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While Passion Sleeps

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If you have read any of Shirley Busbee's books you must read this one. English beauty Beth Selby is promised to marry American Nathan Ridgeway. After marrying Nathan she finds out that Nathan prefers men. Still, she adores him and vows to make their marriage work. While at a soiree she meets tall, dark, handsome and arrogant son of a wealthy Texas family, Rafael "Renegade" Santana, who was kidnapped by Camanches and raised as a warrior. With one kiss Beth awakens to the passions she thought she would never know. Enchanted by her beauty Rafael is convinced she is flirt but he seduces her and Beth vows to never see him again. But while Beth and Nathan are visiting a San Antonio ranch which happens to be Rafael's home, he arrives unexpectedly. Torn between her vows to Nathan and fears of falling in love with Rafael she tries remain aloof. Beth's life is shattered when Nathan is killing during a Comanche attack. Although Beth cared and charished Nathan she finds that she loves and desires Rafael. Very hard to find but a must read. This book has all the making of a great book.

I read this book when it was new. I recently read it again, and still love the overall book. The hero/heroine are done very well, and perfectly off-set each other. He is the typical Alpha male, possessive and rough, but it does take place back in the 1860's, and you can imagine that men were really that way. There are parts that are funny, sad, heartbreaking and people that are diabolical, but it is a "must read" for me. The intensity of the main characters is great!

One of the best love story I have read so far,

well written with just the right amount of the things that make a book exciting.

Does have love, sex and danger.

If you are a fan of Lisa Kleypas and Judith McNaught I think you will like this book very much.

I've had high hopes about this book, the description interest me and I thought it was going to be a really great romantic novel. It is indeed a classic romance but other than it being too long when cutting the pages in half would've been sufficient without having too much information about the comanches and such (got too boring), there was just too much tragedy going on, but hey, I don't mind having a bit of drama in my novels but this was just too much. It is not a keeper for me, I don't think I'll be reading it again after spending three weeks of reading it. It will definitely go back to the library today where it belongs so others may have the opportunity to read it as it is out of print or very hard to find from what I read.

Recommendation: anything from Lisa Kleypas

I was very pleased with my purchase, it arrived quickly and was in execellent condition.

Something like this would never get published today. Ick. It is so long and so boring, I can't even insult it with more colorful adjectives than that. BARF.