Illusion

by Charlotte Lamb

Book Overview

Illusion by Charlotte Lamb released on Jun 24, 1981 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373104480
• ISBN13: 9780373104482
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Charlotte Lamb's Illusion- not the best fromCharlotte Lamb but it's okay.

Harlequin 7 Illusion Back of the book: They were caught in a storm of publicity Deborah could have wept at the cruel insanity of it all! She'd come to Venice to get over a broken love affair quietly and had landed on the front page with a playboy tycoon. In a most incriminating photograph! What was worse, Matthew Tyrell believed she'd planned the whole fiasco! True, she was a journalist, but not the scandalmonger he thought. She was as innocent as he in the sordid affair. But the affair wouldn't remain innocent if the hotheaded Matthew got the revenge he desired.... My take: The heroine, Deborah, a hard nosed reporter, goes takes a short vacation to get over heartbreak. It seems that she allowed herself to get emotionally evolved with a man who made it clear from the beginning that he wanted nothing more than a little fun. On her first night in Venice, Deborah decided to take a little walk. Keep in mind that the streets were very fogging and she was walking in an area she was not familiar with. During her walk, Deborah stumbled into a secluded area happened to come across a group of teenage boys who were up to no good. When the heroine screamed, our hero, Mathew Tyrel,l enters the picture and saves her from God knows what. Deborah thanks Mathew for saving her. She would have prefered to go on with her vacation but Matthew pushes the two to get to know each better. Mathew flirts with her nonstop and tells her that she looks like a "model girl". He asks Deborah if she would like to go to a little party with him. It seems that the daughter of one Mathew's business associates has a huge crush on him. Mathew wants Deborah as a shield for the dinner party. Well when they get to the party, the business associate's daughter is very jealous of the sexual chemistry between Mathew and Deborah. The little jealous hearted thing calls the paparazzi who manage to get two in a few very incriminating photographs. BTW, Mathew hates reporters and he is very angry when he finds out that Deborah is a reporter. With some strange reasoning, Mathew tells the paparazzi that he and Deborah are going to be married. Then he kidnaps her and keeps her in a country house for a few days until the media fervor dies down. After a week, Deborah manages to escape with a coworker and avoid Mathew. Of course, he eventually tracks her down and the two work it out, classic HP style. The End. I give this book a 3.5, at times it was a little dry but not awful but certainly not one of Charlotte Lamb's better books.