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Rating: 
Summary: Plentiful
Review: From what I can detect, this is the book that launched the very successful career of Kat Martin. Published in 1988, and no longer available through the main stream, I found my copy while searching the shelves in a little used bookstore. By my reaction, you would have thought I uncovered the "Hope Diamond" in the salvage.
Martin draws a simple, bountiful love story. The novel is action packed and she kept this reader turning the pages. Yet, it is far from being perfect. The hero, Travis "Hawk" Langley, is a jerk. I could not bring myself to enjoy his company. He is rude, cold, and then grows sexually aroused whenever he is not being rude and cold.
Samantha Ashton, stationed with her father in the Dakota Territories, is an innocent looking for adventure. She discovers it on an outrageous journey to and from California. An endless trip that sees her pose as a governor's daughter, almost meet Brigham Young, stand naked in the mountains as foul men leer and fondle her, lose her virginity, nearly drown in the San Francisco Bay, then seized and savagely dragged across the mountains by renegade Indians, married by means of an Indian ceremony, returned home and again subject to a brutal assault
Whew, a lot of bang for your buck in this novel. However, Kat Martin does entertain. There are problems, but reading this you can experience the writer on the initial stage of a great career. A good beginning.
Rating:
Summary: Plentiful
Review: From what I can detect, this is the book that launched the very successful career of Kat Martin. Published in 1988, and no longer available through the main stream, I found my copy while searching the shelves in a little used bookstore. By my reaction, you would have thought I uncovered the "Hope Diamond" in the salvage.
Martin draws a simple, bountiful love story. The novel is action packed and she kept this reader turning the pages. Yet, it is far from being perfect. The hero, Travis "Hawk" Langley, is a jerk. I could not bring myself to enjoy his company. He is rude, cold, and then grows sexually aroused whenever he is not being rude and cold.
Samantha Ashton, stationed with her father in the Dakota Territories, is an innocent looking for adventure. She discovers it on an outrageous journey to and from California. An endless trip that sees her pose as a governor's daughter, almost meet Brigham Young, stand naked in the mountains as foul men leer and fondle her, lose her virginity, nearly drown in the San Francisco Bay, then seized and savagely dragged across the mountains by renegade Indians, married by means of an Indian ceremony, returned home and again subject to a brutal assault
Whew, a lot of bang for your buck in this novel. However, Kat Martin does entertain. There are problems, but reading this you can experience the writer on the initial stage of a great career. A good beginning.
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Summary: Magnificent Passage
Review: This book is one of the finest books I've ever read! Mandy Ashton fled a stifling existence for the glittering social whirl of California's state capital, trading childhood's innocence for a woman's burning desire. It was risky, masquerading as her flighty cousin, Julia, but Mandy was hardly faint of heart - as she would prove time and again on a journey fraught with deadly adventure and sublime temptation. Travis Langly(Hawk in indian name) was a white man raised by the Cheyenne, making a difficult peace with his dual heritage. The last thing he needed was Julia, California Governor's spoiled daughter to chaperon. He thinks Mandy as Julia... But Mandy was spirited, captivating, and irresistibly sensuous... By journey's end, Mandy and Hawk were the helpless prisoners of a smoldering passion that nothing could kill - except, perhaps, the secret Mandy guarded so carefully throughout the arduous days, and ardent nights, of their long magnificent passage. I recommend this book for the readers who want savory and attractive dialogues of heroin and hero. The prologue of this book is very interesting! Especially, I will never forget the first meeting between Mandy and Travis. That scene is very beautiful and humorous!
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Summary: Wonderful and Engaging
Review: This book kept me up all night. The story was engaging and exciting. I would have given this book 5 stars, but the heroine was always resisting and then giving in to the hero during the love scenes. But, if you are looking for a hot, exciting, and spellbinding read then definetly read this book.
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