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Summary: A great historical read by a very versatile author
Review: After Barbary Pirates capture Lady Honoria Pryne, she agrees to become the lover of one of her incarcerators, Diego Moresco. He accepts her terms of her body in exchange for saving the life of her fiancé Derrick Russell. The price for saving Derrick is her innocence. When Diego's home is attacked, Honoria escapes. However, Derrick no longer wants the now damaged goods.Several years later, James "Diego" Marbury returns to England to make right the dishonor he did to Honoria. However, when passion flares between them, he decides he wants her as his wife for more than correcting a wrong. Derrick also returns into Honoria's life because he realizes how wealthy an heiress she is. Betrayed by the two men in her life, Honoria wants neither, but desires both of them, especially James. ON A LONG AGO NIGHT is an ultra-heated Victorian romance that employs scorching flashbacks to tell the tale of Diego and Honoria. That technique in the hands of a lesser mortal than the sensational Susan Sizemore is apt to disrupt the story line. Instead, the awesome author makes it work so well that motives are revealed and the plot is forwarded by the glimpses into the past. The exchanges between the lead charcaters is filled with humor, intelligence, and fire. Fans of historical romance will eagerly enjoy this tale and hunt for Ms. Sizemore's other ardent romances. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Searing hot pirate romance!
Review: Eight years ago, Honoria agreed to give her innocence to a handsome pirate in exchange for the rescue of her fiancé, who promptly ditched her as damaged goods upon their return. Since then, Honoria has lived a secluded life with her indulgent father and her books, determined never to trust a man again...until her father decides she must marry and invites both her former fiancé (Derrick Russell) and the son of a good friend of his (James Marbury) to pay court to his daughter. Honoria despises the man who contemptibly jilted her, but Derrick Russell has run through his fortune and is determined to win her back. The real shock, however, is that James Marbury turns out to be the corsair who seduced her and turned her into a passionate wanton eight years ago! Warning: this book is so hot it scorches! I couldn't stop until I had read all the way to the end. Honoria's strength of character and desire for independence and James' determination to win her for his wife, together with the steamy passion that resulted from nearly every meeting, kept me turning the pages in anticipation. Bravo to Ms. Sizemore for another winner!
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Summary: Searing hot pirate romance!
Review: Eight years ago, Honoria agreed to give her innocence to a handsome pirate in exchange for the rescue of her fiancé, who promptly ditched her as damaged goods upon their return. Since then, Honoria has lived a secluded life with her indulgent father and her books, determined never to trust a man again...until her father decides she must marry and invites both her former fiancé (Derrick Russell) and the son of a good friend of his (James Marbury) to pay court to his daughter. Honoria despises the man who contemptibly jilted her, but Derrick Russell has run through his fortune and is determined to win her back. The real shock, however, is that James Marbury turns out to be the corsair who seduced her and turned her into a passionate wanton eight years ago! Warning: this book is so hot it scorches! I couldn't stop until I had read all the way to the end. Honoria's strength of character and desire for independence and James' determination to win her for his wife, together with the steamy passion that resulted from nearly every meeting, kept me turning the pages in anticipation. Bravo to Ms. Sizemore for another winner!
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Summary: A Sequel That Does Not Quite Make It...
Review: Having read so many of her delightful other books, I was bored and disappointed with this sequel, which would have been better left unwritten. Part of the problem was the style, choppy going back and forth from a recent past to present. If she had told that story first and then proceeded, it might have been more interesting. Unlike her other novels, this one lacked pace and riveting plot lines. It repetitively focused on the heroine's coldness and desire not to be wed, and her former lover's equal insistence that they would be. Other books are far better, such as Wings of the Storm, After the Storm, etc. Was her editor sleeping?
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Summary: Honoria Pyne & James Marbury
Review: Honoria Pyne and James Marbury were lovers in the past adn now 8 years later they meet again. Marbury wants Honoria back but Honoria is saying no and refusing him because of something in the past. Now Marbury is going to try to seduce Honoria and make her his again. I found this book kind of slow paced and I think there are too much memories, but the story is good. There's action in it and a duel between Marbury and Honoria's ex-fiance, Derrick Russell. The only problem I had was that they thought too much. It's not as if I hated the thinking, it just seemed that there were more thinking than talking and doing something. I especially did like Honoria because she's so complex. Honoria has this free spirit but she is bound by her position and duties, same as Marbury. That's why they match because of their common personality. ^_^ ~Izzy
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Summary: Extraordinary book by an extraordinary writer!
