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Summary: If you're looking for literate SMUT...
Review: If you're looking for intelligent literature, look elsewhere. If you're looking for something a bit low-brow and melodramatic, then this is the book to read. I was a bit offended in the chapter where the "heroine" is kidnapped by the Cherokee Indians & sexually assaulted, but other than that, the book was pretty fast paced and easy to follow. None of the characters are likeable, even the heroine. The so called love interest needs a hard kick in the nads; and usually the male lead in the book has a facade of virginal tendencies while being the best lover the girl has ever experienced...in this book, he's just a man-whore. Romance novels are supposed to give the reader a feeling of hope in that there is love waiting for them out there...this one kind of left you a sick feeling after watching a bad made for TV movie. I like smutty romance novels once in awhile, and this one is by far one of the most memorable.
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Summary: HEARTWARMING AND FANTASTIC
Review: MY Favorite of Many. I have read and reread this book. Amanda thrown into Newgate prison at a young age is sent to Charles Town SC. as an indentured servant where Tony, a man she had met years before when she is mistaken as someone else by his friends. Tony buys her papers and takes her to his home as a housekeeper where she meets up with Lettie, Tony's mistress, Amanda finds that her life doesn't get any better Thanks to Lettie. I cried and got mad, I hated the characters and thought of things to get even with them, while reading, I felt as if I was there going through all the things that Amanda was. It is excellent and Can't wait for the reprint to come out.
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Summary: Hear me out
Review: Ok I know people will look at this review and think I am nuts. But I am not, really! I read this book well prepared for all the horrible things that happen to the heroine, so it did not shock me, as it would have with out knowing before hand. But I think because I had known I was able to read this book and enjoy it, which I am surprised I did.
From the first scene I was shocked at how contrived the scenes where, the heroine is well aware of what will happen to her in this room she is locked in, and believes that her captures are nor really malicious toward (her words not mine), but does she explain or scream or say no (while there is someone to listen), not really, she falls asleep. There are so many of these kinds of situations that could have been resolved easily but someone fell asleep, was kissed into being quite and let's not forget the ever original sexed into oblivion and forgetfulness or the tragic occurrences that prohibits the delivery of a very important subject at the moment that almost always have life altering consequences. I guess what I am trying to say is that this book reminded me of a soap opera and I just could not take it seriously because there is no way this could book could be romantic. Both lead characters were kind of yuck! And the love between them was kind of sick. If I taken this book seriously I would have to cringe every time the "hero" calls her my love. But as I said I read it as a soap opera and found it fun. Because like a soap opera when ever the couple was happy something would tear them up. But either which way I can honestly say that Tony was pathetic, weak, and really annoying.I cannot in good conscious suggest that anyone should buy this book because they would really enjoy it. That all depends on the individual. As for me I read it lightly and enjoyed it as a parody but not a romance. As a serious romance this book is not even one star. The hero is just too cruel and stupid to be allowed to live. Bottom line, read at your own risk, but definitely read all these reviews before doing so, they really help.
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Summary: Hear me out
Review: Ok I know people will look at this review and think I am nuts. But I am not, really! I read this book well prepared for all the horrible things that happen to the heroine, so it did not shock me, as it would have with out knowing before hand. But I think because I had known I was able to read this book and enjoy it, which I am surprised I did.
From the first scene I was shocked at how contrived the scenes where, the heroine is well aware of what will happen to her in this room she is locked in, and believes that her captures are nor really malicious toward (her words not mine), but does she explain or scream or say no (while there is someone to listen), not really, she falls asleep. There are so many of these kinds of situations that could have been resolved easily but someone fell asleep, was kissed into being quite and let's not forget the ever original sexed into oblivion and forgetfulness or the tragic occurrences that prohibits the delivery of a very important subject at the moment that almost always have life altering consequences. I guess what I am trying to say is that this book reminded me of a soap opera and I just could not take it seriously because there is no way this could book could be romantic. Both lead characters were kind of yuck! And the love between them was kind of sick. If I taken this book seriously I would have to cringe every time the "hero" calls her my love. But as I said I read it as a soap opera and found it fun. Because like a soap opera when ever the couple was happy something would tear them up. But either which way I can honestly say that Tony was pathetic, weak, and really annoying. I cannot in good conscious suggest that anyone should buy this book because they would really enjoy it. That all depends on the individual. As for me I read it lightly and enjoyed it as a parody but not a romance. As a serious romance this book is not even one star. The hero is just too cruel and stupid to be allowed to live. Bottom line, read at your own risk, but definitely read all these reviews before doing so, they really help.
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Summary: Believe Them!
Review: The other reviewers are correct, this book was bad. It was tasteless, the entire second half of the book was disturbing, almost offensive. Read at you own risk!
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Summary: Evil
Review: There is nothing good about it. It is degrading in the full sense of the word. The villain is allowed to do despicable things to the heroine and the hero isn't man enough to stop her. It's obvious he isn't in control. He allows himself to be blackmailed into sleeping with the villain when he could have quelled her blackmail. He was weak, hateful when things didn't go his way. He succumbed to the bottle and anger whenever things got rough. There was nothing likeable about him. The heroine deserved better. For me he never exonerated himself. It is well written if you enjoy hard-hateful plots with vicious acts toward others and stupid heroes who are weak wimps.
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Summary: Are you kidding?
