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Jacob Cade tenía opiniones muy firmes acerca de qué mujeres eran para él y cuáles no. Kate Walker pertenecía a la segunda categoría, ya que una vez había tenido que echarle de su rancho por comportarse mal. Sin embargo, nunca había dejado de desearla y ahora iba a tomar la iniciativa.
Kate amaba a Jacob desde muy pequeña, y aunque él se empeñara en afirmar lo contrario, ella no era de las mujeres que se tomaban el amor a la ligera. De pronto, Jacob volvía a aparecer en su vida, pero ella no se atrevía a decirle la verdad.
Kate amaba a Jacob desde muy pequeña, y aunque él se empeñara en afirmar lo contrario, ella no era de las mujeres que se tomaban el amor a la ligera. De pronto, Jacob volvía a aparecer en su vida, pero ella no se atrevía a decirle la verdad.
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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January 3, 2019
Heroine is a newspaper reporter in Chicago. DP spends a lot of page time on her co-workers and her work ethic and how well-liked she is. She is a great heroine with two strikes against her: her mother left when she was a baby and she was raised along with her brother by her unstable minister father. Daddy dearest died from a seizure while he was whipping her in public for smiling at a boy. To say she has hang ups about sex is an understatement.
The second strike: she imprinted on her bff’s uncle, the hero, when she was 16. She lived with her unloving grandmother in South Dakota and her bff lived on a ranch with her uncle and grandfather. When heroine was 17, she was at a pool party on the ranch. She went to change and was startled by a snake. One of the boys at the party sprinted to her rescue. Hero caught them together – heroine was naked and shaking with terror. Hero thought they were having sex. All his earlier affection turned to hate and contempt. He banned his niece from speaking to the heroine ever again because of her bad influence.
Hero describes himself as an old-fashioned guy – that is, the double standard for women is his bible. His mother left his father for another man and hero never forgave her. He lusted after the heroine when she was young and innocent and still lusts after her when he sees her at his niece’s wedding six or so years after the pool incident. (Heroine’s bff finally defied her uncle to keep up the friendship) Since heroine is obviously a sophisticated city woman, hero decides she fits nicely in the whore category. He offers to take her out the next time he is in Chicago.
Heroine is thrilled/wary. She has pictures of the hero at her apartment, at work, and in her wallet. She looooooves him and is hoping he’ll forgive her, but she’s afraid of sex.
Oh, another word about the hero – he’s kind of a weirdo. He’s afraid to fly. Is a terrible driver (I’ve been conditioned by Betty Neels to equate competent driving with heroes) and is basically an introvert.
Be still my heart.
Anyhoo – the hero does look up the heroine. He insults her during dinner, but heroine stands up for herself, barely choking down her shrimp cocktail and coffee, while the hero calmly gobbles a steak. After those aphrodisiacs, the H/h go to her apartment and get busy – hero teaches her to stroke his manly chest a certain way, the heroine is feeling it until the hero “loses control” and has a quick orgasm leaving the heroine in pain and unfulfilled. She cries about how horrible it has been. Hero’s ego is wounded; he has no idea she was a virgin. He adds insult to injury when he sticks a hundred dollar bill in the front of her robe as he leaves.
Heroine is in major trauma after this. All her fears of sex are realized. She starts to take more daring assignments that put her in danger. Meanwhile the hero is feeling guilty. He looks up the heroine again, but her brother is visiting and heroine is out on assignment. Her brother explains to the hero that he and his sister are both virgins because of their evil father and he’s glad he can trust the hero to take care of little sis. Hero is even more guilty – but DP piles on the angst when the call comes that the heroine has been shot.
She has a broken rib and a collapsed lung and is in a coma. After a few days, hero barges into ICU and begs heroine not to die. Heroine then wakes up but doesn’t remember the hero’s heart-felt words. She is still angry/hurt/wary/in love with the hero and reluctantly allows him to take her back to his ranch to recover.
Here the momentum kind of dies as the hero blows hot/cold. Heroine thinks he still has a low opinion of her. Hero wants to marry, but heroine resists because she wants to be loved, not lusted after. It's a few chapters of this until the heroine recovers enough for some sexual healing in the hero’s truck on the way back from the doctor’s office in town.
