Vow of Seduction (Zebra Debut) [Mass Market Paperback]

Angela Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2009 | Series: Zebra Debut

Sworn to support King Edward, Sir Alex de Beaumont had to leave his new bride on their wedding night to fight in the Crusades. Captured and left to languish in a lonely prison, the warrior knight is kept alive by the memory of love - and of Lady Katherine's innocent passion as she cried out his name in ecstasy and made him her own. Upon his escape and return to England, he is shocked to find his beloved is about to marry another man...Kat refuses to forgive him. But Alex will not be gainsaid. He vows to seduce her all over again and his searching kisses reawaken the sensual fire they once knew - until an enemy determined to destroy them both closes in. Now Alex must risk everything for the one woman whose love he wants forever...

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About the Author

Angela Johnson fell in love with romance novels in high school. In college, she earned a degree in history. Today, she combines her two favorite passions--history and romance--into a writing career.  Loving to research and spin sensual tales, Angela lives in Kansas, with Joe, her very own hero of twenty-three years.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Zebra Books; Original edition (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420108573
• ISBN-13: 978-1420108576
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,974,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Angela Johnson earned a BA degree in history from Washburn University in 1999. Upon graduating, she combined her favorite subjects--history and romance--and began crafting her first medieval romance novel. Angela then entered this work into national RWA-sponsored writing contests where she either won, or placed, in four of the contests. These achievements led to her novel, Vow of Seduction, being read by industry editors. She was soon offered a two-book contract with Kensington Publishing. Angela lives in Kansas, with Joe, her very own hero of twenty-two years. Please check out her website at http://angelajohnsonauthor.com

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Readers' Seduction, November 6, 2009

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Suzette De Armas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vow of Seduction (Zebra Debut) (Mass Market Paperback)

This storyline was very intriguing and excellently told. This story is suspenseful, erotic, and the characters were both equally matched in bold battle skills.

The only reason I felt this story should not be rated a 5 is because the final ending chapters seemed to have been very rushed by the author. The heroine although very much in love with her perceivingly betraying husband, holds on to her conviction of not wanting to forgive her husband for setting off to the Crusades battle the day after their arranged marital ceremony (she was in love with him since she was old enough to wield a bow and arrow, and he was an honorable lad training to be a knight) throughout the entire book.

Although the hero woos his wife in order to gain her trust once more, falls in love with her beyond measure and risks his life for her, the heroine maintains her hardened position throughout the entire book. Unconvincingly to us readers, the heroine changes her mind in the final two pages of the book by accepting his declaration of love after he has seduced her with very passionate lovemaking. Also, there were various sub-plots within this story that left little to the imagination as one could easily guess one of the culprits to the hero's imprisonment and hence the reason for his delay to returning to his wife any time sooner. The other culprit's reason for being involved in such treason is a bit questionable. Moreover, the end destination to the master schemer of this whole evil plot against the hero was totally bogus and did not seem in coherence to what the notorious King Edward Longshanks would have executed to someone for having performed such a criminal act against one of his knights and cousin. The King was very supportive of his knights within this book and even assisted in capturing the bounty-hunter-like criminal ("Scarface")so that the hero can personally interrogate and submit for further torturing as he pleased. Furthermore, the heorine was the king's cousin and when in captivity, she kept informing her captors that King Edward Longshanks would not react kindly to such treasonous behavior against his valuable knight and herself, his cousin. Yet, at the end of the book, there was no mention of the King having been involved in any retaliation efforts towards said master schemer. It was wrapped up too quickly and any potential loose ends were too easily dismissed.

However, on an overall basis, this was a very good book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good first-book with a few issues..., December 9, 2009

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Rebecca (Montana) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vow of Seduction (Zebra Debut) (Mass Market Paperback)

I think this author has a lot of potential. As a long-time reader of romance novels, I think I can speak for a lot of readers when I say that this author, being new, has done a good first book and will continue to write intriguing, erotic books.

That being said, this is definitely a first book. And has some of the requisite new-author mistakes that other commentators have pointed out. Some of the sex scenes are beautiful and very well done, but some of them were eye-rolling annoyances. The characters are interesting, and I found the premise of the plot to be intriguing (a thought-dead man returns from a Crusade to a wife he abandoned, whom he has idolized during years in a Saracen prison), but the plot has holes and is not well-developed. The threads do not come together in a beautiful tapestry, although the writing is often quite good, and the characters are engaging. I found the heroine to be worth reading, and the hero a tragic, compelling man. I stuck through some of the other issues because I really wanted them to get their Happily Ever After.

The secondary plots were not as well-done as the primary. And the sudden appearance of Alex's first love about halfway through the book was frustrating, but provided the necessary modus apperandi for the plot to tie up in the end. That being said, though, if you're looking for a good erotic romance, there is a lot of sex, and most of it is quite well-written. All of it makes sense in the plot of the book, because the whole premise of their relationship is seduction.

Given the fact that there were glimmers of real excellence in the book, I really hope that Angela Johnson continues to write. I appreciated the uniqueness of the plot, and thought there were some love scenes that rivaled some of the best I've read in this genre. I will look forward to getting a chance to read another of Ms. Johnson's books at some point in the future. Thanks for an interesting first read.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fabulous medieval romance, October 11, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vow of Seduction (Zebra Debut) (Mass Market Paperback)

Katherine of Montclair and Alex de Beaumont marry, but almost immediately after exchanging their vows, he insists he must leave. Alex is sworn to support King Edward I, who is leading a Crusade to take back the Holy Land from the Infidels so on his wedding night he joins his monarch.

Almost a decade has passed since Alex left and never came home. Kat and others assume he died. Instead he lingered in a Saracen prison where he had plenty of time to think about his beloved Kit-Kat, whom he hurt with his departure and his inability to tell her he loved her. Alex vows if he ever returns he will earn her love by showering her with his.

In 1276 Alex comes home to find his Kat about to marry Sir Luc de Joinveille. She rejects Alex's plea saying she despises him and he is not welcome. Alex swears he changed and will prove to her that he has. However, someone wants them kept apart trying to kill either or both of them while Alex also seeks the traitor who left him dead back in the Holy Land.

This is a fabulous medieval romance starring two likable lead characters with well drawn flaws as each fears love for different reasons. He fled from love as he never felt like that before and she believes those she loves leave like him and her late parents. Although the plotters seem like half of England and this over the top of Big Ben (at least the original clock tower of the thirteenth century that is), fans will enjoy the gender war between the kick butt heroine and her born again wannabe champion.

Harriet Klausner