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Long, Tall Texans #6
Connal
A New York Times Bestselling Author Connal Tremayne lived in torment since he lost his wife in a tragic accident. On the anniversary of that date, he drank to drown the remorse and Pepi Mathews, the daughter of his boss, wanted to help him. However, the young woman had expected to follow him to a bar in Mexico City, and instead he took her to a chapel and asked her to marry him. Pepi played along, feeling safe that the marriage certificate would not be valid in the U.S., but on the following day, she was going to discover that their union was perfectly legal . . .
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1990
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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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November 1, 2018
Our rich rancher hero from Jacobsville is slumming it as foreman for the heroine’s father’s ranch in West Texas. This gives DP a chance to give us the history of the area, including El Paso and the city of Juarez, where the H/h get married during a drunken night out.
Yes, this is DP’s version of The Hangover movie.
Hero was drunk because it was the anniversary of his pregnant wife’s death. Heroine hunts him down in a bar and hero threatens to shoot everyone if she won’t marry him at the wedding chapel. The next day he doesn’t really remember it and the heroine convinces him it never happened. Then she’s horrified when she finds out it was a legal marriage and that she will have to have the hero sign off for an annulment.
Of course she doesn’t tell him because she’s in love and embarrassed and she knows hero will be angry. He finds out when he and the OW take the heroine and her father to a parade in Juarez. The wedding chapel people recognize him and it’s all over but the crying.
Hero accuses the heroine of being a gold digger, then he calls her fat and plain, etc . . He goes home to Jacobsville and heroine has a lawyer draw up papers. But hero returns a week later, barges in on the heroine in her bedroom, and tells her that he wants kids and he can make the heroine want him so it’s all good. Oh, and he’s insanely jealous of the red-haired veterinarian who is always hanging around the heroine. (Veterinarians don’t get love in Silhouette books, either!)
Heroine is still smarting about the overweight cracks and his hanging around with the OW, so hero takes her out to a fancy restaurant – where he leaves her alone to eat her meal while he deals with the OW. When he returns he’s in a bad mood and picks a fight with the heroine. When she doesn’t rise to the bait, he’s even angrier.
But a pack of cigarettes on the drive home does wonders. He’s ready to seduce her by the dashboard light. There's some second base action on the side of the road and the reminder that they’re married and she can move into the bunkhouse anytime. Heroine isn’t ready DP has more page count. Hero decides they’ll do the deed at his family home in Jacobsville after she meets his two brothers, books six and seven Harden and Evan.
During the drive to Jacobsville, they are overcome by lust, so the hero stops at a motel and they have sex for the first time. An hour later they are on the road again. (tacky!) During a normal family dinner the hero becomes insanely jealous of his brother, Evan, because the heroine is smiling at him. It’s bonkers.
Once they’re back on the West Texas ranch the jealous hero is barely speaking to the heroine – and she’s still living at home and he’s in the bunkhouse. Finally the heroine’s father asks what’s wrong and heroine cries that she loves the H but he doesn’t love her. Hero overhears it and all is well.
This hero is seriously messed up. The drinking, the jealousy, the abrupt mood shifts, the cruel taunts. All the other characters seem to think this is perfectly normal behavior for a man in love who has been hurt in the past. I hate to think what the next book is going to be like. He’s the “mean” brother and - Virgin alert! Harden hates women because his mother had an adulterous affair and his brothers are only his half brothers.
Yikes.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest – check – and hairy thighs for a bonus.
Breast Description – check – no colors, but they’re "silky"
Cigarettes – check
Alcohol – by the boatload
Town Descriptions – El Paso and Juarez histories and local color. The brother’s ranch in Jacobsville is huge and prosperous – but all the action takes place there – so no collectors items in this story, alas. There are sightings of the brothers and their wives from the first two books. They have six children between them.
Gardenia Scent – yes – this is the third heroine out of six books with this sweet smell.
LOL detail – heroine asks if they have thin walls at his family’s house and that’s why the hero pulls over to a motel.
Cutesy detail - the heroine's father has an obsession with apple pie.
Yes, this is DP’s version of The Hangover movie.
Hero was drunk because it was the anniversary of his pregnant wife’s death. Heroine hunts him down in a bar and hero threatens to shoot everyone if she won’t marry him at the wedding chapel. The next day he doesn’t really remember it and the heroine convinces him it never happened. Then she’s horrified when she finds out it was a legal marriage and that she will have to have the hero sign off for an annulment.
Of course she doesn’t tell him because she’s in love and embarrassed and she knows hero will be angry. He finds out when he and the OW take the heroine and her father to a parade in Juarez. The wedding chapel people recognize him and it’s all over but the crying.
Hero accuses the heroine of being a gold digger, then he calls her fat and plain, etc . . He goes home to Jacobsville and heroine has a lawyer draw up papers. But hero returns a week later, barges in on the heroine in her bedroom, and tells her that he wants kids and he can make the heroine want him so it’s all good. Oh, and he’s insanely jealous of the red-haired veterinarian who is always hanging around the heroine. (Veterinarians don’t get love in Silhouette books, either!)
Heroine is still smarting about the overweight cracks and his hanging around with the OW, so hero takes her out to a fancy restaurant – where he leaves her alone to eat her meal while he deals with the OW. When he returns he’s in a bad mood and picks a fight with the heroine. When she doesn’t rise to the bait, he’s even angrier.
But a pack of cigarettes on the drive home does wonders. He’s ready to seduce her by the dashboard light. There's some second base action on the side of the road and the reminder that they’re married and she can move into the bunkhouse anytime. Heroine isn’t ready
During the drive to Jacobsville, they are overcome by lust, so the hero stops at a motel and they have sex for the first time. An hour later they are on the road again. (tacky!) During a normal family dinner the hero becomes insanely jealous of his brother, Evan, because the heroine is smiling at him. It’s bonkers.
Once they’re back on the West Texas ranch the jealous hero is barely speaking to the heroine – and she’s still living at home and he’s in the bunkhouse. Finally the heroine’s father asks what’s wrong and heroine cries that she loves the H but he doesn’t love her. Hero overhears it and all is well.
This hero is seriously messed up. The drinking, the jealousy, the abrupt mood shifts, the cruel taunts. All the other characters seem to think this is perfectly normal behavior for a man in love who has been hurt in the past. I hate to think what the next book is going to be like. He’s the “mean” brother and - Virgin alert! Harden hates women because his mother had an adulterous affair and his brothers are only his half brothers.
Yikes.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest – check – and hairy thighs for a bonus.
Breast Description – check – no colors, but they’re "silky"
Cigarettes – check
Alcohol – by the boatload
Town Descriptions – El Paso and Juarez histories and local color. The brother’s ranch in Jacobsville is huge and prosperous – but all the action takes place there – so no collectors items in this story, alas. There are sightings of the brothers and their wives from the first two books. They have six children between them.
