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En la busqueda de un amor genuino y tierno, la apasionada Shanelle Ly-San-Ter huye de los avances de un bárbaro lujurioso de ojos azules al que le habían destinado, confundida y asustada por los cálidos anhelos que el apuesto salvaje despertara en su alma inocente.
Falcon Van´yer, guerrero entre guerreros, viril y magnifíco se ve dominado por el intenso deseo hacia la joven de agreste belleza que había jurado que jamás sería suya. Aunque todo conspire contra él, luchará por conquistar su tesoro sensual, desafiando cualquier peligro con tal de seducir a la dueña de su corazón.
Falcon Van´yer, guerrero entre guerreros, viril y magnifíco se ve dominado por el intenso deseo hacia la joven de agreste belleza que había jurado que jamás sería suya. Aunque todo conspire contra él, luchará por conquistar su tesoro sensual, desafiando cualquier peligro con tal de seducir a la dueña de su corazón.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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Johanna Lindsey
147 books7,213 followersJohanna 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.
In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. The marriage had three children; Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family.
Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 "on a whim", and the book was a success. By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance.
Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American "Old West" and the popular Regency England-Scotland. She has even written a few sci-fi romances. By far the most popular among her books are the stories about the Malory-Anderson Family, a Regency England saga.
Johanna Lindsey died on Oct. 27, 2019 in Nashua, N.H. She was 67.
In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. The marriage had three children; Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family.
Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 "on a whim", and the book was a success. By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance.
Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American "Old West" and the popular Regency England-Scotland. She has even written a few sci-fi romances. By far the most popular among her books are the stories about the Malory-Anderson Family, a Regency England saga.
Johanna Lindsey died on Oct. 27, 2019 in Nashua, N.H. She was 67.
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November 7, 2017
*** 3.40 ***
Another fun read with the Abtastic Abs Geishas and some alien barbarians!
Hahaha! I needed a little break from my long and more ambitious reads, so this series came to mind. And as always, it was the somewhat mindless and very offensive to the more feministic sensibilities alien Barbaric culture, which was so politically incorrect, that had me laughing with its inappropriateness. Boy, have romances changed since the early 90's!
The first book in the series was all about the mother of the main heroin of this book. Sha was an outlander who landed on an isolated planet and fell in love with a Barbarian warrior 👑. Now their daughter is all grown up and is looking for a life-mate, who preferably is not a warrior, since she is determined to have a more sensible man. All around her the barbarians she had been surrounded by all of her life, were not going to cut it. No warrior would ever admit to loving a woman and this is exactly what she wants. Also, she is not a fan of any of the traditional punishments the warriors routinely performed on their women when they displeased or disobeyed them. There is at least an aspiration of a budding feminist in her😀. But that is as far as we get with the dreams of a modern, assertive and free woman. The reality that follows is anything but...
Warning! ⚠ This is not for the easily offended and women who find obedience, spanking, and other forms of punishment or control by a strong Alpha Male for his little woman!!! Yes, this is a Sci-fi Barbarian Romance, so don't go into it expecting something sensible! This is absolutely absurd, but I still got a kick out of it and am not ashamed to say it 😀. We do need to be reminded that we can still be silly, particularly in a world full of tragedy and fear. This is the way I find to escape from the impotent feeling that nothing I think or do makes any difference in my reality, and gives me just enough of a brake in order to recharge my battery and keep on chugging along... Don't judge - the only thing I might be guilty of is bad taste of 😈😇😎
Now I wish you all Happy Reading and many more wonderful books to come!
Another fun read with the Abtastic Abs Geishas and some alien barbarians!
Hahaha! I needed a little break from my long and more ambitious reads, so this series came to mind. And as always, it was the somewhat mindless and very offensive to the more feministic sensibilities alien Barbaric culture, which was so politically incorrect, that had me laughing with its inappropriateness. Boy, have romances changed since the early 90's!
The first book in the series was all about the mother of the main heroin of this book. Sha was an outlander who landed on an isolated planet and fell in love with a Barbarian warrior 👑. Now their daughter is all grown up and is looking for a life-mate, who preferably is not a warrior, since she is determined to have a more sensible man. All around her the barbarians she had been surrounded by all of her life, were not going to cut it. No warrior would ever admit to loving a woman and this is exactly what she wants. Also, she is not a fan of any of the traditional punishments the warriors routinely performed on their women when they displeased or disobeyed them. There is at least an aspiration of a budding feminist in her😀. But that is as far as we get with the dreams of a modern, assertive and free woman. The reality that follows is anything but...
Warning! ⚠ This is not for the easily offended and women who find obedience, spanking, and other forms of punishment or control by a strong Alpha Male for his little woman!!! Yes, this is a Sci-fi Barbarian Romance, so don't go into it expecting something sensible! This is absolutely absurd, but I still got a kick out of it and am not ashamed to say it 😀. We do need to be reminded that we can still be silly, particularly in a world full of tragedy and fear. This is the way I find to escape from the impotent feeling that nothing I think or do makes any difference in my reality, and gives me just enough of a brake in order to recharge my battery and keep on chugging along... Don't judge - the only thing I might be guilty of is bad taste of 😈😇😎
Now I wish you all Happy Reading and many more wonderful books to come!
December 9, 2015
I thought Warrior's Woman was okay when I first read it, but it was one of the first romance novels I ever read. Recently I learned that it was just the first in a trilogy, so I picked up Keeper of the Heart which is the second in the series. It was better written than Warrior's Woman, but I had a lot more trouble getting into it. The story centers around Shanelle, the daughter of Tevra and Challen from the first book. She dislikes and fears the warriors of her homeworld and wants to get away before her father gives her away to a suitor. After spending a long period of time training to be a pilot on her mother's much more civilized homeworld, she returns only to almost immediately fall for a good-looking visiting warrior.
