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Bonds of Love

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Independent 24yo heroine is disconcerted by her attraction to 1 of the Confederate prisoners who her father hired to work in their shipping business. His brazen kisses ignite her sexuality for the 1st time ever which scares her enough to avoid him & accept a more suitable suitor's marriage proposal. Hero kidnaps her when he & his prisoner crew manage to escape from their guards. They sail to England where Hero plans to seek help to revoke his prisoner status in America. Heroine mistakenly thought that Hero would free her once they reached England but only to be guarded while he away for business. She escapes but is captured & forced to work as a prostitute in a brothel. Hero rescues her days later & was bereft & guilty at the trauma she experienced in his care. He lets her go back to America & heroine believes he's only doing so b/c he's disgusted with her forced-prostitution experiences. How will these 2 get back together?

As her 1st book(written in 1978), Camp's writing technique was good overall. The book flowed smoothly, story was consistent, & written with good emotional pull. What I didn't like about this book was the content. It is very much a bodice ripper & much of it was in the hands of Hero. He kidnapped, raped, & threatened her with bodily harm. He also cheated on her with multiple women just b/c he had nothing else better to do during the 3 days he was waiting on someone. He never confessed nor apologized to her for it. It was ironic that he realized that he fell in love with her after a few days of bedding other women. He wasn't trying to run away from his feelings for heroine. It just came to him that he still thought often of heroine even when he was with these other women. Hero wasn't all bad & he got better towards the end when he realized he loved heroine. He admitted & apologized for raping & abusing her. He sought vengeance over the 2 men who raped her while she was in the brothel. Heroine, on the other hand, changed for the worse when she was with Hero. She went from being an avidly independent & blunt woman to a more submissive & simpering one.

I'd only recommend this book if you're interested in comparing this 1st Camp book with her later ones.

This is one of my all time favorites. I would like to read more work like this. It has a great story line and I really enjoy Kathryn and the Captain. I would recommend this book anytime. It's a keeper!

This was the first romance book I read and I was hooked at the start. The storyline has so many twists and turns that you never know what will happen next. I was surprised that this type of book was so entertaining but I couldn't put it down!

Transaction smooth, no problems at all. Book arrived in the condition promised and before the scheduled arrival date. Could not be more pleased and would not hesitate to order again.