Dangerous Affair

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Summary: Call the Hotline! Rape and Sexual Abuse as Romance?
Review: I'm a big fan of Jayne Ann Krentz - in all her incarnations and noms de plume - but after reading this book I'm not sure I ever want to see another of her works. The first story is absolutely sickening. The "hero" is a total creep who first sexually harasses then rapes the female protagonist. I stopped reading there so I have no idea how Ms. Krentz justifies a relationship after that. I thought we stopped thinking of rape as romance decades ago! Ms. Krentz owes us all a public apology - and a HUGE donation to a women's shelter for perpetuating this myth that rape is a product of uncontrollable desire and overwhelming love. Save your money - and write her publisher!

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Summary: Not worth the time or money
Review: I'm like the reviewer who doesn't really like "Stephanie James" novels but because I love Jayne Ann Krentz novels, I can't resist buying them and I've bought several. Not this time! I saw the book offered and thought Yippee! A new book by one of my favorite writers. But then I read the Editor's reviews and found out that once again the publisher's were just trying to benefit from an author's popularity, and there's a lot of that happening today. Some books are worth re-publishing, but none of the Stephanie James books I've read were - not compared to her recent books. It was good to read the reader's reviews and I quite agree!

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Summary: Not worth the time or money
Review: I'm like the reviewer who doesn't really like "Stephanie James" novels but because I love Jayne Ann Krentz novels, I can't resist buying them and I've bought several. Not this time! I saw the book offered and thought Yippee! A new book by one of my favorite writers. But then I read the Editor's reviews and found out that once again the publisher's were just trying to benefit from an author's popularity, and there's a lot of that happening today. Some books are worth re-publishing, but none of the Stephanie James books I've read were - not compared to her recent books. It was good to read the reader's reviews and I quite agree!

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Summary: Dangerous Affair
Review: JAK Were did this come from? I am a big fan of overbearing hero's in a story played against a womans more subtle strength. The story Dangerous Magic is terribly insulting. I can't figure out how any reader is supposed to find any attractive qualities in the hero. Unfortunately the story is told only from the perspective of the woman in the story and it's nearly painful to listen to her thoughts. NO woman, injured, cowed, or just plain stupid would put up with this type of treatment.
And please let me say that the continual usage of the terms Witch and Wolf is sickening!! The use of which is supposed to be dramatic but is just irritating.

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Summary: She's learned a lot since these were written!
Review: The volume contains two old Stephanie James novels, DANGEROUS MAGIC, which is virtually unreadable (ZERO stars, if only one could award such a rating), and AFFAIR OF HONOR, which is better but still worth no more than two stars, and that if one is feeling generous. It really irks me when a popular novelist's old books are reissued to ride the coattails of the good work she's done more recently, but I suppose the publishing company needs the money. Too bad, because these can only bring the author embarrassment.