Review: This book rates nowhere near as good as all the others she has written. I found Tony's character to be selfish and very cruel to Amanda. She even bears his child early on and he's still his cruel self to her and her baby. His mistress is even worse! She treats Amanda horribly while Tony does nothing. If you ask me Lety the mistress should not have been in this story as long as she is. She worse than Tony by orchestrating Amanda's rape. Speaking of which there are too many of those in this book. I'm surprised Amanda didn't shoot Lety AND Tony, it would have been fitting. Come on. I read this in 1993 and its still not Connie Mason's best. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: atrocious
Review: this was by far the worst of connie mason's book I have ever read. in this story the heroine is raped by a drunk at 16 then when she is sent to newgate for stealing is again sexually abused by a constable to keep from beihng raped again. then she is made to do sexual favors by her owner for having his son. then a malicious woman gets her captured by indians and again raped. then she is forced to pretend to have sex with a slave by the same women who got her captured by indians. i thought that was horrible, i am truly dissappointed in Ms. mason considering i have read almoast all her books and this one contained what it did. i would have given it no stars but the idea behind the story was good.
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Summary: What a great and enjoyable read!
Review: This was the first Connie Mason book I've read. I was so extremely happy to discover Connie Mason, and discover how her books and writing style comes close to another author's work who I've been a fan of for years. "Caress and Conquer" was a truly entertaining love story. The girl finds the guy, loses the guy, and finds the guy again. It's the typical love story that ends with a happy ending, but has trauma and conflict throughout. This book kept me glued! Granted, some of the characters did get on my nerves, and some of the traumas and conflicts weren't for the weak. Authors can't develop characters that are going to be loved or liked by everyone. They develop characters that will work in the story presented. Most readers liked Nathan for example. Nathan annoyed me to pieces. He was, in my opinion so weak and uninteresting that I would have been sadly disappointed in the story, if Amanda did end up with him. Tony on the other hand, was the strong mysterious lead male character that stood by Amanda through all the troubles that occurred. If I ever had to endure any of the troubles that Amanda had to endure, I would have wanted someone just like Tony to stand by me. Letty was the villain of the book. Every book such as this one has to have a villain and I feel Connie developed Letty's character very well. Letty was pure evil, and at times I felt she should have been disposed of long before she was. However if she was, then the book wouldn't have been as good as it was. The length that Letty stayed in the story was perfect. The time where she was out of the story, then reappeared was excellent. It was a perfect example of how Connie creates ways to keep the reader interested and glued to the story. In addition, Connie set the scenes very well. She takes you to different places, gives you complete descriptions so that you can get a mental picture of where the scene is taking place, and what it looks like. I never felt any confusion here, or lack of being able to grasp what was being described. Everything was realistic. The traumas and conflicts taking place in the book, was the work of a great author's imagination. Who wants to read a love story that's a carbon copy of every love story out there? Or, who wants to read a love story that has nothing going on, other than the love story itself. I surely don't. I'd be bored to tears. I need something to grab my attention, something to make me feel for each character, whether it's love or hate. This book has it all!. Yes, there were typos, errors in grammar, caps where lower case should have been used. Yes, these mistakes should have been caught before it went to the printer. However, things like this happen and there's no reason why they should distract anyone. I'm only mentioning them because another reviewer did, and I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea and think the book is riddled with mistakes, and use that as a reason not to purchase it. The mistakes are few. Most readers probably won't even notice them. I'm sure they will be corrected during reprint. One thing that did stand out for me, was the never ending, ending. There were at least 4 places in this book where it could have ended and still been a great read. However, Connie chose to keep going. This was fine, but she could have ended the story early on and then grabbed the readers again by putting out a sequel. This could be just my opinion, as I work for a publishing company, and I read through manuscripts all the time. Something like this would have made me suggest splitting the book, to the author. Perhaps this was suggested, and was dismissed. I don't know, but making it into two great books, instead of one, would have worked out well. There's nothing to say that Connie can't still do a sequel. There are still some areas that could carry on into another book. If a sequel to this book came out, I'd buy it right away. In summary, if you want a historical romance, that's going to take you to a different time and place, make you feel love, hate and sorrow, and take a hold on you and not let you go until you've read the whole book in one setting. This is it! You won't put this book down once you've started to read it, and if like me, this is your first Connie Mason book. You will be hooked! Connie, thank you. I hope to read more books authored by you, and I hope they are just as enjoyable! Keep them coming!
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Summary: great heroine.
Review: Well I haven't read this book in many years and I was very glad I reread it today. This is one of my favorite books by Connie Mason because I love the heroine in this book. She goes through hell, and I do mean, hell to have happiness. The hero in this story I don't really like. He puts her through most of the hell but in the end love conquers all. This story starts out in London in 1759. the heroine, Amanda, has been sent off to get lace to finish a dress her mother is making for a very rich woman. On the way back she is mistaken as a prostitute and ends up being bedded by our hero, Tony. Tony is leaving for the colonies the next moring so she is his goodbye gift from his friends. He never realizes that she is a virgin. After he leaves the next day things go from bad to worse for Amanda. She now must steal so that her and her dying mother can eat. She is caught and soon finds herself on her way to the colonies as an indentured servant. Tony sees her and buys her and on the way home he can't help himself and takes her. She can't really help herself either because Tony does make her burn with passion. She becomes his housekeeper and he treats her very roughly. Finally they realize they love each other but there are a multitude of horrible things that will try and stop them from marrying. All throughout the book Amanda remains strong and I did like Tony some of the time. He got better. This book has very hot love scenes that could burn paper. You won't want to put this down until you've finished it.
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