So far so good. I don't mind stupid plots like this, so long as they're fun to read. However, Lindsay takes the whole male-dominance thing too far for my taste, and Shanelle is the ultimate woman-who-says-no-when-she-means-YES. I find it inconceivable that any female would be willing to return to her homeworld, as it was described; everyone knows that for her own good, she needs to be deceived, cajoled and ultimately forced into joining with a big strong warrior. The only thing that could have redeemed this book for me would have been Shanelle hanging herself and proving all those *#&@(* wrong.
So far so good. I don't mind stupid plots like this, so long as they're fun to read. However, Lindsay takes the whole male-dominance thing too far for my taste, and Shanelle is the ultimate woman-who-says-no-when-she-means-YES. I find it inconceivable that any female would be willing to return to her homeworld, as it was described; everyone knows that for her own good, she needs to be deceived, cajoled and ultimately forced into joining with a big strong warrior. The only thing that could have redeemed this book for me would have been Shanelle hanging herself and proving all those *#&@(* wrong.
December 23, 2010
I thought this book was horrendous. The only thing that compelled me to keep reading was that it wasn't horribly written; but the story itself was awful. The entire book was simply an exercise in patience as you waited for at length, the whiny, completely uninteresting heroine to get laid. The rest of the book was a collection of 100% mind-numbingly inane conversation between a stupid computer and the some of the characters. Perhaps some people might find the author's notion that domestic violence and rape are not only acceptable, but even desirable to be palateable, but I don't. The book also would NOT END. Once they did actually get laid, the book insisted on droning on with even more unmotivated drama and contrived misunderstandings. The remaining pages after the anticlimactic encounter was pretty irrelevant and the author should have stopped there (or even at the first page because the whole book sucks) The ending was trite... and boring... and stupid. Please don't read this book. If I hadn't been completely want for anything to read, I probably would have just used it as kindling.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 7, 2017
Goodness me this was a long winded space journey.
The first 60% of this was great! But then the author just had to keep adding new stuff to the story that was completely unnecessary. We were still getting new plotlines introduced at 85%. NO THANKS.
It was WAY TOO LONG. It should have been wound up at 65%. I didn't need any of the crap that happened after that. Just give me the HEA and let's move on.
I didn't mind the bodice ripper nature of this. I knew what I signed up for with this series and I was happy to roll with it for the most part. But certain scenes were very hard to take. I can't even remember which ones irked me the most but after 75% most of the "sexy" stuff made me want to vomit a little bit.
I skimmed the last 15% of the story because I couldn't give a shit about what was happening. And yet I will still read the next installment, because I can't seem to get enough alien luuuurve.
2.5 Stars
Thanks for the buddy ready you lovely Abtastic Ab Loving Geishas!
The first 60% of this was great! But then the author just had to keep adding new stuff to the story that was completely unnecessary. We were still getting new plotlines introduced at 85%. NO THANKS.
It was WAY TOO LONG. It should have been wound up at 65%. I didn't need any of the crap that happened after that. Just give me the HEA and let's move on.
I didn't mind the bodice ripper nature of this. I knew what I signed up for with this series and I was happy to roll with it for the most part. But certain scenes were very hard to take. I can't even remember which ones irked me the most but after 75% most of the "sexy" stuff made me want to vomit a little bit.
I skimmed the last 15% of the story because I couldn't give a shit about what was happening. And yet I will still read the next installment, because I can't seem to get enough alien luuuurve.
2.5 Stars
Thanks for the buddy ready you lovely Abtastic Ab Loving Geishas!
May 26, 2023
There was probably a time when I would have hated this book, but back then I wouldn't have read it in the first place. Nowadays I'm lighthearted enough to go along for the ride with a lot of 80s romance novel silliness so I don't hate it and I appreciate what the author's trying to accomplish, but it doesn't really work for me.
The first book in the series the hero and heroine may have been ridiculous, but they meshed and I thought it worked. They were both essentially arrogant idiots playing by the rules that give each the edge, and that's the way they liked it, so who am I to complain?
This book, however, establishes the heroine as someone who hates pain and conflict, then marries her off to a guy who believes he has the right to spank her when she misbehaves. And said spanking results in bruises, which the author brushes off as the heroine being easily bruised. The whole "spanking is a child's punishment, it's not so bad" routine is ludicrous when we're talking spankings that bruise. I got spankings that bruised as a child, and I've gotten punches that bruised, and there really isn't much difference in the pain department.
Pain is pain; spanking, as the author also semi-sort of recognizes, is pain combined with shame, in a way that a straight up punch is usually not, so I've never understood why spankings are supposed to be a lesser punishment than getting punched elsewhere. Meaning that part definitely didn't work for me.
That said, if she'd written the spankings as sexual fun that both partners were having, I could have gone with that. Not my kink, but it's understandable. She doesn't, or if that's where she was aiming at, she didn't get there for me. The heroine hates pain from the beginning, she still hates pain at the end, and she sees the spanking as punishment and something to be avoided, which is absolutely not the attitude of people I know who are into pain play.
In the first book, the punishment the hero gives the heroine is silly and stupid and not used in the real world. Some rapists do force their victims to orgasm as a power play and to shame them, but if edging is something rapists practice, I've not heard of it. But making spanking the punishment in this book kills the fantasy and the silliness, at least for me. And making the heroine someone who is highly sensitive to pain, and then marrying her off to a guy who will deliberately cause her pain is insane. It is not a sign of growth to love someone despite their flaws when one of those flaws is to deliberately hurt you for stupid reasons.
Lindsey tries to dodge that by making it very clear that her heroine thought the hero had good reason to punish her. Didn't work for me. In the real world, no loving partner would believe they have that right, and she pulled the story into the real world by picking a kind of punishment that real people use on those they claim to love. And one that even most parents who spank their kids don't think appropriate with a grown woman.
Big time fantasy fail for this reader.
The first book in the series the hero and heroine may have been ridiculous, but they meshed and I thought it worked. They were both essentially arrogant idiots playing by the rules that give each the edge, and that's the way they liked it, so who am I to complain?
