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Amber Treasure

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Melanie Morganfield Young is the central character of the book. When you first meet her she is married to her husband Simon. They are very much in love but he dies on a voyage home from the Orient. During the voyage you are introducted to the very obnoxious Captain Worth - he is totally rude, crude and loves to thwart his power over Melanie. Melanie tries to be nice but eventually gets fed up and gives it as good as she is getting it. Well Captain Worth starts falling under her spell. One night shortly after her husbands death he visits her cabin and they have a serious night of steamy sex. Except she thinks it was her husband and finds out that it really was the rude Captain Worth. I'm not letting things out of the bag. But this is a definitely great read.

It was with caution that I picked up another Elaine Barbieri book after partially reading the train wreck that was 'Amber Fire'. Imagine my surprise when I realised I had picked up the sequel to that same book! I continued on and found though it was better than the first book it still was not a fantastic read. I would cringe in the end when the word 'darling' was printed. Lordy, how many times by how many men do you need to hear the same endearment over and over and over! Surely someone could of called her honey, or anything else apart from that dreaded D word. The other thing that I found unbelievable and cringe-worthy was the fact that constantly we were told over and over how perfect/flawless/beautiful she was..ok we get it, shes gorgeous! But did every single man that walked in her path have to fall madly in love with her? Desire her yes, I can believe that, but mind numbing total love and devotion? I know these are make believe stories but when I am constantly rolling my eyes in books, that does not make for great reading. I have read other Elaine Barbieri books and she does spin a fantastic tale. I am just not sure what she was up to with these books.