With forty-four New York Times bestselling novels to her credit, Sandra Brown is one of romance’s best-loved authors. She has been hailed by Rendezvous magazine as an author whose “larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life.”
Sexy, funny, and wonderfully romantic, here is the unforgettably sensuous story of a woman too smart to fall in love — and the man determined to prove her wrong.
Thursday’s Child
Allison Leamon knew that pretending to be her identical twin sister was a bad idea. For although the two redheads looked exactly alike, they couldn’t be more different. How could a no-nonsense scientist like Allison possibly fool anyone into thinking that she was the bubbly, vivacious Annie?
Trading her sensible shoes for strappy sandals, her eyeglasses for contacts, and her lab smock for a chiffon dress, Allison was determined to try her best. Her first challenge was a dinner date with Annie’s fiancé, Davis. But what Allison didn’t expect was the presence of Davis’s best friend.
Allison was far too logical to believe in love at first sight, but there was nothing logical about the way she was responding to Spencer Raft. The dark-haired, blue-eyed mystery man had an assurance that Allison found positively maddening.
And by the end of the evening, she couldn’t help feeling that Spencer had been attracted to a carefully constructed illusion. She was certain that the handsome adventurer wouldn’t give her a second look if he knew her as she really was.
But Spencer Raft was a man of many talents — and seeing below the surface of things was one of them. He sensed the flesh-and-blood woman beneath the elaborate charade, and after years of wandering the world in search of excitement, he knew he had finally found what he had been looking for.
But first this incurable romantic had to convince an intractable skeptic that there was more to love than what she could study in a laboratory. And what better way than to propose a passionate experiment of his own?
On board his yacht, Spencer and Allison would fulfill their wildest fantasies and deepest desires; but when their blissful idyll was over, would it all prove to be no more than a pleasant interlude — or the real thing?
From the Hardcover edition.
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坦白说,我一开始是被那极具辨识度的封面艺术所吸引,但真正让我无法放手的,是作者构建的那个独特的世界观。它并非宏大叙事下的奇幻设定,而是扎根于某种现实的荒诞边缘,那种“近在眼前,却又遥不可及”的疏离感,是许多作品难以企及的境界。笔触极其冷静,像一位经验丰富的地质学家在描绘一块岩石的纹理,精准、客观,却又在那些细微的裂缝中暗示了巨大的地质变迁。故事中人物的动机往往是多层次的,没有绝对的善恶分界线,每个人都在自己的逻辑体系内挣扎求存,这种复杂性使得人物形象无比丰满和真实。我尤其欣赏作者对于“等待”这一状态的描绘,那种日复一日、近乎枯燥的重复中,如何孕育出某种超越性的领悟或最终的爆发,这段过程被处理得丝滑而有力,没有一处多余的赘述,所有的铺垫都指向了最终那如彗星撞击般的结局。阅读过程需要全神贯注,任何一次走神都可能让你错过理解某个关键转折点的钥匙。
评分这部小说的语言风格简直是一股清流,它拒绝一切花哨的修饰和故作高深的辞藻,采用了一种近乎新闻报道般的简洁与干练,但这简洁绝不等同于浅薄。恰恰相反,这种“去情绪化”的书写,反而将人物内心最原始的、最赤裸的情感逼迫了出来,让读者自己去填充那些被省略的激情与痛苦。每一次短句的出现,都像是一次精准的凿击,直击问题的核心。在结构上,作者似乎钟爱于采用一种非线性的叙事手法,章节之间跳跃性极大,却总能在不经意间,通过一个重复出现的意象——比如某种特定的光线角度,或是某种气味——将散落的碎片重新拼合起来。这要求读者必须保持高度的参与感,主动去构建故事的逻辑链条,这种“共创”的体验是阅读的巨大乐趣所在。读完后,我感觉自己的思维被拉伸和重塑了一番,对外在世界的感知也变得更加敏锐。
评分这部作品的叙事节奏简直是一场精心编排的迷宫探险,作者对于时间线的掌控达到了令人惊叹的精妙程度。他巧妙地将过去的回响与当下的困境编织在一起,使得每一次情节的推进都充满了厚重的历史感和迫在眉睫的危机感。读者仿佛不是在被动地阅读,而是在与角色一同在时间的洪流中摸索前进。特别是对于环境细节的捕捉,那种潮湿的、带有陈旧木头气味的场景描写,让人几乎能嗅到那种霉变的气息,深深地沉浸其中。角色之间的对话并非简单的信息传递,而是一场场心理上的交锋,言语的张力足以让人屏住呼吸,每一次停顿、每一个未说出口的词语都承载了巨大的情感重量。最让我震撼的是作者对“遗忘”主题的处理,他没有采取直白的批判,而是通过一系列微妙的、几乎难以察觉的线索,展示了记忆的不可靠性和集体无意识的强大力量。这种克制却又极具穿透力的表达方式,使得故事的余韵久久不散,在合上书页之后,依然能感觉到那些未解的谜团在脑海中盘旋,激发着我不断回顾和重新审视已读内容的热情。
评分这部作品最让我佩服的一点,在于它对于“未完成感”的完美拿捏。它不像很多商业小说那样急于给出圆满的答案或清晰的道德评判,而是将核心的冲突和主要的张力保留在了开放性的空间里。就好像摄影师故意将焦点放在了画面边缘,使得主体和背景之间的关系变得暧昧不清。角色们的选择往往是基于一种近乎本能的、非理性的冲动,而不是基于清晰的计划,这使得他们的行动充满了宿命般的悲剧色彩。每一次场景转换都伴随着一种微妙的情绪色彩转变,从压抑的灰色调瞬间过渡到刺眼的白光,这种对感官体验的精妙调动,使得阅读过程极具画面感和冲击力。它不提供慰藉,但它提供了一种罕有的、直面事物本质的勇气。读完后,我感觉自己像是经历了一场长时间的、高强度的心理拉练,虽然疲惫,但精神上获得了极大的洗礼。
评分说实话,我很少读到如此能捕捉到“寂静”力量的作品。这里的寂静并非指没有声音,而是指信息过载下人们选择性失聪的状态,是城市化进程中人与人之间产生的深刻隔阂。作者通过对日常生活琐碎细节的放大——比如早上咖啡的温度,通勤路上窗外闪过的模糊人脸——成功地营造出一种宏大叙事背景下的个体微不足道感,但讽刺的是,恰恰是在这种微不足道中,个体的情感爆发才显得尤为珍贵和震撼。情节的推进如同冰川融化,缓慢、沉重,几乎让人感觉不到它的移动,直到某个临界点被突破,一切都以一种不可逆转的姿态倾泻而下。角色之间的互动充满了试探与防备,他们小心翼翼地维护着自己精心构建的防御工事,而作者则不动声色地展示了这些工事是如何从内部开始腐朽的。这是一种对现代生存状态的深刻反思,充满了对人性复杂性的无奈理解。
评分第一本英语小说,还不错,哈哈。
评分看的Sandra Brown的第二本小说 很精彩
评分第一本英语小说,还不错,哈哈。
评分看的Sandra Brown的第二本小说 很精彩
评分第一本英语小说,还不错,哈哈。
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