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Summary: Tears of the Renegade
Review: Back cover reads:
A battle of wills
Wealthy, powerful, proud and arrogant, the Mississippi Blackstone put family above all else. But those bonds are tested when black sheep Cord Blackstone returns for a long-overdue showdown against the family who robbed him of his birthright.
A blaze of passion
Susan Blackstone married into the powerful family, a woman who had loved and then lost the Blackstones' favorite son. But Susan held her own, running a business empire and winning the affection and support of her dead husband's family. Now she must choose between loyalty...and emotions that cut her to the heart, between her husband's memory...and Cord, a reckless interloper wreaking havoc with the town, the family and her very soul.
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Summary: Revenge isn't Sweet!
Review: Black sheep Cord Blackstone has returned to his family for revenge against his cousin, Preston, and Preston's mother. He doesn't plan to fall in love with Preston's widowed sister-in-law, Susan Blackstone. Susan loves Cord, but she has to help the family who was there for her after her husband's death, even if it tears her from Cord.Howard's books wring your emotions dry, from laughter to tears. TEARS OF THE RENEGADE is no exception. By the end of the book, you feel deep satisfaction by the way every is tied up and the hero and heroine are united. You are also exhausted by the adventure, emotionally and physically. I have rarely seen an author whose every book is a keeper. Linda Howard is one of those rare individuals.
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Summary: Revenge isn't Sweet!
Review: Black sheep Cord Blackstone has returned to his family for revenge against his cousin, Preston, and Preston's mother. He doesn't plan to fall in love with Preston's widowed sister-in-law, Susan Blackstone. Susan loves Cord, but she has to help the family who was there for her after her husband's death, even if it tears her from Cord. Howard's books wring your emotions dry, from laughter to tears. TEARS OF THE RENEGADE is no exception. By the end of the book, you feel deep satisfaction by the way every is tied up and the hero and heroine are united. You are also exhausted by the adventure, emotionally and physically. I have rarely seen an author whose every book is a keeper. Linda Howard is one of those rare individuals.
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Summary: NOT SO GOOD, BUT AN EARLY BEGINNER EFFORT
Review: I have read many of Linda Howard's books. This one was a major disappointment. I almost did not finish it. It was awkwardly written. But then I realized that Ms. Howard was still in early stages of novel writing. This book was written in 1985 and boy, what a difference 12 years has made. I say 12 because I refer to "Son of the Morning" which was written by Ms. Howard in 1997 and was one of best books I have ever read. So don't judge Linda Howard by this book. You have lots of treats ahead if you stick with the later-written books.
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Summary: NOT SO GOOD, BUT AN EARLY BEGINNER EFFORT
Review: I have read many of Linda Howard's books. This one was a major disappointment. I almost did not finish it. It was awkwardly written. But then I realized that Ms. Howard was still in early stages of novel writing. This book was written in 1985 and boy, what a difference 12 years has made. I say 12 because I refer to "Son of the Morning" which was written by Ms. Howard in 1997 and was one of best books I have ever read. So don't judge Linda Howard by this book. You have lots of treats ahead if you stick with the later-written books.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I really love all of Howard's most recent works, and many of her earlier works as well ("White Lies," "Diamond Bay," "Midnight Rainbow," even "Against the Rules"). This, however is not one of the ones I like. Howard has always written about very Alpha Male heroes. In some of her earlier work, including this one, she takes that portrayal to an extreme. The "hero" in this work seems lacking in emotion and even leaning towards the emotionally abusive. The "heroine," on the other hand, is written as an emotional wimp. It's written that she's "strong," but she lets the "hero" walk all over her, making herself totally emotionally available to a man who, quite frankly, seems unworthy of it. I love most of Howard's work, but this is not a book I'm going to keep in my personal collection.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I really love all of Howard's most recent works, and many of her earlier works as well ("White Lies," "Diamond Bay," "Midnight Rainbow," even "Against the Rules"). This, however is not one of the ones I like. Howard has always written about very Alpha Male heroes. In some of her earlier work, including this one, she takes that portrayal to an extreme. The "hero" in this work seems lacking in emotion and even leaning towards the emotionally abusive. The "heroine," on the other hand, is written as an emotional wimp. It's written that she's "strong," but she lets the "hero" walk all over her, making herself totally emotionally available to a man who, quite frankly, seems unworthy of it. I love most of Howard's work, but this is not a book I'm going to keep in my personal collection.
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Summary: Worst Linda Howard Novel Yet
Review: I was glad to see that this was an earlier (1985) effort for Ms. Howard, since I've enjoyed several of her more recent books. The story was what you expect from Linda Howard, but the wording was so ultra-flowery, over-the-top, and full of cliches that I was wondering at one point if it was somehow intended to be a parody of the romantic genre. --but no. I've noticed that Linda Howard does tend to recycle some of her descriptions from book to book. --Imagine taking all of her cheesiest descriptions from each of her books, concentrating them into one small book and removing the more believable character development. That's this book, a stick figure Linda Howard novel with saccharine descriptions stuffed around it in an attempt to fill it out.
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Summary: Worst Linda Howard Novel Yet
Review: Powerfully written as with all Linda Howard's books. Loved cord and Susan. Linda you out did yourself again as you do with all your books. I buy them all, and look for new ones all the time. Thanks for being a great story teller.
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Summary: Tears of the Renegade
Review: Powerfully written as with all Linda Howard's books. Loved cord and Susan. Linda you out did yourself again as you do with all your books. I buy them all, and look for new ones all the time. Thanks for being a great story teller.
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