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Reading Fanatic wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Reading Fanatic wrote: "It's true that the wedding night is bad. I told you it was borderline rape...I can't remember how much force was involved, but he was not gentle. She was an..."I don't mind if there is mention of a mistress - I didn't have any trouble with Something Wonderful, but then again, I KNEW from someone that he did not sleep with the mistress like you are lead to believe. There is no way I could have finished the book without knowing because that is just an automatic deal breaker for me as well. I have no problem (with this genre) of people mentioning a previous mistress but not him actually going there and having relations with a mistress. That's why I am on hold with Once and Always because I don't know if he does visit this mistress once they are married. Her comment IS kind of vague in regards to that.
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Yes, it is. And I've read reviews where people give impressions that are completely wrong. That's why my negative reviews tend to have more spoilers than my positive ones. I don't want to give anyone the wrong impression, so instead of summarizing what happens that ticked me off, I give exact quotes from the book. LOL So if there is a line that said "Jason stormed off to see his mistress" I'll put that in there but say, well they didn't actually say he slept with her, but you can tell because it says "XYZ." Impressions can be so wrong and misleading.
I wish I knew the answer to that question. I'm curious to hear what your friend has to say about it. I read this so long ago; back then I wasn't as sensitive to some issues as I am now. So a mistress might have pissed me off, but didn't leave an overall bad taste towards the story.
What I do remember that absolutely broke my heart is when her fiance does come for her. The one she left behind in America? He really did love her. He's a wonderful man. He never got her letters because of his scheming mama who doesn't like the h. As soon as he found out he came for Victoria. He even offered to repay her guardian for the costs incurred by him in taking care of Victoria. I cried when he realized that she was married to Jason. I'll never forget that scene. I have always hoped that JMN would write a Andrew's story and give him a wonderful lady love, but alas, she never has!
Reading Fanatic wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Reading Fanatic wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Reading Fanatic wrote: "It's true that the wedding night is bad. I told you it was borderline rape...I can't remember how much force was invol..."OMG! Seriously??!? That will break my heart! And you probably thought that Andrew was more deserving of her as well. I am SURE he stayed true too ... that is just awful! But the heart wants what it wants I guess. And I totally understand what you are saying about things being perceived a certain way by certain people. I have had that issue before and I totally try to be very descriptive with spoilers as well when I have thing stop say about negative aspects of a story. I don't like to lead people the wrong either, so I definitely explain myself and sometimes put quotes :)
My friend has the book and skimmed though and said he does, in fact, go visit his mistress. So I will go ahead and pass on this one :(
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Haha It's no biggie. Gosh there are soooooooo many other books out there. I don't think that any really qualifies as a "must read." Wow! I can't believe I forgot that detail. Ugh! But like I said we're talking years ago that I read this and obviously that stuff didn't bother me as much. I could tell you stories about books I've read that would make your toes curl. LOL
Reading Fanatic wrote: "Rachel wrote: "My friend has the book and skimmed though and said he does, in fact, go visit his mistress. So I will go ahead and pass on this one :("Haha It's no biggie. Gosh there are sooooooo..."
Toes curl in a good way or bad way?!?! LMAO
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OMG, yes! I LOVED Andrew. It was heartbreaking Rachel. He finally arrives after she is married. I can't remember all the details, but basically the problem was with his mother. BUT, I do remember that he had written and her guardian, Jason's father/uncle kept it from her. That's why he did that ruse to trick her into marrying Jason. He wanted them together so badly! The reason is that he and Victoria's mother were in love when they were young, but they weren't allowed to marry. Her mother would have eloped with him, but he didn't want to do such a dishonorable thing. Her mother later ran off with the h's father. Now the guardian wants to get his son and her daughter together.
My heart broke I'm telling you. Andrew arrives, he's so happy to see his Tory. He tells the guardian that he will happily pay any expense incurred by Tory (how sweet is that?) When she tells him, she is heartbroken too because she knows how much he is hurt...by this time she's already in love with Jason. She is FURIOUS with her guardian for the deceit because Andrew was so hurt. Andrew even tells her to come with him anyway, that they can work on getting her out of the marriage. He was desperate to be with her, but like I said, she was already in love by that point.
