Le Voyage de l'oubli
- 156pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Anne Hampson était une auteure prolifique dont les œuvres exploraient souvent les thèmes de l'amour et de la résilience. Malgré les circonstances difficiles de sa jeunesse, elle n'a jamais oublié ses ambitions d'enseigner et d'écrire. Plus tard dans sa vie, après avoir surmonté d'importantes épreuves, elle a réalisé ses deux rêves. Son œuvre considérable, comprenant plus de 125 romans publiés par diverses maisons d'édition, a connu une immense popularité. Elle était connue pour sa capacité à créer des récits romantiques captivants qui résonnaient auprès des lecteurs du monde entier, lui valant la reconnaissance et le statut d'auteure la plus vendue du genre.






A la suite d'un extraordinaire imbroglio, et pour obéir à une étrange coutume familiale, Vidas Christou, le terrible, arrive tout spécialement de Grèce pour proposer à Kim de l'épouser. Propriétaire d'un palais et de centaines d'hectares d'agrumes et d'oliviers, Vidas dispose d'une immense fortune... Grâce à ce mariage, Kim pourrait sauver ses parents... Mais comment se résoudre à devenir l'esclave d'un homme qui déjà, ne cache pas son mépris? Il a été trompé, et à l'idée du sort qui l'attend quand à l'imposture éclatera au grand jour, Kim frémit... Malheureusement, ce n'est pas seulement de peur...
Librarian's Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0373705344."Wanted, good-looking young man to perform simple task. Few hours only. Generous remuneration."When Ricky had blandly jilted her in order to make a more advantageous marriage and had then had the nerve to invite her to the wedding, Tara was determined, for pride's sake, to go, but equally determined not to be an object of pity. So she had advertised for a bogus "fiance" to accompany her to the wedding - and in the devastingly handsome young Greek, Paul Dorkas, found exactly what she was looking for.It was only when Paul's stern older brother Leon, domineering and with the worst possible opinion of Englishwomen and their morals, got mixed up in it all that Tara realised what deep waters she was getting into!
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.Helen Stewart was disenchanted with the whole idea of love and romance, while Leon Petrou, it was said, had no time for women -- so when he suggested that she should marry him, to provide a background for his small niece and nephew, she agreed, feeling that emotion would not enter into the situation at all. And that could prove to be a dangerous assumption.
Kidnap Greek businessman Charon Drakos? The outrageous plan was basically weak Sarah Gilmore thought, but she felt obliged to help her girlfriend. As with so many well-laid plans, it backfired. It was Sarah who was kidnapped, and whisked off to Charon's grim, fortresslike home in a remote and primitive part of Greece. Her spirited resistance seemed only to amuse him. "Whether you like my kisses or not," he informed her arrogantly, "you're going to accept them. You are my wife, Sarah; and in Greece marriage is permanent."
When Lexa came to Thailand as nanny to Alocho Mansell, her only concern was for the delightful little girl. Lexa disliked Paul Mansell, her employer, and was shocked by his harsh attitude toward Alacho. She determined to bring warmth - and love - into the life of this loney, bitter man. But could she compete with the haunting memory of his dead wife? Anyway, Paul seemed to be incapable of every loving anyone again.
No way would Clair again risk the embarrassment and humiliation of being left at the church on her wedding day. She had finished with men! The move to her girlfriend's farm in South Africa was just what the doctor had ordered. Their neighbor, Shane Neville, was a masterful bachelor, but Clair knew he would pose no threat. Besides, he was practically a woman hater! But as the memory of her old love receded, Clair unwillingly found herself thinking of Shane!