Dangerous Delight

by Christine Hella Cott

SHE FLED FROM PASSION'S TORMENT

San Si Puedes...Escape If You Can. The plantation's very name should have warned Eleni.

She had come to this Peruvian hideaway to purchase rare gems, but found the mysterious gem dealer, Lucio Ferraz, far more compelling. Relentlessly, with hungry black eyes and tantalizing touch, he sought to convince her that desire could retain its sweetness-could deepen into love. But a past bitter betrayal told her to fight tempation.

Too late Eleni grasped the double-edged meaning of Sal Si Puedes-a name that thretened danger and promised delight. And now, with Lucio, she couldn't escape either...

380 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Sarah Mac · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lengthy (& not terribly interesting) travelogue, bland heroine (aka she of the “husky fluctuating” voice), annoying OM (ffs, how many times do we have to endure Paul’s stuff-shirt whining), + dull sideplot about cocaine smuggling (simply screaming Early 1980s, & not in a good way). Even these problems might’ve been forgivable had the prose been vivid or unique, but nope…drab, pedestrian writing crowned this drab, pedestrian romance. The hero wasn’t too bad, though; at least that’s a positive.

I read about 100 pages before skipping to the end, so I’m counting it as officially finished—but I’ll stick with my DNF 2-stars in principle. Maybe I missed something really awesome, right? RIGHT??

…Nah, probably not. 👽

[Misfit]

Three for three, none of my purchases are on Karla and Sandi's shelves. That has never happened. Ever.