Desperate Measures: 1 (Wicked Villains)

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CIA έχει αποφοίτους Γέιλ, το Στέιτ Ντιπάρτμεντ αποφοίτους Χάρβαρντ κλπ. Κάθε κολέγιο έχει μυστικές οργανώσεις (π. χ. Νεκροκεφαλές), οπότε κάθε Πρόεδρος διορίζει τους συμφοιτητές του, συντρόφους του σε αυτές τις οργανώσεις κι όταν ολοκληρώνεται η προεδρία, αυτοί καταφεύγουν στον ιδιωτικό τομέα, ως μέλη διοικητικών συμβουλίων σημαντικών επιχειρήσεων με επιρροές στην Ουάσιγκτον. Ένα σκάνδαλο λοιπόν είναι δυναμίτης για τον καθένα από αυτές τις ομάδες, πόσο μάλλον για τους 5 συμβούλους. Αυτοί οι 5 λοιπόν υπήρξαν θύματα σεξουαλικής παρενόχλησης από έναν καθηγητή τους αλλά υπέκυψαν (ο 6ος αρνήθηκε και συντομα αναγκάστηκε να φύγει από τη σχολή αλλά η αριστοκρατία δεν θέλει να ενοχλείται από τέτοια μικροπράγματα και το κουκούλωσαν). Ναι αλλά δεν είναι αυτό το σκάνδαλο, ούτε καν υπόνοια περί ομοφυλοφιλίας των 5, το σκάνδαλο ήταν άλλο: εκμεταλλεύτηκαν το κίνημα του μακαρθισμού για να καταδώσουν επικίνδυνους αντιπάλους ως κομμουνιστές και να τους εξουδετερώσουν ενώ οι ίδιοι, κρυφά, χάρη στον καθηγητή τους, ασπάστηκαν τις ιδέες του κομμουνισμού, τις οποίες φυσικά μετά τον Ψυχρό πόλεμο και την κατάρρευση αυτής της θεωρίας, βιάστηκαν να την απαρνηθούν. Υπάρχουν όμως στοιχεία αυτής της φιλοκομμουνιστικής τους στάσης κι έτσι ο δημοσιογράφος ξεκινά έναν αγώνα θανάτου. Eminently Moving: After receiving a crushing blow, Darcy escapes London to avoid Elizabeth and try to recover. My heart broke for Darcy, to see his anguish and suffering, just when he was starting to feel some tendrils of hope take root in his heart… *sigh* Cassandra Grafton crafted such a brilliant sequence of events to engage and absorb her readers, I could not help but feel spellbound.

Pete and Annie continued to see each other, although not too often. She hadn't seen him in a year and he called, drunk, from Thailand. He asked her to marry him because they wanted the same things. She told him to call and ask her when he was sober. She told him that Dennis had asked her to marry him too. Annie waited for Pete to call but he never did. The only thing he remembered of the conversation was that she said no and that Dennis had asked her to marry him too. He thought that was what she wanted. Pete didn't like Dennis and Annie didn't like him much either. He just wanted money and would comprise his morals to get it. Pete didn't like the fact that he talked about himself so much and what he had. He didn't like the fact that Dennis seemed jealous of what Pete had and made comments about his wealth. I loved Desperate Measures and the whole A Fair Prospect set! I highly recommend this set to an Austenesque fan! It is well worth the read!The trilogy, A Fair Prospect, is outstanding. I give it a 5 star rating, as well as 5 stars to each volume. I am still amazed at the way Cassandra Grafton is able to get into the minds of her characters, and make me feel with them every moment of despair, agony, sadness, elation, joy and relief. After reading all three I felt I should write how much I enjoyed this series. I actually would have worked well as a single, much longer book because each story just continues from where the previous book left off. The beginning of each new book starts off like a new chapter instead of a new thought or story, and the entire three-part series takes place in a two-week time period. Thankfully, I discovered these books after all three had been published.

A great pleasurable read which totally satisfies my needs what I desire in a lovable and definitely worthy retelling of this timeless classic in literature. Utterly gripping, as swift as a runaway train, full of excitement and emotion. The story combines terrific suspense with a subtle and powerful exploration of the effects of loss and unresolved grief. An exceptional thriller.” Wow! I LOVED this story! Desperate Measures is the third and the last of the A Fair Prospect trilogy. I have enjoyed all three of them! If you are an ardent admirer of Pride and Prejudice variations, then you need to do yourself a favor and devour this expressive and eloquent trilogy, if you haven’t already! Filled with soul-searching, slow-paced exhilaration, and sweeping romance, Cassandra Grafton’s A Fair Prospect is definitely one of my favorites! Big applause to Cassandra Grafton for such a remarkable story!You truly feel the deep, thoughtful research and appreciation of this fine author in the lines in each of the books of the series, told over 3 volumes in perfect dedication to the original. Jafar was an interesting enigma, and I was a little disappointed by the fact he wasn’t closer to the original story. It would have been great to see more of his darker side when dealing with Ali and the politics of the city. I did like the interactions between him and Jasmine, it was an interesting dynamic. It grew naturally throughout the book and I loved it. I’m definitely interested to see how the other books deal with their dynamics. Good and Bad things After being left with a big cliffhanger in Darcy’s Dilemma, Darcy and Elizabeth are under new misunderstandings, and they both go their separate ways - sure the other never wants to see them again. But fate would have it’s way once more, and they are thrown together again, when they both end up in Bath. Most writers love what they do and I’m no exception. I love it when I get a germ of an idea and get it down on paper. I love breathing life into my characters. I love writing about women who persevere and prevail because that’s what I had to do to get to this point in time. It’s another way of saying it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, what matters is where you’re going and how you get there. The day I finally prevailed was the day I was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. For me it was an awesome day and there are no words to describe it. On the night Jafar takes everything from my father, he offers me a devil’s bargain—walk with my freedom and nothing else, or attempt to best him and regain my inheritance. In my arrogance, I play right into his hands. I foolishly assume I have a chance to come out on top. I’m wrong.