Be still my heart.
Hero has a surprise at their wedding –
That last part was really sweet.
This hero was no prize, but heroine is happy and this is her HEA.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest broad, hair-matted chest
Breast Description None! She has them, and hero bites them, but no description.
Cigarettes check.
Alcohol No
Town Descriptions Chicago is a crime-infested hell hole. South Dakota is??? No descriptions.
Gardenia Scent Hero has spicy cologne.
LOL detail Heroine describes being close to an orgasm and then disappointment: I felt empty. All that hunger, and I felt that there should have been something more, and there wasn't. It was kind of like a sneeze that backs up..."
The second strike: she imprinted on her bff’s uncle, the hero, when she was 16. She lived with her unloving grandmother in South Dakota and her bff lived on a ranch with her uncle and grandfather. When heroine was 17, she was at a pool party on the ranch. She went to change and was startled by a snake. One of the boys at the party sprinted to her rescue. Hero caught them together – heroine was naked and shaking with terror. Hero thought they were having sex. All his earlier affection turned to hate and contempt. He banned his niece from speaking to the heroine ever again because of her bad influence.
Hero describes himself as an old-fashioned guy – that is, the double standard for women is his bible. His mother left his father for another man and hero never forgave her. He lusted after the heroine when she was young and innocent and still lusts after her when he sees her at his niece’s wedding six or so years after the pool incident. (Heroine’s bff finally defied her uncle to keep up the friendship) Since heroine is obviously a sophisticated city woman, hero decides she fits nicely in the whore category. He offers to take her out the next time he is in Chicago.
Heroine is thrilled/wary. She has pictures of the hero at her apartment, at work, and in her wallet. She looooooves him and is hoping he’ll forgive her, but she’s afraid of sex.
Oh, another word about the hero – he’s kind of a weirdo. He’s afraid to fly. Is a terrible driver (I’ve been conditioned by Betty Neels to equate competent driving with heroes) and is basically an introvert.
Be still my heart.
Anyhoo – the hero does look up the heroine. He insults her during dinner, but heroine stands up for herself, barely choking down her shrimp cocktail and coffee, while the hero calmly gobbles a steak. After those aphrodisiacs, the H/h go to her apartment and get busy – hero teaches her to stroke his manly chest a certain way, the heroine is feeling it until the hero “loses control” and has a quick orgasm leaving the heroine in pain and unfulfilled. She cries about how horrible it has been. Hero’s ego is wounded; he has no idea she was a virgin. He adds insult to injury when he sticks a hundred dollar bill in the front of her robe as he leaves.
Heroine is in major trauma after this. All her fears of sex are realized. She starts to take more daring assignments that put her in danger. Meanwhile the hero is feeling guilty. He looks up the heroine again, but her brother is visiting and heroine is out on assignment. Her brother explains to the hero that he and his sister are both virgins because of their evil father and he’s glad he can trust the hero to take care of little sis. Hero is even more guilty – but DP piles on the angst when the call comes that the heroine has been shot.
She has a broken rib and a collapsed lung and is in a coma. After a few days, hero barges into ICU and begs heroine not to die. Heroine then wakes up but doesn’t remember the hero’s heart-felt words. She is still angry/hurt/wary/in love with the hero and reluctantly allows him to take her back to his ranch to recover.
Here the momentum kind of dies as the hero blows hot/cold. Heroine thinks he still has a low opinion of her. Hero wants to marry, but heroine resists because she wants to be loved, not lusted after. It's a few chapters of this until the heroine recovers enough for some sexual healing in the hero’s truck on the way back from the doctor’s office in town.
Be still my heart.
Hero has a surprise at their wedding –
That last part was really sweet.
This hero was no prize, but heroine is happy and this is her HEA.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest broad, hair-matted chest
Breast Description None! She has them, and hero bites them, but no description.
Cigarettes check.
Alcohol No
Town Descriptions Chicago is a crime-infested hell hole. South Dakota is??? No descriptions.
Gardenia Scent Hero has spicy cologne.
