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Summary: An extremely good, if not well ritten, book.
Review: Mrs. Coulter is a wonderful writer. This was one of my favorite books written by her. She developed Arabella's and Kamal's characters very well. She could have put a little more thought and energy into Rayna and Adam's persohalities and story. I have read a great number of Catherine Coulter's books and, while this story could probably have been written more up to Coulter's standards, this was one of my favorites
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Summary: the last halve of the book was great
Review: The first halve of this book deals mainly with Adam, the son of the h/h in Devil's embrace. Although it wasn't bad, the book really picks up speed during the second halve of the book with the story of Arabella, the daughter of the h/h in Devil's embrace. Arabella and Kamal are two very stubborn characters and their relationship was not a smooth one (to say the least). It was some what less than realistic, but still interesting enough to keep me reading. However, those who are dead set against forceful heroes and encounters be warned, there are several bodice ripping scenes including a very brief encounter where the hero outright ... the heroine.
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Summary: Almost as good as Devil's Embrace - but still a 5!
Review: The first thing that totally grabbed me was the realization that the oh so compelling Earl of Clare was 60 years old in this book. Somehow you want your favorite characters to be ageless - He still seemed a compelling character and no, I know the book was not about his and Casandra this time but you want them to be blissfully happy! Well they certainly bred a couple of interesting children - and how the present manages to repete the past - that Adam would end up with Edward's daughter (who seems nothing like her father) and that Arabella would find love with the women's son most hated from the first book. I too - because I loved this family so much could have had seperate books for both Adam and Arabella - however since the plot works so well and it all is so interesting and intriguing I will not fault Coulter's combining the stories. You just have to love the way Adam and Rayna find one another - but most especially the love between Arabella and Kamal - wow that just sizzled!!!!! And his shame at the end because of his horrible mother was so understandable for a proud man. And the Earl's little manipulation for his daughter - how unlike him to help things along! What a great father! This was just a beautiful story - I loved every moment of it!!
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Summary: Full of jealousy and a good catfight
Review: This book is one of my all-time favorite historical romances. The cover art showing the blond heroine, Arabella, is spectacular. I just love the storyline which is full of jealousy. Arabella's rival, Elena, is a wicked delight. After an exciting catfight between the two of them, an angry Arabella attacks Kamal, the book's hero. The required punishment for this act is for Arabella to be tied up and whipped! Elena urges "kill her, kill the bitch". Knowing that he can not break the code of his people, Kamal commands "The English girl will suffer ten lashes. Tie her to the column". Her bitter rival is ecstatic and cries out "Eiee, the whip! Flay the flesh from the bitch's back!" Elena's punishment is heart-rending, but Kamal stops after the 8th lash, refusing to complete the prescribed 10 lashes...... This is an exciting historical romance.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST
Review: THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST BOOK THAT COULTER HAD WRITTEN. HAVING THE DAUGHTER OF THE DEVIL GET ALL CAUGTH UP IN HIS WEB FROM THE DEVIL'S EMBRACE. THIS BOOK OF MANY BETRAIL AND HATRED. THE STORY CONTAIN TWO LOVE STORY IN ONE. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS WAS THE ONE OF BOOK THAT EVER GOT ME MOVING. I COULDN'T PUT THIS DOWN.I WOULD SUGGEST ANYONE TO READ THIS BOOK. I RATE IT UP THERE WITH THE HELLION BRIDE. THE STORY HAS IT OWN TWIST AND TURNS AND I FEEL IT WAS A WONDERFUL BOOK TO SNUG UP BY THE FIRE AND READ. THE STORY ITSELF WAS QUITE MOVING FOR ME. I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD PICK UP A CATHERINE COULTER BOOK AND READ.
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Summary: Very trashy novel!
Review: Trashy, trashy, trashy novel!He is an abusive hero with two sides to his personality-since he is half English and half Arabic. Frustratingly, his less redeeming qualities is attributed to his Arabic culture and Muslim religion, which is very insulting for anyone who comes from the Middle East, and his admirable qualities-not surprisingly- stem from his English background. The heroine is just as abusive as the hero, yet hailed and praised by the author because she happens to be "English"-extremely stereo-typical and racist for both characterization. Does Coulter ever take into account that many romance readers have ethinic backgrounds and that she has to be a responsible writer and must depict some form of veracity-good and bad- when she takes on a project that deals with a culture that is not her own? Many innocent readers may be mislead and misinformed about a culture they do not know about and mistake these types of fictions as a true historical background when in actuality, women tended to possess political, econimical and social powerful positions within the harem and were not these submissive, useless women Coulter made them out to be. All I ask of an author is to balance the good and the bad so as not to misinform the public-which Coulter failed in this novel. I am not normally picky when it comes to historical truths in fictional Romances; in fact, I write many reviews telling oher readers to lighten up when it comes to historical errors the author may have made inadvertantly. However, this is an exceptional case because of the extreme lenghts Coulter went to in insulting and degrading this particular culture without adding any positivty to form some sort of balance in the story-line-very infuriaiting. My advise is to skip this novel, I could not even finish it and threw it away.
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