Review: I confess, I like all of Susan Sizemore's books, and this one is no exception. I loved the adventure, the hero was sexy, the heroine was strong, and the dialogue was funny. Great stuff!
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Summary: Pass this book
Review: I find this book to be dry and boring. It was hard to stay interested when it went back and forth from past to present. It is different, yet the author didn't make good transitions when she went from present to past then back to the present. This book would have been written better and a good tone if the past history was done in prologue and the present afterwards. The book did give a sense of hot and cold relationship between Honoria and James as well as the past and the present. Yet it is hard to believe Honoria's love for James at the end, when throughout the book she couldn't stand him and disliked him. My advice, buy it used if you have to, it's not worth the full price you pay for it. I couldn't read this book a second time, so not much of a keeper. This is more of a drama/fiction book than romance.
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Summary: Pass this book
Review: I find this book to be dry and boring. It was hard to stay interested when it went back and forth from past to present. It is different, yet the author didn't make good transitions when she went from present to past then back to the present. This book would have been written better and a good tone if the past history was done in prologue and the present afterwards. The book did give a sense of hot and cold relationship between Honoria and James as well as the past and the present. Yet it is hard to believe Honoria's love for James at the end, when throughout the book she couldn't stand him and disliked him. My advice, buy it used if you have to, it's not worth the full price you pay for it. I couldn't read this book a second time, so not much of a keeper. This is more of a drama/fiction book than romance.
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Summary: Missing a Crucial Scene
Review: I gave this book 4 stars, because the first two-thirds of it were 5 star material, and the last third was at best 3 stars. As she did in her wonderful book THE PRICE OF INNOCENCE, Sizmeore tells the story of a passionate reunion between old lovers who have been separated for several years using flashbacks to move back between the present and the past. I love the way Ms. Sizemore uses this technique to build dark currents of sexual tension between her wonderful and unique characters, but unfortunately she has a tendency to shortchange the flashback storyline of how the characters first met. ON A LONG AGO NIGHT held me spellbound until I finally reached the flasback I had been waiting for -- the one that told the story of how Honoria and James had become lovers and of the passion that neither could forget even eight years later. I was stunned to discover that they had only been lovers for four days. Had those four days been SHOWN, I could have continued to believe in Honoria and James' unforgettable love. But most of the affair was not shown, INCLUDING THE VERY FIRST LOVE SCENE. In the prior flashback, we see them making a bargain. The next time we return to the flashback, the brave but trembling and virginal Honoria has been transformed into James' enthusiastic lover. How did she get from point A to point B? I NEVER FOUND OUT. At this point the wind was let out of my sails and the sexual tension out of the story. James and Honoria remained loveable, sexy and unique, but their inability to forget each other all these years no longer rang true. Plus, the lead up to this point led me to believe that James and Honoria's past had taken a darker turn, and that James had been forced to betray her in some deeper way. When the flashback storyline was wrapped up hastily with a "big misunderstanding" to explain the eight years they spent apart, it added to my letdown. There were a few other flaws, like the implausible coincidences of four people connected to the past independently turning up at the same place at the same time, and hero and heroine having flashbacks of their love affair exactly in sequence, each on his own. But these I would've easily forgiven had only the flashback story been longer and more developed. In each of her two most recent romances, it was the past that was more exotic and daring than the present, and that made the reunion so compelling. So, Ms. Sizemore, if you're reading this, I'm begging you, please don't tease us next time -- give us more of the past, and don't skip over any parts of the first love scene! Caveats aside, I recommend ON A LONG AGO NIGHT for its strong, original heroine, its sexy and complicated hero, its adventurous story and Sizemore's energetic writing style.
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Summary: Fun Read With a Stong Female Lead
Review: I just finished reading Susan Sizemore's book, On a Long Ago Night, and it was fantastic. The Hero and Heroine are likeablely flawed with an enjoyable personal connection. Sizemore mixes elements in the story from eight years before when Pirates abducted Honoria and she was seduced by her abductor and abandoned by her fiancé with the more prevalent story line set in present day. Since she went home she has been living a life of prim respectability that wis shattered by the reappearance of her former lover and her ex-fiancé. There was enough conflict in the book to keep the story line moving along without making the main characters unlikable and the secondary characters were interesting as well. I enjoyed the fact that the story is not set exclusively in Europe and I liked reading a Pirate romance without actually having to read a pirate story. This book has followed the recent trend of having slightly older, more powerful women as main characters and strong yet sensitive men. Men who do not have to abuse women to be sexy. When it is done well, as it was here, I like it very much. Women in books like this don't need to run around talking about how they work for women's issues in order to appear to be powerful women. They are interesting, powerful women.
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