I think if he'd' gotten there earlier she might have left, and if she knew he was coming before she married Jason, she never would have done it. Poor Andrew! Yes, he was much, much nicer than Jason. But Jason is a well drawn character. Hard, easily to dislike, but oh such an injured soul. JMN excels at character development; especially at redeeming her heroes. LOL
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Haha It's no biggie. ..."
BAD! Really BAD! LOL
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It ain't no light read, that's for sure! LOL
I'm trying to decide what to read next. Help! LOL
Well I shall try. I'm not always the best at this. What are you in the mood for
LOL!! OMG ummm ... historical??? The ones I want to read, you actually told me about LMAO hmmmm
I am reading sugar daddy by Lisa Kleypas. I've never read it and there are no guarantees but you know how I am about her lol
You should check out that 2nd HRT book that you lent me and I got the one that follows with Zoe and Clay if you want to follow. I liked them two but then I liked Celida and I can't remember her mans name. Lol shoot I hate that. Let me look. It's funny I remember her name and it is totally uncommon
Duh! Tuck is his name. I even spelled Celida's name right but couldn't remember his and I just read another book that had another H named Tuck too
Elizabeth wrote: "Duh! Tuck is his name. I even spelled Celida's name right but couldn't remember his and I just read another book that had another H named Tuck too"EB - I don't think I'll like Sugar Daddy - I don't do well with love triangles :) but I know you are a huge fan of hers!
RF - my friend just told me this too about Once and Always - the part with the mistress is earlier than that scene that the review was talking about. He visits his mistress before they are even married. Back when they were just engaged by the sick uncle or whoever that was. She said the scene that the review is referring too also happens. The heroine sees him and his mistress out together and it's never mentioned whether or not he was intimate with her. That alone would drive me insane not knowing! LOL
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Oh FYI did you see that LK is coming out with a new HR in October of this year? At lest I'm pretty sure it's a HR. It's available for pre-order right now.
Aw feel better RF!!!! Do you think you got the flu too?
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Not so far. So far it's just a cold...sore throat and a little stuffy. The sore throat is really painful, but no fever. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out tomorrow. Who knows, by then my mood may have changed...it's like the wind, ever changing. LOL. Gnite!
I know she's writing an HR but I didn't know when. Try devil in winter by LK. I think I remember you saying you were holding out. Sebastian's makes a good bad boy but I liked Marcus better. Lol I think I've said that 1000 times. Feel better RF
There is a house party of sorts in it happened in autumn but I wasn't sure you had it. In fact Annabel's story is a house party as well and it's where the four girls form their pact. The 4th one in the series with Lillian's sister Daisy was the worst and was just ok imo
Rachel I have looked at sugar daddy again and again but kept holding out. I make no guarantees with it
Elizabeth wrote: "Rachel I have looked at sugar daddy again and again but kept holding out. I make no guarantees with it"Wow! That's a popular one by her too! I just don't think I'd be into it. I usually hate triangles and I THINK it takes forever for the heroine and hero to get together. That also drives me mad. Let me know what you think! :)
Me too. That's probably why it's taken me this long to read it. Lol
LMAO! Now, I'm REALLY curious for your thoughts hahahaha I really hope it's good for you. I read Blue Eyed Devil, so I know the hero of this story is a good man, but that's all I know.
I read blue eyed devil as well. I wasn't even aware they were connected. Oh my it's been quite awhile since I read it too.
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http://smile.amazon.com/August-Prairi...
http://smile.amazon.com/Hope-Revealed...
AUGUST is a mail order bride novella. It's the first of six books. According to a comment in the blurb you will want to read these books in order to have the most fun...but each is a standalone. I've copied and pasted the series description below. It sounds like a fun series.
Duncan Cooke, aka The Duke of Stantham, had a problem. He had a huge estate in England to manage, one not far from London, and it came with all the headaches one would expect with an estate in disarray. Including six unwed cousins, women no man would touch for fear of losing a limb, or worse. Strange things happened to all who tried to court them, so they were left unwed.
But Duncan realized that his hometown of Clear Creek had exactly what he needed. Men! And so with the help of his brother’s wife Sadie, he concocted a plan to send his cousins to Clear Creek as mail order brides! He just hoped the calamity that often followed them, didn’t find its way across the sea as well …
Doesn't it sound hilarious?! Obviously the new Duke is an American. hahaha I'm assuming August is the first of the cousin's to get married. Sorry, turns out August is the name of the Hero. Penelope is the heroine.
