Lie Down in Roses [Paperback]

Shannon Drake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1988

Willing to sacrifice her chastity in order to save Edenby Castle, Lady Genevieve sets out to seduce the invading knight Lord Tristan, but is unprepared to fall in love with the man she plots to destroy. Reissue.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Charter Books, div. of Berkley Books (November 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557731160
• ISBN-13: 978-1557731166
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,906,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please stop crying about "rape" scenes, February 18, 2008

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Bookworm (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lie Down In Roses (Paperback)

Hey romance reader fans...don't expect to read medieval romance and not come across the occasional "forced sex". From the 10th-14th centuries, women were right down there with the ox and the sheep. Christinaity didn't do us any favors back then, as we were all viewed as "Eve" that could destroy "Adam" if a man allowed us to. It was considered great weakness for a man to follow his emotions/heart too closely. They use to refer to this as "bewitched" the modern version being "whipped."

If you took over a castle, and a desirable female was within, she was considered part of the booty you had a right to enjoy (and no one back then thought twice about hearing these stories...sadly not even the women of this time period). In fact, if you had a beautiful wife, and another man decided he wanted her for himself...he simply breeched your castle and took your wife to keep and impregnant with his own offspring.

Welcome to medieval romance ladies!

As backwards as this causes we modern women to stretch our imagination to the unthinkable, people were essentially barbaric back then. Even men who held great affection for their wives wouldn't hesitate to hit her if he felt the need arise. Believing this was for her own good! If you consider we were still burning witches at the stake not so long ago...appreciate that humans have really evolved in the intelligence of being humane by the 20th century.

Some authors like to insert an essence of non-fiction into their fiction. Give them some slack, and respect them for making an effort in keeping it real. In addition, for those of you who really find this offensive, and prefer the fluffy "predictable" romance - I suggest you lean on the side of caution (instead of hammering the author with poor undeserved book reviews) and avoid reading any romance novels that are staged between the 10th and 14th centuries! As romance and courtship back then was of a very different essence.

Drake doesn't always write using forced sex as the starting point of growing desire and affection. I personally appreciate Drake's efforts to make her stories as believable and varied as possible.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FANTASTIC READ!!!, September 18, 2006

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Limited_sunshine (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lie Down In Roses (Paperback)

I love this story. Tristan and Genevieve sizzled in this book. The fact they were at odds made it all the more enjoyable.

Oddly enough, I don't think Tristan raped Genevieve. I mean could it have been rape if she continued to fight him...yes but at the end she relented. I don't know the whole thing is iffy but it still didn't take away from the story.

I could understand Tristan's anger...Genevieve did try to kill him and it happened when Tristan let down his guard with her. (He was falling for her then.) But what's so great about this book is that I understand's Genevieve's viewpoint also. Her father and fiance were killed and she thought he was the cause.

All in all, it's a very entertaining read (in which, I've read 4 or 5 times over)and fans of Shannon Drake shouldn't be disappointed.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome, August 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lie Down In Roses (Paperback)

This isn't your usual romance. But it shows the true side of what whould have happened. Yes there's rape, and a treat of abortion. But welcome to the real life. I recommned this book to all who want a little more reality in their romance novels.