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Summary: So much Passion
Review: In order to get out of an arranged marriage Lady Aurora married the dangerously handsome Nicolas Sabine. Nicolas was an American who was thought to be very dangerous. Nicholas asked Lady Aurora to be his wife, so that she would become the guardian of his half-sister Raven. She agreed, because she knew Nicholas was to be executed. What Lady Aurora didn't count on was Nicholas returning from the dead. They spent one passionate night together. Aurora had not ever experienced such passion. Nicholas was use to a life of danger. He lived for the moment. He never thought he would fall in love with any woman. The Passion was a good, but I must say, I liked The Seduction better. Nicole Jordan really writes well. She is very descriptive. I do look forward to the next book about Nicholas' cousin Lord Wycliff next year.
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Summary: Very good book for erotic romance.
Review: In spite of the mixed reviews, I bought The Passion out of sheer curiosity. The old fashioned plot of a man who marries on the eve of his wrongful execution is reminiscent of my all-time favorite, unforgettable romance, Shanna, a #1 bestseller classic by Kathleen Woodiwiss written in 1977 and which I acquired and kept in my shelf for almost 2 decades. I find the temptation to revisit a familiar storyline irresistible. I have read a couple of Nicole Jordan's novels, The Ecstacy and Desire, the 3rd and 4th installment of her Regency-era Notorious series. Her novels are romantic, sensual and sexual. Romance readers collect books because of the unique and extraordinary scenes or sequences or simply the unforgettable characters created by the authors. In my case, the title alone, Shanna, for example, will evoke memories of a beautiful romance that stays and lingers and becomes part of my romantic fantasies. In the Passion, the journal will be my endearing reminder of this captivating book. The Passion does not come up with the unforgettable romance, emotional tension and lush adventure set by Shanna. Shanna, for me, is a romance of the highest order. Romance readers who have not read Shanna but who are captivated by a similar storyline, that is, a man who marries on the eve of his execution but escapes a hangman's knot, should read and find it for themselves. While the Passion is written more than two decades later after Shanna, I find that The Passion is a very satisfying attempt by Nicole Jordan to weave a similar romantic novel combined with raw, hot, wild sensuality typical of her creations,which in Shanna, undoubtedly lacks in that department. Readers of the romance genre will be drawn to the excellent narrative prose of Nicole Jordan in her creation of a bold, beautiful, passionate and erotic book, a journal which in the story is a gift of Nicholas's father to his lover. As an opening salvo, Nicole Jordan, in her prologue, seduces her readers with the excerpt from the journal. To further enthrall us, she starts each chapter with a passage from the journal. For her epilogue, Nicole Jordan starts off with the journal entry, this time, the journal entry of Aurora herself, to show, in turn Aurora's love for Nicholas. The Passion is all about the story of brazen, untamed passion of Nicholas Sabine for his reluctant wife, Lady Aurora Demming who agrees to marry and bed him for a night in exchange for freedom from her domineering father and an escape from marriage to a despised man twice her age. While Nicholas cannot force love from his reluctant bride, he uses raw and fiery passion to knock off her defenses and slowly binds her to him in love. Sex burns the pages of this romantic book. It is tastefully done and reflects the excellent sensual writing skills of Nicole Jordan. I love sensuality in my romance books and Nicole Jordan will definitely satisfy romance readers with this intensely seductive book of wicked carnal pleasures and undeniable love.....
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Summary: There is passion and then there is love. 4 ½ rating¿.
Review: In spite of the mixed reviews, I bought The Passion out of sheer curiosity. The old fashioned plot of a man who marries on the eve of his wrongful execution is reminiscent of my all-time favorite, unforgettable romance, Shanna, a #1 bestseller classic by Kathleen Woodiwiss written in 1977 and which I acquired and kept in my shelf for almost 2 decades. I find the temptation to revisit a familiar storyline irresistible. I have read a couple of Nicole Jordan's novels, The Ecstacy and Desire, the 3rd and 4th installment of her Regency-era Notorious series. Her novels are romantic, sensual and sexual. Romance readers collect books because of the unique and extraordinary scenes or sequences or simply the unforgettable characters created by the authors. In my case, the title alone, Shanna, for example, will evoke memories of a beautiful romance that stays and lingers and becomes part of my romantic fantasies. In the Passion, the journal will be my endearing reminder of this captivating book. The Passion does not come up with the unforgettable romance, emotional tension and lush adventure set by Shanna. Shanna, for me, is a romance of the highest order. Romance readers who have not read Shanna but who are captivated by a similar storyline, that is, a man who marries on the eve of his execution but escapes a hangman's knot, should read and find it for themselves. While the Passion is written more than two decades later after Shanna, I find that The Passion is a very satisfying attempt by Nicole Jordan to weave a similar romantic novel combined with raw, hot, wild sensuality typical of her creations,which in Shanna, undoubtedly lacks in that department. Readers of the romance genre will be drawn to the excellent narrative prose of Nicole Jordan in her creation of a bold, beautiful, passionate and erotic book, a journal which in the story is a gift of Nicholas's father to his lover. As an opening salvo, Nicole Jordan, in her prologue, seduces her readers with the excerpt from the journal. To further enthrall us, she starts each chapter with a passage from the journal. For her epilogue, Nicole Jordan starts off with the journal entry, this time, the journal entry of Aurora herself, to show, in turn Aurora's love for Nicholas. The Passion is all about the story of brazen, untamed passion of Nicholas Sabine for his reluctant wife, Lady Aurora Demming who agrees to marry and bed him for a night in exchange for freedom from her domineering father and an escape from marriage to a despised man twice her age. While Nicholas cannot force love from his reluctant bride, he uses raw and fiery passion to knock off her defenses and slowly binds her to him in love. Sex burns the pages of this romantic book. It is tastefully done and reflects the excellent sensual writing skills of Nicole Jordan. I love sensuality in my romance books and Nicole Jordan will definitely satisfy romance readers with this intensely seductive book of wicked carnal pleasures and undeniable love.....
