Incest and inbreeding
936565
It should have mentioned that the book is all about incest and inbreeding.
1105902
I selected this book due to my genealogy connecting me to this Stedman family.  The book enabled me to learn about the author personally plus gave more genealogy with his family noted, but also was quite enlightening about life during slavery times in the British-held possessions....It gave horrible ancedotes of the severity treatment and cruelty to others. Although this treatment cannot be denied, within those times true love was discovered between the races which was much more difficult to profess a love between a slave and British officer.  His love also was shown when he later returned to England but sent for his Surinam-born son against the feelings of his other children.  The book was quite good, giving intimate historical information as well as genealogical information.
1883395
Who these two meet they are not every friendly with each other and but was to marry each other. The king of Scotland order them to keep pace in the family. I give this story a five star rating because it was a very interesting story for this time .
215671
Sacha masquerades for her vain, selfish cousin Deirdre and visits her cousin's unofficial fianc, Talbot, the Duke of Silchester. The Duke has been injured in a hunting accident and besides suffering some metal shards in his body he has been left temporarily blind. Deirdre is interested only in parties, balls, clothing and such and is actually in love another man. It is too inconvenient for her to travel to Scotland where the Duke was visiting his grandmother. Since she cannot risk losing the very eligible Duke, Deirdre sends her poor vicar raised cousin in her place! They are very similar in looks and size and besides - it is only a week and the Duke is currently blind!

Sacha charms the Duke's grandmother and loves the Scottish moors and castle when she visits. She reads to Talbot and lifts his spirits. She makes him eat and drink healthful foods and describes the beautiful (borrowed) clothes she wears. The Duke is enchanted with her as he never had been the few times they met in London. One night they share a sweet passionate kiss. Talbot has one more operation to endure and then the hated bandages will come off his eyes. "Will I lose you if I am blind?" he asks and Sacha who loves him by now says "no, I will always stay and take care of you". The Duke then asks her to enter a "Marriage by Consent" or "Irregular Marriage" where they agree in front of a witness that they are married and it is so! (I believe I have read of this in medieval novels as "hand-fasting.")

Sacha does so; all the while believing she will give him up to her cousin! Before the operation, Talbot makes the marriage real by making love to her. (OK, in a Cartland book it is a rather long diatribe on divine light and love ....) Perhaps Talbot is not fooled as we thought? What will he do when Sacha leaves to meet Deirdre as previously planned? Sweet book with a rather unique and surprise ending --
2079171
This is a true story. She was bred of noble blood, but no one would ever know it. She was changed after seven years captive by an Indian chief. She could not go back into society in Scotland. Her and her half Indian son
3112410
I loved the story line of the story. It goes to show that if people from the most messed up families  can be loved if they allow it.
3911371
This book was so good!!! I can't wait to finish the series. Would not recommend it to my mom though. The language and the explicit description of the sex acts is a little much!!!
4178219
I love the family  in this book. I love ups and downs  on story.  You will laugh  a lot, cry. A love story  that includes  the family  and  other lovers from other books
3969577
Very good book with bunch of love scene. It's good to see stories of about brothers & sisters. Going to read the rest of the books.
3510642
Karen and Bye have known each other forever. A family feud that has been brewing for centuries makes getting involved a really bad idea. The pull is too strong to resist. But soon their secret affair isn't enough.

An interesting book full of secrets, pain, healing, love, and sizzling heat. Families torn apart and rebuilt hopefully stronger. Forbidden love that feels too right to be wrong.
4092804
Here's a tip - have a paper and pencil and now and then make a drawing of family trees! It's Norway in the middle-ages where I imagine the population might have been maybe a few hundred thousand perhaps? Well, lineage is very important and half the plots wouldn't be plots if no one cared about family names and lineages. In some instances I really had to turn back pages to see who exactly was whose kinsman's child out of wedlock through which servant!

(EDITED TO ADD - I just checked wikipedia and there is a family tree there. Both, the fictional characters and historical ones. Damn. Wish I had a print out of this while reading the book!)
2123184
I am so glad these books are still in print. This is great info about my ancestors. Thanks so much.
1458386
I've read a few books about Personalized Medicine including "The Language of Life" by Francis Collins. Misha Angrist provides a slightly different perspective on the topic as he describes his involvement in the Personal Genome Project. As medical providers slowly begin offering genotyping services, there are issues about genetic privacy and influence on family who don't want their information disclosed must be considered.
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I find the hierarchy of the English to be fascinating, especially in the Victorian age.  It was great that Alex and Greyland became very attracted to each other and in love.  I found the family jealousy over titles very life threatening, but also exciting when it all worked out well.  I look forward to reading more of your work.
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How is this menage going to pan out in the future.  I guess it doesn't matter right now because the "father/son" freak fest seems to be working out just fine.

I asked the author for more steam and she brought it.

Thanx!
65223
I liked the story of Luke hasting a man who was married to the love of is life, this sis actually book one of the series. He loses Clara and is devastated, he is now a widower with two small children and still in love with his dead wife.

Miss Martha suddenly losses her husband and knows that her parents will be pressuring her to marry as soon as her mourning period is over.  She agrees to visit her sister and while there agrees to become a teacher for the town and starts to fall for Luke.

Can the two widowers become a comfort to each other  or will their prevent them from healing.

The book is good but I have some issues with some behavior that did not match the historical period's moral code.

Read on and enjoy the story.
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I bought this book because our family is the "Dean" of Deanwood.  My great grandfather was Julian Willis Deane.  He was married twice with 12 or so children from his first wife--who apparently died in childbirth.  The authors chose to interview some of the offspring of the second marriage which produced only a few descendants and intimated they were the only ones. Sort of strange! Makes me wonder what else they got wrong...