Passion's Bright Fury [Paperback]

Radclyffe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006

Saxon Sinclair, the broodingly secretive Chief of Trauma at a busy Manhattan hospital is less than pleased to learn that her new resident is going to be the subject of a documentary film. The arrival of Jude Castle, a fiery independent filmmaker, soon sets sparks flying as the two driven women clash both personally and professionally. Both have secrets they have spent a lifetime guarding, and both have chosen careers over love. Forced together on the battleground between life and death, passion strikes without warning, and they find themselves struggling with both desire and destiny.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933110546
• ISBN-13: 978-1933110547
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #623,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Radclyffe, a retired surgeon and full time author-publisher, has published over thirty-five novels as well as dozens of short stories, has edited numerous anthologies, and, writing as L. L. Raand, has authored a paranormal romance series, The Midnight Hunters. She is a eight time Lambda Literary Award finalist in romance, mystery and erotica--winning in both romance (Distant Shores, Silent Thunder) and erotica (Erotic Interludes 2: Stolen Moments edited with Stacia Seaman and In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip written with Karin Kallmaker). A member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame, she is also a 2010 RWA/FF&P Prism Award Winner for Secrets in the Stone, an Independent Publisher's award winner (IPPY), an Alice B. Readers' award Winner, and a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin award, the ForeWord Review Book of the Year award, and the 2010 Heart of Excellence Readers' Choice award. She is also the president of Bold Strokes Books, one of the world's largest independent LGBT publishing companies.

She states, "I began reading lesbian fiction at the age of twelve when I found a copy of Ann Bannon's Beebo Brinker. That book and others like it convinced me that I was not alone, that there were other women who felt like I did. Our literature provides support and validation and very often, a lifeline, for members of our community throughout the world. I am proud and honored to be able to publish the many fine authors at Bold Strokes Books and to contribute in some small way to the words that the celebrate LGBTQ experience."

You can visit Radclyffe at http://www.facebook.com/Radclyffe.BSB?ref=ts

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wanting a new story from Radclyffe, January 27, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Passion's Bright Fury (Paperback)

This is a well-written book with Rad's usual passionate intensity. The women are strong but vulnerable, valiant but not invincible. But you'll never guess -- the tall, dark, tortured surgeon has a *past* that makes it difficult for her to *love.* The earnest newcomer is *puzzled* by the reticence of the woman she's falling in love with. It *confuses* her and causes her to cry sometimes. Can anyone spell F-O-R-M-U-L-A?

The characters are well-drawn and the setting very well done, but the PLOT has been done -- by Radclyffe especially -- many times now, and that really interferes with my enjoyment of the story. I am a big Rad fan, but she needs to take pages from Karin Kallmaker's books -- no two sets of heroines are the same, and the reasons the get together or stay apart are unique to every story. They're never cookie cutter and I know Rad has different stories in her.

Sorry to be a downer about this book. If it's your first Rad you'll love it. But if you've read everything else you might have my response, which is I'm tired of the formula.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Medical dramas don't get better than this!, October 4, 2005

By 

Cheri Crystal (Eastern United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion's Bright Fury (Paperback)

What do I love about this medical drama--besides everything? There are so many things but I would have to say how utterly romantic it is--and I am not even talking about the sizzling sex. The way Sax and Jude look into each other's eyes, the way the color of their eyes change depending on their moods, the way their body language speaks volumes filling in where the dialogue leaves off, and the way I get so caught up in the action that I don't even realize that the world around me exists. Radclyffe is adept at creating a complete picture while allowing the reader's imagination to fill in the rest. It is a fine balance between telling too much and too little. I think Rad gets it just right. I have a couple of references but I don't want to cite text and include spoilers. You will have to trust me on this.

I am so drawn to these characters that I want to
be with them, be like them, live their lives...

Have you ever seen a person grinning from ear to ear on a treadmill going almost four miles per hour, oblivious to the sweat pouring down her neck and into her eyes, and all the noise of an active family all around her? Well that was me when I was reading "Passion's Bright Fury." And I thought I couldn't put "Safe Harbor" down.


"Passion's Bright Fury" is a five plus star read and should not under any circumstances be missed.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passion's Bright Fury, October 22, 2006

By 

M. Nobles (The Woodlands, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passion's Bright Fury (Paperback)

Once again, Radclyffe has written absolutely beautiful, and brilliant prose. This woman must have a vivid imagination, or has lived each of these experiences. I am sufficiently addicted! In this book, Saxon Sinclair is a surgeon, much like the character of Tory King, in the Provincetown Tales. Saxon is totally focused on her work, and hates intrusion. Then Jude Castle, a film-maker commissioned to film a documentary, invades the hospital where Saxon works and immediately sets up shop with her cameras and spotlights. Dr. Sinclair protests and thinks that cameras have no place in a trauma unit. Jude thinks Dr. Sinclair is the most arrogant witch she has ever metand just wants to do her job and get out of there. With the sparks, comes attraction and as Jude watches the skillful and graceful Dr. Sinclair in action, she becomes attracted to her and the sexual tension builds until you can't stand it. (Radclyffe is good at building sexual tension) Finally they hook up and the way Radclyffe writes the sex scenes-Whoa! I loved this book and I love the way Radclyffe writes. I am hooked!