LOL detail Heroine describes being close to an orgasm and then disappointment: I felt empty. All that hunger, and I felt that there should have been something more, and there wasn't. It was kind of like a sneeze that backs up..."
March 26, 2014
Meh. The hero was pretty much a loser. He didn't figure out until the very end of the book that he was in love with the heroine. Even after she'd been shot halfway through the book. He just wanted her and wanted to get her out of his system. He was blind about her innocence because he knew if she wasn't a slut, he would have to leave her alone as a 'decent' man. But he wasn't really a decent man. She was a typical virgin ninny. Oh why do I bother reading this author? 'Cuz I got this one for free but from here on out I'm just not going to waste my time.
January 6, 2019
I’m back with my love of pain and need of brain bleach and thanks to DP, Jacob and Kate supplied them mostly. Lol
January 10, 2020
I read this years ago. My DP re-reads rarely stand the test of time. =(
June 22, 2017
Okay I used to love Diana Palmer but unfortunately I might have grown up. I'm the biggest lover of HP and Diana Palmer. I have loved HP and DP for many years. My mother loved them too. I loved them. The last two days I have read the same story written by the same author who we loved and all she did was make me question why? What was I thinking??? I am baffled by the abuse I read in this story and the hateful so called heroes she wrote about and I wonder if this was the reason why I married the first and last man in my life because he was so much this way? Beautiful and Italian but so mean? Yes we are still married and I love him but OMG I put up with this for so many years? The hateful rhetoric, and the 'remorse' he feels when he knows he has gone too far. I still love him 40 years later and he still has the same 'woman' hating attitude and i wonder if reading romances like this made me accept that behavior. My mom too! Were we programmed by these romances? And we were just predisposed because we were wanting to believe in that true love promised by Harlequin romance? Oh hell. Diana Palmer sucks. Lol. I will still read her but I hope I won't 'BELIEVE' her.
May 9, 2018
Cuando ya sabes que vas a leer un Retro MEH. Palmerada total jajajajaja
December 16, 2019
I'm not a fan of Ms Palmer's books, I liked a few, but I found most of them barely ok. Most of all I seriously dislike her warped sense of morality as a religious concept only. But morals don't depend on faith. At all. And virginity is a myth that cripples women. I won't get into the lack of scientific knowledge romance perpetuates, and that DP makes worse. I usually don't like her heroines much.
But a few I honestly loath. They lack brains, pride, self worth.
What I was shown here isn't love, it's obsession, lack of self esteem. It's unacceptable to me
But a few I honestly loath. They lack brains, pride, self worth.
What I was shown here isn't love, it's obsession, lack of self esteem. It's unacceptable to me
March 5, 2022
2 ⭐⭐ - Meh!
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“For services rendered,” he said with a cold smile, and tucked a hundred-dollar bill in the bath sheet. “Maybe that will make up for your lack of enjoyment.”
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“For services rendered,” he said with a cold smile, and tucked a hundred-dollar bill in the bath sheet. “Maybe that will make up for your lack of enjoyment.”
March 28, 2025
As promised (to myself) I gave Diana Palmer a second chance!
In her introduction to this particular "modern" cover of her 1980s story she said that this story is forever special to her since she shares the same profession with the FMC (A REPORTER).
And like FMC, the author decided to quit her job and move to a rural quite place and focus on family and love.
But she did warn me that the MMC is an asshole (she said that by chapter 5 you want to kill him) and then reassured me that he redeemed himself when FMC got shot by a bullet and he took incredible care of her.
And I'm sorry to say that the author's introduction is sugarcoating all the horrible points of the book. It reminds me of my son spilling milk all over the carpet and then telling me "It's just a drop, mom" And he promises to redeem himself by cleaning the "alleged drop" but bless his heart, he makes it worse somehow.
Anyway, the book is about FMC who always loved MMC. Why? Because he's tan, all male and sends her sexual zings and he taught her how to ride.
When she's 19 she couldn't possibly bare all the love she had for him so she kissed her boyfriend in front of MMC in "an adult way" per the weird phrasing of the author.
