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Love's Odyssey
This is the story of a sixteen-year-old American girl who is orphaned when her father dies and she is sent to live with her English uncle. Unfortunately he falls out of favor with the king and is killed. This is where she meets Adrien who saves her from a dire fate by taking her to Holland to live with her mother’s sisters. They sail to Java on the same ship, but Rommel and Adrien are fated to be torn apart again and again. She has only her courage and her beauty to keep her alive—and her impossible love for Adrien. He never gives up searching for her, even after she is abducted by a Chinese pirate and taken to Amoy. He’ll need all his ability as a swordsman to survive long enough to rescue her.
286 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1981
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About the author
Jane Toombs
172 books31 followersJane was born in California, raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, has returned "home" to live in the beautiful Upper Peninsula on the shore of Lake Superior--with the Viking from her past. Jane has five children, two stepchildren, seven grandchildren, a calico cat named Kinko and two computers.
She's the author of over seventy published books, both in paper and electronic. These include the various romance genres--gothic, suspense, contemporary, historical, Regency and paranormal--as well as other genres such as mystery, fantasy and horror. Jane has used pseudonyms--Ellen Jamison, Diana Stuart, Olivia Sumner--but is now writing under her own name except for her Zebra/Pinnacle romances for which she uses Jane Anderson.
She's the author of over seventy published books, both in paper and electronic. These include the various romance genres--gothic, suspense, contemporary, historical, Regency and paranormal--as well as other genres such as mystery, fantasy and horror. Jane has used pseudonyms--Ellen Jamison, Diana Stuart, Olivia Sumner--but is now writing under her own name except for her Zebra/Pinnacle romances for which she uses Jane Anderson.
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May 17, 2016
The beautifully painted yet cheesy cover drew me in but the story was a lot of fun too. This isn't your slow simmering epic of a sheltered virgin and her love interest hate sexing around the world, complete with lush descriptions of elite palaces, locales and luxurious wardrobes. It's much more of a fast paced, frothy east asia tropics adventure story with a bit of romance thrown in.
The story takes off running right from the start as both the hero and heroine are forced to be rebels to the English empire because of a treason arrest gone wrong and after that misfortune are victim to one tragic set of circumstances after another. This leaves them separated about 80% of the time and very little of their relationship is allowed to develop outside of lingering memories, but on the upside their chemistry when they are together is positive and open. The hero isn't hateful and outside of a brief rapey moment, genuinely cares about the heroine and is a sensitive person so this is a good choice if you want a bodice ripper that doesn't have an over the top alpha nutcase.
Due to the separation from any cultural or environmental norms and constant danger testing the wits and survival of the female protagonist, you really come to respect her for her courageousness, inner strength and compassion for other victims of cirumstance. She isn't terribly developed in such a rushed story, but how she deals with relentless misfortune and stress is commendable and it makes it easy to care about what happens to her. It's also very easy to sympathize with the extreme cultural dissonance she is subjected to. There are few delicate balls, tea parties and the like in this ripper. It's more sweaty jungles, violent natives, lecherous old men, damp rag dresses, scarce food, sickness, natural disaster, irrational culture and massacre.
After all the exciting yet awful shit they have to endure, it's easy to cheer for their final moment of reuniting and comfort.
The story takes off running right from the start as both the hero and heroine are forced to be rebels to the English empire because of a treason arrest gone wrong and after that misfortune are victim to one tragic set of circumstances after another. This leaves them separated about 80% of the time and very little of their relationship is allowed to develop outside of lingering memories, but on the upside their chemistry when they are together is positive and open. The hero isn't hateful and outside of a brief rapey moment, genuinely cares about the heroine and is a sensitive person so this is a good choice if you want a bodice ripper that doesn't have an over the top alpha nutcase.
Due to the separation from any cultural or environmental norms and constant danger testing the wits and survival of the female protagonist, you really come to respect her for her courageousness, inner strength and compassion for other victims of cirumstance. She isn't terribly developed in such a rushed story, but how she deals with relentless misfortune and stress is commendable and it makes it easy to care about what happens to her. It's also very easy to sympathize with the extreme cultural dissonance she is subjected to. There are few delicate balls, tea parties and the like in this ripper. It's more sweaty jungles, violent natives, lecherous old men, damp rag dresses, scarce food, sickness, natural disaster, irrational culture and massacre.
After all the exciting yet awful shit they have to endure, it's easy to cheer for their final moment of reuniting and comfort.
January 18, 2021
Meh...I didn't realize Jane Toombs was the pen name for this book..her books rarely work for me as this one also didn't.
Gotta watch out for those AKA or pen names...
Gotta watch out for those AKA or pen names...
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