Shameless [Paperback]

Suzanne Forster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1994

Newly widowed and set for life with a vast inheritance, Jessie Flood, once the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, finds herself free to pursue her true love, Luc Warnecke.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515146471
• ISBN-13: 978-0425140956
• ASIN: 0425140954
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,493,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Suzanne Forster CAN tell a good story!, July 1, 2003

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Y. Collins "yodi1" (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shameless (Paperback)

This title is good...it's incredibly sensual, almost from the first page. It's the classic challenge to turn our heart's desire into something that is ultimately good for our soul, spelled out in complete detail. Powerful writing...

Very high-running emotions and in-your-face (translate: Shameless!) characters bombard the reader until the last page of this compelling story is turned, much to my amusement. Once I began reading it, I couldn't put it down; it was a memorable experience.

I bought this book on a whim, and I'm glad I did. Suzanne Forster can indeed tell a good story. Henceforth, I am officially on the hunt for more of her titles.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT ONE OF MS. FORSTER'S BETTER WORKS!, January 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Shameless (Paperback)

I think Jessie's kinda sick bec. she got 'hot' whenever Luc threatened/insulted/forced her. As far as I'm concerned, there was ONLY ONE LOVE SCENE in the whole book; the rest was just barely short of rape. Also, the author's obsession with anything Italian (i.e., Jessie's daughter and the Italian nanny talked in Italian way too much, and her emphasis on Italian rootwords like 'insolente') muddled the story. (I mean, I didn't buy this book to pick up some Italian!)

I recommend Nora Roberts for those who prefer gritty, sensual, captivating romance.

1.0 out of 5 stars Who killed Hank Flood and who's sleeping with whom now?.., March 17, 2009

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Reader10 "Reader10" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shameless (Paperback)

Think of a Jackie Collins book...would you consider her a romance novelist ( I do not, she's more of a main stream fiction)? This book reads like one of her books, worst version at that.

Since I bought this book expecting a -romance- novel, I honestly didn't like it. At all. How could you get into a romance novel when every single character (except for the daughter) was unlikeable? Could you? So this is why I gave this book a poor rating.... However, in all honestly, if you wanted to read a soap opera fiction, this is an OK read..maybe 3 stars.

Plot:

Other reviews/blurb is really vague, some info from here on might contain a SPOILER, please be aware:

Jessie Flood and her family are known as the town white trash. Luc is the abused and mistreated son of the wealthiest family in her town. They become friends in childhood, closeness and friendship turning into love... until Luc betrays Jessie with her more beautiful, older sister.

One night, her step-father Hank Flood is murdered, her sister breaks Luc's heart, and something terrible happens to Jessie....

When the book starts, it's 10 years after, and Jessie's a widow ( she married Luc's father), and they're all about to come together for the reading of the will..... The story revolves around....What went on that night... Why did Jessie betray Luc, who murdered Hank Flood, is Luc still obsessively in love with her sister? Who's the father and the mother of Mel (the daughter)....

All I can say as a romance novel fan... too many things that went on in this book I found disgusting... The HEA...well, lets just say, it wasn't very believable.