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Summary: Married Against Her Will
Review: I love romance novels, but sometimes I just don't understand them, at least the kind where the heroine of the tale despises a certain kind of man, would rather live in a convent for the rest of her days then be married to him, then, despite the fact that he treats her like chattel, she gives into him, agrees to marry him, planning to escape when she gets the chance, then later in the book swoons in his arms. Duh, is it just me, or have, like they claim in that old Virginia Slims commercial, "Women come a long way." I guess not you, not if you like this kind of story. Oh, did I just describe the plot of this book, I hadn't noticed, because I couldn't finish.Two days later: All right, I felt duty bound to read through to the end of the book, and it was tough slogging at times, but in the end our heroine, Alysia, does finely subdue her Greek Shipping Bazillionaire Christos Pateras and they do live happily ever after. I've read a few books like this recently and can't help but wonder if these writers are writing for battered women or women that are in verbally abusive relationships. You know, maybe they think they are giving them some kind of hope, like maybe they think if a girl like Alysia can tame her man, then maybe they can tame theirs too. I've talked to the other Harlequin girls about this and, to a girl, we've decided not to review anymore books like this. And since a lot of arranged marriage books have abusive men in them, we won't be reviewing many more of those either. Romance is supposed to be about romance. At least I thought so, how about you? Anyway the writing was good, despite the plot, so I've given this one two stars. A Harlequin Dreamers Review by Vesta Irene
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