Comments on: REVIEW: Kidnapped: His Innocent Mistress by Nicola Cornick

By: REVIEW: The Confessions of a Duchess by Nicola Cornick : The Good, The Bad and The Unread

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:01:02 +0000

[...] I also read them. Nicola Cornick earned praise from both Sandy and Wendy TSL. (I think it was this review that really made me want to read one of hers.) Thus, I began The Confessions of a Duchess with [...]

By: Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:40:21 +0000

Me too, Liviania! My version is very much a homage to the original and I do hope you like it!

By: Liviania

Liviania — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:47:51 +0000

Oh, I might pick this up. RLS’s Kidnapped is one of my favorite books.

By: Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:24:01 +0000

Thank you so much, Bronwyn. I have been blown away by the response to Kidnapped – so many nice emails and comments! The first person narrative definitely seems to strike a chord with all of us who love those older gothics and suspense novels. I’ve been on a real nostalgia kick lately, dusting down all my Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney favorites, amongst others!

By: Bronwyn Scott

Bronwyn Scott — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:25:36 +0000

I’ve just started Kidnapped, so I’m only about a third of the way through it, but I love it! It’s great fun to read and I don’t care that they’re not really together that much at this point. The adventure is fun.
Having a good time,
Bronwyn.

By: Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:39:25 +0000

Fantastic, Wendy. I hope you enjoy them. Do let us know what you think.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:10:59 +0000

I just ordered a few Kearsley titles – of which Shadowy Horses was one.

Nicola: I have the capability to order UK editions here at work. I’ll have to look into Sophia’s Secret.

By: Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:21:12 +0000

Lori, Wendy, I LOVE Susanna Kearsley’s books too and have almost all of them. Have just got her latest, Sophia’s Secret, which was shortlisted for the UK Romance Novel of the Year Award. I love that combination of mystery and a bit of ghostly stuff and really, really fabulous quality writing. She reminds me of Mary Stewart as well and MS still is one of my all time favorite authors.

By: LoriK

LoriK — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Wendy,

I think you’d like Shadowy Horses. It’s not a really heavy gothic. I got the nostaligia hit from it because it reminded me of the Mary Stewarts that I borrowed from my mom when I was a kid.

The only bummer is that because Kearsley is Canadian her books can be a little hard to find here.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:42:08 +0000

Lori: No I haven’t. Making a note of it….Susan Kearsley….

Kidnapped isn’t a gothic per se – it’s just the writing style Cornick employs for this book reminded me a lot of those books I read and devoured as a teenager. It pushed all my nostalgia buttons in all the right ways.

By: LoriK

LoriK — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:35:50 +0000

Have you read any Susanna Kearsley? I just finished reading a gothic by her called The Shadowy Horses. Given what you liked about Kidnapped, you may enjoy it as well. I really enjoyed the writing and it has archeologists, psychics, a ghost, revenge and a hot Scotsman. What’s not to like?