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Ruined Hearts
Melissa Markham, daughter of an Englishman and a Chinese concubine, wants something her mother never had—respectability. Wealthy lumber baron, Ethan Trent, a man of erotic, dominating appetites, decides he wants the exotic woman for himself. Even though Melissa fights her attraction for Ethan, she also finds herself craving his domination. Can two headstrong people find a way to heal their ruined hearts, find love, and discover they both want to share the same thing—an unusual passion for each other?
214 pages, Paperback
First published December 3, 2010
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May 1, 2015
This is my first book by this author.
Melissa is a Chinese/English woman whose mother was a concubine and she observed what her mother had to go through in this role. She, too, is then forced into this role by the man who owns her. He is cruel and abusive towards her and forces her to endure all kinds of torture and pain.
Ethan is a white American male who has several businesses and is a wealthy man and a retired law enforcer.
Melissa and Ethan’s worlds collide when Melissa escapes her owner and travels across the world to find her brother, who she has lost contact with, but knows he moved to America. When she finally gets there, she discovers that Ethan, in his role as a law enforcer, has killed him.
Ethan and Melissa enter into a tenuous relationship which tests the boundaries of what Melissa thinks she can accept in a relationship because of the mistreatment she has previously suffered. Ethan wants to be the dominant in the relationship and he wants Melissa to submit to his dominance! The only thing with this course of action is it runs very close to the exploitation that Melissa has experienced in the past.
This story is very erotic and both Melissa and Ethan have their issues. The story was an engaging read, with a few twists and turns. The story becomes less erotic towards the end but there is a reason for this, which unfolds when you read the complete story.
-Reviewed by Marcia
Melissa is a Chinese/English woman whose mother was a concubine and she observed what her mother had to go through in this role. She, too, is then forced into this role by the man who owns her. He is cruel and abusive towards her and forces her to endure all kinds of torture and pain.
Ethan is a white American male who has several businesses and is a wealthy man and a retired law enforcer.
Melissa and Ethan’s worlds collide when Melissa escapes her owner and travels across the world to find her brother, who she has lost contact with, but knows he moved to America. When she finally gets there, she discovers that Ethan, in his role as a law enforcer, has killed him.
Ethan and Melissa enter into a tenuous relationship which tests the boundaries of what Melissa thinks she can accept in a relationship because of the mistreatment she has previously suffered. Ethan wants to be the dominant in the relationship and he wants Melissa to submit to his dominance! The only thing with this course of action is it runs very close to the exploitation that Melissa has experienced in the past.
This story is very erotic and both Melissa and Ethan have their issues. The story was an engaging read, with a few twists and turns. The story becomes less erotic towards the end but there is a reason for this, which unfolds when you read the complete story.
-Reviewed by Marcia
March 10, 2013
Melissa escapes her life as a concubine and is determined never to submit to a man again. But right away her righteous indignation lands her in a compromising situation with Ethan Trent, who (naturally) has an immediate desire to spank her.
These two characters come together, and the sex is hot (there’s one scene when the tables are turned and she is the dominant, and another involving cherries...). Then the evil antagonist (Melissa’s former “owner”) shows up. Melissa betrays Ethan’s trust and, in typical male-pride fashion, he tosses her out. She moves forward with her own business plans (with the help of his mother, which was a great subplot related to his childhood). But when the evil ex-master kidnaps her, Ethan (and his mother) come to her rescue.
You’d think that’s where the story ends. Certain erotica readers will probably think it should have ended there. But I - being the type that likes to see how a character transforms because of their experiences/situations - enjoyed the rest of the story (which I won’t give away here). The sex wasn’t as hot, but the character changes got me.
These two characters come together, and the sex is hot (there’s one scene when the tables are turned and she is the dominant, and another involving cherries...). Then the evil antagonist (Melissa’s former “owner”) shows up. Melissa betrays Ethan’s trust and, in typical male-pride fashion, he tosses her out. She moves forward with her own business plans (with the help of his mother, which was a great subplot related to his childhood). But when the evil ex-master kidnaps her, Ethan (and his mother) come to her rescue.
You’d think that’s where the story ends. Certain erotica readers will probably think it should have ended there. But I - being the type that likes to see how a character transforms because of their experiences/situations - enjoyed the rest of the story (which I won’t give away here). The sex wasn’t as hot, but the character changes got me.
April 18, 2015
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