When Passion Rules

When Passion Rules

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Forced to flee Napoleon's rampaging army on the continent, orphaned Alana Farmer and her eccentric guardian make a new home for themselves in London. There, Alana enjoys every privilege a daughter of the nobility could hope for, plus an education fit for a queen. Now, on the eve of her debut into London Society, she learns the shocking secret of her birthright. Can it be t...more
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Published June 14th 2011 by Brilliance Audio (first published June 1st 2011)
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Caz
Okay. So I admit that this isn’t a book that would normally have been near the top of my TBR pile. I haven’t read it before, haven’t read any reviews and only had the synopsis to go on; and decided that while it sounded okay, I wasn’t going to bust a gut when I’ve got so many other things I want to read.

BUT. Then I discovered that Rosalyn Landor had narrated the audiobook, and as I’ve been glomming her stuff big time lately, I changed my mind.

This is one of those times when I think the performan...more
Peggy N
The setting for this book is partially in England, at least that is where the book begins. Alana finds out that Poppie who has raised her since she was an infant is in fact an assassin who was hired to kill her. She is told by Poppie that she in fact is a Princess, and he found when he went to kill her as an infant as he was hired to do, that in fact he could not. He is a wanted man in the land of her father, but they carry with them the proof that she is indeed the princess who has presumed to...more
Chelsie Metcalf
Alright, so we start off viewing this man, Leonard Kastner, while taken on this job someone hired him to do. He was an assassin. He killed people for money. And he was pretty famous in the town called Lubinia, and he went by the name Rastibon. Leonard's reputation was very well known through out this town and surrounding London areas as Rastibon and took pleasure in killing people for money. Wicked, right? So, this one night he was hired to break into his King's palace and steal his child, the p...more
Christine
One of Johanna Lindsey's best, I think. Alana finds out early in the book that she is really a princess of some tiny European kingdom, secreted away by her own assassin who couldn't bear to kill her as an infant. She returns when she turns 18 to try to stop the rebels from undermining the throne. Of course, she can't just walk up to the king and say she's his long-lost daughter. First, she has to get vetted by the captain of his guards, who doesn't believe her for a second.

I actually found myse...more
Aps_nat
As I was reading through this book, I kept wondering whether Johanna Lindsey was losing her touch. This book is definitely something I would never want to read again. It was hard enough to get through the first time around!

I really liked the plot. The missing princess being raised by an assassin, trained to kill her enemies on sight, yada, yada. Lindsey has started the book on a positive note and I was very much intrigued as to how the hero fits in with the plot. But as soon as they left England...more
Sakura L.
Alana Farmer mengalami syok atas kenyataan siapa dirinya--yang sesungguhnya. Mathew Farmer, yang diketahui oleh Alana adalah pamannya sampai beliau memberitahukan siapa dirinya dan siapa Alana sebenarnya malam itu saat Alana berulang tahun ke 18.
diberitahu bahwa Alana adalah seorang putri dari kerajaan di Lubinia, Eropa, memaksanya untuk meninggalkan Inggris yang sudah seperti tanah kelahirannya menuju Lubinia yang hanya diketahuinya saat pelajaran sejarah.
sayangnya, perjalanan yang hampir memak...more
Viana Lazo
I love it! This book really made me love the characters!! I thought since this was a book that the settings had taken place at the 18th or 19th century it would be once again, a book that has beautiful ladies with the dilemma of finding a husband. Thank God Johanna Lindsey had once again led me to believe that she is far by one of my favorite authors!

I had read her book which is The Loving Scoundrel and I was more than happy to read about a girl that was clever and stunning. In this book the mai...more
Beatrizz1983
Johanna, ¿Dónde estás Johanna? Por qué ya no te encuentro entre las páginas de tus libros. Por qué, antes era capaz de encontrar tu pluma inconfundible, y ahora pienso que cualquier autora podría estar firmando novelas en tu nombre.
No es sólo que la novela me haya decepcionado, que sencillamente pueda ser calificada como una novelilla de segunda de cualquier autora de romántica que conozca unos cuantos clichés. Es que me ha aburrido, y defraudado.
Siempre empiezo las novelas de Johanna Lindsey e...more
Elle


This one gets three stars because it's a decent story. Lots of intrigue, adventure, a whodunit and a HEA that, while you expect it, doesn't really seem that easy to reach at times. But the story also loses a couple stars because there were things I tripped over. Start with the fact that while this is a "historical" romance, the country the heroine comes from is fictitious. I'm enough of a history wonk that I'm disappointed when the story isn't based on actual history. Then there's the fact that...more
Guilty Pleasures
Angeline's review posted on Guilty Pleasures

