The Passion

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Summary: Very Passionate!
Review: "The Passion" by Nicole Jordan

This story takes you on a passionate ride! The scenes Nicole Jordan presents are breathtaking, poetic, beautiful, erotic, intoxicating, bold, and passionate! The reader learns about Aurora and Nicholas as they learn about and discover each other as well as about themselves. Their fire is ignited from the very beginning of the book as Aurora and Nicholas gaze into one another's eyes, then fire becomes a roaring blaze when they kiss. When they realize passion and love are one in the same the fire is fueled uncontrollably! Both characters are strong individuals that have and can endure what life expects of and deals them. They learn about true courage, commitment, desire, passion, and love. Aurora has always been what society expects of a "proper" woman, but yearned to be passionately free. Nicholas is a man who chose to be free from society's expectations and lives life to the fullest. They are separated for a short period of time after their wedding night, and each discovers something different. After reading an erotic journal that Nicholas entrusts to her, Aurora believes she has learned all she needs to know about desire, passion and love but feels she should never open the heart to love because it will only be broken. And vows she will never allow that to happen to her. Nicholas discovers differently. During their time apart he realizes that his feelings for Aurora are stronger than any he has ever felt for a woman. He thinks at first those feelings are simply desire and lust. However, after spending time and getting to know her he realizes he wants Aurora's heart and now must convince her. The book is heart wrenching, suspenseful, surprising, & tearful from it's beginning to it's VERY passionate ending! This is book two in "The Notorious" series by Nicole Jordan. I highly recommend this book as well as book one in the series, "The Seduction"! Nicole Jordan is an amazingly talented author and you will not be disappointed.

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Summary: A comedown
Review: ...from The Seduction which I think is Nicole's best book yet. But even not comparing this book to The Seduction, it stinks. I never liked/believed in the heroine and the plot was just blah. No tension whatsoever. Even the "scenes" lacked passion.

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Summary: Got to love "pirates"
Review: Actually the hero Nic is not a true pirate, but a man trying to protect the dying wishes of a father. The way the couple meet is fabulous and quite unexpected...in jail. The strengths of the leading lady given the times is quite admirable. She rescues without question and that includes the hero. The sexual tension is all Nicole Jordan...never disappointing. I had my fingers crossed in the end hoping that love would win out over loyalty. I was not disappointed. I highly recommend this book to anyone who recognizes the "bad" in themselves...and those who don't.

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Summary: Wonderful plot, great characters, perfect romance.
Review: As any serious readers of romance novels knows, the genre has evolved over time. This wonderful romance has an old-fashioned plot - handsome pirate marries innocent damsel on the eve of his wrongful execution - with the more sophisticated characterization, emotional tension and sensuality we see in today's best romances. The combination makes for a fun, lively read. The main characters are both wonderfully drawn and develop well over the course of the story. Their romance is both intense and passionate. A real treat.

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Summary: A stunning book
Review: At a friends reccomendation I purchased the last Nicole Jordan "Seduction." I liked it enough to purchase "The Passion." Wow, what a difference one books make. This is a powerful book, both in the "steam" factor and in the story and plot factor. I have never read an erotic romance that had a better story based upon love and respect. The two character Aurora and Nicholas, draw you into their pain and confusion over this new passion. This book in fact brings to mind "The Duke and I" by Julia Quinn. This is much more steamy, but the story is as fresh as "Duke." Get a big cup of coffee on a cold winter night and enjoy this wonderful story! Good Reading!

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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: Based on the reviews I read here, I had expected something very different. But I found Nick, the hero, to be rather irritating, and the heroine, Aurora, was brainless. Whenever Aurora tried to explain that she was terrified of something, Nick would just start kissing her and throw up her skirts. And like a brainless idiot, she would melt in helpless passion then later agree with Nick that she was somehow to blame. I wanted to slap her.

The secondary characters popped in and out without having much depth. Several promising story lines were never followed - the violently angry father, the hoyden half sister, the jilted fiancee, the famous rake - they never had much of a part in making an interesting subplot. It seemed to me, the plot consisted of having Nick think of ways to shut Aurora up by taking her to bed.

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Summary: The Passion-Aurora and Nicholas
Review: favorite scene with aurora-
telling geoffrey she loves nicholas and happy that geoffrey also found true love.

favorite scene with nicholas-
nicholas tells aurora he'll find harry and finds him.

favorite scene with aurora and nicholas together-
they make mad, passionate love after she sees geoffrey and tells nicholas she wants the marriage annuled.

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Summary: What a beginning but then.....
Review: Great beginning...took off and then began to plod. The hero was great. Ms. Jordan is a wonderful writer but there were few twists and turns to sustain interest in the story. What held my interest was the change in the hero's personality over the course of the book and the engaging writing style of the author but it was a little disappointing. I still look forward to The Enchantment this summer; her writing style is charming.

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Summary: Nicole Jordan does it again!
Review: Her last book, The Seduction was so good that I had this one ordered right away. Am I ever glad I did! With just these two books, I add her to my list of authors that I buy right away without even having to read the back cover. Well worth the money and a definite keeper. I hope this writer is around for years to come.

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Summary: Stereotypical romance novel
Review: I don't know why the other readers gave this book such high reviews but throughout the book I was trying to find a plot, some unique characters, some passion, some story but I couldn't. The two main characters just fall on in love on first sight -- give me a break! Also, there is NO conflict, and I really don't see how anyone can love the heroine of the story -- aggravating and indecisive as hell! Unlike her other novels, Ms. Jordan in this one failed to make my heart ache or even make me read the book throughout the night. I didn't feel anything when I read the book. The characters -- especially the guy-- was too romantic that it is unbelieavable. Also, the way he talks is too mushy!! Who talks like that anyway -- "be mine siren..." what the hell is that?! Sorry for the profanity but the book really aggravated me with the automatic love between the main characters and a conflict that does not exist. Please, the heroine resists the man because she was afraid of getting hurt but she jumps into bed with him really fast. Get real!