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Warrior's Woman (Ly-San-Ter Family, #1)

Warrior's Woman (Ly-San-Ter Family #1)

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Resilient beauty Tedra has devoted her life to the art of combat, and no one has ever been able to pierce through her rigid armor of single-minded purpose. When political upheaval forces her to flee her homeland Tedra finds, to her dismay, that her only hope of survival lies in the arms of Challen, a fierce and powerful soldier.

Paperback, 448 pages
Published June 1st 1990 by Avon (first published 1990)
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Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress
I have mixed feelings about this book. I was impressed that Johanna Lindsey wrote this futuristic, science fiction romance when she was a historical romance author, but at the same time, I felt that the hero Challen was very much a caveman, moreso than her heroes in even her most bodice-rippery romances.

I loved Tedra. She was pretty awesome: independent, upbeat, fashionable, intelligent. I found it hard to believe she would be happy being the 'little woman' for Old School Macho Guy Challen. I k...more
Rhapsody
May 11, 2007 Rhapsody rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: futuristic romance readers
One of the first romance novels I ever read. It was pretty fun, but also pretty third-rate. It had the trashy feel of one of those late-night, made-for-tv sci-fi movies you see (or used to see) on HBO and USA. Those movies are fun sometimes though, and this was too. Basically you've got your strong, over-achiever heroine who's dissatisfied with the men of her race because she wants someone capable of dominating her. After a political coup leaves her in danger with nowhere to go, she ends up seek...more
Mara
Lost me at: 65%

I don't know if the author wanted to be ironical. Sure as hell she should have stuck with the bodice-rippers. At least in a so called historical setting some things do have a (warped) sense.

Why writing about a warrior woman, a woman in the secret service, good enough to defend presidents and the like and then, a few chapters later, transform her in to a useless, weak, dumb "prisoner". If strength was all that jazz, martial arts wouldn't exist. She is supposed to be expert in them...more
Kasey Jane
The story begins with a female fighter on a mission to rescue her planet alongside a snarky, hyper-intelligent computer.

Not now, Subtracto!

In search of help, she stumbles upon a planet of hunky barbarians and -- after losing a bet -- becomes one barbarian's love slave for a month.

(view spoiler)[Johanna Lindsey is a well known writer of historical romance, not sci fi. I am convinced that this book is Lindsey's way of having fun with romance tropes. The female fighter is a verbose virgin with a beefcake fetish and t...more
Fanny Roswita Ria
Astaga,,luar biasa imajinasi pengarang yang menceritakan latar belakang novel dengan sebegitu cermatnya,,luar biasa deh,,top markotop.

Menggambarkan bagaimana Tedra mengarungi lintasan bintang untuk mencari pasukan yang bisa mengalahkan pemerintah dari kaum oposisi yang saat ini sedang melakukan kudeta dan berencana membawa semua pihak wanita ke planet lain untuk dijadikan budak. dibantu dengan sahabatnya serta Martha, komputer yang genius, akhirnya Tedra mengunjungi planet induk dari kelompok ya...more
Pat
Johanna Lindsey is at her best in this rollicking, rough-and-tumble romance with a sci-fi twist.

Picture a fiercely independent uber-feminist, forced to flee her home, taking refuge in an apparently-friendly port -- only to discover that her "safe haven" is a place where men rule and women obey, and where she is quickly captured by the first man she has ever encountered who cannot be overpowered by her.

Tedra has never met the man she cannot beat in a fair fight... until now. And when she challeng...more
Liz
This book was first published in 1990 and I read it several years later, when I was in high school. I’ve been recently re-reading old books on my Nook and this one popped into my head.

Warrior’s Woman is pure, fantasy silliness and it’s almost embarrassing that I like it. Then again, my favorite movie of all time is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and I feel the same way about it, so I’ll describe it the same way: it’s like loving a big, dumb jock.

All right, here’s the plotline: Tedra De Arr is a...more
Lizpeveto
This is a Lindsey book published in 1990 and is science fiction romance. Tedra De Arr is a high level security agent, who lives and protects the planet, Kystrun. A military coup topples the government using a primitive people as mercenaries called the Sword Wielders. Tedra escapes her world to try and locate the mother planet of the Sword Wielders, Sha Ka'an, where she hopes to purchase and enlist her own army of Sword Wielders. With the help of her ship's computer she beams down to the planet a...more
Jane Stewart
3 ½ stars. Enjoyable, pleasant story about a space traveling futuristic woman falling in love with a sword wielding barbarian.