4.5 Stars and a Recommended Read

I read some of the other reviews for When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey before I knew I was reviewing it myself. They were all over the place. What I found interesting is that those that did not rate the book very high wrote very unkind reviews. It’s those kinds of reviews that are not helpful to readers. They are not helpful to authors either. Honest, constructive opinions win out over malicious, unhelpful negativity...more
Melanie
I reviewed this novel for my blog www.bookworm2bookworm.wordpress.com

I used to await with abated breath for one of Johanna's books. It was always a pleasure to open them, be it hardcover or paperback. There was never a doubt in my mind that every story she puts out would be devoured, savored and long remembered. With years and the avalanche of crop of young authors of romance putting their stamp and feet forth, Johanna's stories kept coming, but to me they were now a bit `behind' the times. Does...more
Lynn
This was an interesting book because it is set in a completely fictional country of Lubinia -- some cross between Latvia and Lithuanian ... maybe with snow and mountains and lakes with thin ice cover.

Alana is a young woman raised in "civilized" London by Poppie, a man she calls uncle. When she is 18 years of age her uncle reveals that despite the fact that he has started orphanages and helped dishonored genteel ladies -- he hasn't always been such an impeccable gentleman. There in lies the start...more
Debbie
I'm a little surprised at all the negative things I heard about this book. While not up to par with her Mallory books I still enjoyed it a lot. I loved Poppie, the man who raises Alana, and I wish we could have seen more of his character and there was also an orphan, Henry, that I also wish we could have seen more of because he was the cutest thing. Alana gave me mixed feelings because she had this awesome, unconventional education from Poppie that included weapons training which I loved but I w...more
Jennifer Rayment
The Good Stuff

Interesting plot with lots of twists and turns that kept me from putting the book down
Secondary characters were interesting and would have liked more back-story on them -- especially Poppie
A good book for a lazy day at the beach
Intrigued enough to read other books by the author
Chemistry was good between the characters except during the sex scenes which were extremely tame considering the title of the book
Good escapist fun
Like looking at the cover - the model has a nice bod


Th...more
Sari
#2,5 lebih tepatnya

Gak begitu suka dengan novel JL yang ini. Ntah salah terjemahannya or memang dari sananya yg memang kurang ok. Banyak typo yg lumayan mengganggu ketika dibaca.

Chemistry antara 2 tokoh utama tidak sekuat novel" JL biasanya, tidak ada yg terlalu menonjol, terkesan datar semua. Bahkan sampe adegan hot-nya pun tidak ada kesan Hot sama sekali, hanya seperti dipaksakan. Alur ceritanya lumayan, tapi tidak begitu kuat, apalagi endingnya, sangat membuat tidak puas, krn ga jelas penjaha...more
Anita
GENRE: Adult-Romance
FORM: AudioBook
NARRATOR: Rosalyn Landor

SYNOPSIS Alana thought that the most important decisions in her life was who to marry and when, and whether she wanted to continue to teach at the orphanage her Uncle “Poppie” own and ran. Her life is instantly turned upside down when Poppie reveals that he was once an assassin who was given the assignment to kill the heir to the throne of Lubinia, which was her. Now she has to deal with the fact that she is not an ordinary girl, but a p...more
Gavin
Just like Once a Princess this book is set in a fictional European country where the princess and heir of that country was raised elsewhere with no idea of her true identity.

I'm sure the similar plots will annoy some people. Luckily I'm not one of those people and since Once a Princess is my favorite Lindsey book, I was looking forward to more of the same here. I was not disappointed.

The book was a fun read and both the main characters were likable enough. Christoph was one of the tamer Lindse...more
Ursula
Description: Forced to flee Napoleon's rampaging army on the continent, orphaned Alana Farmer and her eccentric guardian make a new home for themselves in London. There, Alana enjoys every privilege a daughter of the nobility could hope for, plus an education fit for a queen. Now, on the eve of her debut into London Society, she learns the shocking secret of her birthright. Can it be true? Is she really the lost princess of the European kingdom of Lubinia? Persuaded by her guardian to return to...more
Angela Noviana
Arghhhhh.... Kenapa Gagas gak pakai cover asli aja untuk yang satu ini? Kan aku bisa puas liat bokongnya si Mr. Sexy (Paul Marron) itu. Hwhwhwhwhhw... Aku emang kagum sama pembuat cover orang luar karena mereka mampu menggambarkan isi dari buku ini dengan tepat. Yep, adegan yang menggambarkan bagian belakang Christoph masih segar nih dalam ingatanku =P