This book, however, establishes the heroine as someone who hates pain and conflict, then marries her off to a guy who believes he has the right to spank her when she misbehaves. And said spanking results in bruises, which the author brushes off as the heroine being easily bruised. The whole "spanking is a child's punishment, it's not so bad" routine is ludicrous when we're talking spankings that bruise. I got spankings that bruised as a child, and I've gotten punches that bruised, and there really isn't much difference in the pain department.
Pain is pain; spanking, as the author also semi-sort of recognizes, is pain combined with shame, in a way that a straight up punch is usually not, so I've never understood why spankings are supposed to be a lesser punishment than getting punched elsewhere. Meaning that part definitely didn't work for me.
That said, if she'd written the spankings as sexual fun that both partners were having, I could have gone with that. Not my kink, but it's understandable. She doesn't, or if that's where she was aiming at, she didn't get there for me. The heroine hates pain from the beginning, she still hates pain at the end, and she sees the spanking as punishment and something to be avoided, which is absolutely not the attitude of people I know who are into pain play.
In the first book, the punishment the hero gives the heroine is silly and stupid and not used in the real world. Some rapists do force their victims to orgasm as a power play and to shame them, but if edging is something rapists practice, I've not heard of it. But making spanking the punishment in this book kills the fantasy and the silliness, at least for me. And making the heroine someone who is highly sensitive to pain, and then marrying her off to a guy who will deliberately cause her pain is insane. It is not a sign of growth to love someone despite their flaws when one of those flaws is to deliberately hurt you for stupid reasons.
Lindsey tries to dodge that by making it very clear that her heroine thought the hero had good reason to punish her. Didn't work for me. In the real world, no loving partner would believe they have that right, and she pulled the story into the real world by picking a kind of punishment that real people use on those they claim to love. And one that even most parents who spank their kids don't think appropriate with a grown woman.
Big time fantasy fail for this reader.
August 20, 2016
(Updated)
A futuristic world where men punish the women who defy them. NO THANKS!
Is it me or was I justified in being upset at the idea of the person who is supposed to be our "lifemate" beating us whenever we 'defy' him. Last time I checked, love isn't supposed to hurt. If this world is so futuristic, then what happened to women's rights and Anti-Abuse Laws? Because I'm sure Earth isn't the only place that has had them installed by this point in time, if there is anything else out besides us. This is scary, that women in this society are raised to accustom themselves to this type of assault without someone telling them that they don't deserve that type of abuse. And because of these rules, girls are bred to accept this and blame themselves whenever it happens.
As for Falon, not interested, not because of the abuse, it's just super buff guys aren't really my cup of tea. I like guys with a more lanky type of body. He also isn't really defined. I know he must really lust after Shantelle, considering he tracks her down. Yeah she was in trouble and kind of needed his help. And after he rescued her, she punched the woman that trapped her in the face. Which was kind of funny.
Now for Shantelle. The only thing that I wished had happened was for Shantelle to tell someone "hey, I have a fear of pain." You know what we had found out at the beginning of the book? Her tragic back-story that she had been abused physically by this crazed warrior guy who liked hurting people. I spent the whole book thinking that it would be brought back up at some point.
I really think she should have let someone know about the result of that kidnapping. It was mentioned once and I thought, "Oh, the hero will hurt her and she will tell him about what had happened and get some sort of closure", NO. That isn't what happened at all and I am really upset by it. Why should it even be mentioned at the beginning if you aren't going to mention it ever again? Even if it could help alter or change the story in a new and unexpected way.
The one thing I really liked was when Shantelle fought that one lady and told the bitch off about how she was raising her son. I can respect a heroine who picks up a dagger a little bit more.
In short, this book makes for an easy beach read. I don't know, I never said something was a "beach read" before. XD
EDIT: Ok, I'm changing my mind about this one in terms of the aforementioned last comment. It isn't a beach read so much as a 'if you are in a car trip for several hours and want something mixed with fantasy and light S+M, this is the book to read.
A futuristic world where men punish the women who defy them. NO THANKS!
Is it me or was I justified in being upset at the idea of the person who is supposed to be our "lifemate" beating us whenever we 'defy' him. Last time I checked, love isn't supposed to hurt. If this world is so futuristic, then what happened to women's rights and Anti-Abuse Laws? Because I'm sure Earth isn't the only place that has had them installed by this point in time, if there is anything else out besides us. This is scary, that women in this society are raised to accustom themselves to this type of assault without someone telling them that they don't deserve that type of abuse. And because of these rules, girls are bred to accept this and blame themselves whenever it happens.
As for Falon, not interested, not because of the abuse, it's just super buff guys aren't really my cup of tea. I like guys with a more lanky type of body. He also isn't really defined. I know he must really lust after Shantelle, considering he tracks her down. Yeah she was in trouble and kind of needed his help. And after he rescued her, she punched the woman that trapped her in the face. Which was kind of funny.
Now for Shantelle. The only thing that I wished had happened was for Shantelle to tell someone "hey, I have a fear of pain." You know what we had found out at the beginning of the book? Her tragic back-story that she had been abused physically by this crazed warrior guy who liked hurting people. I spent the whole book thinking that it would be brought back up at some point.
I really think she should have let someone know about the result of that kidnapping. It was mentioned once and I thought, "Oh, the hero will hurt her and she will tell him about what had happened and get some sort of closure", NO. That isn't what happened at all and I am really upset by it. Why should it even be mentioned at the beginning if you aren't going to mention it ever again? Even if it could help alter or change the story in a new and unexpected way.
The one thing I really liked was when Shantelle fought that one lady and told the bitch off about how she was raising her son. I can respect a heroine who picks up a dagger a little bit more.
In short, this book makes for an easy beach read. I don't know, I never said something was a "beach read" before. XD
EDIT: Ok, I'm changing my mind about this one in terms of the aforementioned last comment. It isn't a beach read so much as a 'if you are in a car trip for several hours and want something mixed with fantasy and light S+M, this is the book to read.
did-not-finish
August 2, 2022DNF at page 204
I enjoyed the previous book, Warrior's Woman, and was prepared to overlook a lot, but I'm over 200 pages in and every conversation between the love interests boils down to
It's the Old Skool tropes writ large - lust at first sight, sex as a transformational event for the woman, and the guy not raping her is a laudable exercise of restraint. ~rolls eyes~
I would be okay if there were development of any sort, but 200+ pages of the heroine saying "no" over and over with no one believing her or respecting her wishes has gotten old. DNF at page 204.
