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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Delightfully told story, Beautiful Romance Isabel Mere writes a solid, well researched, wonderful tale in Almost Taken. The story is a page turner even without the romance, but it’s the romance I remember best. The characters are so well written, I’d have enjoyed a novel based only on...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Delightfully told story, Beautiful Romance
  
  Isabel Mere writes a solid, well researched, wonderful tale in Almost Taken. The story is a page turner even without the romance, but it’s the romance I remember best. The characters are so well written, I’d have enjoyed a novel based only on their conversations, interactions and private thoughts.
  
  Ava Fychon, along with her younger sister and brother are taken from their home in Wales, and sold. Yes, sold. In London. In 1825. Ava escapes her captors, vowing to find her siblings and return with them back to Wales. Plucked from the Thames, she’s brought to the home of Deran Morissey, Earl of Atherton. Informed she’s a thief, Atherton hesitates in sending for the constable, deciding to hear her story before he acts. He initially disbelieves her, but comes to find she’s telling the truth. To his disgust he learns about the very profitable selling of children to work in mills and other unsavory places.
  
  The search begins for her sister and brother, the attraction grows between Ava and Deran. Unfortunately, both know there can never be a relationship between them, certainly not a marriage; he’s an earl, she’s the daughter of a Welsh miner. While maintaining historical accuracy, the author brings the story to a satisfying closure. I do hope there is a sequel to this wonderful book. A very talented writer. This book is a keeper, one I’ll read over and over.
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  GerriBowen wrote this review Saturday, September 15 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Almost Taken is a historical romance novel with a slight hint of suspense. The action takes place in London, in 1825. Immediately, the reader meets Ava Fychon as she is desperately trying to stay afloat in the sewage-filled Thames.
  
  At first, the reader knows very little about Ava. In fact, when the young girl is brought to Deran Morrisey Earl of Atherton on the charge that she is trying to stow away on one of his ships, Ava does not even speak. Soon enough though, we learn that Ava in on a quest to find her sister and brother. Essentially, Ava had been both mother and father to the young children since the death of their father. The children had been separated from each other when a man claiming to be their uncle had kidnapped them with the intension of selling them as indentured servants. Throughout the story, Ava obsession is to reunite her siblings. However, life's events have a way of distracting her a little.
  
  Intertwined within the main story, Almost Taken contains a hot romantic adventure. The author has the unique ability to make a kiss so utterly exquisite and breathtaking that the sexual tension can't be ignored. The action just gets steamier from there. ”

  Tami Brady wrote this review Sunday, September 2 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No