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The Temptress (Montgomery #12)
Jude Deveraux brings her bestselling Montgomery family to America...with a marvelous new heroine! With the blazing spirit of a true Montgomery, heiress Christian Montgomery Mathison bravely defies the two men who abduct her. Forced into the primitive rain forests of the Washington Territory, she is swept into a thrilling adventure. Amid schemes of greed and intrigue, the b...more
Paperback, 332 pages
Published
March 15th 1991
by Pocket Books
(first published 1986)
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Christiana is a newspaper reporter in the late 1800's, at a time when women didn't have careers, least of all careers putting them in so much danger. Tyman is the man hired by her wealthy father to guide her through the rainforests of Washington State and back hope, Along the way, she's supposed to fall in love with Asher Prescott, a man of her own class who is after her father's money.
Well, of course, she's going to fall for the handsome Tyman. Who wouldn't? He's dark, handsome, capable, and he...more
Well, of course, she's going to fall for the handsome Tyman. Who wouldn't? He's dark, handsome, capable, and he...more
I am going to write the same thing for the Taggart and Montgomery series of Jude Deveraux. First, I can't believe that I read these books because they are so blatantly bodice rippers (not my style at all). And second, and more importantly, I devoured them all! Here is the scoop: We stopped at a friend's house in Tennessee on the last leg of one of our cross country trips about 11 years ago and I had run out of books. She gave me three of Deveraux's books in the Montgomery series and I kindly too...more
A curious news reporter Christina Montgomery lived in the late 18th century when women didn't have many choices except marry. At 28 she had a life of travel and adventure. Her father sent two men to bring her home. The one she fell in love with Tyson, an orphaned gunslinger who grew up in great poverty in a whorehouse. A beautiful man who tried to resist Chris because she was a good girl. As he and Prescott, the good guy, Chris thinks her father sent Chris home as one adventure after another occ...more
May 10, 2010
Lady Valee
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
historical-romance
I loved her first 4 books about the Montgomery brothers. This installment in the series was very different from the previous 4.
First of all, everything develops several years after those first four books, maybe even centuries. So all that typical characteristics about the men of those times were not present in the hero of this book. I know it's weird because sometimes I thought they were too sexists and chauvinists, but the heroes in those books were also very different from the other men of th...more
First of all, everything develops several years after those first four books, maybe even centuries. So all that typical characteristics about the men of those times were not present in the hero of this book. I know it's weird because sometimes I thought they were too sexists and chauvinists, but the heroes in those books were also very different from the other men of th...more
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Fun read about an heiress whose father decides she needs to get married as she's 28. Living independently as a popular journalist bent on the righting of wrongs Christiana finds herself being kidnapped by two men her father has chosen. One to protect her and the other he hopes she'll marry. Set in wild west.
Christiana MAthison aka Nola Dallas & Tynan
She's a reporter whos dad just wants her to settle down so he hires a gunslinger and a "pretty boy" to escort her home but they get in loads of trouble along the way.
She's a reporter whos dad just wants her to settle down so he hires a gunslinger and a "pretty boy" to escort her home but they get in loads of trouble along the way.
I have read this bookmany times, always wonderful...action packed. Bad boy really trying to be good in love with the good girl but won't admit it story. Love Jude Devereux.
Aug 22, 2012
Niki
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4 of 5 stars
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fiction,
romantic-fiction
I always love Jude Deveraux's books because they are quick, fun and easy to read romances.
I love Jude's work but this one needed something more... Still a good read
This is a western story. Not my favorite setting but still enjoyable.
I didn't hate it, but I guess these old time romance novels aren't really my style.
Jun 16, 2012
Mary L. W. Rhage
added it
I love all Jude Deveraux books and this was great.....
An utterly stupid book.
American
wasnt my favorite
Loved it
Loved it
Rated 3.5
love it!
A typical Deveraux romance.
A good historical, fictional romance novel. The author was able to make the characters come alive in her descriptions; however, I wasn't quite sure of how "real" the main characters--Tynan and Christiana--could've been. I guess that's what ficitional stories are all about--creating what could never be in the real world.
I was a little afraid that it wasn't going to end well, and I'm glad that the author found a way to bring things around.
I was a little afraid that it wasn't going to end well, and I'm glad that the author found a way to bring things around.
Great book. Enjoyed this book.
Read this frontier romance back in 2002. Thumbs down to this most contrived romance ever written. Couldnt bear to finish it, and I usually loved Jude Devereux's romances.
From the title I don't think I was expecting the story I got but overall enjoyable.
love the book!!!..
wow, I cant believe I have read all of these books. I love Jude's characters.
May 20, 2013
Wendy
marked it as to-read
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Ananya
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Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.
She began writing in 1976 and her first book, The En...more
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