I enjoyed the previous book, Warrior's Woman, and was prepared to overlook a lot, but I'm over 200 pages in and every conversation between the love interests boils down to
Her: Get away from me.
Him: No, you're mine.
It's the Old Skool tropes writ large - lust at first sight, sex as a transformational event for the woman, and the guy not raping her is a laudable exercise of restraint. ~rolls eyes~
I would be okay if there were development of any sort, but 200+ pages of the heroine saying "no" over and over with no one believing her or respecting her wishes has gotten old. DNF at page 204.
August 22, 2015
I enjoyed this just as much, if not more than book 1! Fun and sexy with dominant alien warriors, it was the perfect fluffy romance. It's a shame the covers for this series are so terrible but oh well.
December 31, 2015
Absolutely adored Warrior's Woman", featuring Challen and Tedra. This book focuses on their daughter Shanelle. (And the third book features Shanelle's twin brother, Dalden.)
Shanelle has grown up favoring her mother's sensibilities and interests. She doesn't want to be bossed around by her lifemate, and she fears the warriors' idea of punishment. But if she doesn't find a lifemate her father approves of, he will choose for her.
As the book opens, Shanelle is returning from piloting training on Kystran, her mother's home planet. Sha-Kar'ani, which is usually fairly isolationist, is holding a sort of warrior competition and is overflowing with men from other planets. Shanelle falls for a man she believes is an off-worlder, due to his shorter height and his different coloring.
They run off to have sex, but Falon is too rough, bruising and scaring her. She escapes, with a little help from Martha, before they can finish. She looks at it as a bad roll in the hay and an object lesson, but Falon has already decided she will be his.
Turns out Falon isn't an off-worlder, he's a local leader -- like her father -- of a country far to the north. So she finds herself being pursued by what she deliberately was looking to avoid -- a warrior.
What neither Shanelle or her mother knows is that Challen has chosen to use the competition to choose a lifemate for his daughter. Well, to narrow down the field. So now all Falon has to do is become champion and get her father's blessing, and he can go around Shanelle's objections.
But part of the reason Shanelle has learned how to pilot space ships is that she plans to flee Sha-Kar'ani if she is forced to "marry" someone she doesn't love.
Good sequel to "Warrior's Woman". As Shanelle and Falon are both from Sha-Kar'ani, the culture clash and power dynamics aren't quite as fiery as the first book. In this book, there is more pursuit and less direct personality clashing. Falon must overcome Shanelle's fear, and reassure her that things are a bit different, culturally, in the north.
Shanelle has grown up favoring her mother's sensibilities and interests. She doesn't want to be bossed around by her lifemate, and she fears the warriors' idea of punishment. But if she doesn't find a lifemate her father approves of, he will choose for her.
As the book opens, Shanelle is returning from piloting training on Kystran, her mother's home planet. Sha-Kar'ani, which is usually fairly isolationist, is holding a sort of warrior competition and is overflowing with men from other planets. Shanelle falls for a man she believes is an off-worlder, due to his shorter height and his different coloring.
They run off to have sex, but Falon is too rough, bruising and scaring her. She escapes, with a little help from Martha, before they can finish. She looks at it as a bad roll in the hay and an object lesson, but Falon has already decided she will be his.
Turns out Falon isn't an off-worlder, he's a local leader -- like her father -- of a country far to the north. So she finds herself being pursued by what she deliberately was looking to avoid -- a warrior.
What neither Shanelle or her mother knows is that Challen has chosen to use the competition to choose a lifemate for his daughter. Well, to narrow down the field. So now all Falon has to do is become champion and get her father's blessing, and he can go around Shanelle's objections.
But part of the reason Shanelle has learned how to pilot space ships is that she plans to flee Sha-Kar'ani if she is forced to "marry" someone she doesn't love.
Good sequel to "Warrior's Woman". As Shanelle and Falon are both from Sha-Kar'ani, the culture clash and power dynamics aren't quite as fiery as the first book. In this book, there is more pursuit and less direct personality clashing. Falon must overcome Shanelle's fear, and reassure her that things are a bit different, culturally, in the north.
February 3, 2017
Its the most pathetic book i have ever read ..... The initial pages were unbearable, with a whiny, aimless, pathetic excuse of a heroine. I had to go on reading about her pages after pages hoping to get some romance in the next page.. but no ..
And that annoying computer Martha, and that android and their humorless humor .....and aimless conversations were Horrendous ... I am running out of adjectives here.. Frankly speaking dont waste your time with this pathetic excuse of a book. The hero wasnt that bad... But I heard that he spanked the heroine later in the book... (from other reviews)..
Good for him because by this point, despite not being a masochist I feel like the heroine deserves a hood hard beating for being this whiny and boring and plain pathetic excuse of a woman..
Not her fault, poor woman.. The author deserves the beating for writing this when she obviously wasnt feeling like writing
and the publishers deserve it too for publishing this piece of shit..
And that annoying computer Martha, and that android and their humorless humor .....and aimless conversations were Horrendous ... I am running out of adjectives here.. Frankly speaking dont waste your time with this pathetic excuse of a book. The hero wasnt that bad... But I heard that he spanked the heroine later in the book... (from other reviews)..
Good for him because by this point, despite not being a masochist I feel like the heroine deserves a hood hard beating for being this whiny and boring and plain pathetic excuse of a woman..
Not her fault, poor woman.. The author deserves the beating for writing this when she obviously wasnt feeling like writing
and the publishers deserve it too for publishing this piece of shit..
