Forbidden Love (Dell Historical Romance) [Paperback]

Karen Robards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 1997 | Series: Dell Historical Romance

Forbidden Desires...

He was her guardian, absentee landlord of her neglected life--until Megan Kinkead returned to Maam's Cross Court, determined to make Justin Brant notice her.  She finally commanded the attention of the sixth Earl of Weston when she burst into his room and caught him stark naked in the tub.  Suddenly she knew a woman's hunger--and a woman's needs....

Forbidden Kisses...

When had the scrawny brat from hell become a fiery, raven-haired, violet-eyed temptress?  Justin told himself she was still a child as she offered him a seductive yet innocent kiss.  He tried to remind himself that he was her guardian, her protector.  But the flashfire desire that blazed between them ignited a love neither had ever known before.  Then he told her he was married....

Forbidden Secrets...

Bestselling, award-winning author Karen Robards sweeps us into Ireland's lush landscape in this spellbinding novel of a headstrong young beauty and her aristocratic guardian, torn between passion, propriety, and...

Forbidden Love.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Ms. Robards has the marvelous talent to zero in on the heart of erotic fantasy. She seems to know instinctively our most secret thoughts."
--Romantic Times

"Splendid! Among the best!"
--Affaire de Coeur

"Heavenly! Ms. Robards writes with a graceful flair."
--The Literary Times

From the Inside Flap

Forbidden Desires...

He was her guardian, absentee landlord of her neglected life--until Megan Kinkead returned to Maam's Cross Court, determined to make Justin Brant notice her.  She finally commanded the attention of the sixth Earl of Weston when she burst into his room and caught him stark naked in the tub.  Suddenly she knew a woman's hunger--and a woman's needs....

Forbidden Kisses...

When had the scrawny brat from hell become a fiery, raven-haired, violet-eyed temptress?  Justin told himself she was still a child as she offered him a seductive yet innocent kiss.  He tried to remind himself that he was her guardian, her protector.  But the flashfire desire that blazed between them ignited a love neither had ever known before.  Then he told her he was married....

Forbidden Secrets...

Bestselling, award-winning author Karen Robards sweeps us into Ireland's lush landscape in this spellbinding novel of a headstrong young beauty and her aristocratic guardian, torn between passion, propriety, and...

Forbidden Love.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Dell (November 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440221064
• ISBN-13: 978-0440221067
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars sexy but scary, October 21, 2006

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Fascinating. "consider the possibilities" (Eugene, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden Love (Dell Historical Romance) (Paperback)

The relationship between Megan and Justin, the central characters in this book, reads like a scary, abusive relationship. First, the hero is more than twice the heroine's age. He is also her legal guardian, and hasn't bothered to give her any attention for the last 12 years. Nice.

He seduces her, and she doesn't find out he's married until his wife shows up. He treats her like a posession, and blames all his frustrations on her. He calls her names, abducts her, coerces her into sex, slaps her across the face and is just cruel and selfish in general. Yet she is still "drawn to him". (He needs her, poor guy!)

At times, he frightens her and makes her flesh crawl, but everything is fixed up at the end by his being really, really sorry. Please. This is just a sick relationship. Justin sounds more like a psychopath than an honorable guy who is helpless to resist the power of "love". There is nothing loving about him.

The only redeeming quality to the book is that is has the ring of truth, but that truth lies more in the fact that there actually are relationships like these than that such a relationship could turn out happily ever after.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What Happened to Justin?, August 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Forbidden Love (Dell Historical Romance) (Paperback)

Justin, the hero of this book, starts out as a relatively likable guy. However, in the second half of the book he suddenly becomes a selfish and jelous jerk. He dosn't even try to understand Megan's situation and behaves like a spoiled child. I think Megan should have dumped Justin and found a real man and one that wasn't twenty years older than her as well.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, there are some faults,, June 2, 2005

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G McTiernan (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden Love (Dell Historical Romance) (Paperback)

but for me they're easy to overlook. I love this book and I love the story. I love the interaction between Megan and Justin, especially when his leg is broken in an accident (I can't elaborate, it would ruin it). Justin certainly isn't PC, but no man of that time was. I take this book for what it is; pure entertainment reading. I can disengage my mind from historical inaccuracies if the plot is decent, which this is.