Dance While You Can
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4.4 • 25 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
It all started with a silly prank, a play and a dance - a love so enduring, so indestructible that it would survive against all odds.
Elizabeth Sorrill is the junior matron at Foxton's élite School for Boys. Blessed with the kind of beauty others only dream about, her attractions prove irresistible to Alexander Belmayne, the seventeen-year-old son of the Lord Chief Justice. But their passionate affair is shortlived as bitter lies and scandal force them apart.
Angry and frustrated at Oxford, Alexander thrives on his reputation as a heartbreaker, until Bohemian beauty Jessica Poynter draws him into a fast life of glittering excess and depravity in London's high society. But when a chance meeting brings Alexander and Elizabeth together again, their passionate reunion leads to a breathtaking crime fired by an overwhelming obsession - a hatred so violent it knows no limits...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the conventional romance tradition, British writer Lewis ( A Class Apart ) wastes no time hurling her protagonists into a passionate situation that colors the futures of both. Junior matron (nurse) Elizabeth Sorrill is the first crush of most of the boys at Foxton's, an English public school, and she unwittingly encourages the lustful fantasies of senior student Alexander Belmayne, son of the lord chancellor. Only a few years older than Alexander, Elizabeth cannot deny her own attraction, and the two have a brief affair that ends badly. Angry and hurt, Alexander goes off to Oxford and launches a career of debauchery at the same time he begins his law studies. Pregnant with Alexander's child, Elizabeth returns briefly to work at her father's carnival, but is rescued from this tawdry life by wealthy art dealer Edward Walters, whom she marries. The older man becomes obsessed with eradicating Elizabeth's memories of Alexander, while her former lover marries Jessica Poynter, upper-crust bohemian, as a kind of perverse penance for his previous womanizing. There are many other complications, related in a breathless, portentous style, and though the plot often strains credibility, fans of the genre may find a new favorite here.
Customer Reviews
My favourite book of all time!
I acquired this book I think from my nan probably 20 years ago ish… I adore this book and would gone on to read it at least twice a year for next few years. It’s been a very long time since I have picked up this book and I cannot wait to read it again on my iPad.
This was my first Susan Lewis book and I have enjoyed and passed on to my friends many of her books, Susan Lewis’s writing is brilliant, comforting and to me feels like my comfortable PJ’s ( absolutely meant as a compliment ).
My favourite book ever!
I found an old tattered copy of this book in a worn out store in a quiet area on holiday. Little did I know it would turn out to be one of my favourite books of all time. I thoroughly recommend it; you can't put it down once you start reading. Promise I'm not exaggerating!