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Summary: Yummy
Review: A lightening fast read. Makes you sigh & LOL.
I'm now in the process of collecting all her
historicals (just recently discovered her).
If you've ever re-read an old Johanna Lindsey or
Julie Garwood -- you will be thanking the heavens
for this author.
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Summary: I knew chastity belts could be funny!
Review: After reading SWITCH, I went in search of other titles by Lynsay Sands and was glad to find The Key. I would lay in bed at night, giggling until my husband finally asked me to explain what was so funny. The chastity belt in this story is the ancient equivalent of sending someone to sleep on the sofa. The war of the sexes staged over the bathtub was hilarious. I am looking forward to reading The Deed.
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Summary: My first book by Lynsay Sands but definitely not my last!
Review: Anyone who can make a stinking hotheaded stubborn mule of a hero lovable and a chastity belt central to the story without make me go "Huh?" is defitely something in my book! Haha! This book is peppered with wonderful repartees and the pace never slows. I never had so much fun reading a medieval like this in a long time. Definitely for folks who have a soft spot for Scotland and good storytelling with lots of love and laughter. My only complain is: What's with that cover? I picked up the book thinking it's a Scottish romance set in the 1700s to 1800s!
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Summary: My first book by Lynsay Sands but definitely not my last!
Review: Anyone who can make a stinking hotheaded stubborn mule of a hero lovable and a chastity belt central to the story without make me go "Huh?" is defitely something in my book! Haha! This book is peppered with wonderful repartees and the pace never slows. I never had so much fun reading a medieval like this in a long time. Definitely for folks who have a soft spot for Scotland and good storytelling with lots of love and laughter. My only complain is: What's with that cover? I picked up the book thinking it's a Scottish romance set in the 1700s to 1800s!
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Summary: The Key
Review: Dear Readers; When I started to write "The Key" I wanted to write a book with a chastity belt in it. Of course, then I had to come up with a reason why a woman would be wearing one. Nasty husbands and controlling fathers didn't sound like much fun. Besides, I'm not the cruel sort who would leave a girl in a chastity belt for days, weeks, or months on end with no chance to take it off every once in a while to relieve herself, or just let her poor skin breathe. So, she had to have control of the key to the belt and be wearing it by choice. Which brings me back to the question of why? I didn't have long to wonder before Duncan came sauntering into my mind. Tall, strong, handsome, and ambitious, he is every girl's dream...So long as you don't need to breathe...Through your nose. Are you getting the picture yet? As the saying goes, "nobody's perfect" and our Duncan's imperfection is in the hygiene area. He's lived the "grand bachelor's life" with his father since his early childhood when his mother died. Cleaning is an alien concept, and bathing is a chore to be suffered twice a year "every January and July". Well, Iliana just isn't the type of girl to put up with that kind of behavior. Especially not in the marriage bed. So, she dons the belt, and boots "hubby" out of bed. Not the best way to start a marriage. But it only gets worse - or better, depending on how you look at it - from there. I rather pictured Duncan as a healthy, randy, bull of a man, chasing our more refined Iliana around the castle, trying everything to get into her belt. Everything but a bath that is. I hope you enjoy their shenanigans. Lynsay
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Summary: Entertaining, Hard To Put Down..
Review: Finally a book with a little different story line than alot of the other Scottish romances. Lady Iliana was to wed a man she has not even met. It had to be done quickly in order for her to be protected from her "step father" before the king could try to protect her mother from the mock marriage she was in. And to try to imagine what it would feel like to meet your betrothed whom smelled worse than the stables and his home and people no better was not hard. Upon her wedding night donning a belt of chastity the lady will only enter the marriage bed when he bathes. It is fun to watch all the changes the lady makes in her new home and the ending was nice when having to protect their home from the enemy. I would like however to see the story of Seonaid, since i was left with alot of questions like where did she run off to all those times, why did she leave knowing her betrothed came for her and what was her betrothed like as well as his experience chasing her around Scotland.