HOPE REVEALED is the fourth book in the Prescott Pioneers series. We've had other books from this series on our freebie list in the past. As a matter of fact, I think, with this 4th book I now have the entire series. Yup, I do. Anyhow, the plot of this book is a young woman's abusive husband is missing believed dead. She goes to her brother in law's home in AZ to try to start over only to discover that her husband is there incognito. He threatens their children's lives and promises her a divorce, if she keeps quiet. I believe the H of this book is the brother in law. I believe he is the brother of the h's husband, but they do have different last names, so half-brother's perhaps? Anyhow, that's it. From a review I read, it sounds like these books are standalone, but reading them in order may be beneficial. Here's the link to a helpful review.
http://smile.amazon.com/review/RAOI6G...
That's it for today, ladies. Short list, but hopefully a sweet one. TTYL!
Book two and three are not freebies.
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Hey EB! WTH They were when I posted the list. I swear. Damn! I removed them. Thanks for the heads up. That SUCKS!
I believe you that's just weird. I just wanted to point that out so we didn't get charged for things that's all
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Yes, it's a good thing. I've accidentally paid for books I thought were free. Every once in a while I'll be in the freebie section and a book will pop up so you assume it's free, right? Well I'll go in, not pay attention to the price and hit the one click button, only to realize after the fact that it's NOT free. Then I gotta go to the return process. Sigh
I know those books were free though because I now take note of prices. They must have changed the prices after. All day long Amazon is putting prices up and down. So often I'll check my price watch list in the morning and a book will be one price, only to check later in the day and it's now another. What happened today seems weird though because it happened so quickly and to TWO of them.
I took them off the list because I didn't want someone to accidentally buy them. Good looking out! Thanks. Now the list is even more woefully short, though. Sigh. BTW you might have already purchase CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH. It was on our freebie list before. It sounds like one of those crazy, fun reads. LOL
I had the se thing happen to me the other day. I was looking at free books and liked one clicked on it and realized it wasn't free. I returned it. I hate when they mix on odd books and stuff.
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God yes! That doesn't happen often, luckily, but really it shouldn't happen at all!
I know. It's a marketing thing I think they try to peak your interest In different books.
Uumm... Yeah Rachel it's a no go. It's like white trail or trash meets the untouchable man. I DNF obviously and will not do a review bc I should have looked better to see what it was about bc had I done that it would have never left the library. Lmao. The h wants the H and ends up losing her virginity to this other guy. He is so sloppy and amateur that she prays for it to be done. The H wants her but... It's s train wreck.
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Which book is that, EB? Surely not LK one that you were reading?
Lk' Sugar Daddy. I should have known better but I saw it at the library and got impulsive. I knew there was a reason I had always left it on the shelf but made a bad choice. Really out of my style of reading.
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It sounds horrible. The h loses her virginity to another man AFTER she meets the H? Is it CR or HR?
How are you feeling? Did you find a book yet? I have to hunt for one myself now. The two London books I told you guys I grabbed the other day are both duds. I looked at the reviews and with both there were several reviews that complained about the h. I guess in both books they hated them so I'm not even going to try those. I still have here to stay but I'm just so lost right now. But maybe I could help you.
Oh snap the book gods have answered my plea!! Lmao the library just called to tell me one of the books are in that I ordered. Once my boys get home I'll run down and snag it.
That book by CA that I got I didn't give you the whole title. It was called Forever After. I need to see what came in at my library.
Hey have any of you read Eliza Knight? I seen her on FB and tagged you Caron. She has a contest you should enter bc you could win a $25 Amazon GC. Anyhow her latest book that I can't find on here looks good. It's got a healer in it that is from the future but doesn't know it. The man she saves leaves her cottage after I guess the sexual tension has built and so then hears there are villains entering the woods and he goes back to protect her. It sounds really hot. It says it's tasteful but erotic. I think I'm going to test her. Oh and I got my book from the library Silver Thaw was the one. I just requested it yesterday.
Highlander's Touch is the name of the book ladies and I splurged. It's 2.99 and after MB's book I want a highlander. LOL Then I'm going to check out silver thaw after. Unless I really like her. She's got a ton out there too. The reviewer said they really wanted to read more when she finished with this one. Her name was Rhonda.
Where did everyone go? Crickets...
Lmao!! I am still stuck at work unfortunately!! Haha I am NOT reading Sugar Daddy! Thanks for the update!!! I haven't read anything by that Eliza Lady either .... I am still reading my current serial by Autumn Grey! Not enough time :( lol!!!
