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Scarlet Angel

  • 1990 first published
  • 443 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (4 ratings)

Published in 1990, Scarlet Angel is a historical romance and historical fiction novel by Elizabeth Thornton. Readers will find themes of bodice ripper.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 23 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 443 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About Scarlet Angel

As the granddaughter of a highly placed French diplomat, Gabrielle de Brienne was a valuable political pawn. She was also the same Gabrielle who as a child had inadvertently taken from Cam Colbourne, Duke of Dyson, the two people he loved best in the world. The handsome nobleman had vowed to make her pay for his suffering, and now the perfect opportunity presented itself. He would abduct this eighteen-year-old hoyden – with the looks of an angel and the manners of a ragamuffin – and hold her prisoner in his Cornwall castle in order to manipulate her traitorous grandfather. For years he had dreamed of having her at his mercy, and now nothing less than her complete surrender would satisfy him.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Romance fiction
  • Historical fiction
  • Romance-language fiction
  • Romance
  • Historical romance
  • Historical Romance
  • Bodice ripper
  • Alpha male historical romance

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Scarlet Angel?

Scarlet Angel was written by Elizabeth Thornton and first published in 1990.

What genre is Scarlet Angel?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Historical Fiction.

How long is Scarlet Angel?

The median edition has 443 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Scarlet Angel?

Readers who like it often enjoy Ransom, Almost Heaven and El amante japonés.

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