Gardenia Scent – yes – this is the third heroine out of six books with this sweet smell.
LOL detail – heroine asks if they have thin walls at his family’s house and that’s why the hero pulls over to a motel.
Cutesy detail - the heroine's father has an obsession with apple pie.
July 22, 2025
Pepi loves her father’s ranch foreman, but he’s an embittered man who sees her as a tomboyish child until he discovers that he drunkenly married her in Juarez and blames her for taking advantage of him. Before and after that discovery, this is a lurching plot of extremes: lies, anger, more lies, cruel words, wary accord, more cruel words. Every sane moment of this book was followed by a moment of insanity right out of the blue, and then it started all over again. Case in point: Connal decides he wants to stay married, and asks Pepi to have dinner with him. At the restaurant, he sees the woman he’s been dating for years and leaves Pepi at the table to go speak to her, then leaves Pepi in the restaurant by herself long enough to take his upset ex-girlfriend home, and then returns angry at Pepi and is mean to her. What??!! And the whole book is like that.
Pure 1990 nonsense, with a side bonus of the heroine fat shaming herself and being frightened of physical intimacy, and way too much emphasis on the gloriousness of virginity by a man who had been with a lot of women.
I would have given it 2 stars if I could dredge up one single thing about this book I liked, but I can’t.
Pure 1990 nonsense, with a side bonus of the heroine fat shaming herself and being frightened of physical intimacy, and way too much emphasis on the gloriousness of virginity by a man who had been with a lot of women.
I would have given it 2 stars if I could dredge up one single thing about this book I liked, but I can’t.
February 9, 2016
I had sworn off Diana Palmer books a while ago and I'm not sure what made me pick this up from the library, other than a heretofore missed masochistic streak, but this was surprisingly... not bad.
Pepi was the normal virginal ingenue that Palmer writes about almost exclusively. As for Connal... let me start by saying I refuse to call him C.C. because I can't hear that name and not think of this:
So as far as I'm concerned, we're going with the name on the cover, rather than the nickname.
Ahem. As I was saying, as for Connal, he's the normal woman-hating Palmer "hero". There were no molds broken here. The only difference was, in Connal's case, not only was his mother still alive, but *gasp!* he actually liked her!
I'm not completely exaggerating to say I was shocked. I'm honestly not sure I ever remember another case of a Palmer hero's mother being 1) alive AND 2) not a skank-ho (seriously, what is with her mother issues?). Don't get me wrong, one of Connal's brothers -- a future Palmer "hero" if ever I've seen one -- still totally hates their mom because he's the product of an out-of-wedlock affair, but the rest of the brothers, including Connal acknowledge that there were legit reasons for the affair and don't have any hard feelings toward her for her actions.
Anyway, so Connal, because he's not completely different from all Palmer heroes (don't get crazy now) is having a bad day because he hates women (what? You thought just because he didn't have the usual Mommy issues meant he wasn't going to be a misogynistic fuckwad?) and today is the anniversary of the day his cray-cray wife killed herself and their unborn child (not spoiler tagging that -- we learn it early on). Pepi, who has suffered unrequited love for Connal since she met him, tries to pick his drunk ass up off the floor and gets herself married in the process.
Really y'all.
Okay, so it's not the most believable of scenarios and it gets even weirder. Instead of acting like a grown-up and admitting what happened to Connal, Pepi lies about it, which of course makes things worse when Connal inevitably finds out. At this point, Connal spews off some truly hateful things and runs away because of course Pepi must be after his money.
At this point, Pepi pretty much pulls a Ceelo Greene and says "Fuck yooouuuu-hoo-hoo-hoo!" (not that Palmer would ever feature the F-bomb actually being said) and begins the process of Getting On With Life. What do you know happens about this time, but Connal sees the light and does everything in his power to Stop Her From Getting On With Life. I'm not sure I'd call it a grovel per se but he does have to apologize a few times for his words and actions upon finding out that he and Pepi were married. Whatever it was, it worked for me (mostly -- I could have done with some more page time of him having to sweat it out).
Palmer is a love-hate author for me. I generally recognize that I don't like her style, but she frequently brings the angst and in certain moods I can get over the rampant misogyny and the ridiculously overwrought emotions in favor of just enjoying the crap out of a slightly terrible story. In this case the cosmos aligned and something about this one rang the right notes with me because I really liked this one. In fact, it was a library read, but I might even buy it someday. (No, I am not proud of this. Buying a Diana Palmer instead of checking it out from the library makes my feminist side huuuurt.)
Pepi was the normal virginal ingenue that Palmer writes about almost exclusively. As for Connal... let me start by saying I refuse to call him C.C. because I can't hear that name and not think of this:
So as far as I'm concerned, we're going with the name on the cover, rather than the nickname.
Ahem. As I was saying, as for Connal, he's the normal woman-hating Palmer "hero". There were no molds broken here. The only difference was, in Connal's case, not only was his mother still alive, but *gasp!* he actually liked her!
I'm not completely exaggerating to say I was shocked. I'm honestly not sure I ever remember another case of a Palmer hero's mother being 1) alive AND 2) not a skank-ho (seriously, what is with her mother issues?). Don't get me wrong, one of Connal's brothers -- a future Palmer "hero" if ever I've seen one -- still totally hates their mom because he's the product of an out-of-wedlock affair, but the rest of the brothers, including Connal acknowledge that there were legit reasons for the affair and don't have any hard feelings toward her for her actions.
Anyway, so Connal, because he's not completely different from all Palmer heroes (don't get crazy now) is having a bad day because he hates women (what? You thought just because he didn't have the usual Mommy issues meant he wasn't going to be a misogynistic fuckwad?) and today is the anniversary of the day his cray-cray wife killed herself and their unborn child (not spoiler tagging that -- we learn it early on). Pepi, who has suffered unrequited love for Connal since she met him, tries to pick his drunk ass up off the floor and gets herself married in the process.
Really y'all.
Okay, so it's not the most believable of scenarios and it gets even weirder. Instead of acting like a grown-up and admitting what happened to Connal, Pepi lies about it, which of course makes things worse when Connal inevitably finds out. At this point, Connal spews off some truly hateful things and runs away because of course Pepi must be after his money.
At this point, Pepi pretty much pulls a Ceelo Greene and says "Fuck yooouuuu-hoo-hoo-hoo!" (not that Palmer would ever feature the F-bomb actually being said) and begins the process of Getting On With Life. What do you know happens about this time, but Connal sees the light and does everything in his power to Stop Her From Getting On With Life. I'm not sure I'd call it a grovel per se but he does have to apologize a few times for his words and actions upon finding out that he and Pepi were married. Whatever it was, it worked for me (mostly -- I could have done with some more page time of him having to sweat it out).