September 25, 2022
It's been a really long time since I've read this book, but it is my favorite out of the entire series. Shanelle is a kinder more soft-hearted version of her mother, Tedra (from Warrior's Woman), but our hero, Falon, is still the same arrogant man like Shanelle's father Challen Ly-San-Ter. I loved reading all about the similarities along with all the differences between the two couples. There were some fun and amusing parts and a chase across the galaxy before Falon could capture Shanelle and take her as his bride.
This story never gets old and won't be dated for a long time since it is set in the future in another galaxy.
This story never gets old and won't be dated for a long time since it is set in the future in another galaxy.
November 30, 2008
Loved this book even better than the first in this series. The mechanical woman is a hoot, and the warrior is a traditional hero. Loved it.
January 18, 2018
How different it seems romances today are from their 90s predecessors. In this book, the hero’s behavior toward women is explained away as “the warrior way” and “the culture of this futuristic planet.” Our heroine has very little agency in making decisions in her life and when she tries to rebel, she inevitably loses and is “disciplined” for it and forced into the mold laid out for her by the men and machines in her life. But it’s ok because the hero is just like so good-looking. And so, she succumbs to the happily ever laid out for her. A gilded cage is still a cage, even if it does come with a strapping hunk and apparent multiple Os.
October 2, 2012
Ok, I really did like this one. I am still holding on to my theory that this was totally a BDSM book without the label. LOL, Johanna Lindsey takes it one step farther in this book and adds some spanking to it! See, I told you.
I love how cheesy these books are, but they really do have some great fantasy and erotic elements in them. I got a little bored when Shani ran away and we had to go to that whole other planet and stuff. I thought I would just ditch the story, but it picked up again.
I will likely go onto to Shani's brother's book just to finish up the series, but it looks like that one didn't get such great reviews. But we'll see.
I love how cheesy these books are, but they really do have some great fantasy and erotic elements in them. I got a little bored when Shani ran away and we had to go to that whole other planet and stuff. I thought I would just ditch the story, but it picked up again.
I will likely go onto to Shani's brother's book just to finish up the series, but it looks like that one didn't get such great reviews. But we'll see.
January 19, 2013
Part 2 of the Ly San Ter series and the Daughter of Tedra and Challen has grown up and gone away to school on her mothers home planet. She has very definite fears and desires and knows what she wants in a life Mate, and a Warrior is not on her list. Enter Falon, tall delicious, Warrior like and mistaken to be a visitor to Shanelles home planet.
Be careful what you wish for You may just get it!!!
Be careful what you wish for You may just get it!!!
March 4, 2020
*Reread Review*
I have read this book and this series so many times over the years. I can't change the star power because who would read a book a million times if at one point they didn't think it was amazing? I will say however that just in comparison to the series itself this book in the series is my least favorite for several reasons. Number one is that there is too much Martha Vs Shani arguing. It goes on for pages and pages and as we learned in the last book you cannot beat super computer Martha who bases all her predictions on probables and data. This arguing is useless really. Its basically like having huge inner monologues while a character tries to make a decision.. after a while you just want to scream for the FMC to grow a freaking pair or put some big girl panties on and get to it.. Lol. The second thing that makes this my least favorite in the series is Shani herself.. while she has all the equipment and knowledge to be a Bad A just like her mother Tedra.. she most definitely isn't. In fact we spend 80-85% of the book running scared even though she has training and knowledge way past what a normal human being would have. That cuts and tears it for me, everyone knows I'm a sucker for a Bad A FMC. Its such a shame when all the aspects are there for one and then the FMC just doesn't live up or even grow into the role.
That all being said the story is in depth and explains every aspect so its not like we, as the reader, just doesn't know why things are how they are. The reasons seem a little on the flimsy side for me in particular though. Either way its still an enjoyable read and follows along with book one with all the Warrior like tendencies of the first book and of course lots of Martha getting her way like Martha do. Still one of my favorite series!
I have read this book and this series so many times over the years. I can't change the star power because who would read a book a million times if at one point they didn't think it was amazing? I will say however that just in comparison to the series itself this book in the series is my least favorite for several reasons. Number one is that there is too much Martha Vs Shani arguing. It goes on for pages and pages and as we learned in the last book you cannot beat super computer Martha who bases all her predictions on probables and data. This arguing is useless really. Its basically like having huge inner monologues while a character tries to make a decision.. after a while you just want to scream for the FMC to grow a freaking pair or put some big girl panties on and get to it.. Lol. The second thing that makes this my least favorite in the series is Shani herself.. while she has all the equipment and knowledge to be a Bad A just like her mother Tedra.. she most definitely isn't. In fact we spend 80-85% of the book running scared even though she has training and knowledge way past what a normal human being would have. That cuts and tears it for me, everyone knows I'm a sucker for a Bad A FMC. Its such a shame when all the aspects are there for one and then the FMC just doesn't live up or even grow into the role.
That all being said the story is in depth and explains every aspect so its not like we, as the reader, just doesn't know why things are how they are. The reasons seem a little on the flimsy side for me in particular though. Either way its still an enjoyable read and follows along with book one with all the Warrior like tendencies of the first book and of course lots of Martha getting her way like Martha do. Still one of my favorite series!
June 13, 2021
An oldie but a good. This book was one of the very first romance novels I ever read and I had a lot of fun revisiting it. It's sort of a sci fi D/s type universe. So expect dominant men and women who may complain but secretly love it. It also has a lot of dubious consent situations and coercion. I like Shanelle and Falon but not as much as the story about Tedra and Challen. Still it is hot and fluffy with a good dash of angst which is perfect for a summer read.
April 5, 2021
3.5⭐
May 31, 2010
I finished a re-read of this book yesterday. I did not remember it as being nearly as good as the first in the series, Warrior's Woman, but I was pleasantly surprised.
This book starts up approximately twenty years after the ending of book one. Tedra and Challon had twins - a boy and a girl. This is the daughter, Shanelle's book.
Unlike her mother, Shanelle is afraid of pain and hates confrontations. She knows that she will never be happy with a warrior for a mate, so she is looking for one amongst the visitors.
