Whispers from the Heart [Paperback]

S. D. Valyan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2004

Through betrayal, treachery, and all consuming pain, Steven Rugala and Regina Preston shared a love that none could ever tame.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Rogue Publishing, Inc. (January 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971975175
• ISBN-13: 978-0971975170
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,451,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, December 22, 2004

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Miss T "Indy Girl" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Whispers from the Heart (Paperback)

The book starts out good. I liked that it wasn't a quick read and the sex scenes were decent. There were a few things about this story that really bothered me. The first, Regina gets physically beaten up entirely too much. The first time really upset me as it by a co-worker who wants their relationship to go to the next level, when she resists he beats her up. Then she speaks to him as if nothing happened at work the next day. He then assaults her a second time, this time at the office. Regina then goes on to suffer a few more brutal attacks. I was also annoyed by her yes I want you, no I don't want you, yes I can trust you, no I can't trust you, relationship with Steve. They were on and off so much that I found myself hoping they'd stay off. Also, we never found out what the mystery thing that happened to Regina as a child was. Whatever it was made her family crazy protective of her. Then again, perhaps the book does reveal it, but I'd lost interest by then.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, fun and sensual read, October 4, 2004

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Interracial Romance Collector - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whispers from the Heart (Paperback)

Steven Rugala always had wondered my his mother hated him the most out of all his other siblings, was it something he did as a child or was it because of his looks. It has always worried him, so when she started to show him attention he ate it up, but it also came at the time he was starting to notice the beautiful Regina Preston.

Regina has always had feelings for the sexy and aloof Steven with his cool gray eyes and deep controlled voice, but she wondered has he ever noticed her. He was constantly around the petite blond co-worker, would he be interested in dating an African American woman. Regina was going to take her chances and ask him out as soon as she got a chance.

Whispers from the heart is an amazing page turner with passion, romance, suspense, and murder. I think it's one of the best IR romances I have read this year. I enjoyed it from page one to the end. The only bad thing I have to say is I thought the characters feel in bed too quickly, but besides that I throughly enoyed this IR romance.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I can do just a bit beter, February 17, 2005

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I. Harris "IR Writer" (Ceder Vally, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whispers from the Heart (Paperback)

I was really ready to read this book. I was excited till it came. But when I opened it, it wasn't the read I expected it to be. I think I would have liked the story to start off when Gina and Steve first started working together. It was just wam bam I'm in love with you man. Also I think that there was way to much time inbetween the fights. I mean who waits three weeks to contact somebody after you have a supirse meeting with thier parent(s) come on now. The ending was great, but the middle needed to be more realistic. Also she should have brought the baby into it more. If Steve was talking about children, and Regina knew that she was going to have a baby, it should have been brought out and not just in half a page.
Overall I hope she does better and writes a GOOD book on Chris and Felicia.