Palmer is a love-hate author for me. I generally recognize that I don't like her style, but she frequently brings the angst and in certain moods I can get over the rampant misogyny and the ridiculously overwrought emotions in favor of just enjoying the crap out of a slightly terrible story. In this case the cosmos aligned and something about this one rang the right notes with me because I really liked this one. In fact, it was a library read, but I might even buy it someday. (No, I am not proud of this. Buying a Diana Palmer instead of checking it out from the library makes my feminist side huuuurt.)
January 9, 2019
“My God, of all the low, contemptible, underhanded ways to get a husband! Get a man drunk and drag him in front of a minister, and then keep it a secret! You knew I’d never marry a plain, plump little schemer like you if I was sober! You’re nothing to look at, and you’re more man than woman the way you dress and act. It wouldn’t surprise me if you told Hale every move to make when you get him in bed!
(...)
“That’s where you come in. If I have too many money-hungry women after me, all I have to do is produce my sweet little wife to ward them off.”
“I’m not sweet and I’m not little.” She put down her fork. “I’m plain and fat, you said so.”
His jaw clenched. “I said a lot of things I regret,” he replied. “I hope you’re not going to spend the next twenty years throwing them in my face every time you get hot under the collar.”
(...)
“Does it really matter how I wear it?” she asked coolly. “After all, it won’t make me any less fat.”
His breath stilled. He caught her hand and turned her toward him, his black eyes quiet and steady on her face. “I regret saying that most of all,” he told her, “because you please me exactly the way you are. I wanted to hurt you.” He looked down at her small hand in his. “God help me, I said things I never meant to. It was a shock, and not a very pleasant one at the time. I didn’t know the circumstances, if that’s any excuse. I don’t expect you to get over it very soon. But maybe the wounds will heal in time. I have to hope so, Pepi.”
An example of an ordinary DP’s hero, even if he was more sweet than the average. Lol
(...)
“That’s where you come in. If I have too many money-hungry women after me, all I have to do is produce my sweet little wife to ward them off.”
“I’m not sweet and I’m not little.” She put down her fork. “I’m plain and fat, you said so.”
His jaw clenched. “I said a lot of things I regret,” he replied. “I hope you’re not going to spend the next twenty years throwing them in my face every time you get hot under the collar.”
(...)
“Does it really matter how I wear it?” she asked coolly. “After all, it won’t make me any less fat.”
His breath stilled. He caught her hand and turned her toward him, his black eyes quiet and steady on her face. “I regret saying that most of all,” he told her, “because you please me exactly the way you are. I wanted to hurt you.” He looked down at her small hand in his. “God help me, I said things I never meant to. It was a shock, and not a very pleasant one at the time. I didn’t know the circumstances, if that’s any excuse. I don’t expect you to get over it very soon. But maybe the wounds will heal in time. I have to hope so, Pepi.”
An example of an ordinary DP’s hero, even if he was more sweet than the average. Lol
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September 6, 2014
Amazing passionate read! Connal and Pepi were fantastic toghether! I loved how they were married by mistake how hard they tried to resist each other, how deeply in love they were, how they were both eaten up with jealousy. Diana Palmer is my Queen!
July 4, 2021
So the hero is a rich man in disguise. He lost his pregnant wife years ago and now he works as a foreman in a ranch owned by the heroine’s father. The heroine is of course secretly in love with him, but he sees her only as a child.
After 3 years she follows him to Mexico where he’s gone drinking on the date of his wife’s death. He threatens to shoot a bar if she won’t marry him, she thinks the marriage won’t be valid and they get married.
Of course the marriage is legal but she has not the guts to tell him they are married.
He is dating another woman by the way.
He takes her out and kisses her in front of the heroine, knowing she’s in love with him, just because he’s a nice guy.
Then he finds out they are married and gets crazy.
Of course, since he’s a nice and strong guy, a guy who know how to cope with problems, a guy every woman would like to have by her side in her difficult times, he insults her in front of all Mexico, telling she’s fat and ugly and he doesn’t want her and he wants an annulment.
All this body shaming, because he’s a nice guy. Who wouldn’t want a guy like that??? (Me for example)
Then he leaves.
She is sorry and apologize.
For what??? He was drunk and threatening to do disaster in Mexico, and she thought the marriage wouldn’t be legal. The only thing she has to be sorry for is saving his sorry a** from Mexican jails for some decades, this was her mistake!
He comes back some days later and oh, he doesn’t want an annulment any more, so they will stay married.
But I wonder, in DP world is a woman’s will worth anything? No! So they stay married, they consummate the marriage with much pleasure, they go to visit his family and he’s jealous of every male in the nearby. He thinks she doesn’t love him, and doesn’t tell her he’s in love with her, she thinks he doesn’t love her so she doesn’t tell him she’s in love with him. Same old. Eventually they communicate like two adults instead of like two unstable teenagers and all is ok.
Ah, and he has been celibate since his wife’s death.
Ow was a friend.
Same old selfish immature hero, but this time the heroine is guilty too since she hide they are married.
After 3 years she follows him to Mexico where he’s gone drinking on the date of his wife’s death. He threatens to shoot a bar if she won’t marry him, she thinks the marriage won’t be valid and they get married.
Of course the marriage is legal but she has not the guts to tell him they are married.
He is dating another woman by the way.
He takes her out and kisses her in front of the heroine, knowing she’s in love with him, just because he’s a nice guy.
Then he finds out they are married and gets crazy.
Of course, since he’s a nice and strong guy, a guy who know how to cope with problems, a guy every woman would like to have by her side in her difficult times, he insults her in front of all Mexico, telling she’s fat and ugly and he doesn’t want her and he wants an annulment.
All this body shaming, because he’s a nice guy. Who wouldn’t want a guy like that??? (Me for example)
Then he leaves.
She is sorry and apologize.
For what??? He was drunk and threatening to do disaster in Mexico, and she thought the marriage wouldn’t be legal. The only thing she has to be sorry for is saving his sorry a** from Mexican jails for some decades, this was her mistake!
He comes back some days later and oh, he doesn’t want an annulment any more, so they will stay married.
But I wonder, in DP world is a woman’s will worth anything? No! So they stay married, they consummate the marriage with much pleasure, they go to visit his family and he’s jealous of every male in the nearby. He thinks she doesn’t love him, and doesn’t tell her he’s in love with her, she thinks he doesn’t love her so she doesn’t tell him she’s in love with him. Same old. Eventually they communicate like two adults instead of like two unstable teenagers and all is ok.
Ah, and he has been celibate since his wife’s death.
Ow was a friend.
Same old selfish immature hero, but this time the heroine is guilty too since she hide they are married.
February 14, 2020
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Connal is working as foreman for Pepi's dad, because he needed to get away after his wife died.
DP describes Pepi as a tomboy, but really she just wears pants and loose shapeless tops. It's not like she climbs trees or fixes cars. She seems to spend most of her time in the kitchen.
Three years after Connal/C.C. arrives, Pepi is now 22 and hopelessly in love with a man who won't give her the time of day. Every year she rescues him from his drunken binges on the anniversary of his first wife's death.
