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Oath of Challenge - Conquering Kate

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I know I appreciate reviews that let me know what to expect without ruining the story, so I hope this is helpful to some readers...

This is a very erotic love story that's graphic, but without too much over-the-top NC-17 stuff. In other words, no public, same sex or group encounters(other than one scene with just a *hint* of a menage).

If you are like me and want it Burning HOT, but without the above-mentioned situations, this is for you!!

This is a very good follow up to Oath of Seduction, the first of the Oath series by Marly Chance.

For those of you have read 'Seduction', you might remember the willful and lovable Kate. I really remember her, and I remember liking her very much.

Kate didn't know when she first met Tair at the joining of her best friend, Sharon and his brother in the story of 'Seduction', that he was planning to claim her. LOL...when she is 'served' with papers stating she must report to the 'claming' center she is ready to crack some skulls. As a high powered lawyer, she isn't scared. So, she chooses what any woman of her ilk would chose...Challenge.

Tair and Kate are exciting, and their romance is hot. As with 'Seduction' there are many aspects of her relationship with Tair that must be worked out. Plus, Kate has her own insecurities.

Seriously, this is a good book, and wonderful follow up to 'Seduction'. Though, you could read this as a stand alone, it would help to read Oath of Seduction first. The ritual of the claiming is explained properly, so you won't be lost as to what it means. And, the author leaves you sufficiently hanging with the next story of the Oath series. I have been waiting on pins and needles to read this story for a while.

Overall, this is a very good book.

by Shadoe Simmons

Conquering Kate. Can Tair da'Kamon do it? Can he meet the Challenge Oath she has chosen, and convince her to allow him to take her as he deems it his right to have her?

Can Kate actually challenge this tall, fierce warrior and expect to walk away unscathed, her body not craving his to the point that nothing else will matter but his touch, and the tempestuous union of their bodies?

She's sure she can. She's tough, and smart, a barracuda lawyer with a shark attack attitude that she's certain will leave the arrogant warrior standing in amazed confusion.

But Kate hadn't counted on Tairs own arrogance, or the sensual delights to be found in his arms, and in his bed. The Oath of Challenge has given Tair the right to tempt her, in whatever sexual manner he chooses. To find her greatest sexual fantasies, which isn't hard for a psychic such as himself, and to fulfill them to the furthest degree.

And Tair will do just that. He will give Kate what no other man has been able to. Her hottest fantasies, her most erotic dreams will no longer be her private property. They are now, at the sole discretion of her pact mate, open for fulfillment. And there is no other man better able to fulfill them.

Ms. Chance has done it again. Though you would think the tone of the story would be similar to that of the first novel of this series, you find that just the opposite is true. In Oath of Challenge, the heroine does not give in willingly to the sexual temptations of her pact mate. She will tempt him instead. Draw him to the point of gasping, desperate need as she revels in his touch, and the sensual satisfactions to be found in him, yet refuses the ultimate union. Her challenge. He can touch her however he pleases, bring her to satisfaction in a million different ways, but she will withhold that final, needed conclusion. For if she loses, she has no choice. She will then be his pledge mate, bound to him for all time, unable to return to the life she has been taken from.

But Tair is not a man who will be easily beaten. He knows the secrets of her body, the fantasies that fire her blood, and he will not play fair.

Oath of Challenge has exceeded my expectations of this second book, and flung my preconceived notions out the door. Tair is just as determined as Kate, and when these two touch, sparks fly, flames erupt, and the sensual explosions fill the air with heated moans and desperate cries.

Turn on the A/C, and prepare yourself for an erotic adventure unlike any other. Oath of Challenge is a book you won't just read, but will come back to again and again for the sheer pleasure of the heat that emanates from the pages, and the fulfilling fantasy of man willing to meet any challenge, and to triumph in the face of a pride which is not match for the erotic needs he inspires.

This is only the second erotic novel that I have read. I was an avid romance reader a few years back. I've just started reading romance again and order this book for a spicery read. The sex scenes were vivid and detailed without being lewed. I am not interested in threesomes or same sex or public sex which this book didn't have. The chemistry between Kate and Tair was hot but the overall story was just so so. Maybe I needed to read the first book in the series because the book needed more that just good sex in my opinion. This scene was set on another world but the reader was never given a good look at this other world. Kate never met other people or explored her new "home" . There were not details about the planet or Tairs work or culture other than details about merging and linking.
I think that I will stick to traditional romance because I like a good story as well as good sex.