At that same day, she went to change her bathing suit but saw a rattle snake so she screamed; her boyfriend came to the help and she held him while she was naked. The MMC came later and when he saw FMC naked he accused her of being a tramp, a slut, a whore!!! and threw her out of his ranch.
But later in the story we know that MMC never sexualized FMC when she was 19 until until that fateful day when he saw her kissing some man and then naked. And WHAT THE HELL!!!
Six years later, she's still a virgin: because of him and because of some childhood trauma (her father forced chastity upon her or something). MMC only has lusty eyes for her so he decides to make a move enjoying that she's not a virgin because if she was he would've married her.
At the same time despising her because she's a slut and saying that any woman who has sex outside of marriage is not a "wife material". The author tries to explains that with the MMC being traumatized by his dead mother whorish ways when she was married to his dad.
FMC was warned that MMC only wants her body for one time so she said "I'm willing to give him my virginity and then live my whole life remembering the one night spent with him" (Girl no dick on earth in worth that rationale)
So when he starts seducing her, she acts like the innocent that she is so he gets angry telling her to quit pretending being a virgin.
Our wise FMC remembers reading some "wild" romance book where the female caressed the chest and back of the male. When she does that to him, he fucking loses control and take his pleasure without giving her any orgasm. She's horrified thinking that sex is curse to all women and only men can enjoy themselves. While he starts blaming her "you made me loose control"...
I'm tired of the book and still we haven't reached the point where he gives her a hundred dollars bill for the sex, or when FMC got shot, or the nonexistent redeeming suff.
Suffice it to say, I find it very difficult to read any DP story in the future.
Checking the square of "Giving and author you disliked a second chance" in my Bingo Challenge of 2025.
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December 24, 2020
One of Palmer 's earlier efforts, but the formula is already set in stone. Nothing really stands out in this one.
May 31, 2010
Another DP book for me in my quest to figure out why I like her books as much as I do. Was this a typical Diana Palmer romance? Yes. Did I like it? Yes. Amy I any closer to finding out why I liked this book as much as her others? Maybe.
This one is certainly one of her older novels. Her more recent works are more involved, have better flow and are better reads. You can certainly see how far she has come as an author in comparing this book to say, Heartbreaker (which I enjoyed on audio as well as print). DP tends to have virginal, innocent and sometimes broken female characters along with male heros that are over bearing, powerful, aggressive and sometimes chauvinistic. With those things in mind there is NO REASON why I would like her books! I think in the end it comes down to the intensity and passion she portrays between her characters. I can see that more clearly in this book since it is lacking in so many other aspects. In DP books passion and need outweighs all else until the characters realize that love is the underlying current moving them along the story. Because of the extreme flaws within each heroine and hero it just makes that love all the sweeter to read about.
DP is a guilty pleasure of mine and as always, I look forward to reading more from her.
This one is certainly one of her older novels. Her more recent works are more involved, have better flow and are better reads. You can certainly see how far she has come as an author in comparing this book to say, Heartbreaker (which I enjoyed on audio as well as print). DP tends to have virginal, innocent and sometimes broken female characters along with male heros that are over bearing, powerful, aggressive and sometimes chauvinistic. With those things in mind there is NO REASON why I would like her books! I think in the end it comes down to the intensity and passion she portrays between her characters. I can see that more clearly in this book since it is lacking in so many other aspects. In DP books passion and need outweighs all else until the characters realize that love is the underlying current moving them along the story. Because of the extreme flaws within each heroine and hero it just makes that love all the sweeter to read about.
DP is a guilty pleasure of mine and as always, I look forward to reading more from her.
February 11, 2017
This one was a little different for DP - they actually had sex before marriage and it wasn't great. The h said it was "horrible" and the H had is ego wounded (even left her a $100 bill because he was so mad.) As the story progresses, he knows she loves him and doesn't know why she won't marry him. He finally convinces her that he is committed to her and eventually he says, "I love you." They marry - HEA. In the back of the book, there is an intro sample to Untamed - looks kind of interesting (hero lost an eye and pushed h away because someone told him that H/h were brother and sister.) Sounds like fun when I'm in the mood for Palmer.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 3, 2023
Gah, what a pair the MCs in this one were: the slut-shamingest manwhore in the West and the mattiest of pathetic doormats who, despite “hating” him, keeps a stalkerific photo collection of him and can’t hide her hapless, helpless “love” that has somehow survived years of his insolent hostility and a move halfway across the country. Oh-so-damaged DP MCs (mommy/daddy issues), which serves as the backstory for their completely effed up relationship. The couple of DP novels I’ve read have just left a bad taste in my mouth. The heroine in this one was so pathetic it actually made me angry. And, OK, we’re supposed to believe she’s a reporter in Chicago, of all places—no WAY.
