. It was all just too much distraction and not enough substance. While he thought about his "sudden" attraction to Camille, Pierce mixed that thought with how he had handled his business transactions. I mean...who does that? No one compares sexual awareness to business awareness...do they? Fluff. Side Note: The Eiffel Tower was started on 28 January 1887...NOT June of 1887 as the author had one of the characters state. Another issue...Marianne was NOT the aunt of Pierce. She was his cousin. Being step-siblings made it difficult for Pierce and Camille to show their true feelings for one another. Some of Society would frown on the relationship while they also feared that their family would as well. The relationship seemed a bit rushed, though. After all the fluff was removed, it just kind of fell flat at how fast it went. The angst and drama were a bit too much and out of place. It just didn't fit the story. The humor was okay, but the passion level was very low. There weren't a lot of other emotions involved in this book, though. It just was mediocre. The characters were a bit on the milksop side. Pierce, who had obsessed with another woman for most of the series, suddenly found himself infatuated with Camille, while she had been in love with him from the moment she first met him. He tended to be more interested in making money than having a relationship. Camille, on the other hand, was determined to either force him to admit his feelings for her or to leave him behind and marry another in order to forget him. Neither character made for a good Hero or Heroine. This just wasn't a good story to end the series with. I know there is a sixth book coming out, but it starts with a whole new generation and won't really fit into this series. It should, in fact, start a spin-off if the author wants to do a series about the children of the Notorious Americans...however, many of the children/grandchildren aren't Americans so much as they are of mixed nationalities. This book did not merit a high rating.