I liked this story but not as much as Oath of Seduction. As with the first installment of the series, this story is hot. It has graphic love scenes. The story and the alien world created by the author are compelling enough to keep my interest between the sex scenes. I highly recommend this book if you are looking for something really sexy.

by Amy Turpin

Tair da'Kamon is one of the most powerful men on his world. His powers exceed that of most. He found his mate, but has not claimed her so that he might be Link to his brother's mate. Now that his duty to his brother is done, he intends to claim and tame the lovely Kate. An easier task said than done.

Kate Carson is nobody's fool. She plays hardball and she wins. Having her best friend, Sharon, Called to Oath was hard enough, but now she faces a similar situation. Problem is, the very man calling her is the one man she has not been able to get out of her mind. He is sex personified. And she knows he is dangerous. He challenges her in so many ways she can barely keep up and she knows this is one game she has to win. She sees her best chance of survival as choosing the Oath of Challenge. All she has to do is resist having actual intercourse with the man for two weeks. Then she will be free to return home. Unfortunately, she isn't exactly sure where home is now.

Tair leads Kate on a sensual journey, exploring her sexuality. He challenges her in more ways than she ever thought possible. She finds new realms of possibilities she has only fantasized about before and Tair is making them all come true. Even some she won't even admit to herself.

Neither Tair or Kate wants a love relationship, but there are simply too many complications. Fate has destined them to be together. Can they really keep their hearts out of it?

This series is shaping up to be exciting indeed! With interesting primary and secondary characters, sizzling sex and a whole lot of imagination, author Chance has hit upon a winning combination. My compliments indeed! I look forward to the next story!

Oath of Seduction by Marly Chance (Romantic Times Magazine's BEST SMALL PRESS FUTURISTIC of 2002) was the first futuristic romance I ever read. I loved it, so I had to buy the second, Oath of Challenge. Tair and Kate are even more explosive than Sharon and Liken, if that's possible. The world Ms. Chance creates is easy to imagine, and just enough different from Earth to make it appealing, without too alien for those of us who don't like SF/F very much. If you're new to the futuristic romance and/or romantica genre, this is a good book to try. Be warned that the series is addictive, and you'll be impatiently awaiting Oath of Capture alongside the rest of we Marly Chance fans.

Kate watched Liken take her best friend away as a pactmate, and is determined to get Sharon back. Little does Kate know that her own troubles are about to begin. Tair, Liken's brother, is Kate's pactmate. Tair has waited to claim Kate so he could be Sharon's, Liken's pledgemate, link. Since only an unclaimed male can be a link.

With Liken's mate secure Tair now goes after Kate is a vengence. He loves a challenge and Kate is definitely going to be that. Kate is strong and capable and independent. She has little use for men bescause she has never found one who could better her. Well she has met her match in Tair.

The story that unfolds is warm and humorous. Ms Chance writing pulls you into the culture of the Shimerian and makes you want to find your own Shimerian male.

The story is Oath of Capture and should be out soon.

I am not a fan of futuristic stories or erotica but this has an entertaining story. It is funny and sexy. I read it in one sitting as well as the first book of the Oath Series. I am looking forward to the next installment. Just keep them coming. If you are looking for a new author or series to read - give Marly Chance a go.

I'm such a big fan of this writer that I am checking her website almost daily in the hopes of seeing something under her breaking news about the third title in this series being released. But, alas (siiiigh), still no third book. I guess I'll have to be content with telling you what a great book this is as well as it being a wonderful series so far.

The concept behind her Oath series is so new and fresh to me that I had to try the first two out. After being blown away by the first title, Oath of Seduction, I had no reservations about reading Oath of Challenge. The idea of a human woman finding the love of her life among an alien race is not new of course, but Chance used that basic concept and twists and turns it into her very own special stories. The book as a whole is just, wow. There's no other way to describe it, no better words.

The heroine, Kate, is fully prepared to welcome home her best friend Sharon, who in the first book met the man who turned out to be her mate. Thinking that Sharon is coming home to reject him, she is surprised when instead Sharon actually pledges with the handsome Liken. The plot takes off right from there as Kate discovers that Liken's brother, Tair, intends to take Kate back to his home planet to test their relationship, to see if they are mates. Kate has issued him the Oath of Challenge. Tair has a number of weeks to convincer her that they are meant for one another - by using her passions agaist her.

Being that Kate is a human visiting an alien planet and culture for the first time, there are various opprtunities for fun and laughter. Being that Tair is a completely sexual, confidently sexual, man, there's plenty of opportunity for what we all picked up this book to read. Kate may come off as (let me put it nicely) unreasonable at times, but think about it - if you were her, taken to an alien planet, exposed to traditions that are not your own (culture shock doesn't even begin to cover it), you'd be freaked out too. Whatever you do, just kick back, enjoy the reading and savor all the hot erotic romance this book is packing. Oh, and do pick up the first title, Oath of Seduction. You might want to read it first, but if you didn't, no biggie.