LAWLESS [Import] [Paperback]

DIANA PALMER (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: MIRA Books (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373602715
• ISBN-13: 978-0373602711
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,561,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another scorcher in Jacobsville!, June 27, 2004

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K. Stuckey "kateling" (Port Huron, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lawless (Mass Market Paperback)

Lawless is one of my favorite by Diana Palmer to date. I read this one in a couple of hours (one of four that day on the beach) and was very happy with it. I was glad to see the addition of a bit of mystery to the ranch theme, with two of the main characters working in law enforcement. There are some shady characters, sabotage on the ranch and even murder. Young Christabel is one of the most liberated females Palmer has written. Although she's still virginal and niaive, she's quite sassy and that's most of what kept me reading. The ending seems rushed in this one, but I look forward to reading about lawman Cash and Tippy the movie star/model.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It was o.k. but nothing spectacular..., July 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lawless (Hardcover)

Actually I thought Cash Grier was a much better hero then wimpy Judd any day and found myself rooting for Crissy to give him a chance instead of Judd!

Crissy and Judd's relationship starts out with him marrying her when she is sixteen in order to keep their failing ranch together with the stipulation that there will be an annullment when she turns 21. Judd secretly loves Crissy but thinks she is too young and hasn't lived her life yet.

Flash up to five years and Crissy is on the verge of turning 21. She has tried everything over the years to get Judd to notice her as a woman but has failed. While Crissy lives on the ranch, Judd has taken an apartment in Victoria near his job and to stay out of temptations way. There is also a murder/mystery inserted to liven things up, but you kind of know who the culprit is during the first part of the book.

Diana introduces a new character, the actress Tippy Moore who comes with a crew to film a movie on Judd and Crissy's ranch because the two are in dire need of funds. She is obnoxious, mean and snippy, just the right antagonist to keep Judd and Crissy apart. Like an idiot, Judd uses her to keep Crissy at a distance and Tippy has her own reasons for using Judd.We find out later that she has alot of hang ups and issues which is suppose to excuse all the nasty and spiteful things she says and does to Crissy. I wasn't buying it and felt no sympathy for her when everything was revealed. Crissy starts seeing/using Cash Grier who treats her like a queen when Judd blows her off. I really felt that these two should have been the main couple in this book because of the chemistry they had together. I really enjoyed Cash who was more sophisticated and knew how to treat a woman.

All and all this book could have been better if Judd had been written differently and Crissy less "melting"/forgiving everytime he was in the vicinity. I can hardly wait for Cash's story and hope that he is written with the same personality as he was in this book.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars He's 34, she's 20, and he's the child!!!!!!, August 29, 2007

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RomanceNovelNovice "Booky" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lawless (Mass Market Paperback)

This book starts off well enough. Chrissy is a cute character, and Judd seems okay. We soon see that Judd is a weak, selfish, emotional cripple with a mean streak and a very poor sense of personal responsibility. Cash is a much better man, and also a much wealthier man, than Judd. Most of all he actually TREATS Chrissy like he loves her. Unfortunately, Chrissy willingly gives herself to Judd one night when Judd gets drunk and says something to the effect of "I want a woman tonight." How romantic. Chrissy lives in near poverty, barely able to pay her tuition for vocational school, wearing tattered clothes, doing manual labor on her & Judd's struggling ranch, and never gets to go anywhere, or do anything. Cash takes her out on dates and even to a ballet in the city. Judd becomes jealous and also tells Chrissy that since they're secretly married (so that they can hold a joint property), he holds the "right" to take her virginity - so she'd better not sleep with Cash first. YUCK! Not to mention Judd reagularly ignores Chrissy at all other times, is dating a very nasty model (who I might add, has a wholly unbelievable change of character later in the story), and reverts to ignoring her the morning after he takes advantage of her. And while Chrissy struggles, he buys the model a very expensive gift. Worst of all, Chrissy nearly ruins, then nearly loses her life for Judd. Cash, who truly cares about her, is left hanging. This story is downright offensive.