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Summary: THIS is historical fiction!
Review:  When I first sat down to "Captive Heart" I was ready to curl up with what I had been told was an excellent romantic/historical fiction novel. How misguided I was! Within the first page I was ready to put the book down. Ms. Chaikin had made the almost unforgivable blunder of referring to Devora's underskirts as "crinolines". Unless I am grievously mistaken, this book is set in the year 1661, a full two hundred years before the crinoline ever entered the fashion scene! Furthermore, as I read on I couldn't help but get the sensation that Ms. Chaikin was trying overly hard to write in what could be called a "lyrical, romantic style", the effect was nauseating. In conclusion, I must state, that if Ms. Chaikin plans to continue her historical fiction writing, she'd better do some more research.
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Summary: Colorful and Engaging!
Review: A friend gave me this book and I loved it. I hope one day to write as well as Linda does. Regardless of whether or not she got the crinoline skirt part right for the time setting, this book was very engaging. Imagine being a young woman in love and being swept away by a mother--who's barely been a part of your life--who takes you to a place that's foreign to you, in order that you can marry a Spanish don to further the family? Well that's exactly what Devora's mother does. Out of the blue, Catherina Radburn shows up in Barbados to take Devora away from her beloved home and uncle, and the man she wants to marry--so that she can marry a man of her families choosing. Someone she's never met! Besides that, Devora wants to work alongside her uncle in Barbados. Her world is suddenly turned upside down, her faith tested. Will it sustain her--even when she's thrown into a world she knows little about and toward a man she has decided in her heart that she wants nothing to do? Unknowingly, Devora has already met that man, only he's going by a different name and she is unwillingly drawn to him. Will she learn his true identity and will she find the strengh within to follow her heart? You'll have to read the book to find out! And I heartily recommend it!
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Summary: Colorful and Engaging!
Review: A friend gave me this book and I loved it. I hope one day to write as well as Linda does. Regardless of whether or not she got the crinoline skirt part right for the time setting, this book was very engaging. Imagine being a young woman in love and being swept away by a mother--who's barely been a part of your life--who takes you to a place that's foreign to you, in order that you can marry a Spanish don to further the family? Well that's exactly what Devora's mother does. Out of the blue, Catherina Radburn shows up in Barbados to take Devora away from her beloved home and uncle, and the man she wants to marry--so that she can marry a man of her families choosing. Someone she's never met! Besides that, Devora wants to work alongside her uncle in Barbados. Her world is suddenly turned upside down, her faith tested. Will it sustain her--even when she's thrown into a world she knows little about and toward a man she has decided in her heart that she wants nothing to do? Unknowingly, Devora has already met that man, only he's going by a different name and she is unwillingly drawn to him. Will she learn his true identity and will she find the strengh within to follow her heart? You'll have to read the book to find out! And I heartily recommend it!
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Summary: Electrifying
Review: I cannot put this book down! I believe I'm already in love with Captain Bruce Hawkins. The relationship between him and Devora is so intense and exciting that it makes my blood boil. Linda Chaikin has a way of creating scenes between them that are electrifying. As far as the inaccurate historical data that some are complaining about, for me, that's not why I read a Christian Historical Romance. If I wanted to know every accurate detail of a certain time in history, I'd read a history book. It's the characters, their interactions and the excitement of the story that carries the reader through.
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Summary: A very captivating book!
Review: I love Linda Chaikin books. I could barely stand to put this book down long enough to wash the dishes. My opinion is that this is a worthwhile book to read, if you're a romantic or like buccaneers. :O)
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Summary: A very captivating book!
Review: I love Linda Chaikin books. I could barely stand to put this book down long enough to wash the dishes. My opinion is that this is a worthwhile book to read, if you're a romantic or like buccaneers. :O)
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Summary: It was great!!!
Review: I loved this book so much! I am 16 and I couldn't put it down the first time I read it... or the second, third, fourth time, etc. As you can see, I reread it whenever I run out of new books to read. Anyone who likes to read Lori Wick or Francine Rivers will love this book... for that matter, anyone who likes adventure and romance will like it... I highly recomend it.
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Summary: Engaging, wonderful, exciting,and romantic
Review: I really enjoyed this book! Linda Chaikin did a fantastic job on writing about pirates, buccaneers, the Spanish Inquisition, life in Spain and conflicts that those people faced back then. The main characters Devora and Bruce were well-developed and realistic. I tried to put myself in Devora's slippers to discover how it felt to have a mother that abandoned me, then all of a sudden show up and turn my life upside-down. I really admire someone like Devora who uses her Christian faith to sustain her during her trials. I would like a husband like Bruce who unlike his father is a gallant, dashing, and somewhat roguish man, with a teasing nature. I wonder how it would feel to be a half-English and half-Spanish especially when the two countries were at odds with one another and to be rejected as a little boy by his ruthless father. I definitely going to read this series more than once!
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: Just like all of Linda Chaikin's books this one is a great story. Devora is being sent away from the life she has always known to marry a man that she has never met and has no interest in. She wants to get out of it any way possible and return to her uncle Barnabas in Bridgetown, Barbados where she could help him with his patients and marry the man she believed would be the perfect husband for her. While she waited in Spain to meet the man she was supposed to marry, she got caught up in a situation with Pirates. She was being drawn to the well known Captain Bruce Hawkins even though she didn't want to admit it to herself. I think Linda's writings are all really great! This is just another of those examples.
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Summary: An Excellent Book!
Review: Linda Chaikin is a great writer. I love the adventure she puts in her books. She obviously puts time and research into her work. Captive Heart was a great book and I am looking forward to the next one. Watch out, it leaves you in suspence! Get the whole series.
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