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Well Pleasured Lady

Well Pleasured Lady

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not my favorite.....
Review: "A Well Pleasured Lady" was certainly not a bad read, however it wasnt really all that wonderful either. I didnt really feel that I connected all that well with the characters..its not that they were poorly written, but that I just didnt like them. I found myself to be far more interested in Mary's brother and her cousin Ian. I also wasnt too thrilled with Mary and Sebastian's first love scene..I dont normally have a problem with a "Forced Seduction"..but this crossed the line a bit..not very sexy..One more thing bothered me..I know this may sound silly, but it annoyed me immensely that Mary is described as having blonde hair, but on the cover's step back she is portrayed as having this wildly long red hair..not a big deal I realize..but it bothered me nonetheless...Whoever chooses the cover for the book should at least know what the characters look like!! All in all not too great..if you must read it I suggest borrowing someone elses..or a UBS.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Disappointed
Review: Christina Dodd is one of my favorite romance authors. I read everything new she puts out. I decided to start reading her older books, thinking they would be just as wonderful as her newer stuff. With "A Well Pleasured Lady" I was disappointed.

Mary Fairchild, the heroine, barely stands up for herself against her hero, Sebastian. This is unusual for Dodd's heroines. After being forced from her home, after she murders a nobleman when she's a teenager, Mary works as a housekeeper in Scotland. Sebastian, the godson of her employer, wants to use Mary to inflitrate her family to obtain a stolen diary of his godmother's. To do this, they pretend to be brothed. However, from the time they arrive at the Fairchild Manor, the two never pretend to be betrothed. They act like it in reality. Since the whole premise of them infiltrating the Fairchild Manor was pretense, I would imagine that storyline being kept a little longer than one chapter.

The love scenes between the hero and heroine are forced. Sebastian first forces Mary to kiss him, and ultimately forces her into intercourse on a wall in a jealous moment. This is not a romance, in my opinion, and GREATLY retracts from the novel. Once Mary said "No" and "Don't" several time, Dodd should have called her hero off, and redeemed him in the eyes of the reader. Instead, Sebastian once again forces his heroine into marriage, so that he can ultimately control her. Not a great hero, in my eyes.

Never in this book do I get the feeling that the heroine is truly in love with the hero. I believed that the hero was obsessed with the heroine, but is that love? Thw whole point of reading books like this is to escape into a world of two people falling in love. It is hard to do that in this novel, when the two people do not really show signs of even liking each other.

I would discourage anyone from reading A WELL PLEASURED LADY. If you are reading Dodd for the first time, you might get turned off of her better material, such as the Governess Series. I will not be keeping this novel in my collection.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Disappointed
Review: Christina Dodd is one of my favorite romance authors. I read everything new she puts out. I decided to start reading her older books, thinking they would be just as wonderful as her newer stuff. With "A Well Pleasured Lady" I was disappointed.

Mary Fairchild, the heroine, barely stands up for herself against her hero, Sebastian. This is unusual for Dodd's heroines. After being forced from her home, after she murders a nobleman when she's a teenager, Mary works as a housekeeper in Scotland. Sebastian, the godson of her employer, wants to use Mary to inflitrate her family to obtain a stolen diary of his godmother's. To do this, they pretend to be brothed. However, from the time they arrive at the Fairchild Manor, the two never pretend to be betrothed. They act like it in reality. Since the whole premise of them infiltrating the Fairchild Manor was pretense, I would imagine that storyline being kept a little longer than one chapter.

The love scenes between the hero and heroine are forced. Sebastian first forces Mary to kiss him, and ultimately forces her into intercourse on a wall in a jealous moment. This is not a romance, in my opinion, and GREATLY retracts from the novel. Once Mary said "No" and "Don't" several time, Dodd should have called her hero off, and redeemed him in the eyes of the reader. Instead, Sebastian once again forces his heroine into marriage, so that he can ultimately control her. Not a great hero, in my eyes.

Never in this book do I get the feeling that the heroine is truly in love with the hero. I believed that the hero was obsessed with the heroine, but is that love? Thw whole point of reading books like this is to escape into a world of two people falling in love. It is hard to do that in this novel, when the two people do not really show signs of even liking each other.

