Elena's Conquest (Black Lace) [Mass Market Paperback]

Lisette Allen (Author)

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Product Description

When Norman soldiers besiege a convent on a summer's day in 1070, a young Saxon girl, Elena, is taken captive. She is chosen by the dark and masterful Lord Aimery le Sabrenn to satisfy his savage desires. Captivated by his powerful masculinity, Elena is then horrified to discover she is not the only woman in his castle. Travel back in time and witness sexual jealousy in the time of William the Conqueror.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Black Lace (January 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0352329505
• ISBN-13: 978-0352329509
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,189,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A sexy story marred by a wimpy heroine and brutish hero, April 3, 1998

By	DogsDeserveCompassion (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Elena's Conquest (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

In the brutal medieval time period, Elena, a beautiful young Saxon girl raised by nuns, finds her life turned upside down when the convent is attacked by Normans. She's taken prisoner and made a slave of a brutal warrior who despises "the filthy Saxon's", especially the woman, because he'd been betrayed by one years earlier. He intends to punish her for this past woman's transgressions and instead finds himself becoming her protector. Her innocence and innate sweetness weaken his hardened heart but his jealous mistress attempts to do everything in her power to make his precious Elena suffer sexual torments.

I didn't like these characters very much. Elena had absolutely no back bone and I was annoyed that she fell in love/lust with her brutish captor almost upon first sight. She seemed to have no trouble submitting to an enemy who destroyed everything she'd every known. He did attempt to protect her from his vicious minions but I couldn't understand why she surrendered without putting up any kind of fight and just laid back and let anyone and everyone do whatever they wished with her body. I had no respect for her character and was more interested in the sex lives of the interesting secondary characters.

With all of that out of the way I did enjoy this book on a carnal level. The sex scenes were earthy, gritty and exciting and the historical details were done well enough to place me in the time period the author was writing about. I only wish Elena had been written with a little more spunk, even her thoughts were weak and submissive. There were several f/f and group sex scenes in this story along with several f/m ones and there are a few where the heroine is tied up and helpless. It was sexy reading but just don't expect to feel any sympathy for the wimpy heroine.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of good pulp stock, May 27, 2004

By	L. Cannon "Xeyda" (Sunnyvale, California, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Elena's Conquest (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

With a plot and characters so shallow you wouldn't dampen your feet if you stepped in them, Lisette Allen unsucessfully attempts to drag us into a time when apparently the most urgent and pressing activity was who was 'laving' who.

The dialogue could be improved only by removal of the incredibly trite verbage and descriptions of the character's encounters with each other. Over-done reptitions of euphemisms that strive for provocative and end up ridiculous, add another nail to this horrible waste of ink and paper.

The "editor" of this book should have his or her credentials reviewed for failing to catch any of the half dozen or so spelling errors, or any of the myraid grammatical slips.

All in all, I'd rather have spent time reading a dissertation on the mating life of the average garden slug; both are about as stimulating.

5.0 out of 5 stars Intoxicating, December 11, 2005

By	Sarahjj (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elena's Conquest (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is my favourite all time erotic fiction. A young innocent is seduced by her cynical captor, and in turn unknowingly seduces him.