No Other Man

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Summary: AWESOME
Review: I am a big fan of Elizabeth Lowell and Johanna Lindsey. I am also very scepticle about reading other authors I don't know anything about. I have to tell you that this series of books No Other Man, No Other Woman and No Other Love are AWESOME!! I couldn't put these books down. I had them all read in a week. Between the romance and mysterys, they quite captivating. They are a must read set of books!!

Rating:
Summary: AWESOME
Review: I've read several of Shannon Drake's novels and this is not one of my favorites. I think her medieval stories are a lot better than her civil war and American West ones. Skylar is annoying. Her "fighting spirit" is irritating. She's just a shrew. If I were Hawk, I would have left her on the prairie somewhere.

Rating:
Summary: it's okay
Review: I've read several of Shannon Drake's novels and this is not one of my favorites. I think her medieval stories are a lot better than her civil war and American West ones. Skylar is annoying. Her "fighting spirit" is irritating. She's just a shrew. If I were Hawk, I would have left her on the prairie somewhere.

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Summary: A great book!
Review: If you are looking for a great book read "No other Man". Shannon Drake will transport you to the world of Skylar Douglas. You will get to feel that you are living all the passion that is described in this book. Once you are done with this book read "No other Woman" and "No other Love"

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Summary: Very moving romance full of action along with passion.
Review: The book was exciting from the beginning to end. Very hard to put down once you got started. I love the firey passion from the beginning and them not knowing that they had fallen in love from the get go. The fighting spirit of Skylar was what Hawk fell in love with without even knowing it. Loved the book. Keep writing these stories they're great.

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Summary: Had Potential/Cliches and Secrets Ruined It
Review: The plot premise had potential - marriage between two strangers. In the hands of a more skilled author, this could have been an excellent book. Unfortunately, the author ruined this book with 'secrets', forced seductions, and cliches. First, Skylar's secret was really lame. It was never believable that she didn't confess all as she grew to know Hawk. Second, I like a forced seduction as much as the next romance reader, but the ones in here were really lame. It was difficult to believe that there was any attraction between the characters at all. Third, Skylar was a really dumb heroine. Why can't this author create a heroine who can get herself out of trouble instead of relying on the hero to do it for her? Just pass on this one.

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Summary: Had Potential/Cliches and Secrets Ruined It
Review: The plot premise had potential - marriage between two strangers. In the hands of a more skilled author, this could have been an excellent book. Unfortunately, the author ruined this book with 'secrets', forced seductions, and cliches. First, Skylar's secret was really lame. It was never believable that she didn't confess all as she grew to know Hawk. Second, I like a forced seduction as much as the next romance reader, but the ones in here were really lame. It was difficult to believe that there was any attraction between the characters at all. Third, Skylar was a really dumb heroine. Why can't this author create a heroine who can get herself out of trouble instead of relying on the hero to do it for her? Just pass on this one.

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Summary: Yuck.
Review: What an awful book! Skylar was horribly stupid, and Hawk's litany about the plight of half-breeds was boring and by the middle of the book I was hoping Skylar's evil stepfather would find her and kill her.

I suppose I should have known that the book was going to be awful when the hero (who is so clearly the hero by the description of his blazing green eyes and tanned and rippling muscles even though it doesn't say so right away) kidnaps the heroine and rapes her. (...) Well, after the initial pain of him breaking through her maidenhead. And then it goes on to Skylar and her stupid unimportant secrets that she only keeps because it gives her something to be miserable about. And then, as at the end of all Shannon Drake books, the reader is told that the characters, after two hundred pages of violent sex and petty fights are in love. I can't help but wonder- when did that happen?

Okay, what I am trying to say is that this book is really one big cliche, and not even a good one. If you want a good romance read Marsha Canham, read Teresa Meirdos, those are real romances.

Rating:
Summary: Yuck.
Review: What an awful book! Skylar was horribly stupid, and Hawk's litany about the plight of half-breeds was boring and by the middle of the book I was hoping Skylar's evil stepfather would find her and kill her.

I suppose I should have known that the book was going to be awful when the hero (who is so clearly the hero by the description of his blazing green eyes and tanned and rippling muscles even though it doesn't say so right away) kidnaps the heroine and rapes her. (...) Well, after the initial pain of him breaking through her maidenhead. And then it goes on to Skylar and her stupid unimportant secrets that she only keeps because it gives her something to be miserable about. And then, as at the end of all Shannon Drake books, the reader is told that the characters, after two hundred pages of violent sex and petty fights are in love. I can't help but wonder- when did that happen?

Okay, what I am trying to say is that this book is really one big cliche, and not even a good one. If you want a good romance read Marsha Canham, read Teresa Meirdos, those are real romances.