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Summary: This author could be so great
Review: It's heartening to see other reviewers who share my feelings that this once great author is starting to decline. I really look forward to Nicole Jordan books because she's one of the very few authors who combine very high eroticism with truly gifted writing. But I'm afraid she's going the way of many authors who once reaching a critical mass of popularity start churning out books that seemed to be strangely toneless. Writers like Bertrice Small are explicit in a detached way with shallow and formulaic dialogues, and Thea Devine writes stories with baffling characters and sexual talk that is just too much to be believed. Because Nicole Jordan's stories are so fine and her love scenes so erotic, I was excited to think that she may do that which is too rare - great, great writing and high, high eroticism. Alas, I'm disappointed to report that the former has suffered at the expense of the latter. If Nicole Jordan can combine the explicitness of her recent works with the depth and richness of her older ones like The Heartbreaker, and The Outlaw, I cannot think of another author that could top her. It used to be that I couldn't wait for this author's new works and I would snap it up the moment it was available, but I think the next time I can make myself wait to check out the Zshops for used ones.
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Summary: Passion? Sure. Love, not so much.
Review: Lady Aurora Demming hasn't been lucky in love. First she loses her beloved lifelong fiancé, then her father betroths her to a cold man twice her age. It's not surprising that she's willing to take any chance that comes her way to avoid the match her father made, so she's decided to visit her cousin in the West Indies to avoid the marriage for a little longer. Nicholas Sabine is an American shipping magnate who is caught behind enemy lines during the War of 1812. Because he's defended his ships when the British attacked him, he is labeled a pirate and sentenced to hang. He was behind enemy lines for a good reason, to bring his sister home with him, and despite being sentenced to death is most worried about finding a way to take care of her when he's killed. With an idea you would only find in a romance novel (and probably already have), on the eve of his execution Nicholas asks Lady Aurora to be his wife. He'll leave her a great deal of money if she'll find and take care of his little sister for him, and for Aurora it means she doesn't have to marry the man her father's chosen. Oh, one last thing, she has to agree to consummate the marriage so no one can say it isn't legal. So they marry, consummate, he lets her think he's dead. She finds his sister, heads back to England, mourning the husband who made her "feel things" on her wedding night. He escapes, heads to England to find her. She's shocked that he's alive and doesn't know if she wants to be married to him now that he's back. After a bunch of bedroom scenes her "dead" fiancé shows back up. You can probably imagine how it goes from there. In a historical sense, there's a lot wrong with "The Passion"; actually in any sense there's a lot wrong with it. Aurora seems to care about what society thinks and yet she willing marries a condemned American pirate. Her cousin offers her another way out of her unwanted marriage, but she doesn't take it and instead marries a criminal. Then, when said criminal shows back up, she's not sure she wants him for flimsy reasons about the fact that he's a rake and her not being sure of him, or what people would think. Honestly, her reasons for not wanting to be with him are nonsensical and just an excuse to keep the story going an extra two hundred pages. She's an English noblewoman, who is legally married in the early nineteenth century-she's not going to find some magic way out of it. Before I let on that the book is totally past redemption, I do have to say that I like Nicholas. Obviously, I think the heroine is totally unworthy of him. I'm never really certain that either of them are in love, despite what they say, but he seems committed to giving her the benefit of the doubt and still wants her even after she rejects him about a hundred times. There's something noble about most of his actions. In fact, he's the only reason I kept reading the book after about page 100. I skimmed every scene he wasn't in past that point. I give "The Passion" two stars. It's really not very readable, and the hero is the only thing saving it from being a total disaster. Oh, and the love scenes? I didn't see anything special. There were a lot of them, to be sure, but nothing earth shattering. If you want to see this story done right, I'd read Kathleen E. Woodiwiss's "Shana". This was my first Nicole Jordan and probably my last, so I have nothing else of hers to recommend in its place.
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Summary: Passion? Sure. Love, not so much.
