Pure Sin [Mass Market Paperback]

Susan Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1994

Beautiful Flora Bonham is tantalized by Adam Serre's exotic good looks and powerful sexuality, but he is not looking for another woman after ending a vicious marriage--until Flora decides to seduce him as no woman ever has.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (November 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553299565
• ISBN-13: 978-0553299564
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.8 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This one's got heart!, March 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pure Sin (Mass Market Paperback)

This book had a lot more heart than some of Ms. Johnson's other efforts, i.e. 'Wicked' and 'Sweet Love Survive', which were perhaps a little too contrived and obsessed with no-holds-barred sex. i was more than a little in love with the half-breed Adam Serre, and Flora Bonham came across as strong and sexy. there was more tenderness and romance in this novel than the other Susan J novels i have read, and i like the fact that Adam and Flora spent more time cherishing each other than they did fighting. Ms. Johnson sometimes goes a bit overboard with her episodes of bitter angst between the two main characters - these can get a bit tiring for the reader. the glimpses (a la 'Blaze') of Absarokee culture and lifestyle were also interesting. 'pure sin' is definitely my favourite Susan Johnson book!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sizzling hot, October 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Pure Sin (Mass Market Paperback)

Pure Sin was my first Johnson book and I was pleasantly surprised. I thought her to be in the same league than Schone and writing mainly about sex, but this wasn't the case. There was surprisingly a romantic love story in there. Although the book started quite steamy with a hot encounter between the heroes in an open carriage (shortly after the "How do you do" introduction)the merely lust-based relationship soon developed into something more substantial. I liked Flora, the heroine. She was a lot different from the typical romance novel virginal spinster or sexually frustrated widow type. She was the exact counterpart of the usual Regency and Victorian rogue type: Single, rich, titled, very independent, urbane, sophisticated, free-loving and proud of her sexual magnetism , skilled in the art of seduction. I found it very amusing when Adam Serre, Comte de Chastellux, the sexy half-bred hero who is in every way her true match asks himself jealously what sort of experience Lady Flora has made and how many lovers she had had, and if she did that sort of thing with another man before. Usually these are the questions the anxious virgin in a typical romance novel asks herself about the roguish hero. What I also liked about the heroine was that she was the true beau ideal of the Victorian era: Voluptuous and curvaceous and that men went mad about her exactly because of that. And also the side information Johnson gives about time, place and habits seem to be historically correct. The footnotes contained interesting historical information about e.g. marriage laws in France and Montana.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Up in the sky, March 2, 2000

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"alessa9" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Sin (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read all of Susan Johnson's books and this one if one of my favorites. All her books sizzle with the sex scenes, but I liked the fact that they knew there was a connection between them from the beginning.

Flora's character is the type of heroine anyone would strive to be, and Adam was the perfect "gentleman" all throughout the book. The power of unity is evident in this book...although they had many obstacles, they were able to overcome them together.

I really wish Ms. Johnson would go back to writing more about the romance between the hero and the heroine, though. For some reason, she's been going back to her original roots--that of the historian--more and more. Don't get me wrong, I like to read the historical events in her books, but I would love to read more about the characters themselves and less about the history in the future. I hope her new book, LEGENDARY LOVER is more about the relationship between the characters and have the hero stay faithful to the heroine. After all, it is a romance.

S.