I would discourage anyone from reading A WELL PLEASURED LADY. If you are reading Dodd for the first time, you might get turned off of her better material, such as the Governess Series. I will not be keeping this novel in my collection.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Sexiest Book Ever!
Review: Holy cow! This book is hot! I read the whole thing in one night, and yeah, it's not for the weak at heart, but if you're up for one great, sexy read, this is the book for you. Talk about well pleasured!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not Worth my time or money
Review: I bought this book because I saw the review. But it is so-o-o disappointing. This is my first C.Dodd's book and last. Weak plot and story loosely-knitted

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: average, slightly disappointing
Review: i had heard that this is an excellent book, but was disappointed when it turned out merely average. the plot was weak. example: Sebastian's plan to pretend he and Mary were betrothed had a flimsy reason behind it that i couldn't take seriously. i didn't understand why Mary stayed and kept pretending she was betrothed to him even after she found out she was an heiress. and oddly, after a short while they acted (and thought) as if they truly believed they were betrothed. why? i have no idea. the worst scene was the near rape of Mary. Some might call it a seduction, but i call it disgusting. and i hate it--HATE IT-- when a heroine gives slight resistance but falters under the hero's "scorching kisses." PLEASE. if a jerk was treating me like that, no matter how good of a kisser he is, he would have gotten a knee to the crotch. instead, mary melts in his arms. gag me.

otherwise, this is a fairly good book. i don't know if i will try Dodd again, but the newer romance reader will probably enjoy it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: disappointing
Review: I have enjoyed most of Christina Dodd's books, but this one was an extreme disappointment. The plot was weak, and the characters were confusing. Mary's obsession with the Guinevere/Mary thing is nearly schizophrenic. Also, the "love" scene (read, "rape") turned my stomach. Mary pleads with Sebastian to stop throughout almost the entire thing. I almost put the book down for good at that point, but I thought "Surely the characters will deal with this" and kept reading. But, no...what surely would have been a traumatic experience for Mary is practically ignored throughout the rest of the book. I would not recommend this book to anyone.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: entertaining but a marginal story line with overt violence
Review: I have only recently read a few of Ms. Dodd's books. While I have found them somewhat entertaining they are not as tightly plotted as you would hope from a writer with mulitple books to her credit. I found her focus in this book on "forcing" her heroine to do specific unpalatable things particurlarily hard to take. There seems to be more violence and overtones of rape in the book then I am generally comfortable with. I found myself thinking the heroine needed a lawyer and a restraining order rather than a marriage to the hero.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: please avoid this
Review: I love to read Christina Dodd's book. But, this was not something I want to read over again. I was getting sick of the heroin saying over and over about "A house keeper should/shouldn't.." Enough is enough. She should realize that she is not a house keeper anymore. And, what is the thing about violence in this book? Rape? (that was what it sounded like when I read it). I cannot believe that act was described as romantic. If you love Ms. Dodd's book, please avoid this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I loved it.
Review: I thought this book was wonderful. Sebastian was a hard character. Ruthless in getting what he wanted. Mary was able to take care of herself and stand up for her own. Lady Valery was one of the best characters in the book and I really enjoyed her antics. I liked all the characters in the novel, there was a reason to love them all. Except for the other Fairchild's. They were not so nice. But it was interesting to watch all their plots and plans unfold.
It all starts over a missing diary that is a tell all and could ruin all kinds of things for different characters, making them desperate to get it back. But also making others desperate to have it to ruin those in it and Sebastian and Lady Valery as well. Its fun.
Also, with the "forced seduction" it was definetly not rape. No, it was not. It was a harder scene and most people will not care for it, but it was not rape. It ws more about making Mary stop lying to herself and admit to the passion that her and Sebastian shared. He would not let her run or lie anymore. He made her face it and enjoy it. Which she did. It really showed that Sebastian was right and was really a turning point in their relationship. Personally, the scene did not bother me, I more felt what Mary felt and it was a heartbreaking realization for her. It was a good part of the story. Very emotional.
Highly recommended.


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