28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointed... like everyone else, July 29, 2007
The other reviewers pointed out the major problems in this book, and there are A LOT of them, too many to justify buying this book.
In my humble opinion, the number one problem was the heroine. And apparently no other reviewer could overcome this obstacle. Take away everything you like about romance heroines--this is what you get. She was childish, vulgar, annoying, self-serving, dishonest, greedy, and she never improved! A really, really unlovable character. By chapter 3, I voted her off the island. I kept hoping that another woman would miraculously appear to take her place.
I hated that she slapped him in public just to embarass him, to get his attention. Who does that? I hated how she trapped him in public to marry her when the poor guy has been trying to extricate himself from her clutches 3/4 of the book. And then he marries her because (???) he was cast with her and had nothing to say in the matter. This is romance???
She didn't seem to have any point of interest in her life except greed and self-preservation. Her parents were wall flowers . She had no friends, no interest in gaining any, no one likes her, not even the hero. Again--is this romance? This is the woman the hero picks to raise his 6-year-old daughter. Think Cinderella's step sister/mother--that's the heroine.
The book is bogged down with politics and the hero's family members--and this was the better part of the book. At some point, when someone tried to kill him, I was actually hoping the heroine would die instead and put us out of this book's misery.
There was no sexual tension, no witty repartee, just over the top melodrama. Very mild and borig sex scenes.
If you are not a die-hard Enoch fan, don't force yourself to read this book. I would hesitated to buy her books in the future.
This book is an embarrassment to this author. A shame.
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18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I was so disappointed I wanted to cry! It doesn't even deserve the 1 star, July 7, 2007
I've read a lot of romance novels...in fact one could say I'm a addict. In the hundreds, yes hundreds, of romance novels I've read I've never once not finished a book. No matter how bad it is I have a compulsion to finish it. I'm a huge Suzanne Enoch fan, I have every book she's written, and I don't know if it's because I've had so much time to fantasize about Melbourne's story but, the version in my mind was so much better. I am so upset that I just can't bring myself to finish this book because I can't make myself feel even a little bit of like for the heroine. I just feel that this hero needed someone kind and soft (not weak), someone who would take care of him. The heroine in this book has no depth and because of this she comes across as just someone with a pretty face and a bad disposition, who he wants to bed. I find her so unlikable to say the least, I have no compassion for her and I'm disappointed at the shallowness of it. I know that sounds odd but, a good romance should make me fall in love. This was all sexual attraction without any personality, I got more character depth from my erotica book. I'm angry and want a re-write!
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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Author did not pull this one off, August 14, 2007
I was also disappointed with the heroine of this novel. I will guess that the author might have been trying to have a redemption story-young woman only knows the thieving ways of nefarious yet charming father and through meeting and knowing a true man of principles and ethics, sees the light and finds love.
Unfortunately, Josefina is clearly an experienced con artist who knows exactly what her family is doing and why...and admits she likes the comfortable lifestyle their cons provide. Poor Sebastian falls into lust and uses that to justify his actions and for rationalizing his attraction to her. They never get to know each other as individuals and it truly looks like he was manipulated into this marriage. You can't help but feel sorry for him. I suspect that the reason there is no epilogue is because it is hard to imagine how this relationship could magically become the type of loving partnership Sebastian deserves.
A thoroughly disappointing book.
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