STORY BRIEF:
Tedra is a top level government security police person on the planet Kystran. People have sex sharing for pleasure not to procreate. The government creates humans by taking cells from the most desirable subjects, grows them in test tubes, and then raises the children in group centers and schools. There are no parents, families, etc. Machines create all food. T...more
Astri  Nasthasia Videlia
Ehm.. kelar juga... berhubung bukunya tipis.. jadi kebut sajalah.. haghaghag... MySpace

Aga kesulitan baca ini... banyak bahasa 'Planet' nya.. jd aga susah di spelling.. sehingga mengganggu pembacaan sayah.. *apasih* MySpace

Ceritanya sih lumayan...
cumaan.. karna entah mungkin saja karena terbiasa baca buku Tante JL yg HR buku ini seperti tergambarkan layaknya Historical Romance seri Highland.. MySpace

bayangan gw melanglang buana sendiri baca buku ini.. MySpace

Tedra, sang Wanita, disini di gambarkan sebagai Wanita dari pl...more
Madison
Although i loved this book very much, it infuriated me how the males treated the women. The males are the leaders of the planet. They're very, very buff and strong, so its not like the women can overthrow them. But what annoyed me the most was that the heroine let the issues go away to easily. Here she is having just been sexually tortured from dusk to dawn, she says she'll be raising hell when the hero gets back, and when he does she puts up little resistance and melts. The reason she gets tort...more
Yulia Anggraini
Sempat g yakin bakal menikmati ni cerita...ternyata diri ini salah besar(maaf y tante JL ;p) cz ni cerita genrex romance sci-fi...tpi g peduli ceritax non HR tp tetap khas JL x adaaaaaa... ><
suka callen n tedra...banyak dialog antara mereka b2 tp g ngebosenin
yg ad malah lucu,pertengkaranx jg g amp bikin sakit ati...
Ad istilah2 yg lucu,kek "diterobos" artix cew yg masih V klo mw tdur am cow pertama kli istilahx diterobos... ;p
atw ada yg namax klinik-stres,t4 org2 d planetx tedra klo mw b.h...more
Vina
3.5 stars
not bad, at least not bored while reading this.

Selama baca novel ini, mengingatkanku akan kisah bidadari yang turun ke bumi, mandi di sungai, saat hendak kembali ke khayangan baru sadar telah kehilangan selendangnya, ternyata selendang tsb telah dicuri dan disembunyikan oleh seorang pria yang diam2 memperhatikannya saat mandi dan jatuh hati kepada sang bidadari.
sang bidadari pun menikah dengan si pria manusia bumi.
suatu hari, sang bidadari menemukan kembali selendangnya yang disembunyik...more
Elaine
I have just found out from Goodreads of course, that there is a book three, Heart of a Warrior, in this series. Since I originally read this book and Keeper of the Heart back in the 90s, I think I need to read them again.

Update: I finished my re-read of this book a few minutes ago. I know a lot of other readers don't like the dominant male / submissive female roles exhibited by the protagonists, but I really enjoy their interactions. I particularly like the fact that Tedra is not really submissi...more
Luci
I should feel bad because what I love about this book is it's so utterly, unspeakably ridiculous that I laugh aloud when I read. What should make me feel bad is that I don't think it was intended to be as absurd as I find it to be. But such a fun, spirit-brightening read, which, really, is all I expect of my trashy romance novels, anyway.
Martha
I saw this listed on some list of romances, and remembered that I read this back when I was a teenager, I think. This was one of the stupidest romances I've read. Start with a supposedly self-sufficient and capable woman who learns that what she really wants is a primitive warrior who will abuse her to keep her safe. (He punishes her for getting in danger by arousing her and not letting her come.) Then add in a stupid artificial intelligence who keeps telling the woman that this is what she need...more
Deborah Vespo
I didn't know Johanna wrote anything that was futuristic. Interesting read. Tedra works in security and has worked hard to be where she is. She is independent and strong. A group of Warrior men however come in and take control, removing women from their jobs and removing them from the planet. A co-worker who is concerned for her warns her when she receives a notification to come into work. He helps her get a ship so that she can go off planet and get to a safer place. She finds another world tha...more
Kristina
Caveat: did not finish this book.

To me, this was not a true futuristic romance. Sure, it had spaceships and different planets and a smartass supercomputer, but the romance was definitely stuck in the Dark Ages.

The hero would have been very at home as a Native American in American West Historical romances. He's all about carrying the small, helpless female off into the sunset and "claiming" her. I felt like the first 60 pages (yes, it isn't until page 60 that we meet our dashing hero) were abou...more
Karen
My mother gave me this book when I was really down one day, and it brought a much needed smile to my face. This book will have you laughing out loud. The main character is a head strong woman who encounters a man she can not wrap her head around. Very entertaining.
Clare
You know how sometimes you just don't want to eat spinach salad for lunch, but you want a juicy lucy? I didn't want to read anything that would make me think or advance my soul or challenge me in any way. Now after devouring this book, I have gut rot of the brain. Why did I finish that? I don't know.

