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Summary: A letdown?
Review: Actually only 3 1/2. Personally I like the very possesive males so I thought despite the reviews to pick it up. It was okay but I couldn't stand Sallie. There are three people in life. The ones that make things happen, the ones that watch things happen, and the ones that wonder what happend. Sallie watched her whole life get ruined by Rhy and all she murmered was a half plea of "no." I cannot stand weak people in general, so for Sallie she just didn't do it for me.
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Summary: SPEND YOUR $$ ON ANOTHER LH BOOK- NOT THIS ONE!
Review: All I can say -- I was SO ANGRY while reading this book that I had to stop 3 different times before finishing it & the book is a really thin book. The independent wife is basically an abused wife; she put up with a man who dominated & humiliated her with his overbearing Male Chauvanist Pig routine. He walked out on a marriage after she had a miscarriage, told that when she was woman enough to handle him, to call... yada yada yada. This woman brought herself up from the bootstraps only to encounter this JERK 7 years later as her boss. Once he learned her identity, the stalking, harrassing, dominating behaviour began again. This time, she tried to run but he blocked her from leaving, got her fired from her job, confiscated her furniture & moved her into his apartment without so much as a 'by your leave'... All I can say was -- what romance? I wanted to fight Rhydon (the husband)& beat him with a baseball bat. What a jerk? Who could love that? Go read SON OF THE MORNING or KILL AND TELL -- don't waste your time with this one, please!
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Summary: 80s Romance- originally printed as SSE title
Review: AN INDEPENDENT WIFE - Linda Howard Their marriage had been passionate, painful -- and brief. Their break had been final. Absolute. From that day on, Sallie Baines had truly changed. She could barely remember the timid girl who'd clung to love, but lost everything -- even her pride.
Rhy Baines hadn't changed at all. After seven years, he remained the most attractive man Sallie had ever known. And now, fascinated by the independent woman his wife had become, Rhy still wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
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Summary: Reprint of an early Linda Howard -- I liked this the least.
Review: Both attitudes and atmosphere are dated (early '7os). Behavior of the characters is silly and not believable--she believes every word his ex-girlfriend says without asking him about it; he searches for months to find her after she runs away, but never thinks to look at the house he knows she owns. Nonsensical how the woman gives up her life and career for "her man", and he makes no sacrifices for her -- his love should be enough. Give me a break! I love almost all of Linda Howard's stories, except these early ones.
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Summary: Old fashioned abuse
Review: Gosh, I love LH. But this book has served its purpose of getting one's first works published. Attitudes towards women have changed a lot in the past decades it seems. And while this book may once have been considered romantic, it doesn't withstand the test of time. Now it is just annoying. Rhys ignored anything Sally wanted, going to all lengths to destroy her career and her self esteem. Jeez the guy is a stalker- and we have laws and lawyers to protect women these days. I agree with the other suggestion- throw this book across the room -and then go buy any of many other wonderful LH books.
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Summary: I LOVE LINDA HOWARD---THIS BOOK S****
Review: I agree with the reader from Denver that this book is not one of Ms.Howard's better works. I have all of her recent titles and love everyone of them enough to have read them 2 and 3 times each. The characters in this story made me wish I could reach in and slap some sense into them. Shame on the publisher for re-issuing a 17 year old book without updating it to the 90's. I can promise that I will think very hard before I spend my hard earned money on any more books from this publisher.
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Summary: Don't waste your money.
Review: I couldn't believe this was a Linda Howard story! The author draws an abusive, overbearing man and a spineless, wimpy woman as the characters in this book, then tries to rehabilitate both of them in the last chapter. Sorry, but that won't do. Spend your cash on some of her more recent books--they are great.
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Summary: Don't waste your money.
Review: I couldn't believe this was a Linda Howard story! The author draws an abusive, overbearing man and a spineless, wimpy woman as the characters in this book, then tries to rehabilitate both of them in the last chapter. Sorry, but that won't do. Spend your cash on some of her more recent books--they are great.
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Summary: Don't bother.
Review: I don't review many books but this one was so bad, I had to. Rhy is a manipulative, controlling monster. Sallie should not have moved in, she should have got a restraining order! This is not a romance, it's a biography of a bad relationship from start to finish. That it was written in the 80's is irelevant. The "hero" is not supposed to treat the heroine like dirt.
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Summary: Call me crazy but I loved this book
Review: I have been a Linda Howard fan for years and when I read this book I know why. so ok the Rhy is controlling. But I like the strong alpha male in my book reading. What I read was the story of an insecure girl who married "the perfect" man for the wrong reasons. He leaves for reasons you discover in the story. But leaving was good because Sally finally comes into her own self worth. She gets off her butt and finally does something worth while. Now that she is where she wants to be she is now ready for the right love at the right time. Enter Rhy. He can't believe this spitefire is his wife and he falls in love all over again. He wants to put her in a plastic bubble and protect her. Okay, he's out of line but he learns and together they learn that love can conquer all.
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