Rivalinnen der Leidenschaft

by Elizabeth Graham

Maryland, 1759: Aus Liebe ist Kate von England nach Amerika gereist. Sie will den Mann heiraten, den ihre jüngere Schwester Alyssa verschmäht hat. Nicholas Talbot argwöhnt eine List und schlägt Kates Angebot aus. Doch keiner von beiden hat mit der Macht der Leidenschaft gerechnet, die sie schon bald gegen ihren Willen aneinanderschmiedet. Dann taucht unerwartet Alyssa auf, um ihren ehemaligen Verlobten zurückzufordern – zwischen den beiden Schwestern entbrennt ein heftiger Kampf.

Genres: Romance, Historical, Historical Romance

384 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Elizabeth Graham (1):
E. Schattner wrote as Elizabeth Graham and Emma Church.

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read: 2/22/23
3.5 stars
RTC

[Shellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good angsty read that doesn’t resolve until the last 10 pages. The two MC’S are good ones and we always know what the two are thinking about each other. I liked the secondary characters. I thought we had a good secondary romance happening as well. However when it looks as though those 2 would have their hea they didn’t. To me it ended abruptly in one small paragraph. I wondered if perhaps they would have their own book, but doesn’t appear so. I didn’t think that part was handled well I wanted to see them together. Especially after what they had been through. Other than that the plot was good, if a little predictable, there was some action and it had me turning pages.

[Mystique · Rating 4 out of 5]

angsty. H loves h's sister

[Miranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

5++++

[Bella · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't find it angsty 😕as it is mentioned H loves h's sis , which is actually not. H was just captured with h's sis beauty which he thought as love. Plot was good but the actual content was lacking. Lots of issues are there on this book.
Firstly , a thing which was confusing was age of the characters. For example Alyssa h's sis 5 years ago she was just a young girl. What does it mean was she 13 or 14 or what? If it is right then it made hero pervert😬😬 Secondly, a/c to me there were lots of miscommunication and misinterpretations b/w the lead characters. Instead of talking they would assume anything they wanted to assume. Besides this Alyssa was not bad as it's portrayed in the blurb. Beside this I really wanted to see how love bloomed b/w the lead characters for example like Kate helping Nicholas in plantation or how they survived harsh time together. Lastly other problem was Devona's character I really felt sad for her and I was really angry Morgan like what he did with Devona's. I really wanted to read like what was their ending it was like incomplete for me.

[Vicki · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a DNF. I couldn't even get past chapter 4. The mmc (I refuse to think of him as the Hero 😡) was horrible to the heroine! Not just grumpy, but flat out mean, rude, and so derogatory to the heroine, Kate. This actually borders on verbally abusive. And he's not just awful with Kate, he's an 🍑hole to his cousin and other relatives. I assume he will become nicer sometime later in the book, but I could care less. Kate should shove him off the wagon, grab the horse's reins and knock him flat on his butt. THEN, go find a job in one of the towns and never speak to the jerk face again! Totally loathed the male main character!!

[Khanh Do · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good yearning, great opening, not too much happened but interesting and refreshing throughout.