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Summary: Not her best work
Review: "Once a Princess" focuses its attention on Stefan and Tayna. Stefan is the son of the dying king and is being forced to marry (against his wishes?) to a princess that he was engaged to when she was little more than an infant. Because of family hatred, the baby (Tayna) was secreted out of the country to be raised like a royal in America. Only her protector dies and leaves her in the hands of a cruel tavern owner who sees Tayna little more than a slave. Tayna grow up to be a very independent woman who is accustomed to life's hardships and cruel tricks. Is it no wonder that when Stefan shows up and tells her she is a princess that she doesn't believe him? From there it is a merry chase with numerous escape attempts (all of them failed). Finally they arrive in Stefan's homeland only to be greated by Stefan's mistress (I was a little disturbed by the caviliar attutidue the author portrayed to this subject) who tries to kill Tayna. Then out of nowhere (like 5 pages from the end) comes Ivan Stroboli, the last remaining member of a family that killed the rest of Tayna's family. He just appears in her room and tries to kill her, but Stefan shows up just in time, but for a totally unlreated issue. I thought the plot of the book was weak and if not for the constant fighting of Tayna and Stefan the book wouldn't have held my attention. I also thought that Ivan could have been integrated more into the book to give the plot a little more help and life.
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Summary: Typical Johanna Lindsey yarn, lighthearted and fun
Review: A typical Yohanna Lindsey love story. The heroine is a princess who has been brought up in scallor. As a baby she was spirited away to America in order to escape some assasins but her mentor died and she has been brought up in poverty. When the story begins she is working as a tavern wench. In order to preserve her virginity from men who frequent the tavern, she hides her beauty behind layers of dirt. Now the hero, future king of her country comes to find her. On the orders of his father the king; he must return her to her rightfull place and marry her in order to become king. The hero explains that she is a princess but the heroine refuses to believe him and the hero is forced to kidnap her. The interaction between hero and spirited heroine is hilarious. First the heroine will not believe that she is a princess and insists that the hero is a kidnapper who is bent on selling her as a whore at a profit. Then the hero believes that the heroine is a tavern whore until the last. 'What good does it do to tell you anything. You won't believe anything. You insist on believing that I am a whore.' says the heroine. 'Even last night when I give up my virginity; you didn't notice.'.'I am sorry' says the shamefaced hero. Hilarious...
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Summary: Friendly, fun characters and an interesting plot.
Review: Almost all of the books I've read by Johanna Lindsey I've liked but of course there are exceptions to every rule. This one is on my top ten list though. I liked the characters because both the hero and the heroine were stubburn but they were people I could relate to. I find that a lot in her books. I felt the plot was interesting because it took you to more than one setting and described some of them. This made the book even more special. I rate it an 8 because though it's on my list there were some parts I didn't like. Including how Tanya was treated by her "father."
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Summary: Fairy Tales Do Come True!!!!
Review: At least for Tatiana Janacek they do. A wonderful book! A beautiful, feisty, and skeptical heroine; A handsome, and frustrated hero; what more could you ask for? This book shows Lindsey at her best, funny, poignant, sexy, romantic, with a dash of adventure thrown in for good measure. After this I reccomend reading Vasili's story "You Belong To Me". I also hope that we get Lazar's and Serge's stories too.
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Summary: superb!
Review: I absolutely loved this book. This was the first book I read by JL. It was very romantic, classic can't get the girl or the guy until it's almost too late. Tanya was awesome, so was Stefan. I loved it. I wish there would be another book for Tanya and Stefan.
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Summary: Exceptional Book
Review: I am always interested to read other reviews and I am often amazed at how books I think are fantastic are rated poorly and books I thought were merely okay are eulogized. This is one of those books I truly adored, finished and then picked up immediately again to re-read and savor. I think it is one of her best. The story is a fairy tale that even the heroine does not believe--long exiled princess, growing up unaware of her identity, is kidnapped by 4 absolutely charming men and told she is being brought to a distant country, her homeland, to marry the King. There is much humor and amusing dialogue, gripping love scenes, adventure and action. The King himself is a wonderfully drawn character, as are his 3 men. The pacing of the love story is well done, and never boring. Read it and judge for yourself!
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Summary: My Opinion
Review: I completely agree with reviewer "Fairy Tales that Come True". She has said everything. I can't think of anything more to add. It's one of my favorites, and I have all of Lindsey's books.
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Summary: A Little Aggravating
Review: I don't mean to offend anyone who loved this book (a lot of people dislike my Lindsey fave--Prisoner of My Desire), but it annoyed me to no end. The entire time I was reading it I was screaming at Tanya. I kept wondering when she was going to stop being so stubborn and nasty and I kept thinking: "God, if she runs away AGAIN!..." I like Stefan though, and how his close friends/cousin were in most of the novel.
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Summary: BARELY BEARABLE
Review: I just didn't like this book. I hated how she was referred to a whore the whole way through. She just didn't seem like a princess and her life just didn't seem believable in the least. I know this is fiction, but come on. So far I have only enjoyed two J.L. books, (the magic of you) and (love only once) I hope to find more that I like, but this wasn't one.
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Summary: Good story!
Review: I liked the story alot, but I wish there was more "meat" to bite into. It seemed to lack a little in the plot development area. But if you love Lindsey, you'll like it either way.
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