Rating: 
Summary: I know Ms. Johnson can write better, I've seen it....
Review: I wish I had seen some of the later reviews before I picked this book up. Definitely, NOT one of Ms. Johnson's best efforts. Where was the plot? The character building? The descriptive narrative? The building of sexual tension? She did her usual historical homework, but even that seemed contrived to me. It seemed as if she had to keep up with her previous books by putting in endnotes, so let's find some information that might fit the time period. If they shrunk the typesetting and moved the margins outward, where her previous books were printed, I don't think this story would fill 175 pages. When I finished the book, I couldn't believe that was it, where was the rest of it? Argyll gave up way to easily, even if he was greedy. What of Queensbury? He just disappeared. Sometimes I had trouble believing that Robbie was actually 18. At other times he was the epitome of the horny 18 year old. Unfortunately, he was very difficult to take seriously. I won't even try to get into Roxy's character, or what little there was beyond craving Robbie's body. Please Ms. Johnson, I know you are capable of so much better than this. Quality over quantity will guarantee my loyalty as a reader every time
Rating: 
Summary: a disappointment
Review: I'm confused about what's happend to Susan Johnson over the last few years. A couple of years ago, I would have called her my favorite author. I eagerly awaited each new release and bought her books the minute they hit the store shelves. But the last three or four books (or maybe even more) have all been lacking the quality to which her readers had become accustomned. Characterizations are flat -- and maddeningly similar to those we've seen before. (Including many instances of word-for-word dialogue repeated in each of her last few books.) Plotlines are weak -- and she seems to have much more interest in educating her readers as to the actual historical events taking place within the stories than in creating dynamic hoops for her characters to jump through. As always, the footnotes are fascinating, but all this attention to historical detail -- with a corresponding lack of attention paid to character and plot -- makes me wonder if Susan Johnson wouldn't be happier writing non-fiction. Maybe if she got that off her chest, she'd be ready to once again write the quality romances of which we know she is capable.
Rating:
Summary: Disappointing !!!
Review: I've read almost all of Susan Johnson's book and To Please a Lady a very disappointing read. So's A Touch of Sin. The writer didn't seem to put a lot of thought in these 2 books. All i can say is don't waste your money. Ms Johnson didn't seem to care when she was writing these books. It is so unfair to the readers.
Rating: 
Summary: An excellent erotic romance
Review: In 1705, the outlawed Earl of Greenlaw returns from Holland to Edinburgh. Robbie Carre plans to claim the decade-plus older Countess of Kilmarnok as his and to reclaim the estate stolen from him. Roxane Forrester has survived marriages, childbirth, politics, and the machinations of Scotland-s most powerful individuals. Yet the thirty- plus-year-old beauty cannot resist the charming Robbie whom she watched grow from boy to man. Robbie's enemies will use anyone as bait to capture the insolent lad. The Duke of Queensbury thinks Roxane is the perfect lure to capture Robbie. To gain her cooperation, he will use her beloved children as blackmailing tool. To protect her children (including Robbie) even from her deceased husband's family, Roxane turns away from her lover to another powerful noble. However, she failed to factor in the fact that Robbie's love for her will impel him to risk everything to gain Roxane by his side. TO PLEASE A LADY is a daring, unique and well-written story that will please many of the author's fans, but shock others. Roxane is a wonderful character whose bravery seems inspiring. Robbie was a charmer in his previous appearance. However, in this novel, he seems more like a recalcitrant teenager than a loving hero, which in turn hurts the romance between him and his older beloved. The secondary cast adds a feel of intrigue with their plots, counterplots, and double crossing. Susan Johnson heats up Scotland with this fast-paced historical romance.
Rating: 
Summary: *Not* hard to fathom
Review: Just a few comments on the book and the other reviews of the
book: While this book isn't the best of Susan Johnson's, and the
storyline could be improved, I still enjoyed reading it.
While I thought the age of 18 years old for the man was a
bit silly (25 years would have been more acceptable) a man
of 18 years a couple centuries ago wasn't a child (unlike
the 18 year old weaklings of this pampered lazy generation)
he was a man, strong and tough, life was hard in the past,
people worked hard and people grew up pretty fast back then. I suppose if a story was about a woman with five kids who
got involved with a man 20 years *older* than her (yech!)
that would be acceptable? (yech!) I would prefer youth,
stamina and virility in a man rather than old age. I guess a woman with 5 children isn't supposed to have a
sex drive or enjoy pleasure, much less even have a sex life?