Aku suka cerita kali ini walaupun gak sebagus cerita Johanna Lindsey (JL) lainnya. Yang ini ceritanya lebih slow, tapi tetap karakter prianya mint...more
Melanie
* Book courtesy of Simon and Shuster Canada


Alana's life is turned upside down when her uncle Poppie reveals he was hired to kill her when she was only an infant. It took only a smile to make him refuse to end her life. She then learns she is a princess and must go back to her birth country to prove she is the king's heir in order to avoid a war. That doesn't prove to be easy since many girls over the years have tried to prove they were the king's lost princess. The captain of the palace guards,...more
Annah
I really enjoy reading books by Johanna Lindsey. This book was captivating from page one and I did not want to put it down. I really liked the short chapters. It helped when I had to stop reading and didn't want to quit in the middle of something important. I found the plot to be clever and original. Who doesn't love a little danger and mystery in their romance? The characters were great and very well described. I felt like I knew them intimately. The lack of raging sex was a nice touch. I somet...more
Carrie Huot
The plot of this book was good. The plot, although not unique, was good enough for me to not give this book a completely terrible review. The romance, on the other hand, can be summed up with one word- atrocious. I did not like the "hero" of this novel at all. He alternates between humiliating the main character -- whose name I have already forgotten -- and being irritating and controlling. Even if a man was really attractive, I don't know how those type of actions could cause anyone to fall in...more
Caitlin Peterson
Hmm... what to say? It wasn't all terrible, but it wasn't the best historical romance I've read either. The book spans a short time period, which makes the romance hard to believe sometimes. From the time the main characters meet, the novel takes place over only a few days.

The heroine, Alana, was really young and immature. Most heroines in historical romance novels are young, that's just the nature of the time period. However, sometimes I forget they are so young because they act so old. That w...more
Ninoska
I enjoy this book more than Johanna's last book. I felt that there could be more to the book and more depth to the character. I felt there should have been more chemistry but alot better than the las Malory book. Johanna Lindsey is still one of my favorite authors but this book need more humph. But overall a good read.
Fakhrisina Amalia Rovieq
Jadi, ini sebenarnya merupakan buku pertama dari Johanna Lindsey yang aku baca. Aku sejak dulu memang agak kurang punya ketertarikan dengan buku-buku luar maupun terjemahan. Karena bahasanya yang rumit dan butuh waktu agak lama untukku memahaminya :)
Tapi, aku tahu dunia buku nggak sekedar buku-buku lokal yang kece macam punya Kak Morra Quatro atau Orizuka, dan demi menambah referensi dan pengetahuan seputar dunia buku dan menulis, aku akhirnya beli buku ini XD

Kerajaan. Aku selalu suka dengan nov...more
Amy
Sep 18, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: romance readers
This was a new book, for me. I usually like to stay toward the paranormal side of romances but this book was actually a nice change-up. I simply couldn't put this book down! It had the essence of a mystery that made you want to keep reading to see what happened next. However, there was one tiny thing that irked me enough to give it only 4/5 stars. But I will talk about that later. Firs the things I liked:

The plot, as I said, was great. It was a new concept (for me at least) about a girl who find...more
Dana Alma
It’s always so difficult when you have to give a wonderful author a poor book rating. I’m a die hard fan of Johanna Lindsey, you can find her books all over my house in various forms, but I was so disappointed with this book. It was well written, but there was just something missing for me. I wanted more, Christoph, the main character, left me wanting! I wanted him to be more of the alphas Lindsey has given to us in the past. I enjoyed Alana more than anything. I was disappointed that she wasn’t...more
Cara
I'm only halfway through this book and I've already encountered what was probably one of the dumbest cop out sex scenes that I have ever come across. Note to Johanna Lindsey...you're a romance novelist. Go back and check your job description, and in the meantime, hope that I find something decent in the last half of your book. I'd have given you one star but, ironically, the plot is actually halfway decent so far. Let's see how the rest goes...


UPDATE: Just, ::sigh::, no. If I subtracted a point...more
Wendy
Pretty good. I think I would have finished this read sooner, if I hadn't spent so much time at "ogling" the beaufiful man on the cover!
Joyce
On Alana's eighteenth birthday, the man she thought was her uncle tells her that he isn't her uncle, but an assassin who was sent to kill her. She learns that she is the only child of the King of Lubinia, a small European country. He now believes that she needs to return because unrest in Lubinia makes it important that the King have an heir. It is just a typical boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, that sort of thing but I like that sort of thing. Easy read. Mindless romantic story as m...more
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Johanna Helen Howard was born on March 10, 1952 in Germany, where her father, Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. Army was stationed. The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, and after he passed away in 1964 Johanna and her mother settled there to honor him.

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