But on the latest rescue, she ends up married to him in Mexico.
She hopes it isn't legal or that she can annul it since he doesn't seem to remember. Of course it all backfires in her face and he accuses her of being a gold-digging frump.
Then next thing you know, he's changed his mind and wants to stay married to her. But Pepi is beyond hurt by now and doesn't trust him or his motives.
There's also the obligatory OW (who is a gold-digger and NOT frumpy).
It all works out without too much fuss.
The things Connal said to her were hurtful but he does apologize and seems sincerely remorseful. But what he doesn't do, that kinda bothered me, is say some nice things to her. I mean, if you call someone fat, you should say something nice about their figure when you apologize to them.
Awe well, I can't think of a single DP hero who could be accused of being romantic, and yet I still keep reading these books, LOL!
Safety is good
Connal is working as foreman for Pepi's dad, because he needed to get away after his wife died.
DP describes Pepi as a tomboy, but really she just wears pants and loose shapeless tops. It's not like she climbs trees or fixes cars. She seems to spend most of her time in the kitchen.
Three years after Connal/C.C. arrives, Pepi is now 22 and hopelessly in love with a man who won't give her the time of day. Every year she rescues him from his drunken binges on the anniversary of his first wife's death.
But on the latest rescue, she ends up married to him in Mexico.
She hopes it isn't legal or that she can annul it since he doesn't seem to remember. Of course it all backfires in her face and he accuses her of being a gold-digging frump.
Then next thing you know, he's changed his mind and wants to stay married to her. But Pepi is beyond hurt by now and doesn't trust him or his motives.
There's also the obligatory OW (who is a gold-digger and NOT frumpy).
It all works out without too much fuss.
The things Connal said to her were hurtful but he does apologize and seems sincerely remorseful. But what he doesn't do, that kinda bothered me, is say some nice things to her. I mean, if you call someone fat, you should say something nice about their figure when you apologize to them.
Awe well, I can't think of a single DP hero who could be accused of being romantic, and yet I still keep reading these books, LOL!
Safety is good
May 19, 2017
De las mejores historias de Diana Palmer, con todos los ingredientes propios de su pluma y que hacen que me gusten tanto sus historias cuando quiero una buena dosis de azúcar sin complicaciones.
En esta ocasión los personajes y su historia están muy bien construídos e incluso sus malentendidos.
En esta ocasión los personajes y su historia están muy bien construídos e incluso sus malentendidos.
January 8, 2023
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
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UPDATE: Re-read in March, 2019
Casamento Acidental - portuguese edition, Kindle Unlimited
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UPDATE: Re-read in June 2016
UPDATE: Re-read in October 2014.
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★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˛˚ ♥ 。✰˚* ˚ ★
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UPDATE: Re-read in March, 2019
Casamento Acidental - portuguese edition, Kindle Unlimited
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UPDATE: Re-read in June 2016
UPDATE: Re-read in October 2014.
C.C. não amava Penelope. Nunca amara. Ela, no entanto, o adorava desde os 19 anos,
Não era uma moça bonita, mas tinha uma figura agradável, mesmo que mais para roliça. Penelope não se encontrava acima do peso, apenas tinha um corpo curvilíneo que preenchia generosamente o jeans. Tocado pelo sol, o cabelo refletia uma nuance quase vermelho-dourada. O nariz reto era coberto por uma camada de sardas.
C.C. a observou com olhar desinteressado.
– Quantos anos tem, Pepi? – Sabe muito bem que tenho 22.
– Vinte e dois contra meus 30 anos. E 22 de pura ingenuidade – disse ele proferindo as palavras devagar.
Pobre e torturado homem! Perdera a mulher e o filho que ainda nem havia nascido durante um passeio de rafting em uma corredeira, ao qual tivera a infelicidade de sobreviver.
Vivi o suficiente para saber que ninguém nunca resolveu seus problemas fugindo deles.
Pode escrever o que estou dizendo, menina, ele é mais do que aparenta ser.
Aquilo a magoou. C.C. a fazia parecer uma vaqueira qualquer. Talvez fosse essa a imagem que tinha dela… como um daqueles homens com quem trabalhava.
Ainda vestindo jeans. Está sempre com roupas masculinas. Tem pernas, garota? Ao menos, tem seios…?
Suponha que mudássemos seu sobrenome para Tremayne – perguntou ele hesitante. – Claro, por que não? Está sempre correndo atrás de mim, Penelope Marie Mathews, então por que não se casa comigo e faz a coisa da maneira certa?
Se não se casar comigo… – ameaçou C.C. com astúcia bêbada – entrarei em um bar, atirarei a esmo, e nós dois iremos presos. Agora mesmo, Pepi. Neste minuto. Estou falando sério.
Pepi foi quase arrastada para a capela.
Em seguida, ele estendeu o papel na direção dela, respirou fundo e desabou no chão da capela.
Talvez tenha de me conformar em ser paparicado por você, mas jamais ficarei casado com você quando sóbrio.
Você não passa de uma garota. Não é nenhuma mulher fatal.
As consequências de sua farsa poderiam ser trágicas e de longo alcance, ainda mais se C.C. resolvesse se casar com Edie. Ele seria considerado bígamo sem nem ao menos saber.
Se ao menos conseguisse perder peso para ficar com a silhueta mais parecida com a de Edie…
O dorso do dedo indicador longo lhe tocou o rosto em uma carícia lenta e devastadora.
C.C. a mantivera fora do alcance durante anos, mas Pepi não era inocente, portanto, não tinha de se preocupar com a consciência
Acho que já tem idade para saber por que os homens procuram mulheres como Edie. Ele é um homem. E tem… suas necessidades.
Ela usava mais maquiagem do que de costume e exibia uma beleza genuína, com sardas e tudo.
Acho… Ora, ora, olhe para aquele vestido!
Edie acabara de transpor a porta, trajando um vestido vermelho, com um decote profundo nas costas que se estendia até a altura da cintura e formava um V na parte da frente. A despeito do comprimento, servia como uma propaganda para divulgar sua beleza loira e atraía uma boa quantidade de olhares.
Venha comigo e verei se consigo convencê-la do contrário – acrescentou com expressão afetuosa e uma voz grave e sensual. – Essa é uma oferta irrecusável – murmurou Edie em resposta. – Boa noite, Penelope, Brandon.
– Edie é suficiente para você? – rebateu ousada. – Quando estou disposto, qualquer coisa com seios é suficiente para mim – disse conciso e irritado com a recusa de Pepi em admitir que se interessava por ele.
Não quero me casar, seja com uma boa cozinheira ou uma mulher elegante – murmurou C.C. distraído, franzindo a testa e voltando a se concentrar em passar manteiga em um pão, alheio à expressão estampada no rosto de Pepi.
Observou-a em silêncio, pensando no quanto ela era atraente, com quilos a mais ou não.