I just couldn’t get past my dislike of these characters, their effed-up codependent relationship (her obsessive “love” feeds his massive ego, full stop), and just the overall ickiness that seeps throughout this book. Don’t even get me started on the scene where they first have sex—just ewwww, and when she continually accepts the blame for his wham-bam loss of control because, you know, she responded and all and men just lose their sh*t when that happens—no, just no. (At least there’s no “crawling sperm” as in the other DP novel I tried, so small mercies). Once the hero understands that he's misjudged her--hey, she has never had sex, even though she's in her mid-20s, so now she is worthy!--their relationship is so weirdly anachronistic and contingent on her "innocence" that it just turned me off.
I realize this is early DP, but so far she is seriously too eww for me. And I LIKE asshat alpha heroes! And angst! And reluctantly besotted, overwhelmed heroines even, if they’re written with some pride and backbone. But this—just no. I will have to add a new shelf: too ewww!
Some saving graces, to be fair: his dad and the housekeeper were great characters, and their squabbling with the hero was really amusing. Also, DP is a good writer--the pacing in this is brisk and the character development (and the color added by her secondary characters) is well done. So I'm not completely writing her off--I'll have to try some of her more recent (but not too watered down, I hope) books.
I just couldn’t get past my dislike of these characters, their effed-up codependent relationship (her obsessive “love” feeds his massive ego, full stop), and just the overall ickiness that seeps throughout this book. Don’t even get me started on the scene where they first have sex—just ewwww, and when she continually accepts the blame for his wham-bam loss of control because, you know, she responded and all and men just lose their sh*t when that happens—no, just no. (At least there’s no “crawling sperm” as in the other DP novel I tried, so small mercies). Once the hero understands that he's misjudged her--hey, she has never had sex, even though she's in her mid-20s, so now she is worthy!--their relationship is so weirdly anachronistic and contingent on her "innocence" that it just turned me off.
I realize this is early DP, but so far she is seriously too eww for me. And I LIKE asshat alpha heroes! And angst! And reluctantly besotted, overwhelmed heroines even, if they’re written with some pride and backbone. But this—just no. I will have to add a new shelf: too ewww!
Some saving graces, to be fair: his dad and the housekeeper were great characters, and their squabbling with the hero was really amusing. Also, DP is a good writer--the pacing in this is brisk and the character development (and the color added by her secondary characters) is well done. So I'm not completely writing her off--I'll have to try some of her more recent (but not too watered down, I hope) books.
June 20, 2013
I know this book's have no forced marriage nor marriage in convenience, but I have this urge to put it on my forced-relationship shelf. I don't know why. AND I LOVED IT!
Kate and his brother Tom, were raised by their awful father who taught them to stay away from sex because it's sinful. They, especially Kate, are believing it until Jacob, touch Kate. Jacob is Kate's bestfriend's uncle. And apparently he's been fond of Kate since forever and vice versa. But he didn't want to seduce Kate until she grown and away from his niece, Margo. And when that happen, he took his chance. But he didn't know that Kate's innocent virgin..
AGAIN, I LOVED IT! I know this book's not a hundred perfect perfect, but the angst.. Gosh! It's heavy and amazing and painfully beautiful and.. And.. It's just fit my expectations!
I will not describe it here, but if you guys take fancy of loner, harsh mouthed Hero meets scarred and innocent heroine and they collide, the Hero hurt the heroine, heroine's gone and Hero regret it, then you guys definitely gonna love this book. Very Diana Palmer-y, as usual, yet I loved it so much it hurts! I don't care if I'm becoming shallower every time I read her books. Fuck shallow, I'll read what I love!