In a futuristic society Tedra finds a planet of warrior barbarians (or is it barbarian warriors?). Tedra has always been the toughest person she knows, so she at first resists and then loves being do...more
Gardavson
The Ly-San-Ter series depicts the epitomy of dominant male. Combine the ultimate dominant male with heart melting love and devotion and you've created a 5 star book. This is the first of the series, an enjoyable, easy read. Strong heroine, stronger hero.
Meljean Brook
I just saw this in my feed, and marked it five stars because it is pretty much my ultimate guilty-pleasure book. Except, with no guilt, because I kind of adore everything about it, from the cheesy cover to the silly fact that Tedra refers to Challen's name being apt because it's two letters short of "challenge," even though they don't speak English.

I heart every bit of it, and have since I first read it about twenty years ago. I read it so many times that I incorporated "farden" into my vocabula...more
Megan Moon
It's been a really long time since I read a true romance. The "I'm not kidding around, it's basically porn" kind of romance. I don't mean that in a graphic way but, in the way all the characters are written like they have some kind of hormone imbalance. Ridiculously jealous, full of insecurities that seem to range from one extreme to the other, and all of them drama junkies and crazy nympho-maniacs. Plus endless moral compromises and personal violations that in reality would NOT leave you feelin...more
Sari
Really really liked it.... ^o^

Pertama baca, agak2 pusing n gak kebayang bentuk planet di tempat Tedra berada, jadi sempet dianggurin dulu nih buku pdhl baru baca bab 1. Pas mulai membaca dengan lebih menghayati, malah jadi gak bisa berenti baca saking serunya. Walo agak gimana gitu pas baca adegan hot-nya ;p, tapi krn byk percakapan antara Tedra, Challen & tokoh2 yang ada dibuku ini, dan istilah2 yang bikin ketawa-ketiwi ga jelas, bikin gw bener2 suka ma buku ini. Rasanya ga rela pas udah se...more
Tracee Fisher
One of the most fun bubble-gum romance books I've read in a long time. I keep re-reading it because it's so much fun. (Though my copy is currently on loan to a friend.) It *might* be classified as sci-fi-meets-fantasy-meets-bodice-ripper-romance-novel, but my hardcore sci-fi buddies would have a cat if I called this sci-fi. But with computers with artificial intelligence and interstellar travel as the backdrop, it *technically* qualifies. That's definitely just the backdrop, though. Where Johann...more
Grace
Yeah - 2 stars -- It was OK. I felt that the setting being on different planets, different cultures, different ways of doing things was interesting. Why Ms. Lindsey had them talk as if they were in 20th century Earth was a little unnerving. Hearing "babe" as an endearing reference, substituting different words for profanity, it was just irritating to have to hear the characters talk.

I had read the 3rd novel in this series (which actually started off on Earth), so I decided to put this novel in m...more
Katherine ang
Actually at first, I was quite skeptic about this book. I bought it because Johanna Lindsey wrote it, and in one of her interviews, she said that it is one of her favorites. So I got, interested and curios. Hence, I bought a copy. Then, when I flipped on the page, I said to myself, "Man, this is Sci-Fi!!!". I didn't know that JL writes this kind of things?!. Personally, I'm not into sci-fis, so I'm thinking twice now, if I were to continue reading the book. But then, its Johanna Lindsey's, so I...more
CeCe
I do have to admit that I started this book and didn't like the idea of a theme and so I put it down. I picked iy back up a couple of days later after reading another of mrs. Lindsey's books and after getting past the beginning I found that I really enjoyed the book. Although I have to admit that I hated the fact that the women in this book were perceived to be so delicate and everything that is feminine. I find that I immensely enjoyed this book even though I can't agree with some of the ideas...more
Sarah Kelsey
I read this book back in 1992 when I was stuck at home with nothing but my grandmother's romance novels to read. The book stuck in my head because it's such a bizarre combination of a feminist protagonist and a chauvinist love interest. This book was so provocative. It provoked anger, confusion, laughter and a lot of thought. I don't think I empathized with the protagonist's decision at the end but I understood why she did what she did. Lindsay is a good author, and her books certainly offer a c...more
Juliet
Yo, that's Fabio on the cover. That's right, in the flesh. FABIO.
I read this when I was a pre-teen. In fact, I used to think Johanna Lindsey was the shit back then. I can only laugh at myself.
Anyway, this one is actually a good story, you just have to accept the cover, accept Fabio, and get over it. I can't really say if my liking it is mostly nostalgia, or if it's really as good as I remember it. It's sort of the epitome of trashy-romance-novel. I have never found the brawny blond hero type to...more
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