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Stolen Promises

by Barbara Andrews

Published 1983190 pagesISBN 978-0-4401-7522-3

She had dreamt of burning kisses, of sizzling honeymoon nights in the hot glitter of Las Vegas. Now Gina stood on the edge of an icy mountain stream, miles from civilization, and glared at her new "husband". Many marry in haste to repent at leisure, but Gina had been so very sure. Deaf to every warning, she had agreed to marry Bruce Kenyon after one short week and flown to meet him. But from the moment she arrived, nothing had gone right. And now she knew why. She had been kidnapped. She was the prisoner of Jonathan, Bruce's identical twin brother. Trapped and tricked by a total stranger, she had married the wrong man!

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Dark tone · Steady pace

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read190 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1983
Primary categoryRomanceExplore similar books below
ISBN-13
978-0-4401-7522-3
Language
English
Edition record
OL10255160M
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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.