Kate and his brother Tom, were raised by their awful father who taught them to stay away from sex because it's sinful. They, especially Kate, are believing it until Jacob, touch Kate. Jacob is Kate's bestfriend's uncle. And apparently he's been fond of Kate since forever and vice versa. But he didn't want to seduce Kate until she grown and away from his niece, Margo. And when that happen, he took his chance. But he didn't know that Kate's innocent virgin..
AGAIN, I LOVED IT! I know this book's not a hundred perfect perfect, but the angst.. Gosh! It's heavy and amazing and painfully beautiful and.. And.. It's just fit my expectations!
I will not describe it here, but if you guys take fancy of loner, harsh mouthed Hero meets scarred and innocent heroine and they collide, the Hero hurt the heroine, heroine's gone and Hero regret it, then you guys definitely gonna love this book. Very Diana Palmer-y, as usual, yet I loved it so much it hurts! I don't care if I'm becoming shallower every time I read her books. Fuck shallow, I'll read what I love!
March 19, 2014
18-year-old Kate is crazy in love with her best friend's uncle. When he finds her naked with her boyfriend in his house he kicks her out thinking she is a tramp and a bad example for his niece. 7 years later Kate is a successful journalist and Jacob is back in her life asking her love and forgiveness but Kate is reluctant to trust him again.
Loved Jacob and Kate. She is a scarred virginal heroine and he is a tough but honorable and smitten hero. I loved his kindness to Kate. He really cared about her and never wanted to hurt her. I did get upset with him a few times, but still fell in love with him. He's confused, he is in denial about his feelings but he is a loyal, devoted man. Super sweet and romantic story.
Loved Jacob and Kate. She is a scarred virginal heroine and he is a tough but honorable and smitten hero. I loved his kindness to Kate. He really cared about her and never wanted to hurt her. I did get upset with him a few times, but still fell in love with him. He's confused, he is in denial about his feelings but he is a loyal, devoted man. Super sweet and romantic story.
July 14, 2008
Yet another typical Palmer books. All three DP staples are present: an innocent, virgin heroine; a battered, embittered hero; and the hero treating the heroine abominably at some point. I didn't particularly mind the book, but it had nothing to make it stand-out. It's one that could be easily confused with numerous other Palmer books. This kind of story is definitely more something for the Palmer enthusiasts than just your average romance reader.
Sometimes, I really do wonder, though, how it is someone can write so much with so little variety...but hey, it was better than the historical romance I was trying to read that was going to put me into a permanent vegetative state.
Sometimes, I really do wonder, though, how it is someone can write so much with so little variety...but hey, it was better than the historical romance I was trying to read that was going to put me into a permanent vegetative state.
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August 23, 2010No stars intended. There was good tension between the characters - for the first few pages - and then I got to know the characters. Jacob Cade is an ass. He kicked 18-year-old Kate off his ranch when he finds her naked in a poolhouse when she's scared by a snake, thinking she'd been having sex with the boyfriend who was trying to calm her down. I could not buy off on this. He's a grown man, and the backstory of his mother leaving when he was young wasn't enough to excuse his behavior.
When the story opens, Kate is 25, so years have passed. He's insulting to her then admits he was wrong to think she'd lied. He found the snake. So why be insulting? Why didn't he ever apologize? And the excuse that he's a hard, western guy doesn't cut it, either. He was that way pretty much through the book. He was an ass to her repeatedly, and I couldn't like or care about him.
As for Kate, she was a whimp through most of it, still in love with Jacob even after he'd treated her like that - repeatedly, for years. She's like a wet blanket in parts, though she's supposedly a journalist. Suddenly, she's switched from politics to police beat, gets shot and Jacob begins to develop emotions. That came off as too contrived. The ending comes too neat and too fast - as if the author had to wrap it up in a certain number of pages.
I won't be looking for more books from this author. Nothing for me to hold on to here, and I hated the way he treated her and the way she took it and still "loved" him. Also, the explanations and reasons for the characters being as they were seemed weak and contrived.
Very disappointing.
