Captive [Mass Market Paperback]

Brenda Joyce (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001

"The haunting song of a distant era calls the beautiful graduate student to her subject, the enigmatic Captain Blackwell.

Across the centuries, she is drawn by an inexplicable passion into a realm of mystery and danger--to be imprisioned in an opulent world of harem intrigue and sensuous slavery.

And now Blackwell is with her--patriot, privateer, heroic commander of the U.S. merchantman the Pearl--the dream, the desire made achingly real. Imperiled captives of fate, they are united by a power far greater than time--and by a passion that could destroy them both . . . or forever change the course of history.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Distinctive" -- -- Johanna Lindsey

"For Scorching Sensuality And Raw Passion Brenda Joyce Is Unrivaled" -- -- Romantic Times

"Smoldering" -- -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Brenda Joyce is the bestselling, award-winning author of Promise of the Rose,Scandalous Love and The Fires of Paradise. All nine of her historical romances have been highly acclaimed, and four of them, including the first three novels in the "Bragg" saga Innpocent Fire, Firestorm, and Violet Fire have won six awards from Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur. She has also won three industry awards for her trendsetting promotional bookmarks from Affaire de Coeur. Brenda Joyce is currently working on her next novel.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Avon (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380781484
• ISBN-13: 978-0380781485
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #847,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( J ) > Joyce, Brenda
  • #95 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Time Travel

More About the Author

Brenda Joyce is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fourty-nine novels and five novellas. There are over fourteen million copies of her novels in print and she is published in over a dozen foreign countries. A native New Yorker, she now lives in southern Arizona with her son, dogs and numerous Arabian and Half-Arabian reining horses. Brenda divides her time between her twin passions' writing powerful love stories and her quest to become a nationally ranked Top Ten equestrian. For more information about Brenda and her upcoming novels, please visit her websites: www.brendajoyce.com, www.francescacahillseries.com www.thedewarennedynasty.com and www.mastersoftimebooks.com.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT GOOD!, March 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Captive (Mass Market Paperback)

I am terribly disappointed with this book. I previously read two books (The Game, Conqueror)of the same author and they were excellent. But this one is far below the standard she set there. The plot is weak and insipid, but my main problem was with the charactors. The heroine keeps throwing herself to the hero, but he is dead set about her being a spy and treats her spitefully even after she repeatedly saved and helped him. I wish she has some pride and dignity. They both are careless, thoughtless and reckless and do stupid things that put themselves and others in danger. The book keeps saying she is smart and intelligent, but when confronted with crisis, all she does is to yell at her slave and throw a tantrum then rush out to do something rash without any consideration of the consequences. And she has no idea how to deal with her adversary, she is constantly outwitted.

I generally like the author's writing and I think she is talented, when she is good, she is very good. But I wish I never read this one, it made me want to tear it apart at times.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Someone please shake this heroine!, May 28, 2002

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Shortchick "Dorean Squire" (San Diego, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Captive (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought this book could have been awesome, except for Alexandra, the main character. She is supposedly an expert on the time period she's been transported to, but if she is, this leaves me wondering what people call 'expert'. All Alexandra is good for is saying OHMYGOD and panting. Seriously, any crisis comes along, and it's PANT PANT OHMYGOD PANT.

She has this attitude of waiting around for things to happen for her, and when she finally does take action, she does something so completely stupid and hare-brained it would have gotten anyone else killed at least fifteen times before the end of the book.

Furthermore, Xavier, the hero, doesn't even think she's trustworthy. He'll certainly hop in the sack with her though. If there was a sequal, I'd guess he'd jump off a bridge because he couldn't stand her anymore. I certainly couldn't.

Overall, I think the concept had potential, but Alexandra just ruined it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall a good read, January 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Captive (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was enjoyable enough to keep your interest, but Alexandra's "ohmygods" do irritate sometimes. Alexandra falls in love with Xavier before she even meets him and gets to know his personality. Time travel books usually don't intrigue me, but this one was good. However, during a time of slavery in Tripoli, Alexandra did not use a whole lot of sense and did not think about possible consequences to some of her escapades. I was disappointed to find out Xavier continues to think she is a spy. I plan to read the sequel to find out if he changes his opinion and find out more about her handsome servant in the harem, Murad, and his descendent (possibly?), Joseph.