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Summary: Left me with a sick feeling in my stomach
Review: I have always enjoyed Johanna Lindsey books but this one was horrible. The hero was determined to find and kill the man that killed his father and raped and killed his mother. Yet, he doesn't think twice about continuously raping the heroine. I'm not sure where in between the raping they supposedly fell in love. But in the end they are together and the hero never apologizes for his horrible treatment of her or makes any mention to the fact that he shouldn't have acted that way. Has Ms. Lindsey ever known a rape victim? I can assure her they are not filled with a warm, fuzzy feeling when thinking of their rapists. The only way I can forgive this novel, is the fact that it was published in '78, and as far as I can figure, romance novels were different back then. (After all, that was the time of the famous love affair of Luke and Laura, and their relationship started out with his raping of her.) Needless to say, I am going to stick with modern romance novels from now on. And no matter how much I love an author's writings, I am not going to read her early works.
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Summary: I loved it!
Review: This was a really great book. Yeah, it was a bit extreme, but this was one of her first books. You have to admit that Tristan is really hot, though!
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Summary: A Pirate's Love
Review: "A Pirate's Love" is definitely not Lindsey's best work but is worth reading. It is a romantic love story that will touch your heart! It takes a long time for Captain Tristan and this beautiful French young lady to listen to their hearts and finally find their own true love.
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Summary: This author's other books are better!
Review: This book is not for those who are squeemish about kidnapping and rape as a basis for most of a "romance" story. I had a hard time reading this book but was "compelled" to finish it to see if it got any better. With the amount of kidnapping and raping by the "hero", I felt this must have been the author's one "off" book. All of the others I have read were much, much better and developed more of the character of the main "lovers". It does have a bit of romance between the pirate and his captive, and gets better toward the end, but I was very disappointed in this book; I doubt I would have bought more of her books if this had been the first one I read. Her other books are wonderful, very descriptive, sexy and extremely hard to put down; I own almost all of them. Don't let this book stop you from reading her other books as you won't know what you would be missing. I believe she is the best historical romance author I have ever read!
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Summary: An Exciting Tale of Romance
Review: When I started reading Ms. Lindsey's books some time ago, I did not read this one because it had so many negative reviews. I figured that so many readers could not be wrong. When I had finished reading most of her books, I decided to read this one anyway. I found out that they WERE WRONG! Lesson learned: find out for yourself~ It is a love story of a beautiful girl who is captured by a pirate and ravished by him. It turns into a passionate love story set in the Carribean amidst tropical scenery. This is not one of my favorite Lindsey works, but Ms. Lindsey excels at writing even when she is not going full steam. It is worth reading and savoring for what it is, a fine escapist novel with an exciting tale of romance.
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Summary: a romance lover
Review: one word is enough to describe this book....HORRIBLE.
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Summary: A brief summary
Review: The book starts with Bettina finding out of her betrothal. Soon after she is on a ship headed to her betrothed. The ship is attacked by pirates and she and her maid are taken prisoners on the pirate ship. Bettina is immediately brought to the Captain's cabin. The Captain is, of course, our "hero" Tristan. Tristan tells Bettina that they have taken many of her ship hostage and they will be slowly tortured to death unless she submits to him without physically fighting him....Towards the end of the book, Tristan is fighting with the man who raped his mother and murdered his parents. When this man points out their similarities Tristan responds "I may have raped her,(Bettina) but I did not kill her husband in order to have her, nor did I share her with my crew or kill her afterward. I kept her, and she will bear my child and become my wife." Don't sentiments like that just make you all warm and gushy inside? This is really a book I would have been much happier not reading. I've read other Lindsey book and enjoyed them. Now I'm hesitant to pick one up with her name on the cover. It surprises me that anyone would think that women want to read about a girl being continually raped and sexually assaulted as fun entertainment.
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Summary: it wasnt the worst book
Review: i liked the book,enough to finish it. it wasnt the best of her works, but not the worst (so far). tristin did treat her badly, but i believe that is how it was back then, but toward the end they fall in love with each. the ending saved the book.
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Summary: a pretty good book
Review: it wasnt the worst nor was the best book i have read yey by JL. i think it fit in great with time then but the rape scene could be done without. i found interesting other then that.
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Summary: Not a typical lindsey
Review: To be quite honest, the book had potential. The only thing that would have made this book a 4 or 5 star would have been if the hero didnt keep on raping the heroine. I didnt quite understand its purpose. I mean, people find rape repulsive, not sexy. This is definitly not a typical Lindsey book. Even though this book was much of a failure, I still continue to read her other books. We also have to keep in mind that this was one of her earlier books.
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