Thorne's Way [Hardcover]

Joan Hohl (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Silhouette Books (1982)
• ASIN: B0014C0DS2
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!!!!!!!!!!, November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Thorne'S Way (Paperback)

THE BOOK IS SO GOOD. IT'S ABOUT A HARD-LEARN MAN WHO FALLS FOR A WOMAN WHO LOST HER FUTURE HUSBAND TO BE, AND IS STILL LEARNING TO GET OVER HER LOST. THE BOOK IS GREAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE HEART-BROKEN AND THINK THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE FOR THEM.

1.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not worth reading, May 16, 2010

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Annie Allen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thorne'S Way (Paperback)

After reading this book, I went online to find out if others had been as disgusted with it as I had been. I don't know when those other two reviews were written, but either they are pretty dated or the reviewers were paid by the publishers to write them. I hated this book and would not reccommend it to anyone.

The book starts off with Valerie's fiance dying in Paris and she falls into a deep depression, so her friend takes her back home to the States. When she first meets her new boss, Jonas, he scares her, bullies her, and pretty much ignores her as much as he can, but he, "...feels an urge to protect and posess her...", on the inside. He is intimidating at the office and scares everyone, but walks into the bar after work smiling at all his employees like they're the best of friends. I can see that the author was trying to make him more approachable, but it wasn't believable in my opinion.

He wasn't romantic at all. He was only gentle right before they made love and that was it. Other times, his hands would be, "...shaking with the urge to hit her." I don't know if it's just me, but I don't find physical abuse romantic at all. Oh yeah! He almost raped her too! Right after he threw his marriage proposal at her, he was thinking that he hoped she would agree because otherwise he was going to take her on his office couch whether she was consenting or not. Not cool!

Val was a stupid heroin. I wanted her to get hit by a bus halfway through the second chapter. She would fight Jonas on issues for about a minute and then cave. And as soon as they got married, she was like suddenly in love with him and not scared anymore. Completely spineless.

This is the first book I've read by this author, and it will most certainly be the last.

4.0 out of 5 stars I loved the sparks between these two ....., November 3, 2007

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KayLovesToRead (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thorne'S Way (Paperback)

Thorne's Way by Joan Hohl
Silhouette Special Edition # 54 - October 1982

Less than a year after Valerie Jordan's father passed away, her mother remarried and moved to Australia, and her grandparents retired and moved to Florida. Alone and seeking adventure, 20-year-old Val decided to apply for a secretarial position with her company's new office in Paris. She'd been in France for six years when she'd met Etienne DeBron. Tragedy struck and Etienne was taken from her two weeks before their wedding, and Val shut herself away from life. Jonas Thorne is a self-made man; his genius for electronics has made his company a leader in electronic innovation. He'd agreed to take Val home to the Philly at the prodding of one of his executives and to employ her as his personal assistant. From the first meeting, Val intrigued him and sparked his desire. After making her his wife, Jonas now has the challenge of making her forget her Etienne. And this proves even harder when his ex-wife and then, Etienne's brother come on the scene.

This is a great love story. Jonas' charisma is hard to resist but his arrogance and determination make him a hard-edged hero. Val had buried her emotions, until Jonas forces them to boil up. He aggravates and annoys her, and creates a passion in her she didn't know she was capable of. Their journey to HEA is a very bumpy one with lots of misunderstandings and hidden feelings. This is well worth the read! :D

This story is continued in Ms. Hohl's Desire Thorne's Wife ... I highly recommend you read that book too ... both are keepers!