Rapture Of The Deep

by Margaret Rome

Rapture Of The Deep by Margaret Rome released on Apr 22, 1983 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Harlequin Romance

188 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1983

Reviews

[Margo · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all, a red-headed H is always interesting to me because they are pretty rare. Strangely enough, the red-headed ones are always the crabbiest jerks. He's a misogynistic womanizer, and she's a nice, sheltered girl from Shetland. They are thrown together and the H of course draws the conclusion that she's no better than she should be. No OW, and only a straw OM.

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had genuinely enjoyed alot of books wrtten by Margaret Rome so it was one of the reasons I had deliberately chosen to read this one. My advice to potential readers would be to atleast try to get through the first chapter as this would help in getting used to the wordy style of prose and adjust to the seemingly slow pace of the book. Nonetheless, my second reason for choosing this book has to do with it's Shetland setting since I personally happen to be a sucker for Scottish settings in the romance genre. I liked how MR showcases life within the Shetland locality -with subtlety and an occasional mention of the misty, grim weather, long winters and peat fuelled fires. I found the descriptions of the background-setting enjoyable.
As to the romance within this book, it is "a battles of wills/sexes" story within an 'engagement of convience' theme stretched right till the end. Both the leads are strong personalities in my opinion and I often felt the ' Sheltie pride vs Texan aggression' thing going on. The Hero is an american who hails froms Texas whereas the heroine is the prim proper innocent sheltie girl who resents the changes the H is bringing upon this island. The basic story revolves around how The H's oil company is bringing about a change in this Shetland island by way of introducing the modern way of living -people are being introduced to to the use of freezers, television sets and washing machines apparently for the first time. The hero' s company is also offering higher wages to the local labourers thus affecting the local industries -fishing and knitwear. The heroine works as the H s personal Secretary and yet resents all that his oil company is doing in the way of modernization. Frankly, I don't like sexist competition or a clash of wills in a romance book and here the heroine keeps challenging the H to treat her as male secretary, which he does in way of retaliation. The leads had too much friction in their interaction for me to feel the romance. However, I was glad that the hero grovelled in the end instead of the heroine accepting male superiority and surrendering to the Hs will. Worth a read in my opinion.

[RomLibrary]

"An oil rig is no place for a woman!"

Leon Casson resented Catriona's presence in the all-male environment of an oil-drilling operation. Thank goodness the decision to fire her was not his to make!

The ruthless domineering Texan oil boss was not a man to accept defeat, and Catriona anticipated his reprisal.

Long tough working hours she could take. It was Leon's sudden invasion and takeover of her personal life that proved to be Catriona's undoing!