Rating:  Summary: Just didn't like the characters... Review: For some reason I couldn't get into this book Ritz and Roque came across as ineffectual. When Roque made comments about his existence or his "good deed" it came across weak like his sibling. Ritz didn't know what she wanted ... guess why it wasn't titled "Case a hombre que es interesante"
Rating:  Summary: Just didn't like the characters... Review: For some reason I couldn't get into this book Ritz and Roque came across as ineffectual. When Roque made comments about his existence or his "good deed" it came across weak like his sibling. Ritz didn't know what she wanted ... guess why it wasn't titled "Case a hombre que es interesante"
Rating:  Summary: Just didn't like the characters... Review: For some reason I couldn't get into this book Ritz and Roque came across as ineffectual. When Roque made comments about his existence or his "good deed" it came across weak like his sibling. Ritz didn't know what she wanted ... guess why it wasn't titled "Case a hombre que es interesante"
Rating:  Summary: Disappointing Review: One glimpse of Roque Moya Blackstone dancing by firelight set the course of Ritz Keller's life. It had all begun when her best friend describes seeing Roque swimming nude and stealing his clothes. So when her horse trespasses onto Blackstone land, Ritz has images of the half Mexican boy dancing by firelight in her mind. The reality is even more shocking, however, when she inadvertently stumbles upon him a private moment. Their subsequent tumultuous clash sets the tone for their relationship.Roque's younger brother is the favored son. When Caleb and Ritz later become friends, emotions run high among family members. Tragedy strikes and Caleb dies in a car accident, and Ritz's brother is left a paraplegic. Soon after, Ritz intervenes before Roque can be beaten and takes him to Mexico. Although he has married someone else, they are intimate, and Ritz becomes pregnant. Tragedy strikes again, taking the life of their child. Ten years later Roque still bitterly blames Ritz for the death of their child. At her husband's funeral, Roque realizes that she is pregnant once again by him, and demands that she marry him, making the announcement there and then. MARRY A MAN WHO WILL DANCE suffers from stilted or otherwise entangled phrasing, which will put off many English majors. Worse, readers will find the forced prose less difficult than the impossibly convoluted plot. On the other hand, this modern day Westside Story offers strong conflict, powerful motivation, and flawed, yet powerful characterizations. With a clash of cultures and fierce passion, MARRY A MAN WO WILL DANCE is still disappointing.
Rating:  Summary: Save your money... Review: The characters were flat and the writing stilted. The book jumped around in time. As an example, the hero, Roque, goes from a bad boy flunking out of college to a hero millionaire seemingly overnight. His love interest, Ritz, is a accused of partically everything that goes wrong in the book without ever standing up for herself. There is little to cheer for in these characters and the storyline is all over the place. Save your time and money, there are thousands of better reads than this one.
Rating:  Summary: A fabulous read! Review: This is one of the most ejoyable and romantic books I've read in a long time. Half romance and half suspense, it kept me pinned to my chair for hours until I finished it. I love the South Texas setting-- and the hero, Roque, is to die for. I can't wait for Ann Major's next book to come out!
Rating:  Summary: A fabulous read! Review: This is one of the most ejoyable and romantic books I've read in a long time. Half romance and half suspense, it kept me pinned to my chair for hours until I finished it. I love the South Texas setting-- and the hero, Roque, is to die for. I can't wait for Ann Major's next book to come out!
Rating:  Summary: Save your money... Review: This novel is Romeo and Julet set in south Texas. The Keller ranch has been split down the middle because a Keller brother dies and his wife marries a Blackstone. Thus, half the ranch now belongs to the Kellers and the other half to the Blackstones. When Ritz Keller falls in love with the forbidden badboy on the Blackstone Ranch, Roque Moya Blackstone as a teenager, she starts a fatal chain of events that spiral out of control. The lovers are torn apart. When they meet again as adults, they are attracted, angry and terrified. No sooner does their fragile relationship ignite, then they are forced to fight a mysterious dark force. Someone near and dear wants to destroy not only their love but them. This book is passionate and sexy and I loved the immigration subplot. A great read!
Rating:  Summary: Marry A Man Who Will Dance Review: This novel is Romeo and Julet set in south Texas. The Keller ranch has been split down the middle because a Keller brother dies and his wife marries a Blackstone. Thus, half the ranch now belongs to the Kellers and the other half to the Blackstones. When Ritz Keller falls in love with the forbidden badboy on the Blackstone Ranch, Roque Moya Blackstone as a teenager, she starts a fatal chain of events that spiral out of control. The lovers are torn apart. When they meet again as adults, they are attracted, angry and terrified. No sooner does their fragile relationship ignite, then they are forced to fight a mysterious dark force. Someone near and dear wants to destroy not only their love but them. This book is passionate and sexy and I loved the immigration subplot. A great read!
Rating:  Summary: modern day southwest West Side Story Review: When they first met, Roque Moya Blackstone teased fourteen year old Ritz Keller Evans calling her princess, telling her that her friend was prettier, and taking her horse from her. The encounter ends in an incident with his father hurting him and her father warning her to stop acting the whore and stay away from that evil family. Rogue's half brother Caleb and Ritz become friends and dance together in public. Her drunken brother Steve and her boyfriend, both filled with liquor, go crazy and chase after their enemy. In an ensuing car crash, Caleb dies. Separately Steve also crashes and is left a paraplegic. Not long afterward Ritz saves Roque from a beating and takes him to Mexico. They make love, but he is married. Her father rejects a pregnant Ritz as a whore and eventually she loses their baby from working too hard to support herself. Ten years later, a bitter Roque still blames Ritz for the baby's death. MARRY A MAN WHO WILL DANCE is a modern day southwest West Side Story starring a half-Mexican-half American and an American whose fathers hate each other. Ritz is an intrepid individual whose morality shines through the novel in spite of overwhelming pressure by her parents, the townsfolk, and her beloved to break. Her only oases as the eye of the storm over the years are a kind grandmother and Caleb. The deep character study requires the audience to accept some improbable pivotal points that ring untrue for the characters hurting an insightful story line. Harriet Klausner
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