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Summary: Made my Day
Review: I had a horrible day at work, and when I got home this book was waiting for me in my mailbox. It immediatly cheered me up, and I stayed up until 1 am reading. This book has everything you need to relax after a nasty day fighting computers: humor, tenderness, a wicked stepfather, men in kilts, and very steamy love scenes. Sands' The Switch is also a wonderful book, especially between studying for finals.
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Summary: She dons a chastity belt to discourage an odiferous husband.
Review: Iliana escapes her evil stepfather by agreeing to a marriage with a Scottish laird, but she never dreamed she'd have to deal with a pigsty of a castle and a husband who smells like a pig and refuses to bathe more than twice a year! Duncan Dunbar and his father Angus have lived in a filthy bachelor household since Duncan's mother's death twenty years ago. Having never known anything else, Duncan is outraged when Iliana refuses to consummate the marriage until he takes a bath. Fortunately, she has brought with her a chastity belt (a gift from her dead father after a trip to Italy) which effectively discourages her husband's advances. Then she rolls up sleeves and sets the entire household to work scrubbing and cleaning a castle which has become an abomination after 20 years of neglect. Although her stubborn husband fails to appreciate her efforts, her father-in-law--remembering the way things used to be when his late wife was around--becomes her staunch defender and ally, advising his son that having a woman in the house has its advantages. Nevertheless, Iliana and Duncan have a great deal to learn about life and love before discovering the key leading to their own happiness. Iliana is a strong-willed, determined young woman who has survived abuse and imprisonment, and, in spite of being "only a female," she stands up for her beliefs in the face of her husband's disapproval. Surely the woman who cleverly masterminds the defense of the besieged fortress in the absence of her husband will eventually find a way to persuade him to bathe regularly! The humor in this book kept me enthralled from beginning to end. Although I'm not sure I believed the chastity belt premise too much--surely he could have snatched it away any time she had to answer nature's call--the humorous characters and situations made this one of the most original and enjoyable reads in a long time. I will definitely look for more books from this author.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: Just finished reading The Key... an absolute breath of fresh air. Iliana and Duncan are perfect together. I love the way they both came to appreciate one another. The dialog was so fresh, bright and spontaneous, I found myself laughing throughout. Not only at Duncan and Iliana, but Angus, Elgin, and all the other minor characters, whose wit added to this lively tale of the lovely English Lady Iliana forced to marry the Scotsman Duncan in order to remove her from a wicked step-father and thereby pave the road for the eventual release and annullment of her mother. Both had to learn the ways of the other, but Liliana's use of the chastity belt to keep her foul smelling husband away just led to so many moments of pure hilarity. I especially liked Ms. Sands description of the passed out Duncan and what Liliana thought of his manhood parts! I just about fell on the floor with that one...and enough cannot be said about Angus, that lovable bear of a father-in-law. His misunderstanding of what his son was going through was pure joy! I LOVED this book! Definitely a keeper to reread again! Bravo Ms. Sands...can't wait to read your other novels which I will be ordering en masse shortly.
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Summary: Bravo Lynsay Sands
Review: Just finished reading The Key... an absolute breath of fresh air. Iliana and Duncan are perfect together. I love the way they both came to appreciate one another. The dialog was so fresh, bright and spontaneous, I found myself laughing throughout. Not only at Duncan and Iliana, but Angus, Elgin, and all the other minor characters, whose wit added to this lively tale of the lovely English Lady Iliana forced to marry the Scotsman Duncan in order to remove her from a wicked step-father and thereby pave the road for the eventual release and annullment of her mother. Both had to learn the ways of the other, but Liliana's use of the chastity belt to keep her foul smelling husband away just led to so many moments of pure hilarity. I especially liked Ms. Sands description of the passed out Duncan and what Liliana thought of his manhood parts! I just about fell on the floor with that one...and enough cannot be said about Angus, that lovable bear of a father-in-law. His misunderstanding of what his son was going through was pure joy! I LOVED this book! Definitely a keeper to reread again! Bravo Ms. Sands...can't wait to read your other novels which I will be ordering en masse shortly.
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