Devil's Flower

by Jane Donnelly

Tough, uncompromising, an expert in handling the women in his life, Ben Doyle was pretty much a legend in his own lifetime. Definitely not the sort of man to be taken for a ride. Not that Emmy wanted to tangle with him. But somehow everything conspired to throw them together and she found it wouldn't take much to make her fall in love with him. Which was a pity because love was obviously the last emotion Ben felt for her!

Genres: Harlequin Romance

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Jane Donnelly began earning her living as a writer as a teenage reporter. When she married the editor of the newspaper she freelanced for women's mags for a while. After she was widowed she and her 5 year old daughter moved to Lancashire. She turned to writing fiction to make a living while still caring for her daughter, she sold her first Mills & Boon romance novel as a hard-up singleparent in 1965. She wrote over 60 romance novels for Mills & Boon until 2000. Now she lives in a roses-round-the door cottage near Stratford-upon-Avon, with four dogs and assorted rescued animals. Besides writing she enjoys travelling, swimming, walking and the company of friends.

Reviews

[RomLibrary]

Tough, uncompromising and an expert at handling the women in his life. Ben Doyle was pretty well a legend in his own lifetime. Definitely not the sort of man to be easily taken for a ride. Not that Emmy wanted to tangle with him. But somehow everything conspired to throw them together and she found that it wouldn't take very much to make her fall in love with him. Which was a pity, because love was clearly the last emotion that Ben felt for her!

[Marcela]

“Um conjecturado romance feminino”

Embora perceptível, não custa deixar claro que as resenhas aqui publicadas são visões subjetivas de cada leitora e de cada leitor. Em relação a este curto “romance feminino” de bolso, publicado no início da década de 90 do século XX, entendo que expõe valores bastante machistas. É-nos apresentada uma jornalista que conquanto seja descrita nas primeiras linhas como independente e extrovertida, ao longo da história cai por terra, e exibe tão somente condutas submissas ao galã, chegando ao ponto de assinar um contrato para fingir ser namorada dele, objetificando-se. Entendo que o livro foi escrito em uma época em que tal enredo era mais aceito, mas fazendo uma resenha contemporânea sobre a história, percebo que ela é hodiernamente nociva à mulher, cujo papel na sociedade atual precisa e deve ser valorizado. Em conclusão, embora seja uma leitura fácil, direcionada para as horas de ócio, verdadeiramente não me trouxe nenhum entretenimento, uma vez que não foi narrado o que eu entendo ser um romance feminino.