Burning Tigress (Leisure Historical Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jade Lee (Author)

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Living in Shanghai has proved one thing to Englishwoman Charlotte Hicks: she wants more from life than an Englishwoman normally receives. When she finds a set of erotic scrolls left behind by her friend, she decides to begin with learning what those scrolls depict. Serving as First Boy in an English household has also proved to Ken Jin that he needs more from life, but when he learns that Miss Charlotte had found sacred Tigress scrolls, his first mission is to wrest them from her possession and return them to their rightful place. Stubborn as ever, Miss Charlotte refuses, unless he agrees to teach her what the scrolls truly mean. The latest in Lee's Tigress series, following Hungry Tigress and Desperate Tigress (both 2005), offers a more humorous tone, but have no fear: Lee's deft eroticism hasn't lost any of its power. With her latest variant on the Tigress practice, Lee's star continues to burn bright. Nina Davis
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 337 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books; First edition (June 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843956887
• ISBN-13: 978-0843956887
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,524,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jade Lee has broken new ground in multi-cultural romance. Her China-set historical romances are a first in genre history. Her six-book Tigress series stirred reader passions for foreign settings, and her fantasy romances continue to be ground-breaking. Where did she get such innovative ideas? From a mixed cultural heritage that brings unique vision to her fiction.

As the daughter of a Shanghai native and a staunch Indiana Hoosier, Jade Lee struggled to find her own identity somewhere between America and China. Her search has taken her throughout Asian and the United States. In the end, the answer was found not only at home, but in her own head. Her imagination allows her to explore China in her Tigress series, dragon power in her fantasy romance Dragonborn, and of course, the amazing power of love in all of them.

A USA Today bestseller, Jade "Lee has made her mark with sizzling romances whose unique settings, intriguing backdrops and exotic characters lure you into worlds where heaven is reached through the highest meeting of mind and body. It's a world at once mysterious and erotic, secret and mind-expanding." (Romantic Times BOOKreviews on Cornered Tigress)

Jade's also a popular speaker appearing all over the country throughout the year. Her other joys include playing racquetball, rollerblading with a very large golden retriever, and watching her two daughters play volleyball. She loves getting mail from readers, so please e-mail her at [e-mail]. Or visit her on the web at www.jadeleeauthor.com.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars superb Taoist historical romance, May 25, 2006

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burning Tigress (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1898 Shanghai, Charlotte Wicks runs her family home which requires taking care of her mentally-impaired brother and seeing to her squanderer self-indulgent father. Though she loves her sibling, she has no hopes for any relationship with a man; still Charlotte dreams of escaping the web she lives inside of as she envies yet feels good about the ecstatic happiness her best friend Joanna Crane (see HUNGRY TIGRESS) has obtained. Adding to her desires is finding a tigress' sacred scrolls that have Charlotte yearning to learn all that it contains.

Ken Jin runs the Wicks business from behind the scenes. He also is a dragon, but is on the brink of losing his prowess unless he meets a tigress that he can call his. When Charlotte who he already is attracted to, asks him to teach her to be a tigress, Ken feels much more enlightened since he began instructing Charlotte and believes nirvana is attainable.

The latest Taoist historical romance is an exhilarating tale starring a fascinating tutor and a beguiling pupil. Though somewhat similar to some of the previous novels with an Asian-western match-up, fans of the series will still appreciate the lead couple's evolving relationship in which the audience will wonder just whom is teaching who as the pairing of Yin and Yang make both of them complete and prove that the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts. Readers will appreciate the latest entry in the wonderfully erotic Tigress tales.

Harriet Klausner

4.0 out of 5 stars An OBJECT of affection, July 4, 2006

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Chrissy (NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burning Tigress (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is a historical romance set in the 1800's Shanghai China. Two people are attempting to reach Heaven through sexual bliss. Both the hero and heroine have troubled family dynamics. The major issue that I had with this book was that it initially appeared that the motives of the hero and the heroine were not based on pure love and attraction, but rather based on using and scheming. The hero went into the relationship because he was threatened by his employers daughter( this is the heroine) , and he wanted 'feminine energies" to keep his little soldier at attention-- so to speak.
The heroine initially went into the relationship out of boredom and overwhelming curiosity. They did not iniially exhibit true respect or love for one another, considering the inimate and "spiritual-sexual" task that the lovers set before them, this attitude seemed cold and calculated.

However, finally , the lovers did prevail... and did truly fall in love. They over came many MANY obstacles and reached the state that they so ardently sought.

Its a good erotic read, that at times does make you think about the many complicated issues that continue to puzzle human beings.