Thanks Kate! I actually just got home and am extremely exhausted so I'm gonna hit the sack. I'll try to catch up on her after work tomorrow!!!
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I havne't found a book to read as yet, unfortunately, but I really haven't had too much time to invest looking for one. I got super lucky this morning and was able to grab THREE books off my Kindle wishlist. They were all on sale for .99 cents, down from $3.99. They are books 2, 3 , and 4 in the same series. EB, you may remember I told you about the first book in that series that I read and loved, Breaking Up with Barrett. Awesome!! FYI ladies, BUWP is still a freebie on Amazon right now. It's a contemporary. Anyhow, I was super excited to save all that money! LOL
Kate, you LIKED The Highlander's Reward? I gave that book 2 stars! You liked a book and I didn't, now that's a first. The premise of the story was pretty good, but I had problems with the execution. There were too many issues with it for me to really enjoy it, and by the time it got closer to the end it started to seem more like a bad comedy than a true Highland romance. Ugh! I actually, to my shame, bought this book, but at least it was only .99cents.
TAMING OF THE SHREW sounds like a fun read, Kate. I was born and partially raised in England so I can totally appreciate the English humor. Some of my favorite comedies have been British shows. LOL Yes, Kate I did suggest a couple of HH to Rachel, but as you know my absolute favorite by her is Highland Conqueror. I actually bought my own copy of that book AFTER I read it; I loved it that much!
HIGHLANDER'S TOUCH, EB? I hope you enjoy it. After that near fiasco with HR by Knight I'm not too keen on trying another of her books any time soon.
Well ladies, I'm off to check the freebie section. Hopefully I'll find some interesting books...we'll see.
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http://smile.amazon.com/ROSES-MAIL-OR...
http://smile.amazon.com/Bounty-Christ...
http://smile.amazon.com/Passions-Tide...
ROSIE'S MAIL ORDER BRIDES... is about a mail order bride romance, obviously. However, I'm not sure who the h is, Rosie or her friend Esther. The plot sounds a little convoluted and neither the blurb or any of the reviews give much information.
A FOG IN CHARLESTON is a time travel romance. Present day heroine gets tossed back to 1861 on the eve of the Civil War. She just happens to be a Civil War historian--aren't we all--so works with a general to give him the benefit of her expertise in the war. Romance blossoms between the two.
BOUNTY is a christian historical romance, set in the American west. This is another book with a blurb that's convoluted yet doesn't really tell you anything. The h is from a respectable family and they want her to marry a "civilized" man from the east. LOL The H is on a mission to find his outlaw brothers after his mother makes a deathbed request that he bring something to them. Now he's tracking them down. Of course with outlaws, there are bounty hunters involved and another man intent on taking over the town where the h lives and once he lays eyes on the h, he adds her to his list. So, there's a lot of intrigue and excitement...at least so the reviews claim.
PASSION'S TIDE is about a h who is orphaned and in order to escape her uncle's nefarious plans takes off for England in order to try to find a husband. En route her ship is attacked and she is taken prison by the H, purportedly a pirate.
That's it for today, ladies. Not a very inspiring list I don't think, but hopefully you'll all find at least one book that whets your appetite. TTYL!
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Kate we must be talking about two different books. The one I read was not that long. I've gotta go check. Gimme a minute...It's listed at 262 pages. Is this the book you're referring to?
http://www.amazon.com/Highlanders-Rew...
I agree that HR was a fairly good story. Truthfully when I purchased it I had read a negative review which highlighted a few issues I thought I could live with. Alas, not only did I incur those problems, but I also found a host of others. The way the H's fiancee and the h's fiance got together in the end was farcical. Oh and the way everybody just resolved everything all nice and friendly like, I expected them to break out in a chorus of Kumbaya. ROTFL I wonder if we're talking about the same book?
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I've read ALL of her HR's. I'm familiar with all her CRs, but I think I only read one...or maybe two. I can't remember exactly, and the description for each books sound familiar. That's because I've read them each like a million times and considered reading them, but never did. By that time I was heavily into HRs.
Her books definitely evoke a lot of emotion, both bad and good.
Umm some people get riled up if there's even mention of a mistress. Me, I don't really care so long as there is no hanky panky. Sex with a mistress while with the h is a deal breaker for me!