Customer Reviews

The Tiger's Bride (Harlequin Historical, No. 423, 10th Anniversary Promotion)

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Sarah's father is a missing. All hails to have help come
to her at the local mission go unanswered. So, taking the situation full under her own steam, she marches out to a local brothel and finds a sea captain--almost willing to leave to help her out. They set sail. And he sees more than a customer in the lovely young lass. But she's determined to keep on track, finding her father even though... Well. Don't want to spoil it. This is
a casual story in beginning only, that builds pace fast with worthy characters and heated twists and turns.

the book description on site fills in the story's premise, but I just wanted to add how much I enjoyed this book.

A Harlequin Historical-which can run the gamut from tepid to exceptional -this one would fall into the exceptional category. The hero and heroine are a delightful match-he's a cynical and dissolute English Lord-privateer, and she's a prim, on the shelf Missionary's daughter. Her father is quite a religious zealot since the death of his wife-sadly putting himself and his children into very dangerous predicaments. It is during one of his excursions that he comes up missing and his eldest daughter-alone with her two younger siblings in China, out of money and close to being made homeless in a foreign land, comes to the realization she must seek out known rogue James for help finding her father. There ensues a highly adventuresome, fun, and surprisingly sensual romance.

On that note-this romance has many more love scenes than most Harlequin Historicals-I did not find them offensive but I did want to let other readers know in case that is an issue with them.

I really enjoyed this book which was in turns funny, romantic, fast paced and dramatic-and would recommend it to any fan of Regency or Historical romance.
5 stars!