When the story opens, Kate is 25, so years have passed. He's insulting to her then admits he was wrong to think she'd lied. He found the snake. So why be insulting? Why didn't he ever apologize? And the excuse that he's a hard, western guy doesn't cut it, either. He was that way pretty much through the book. He was an ass to her repeatedly, and I couldn't like or care about him.
As for Kate, she was a whimp through most of it, still in love with Jacob even after he'd treated her like that - repeatedly, for years. She's like a wet blanket in parts, though she's supposedly a journalist. Suddenly, she's switched from politics to police beat, gets shot and Jacob begins to develop emotions. That came off as too contrived. The ending comes too neat and too fast - as if the author had to wrap it up in a certain number of pages.
I won't be looking for more books from this author. Nothing for me to hold on to here, and I hated the way he treated her and the way she took it and still "loved" him. Also, the explanations and reasons for the characters being as they were seemed weak and contrived.
Very disappointing.
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October 30, 2023
It was a cute western romance.
Some cringe
Spice was like 1.5
Some cringe
Spice was like 1.5
November 29, 2011
I read this one but didn't mark it as read. This guy is an as&wipe extraordinaire. Why must the heroines practically DIE before the hero gets a CLUE? Screw him-figuratively, of course-but then there is an HEA. Darnit!
March 13, 2012
Sorry-Rape is not forgivable for me:(No Excuse or reason can justify it:(
December 17, 2015
boring
July 12, 2016
This book is such a pain to read ughhhh I cannot get past chapter 5. I normally tolerate or love any asshat hero but Jacob ewwwww yucky
May 25, 2023
This is an older novel by Diana Palmer. It was originally published in 1987 almost 40 years ago and could do with some updating. For instance, there are references to the hero smoking cigarettes, a habit that is no longer as socially prominent now as it was in the past. The hero and heroine have a hard time committing to each other, but finally, they realize they are in love and want to marry. I didn't feel that this couple was a really good match because he is controlling and unwilling to give her the benefit of the doubt over an incident that took place in their relationship years ago. Of course, lasting relationships are successful because both parties know they must overlook each other's faults and failures.
June 28, 2024
Aby odpocząć po lekturze dość ciężkiej powieści o narkomanii, sięgnęłam po utwór autorstwa Diany Palmer.
Czy „Skazani na miłość” dobrze sprawdzili się, jako książka pomagająca „zresetować się” czytelniczo?
Zapraszam do zapoznaniu się z moją opinią…
https://taka-jest-agata.blogspot.com/...
Czy „Skazani na miłość” dobrze sprawdzili się, jako książka pomagająca „zresetować się” czytelniczo?
Zapraszam do zapoznaniu się z moją opinią…
https://taka-jest-agata.blogspot.com/...
August 2, 2024
The $100 bill thing was ridiculous! Sometimes I wonder what kind of man the author is married to!
Overall…A good book even if parts of it get used very often in DP’s other books. Especially Diamond Spur! Which I liked much better!!!
Overall…A good book even if parts of it get used very often in DP’s other books. Especially Diamond Spur! Which I liked much better!!!
July 2, 2025
Kathryn “Kate” Walker e Jacob Cade
Collegato comunque alla serie LTT quando la serie doveva ancora nascere!
Lei sorella di Tom di “Uomini Soli LTT #14”
Lui amico di Luke Craig fratello di Elysia protagonista con Tom in “Uomini Soli LTT #14”
Collegato comunque alla serie LTT quando la serie doveva ancora nascere!
Lei sorella di Tom di “Uomini Soli LTT #14”
Lui amico di Luke Craig fratello di Elysia protagonista con Tom in “Uomini Soli LTT #14”
August 31, 2025
This is the one where the heroine was in love with the hero in like forever and he treated her abominably. As the story progressed you see that his actions were from his own obsessive behavior that he didn't want to admit.
July 31, 2017
Diana Palmer's heroes start as insufferable jerks! But the heroines always love them without conditions so at least their stories always end up happily and the heroes change for the better!
August 12, 2017
I loved the heroine and ger brother but the H was stupborn and sometimes acted as a real jerk
November 21, 2017
Pero que terquedad la de este hombre este lleva su desprecio a otro nivel, merecía sufrir más...
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