What she finds is Falon. He is obviously not one of her people. His coloring and emotional responses prove that. However, he is nearly as big as her father and that definitely appeals to her.
Of course, she discovers too late that he is a warrior, only from another region on her planet.
All of my favorite characters from the first book show up in this one: Tedra and Challon, of course, Corth, the entertainment android, and my very favorite, Martha the self-aware computer with an attitude.
We also meet Shanelle's brother Dalden who is all warrior despite his mother's influence.
This book starts up approximately twenty years after the ending of book one. Tedra and Challon had twins - a boy and a girl. This is the daughter, Shanelle's book.
Unlike her mother, Shanelle is afraid of pain and hates confrontations. She knows that she will never be happy with a warrior for a mate, so she is looking for one amongst the visitors.
What she finds is Falon. He is obviously not one of her people. His coloring and emotional responses prove that. However, he is nearly as big as her father and that definitely appeals to her.
Of course, she discovers too late that he is a warrior, only from another region on her planet.
All of my favorite characters from the first book show up in this one: Tedra and Challon, of course, Corth, the entertainment android, and my very favorite, Martha the self-aware computer with an attitude.
We also meet Shanelle's brother Dalden who is all warrior despite his mother's influence.
March 4, 2017
I admit I didn't finish this book. I actually stopped some 30 pages in and threw the book away in disgust. I'm not sure how accurately I remember it... The heroine is terrified of pain and doesn't want to be dominated by a man. She meets up with our alpha, manly hero who just has to have her. Somehow they end up alone and about to have sex despite the heroine's reluctance and the pain of losing her virginity is so much that she passes out. Does this stop him? No. He rouses her to finish, but for some reason he doesn't. Then he takes off toward her parents and tells them he's going to marry the heroine, despite her very vocal protests (turns out he'd schemed his way to this very moment). Parents are all happy about his dominating nature and are totally on board. At this point I threw it away.
June 27, 2012
If this is the book I think it is, then this was my my first exposure to a douchebag hero.
I remember reading as a teen and getting to the part where the "hero" spanks the "heroine" as a punishment enough to injure her, then just puts her in a healing device because so long as she's better now, its all ok.
O.o
I don't care that later on she is turned on by it. The fact is it all started non-consensually and that is an immediate turn off.
Edit: This isn't an anti-BDSM sentiment. If the heroine had been on board from the get-go with the bedroom plans, then I wouldn't have had an issue. It was the use of it as a punishment (and then when her mom agreed with the "punishment" - argh - it's been years but that whole part pissed me off).
I remember reading as a teen and getting to the part where the "hero" spanks the "heroine" as a punishment enough to injure her, then just puts her in a healing device because so long as she's better now, its all ok.
O.o
I don't care that later on she is turned on by it. The fact is it all started non-consensually and that is an immediate turn off.
Edit: This isn't an anti-BDSM sentiment. If the heroine had been on board from the get-go with the bedroom plans, then I wouldn't have had an issue. It was the use of it as a punishment (and then when her mom agreed with the "punishment" - argh - it's been years but that whole part pissed me off).
September 28, 2010
Yup, this series is growing on me. As cheesy as I thought the first book was, I enjoyed poking a few holes in it. This one gets no holes or teasing - I liked reading about these characters, even if I didn't like a few of them (like Shanelle, our heroine - what a whiny, wimpy pansy!) Once I got it into my head that the characters were extreme caricatures of a particular type, I rolled with the story and enjoyed it. Looking forward to the last in this trilogy.
April 8, 2018
לפעמים הכי כיף לחזור ולקרוא ספרים ישנים.
את הספר הזה גילתי לראשונה כאשר הייתי בת 17 בספרייה, ואני זוכרת שממש אהבתי אותו.
הוא שילב כלכך ה רבה אלמנטים שונים- רומן, מעט מד"ב, אקשן .
היה תענוג לקרוא אותו.
לפני כמה שנים מצאתי עותק משומש וכמובן שרכשתי אותו. כל כמה זמן אני נהנית לחזור לעולם הזה.
לקרוא על מעללי שאני לי סן טר.
הסיפור הוא למעשה ספר שני בסדרה - והוא מספר על שאני בחורה צעירה שאבא שלה שהוא השודאן של העיר שלה מתכנן לחתן אותה עם לוחם.
שאני שונאת את כל מה שקשור לצורת חיים של, היא מסרבת להינשא ללוחם ולסבול עונשים שלעתה מיותרים.
הכל משתנה כאשר היא פוגשת גבר מסתורי :)
אני באופן אישי ממש נהניתי מהספר ואני ממליצה בחום.
תודה רבה
את הספר הזה גילתי לראשונה כאשר הייתי בת 17 בספרייה, ואני זוכרת שממש אהבתי אותו.
הוא שילב כלכך ה רבה אלמנטים שונים- רומן, מעט מד"ב, אקשן .
היה תענוג לקרוא אותו.
לפני כמה שנים מצאתי עותק משומש וכמובן שרכשתי אותו. כל כמה זמן אני נהנית לחזור לעולם הזה.
לקרוא על מעללי שאני לי סן טר.
הסיפור הוא למעשה ספר שני בסדרה - והוא מספר על שאני בחורה צעירה שאבא שלה שהוא השודאן של העיר שלה מתכנן לחתן אותה עם לוחם.
שאני שונאת את כל מה שקשור לצורת חיים של, היא מסרבת להינשא ללוחם ולסבול עונשים שלעתה מיותרים.
הכל משתנה כאשר היא פוגשת גבר מסתורי :)
אני באופן אישי ממש נהניתי מהספר ואני ממליצה בחום.
