The author of forty-five New York Times bestselling novels, Sandra Brown is one of the romance world’s most acclaimed writers. Rendezvous magazine has praised her as a novelist whose “larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life.” Now, in the classic romantic tradition her fans have come to love, here is another sexy and extraordinary tale of passion--the story of a woman who gives up fame and fortune...and discovers true love in the last place she expected to find it.
The Rana Look
The modeling world called it the Rana Look...the exotic, one-of-a-kind allure that only supermodel Rana Ramsey could deliver. With her green eyes, olive skin, and wildly lustrous auburn hair, Rana posed for ad campaigns and strutted down runways all over the world, naming her own price to sell everything from cosmetics to women’s lingerie.
But all of that suddenly ended one day when she looked her demanding mother-manager in the eye and said, “Enough.” That was the day Rana packed her things and left New York--and modeling--forever. Settling in Miss Ruby’s boardinghouse in Galveston, Texas, Rana finds success with her own business--and cultivates a new look to go with her new life. Now her beautiful eyes are shielded behind tinted glasses, her famous figure hidden under shapeless dresses, her trademark wild hair falling straight down her back. Rana knows she’ll never attract a man this way, and that’s just fine with her--that is, until Ruby’s nephew, football star Trent Gamblin, moves in to nurse his injured shoulder. Ruggedly handsome, charming, and undeniably charismatic, Trent is the kind of man that Rana finds irresistible...the kind of man she is certain would never look twice at a woman as ordinary as the new Rana.
But to her surprise, Trent seems unfazed by her Plain Jane look. For he is drawn to a beauty that Rana can’t hide. He is determined to learn the mystery behind the elusive, reclusive boarder with the secret past. To do so, he proposes an unusual pact: they will only be friends, nothing more.As the days pass, Rana and Trent are drawn together in a sensual idyll unlike anything either of them has ever known. But the outside world cannot be kept at bay forever. And Rana fears that when Trent learns the truth about her past, he’ll feel betrayed and deceived. Even worse, he’ll never be able to see her as she truly is. Then an unexpected tragedy strikes, and the stakes seem higher than ever. Now they must look deep into each other’s heart to determine if their relationship is just an impossibly erotic dream--or a dream of love come true.
From the Hardcover edition.
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整本书的主题探讨相当深刻,但它处理得非常巧妙,没有那种居高临下的说教感。它更像是在提出一个引人深思的问题,然后将所有关于这个问题的不同侧面都摊开在你面前,任由你自行去拼凑和理解。我尤其欣赏作者对历史宿命感和个体能动性之间关系的探讨。它既承认了时代洪流的巨大惯性,又强调了在看似无法抗拒的命运面前,人类精神依然可以展现出非凡的抵抗与超越。这种平衡的处理,让故事在保持悲剧美感的同时,又注入了一股坚韧不拔的力量。读完之后,我没有感到被什么沉重的道理压垮,反而获得了一种开阔的视野,仿佛对我们所处的这个世界,又多了一层理解的深度。这绝不是一本读完就丢掉的书,它会长期地停留在我的书架上,并且时不时地会勾起我重新审视某些观点的冲动。
评分故事情节的推进节奏把握得相当精准,前半部分铺陈细节,营造氛围,像是在缓缓拉开一幅巨大的历史画卷,你甚至能闻到空气中尘土飞扬的味道和旧物特有的霉香。作者的叙事功力体现在他对场景描绘的细致入微,每一个场景都像是由无数精准的碎片拼贴而成,既有宏大的历史背景,又不失对日常琐碎的捕捉,比如对某个特定时期人们着装习惯的描述,或是对街头巷尾食物气味的刻画,这些都极大地丰富了读者的感官体验。然而,这种缓慢并非拖沓,而是为后来的爆发蓄力。当关键冲突爆发时,叙事陡然加速,那些前期埋下的伏笔和看似不经意的对话瞬间点燃,形成了一种强烈的戏剧张力,让人忍不住一口气读完,甚至会因为担心后续发展而心跳加速。这种高低起伏的节奏控制,让阅读过程充满了惊喜和期待,完全没有那种平铺直叙的枯燥感。
评分人物塑造是这本书最让我拍案叫绝的地方。它没有给我那种脸谱化的英雄或恶棍,书中的每一个主要角色都像是我现实生活中认识的某个复杂的人。他们身上那种矛盾性被展现得淋漓尽致,一个看似冷酷无情的人,可能在某个不经意的瞬间流露出柔软的内心;一个看似软弱退让的角色,却能在关键时刻爆发出惊人的韧性和智慧。作者似乎对人性的幽暗与光辉都有着深刻的洞察,他没有急于去评判角色,而是客观地展示了他们在特定环境压力下的选择和挣扎。特别是主角的心路历程,那种在理想与现实、责任与自由之间的拉扯,简直太真实了。我能清晰地感受到他每一次选择背后的沉重代价,这种复杂性使得人物形象极其立体,让人在合上书本之后,依然会时不时地想起他们,思考着如果是我,会做出怎样的决定。
评分这本书的封面设计简直是一场视觉的盛宴,那种略带做旧的质感,配上精心挑选的字体排版,立刻就能抓住路过书店的任何一个人的眼球。我当时是完全被它的装帧吸引住的,几乎是毫不犹豫地就拿起来翻阅了。内页的纸张质量也出乎意料地好,那种微微泛黄的米白色调,读起来非常舒服,一点也不刺眼,长时间阅读下来眼睛也不会感到疲劳。尤其是章节开头的插画或者装饰性的小图腾,虽然不直接讲述故事,但它们巧妙地营造了一种特定的氛围,让人感觉自己仿佛走进了那个特定的年代或场景,对文字内容的代入感一下子就被拉高了好几个档次。装帧的细节处理得非常考究,比如书脊的锁线工艺,一看就是下了血本的制作,能感受到出版方在将这本书实体化的过程中倾注的心血。这种对物质形态的重视,反而让我对书中的内容抱有了更高的期待——毕竟,一本如此用心制作的书,其内涵想必也不会让人失望吧。我特别喜欢那种实体书独有的“分量感”,拿在手上沉甸甸的,而不是现在很多轻薄的印刷品。
评分语言风格上,这本书展现出一种非常成熟且富有韵律感的文笔。它并非那种追求华丽辞藻堆砌的“炫技”型写作,而是恰到好处的、极具画面感的表达。作者似乎非常擅长使用比喻和象征手法,将抽象的情感或复杂的社会现象,转化为读者可以触摸、可以感知的具体意象。例如,他对光影的运用,常常用来暗示角色的命运或故事走向,充满了诗意的暗示性。读起来,语句的节奏感很好,有长句的舒缓,也有短句的干脆有力,形成了一种独特的阅读“音乐性”。有时候我会特意放慢速度,去品味某段话的结构和用词的精妙,感觉就像是在欣赏一首精心谱写的乐曲,韵味悠长。这种对语言本身的尊重和打磨,让阅读体验从单纯的信息获取,升华为一种审美享受。
评分很短的love story 看着很过瘾
评分很短的love story 看着很过瘾
评分很短的love story 看着很过瘾
评分很短的love story 看着很过瘾
评分很短的love story 看着很过瘾
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