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3.0 out of 5 stars
For some reason this book just didn't quite do it for me!, July 15, 2005
This review is from: Seductive Wager (Mass Market Paperback)
Kate Vareyan was a stunningly beautiful woman and Brett Westbrook knows that he wants her the moment he sees her across the room. Her innocence and warm sensuality stir feelings in Brett that he has never quite felt before. When Kate is offered to Brett as payment for her despicable brother's gambling debts he takes on the role as her savior and protector. Kate does not want to belong to any man and fights the union, although she is attracted to Brett.
I really wanted to love Brent and Kate. Many parts of this book are what I especially like in romance novels a high seas romance, Paris, a madame, and pirates. But none of these intriguing elements quite worked into the plot of this book to make it all it could be. First off the two most important moments in Kate's life she slept through (her loosing her virginity) and her marriage (she was under the influence of brandy.) I just find this not realistic and certainly not very romantic. I am not sure how Brent and Kate ever both managed to sleep through their first romantic encounter and yet they both could not help themselves.
Then of course Brent feels obligated to be Kate's protector and she of course has fallen in love with him , even though she acts like she hates him and this is at the point they marry. Just a very odd mix of events that did not ring true to a really great romance novel. And later she is in a harem and not expected to do anything sexual yet she is one of the most beautifully woman alive.
Every so often there were several chapters, it is a long book, that were pretty good. I did manage to finish the book. Actually if it is anything lower than a three star book, I usually do not finish. I have enjoyed other Greenwood books but this would not be one that I would read again. Just three stars for me.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
ok for a historical romance, May 19, 2009
This review is from: Seductive Wager (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm surprised at the other reviews. I am usually much harder on books than other people. But, for a historical romance, I didn't think it was that bad.
It had things that all historical romance novels have that I don't like (which is why I rarely read them): the 17 year old virgin with no experience in life, the older man who has slept with everyone, and of course impossible situations -- pirates, harems, etc.
But, I thought it was well written and I liked the characters as they were developed. If you are a historical romance fan, this is still a good book.
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Romance I ever read!, April 26, 2005
This review is from: Seductive Wager (Mass Market Paperback)
This truly was the worst romance i have ever read. I stopped reading when i was 100 pages into it. The hero is a complete, unfeeling jerk with no admirable qualities. I was looking for something, anything to redeem him in my eyes for the way he is, but there was no excuse for his total lack of control.
The heroine is no different, she tries to come off as courageous and proud, but instead she appears to be too niave and unconvincingly ignorant.
within their first night of knowing each other, before any emotional attachments could be made, they slep together, leaving nothing to anticipate. What's worse, she takes no responsibility for her own ruination, and he is an insensitive jerk, trying to tell her there will be a way out of it.
He is no gentleman at all, and she is not a woman to be admired. I must admit that i flipped forward randomly, to peek and see if there is anything later that might make me want to keep reading, but the hero was striking the girl (again) he had done so earlier in an attempt to calm her shrewish screams. This is last time i read anything by this author.
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