Teria de fingir estar apaixonado por Edie para afastar Pepi. Para se certificar de que ela não alimentasse nenhuma esperança.
Após experimentar o ardor de C.C. minutos atrás, era doloroso ser lembrada de que ele pertencia a outro alguém. Pepi se ergueu e começou a retirar a mesa, distraída.
Ao lado da loira, sentia-se como um canhão.
De qualquer forma, por que C.C. olharia duas vezes para ela com uma mulher tão linda quanto Edie em seus braços?
Porém, o óbvio interesse de C.C. em Edie a estava matando. Ele mantinha um braço possessivo em torno da loira, e em determinado momento inclinou a cabeça e lhe capturou os lábios com um beijo faminto na frente de Pepi e de todo El Paso.
Foi melhor assim. Eu vinha alimentando esperanças vãs com esse homem.
Você sabia que eu jamais me casaria com uma maquiavélica simplória e roliça como você se estivesse sóbrio! Não é nem um pouco atraente, Pepi, e seus modos e a maneira de se vestir se parecem mais com os de um homem do que de uma mulher.
– Pai, ele ama a esposa que morreu. Acho que ainda sofre por ela. Lembra-se de como se sentiu quando mamãe se foi?
Você é maquiavélica, mentirosa e provavelmente uma caça-dotes.
Saíra com Edie, havia… E estava casado!
Não quero ter filhos. Tampouco uma esposa – respondeu ele sacudindo a licença de casamento. – Muito menos uma que não escolhi!
Lembrou-se do que ele lhe dissera em Juárez, sobre ela ser roliça e simplória.
Você foi sincero. Sempre soube que nunca desejaria uma gorda desmazelada como eu…
Feia, acima do peso e caipira até a medula dos ossos. Papai sempre disse que você era sofisticado o suficiente para se casar com uma socialite, e tinha razão. Edie faz seu estilo.
Não me importo com o seu dinheiro – rebateu Pepi, os olhos castanhos acusatórios. – Gosto de ter comida no prato e um teto sobre a cabeça, mas não poderia me importar menos com quanto dinheiro possuo, e você sabe disso! C.C. deixou escapar um suspiro rouco. – Trata-se de Hale?
Se já estou casado, não terei de me defender contra as noivas em potencial, certo?
Casar-me com você, com certeza, não foi ideia minha!
– Não sou doce nem pequena. – Pepi pousou o garfo. – Sou simplória e gorda, como você mesmo disse.
Claro que ela não era o tipo de mulher que inspirava paixão nos homens, como era o caso de Edie.
Pepi sabia que C.C. não a amava. Ele deixara isso muito claro.
– Beije-me, sra. Tremayne – sussurrou C.C. induzindo-lhe a boca a se abrir.
– É mesmo importante o modo como o uso? – indagou Pepi com frieza. – Afinal, não me tornam menos gorda.
– Parece menos vulnerável, sim – afirmou C.C. sarcástico. – Não precisa debochar de mim. Não posso evitar a reação que você me causa.
Edie foi apenas uma diversão prazerosa e muito inocente. – C.C. escorregou a lateral do rosto pelo dela, de modo que a respiração soprasse quente na orelha de Pepi. – Nunca dormi com ela.
Pepi sorriu, até que um movimento lhe atraiu o olhar até Edie, que se encontrava a uma mesa próxima, sozinha, e com os olhos cravados em Connal.
Pepi se sentiu culpada e envergonhada com o fato de ele ter de ficar preso a ela, quando estaria muito melhor em companhia de Edie. Ela não passava de uma garota do campo. Não tinha nenhuma sofisticação.
Ele e a loira tiveram um relacionamento, mesmo que não houvessem sido amantes.
Edie foi seu único relacionamento firme por um bom tempo – comentou Pepi abatida. – É compreensível que tenha alimentado esperanças.
As mulheres sempre alimentam esperanças – retrucou ele com frieza amarga. – Claro que nem todas têm a sorte de fisgar um homem bêbado e arrastá-lo até uma capela matrimonial mexicana.
Nunca a deixaria esquecer. E que tipo de vida levariam?
Não chamaria isso exatamente de sorte. – Ela não lhe sustentou o olhar. – Obrigado – agradeceu C.C. ácido. – Posso dizer o mesmo.
É mesmo uma simplória e tanto, certo, Pepi? Não sabe como beijar, não sabe fazer amor, jamais sonharia em tocar um homem abaixo da cintura…
Até que a morte nos separe – acrescentou com escárnio.
É mesmo tão cínico quanto faz questão de parecer? – Sou. – C.C. estreitou o olhar.
Você sempre cuidou de mim – afirmou C.C. com voz calma. – Nunca a vi como mulher.
C.C. deixou escapar um profundo suspiro. Havia fechado todas as portas, e agora não fazia ideia de como voltar a abri-las. Tudo o que sabia era que, se perdesse Pepi, sua vida não teria sentindo.
MAS O afeto que Connal demonstrara mais cedo pareceu se desintegrar à medida que o dia avançava.
September 6, 2022
Love a good, dramatic Diana Palmer novel once in awhile. This poor h was so insecure, it was annoying. As was the fat shaming. It was quite anticlimactic and boring, sadly.
January 31, 2022
Omg am I angry at this one. CC or Connal is a gaslighter!
Poor h has been in love with our h since she met him but knows he is nursing a broken heart over his dead pregnant wife so she looks after him.
One day a year (on anniversary of death) he gets totally s**tfaced but the ranch owner has a zero booze policy because his wife does in a drunk drive wreck when he has had a few too many.
He sneaks over the border for some more and h goes to retrieve him where he blatantly blackmails her into marriage then he has the sheer audacity to be awful to her and blame her when he eventually finds out. Yes she lies when he asks but only because she honestly believes she can fix it without him knowing and not make him any more upset.
The fact that her father doesn’t shoot him when he finds out what happened and let’s him treat his daughter badly says a lot about his parenting. Turns out our H is a rich dude and he goes home to sulk with his brothers for a few days.
On his return he decides h can’t have an annulment he wants to stay married whether she wants to or not. This guy is an ass hat who didn’t deserve the h no matter how much of a doormat she was.
I also got heartily sick of hearing how fat she was she was the one who brought it up ALL the time!
Of course the dead wife isn’t his one true love she was rather clingy yet contrarily a daredevil but he does regret the loss Of his unborn child which is fair enough but he didn’t know she was pregnant until after she died.
Of course our H is blessed with the chest pelt of a werewolf which he uses - as do all DP hero’s to rub all over the h’s chest for stimulation.
I am still waiting to find a non smoking DP H
Poor h has been in love with our h since she met him but knows he is nursing a broken heart over his dead pregnant wife so she looks after him.
One day a year (on anniversary of death) he gets totally s**tfaced but the ranch owner has a zero booze policy because his wife does in a drunk drive wreck when he has had a few too many.
