To Tame A Wild Heart (Harlequin Romance) [Paperback]

Quinn Wilder (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 187 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (December 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373028865
• ISBN-13: 978-0373028863
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,753,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nice touch at the end . . ., April 6, 2005

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This review is from: To Tame A Wild Heart (Harlequin Romance) (Paperback)

This story can be divided into several parts:

Part One: Aurora Fairhurst, a spoiled socialite, heads off on a wilderness expedition to escape an arranged marriage set up for her by her manipulative father. The reader begins to entertain a faint hope that Aurora might get eaten by a bear.

Part Two: Aurora meets professional wilderness guide Chance Cody, who does a fair imitation of an Arrogant Jerk. The reader figures out Chance's secret identity and wonders what on earth is taking Aurora so long. The reader entertains a fervent hope that both Aurora and Chance will be eaten by bears.

Part Three: Aurora and Chance exchange the kind of insults that, nowadays, would get Harlequin sued for a million dollars by Canada's First Nations political activists. Aurora and Chance also sling innuendo back and forth with all the subtlety of dueling banjos. The reader begins to worry that the bears might get indigestion.

Part Four: Chance begins to attempt to be a gentleman, with intermitent success. Aurora grows up. Aurora falls in love with Chance. Chance starts to fall for Aurora. The reader breathes a mystified sigh of relief, flips back to see if (s)he might have skipped a few pages, and decides to let the bears off the hook.

Part Five: Chance and Aurora Get Serious. Chance embarks on a life of crime by picking some wildflowers, leading to a scene so wonderful it's worth buying the book for. Chance and Aurora spend the night together, and they are not sitting up trading recipes for peanut brittle, either. The reader flips back to the wildflower scene.

Part Six: Everybody goes home. Aurora's father reforms. Chance shows up, and his secret identity is revealed. Aurora is shocked. The reader is not. The reader wonders if the story wouldn't have been a bit more fun without the secret identity.

Part Seven: The author throws in a totally unexpected curve at the end of the sort that Harlequins never have anymore--more's the pity. The reader is very glad (s)he gave up on the bears.