Desired [Hardcover]

Thea Devine (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 346 pages
• Publisher: Brava 1994/94; Book Club edition (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739428551
• ISBN-13: 978-0739428559
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,668,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sinful Stepmother Steals the Show!, December 7, 2003

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Lily Bart "lilybits" (The House of Mirth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desired (Paperback)

The problem with this book is that Nyreen -- the scheming step mother -- is about 900 times sexier and more ambitious than pouty, sulky, not-too-bright Little Miss Dayne. When Nyreen is alone with poor, dumb, fat Harry, the bumbling father figure in the novel, and slowly sucking him dry in all kinds of sex scenes that are exhausting to read but incredibly exciting, well the book is a classic. On a very animal level! Harry's befuddled lust, and Nyreen's manipulation, are not inspiring, but they are vividly real. The human exploitation fits in very nicely with the slavery setting -- after all, people who own slaves are born manipulators and skilled at reducing others to the animal level.

But Dayne and Flint are not really that good a couple. Neither seems to feel that slavery is wrong, or right either. They sort of drift through the setting without being part of it. They don't love each other, and they don't even like each other. They trade insults and then start having sex. Unlike Nyreen, Dayne has no clear cut goals and no real determination to do things her way. She just drifts from one hot love scene to another.

If you love hot romance, this book is a classic and well worth reading. But if you demand strong characters and a heroine you can admire, you should probably just give it a miss.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not bother with it!, August 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Desired (Paperback)

This was my first book by this author, and it was awful. There is NO plot; all there is sex, and not even good sex at that! I think part of the problem of the book is that is beyond unrealistic. I understand the need to suspend belief for a book, but this just expects you to suspend it a bit too much.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Expected better, May 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Desired (Paperback)

Where do I begin?First of all,I did not like any of the characters.When reading a romance novel(and i'm guessing this is suppose to be one)you're suppose to root for the main couple.In this book,I honestly didn't care what happened.This whole book was mostly sex.How are you suppose to enjoy the sex scenes if you don't care about the couple doing it?I didn't feel any love between them.No actions on either one of their parts to prove that even if the words where not spoken.The characters and plot were both weak,the sex scenes and dialogue was repeated over and over again.If I like a book,I usually re-read it several times.Lets just say I was glad when I finished this.