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Summary: Not a romance.
Review: I have never read a romance before where the "hero" was such a jerk, actually jerk does not really cover it, but what does isn't printable. I would recommend everyone skip this book. Okay it was written in '82, but even comparing it to books of this era it is still a dud. Heros are supposed to be just that - heros, someone to look up to. This guy would be more suitable in the role of a villian
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Summary: Possibly one of the worst romance novels ever written!
Review: I like Howard alot. It is incomprehensible to me that this book was reissued. But we do have Elizabeth Lowell with a reissue of Remember Summer to make us wince as well. The male character abuses the female both mentally and physically to the point that pain is a central issue both for the reader and the protagonist, if Amazon allowed zero or minus star rate values it would apply here. please excuse my typos
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Summary: Read It and Decide for Yourself!
Review: I liked it. I still do. Of course, I'm partial. Linda Howard is a great author and it is a good book. The first time you read it, I'll admit you get angry, but then read it again. After a little time passes reread it, the masterful craftmanship that was always there shines through. It is not quite so infuriating the next go round. Still intense. Still Howard.
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Summary: ALL THAT GLITTERS
Review: I love Linda Howard and read anything that she writes. But this book was the worst. The hero treated the heroine awful! I kept waiting for it to get better but it didn't. If you were turned off by this book, please try another Linda Howard book (Duncan's Bride is a wonderful start, and Open Season and Mr. Perfect are truly some of her best books).
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Summary: No, seriously, it's really that awful
Review: I love Linda Howard, but oh boy! was this a stinker. The other reviewers are right - the "hero" is so irredeemably awful and the heroine is so moistly ineffectual, that I wanted to throw up. This is not some post-feminist, can't-men-be-more-like-women rant. I love strong, capable heroes, but Nick is a spousal-abuse case waiting to happen. And the heroine - what does it say that I don't even remember her *name*! She puts the "co" in co-dependent. She keeps saying she'll just turn Nick away and get him to leave her alone, but she never says "no" like she means it. Why not call the cops, refuse to answer the door, leak the story to the press, etc? It's not like this was feudal England and she had no options. If you want to read a good romance with a strong, difficult hero, I'd recommend "Duncan's Bride" (Howard) or "These Old Shades" (Georgette Heyer).
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Summary: No, seriously, it's really that awful
Review: I love Linda Howard, but oh boy! was this a stinker. The other reviewers are right - the "hero" is so irredeemably awful and the heroine is so moistly ineffectual, that I wanted to throw up. This is not some post-feminist, can't-men-be-more-like-women rant. I love strong, capable heroes, but Nick is a spousal-abuse case waiting to happen. And the heroine - what does it say that I don't even remember her *name*! She puts the "co" in co-dependent. She keeps saying she'll just turn Nick away and get him to leave her alone, but she never says "no" like she means it. Why not call the cops, refuse to answer the door, leak the story to the press, etc? It's not like this was feudal England and she had no options. If you want to read a good romance with a strong, difficult hero, I'd recommend "Duncan's Bride" (Howard) or "These Old Shades" (Georgette Heyer).
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Summary: No, seriously, it's really that awful
Review: I love Linda Howard, but oh boy! was this a stinker. The other reviewers are right - the "hero" is so irredeemably awful and the heroine is so moistly ineffectual, that I wanted to throw up. This is not some post-feminist, can't-men-be-more-like-women rant. I love strong, capable heroes, but Nick is a spousal-abuse case waiting to happen. And the heroine - what does it say that I don't even remember her *name*! She puts the "co" in co-dependent. She keeps saying she'll just turn Nick away and get him to leave her alone, but she never says "no" like she means it. Why not call the cops, refuse to answer the door, leak the story to the press, etc? It's not like this was feudal England and she had no options. If you want to read a good romance with a strong, difficult hero, I'd recommend "Duncan's Bride" (Howard) or "These Old Shades" (Georgette Heyer).
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Summary: bookworm
Review: I read this book many years ago and thought it was GREAT!! For those of you who read this book and were dissippointed need to understand that this was a GOOD READ FOR ITS DAY. This book came out around the 1982(???) time frame. If you're going to read the re-releases of many of the romance authors (not just Linda Howard) eariler works (especially series in the mid 80's and earlier), expect the novels to be more reflective of books written in its time period and not todays.
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Summary: Great read in its day!!
Review: I read this book many years ago and thought it was GREAT!! For those of you who read this book and were dissippointed need to understand that this was a GOOD READ FOR ITS DAY. This book came out around the 1982(???) time frame. If you're going to read the re-releases of many of the romance authors (not just Linda Howard) eariler works (especially series in the mid 80's and earlier), expect the novels to be more reflective of books written in its time period and not todays.
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Summary: To dumb for me to describe
Review: I really cannot stand this book it had idiot characters in idiot siituations. Jessica is an idiot for getting herself in a relationship with Nikolas he is rude and he is a tyrant and she isn't a doormat she's on the level below the doormat. She let him control her and she lost her self respect when she agreed to marry him. All I can say and we are not living in a time whare women can be or will be treated that way. This story is dumb with a stupid spineless wimp for a heroine and an autocratic tyrant for a hero and they both are a an ebbarassment to both of their sexes
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