Society still doesn't accept that women can have a strong
sex drive and enjoy their lifes even after they become a
mother or after they reach a certain age perhaps?!? And by the way, I don't think the reader from Colorado even
read the book.... or perhaps she is dyslexic??
The 18 year old man was panting after and chasing and pursuing
the older woman, *not* the other way around. The woman in the
book is a beautiful woman with several powerful men who are
fighting and vying for her attention, hardly some desperate
woman chasing a young man, she was resisting his advances
actually. Personally, I enjoyed the fantasy of a woman who had several
choices of men who were all lusting after and fighting over
her and who enjoys a sex life with a man younger than her. Must we be such prudes or so incest phobic that we can't
even enjoy a fantasy about sex with a handsome younger man?!?
Quite sad, if even ones fantasies have to be sexually repressed!
Rating:
Summary: Tame by comparison...
Review: Ms. Johnson's latest effort fell short, for me, when compared to the lushness of the Braddock-Black and Duras epics. I found the Robbie-Roxanne attraction a stretch--he was unbelievable as an eighteen year old. I kept hoping Roxanne would toss him over for Argyll! Sorry, but I can only give this 3 stars.
Rating:
Summary: May-December romance...(sort of)
Review: Not Johnson's best effort--each new book by her is more disappointing than the last and this latest offering doesn't even have as much of the erotic scenes Johnson is noted for--at the very least her books her a sizzling 'forget about the plot just look up the naughty scenes!' diversion. At the very best, they are a blend of outrageous adventure, historical detail, and (usually forbidden) passion. WARNING: This book was neither of those things! It was okay. That's all. Just Okay. Not 'wow' or 'great' or even 'good'. The banter was funny. But if I wanted a funny book I could think of a dozen authors I'd pick before Johnson. The heroine is sassy and saavy as well she should be...she's a real woman, thirtysomething without a regret--not one of your virgin turned temptress maidens that you usually find in historicals. She is in lust with life and men. Unfortuately the hero is so...well, he's so young. Eighteen? What was the author thinking? Couldn't he at least be in this twenties? Even that is sometimes too young for me to imagine for a historical hero. They weren't a good match. He doesn't act like any eighteen year old I know. And even then, his 18 turned 30 persona was just too unsettling for me. Not exactly what I'd call a romantic fantasy. Johnson's heroes run the gammut--the only thing they tend to have in common is their prowess in bed. However, lately, most of her heroes have been too whiny and immature for me. Selfish. Macho. Misogynistic even. Womanizing. Maybe even a little whorish. Her heroines are great fun to read (except for that one with Trixie--I forget the name of the book but it was awful--even worse than this novel) but she must do something about her heroes! Here's a hint, Ms. Johnson: how about letting them grow up first! Save the cradle robbing for another genre.
Rating: 
Summary: I liked this book...
Review: Sure, Robbie is only 18,but this is not a contemporary setting. I don't know why everyone is making such a big deal of this...I haven't been reading romance very long but it seems that in many historical romances the woman is much younger than the man. So the positions are reversed here. He is not an 18 year old of today either. He is very powerful and very wealthy. I liked the conversation too..a lot was very humorous. Haven't read Susan Johnson before so I can't say if this is better or worse than her others. I found it enjoyable with just a few questions. What's with all the footnotes? Do I really care about detail here? I didn't check any of them. It's a romance novel. This is all in fun..nothing serious about it. Also, some of the conversation was questionable. Did they really use those words back then? I don't really care. I liked it and found it very entertaining!!
Rating:
Summary: Disappointingly thin plot/ Susan Johnson usually does better
Review: Susan Johnson does very lusty novels and that is part of her appeal. However, this book along with her previous book was thin on plot. The female heroine wasn't very appealing with all of her doubts about the hero. The best part was the footnotes.
Rating:
Summary: It was not one of her best, I was very disappointed!!
Review: Susan Johnston is known for juicy and erotic love scences and all of that was missing in this book,after this I don't think I will be buying anymore of her books.First the hero is an eighteen year old who has basically lived a full life,he is in my opinion infactuated with a twice widowed mother of 5 and soon to be twins with the hero.the lovemaking in the book is very tame compare to her other novels,she has another one due out next year if I do get it I would rather saved myself the money by getting the book from the library.
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