He sneaks over the border for some more and h goes to retrieve him where he blatantly blackmails her into marriage then he has the sheer audacity to be awful to her and blame her when he eventually finds out. Yes she lies when he asks but only because she honestly believes she can fix it without him knowing and not make him any more upset.
The fact that her father doesn’t shoot him when he finds out what happened and let’s him treat his daughter badly says a lot about his parenting. Turns out our H is a rich dude and he goes home to sulk with his brothers for a few days.
On his return he decides h can’t have an annulment he wants to stay married whether she wants to or not. This guy is an ass hat who didn’t deserve the h no matter how much of a doormat she was.
I also got heartily sick of hearing how fat she was she was the one who brought it up ALL the time!
Of course the dead wife isn’t his one true love she was rather clingy yet contrarily a daredevil but he does regret the loss Of his unborn child which is fair enough but he didn’t know she was pregnant until after she died.
Of course our H is blessed with the chest pelt of a werewolf which he uses - as do all DP hero’s to rub all over the h’s chest for stimulation.
I am still waiting to find a non smoking DP H
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 9, 2020
En este libro hizo una súper pequeña aparición la pareja del primer libro, sentí cute al saber que habían formado una familia. También he notado que Shelby y Justin (la pareja del segundo libro) casi siempre hacen presencia en estos libros, ¡me encanta! Shelby es demasiado linda como para no apreciar sus pequeños cameos.
Este libro me mantuvo muy entretenida, la pareja entre Penelope y Connal me ha parecido bonita a pesar de todo. Una vez más un libro a base de malentendidos pero aún así no me desesperé.
Hubo momentos donde sí me molestó un poco la actitud de Connal, soy consciente que al leer esta saga tengo que ser de mente muy abierta, contiene demasiado machismo desde el libro 1 así que no me tomo tan a pecho todo lo que dicen los hombres que protagonizan estos libros pero aggh, había comentarios de Connal tan despectivos hacia Penelope que de verdad me daban ganas de darle una cachetada ¡y lo que más me estresaba era que el papá no decía nada para defender a su hija! ¿¿¿O sea porrr??? Aún así no odio al padre, en realidad lo aprecio jaja.
A Penelope me la imaginé como Kelly Brook en apariencia, me gustó su personaje, siento que tuvo sus momentos buenos en la historia, a pesar de ser súper insegura de sí misma, tenía su pizca de valentía, amé la desenvoltura que tuvo en algunas escenas.
El final me gustó, me pareció súper adorable. Me quedé con ganas de leer sobre los otros hermanos Tremayne.
3.25⭐️
Este libro me mantuvo muy entretenida, la pareja entre Penelope y Connal me ha parecido bonita a pesar de todo. Una vez más un libro a base de malentendidos pero aún así no me desesperé.
Hubo momentos donde sí me molestó un poco la actitud de Connal, soy consciente que al leer esta saga tengo que ser de mente muy abierta, contiene demasiado machismo desde el libro 1 así que no me tomo tan a pecho todo lo que dicen los hombres que protagonizan estos libros pero aggh, había comentarios de Connal tan despectivos hacia Penelope que de verdad me daban ganas de darle una cachetada ¡y lo que más me estresaba era que el papá no decía nada para defender a su hija! ¿¿¿O sea porrr??? Aún así no odio al padre, en realidad lo aprecio jaja.
A Penelope me la imaginé como Kelly Brook en apariencia, me gustó su personaje, siento que tuvo sus momentos buenos en la historia, a pesar de ser súper insegura de sí misma, tenía su pizca de valentía, amé la desenvoltura que tuvo en algunas escenas.
El final me gustó, me pareció súper adorable. Me quedé con ganas de leer sobre los otros hermanos Tremayne.
3.25⭐️
April 9, 2020
Connal no era tan terco como sus antecesores pero sí muy posesivo, pero bueno ese rasgo es muy aceptable jajajaja pero bueno lo que bien empieza, bien acaba...
December 18, 2025
It was terrible but it wasn't great. There were several times that I just hated Connal. But then he had some great moments with Pepi. But I don't know that I believed he won her over completely. He broke her trust but I don't think he fully gained it back by the end. I did like the tension between the two and that he wasn't a playboy. After he lost his wife, he dated a woman but it was just dates out and nothing else.
I did not like her Dad. He was ok but completely spineless when it came to how Connal talked to her. I couldn't believe that he would let Connal speak about his daughter like that.
I did not like her Dad. He was ok but completely spineless when it came to how Connal talked to her. I couldn't believe that he would let Connal speak about his daughter like that.
September 22, 2023
3 stars
Reading a Di Palmer is always something. Brooding macho heros, hiding their feelings behind harsh words and thick skins, always ready to outrageously bulldoze into the lives of virginal and innocent heroines, whether they are ready for it or not. Hardly in the spirit of modern feminism. But since it is Di Palmer, the cheesy formula, a classic from her, still exudes a singular charm from another time. And to be fair, Connal is not the most arrogant and assholish hero of Di Palmer out there. He even kind of apologised with sincerity more than once for his ugly words to Pepi 😅!
This book was an okay, relaxed read. The writing was uneven at times, not much happens, but the characters were nice and had a few good scenes.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 22, 2017
DP is like a magnet. I keep getting drawn back to her books no matter how often I tell myself, "no more".
So here we've got CC (Connal) and Pepi, short for Penelope. It's sort of a MoC plot but not quite. Pepi has loved Connal for the 3 years she's known him. Connal doesn't see her that way until... bam! He's drunk off his ass in his once a year binge-a-thon on the anniversary of his pregnant wife's death. He marries Pepi in Juarez and she goes along with it because she doesn't think it'll be binding. Surprise.
Pepi wasn't quite the typical DP heroine. She's got spunk, sass and backbone. Of course she's a virgin but says just enough to CC to make him think otherwise. She's also damn good at baking apple pies.
CC is pretty typical for DP. He smokes (blech! and double blech for having to kiss him!). He runs hot and cold. He calls her "little girl" which is icky. He's got a hairy chest. I'm waiting to find a DP hero who doesn't have a hairy chest. He gets jealous. He deflowers her in a cheap motel room.
Because it's DP, it's not all fun and games. There's some learnin' to be done too. There's a history lesson on El Paso, a brief tutorial on cattle breeds and a fair bit of moralizing on the cattle industry (which I actually agree with but it's incongruous to have these mini-sermons pop up in a romance novel) - between characters who are in the cattle industry and presumably know a thing or two about raising beef.
Nonetheless an entertaining read and I will definitely read Ethan's and Harden's stories.
So here we've got CC (Connal) and Pepi, short for Penelope. It's sort of a MoC plot but not quite. Pepi has loved Connal for the 3 years she's known him. Connal doesn't see her that way until... bam! He's drunk off his ass in his once a year binge-a-thon on the anniversary of his pregnant wife's death. He marries Pepi in Juarez and she goes along with it because she doesn't think it'll be binding. Surprise.