Review: Lady Aurora Demming hasn't been lucky in love. First she loses her beloved lifelong fiancé, then her father betroths her to a cold man twice her age. It's not surprising that she's willing to take any chance that comes her way to avoid the match her father made, so she's decided to visit her cousin in the West Indies to avoid the marriage for a little longer. Nicholas Sabine is an American shipping magnate who is caught behind enemy lines during the War of 1812. Because he's defended his ships when the British attacked him, he is labeled a pirate and sentenced to hang. He was behind enemy lines for a good reason, to bring his sister home with him, and despite being sentenced to death is most worried about finding a way to take care of her when he's killed. With an idea you would only find in a romance novel (and probably already have), on the eve of his execution Nicholas asks Lady Aurora to be his wife. He'll leave her a great deal of money if she'll find and take care of his little sister for him, and for Aurora it means she doesn't have to marry the man her father's chosen. Oh, one last thing, she has to agree to consummate the marriage so no one can say it isn't legal. So they marry, consummate, he lets her think he's dead. She finds his sister, heads back to England, mourning the husband who made her "feel things" on her wedding night. He escapes, heads to England to find her. She's shocked that he's alive and doesn't know if she wants to be married to him now that he's back. After a bunch of bedroom scenes her "dead" fiancé shows back up. You can probably imagine how it goes from there. In a historical sense, there's a lot wrong with "The Passion"; actually in any sense there's a lot wrong with it. Aurora seems to care about what society thinks and yet she willing marries a condemned American pirate. Her cousin offers her another way out of her unwanted marriage, but she doesn't take it and instead marries a criminal. Then, when said criminal shows back up, she's not sure she wants him for flimsy reasons about the fact that he's a rake and her not being sure of him, or what people would think. Honestly, her reasons for not wanting to be with him are nonsensical and just an excuse to keep the story going an extra two hundred pages. She's an English noblewoman, who is legally married in the early nineteenth century-she's not going to find some magic way out of it. Before I let on that the book is totally past redemption, I do have to say that I like Nicholas. Obviously, I think the heroine is totally unworthy of him. I'm never really certain that either of them are in love, despite what they say, but he seems committed to giving her the benefit of the doubt and still wants her even after she rejects him about a hundred times. There's something noble about most of his actions. In fact, he's the only reason I kept reading the book after about page 100. I skimmed every scene he wasn't in past that point. I give "The Passion" two stars. It's really not very readable, and the hero is the only thing saving it from being a total disaster. Oh, and the love scenes? I didn't see anything special. There were a lot of them, to be sure, but nothing earth shattering. If you want to see this story done right, I'd read Kathleen E. Woodiwiss's "Shana". This was my first Nicole Jordan and probably my last, so I have nothing else of hers to recommend in its place.
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Summary: Unusual to say the least ....
Review: Lady Aurora Demming marries Nicholas Sabine (our main man) on the eve of his imminent death: hanging to be precise. After the pre-requisite wedding night, Lady A never expects to set eyes on her deceased husband .... but boy is she wrong. Nicholas, Lady A's current husband, is thrown in the mix with an ex love/beau of Lady A, and all hell breaks loose ... so to speak. A story unfolds that is sweet, very sensual but also frustrating: frustrating because I am not fond of romance novels that pit hero against heroine in respect of affection and attraction for each other ... I find this rather frustrating. Overall, a very affecting novel (quite steamy sex scenes), interesting and worth a read.
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Summary: Very good book for erotic romance.
Review: Loved this book. Have read it over and over again. Ms. Jordan has a way of putting into writing a love story that echos many a woman's fantasy. Yes, all her books I have read so far end with the good guy winning out and capturing the woman's heart but hey, isn't that what a good romance is all about? The descriptive romance scenes are written in very good taste, neither over-written nor under-written.
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Summary: TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONER!!
Review: Nicholas and Aurora are certainly suited for eachother, it seems like all they think about is sex..of course the name of the book is The Passion, so what else would the book be about??? The story is very well written, and even the love scenes do not leave alot to be desired, if you get my meaning. The only part of the book that bothered me was Aurora's constant whineing about her long lost love, Gregory. She thought of him so much I was beginning to wonder if Nicholas was Gregory pretending to be Nicholas! I also was finding myself actually feeling sorry for Nicholas for being saddled with a wimp who couldn't make up her mind about which man she was going to love.. Aside from that, I did enjoy this book, enough to give it five stars. You are never bored with the story and lets face it, Nicholas is quiet the hunk (But of course, would he be anything else???) Enjoyable read! Just be prepared to turn on the air-conditioning!!
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Summary: Nicole does it again! Wonderful
Review: Nicole Jordan has been an auto-buy for me since I bought and read THE HEART BREAKER. Collecting her backlist has been a joy. Now with THE PASSION she continue her Notorious series. I loved the beginning of the book when Lady Aurora steps in to stop the beating of a half naked prison, Nicholas. Before he is to be hung for treason they marry and have a very sensual wedding night. Lady Aurora is a very strong heroine that steps in to protect those she loves and cares about. Nicholas is a hero that knows what he wants and goes after her! I hope soon Nicole can finish her Rocky Mountain trilogy with Wolf's story but until then I will be waiting very impatiently for the next Notorious book.
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