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Summary: Surely Barbara Dawson Smith Didn't write this?!
Review: I love the whole gypsy girl/dark and dangerous aristocrat chemistry. I loved the sense of danger that sizzled between the hero and heroine and I love regencies. This book kept me awake late into the night and there's not too many that do that. My first Smith but it wouldn't be my last!
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Summary: WHAT BOOK DID YOU GUYS READ!
Review: I love the whole gypsy girl/dark and dangerous aristocrat chemistry. I loved the sense of danger that sizzled between the hero and heroine and I love regencies. This book kept me awake late into the night and there's not too many that do that. My first Smith but it wouldn't be my last!
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Summary: Could Have Been Better
Review: I was disappointed after reading Romancing the Rogue. I am a big fan of Ms. Smith and loved all of her previous novels. I don't really know what I disliked about it but it just did not hold my interest to keep me wanting to find out what happened next. If you loved Ms. Smith's books, I would go ahead and read Romancing the Rogue; but if you are new to her, I would start with her earlier novels first.
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Summary: Could Have Been Better
Review: I was disappointed after reading Romancing the Rogue. I am a big fan of Ms. Smith and loved all of her previous novels. I don't really know what I disliked about it but it just did not hold my interest to keep me wanting to find out what happened next. If you loved Ms. Smith's books, I would go ahead and read Romancing the Rogue; but if you are new to her, I would start with her earlier novels first.
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Summary: Just What the Romanticist Ordered
Review: Those of us that read romance novels essentially know what we'll be getting into before we read Page One. There's a predicability about romance, & that's for the most part why we read it. That's what we're looking for. The difference comes in w/the characters, the way the tension builds, the sensuality between them, the predictability or, better, the lack of, and the hopefully well-done backdrops for each fantasy story. Because that's what a romance is meant to be: a fantasy whereby a reader can step away from her own reality for even a short time & feel drawn into this make-believe world. Barbara Dawson Smith has fulfilled all the most important elements in ROMANCING THE ROGUE. The hero & heroine are beautiful. There is just enough tension between them without there being an overt amount of never-ending sparring. The timing is well-done, so that Michael & Vivien are brought together in increments, steps in time, building up to a rather believeable end. And the supporting characters are well-defined. If I had any criticism at all, it would be minimal. Maybe the book could've supported a wee bit more sensuality. While I could tell the couple were very attracted to each other, the heat of such a connection could've been turned up just a notch. Also, I kept waiting to see Vivien reunite with Brand after she knew him to be her brother. That was a scene that could've held a considerable amount of emotion, & I really wanted to see it happen.
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Summary: Just What the Romanticist Ordered
Review: Those of us that read romance novels essentially know what we'll be getting into before we read Page One. There's a predicability about romance, & that's for the most part why we read it. That's what we're looking for. The difference comes in w/the characters, the way the tension builds, the sensuality between them, the predictability or, better, the lack of, and the hopefully well-done backdrops for each fantasy story. Because that's what a romance is meant to be: a fantasy whereby a reader can step away from her own reality for even a short time & feel drawn into this make-believe world. Barbara Dawson Smith has fulfilled all the most important elements in ROMANCING THE ROGUE. The hero & heroine are beautiful. There is just enough tension between them without there being an overt amount of never-ending sparring. The timing is well-done, so that Michael & Vivien are brought together in increments, steps in time, building up to a rather believeable end. And the supporting characters are well-defined. If I had any criticism at all, it would be minimal. Maybe the book could've supported a wee bit more sensuality. While I could tell the couple were very attracted to each other, the heat of such a connection could've been turned up just a notch. Also, I kept waiting to see Vivien reunite with Brand after she knew him to be her brother. That was a scene that could've held a considerable amount of emotion, & I really wanted to see it happen.
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