Pepi wasn't quite the typical DP heroine. She's got spunk, sass and backbone. Of course she's a virgin but says just enough to CC to make him think otherwise. She's also damn good at baking apple pies.
CC is pretty typical for DP. He smokes (blech! and double blech for having to kiss him!). He runs hot and cold. He calls her "little girl" which is icky. He's got a hairy chest. I'm waiting to find a DP hero who doesn't have a hairy chest. He gets jealous. He deflowers her in a cheap motel room.
Because it's DP, it's not all fun and games. There's some learnin' to be done too. There's a history lesson on El Paso, a brief tutorial on cattle breeds and a fair bit of moralizing on the cattle industry (which I actually agree with but it's incongruous to have these mini-sermons pop up in a romance novel) - between characters who are in the cattle industry and presumably know a thing or two about raising beef.
Nonetheless an entertaining read and I will definitely read Ethan's and Harden's stories.
February 5, 2014
Homens do Texas 06
Casamento Acidental
Diana Palmer
Acho essa estória tão fofa...
Desde o princípio é fácil perceber que Connal e Penélope estão perdidamente apaixonados, um pelo outro.
Claro, como todo personagem masculino da DP, Connal não se da conta da paixão por Pepi, mesmo que seu inconsciente grite constantemente, o pobrezinho não percebe.
É adorável perceber o desenvolvimento da trama...
E pensar que ainda temos mais dois irmãos Tremayne para me deixa muito feliz...
Não deixe de ler a estória de Connal e Pepi...
Recomendadíssimo!!!
ADORO!!!
Casamento Acidental
Diana Palmer
Acho essa estória tão fofa...
Desde o princípio é fácil perceber que Connal e Penélope estão perdidamente apaixonados, um pelo outro.
Claro, como todo personagem masculino da DP, Connal não se da conta da paixão por Pepi, mesmo que seu inconsciente grite constantemente, o pobrezinho não percebe.
É adorável perceber o desenvolvimento da trama...
E pensar que ainda temos mais dois irmãos Tremayne para me deixa muito feliz...
Não deixe de ler a estória de Connal e Pepi...
Recomendadíssimo!!!
ADORO!!!
February 26, 2015
Es el mejor libro de DP que he leído de esta saga. Reí, lloré y me emocioné como loca. ¡Ha sido perfecto!
Connal esta atormentado por fantasmas del pasado (problemas serios y tristes) y Penélope está enamorada de él desde que pisó por primera vez el rancho de su padre.
La relación que desarrollan es bonita e inocente, es sutil aunque hacen el amor de unas formas MUUUY sensuales y atrevidas (mejor para mi) a diferencia de los demás libros de DP. Acá hay cosas un poco más explicitas y es perfecto.
Lee esta novela, ¡te va a encantar!
Connal esta atormentado por fantasmas del pasado (problemas serios y tristes) y Penélope está enamorada de él desde que pisó por primera vez el rancho de su padre.
La relación que desarrollan es bonita e inocente, es sutil aunque hacen el amor de unas formas MUUUY sensuales y atrevidas (mejor para mi) a diferencia de los demás libros de DP. Acá hay cosas un poco más explicitas y es perfecto.
Lee esta novela, ¡te va a encantar!
December 19, 2024
Another wonderful great book by Diana palmer Connal yummy he has problems but Penelope always loved him he hurt her feelings a few times but she still loved him he doesn't want to have feelinge for her
May 20, 2018
Aunque estos hombres texanos de los 80s van en contra de muchas cosas en las que creo, este libro mejoró un poco y divirtió más.
August 12, 2024
¿Que serían los libros de Palmer sin su misoginia? En mi opinión, serían mucho mejor porque se nota que sabe escribir.
Connal es más de lo mismo, macho alfa, pecho peludo, rico, ranchero y con un pasado "triste".
Penélope tiene más carácter pero es otro personaje femenino de 22 años que se enamora del primer hombre que ve y es muy insegura, no se que tienen las mujeres rubias en estos libros porque la otra mujer es una rubia, divorciada de "mundo" o sea, no es virgen y flaquísima.
No se porque Diana describe a Pepi como "tomboy" solo porque ocupa ropa que no se ajusta al cuerpo. Pepi pasa casi toda la serie en la cocina, cocinando y siendo una mujer muy tradicional que de tomboy no tiene nada.
Uno de los personajes que no me gusto es Ben, el padre de Penélope, como padre es horrible no apoya a su hija, la insta a que siga casada con Connal, le dice que para que va a trabajar si tiene marido rico, que su lugar es en casa limpiando y cocinando. Hay partes te esta historia que habrían sido mucho mejores si Palmer no fuera una machista de los años 20 porque este supuestamente es Texas en los 90. Ya para esas fechas las mujeres tenían trabajo, iban a la universidad, etc, no se podría considerar una sociedad abierta como la que vivimos actualmente pero era mucho más abierta de lo que retrata este libro.
Ben estaba más preocupado de salvar su rancho de lo que pasaba con la vida de su hija. Acá tenemos al papá del año.
Uno de los grandes problemas que tengo con esta historia es que Connal se emborracha una vez al año haciéndonos creer que es por su esposa y su hijo porque la ama solo para que en los capítulos finales diga: No, me arrepentía de estar casado con ella solo quería al bebe y el que pudo ser del niño.
Lo siento por ese hombre pero ¿de verdad? Eso no excusa como se comporta con la protagonista, en esa misma escena donde habla de su pasado le dice que Evan lo convenció para que siguieran casados. WOW Tanto romanticismo amigo, las palabras que toda mujer quiere escuchar.
Terminar este libro fue difícil tengo que admitirlo porque no conecte ni con las escenas románticas, ni con los personajes.
A mi parecer, Penélope merecía algo mucho mejor que Connal.
Clásico de esta autora, la confesión en el último capitulo y el macho alfa pecho peludo incapaz de ser el primero en dar ese paso. Me impresiona que Austen en sus años haya escrito mejores romances que esta vieja retrograda.
Connal es más de lo mismo, macho alfa, pecho peludo, rico, ranchero y con un pasado "triste".
Penélope tiene más carácter pero es otro personaje femenino de 22 años que se enamora del primer hombre que ve y es muy insegura, no se que tienen las mujeres rubias en estos libros porque la otra mujer es una rubia, divorciada de "mundo" o sea, no es virgen y flaquísima.
No se porque Diana describe a Pepi como "tomboy" solo porque ocupa ropa que no se ajusta al cuerpo. Pepi pasa casi toda la serie en la cocina, cocinando y siendo una mujer muy tradicional que de tomboy no tiene nada.
