Amanda Rose

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Summary: Well...
Review: Maybe it was me but I didn't particularly like the dialogue(i.e. when characters would talk to each other and repeatedly have to say their names after each sentence) and her writing style seemed to flit from being ok to irritating... The plot didn't engage me and big age differences bother me now adays when it comes to romance. But that's just me.

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Summary: Well-Written Sensuality!
Review: The pages were steaming with the chemistry between Matt and Amanda Rose. I enjoy all of Karen Robards novels (both regency and modern). Amanda Rose resuces Matt, and then he kidnaps her to America. The plot of the story is somewhat weak...conflict arises from Matt's distrust of Amanda, who he believes betrayed him to the British authorities. Otherwise, the novel is well written with wonderful scenes of passion! Definitely a keeper!

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Summary: absolutely irresistable!
Review: This is another one of my favorite romance novels... I just simply adore Karen Robards' style of writing. If you feel like reading a book that'll take you on a wonderful journey with two passionate and unique characters, then AMANDA ROSE is definitely for you. Here's a brief review, but it is difficult to put in words the experience one receives when reading this enchanting novel. Set in the 1840s, between England and New Orleans, Matt Grayson is our handsome hero, who is sought after by the English police for a crime he didn't commit. He manages to escape a hanging but not without getting a shot in the side by the guards. It is Amanda Rose Culver, an orphan living in a convent, who discovers Matt's limp and battered body washed up by the shores near her convent. Though she knows the danger she's getting herself into, through her kind and sweet heart she rescues Matt and heals him. As the two get to know each other better, Amanda realizes that she's falling in love with Matt and Matt realizes how much he's come to cherish her and yearns to protect her with his life. But when one morning Amanda realizes that the authorities have found Matt's hidden place (a cave under the convent) she immediately runs down to warn him, but unfortunately for her she didn't know she was leading the authorities straight to Matt. Matt believing that Amanda has betrayed him manages to barely escape again. It is when Amanda, thinking Matt is dead, is ready to move on in life, she is captured by Matt's brother and is held captive on Matt's ship to New Orleans. It is there on the ship she comes face-to-face with Matt again. Matt treats Amanda horribly, but through it all Amanda realizes that she still loves him. How Matt gets over his misunderstanding, and how the two fall deeper and deeper in love, is so well-written by Ms. Robards that all the dialogue and scenes that take place will have your heart thumping and tummy fluttering! When you find out why Amanda was really capture and brought to Matt's ship, it'll have you hoping that there were more characters like his! This is a romance story not to be missed!!! It's incredibly romantic.

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Summary: It started great.
Review: This story started out great. Then there is the classic misunderstanding that ruins their budding love. It almost seemed like there were 2 heros in the story. Except the 2nd hero was more a louse than a hero. It didn't seem like the same Matt that the story started with.