The Maiden

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Summary: Terrible heroine
Review: I really hated Jura! She's almost as bad as Bronwyn from "Highland Velvet" (another don't-read). I never saw how Rowan could "love" her so instantly. He was really cute, but c'mon, a hero should NOT cry!!! Ugh!

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Summary: About to give it away . . ..
Review: I've read this book once in all the years that I've had it. It simply isn't the type of book that I like. There was immediate attraction between the characters. That was the only good thing about the book. After their intial meeting, the book tends to fizzle. There was far too much arguing to suit my taste. I didn't feel that the characters knew each other so much as that they were hot for one another.

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Summary: Very intertaining and delightful reading--a page-turner.
Review: Jude (is it pronounced Judy?) Deveraux's The Maiden gave a vivid excursion into the 13th century--much like Knight in Shining Armour, however, this book was plausable, i.e., it could have happened. Brave Heart comes to mind in comparison,but this book is without the gore. The Maiden brings close together 2 Royal sects of opposite cultures (the English elete & the un-cultured/uneducated/undisciplined but very proud people) with surprising results. The book allows you escape into a time warp that you could never experience otherwise and didn't want it to end.

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Summary: Strong men and equally strong women
Review: Jura and Rowan are a lovely couple. With most of Deveraux's books there is always a mystery. This is one of a story of true intent. This was a good Deveraux book. The end was weak!!! If you like Deveraux you won't have a hard time reading this.

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Summary: I loved this book!!
Review: Jura and Rowan were perfect matches. Although I wasn't quite convinced at the end. But i still couldn't put this book down. I would recomend it to anyone who likes Historical romances. I also would recomend her next book in this mini seris "The Princess."

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Summary: flat is a good word to describe this one
Review: Romance novels are not my favorite genre. However, I love a good story with an interesting plot, and sometimes even a book that's a lot of fluff. I do like some of Deveraux's books - a lot of them actually -when I want to be able to read and keep an eye on the kids in the yard at the same time. This one was the worst I've read. I agree with most other comments on this one. The characters are completely flat, you can't like them, they are so one dimensional they are totally unbelievable. Not even the plot is enough to interest us on this one. I guess an author as prolific as Deveraux has license to write something this silly at least once - as long as she enjoyed it. Not sure you will.

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Summary: The Maiden
Review: The Maiden was the first romance novel that I ever read and I've been hooked not only to romance, but also to Jude Deveraux. She's the best. The Maiden contains all of the contents of a beautiful romance: a woman who believes life is just the way she wants it until destiny turns her life upside down and thrusts her into the arms of the man she believes to be the enemy but who truly holds the key to her heart. A man who stubbornly wants to believe he is doing the conquering only to wake up and realize he can't live without this exasperating woman. The characters are strong, personable, and real. As with every Jude Deveraux novel, when you read it you will cry, laugh, and love with the characters.

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Summary: Not Jude Deveraux's normal style
Review: This story was unlike any other I have read by J.D. Maybe because unlike the VELVET series it didn't take place in England or Scotland.
The characters did not resemble the usual Deveraux mold. Rowan is a somewhat flat character and his motives for some of his actions are not quite clear. Jura is a woman who thinks that emotions and attraction are not important but by the end of the book she discovers that they are.
Sometimes there was too much tension between the characters for me to enjoy the book.You wonder why they just can't get along when they are obviously in love. However the book redeems itself and the change of setting is refreshing and adds new flavor. I can't wait for more books about the Lanconians. Good work.

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Summary: Just bad.
Review: This takes place in Lanconia (where's that? I assumed someplace in Great Britain) in a hard to pin down era. Rowan is a prince that has come to claim rulership that currently belongs to Jura's brother. I am not sure how 2 people so at odds with each other could fall in love. Rowan seemed like an ok guy except he just gets busy with a stranger - Jura - whom he encounters for the first time alone in the woods. Jura was always being a bitch to Rowan, which I could kind of understand at first since he molests her, but if they are supposedly falling in love, there should be something that draws them together. I found Jura mean and annoying. I don't mind fights or obstacles, but there was no tenderness or romance between this couple. Just fighting (often inexplicable) and sex. The second half of the book is about alliances/war with neighboring tribes and liberating women captives in the mountains. It was just not well done and it was difficult for me to care about the story, the couple or even want them to be together.

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Summary: Great!
Review: What else but the greatest from one of the 20th century's best storyteller