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Summary: Pirate romp in 1813
Review: Merry leads a dull life in Virginia except for rare times when she sketches portraits of British spies for her brother, a US intelligence officer. On one such venture, she encounters pirate Devon. They kiss and then it's back to her boring life. Then, on a trip to London to please her aunt, Merry is kidnapped in the course of a burglary and ends up on Devon's ship. It quickly is clear that Devon is no ordinary pirate - and he demands that Merry turn over the name of her brother. She refuses. This leads to several hundred pages of fun romantic tension as the two learn to trust each other and love each other. In the meanwhile, the reader becomes good friends with a charming pirate crew.Lots of romantic tension, an interesting setting (War of 1812 politics) and some great characters make this a really fun read. It misses a fifth star because it's a bit to drawn out.
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Summary: The BEST historical romance
Review: My mother-in-law loaned me this book 15 years ago. I have yet to return it. It has everything you could want in a historical romance - pirates, a red-haired innocent, American patriots, British nobles, exotic locales, steamy sensuality. The characters are incredibly well written, so well written when I'm reading this book I often dream of them! The Windflower is truly a gem that deserves a wider audience and definitely deserves to be reprinted in hardcover. My paperback is being held together with rubberbands. I have ready many, many books from all genres. This is absolutely my favorite. Yes, it really is THAT good.
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Summary: Adore secondary characters, love hero, not so fond of Merry
Review: Okay, the reviews for this book (including the low stars) are pretty much right on. I happened to love Devon since he proved to be very witty and noble in his own way. Morgan was a great love to hate him character. My heart was very tied up with Cat who seemed cold, but really has the most tender heart of all the characters, and I also was very fond of Raven who is very amusing. Merry is everythign I despise in a heroine (even if she is only eighteen). She cries at everything that happens, makes silly, foolish mistakes and is incapable of being led by her head. It is a wonder that Cat and Raven and Devon actually love her. I will say that she can be funny at times, but really...trying to escape from a pirate ship in the midst of battle w/ another pirate ship in a rowboat with an old man and no clothes or food (just a pet squid) and then ending up alone on a deserted island and contracting malaria is a bit much. Merry is a fool
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Summary: I must be missing something...
Review: The "love" story between Merry and Devon never has a chance to flourish. They are constantly apart - months at a time. You have to get to page 200 before there is a significant "moment" between the two and the first real love scene is not until page 400. I don't mean that there has to be sex on every second page, there are books out there that specifically cater to that genre. Personally I prefer the VERBAL by-play of lead characters. How emotions are expressed is often more erotic than pages and pages of euphamisms for intercourse. However, in this case, the characters are never in close enough proximity for any intimacy to actually take place. And the constant threats of rape are present throughout the entire novel. I was hoping that the authors would eventually tire of using that old ruse....no such luck here. I agree, the secondary characters are well done and this is the only reason I gave this book the 2 stars that I did. However,I didn't buy a romance novel for the secondary characters - I bought it to read about two people falling in love. How they ever do is still a mystery to me since there is not enough dialogue between the two of them to last 20 pages in a 500+ page book. And really......pirates who quote poetry and speak Latin??!! Pullleeeeezzzzzzz.
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Summary: I must be missing something...
Review: The "love" story between Merry and Devon never has a chance to flourish. They are constantly apart - months at a time. You have to get to page 200 before there is a significant "moment" between the two and the first real love scene is not until page 400. I don't mean that there has to be sex on every second page, there are books out there that specifically cater to that genre. Personally I prefer the VERBAL by-play of lead characters. How emotions are expressed is often more erotic than pages and pages of euphamisms for intercourse. However, in this case, the characters are never in close enough proximity for any intimacy to actually take place. And the constant threats of rape are present throughout the entire novel. I was hoping that the authors would eventually tire of using that old ruse....no such luck here. I agree, the secondary characters are well done and this is the only reason I gave this book the 2 stars that I did. However,I didn't buy a romance novel for the secondary characters - I bought it to read about two people falling in love. How they ever do is still a mystery to me since there is not enough dialogue between the two of them to last 20 pages in a 500+ page book. And really......pirates who quote poetry and speak Latin??!! Pullleeeeezzzzzzz.
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Summary: On a scale from 1-10, this is a 12!
Review: The Windflower is a classic. When I first bought it more than 16 years ago, I read it 4 times the first week that I had it. It's been republished once or twice since then. It needs to be in hardcover. The characters are superb and the plot is great. While there is very little sex, there is a lot of sexual tension. The author, Laura London, (Sharon & Tom Curtis), had written wacky Candlelight Regencies and a few contemporaries before the Windflower. This is their masterpiece. I wish they would take pen (keyboard) in hand and write Cat's story.
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Summary: A funny and sweet historical romance.
Review: The Windflower is one of my favorite books. It is such a hilarious and inocent approach to romance you can't help but fall in love with the book. Unfortunatly I can not find it anywhere and my copy is falling apart. But this is a definate must read for romance fans.
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Summary: outstanding
Review: these writers are the best in the business. the characters are mesmerizing, the story erotic, humourous. my original copy is almost falling apart from being reread.
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Summary: One of My Absolute Favorites!!!
Review: This book is a *must read* for anyone who loves historical romance. The "innocent kidnapped by pirates" theme has been done to death, but never so delightfully as in "Windflower".
Merry Patricia Wilding, an 18 year old American, is accidently kidnapped by a band of pirates led by ruthless Captain Rand Morgan and his second-in-command (and half-brother), the drop-dead gorgeous Devon Crandall. The majority of the book takes place aboard the pirate ship, the "Black Joke", as Merry gradually and believably matures from a innocent, helpless girl to a more capable, confident young woman.
The secondary characters in this book are some of the best in the genre--I read this book at least six months ago and I *still* think about Rand, Raven and (especially) Cat, while I can barely recall the names of the *main* characters of many of the other books that I have read since then. I really liked the character of Merry as well, although I am not usually fond of beautiful but somewhat dimwitted ingenue heroines. The book was written in the 1980's when romantic heroines tended to be much less capable gals than the current crop of ladies, but Merry's character (sweet, unaffected and plucky) is so well-drawn that I could not help liking her and I could see why the pirate crew ended up being her champions. Devon was a worthy love interest, although a bit harsh to our sweet heroine some of the time (but hey, he was a pirate!)
The dialogue in this book is *inspired*, the plot action-packed and the sexual tension delicious but not overdone. It is a long book but I read it twice in a row when I first got it--it's *that* good!
Very, Very Highly Recommended!!
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Summary: You might try giving it a lump of sugar...
Review: This book is listed as one of the 100 best romance novels, and rightly so. When Merry Wilding is accidently abducted by pirates, she faces challenges that make her a engaging heroine worthy of the hero's love.
If you enjoy Woodwiss's " Shanna" , or Susan Wiggs " The Charm School" this is not to be missed.
Although the plot has been done( woman ends up on pirate ship, matures, falls in love) what makes it unique is first of all, its lyricism. The description and dialogue are poetic, poignant, and vivd. Not to mention there are some really funny moments( "You might try giving it a lump of sugar".) It also has an incredible cast of supporting characters, who you may become so attached to, you might like them more than the protagonists. The characterization is nothing short of beautiful, the characters actually develop over the course of the novel, and I thought it was great that the heroine is given time to develop away from the hero.
This is a must read for any romance reader, and the only problems I see with it are it's hard to get a hold of and it ends. I wish the Curtis' work was still in print.
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