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Summary: Very disappointing after "Duncan's Bride"
Review: Of all of Linda Howard's early, often dated, novels, "Duncan's Bride" is a favorite, so I was disappointed with the story of Maddy's brother Robert, who makes a definite impression in the first book. Yes, Robert's your typical Linda Howard alpha male hero and Evie is a sweet honorable woman in her own right, but somehow I felt there was something lacking in their relationship and this just made the illogical plot points more glaring. The story was just too contrived to be believable -- Evie a traitorous spy?! This made Robert seem none too bright. I find that I enjoy Linda Howard's books more when the heroines are just as strong as their men; otherwise they seem too dominated for a 90s story. Unfortunately, the repackaging and reissuing of LH's old books that disguise the fact that they were written in the 80s do a great disservice to the dynamic stories she's now producing.
Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing after "Duncan's Bride"
Review: Of all of Linda Howard's early, often dated, novels, "Duncan's Bride" is a favorite, so I was disappointed with the story of Maddy's brother Robert, who makes a definite impression in the first book. Yes, Robert's your typical Linda Howard alpha male hero and Evie is a sweet honorable woman in her own right, but somehow I felt there was something lacking in their relationship and this just made the illogical plot points more glaring. The story was just too contrived to be believable -- Evie a traitorous spy?! This made Robert seem none too bright. I find that I enjoy Linda Howard's books more when the heroines are just as strong as their men; otherwise they seem too dominated for a 90s story. Unfortunately, the repackaging and reissuing of LH's old books that disguise the fact that they were written in the 80s do a great disservice to the dynamic stories she's now producing.
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Summary: Loving Evangeline
Review: Robert and Evie were the perfect couple. Robert a man who was dangerous to anyone he thought a threat,and mistakingly thinking that Evie was, but unable to keep his attraction to her under control. Here a man distrusts with his mind, but not with his heart. He allowed his mind to tell him things that his heart knew was not true and in the process almost lost the love of his life. Evie dared to love again after so much pain and almost died when she saw that Robert would not love her with his heart, but with his mind. She had to love for the both of them. I loved the ending.
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Summary: Loving Evangeline
Review: Robert and Evie were the perfect couple. Robert a man who was dangerous to anyone he thought a threat,and mistakingly thinking that Evie was, but unable to keep his attraction to her under control. Here a man distrusts with his mind, but not with his heart. He allowed his mind to tell him things that his heart knew was not true and in the process almost lost the love of his life. Evie dared to love again after so much pain and almost died when she saw that Robert would not love her with his heart, but with his mind. She had to love for the both of them. I loved the ending.
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Summary: Great!!
Review: Something different from what I always read but caught my attention immediately...
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Summary: He didn't love her!
Review: The book lacked spirit! Robert was not a NICE guy and somehow he just didn't appeal to me. Evangeline on the other hand was too boring for my liking. Read "Duncan's Bride" and pass on Robert's story.
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Summary: More like "Laying Evangeline"
Review: This book was a gift from my secret pal, so I didn't waste my own money on it, thank goodness. After the first few "love scenes", I began to skip over those and go on with the intrigue story,and I finally just skimmed to the end to find out how it ended. I just couldn't stomach the male character's obnoxious, repulsive behavior. I don't know too many women who would fall for a man who started calling her "sweetheart" and groping her immediately upon meeting her. Every time the "heroine" (who the author seemed to want us to think was strong and independent) turned into a love zombie in the presence of the "hero", I gagged. The whole relationship made my skin crawl, and it didn't seem like a realistic romance between a man and a woman of the 90s. A couple of the "love scenes" seemed awfully close to rape, and that turned me off even more. I like a heroine with some backbone, and although this one started out with a bit of one, by the end of the story she had become a spineless baby-making machine for Mr. Macho.Are you sure "Linda Howard" isn't a pseudonym for some male writer? Sure sounds like a male fantasy to me!
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Summary: One of Howard's Masterpieces!!
Review: This is one of my favourite Linda Howard books. I am losing interest in her works as she moves to mainstream and that is a shame, because she is one of the best romance writers around. And this is good example of her work. She is just forgetting her romance roots and it really hurts her books. But this is one of her best. Robert comes to the small town marina looking for information about his brother's disappearance, maybe death. The Marina is run by Evangeline, she is his target. He knew his brother was possible smuggling information to a corporate rival, and he always came to this marina and rented a boat. In order to learn what is going on, he pushes Evangeline into an affair, using her, doubting her. She is a women scarred by a previous love. She married hometown childhood sweetheart, but he was killed in a car accident on the day they were married. It was a slow death, with both of them trapped in a car until rescuers finally found them. But not in time to save him. He bled to death, while she was forced to watch, trapped in the wreckage. Since then she had lived in their home and worked the small town marina, keeping her heart to herself. But she cannot resist this dark stranger that sweeps into her life, and forces his way into her heart. But he thinks she is using the money from his brother to support the marina. In order to apply pressure, he started making a series of financial moves that threatens everything she own. Robert pushes her to the wall, nearly taking away everything she holds dear, when he finds he has made the biggest mistake of all: he misjudged her. But it may be too late as she has discovered he is behind the bank calling in the loan, behind all the mysterious troubles nearly ruining her. Powerhouse writing from one of the best.
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Summary: One of Howard's Masterpieces!!
Review: This is one of my favourite Linda Howard books. I am losing interest in her works as she moves to mainstream and that is a shame, because she is one of the best romance writers around. And this is good example of her work. She is just forgetting her romance roots and it really hurts her books. But this is one of her best. Robert comes to the small town marina looking for information about his brother's disappearance, maybe death. The Marina is run by Evangeline, she is his target. He knew his brother was possible smuggling information to a corporate rival, and he always came to this marina and rented a boat. In order to learn what is going on, he pushes Evangeline into an affair, using her, doubting her. She is a women scarred by a previous love. She married hometown childhood sweetheart, but he was killed in a car accident on the day they were married. It was a slow death, with both of them trapped in a car until rescuers finally found them. But not in time to save him. He bled to death, while she was forced to watch, trapped in the wreckage. Since then she had lived in their home and worked the small town marina, keeping her heart to herself. But she cannot resist this dark stranger that sweeps into her life, and forces his way into her heart. But he thinks she is using the money from his brother to support the marina. In order to apply pressure, he started making a series of financial moves that threatens everything she own. Robert pushes her to the wall, nearly taking away everything she holds dear, when he finds he has made the biggest mistake of all: he misjudged her. But it may be too late as she has discovered he is behind the bank calling in the loan, behind all the mysterious troubles nearly ruining her. Powerhouse writing from one of the best.
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Summary: Boring
Review: This is the sequel to Duncan's Bride. In "Loving Evangeline", we meet Evangeline Shaw (Evie)who lives in a small town in Alabama, owns a marina and is trying to keep her life together after the death of her young husband (her childhood sweetheart)years before. Into her world enters Robert Cannon. We first met Robert in Duncan's Bride (Madelyn's stepbrother). Robert's company develops classified software that is being sold to a foreign government without his approval. His trail leads straight to Evie, who by all accounts has both the means and the motives. Determined to handle this matter himself and under the premise of vacationing in the area for the summer, Robert begins his investigation of Evie. Robert has always been attracted to tall, thin women but this five foot four traitor takes his breath away! He has every intention of bringing her to justice but as time goes on it becomes increasingly difficult to believe she is involved in industrial espionage. This is a very good read. As usual, Evie is one of Linda's heroines who can tough it out and survive. Robert plays some pretty mean tricks on her but she bounces back and eventually brings him to his knees. I hope you enjoy this sexy, sensual story as much as I did.
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