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Robert and Arabella

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If you are looking for a light-hearted, romantic tale - this isn't the book for you! The cover says that it is "an erotic tale of bittersweet kismet" and that pretty much sums it up. Robert and Arabella is a dark love story filled with eroticism and superstitions. It takes place in the 1400 century and begins with a princess meeting and falling in love/lust with a travelling gypsy. She ends up fleeing the castle with him and the remainder of the book is told with them running for their lives. This is a well-written book and I probably would have given it more than 3 stars if it was more my type of reading material. It's worth reading though and is a nice change from the usual happily-ever after love stories.

Very different read. If you enjoy light romance this is not for you. If you enjoy a "dark" twist on the typical love story you will love this one. Very creative - very different. Kathleen Winsor should be writing now - she would top the charts. Just a little before her time (1986).

This is a hopelessly naive and romantic novel, which nevertheless can engage the reader through the sheer force of its narrative. It is altogether obvious that Winsor would have liked to include scenes of explicit eroticism in her earlier novel, 'Forever Amber' yet was constrained by contemporary morals: it seems that she has made up for her earlier frustration by writing this later book which is virtually one long sex scene. It is a shame that Winsor could not allow Robert to remain a genuine gypsy; a shame also that Arabella takes a consistently subservient role in sexual activities. All the same, there is a bravery and verve about the novel which makes it worth reading, if only as a curiosity.

I loved reading Forever Amber, in fact it is my favorite book. I was so excited to finally find something else she had written, and I started reading "Robert and Arabella" as soon as it arrived. From the very first page I was dissapointed! The plot was dull and hardly even existed, and Arabella had something "moist and furry" up her skirts! I found the descriptions totally gaggy, instead of making me hot and bothered. I am not offended by much, but this novel offended me from the first sentance!

I wish that this author had more in her, another great epic tale to tell besides Amber, but Robert and Arabella was not it. If you are looking for some laugh out loud historical porno novel, then this is the book for you. If you wanted a nice historical romance without the R rated qualities, then read Gone With the Wind, or Forever Amber, or anything by Phillipa Greggory. Kathleen Winsor missed her mark on this one.