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The Panther and the Rose
Sheltered by a seemingly over protective family, Amy Stockwell nevertheless ran her import empire with all the skill and efficiency of her late father. Her confinement to a wheelchair and her constant poor health did not diminish her prowess in the business world, but it had a devastating effect on her private life.
Toshiro Valerius was no stranger to prejudice and distrust amongst the people he encountered through his travels as a shipping mogul. His Japanese/Swedish heritage left little for the English family of Amy Stockwell to like. Though Toshiro's ties with the family go back to their youth, Amy has no recollection of Toshiro and the friendship they once shared. Determined to gain Amy's trust and someday her love, Toshiro must summon all his knowledge of his Ninja skills to overcome the power Amy's family has over her and to unlock the terrible secret of her parents horrible death which is the root of her illness.
Toshiro's task becomes even more dangerous, however, when an old enemy of his own family makes attempts on his life, forcing Toshiro to return to Japan to face his enemy, with Amy in tow.
Toshiro Valerius was no stranger to prejudice and distrust amongst the people he encountered through his travels as a shipping mogul. His Japanese/Swedish heritage left little for the English family of Amy Stockwell to like. Though Toshiro's ties with the family go back to their youth, Amy has no recollection of Toshiro and the friendship they once shared. Determined to gain Amy's trust and someday her love, Toshiro must summon all his knowledge of his Ninja skills to overcome the power Amy's family has over her and to unlock the terrible secret of her parents horrible death which is the root of her illness.
Toshiro's task becomes even more dangerous, however, when an old enemy of his own family makes attempts on his life, forcing Toshiro to return to Japan to face his enemy, with Amy in tow.
- GenresRomance
416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1993
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May 21, 2021Heroine is wheelchair bound; Hero is a half Japanese/half Swedish ninja.
...’Nuff said. *immediately adds to wishlist*
...’Nuff said. *immediately adds to wishlist*
January 14, 2024
Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he has created?
Anyways, are you looking for:
- a runaway wheelchair meet-cute, disaster barely averted by a samurai?
- dissociative amnesia?
- gaslighting, animal cruelty, domestic violence, suicide attempts, and a Munchausen by proxy reveal that you can see coming a mile away?
- throwing stars?
- a wedding you hear about but don't see?
- a duel you hear about but don't see, and that has ZERO IMPACT ON THE PLOT?
- stomach-turning nicknames?
- a really weird spanking?
- botched ninja assassination attempts?
- the absolute worst sex scenes of all time?
- racial insensitivity and ethnic slurs?
- a book that makes Highland Ecstasy look like The Iliad?
Yes? Then boy, do I have a romance novel for you!
Easily the worst book I've read in recent memory. Honestly at this point, I wouldn't mind some amnesia myself.
What a trainwreck, soup to nuts. I don't get Amy, and I don't get Toshiro, and I don't get their relationship. There's no tension, no spark. They don't even flirt with each other. There's just a lot of her comparing him to a panther, and a lot of him calling her "kitten" or "lotus".
Best quotes:
"Thought it was probably a long winded Dutch handle, like Toofgekookte or something." maybe this is only funny to me because I have a Dutch last name but I absolutely lost it at this part
"Yes, yield to me. Release the panther." girl what D:
Anyways, are you looking for:
- a runaway wheelchair meet-cute, disaster barely averted by a samurai?
- dissociative amnesia?
- gaslighting, animal cruelty, domestic violence, suicide attempts, and a Munchausen by proxy reveal that you can see coming a mile away?
- throwing stars?
- a wedding you hear about but don't see?
- a duel you hear about but don't see, and that has ZERO IMPACT ON THE PLOT?
- stomach-turning nicknames?
- a really weird spanking?
- botched ninja assassination attempts?
- the absolute worst sex scenes of all time?
- racial insensitivity and ethnic slurs?
- a book that makes Highland Ecstasy look like The Iliad?
Yes? Then boy, do I have a romance novel for you!
Easily the worst book I've read in recent memory. Honestly at this point, I wouldn't mind some amnesia myself.
What a trainwreck, soup to nuts. I don't get Amy, and I don't get Toshiro, and I don't get their relationship. There's no tension, no spark. They don't even flirt with each other. There's just a lot of her comparing him to a panther, and a lot of him calling her "kitten" or "lotus".
Best quotes:
"Thought it was probably a long winded Dutch handle, like Toofgekookte or something." maybe this is only funny to me because I have a Dutch last name but I absolutely lost it at this part
"Yes, yield to me. Release the panther." girl what D:
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May 27, 2012
March 25, 2020
I came for the insanity and I got the insanity
October 30, 2021
Beautiful written novel about a girl in a wheelchair and a half Japanese man who use to know each other when they were growing up.Her relatives is keeping her sick.A must read .This is novel your must read
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October 24, 2023The heroine is in a wheelchair and the hero is Japanese. Attention caught. 👀
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