תודה רבה
October 26, 2021
Can't believe I got excited only like, the last 60 pages of the book. The romance? ehh. non existent and rushed to me. not the worst yet not the best book from Johanna. But the humour does kept me going
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June 19, 2021
Read this years ago and loved it. Remains a keeper on my book shelf (along with bk #1, Warrior's Woman)
January 4, 2020
Шанел Ли-Сан-Тер е дъщеря на Чалън Ли-Сан-Тер, шодан и воин на варварската планета Ша-Ка'ан, и Тедра Де Ар, охранител първи ранг от напредналата технологична планета Кистран. Обучена в нравите и законите на два коренно различни свята, с помощта на майка си, тя убеждава баща си, да напусне дома и да замине за Кистран, където се учи да шофира аеробуси. Въпреки желанието на баща й, да се задоми с воин от родната им планета, Шанел се бои да бъде оставена в ръцете на воин с железен контрол, който не знае какво е любов. Когато обаче, след като приключва обучението си се прибира у дома, заедно с няколко от новите си приятели, Шани заварва необичайна ситуация. Баща й е организирал боеве и в тях са поканени да участват както местни воини, така и такива от други светове. Срещайки неустоимият Фалон, тя вярва, че той не е воин, а мъж от съседна планета и смята, че е открила мъжа в който би могла да се влюби.
Фалон обаче не е никакъв посетител. Той е воин и шодан на съседна държава на Ша-Ка'шан и присъства на боевете, само защото брата близнак на Шанел, Далден е уредил Фалон да търгува с посредничеството на семейство Ли-Сан-Тер. Срещайки Шанел за пръв път, той мисли, че е поредната посетителка, а привличането му е така силно, че решава на мига да я направи своя. Скоро обаче открива, че Шанел не е тази за която се представя, а след като е изпуснал контрола си пред нея, наранявайки я без да го желае, сега Фалон има голям проблем. Трябва да спечели Шани, за да й се реваншира за загубата на контрол и да прогони страха й от него, и за целта трябва да се справи с баща й, брат й, и най-вече чуждестранната й майка и технологичният й компютър Марта. Но за жената на сърцето си той е готов да стори каквото е нужно.
Поредната любима книга от Джоана Линдзи. В нея се пренасяме 20 години след събитията в Warrior's Woman, в които Тедра и Чалън се откриха един друг, намирайки любовта и щастието си и спасявайки Кистран от окупаторите. За огромна изненада на Тедра, тя ражда не едно, а цели две деца, близнаци. Сина си Далден, за който е следващата книга от поредицата и дъщеря си Шанел. За която е и тази книга. Обожавам поредиците точно по тази причина, защото можем да срещнем двойки от предишните книги и да видим как се е развил живота им след като са намерили своя щастлив край. В тази книга, макар и с 20 години по-възрастни, Тедра и Чалън са все така, забавна двойка, която се обича, бие и предизвиква на всяка крачка. Типична дъщеря на майка си, Шанел е своенравна и упорита, но за разлика от майка си, се плаши доста лесно, която обясняваше доста от нещата които вършеше. Толкова се ужасяваше да не бъде наранена физически, че доста усложни живота на героя ни. Фалон пък беше типичен варварин, смятащ, че всичко което прави и казва е правилно, и че нарежданията му трябва да се изпълняват сляпо... еми да ама не. Шани му даде за душата и това направи книгата динамична и интересна, вкарвайки няколко различни сюжетни линии в главния сюжет, и обогатявайки го. Чудесна книжка.
Фалон обаче не е никакъв посетител. Той е воин и шодан на съседна държава на Ша-Ка'шан и присъства на боевете, само защото брата близнак на Шанел, Далден е уредил Фалон да търгува с посредничеството на семейство Ли-Сан-Тер. Срещайки Шанел за пръв път, той мисли, че е поредната посетителка, а привличането му е така силно, че решава на мига да я направи своя. Скоро обаче открива, че Шанел не е тази за която се представя, а след като е изпуснал контрола си пред нея, наранявайки я без да го желае, сега Фалон има голям проблем. Трябва да спечели Шани, за да й се реваншира за загубата на контрол и да прогони страха й от него, и за целта трябва да се справи с баща й, брат й, и най-вече чуждестранната й майка и технологичният й компютър Марта. Но за жената на сърцето си той е готов да стори каквото е нужно.
Поредната любима книга от Джоана Линдзи. В нея се пренасяме 20 години след събитията в Warrior's Woman, в които Тедра и Чалън се откриха един друг, намирайки любовта и щастието си и спасявайки Кистран от окупаторите. За огромна изненада на Тедра, тя ражда не едно, а цели две деца, близнаци. Сина си Далден, за който е следващата книга от поредицата и дъщеря си Шанел. За която е и тази книга. Обожавам поредиците точно по тази причина, защото можем да срещнем двойки от предишните книги и да видим как се е развил живота им след като са намерили своя щастлив край. В тази книга, макар и с 20 години по-възрастни, Тедра и Чалън са все така, забавна двойка, която се обича, бие и предизвиква на всяка крачка. Типична дъщеря на майка си, Шанел е своенравна и упорита, но за разлика от майка си, се плаши доста лесно, която обясняваше доста от нещата които вършеше. Толкова се ужасяваше да не бъде наранена физически, че доста усложни живота на героя ни. Фалон пък беше типичен варварин, смятащ, че всичко което прави и казва е правилно, и че нарежданията му трябва да се изпълняват сляпо... еми да ама не. Шани му даде за душата и това направи книгата динамична и интересна, вкарвайки няколко различни сюжетни линии в главния сюжет, и обогатявайки го. Чудесна книжка.
June 20, 2025
This book was a wild ride for me. This book was rage inducing, but also undeniably entertaining. A lot of people who reviewed this book seemed to review it as a serious piece of literature, which to me, it very clearly isn't. I think it's a lot more fair to judge this book as an iteration of the trash novel genre, which I personally happen to love. As a book version of a cheesy, soap opera-y, star trek-ish romance, I think it did very well, mostly.
Some complaints I had as far as the writing goes, was the way over use of the phrase 'knock your socks off' as a sexual innuendo, the over use of the phrase 'sex-sharing', and some of the lines of dialogue were just really stiff, felt unrealistic and cringe. It made the writing frustratingly repetitive, and I'm sorry but I just hate the phrase. It really took the spice out of the book for me.
