The Velvet Promise

This book starts out with a scene that bothered me quite a bit... but then I think that is what the author intended... it certainly drew me in and drove me to read more... very strong beginning to the story of Judith and Gavin. I love it when a book begins so wonderfully and intensely.Gavin.... well he was handsome and his personality was very realistic for the period of time the book was written in. He was frustrated with Judith but still willing to listen to her thoughts. This made him even better in my eyes. However, I didn't like his reaction to her knowledge of he and Alice in the garden on their wedding day. I felt Judith had every right to be angry and he was angrier than she was because she had supposedly eavesdropped. He seemed kind of simple when it came to women and their feelings... but towards the end of the book... he redeemed himself in my eyes.Judith was one of my favourite heroines. She was not raised as other girls had been and she had seen much pain and violence in her short life. These experiences made her so strong and unwilling to back down from any man. She was beautiful, but didn't seem to know it and that made her so endearing.I really enjoyed watching these two fall in love, though they both frustrated me beyong belief at times. I despised Alice and found myself looking forward to the day when she would "get hers". All in all... its a great book that brings out every possible emotion you could imagine... Can't wait to read the next in the series... Highland Velvet... It's about Stephan, the next brother who is just as hotheaded, yet endearing as his older brother. Should be a good read.

"The Velvet Promise" is the first in the 'Velvet' series.Gavin Montgomery, the eldest of the Montgomery brothers, has been having an affair with Alice Valence. A woman that his brothers dislike. But when comes to an appointed tryst with Gavin to tell him that she is to be married to an old rich man, he informs her that he is to marry the heiress Judith Revedoune. They promise to only marry for money, and to love each other in secret.... once Gavin catches sight of the beautiful Judith, he loses his heart to her. In trying to not love Judith, he torments her from the beginning and she vows to hate him for taking her, but not receiving anything.Little by little they lose their hearts to each other, and Alice is left behind (who's still married for money). When Alice finds out Gavin fell in love with his wife, she goes to great lengths to get him back... even murder!Another WONDERFUL Deveraux book!

Jude Deveraux is a master in this genre. Gavin and Judith are characters you will remember for many years to come after you set done the book. I read a lot of romances, and if I remember their names some time later, I know the author has struck a cord with myself. Gavin is a handsome and strong man, the eldest of several brothers (read the rest of the series to find out what happens to them!) and he meets the beautiful Judith. Alice was a wonderful twist to the story, and I'm sure I wasn't alone in my frustration of Gavin's blindness to her faults. Jude Deveraux is becoming one of my favorite authors in the romance genre, I have only recently discovered her and have yet to find a book I don't like! Enjoy.

This book has always been and still has yet to be topped as my favorite book. It starts out with Gavin who marries a young girl out of honor thinking that he is still in love with another woman, a lying deceitful wench. Later on in the book he realizes that he is falling in love with he bride but by then things have changed and his bride doesn't want to put up with it anymore. He convinces her to love him again but the other woman tries to get back into the picture. The things that Gavin does will drive you crazy. I cried when I read this book, it really touched me. You have to read it. I recommend the entire velvet series, but this is my favorite. I've loaned it to all my friends and it's always been the same, they all love it. I even bought a new copy of it just so I could keep re-reading it because my old one is so worn from reading. read this book, i doubt you'll regret it

I have read The Velvet promise, Highland Velvet, Velvet Song,and Velvet Angel and had not one complaint with any of them! If you have read one you must read them all! Each book links to each other to explain the life, and love,of the four brothers.Velvet Angel wich I have just finished reading is the climactic ending to end all four books. Read them all you wont be let down!