Worth the Risk

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Summary: A duo of old Stephanie James
Review: I have had a bone with many of JAK old Candlelight and Temptations series being giving new cover and a BIG BOOK PRICE.
I do not object to them being reprinted, as many of her fans, including me, enjoy her earlier works and may have missed some; this give a chance to catch up on them. However paying full price for these very THIN novelettes sort of make me think they are milking fans for all they are worth.

I applauded last years efforts of putting out the Stephanie James series at a lower price. Now this made sense and showed consideration for the reader.

So here is the chance for you to catch two old JAK's James temptations Wizards and the Challoner Bride at the price of one. Good move!!

They are wee bit dated, but one overlooks that, as JAK's writing is fresh and sparkling and show the fire of the love of writing for the genre that said seems to be missing in her last few works.

I highly recommend these for those JAK fans that missed her Stephenie James works.

Rating:
Summary: Both are dated but not unreadable
Review: There are many 1980s romance novels that I just can't bear to read. The heroines are so wimpy and the heroes are such macho jerks that I find them unreadable. The stories in Worth the Risk are not that bad. Yes, the women are a little too submissive and the men a little too condensending but I have read much worse.

The Challoner Bride was the weaker of the two. It had just enough supernatural element to make you go "HUH?" but not enough supernatural element to make it interesting. I didn't like the male lead all that much either. It was his way or the highway and he always knew what was best for the little lady. Yuck.

Wizard was better but there was still the lead male being all macho and possesive and the heroine wimping out (and even enjoying it). That's so dated!

Still, these stories were written by Jayne Ann Krentz which means you at least have interesting characters and snappy dialogue. That's a lot more than you get with most romances coming out of the 1980s.