I also felt that the plot could have been better. I feel like we were promised this epic and romantic deep space chase and she barely went a few astronomical units. I feel like this story should have been greatly expanded and actually include a space chase with multiple planets and star systems, and it would have probably helped develop the characters a lot more and maybe even make a certain member of the cast somewhat redeemable by the end of the book.
Which brings me to my main frustration: the characters. Every single character pissed me off. Every. Single. One. Especially the male lead, I'm sorry, but he's a PoS. It had to be said.
Now the things I liked: The premise, it was fun, you could tell the author had fun writing this book. The ending scene was hilarious, it almost made up for the absolute rage this book caused me. Most of the spice was good, very mild. There were some very rememberable, romantic quotes. Johanna Lindsey is one of my favorite authors of all time and her prowess really showed in this sequel, I just wish she'd made a few better literary choices.
Some complaints I had as far as the writing goes, was the way over use of the phrase 'knock your socks off' as a sexual innuendo, the over use of the phrase 'sex-sharing', and some of the lines of dialogue were just really stiff, felt unrealistic and cringe. It made the writing frustratingly repetitive, and I'm sorry but I just hate the phrase. It really took the spice out of the book for me.
I also felt that the plot could have been better. I feel like we were promised this epic and romantic deep space chase and she barely went a few astronomical units. I feel like this story should have been greatly expanded and actually include a space chase with multiple planets and star systems, and it would have probably helped develop the characters a lot more and maybe even make a certain member of the cast somewhat redeemable by the end of the book.
Which brings me to my main frustration: the characters. Every single character pissed me off. Every. Single. One. Especially the male lead, I'm sorry, but he's a PoS. It had to be said.
Now the things I liked: The premise, it was fun, you could tell the author had fun writing this book. The ending scene was hilarious, it almost made up for the absolute rage this book caused me. Most of the spice was good, very mild. There were some very rememberable, romantic quotes. Johanna Lindsey is one of my favorite authors of all time and her prowess really showed in this sequel, I just wish she'd made a few better literary choices.
January 9, 2011
Honestly, I did not judge this book by its cover. I had picked it up, looked around inside, read the back of the paper back version but still when I opened this book, I was blown over to find that this story was not set on Earth but in outer space, many solar systems away from our own planet. This caused much confusion with me because I simply could not relate whatsoever with any of Shani (the heroine's) problems.
Shani is the daughter of a shodon (they have their own terminology in this book, that is hardly explained) and must chose a lifemate (husband) before her father chooses one for her. Shani doesn't want her father's choice because she knows he is going to pick a warrior from her own planet and they are known to not treat their women as equals, but as children and even punish them so. So Shani sets out looking for a visitor to join with so that she'll live a life far away from the rules and regulations of her home planet. But she didn't expect to have her socks blown off by one man that ended her search though she didn't know this for good. Still Shani has fears and when her father accepts the man she is attracted to she can't handle it.
There were a lot of elements of the book that I felt were completely unneeded. When writer's pan out their stories for more than just a few days and add a whole lot more complicated things to the story it completely looses quality. There was a whole section of the book, that I felt was completely unnecessary and the book would have been fine without. That part was added more for the benefit of the next book than for this one.
Still, even with her irrational fear that is completely an eyeroller, Shani is still a pretty likable character. I didn't love Falon very much but the book did have its okay parts. Still, I wouldn't recommend it.
Shani is the daughter of a shodon (they have their own terminology in this book, that is hardly explained) and must chose a lifemate (husband) before her father chooses one for her. Shani doesn't want her father's choice because she knows he is going to pick a warrior from her own planet and they are known to not treat their women as equals, but as children and even punish them so. So Shani sets out looking for a visitor to join with so that she'll live a life far away from the rules and regulations of her home planet. But she didn't expect to have her socks blown off by one man that ended her search though she didn't know this for good. Still Shani has fears and when her father accepts the man she is attracted to she can't handle it.
There were a lot of elements of the book that I felt were completely unneeded. When writer's pan out their stories for more than just a few days and add a whole lot more complicated things to the story it completely looses quality. There was a whole section of the book, that I felt was completely unnecessary and the book would have been fine without. That part was added more for the benefit of the next book than for this one.
Still, even with her irrational fear that is completely an eyeroller, Shani is still a pretty likable character. I didn't love Falon very much but the book did have its okay parts. Still, I wouldn't recommend it.
April 27, 2024
Shanelle Ly-San-Ter has been searching and yearning for a tender love, the kind that her parents have shared. Shanelle under her mother, Tedra's, wing has learned what to do in every situation handed her, however she never knew what to expect in the barbarian who stirs up secret yearnings and causes her to both be afraid and yet excited as well. Falon Van'yer has found the one woman who is the "Keeper of his Heart" but then Shanelle flees from him, causing him to be overwhelmed with the whirlwind of emotions that she stirs within him. Falon knows that Shanelle is his to keep forever, and he will do everything in his power to possess her and keep her at his side.Keeper of the Heart is one of my favorite novels that Johanna Lindsey has written, as well as one of my favorite series apart from the Malory's of course :). Keeper of the Heart is the second installment in the Ly San Ter Family Trilogy. This series is different than the rest of her series, because this series has more of a science fiction and futuristic twist to it. This is such an endearing love story, of two souls that looking for love and family, but not knowing what is right in front of them. I found the plot to be engaging and full of surprises. I found overall Keeper Of The Heart to be as infectious as a chocolate truffle, Definitely a first rate love story.
May 29, 2013
I really wanted to like this book because the summary seemed promising. I just can't get behind a hero who treats his wife like a child and believes slavery is okay as long as you treat your slaves well. Uh...WHAT? A romance is only as good as its hero/heroine and this guy is a jerk. And what kind of woman is more jealous that her man had sex with some of his slaves than she is horrified about it? Sorry can't see still being attracted to a slaver who punishes me with spankings. Now if the heroine was into s&m then the spankings would be ok I guess but she wasn't and that still doesn't excuse the slavery.
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