Tempted Tigress [Mass Market Paperback]

Jade Lee (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (May 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843956909
• ISBN-13: 978-0843956900
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jade Lee has broken new ground in multi-cultural romance. Her China-set historical romances are a first in genre history. Her six-book Tigress series stirred reader passions for foreign settings, and her fantasy romances continue to be ground-breaking. Where did she get such innovative ideas? From a mixed cultural heritage that brings unique vision to her fiction.

As the daughter of a Shanghai native and a staunch Indiana Hoosier, Jade Lee struggled to find her own identity somewhere between America and China. Her search has taken her throughout Asian and the United States. In the end, the answer was found not only at home, but in her own head. Her imagination allows her to explore China in her Tigress series, dragon power in her fantasy romance Dragonborn, and of course, the amazing power of love in all of them.

A USA Today bestseller, Jade "Lee has made her mark with sizzling romances whose unique settings, intriguing backdrops and exotic characters lure you into worlds where heaven is reached through the highest meeting of mind and body. It's a world at once mysterious and erotic, secret and mind-expanding." (Romantic Times BOOKreviews on Cornered Tigress)

Jade's also a popular speaker appearing all over the country throughout the year. Her other joys include playing racquetball, rollerblading with a very large golden retriever, and watching her two daughters play volleyball. She loves getting mail from readers, so please e-mail her at [e-mail]. Or visit her on the web at www.jadeleeauthor.com.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is Jade Lee's Best Tigress yet, June 10, 2007

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Melissa (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tempted Tigress (Mass Market Paperback)

Anna Thompson is a flawed but wonderful heroine, she is an opium addict in late nineteenth century China. In fact, the reader's first glimpse of Anna is during her opium high. Later Anna is on the run from her adopted father, an opium dealer, and the Empress's Enforcer, Zhi-Gang, who becomes both Anna's kidnapper then savior. Zhi-Gang is determined to rid China of opium and the trafficking of women which is the preferred method of payment for drug dealers. These are profound issues to tackle in a romance and Jade Lee portrays man's depravity and greed with real depth.

It is in this dark world that Anna is introduced to opium. She becomes an addict through horrible circumstances. Fortunately she is courageous and is desperate to quit her addiction and escape China.

Zhi-Gang captures her and is intent upon killing her when his soul is surprisingly stirred. At first, he is truly an unlikely hero, he is arrogant and unkind and has some racial bias. Quickly, though, his character shifts as he spends time with Anna. He finds her beautiful and fascinating and he recognizes her sharp mind, strength of character, and compassion. He is not blind to her addiction and is determined that she will not touch opium again. He is exorcising his own demons and Anna's troubles remind him of his own shortcomings. Therefore, he will do everything possible to assist her in her quest to leave China.

Anna is pragmatic and resigned. She wants to live and if it means sharing her life with the Enforcer, well, she will be obliging, so she is startled to realize that he can be charming and sensitive, moreover, he is her fierce guardian, and gentle lover. She falls in love in spite of herself.

There's lots of action in this novel but the romance never gets lost. The feelings these two have for each other are so moving that I reread passages. This is by far the best of Jade Lee's Tigress series.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable Romance and Opium Addiction in 19th Century China (A Grade), June 20, 2007

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K. Garrabrant "Katiebabs" (Bloomfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tempted Tigress (Mass Market Paperback)

Jade Lee has written a superior novel with a remarkable hero and heroine who have internal strife and secrets galore. But not until these two learn to trust each other, do they finally become whole. This book is not your happy go lucky romance. The hero tries multiple times to kill the heroine as she is also an opium addict in 19th century China.
Anna Marie is a strong yet damaged woman. She is English but was orphaned in China. Her adopted father, who may or may not have been friends of her parents leads in her into a life of opium drug running to the point she has become so addicted to her own product that she has lost her will to live.
Zhi-Gang is the Emperor's Enforcer to rid China of this nasty drug. He kills anyone who sells or is addicted. He is also against prostitution and greed. But when he meets Anna, everything he has believed in comes to an end. He soon finds out she is second half, her yin to his yang.
Lines are crossed and everyone is the enemy. Zhi and Anna are soul mates who have decided they need each other. Through sexual nirvana they try to find peace as Anna tries not to succumb to the allure or the opium and Zhi who if it comes to it may still kill Anna for her addiction.
This is just the small insight about this story and these two individuals. If you want some heavy and emotional reading, pick up this latest by Lee.
She is an innovative storyteller that doesn't disappoint!

Katiebabs

Cornered Tigress
Hungry Tigress
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, November 7, 2009

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J. Swift - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tempted Tigress (Mass Market Paperback)

I could not put this book down. It has to be Jade Lee's best Tigress book yet.