Uno de los personajes que no me gusto es Ben, el padre de Penélope, como padre es horrible no apoya a su hija, la insta a que siga casada con Connal, le dice que para que va a trabajar si tiene marido rico, que su lugar es en casa limpiando y cocinando. Hay partes te esta historia que habrían sido mucho mejores si Palmer no fuera una machista de los años 20 porque este supuestamente es Texas en los 90. Ya para esas fechas las mujeres tenían trabajo, iban a la universidad, etc, no se podría considerar una sociedad abierta como la que vivimos actualmente pero era mucho más abierta de lo que retrata este libro.
Ben estaba más preocupado de salvar su rancho de lo que pasaba con la vida de su hija. Acá tenemos al papá del año.
Uno de los grandes problemas que tengo con esta historia es que Connal se emborracha una vez al año haciéndonos creer que es por su esposa y su hijo porque la ama solo para que en los capítulos finales diga: No, me arrepentía de estar casado con ella solo quería al bebe y el que pudo ser del niño.
Lo siento por ese hombre pero ¿de verdad? Eso no excusa como se comporta con la protagonista, en esa misma escena donde habla de su pasado le dice que Evan lo convenció para que siguieran casados. WOW Tanto romanticismo amigo, las palabras que toda mujer quiere escuchar.
Terminar este libro fue difícil tengo que admitirlo porque no conecte ni con las escenas románticas, ni con los personajes.
A mi parecer, Penélope merecía algo mucho mejor que Connal.
Clásico de esta autora, la confesión en el último capitulo y el macho alfa pecho peludo incapaz de ser el primero en dar ese paso. Me impresiona que Austen en sus años haya escrito mejores romances que esta vieja retrograda.
December 18, 2022
Connel and Penelope (peppi)
It was ok, but I wouldn't want to re-read it though because he kissed the OW in front of heroine.
I liked that the hero hadn't slept with anyone else since meeting the heroine (including the OW went out with). I liked that once he found out heroine and him were married he did not entertain the idea of dating the OW. He took her straight home and his focus was on heroine.
I liked that when hero was mean he expressed the reasons why in his thoughts (you weren't left to decipher his behavior and find out the reasons why on the last pages of book).
I liked that He understood that he hurt heroine by calling her fat, tomboy etc. and that it would take time for her to get over it and really forgive him.
Heroine was ok, she wasn't as big a doormat as other D.Palmer heroines, but she still was super insecure. I really hate that she kept bringing up the topic of the OW and comparing herself to her. P.
It was ok, but I wouldn't want to re-read it though because he kissed the OW in front of heroine.
I liked that the hero hadn't slept with anyone else since meeting the heroine (including the OW went out with). I liked that once he found out heroine and him were married he did not entertain the idea of dating the OW. He took her straight home and his focus was on heroine.
I liked that when hero was mean he expressed the reasons why in his thoughts (you weren't left to decipher his behavior and find out the reasons why on the last pages of book).
I liked that He understood that he hurt heroine by calling her fat, tomboy etc. and that it would take time for her to get over it and really forgive him.
Heroine was ok, she wasn't as big a doormat as other D.Palmer heroines, but she still was super insecure. I really hate that she kept bringing up the topic of the OW and comparing herself to her. P.
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July 5, 2022
Ugh. This story might have been tolerable when it first came out in 1990 but 30+ years later it has not aged well. To be honest I only got about 40% through it before I gave up. The hero is super mean to the heroine but she's still "in love" with him for some reason. Yells at her and insults her and she doesn't stand up for herself. Her father doesn't defend her either. And then when she does try to speak her mind they just ignore her and what she wants. Anyway I gave up so maybe it gets better? But not worth my time. I haven't read any of the other books in this series so I don't know how it compares.
December 27, 2022
Este es el peor libro de la Serie (que me he leído)
Como leí en una de las reseñas en inglés, Connal tiene muchas actitudes horribles que no son reprochadas sólo porque es hombre. Se emborracha, la insulta, la humilla y a nadie le parece molestar, sino que hay que entenderlo. Pepi no mantiene sus convicciones, al principio parece que ella tiene límites, pero luego los deja completamente atrás por hacerle caso a él siempre.
Entiendo que está escrito en los 80 está serie, pero esta no sólo tiene los componentes retrógradas que tienen los otros libros, sino que es humillante el trato que tiene con la protagonista.
Como leí en una de las reseñas en inglés, Connal tiene muchas actitudes horribles que no son reprochadas sólo porque es hombre. Se emborracha, la insulta, la humilla y a nadie le parece molestar, sino que hay que entenderlo. Pepi no mantiene sus convicciones, al principio parece que ella tiene límites, pero luego los deja completamente atrás por hacerle caso a él siempre.
Entiendo que está escrito en los 80 está serie, pero esta no sólo tiene los componentes retrógradas que tienen los otros libros, sino que es humillante el trato que tiene con la protagonista.
April 28, 2025
4 Stars
I purchased a copy of Long, Tall Texans: Connal by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
Heavily negative and sad but with a steamy and happy ending.
3 years after his arrival, and on the anniversary of his wife and unborn baby’s death, 22-year-old Penelope “Pepi” Mathews receives a drunken ultimatum from her father’s foreman, the mysterious and wealthy Connal “C.C.” Tremayne, which she can’t refuse, despite knowing that accepting will alienate her from the man she loves. But then, he changes his mind just when she has given up hope and decided to move away.
18+ for steamy scenes.
I purchased a copy of Long, Tall Texans: Connal by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
Heavily negative and sad but with a steamy and happy ending.
3 years after his arrival, and on the anniversary of his wife and unborn baby’s death, 22-year-old Penelope “Pepi” Mathews receives a drunken ultimatum from her father’s foreman, the mysterious and wealthy Connal “C.C.” Tremayne, which she can’t refuse, despite knowing that accepting will alienate her from the man she loves. But then, he changes his mind just when she has given up hope and decided to move away.
18+ for steamy scenes.
March 8, 2022
This book is typical of stories from Diana Palmer. They are easy to read and always include some kind of friction between the main characters as they learn to know one another and eventually fall in love. My only complaint is not with the story itself because I really enjoy these books, but I don't like all the new book samples, which are intended to make you want to read one of them. I think each reader should choose what they want to read and when/ Thank you.
March 22, 2021
This cowboy bothered me his attitude towards the poor girl who only saw so that she was well and took care of him, and he only expressed himself very badly about her, seeing that she could become something else changes his attitude but even so it was very bad .she was a fool in love and she endured everything
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July 10, 2023
Very sweet, h has been in love all along while H is a bit slower in waking up to his feelings. He's kinda mean at first and says horrible things about her being a tomboy and fat, which makes me suck in my breath and shake my head because I honestly think no man ever can come back from calling a girl fat, but hey-ho, she makes him sweat about it for a while which is satisfying.
January 27, 2024
I liked this book, Connal and Penelope are so good together and in the end you really did feel his love for her. I liked the introduction of Connal’s brothers and cannot wait to read their books. This book’s main trope seemed to be the Marriage by accident. The First but hopefully not the last I read with this trope.
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