In Your Arms

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Summary: Not in My Arms
Review: I read this book as a way to give Rosamary Rogers a second chance. This is the second of her books I have read and will be the last. First of all someone must not have read the book before they did the art work on the inside cover. First of all the western/Montana scene and dress depicted is not at all what it looks like in New Orleans or Regency England. Ok now to the book. I felt there was too many story lines happening at once, quite frankly i see no reason why the story needed to return to the US. There is really no conclusion where are hero relealizes how he has wronged Amie our heroine, no he just climbs back into her bed yet again and she welcomes him.
Holt, our hero treats her like garbage on more then one occasion then ruins her more then once, but never appologizes, heck she never even gets to explain.
I felt completely unsatisfied and by the end really couldn't have cared less.

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Summary: Not her best work
Review: I thought that the story line was good in the beginning but then it became to historical and not enough romance. I felt that the way the main characters were always so cruel and mean to each other to be very tiresome. The references to history were too long and too many, I found myself skipping through them after a while. The book kept me interested only because I kept hoping that the cruelity would soon end and they would pronounce their love for one another. The ending was the biggest dissapointment however, it too many unanswered questions about everything and I like to read books that tie up loose ends. This book could use a sequel to help with all the unanswered questions. This is not like any of her other books that I have read.

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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I'm an avid reader of romance novels and I must say this is the first time I hated the lead male throughout the entire book. Can't say the lead female was any better. I have read Rogers' books in the past and was looking forward to reading this one. I even ordered this in advance -- big mistake. Towards the end of the book when I usually can't seem to get enough of a really good romance novel, I found myself skimming over some very insignifant and boring paragraphs. Did not mind at all when I finally finished it.

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Summary: Was this written by Rosemary Rogers?
Review: I, too, eagerly await new RR novels for the thrill of the developed characters who start at opposite ends and eventually meet each other in the middle, after great angst and misunderstandings, of course. We all know that the novel will end in "happily ever after", but it's the journey inbetween that captures us. My reaction to "In Your Arms" and the story of Amalie and Holt was lukewarm at best. The story seemed hollow and too programmatic with characters not fleshed out. I had more interest in discovering the story behind Grandmamma than I did the main characters. I also had the distinct impression that the book wasn't really written by Rosemary Rogers, who's stories and characters I have enjoyed since "The Wildest Heart" and the Steve and Ginny series. "In Your Arms" is definitely not up to Rosemary Rogers' usual standards and I regret that I picked it up looking for a good read.

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Summary: In Your Arms
Review: Ms Rogers the "Queen of Romance" definitely fell off the throne with this story. I was so disappointed by the lack of passionate, intrigue, and interesting characters that usually populate Ms. Rogers stories that I want my money back. Unlike previous heroes and heroines Amalie and Holt are dull and flat. The only semi-interesting character Kit Silver is left hanging. Plot development lacked imagination and the characters are cardboard. If you want to read a good romance book try some of Ms. Rogers earlier stories like Sweet Savage Love, at least you won't be wasting your money.

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Summary: In Your Arms
Review: Ms Rogers the "Queen of Romance" definitely fell off the throne with this story. I was so disappointed by the lack of passionate, intrigue, and interesting characters that usually populate Ms. Rogers stories that I want my money back. Unlike previous heroes and heroines Amalie and Holt are dull and flat. The only semi-interesting character Kit Silver is left hanging. Plot development lacked imagination and the characters are cardboard. If you want to read a good romance book try some of Ms. Rogers earlier stories like Sweet Savage Love, at least you won't be wasting your money.

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Summary: Great Rogers flavor
Review: Reading Rosemary Rogers is like ordering your favorite pizza--you know what to expect and are rarely disappointed. Maybe some of the other readers are new to Rogers, or maybe they expected her to change her entire formula. But if she did, would she be Rosemary Rogers? This book has it all, from larger-than-life hero to strong heroine. While it's not as good as most of the other Rogers books, I found it better than most of the other romance novels out these days. At least there was a plot, strong historical flavor, and believable characters. I think the only way Ms Rogers has changed is to tone down the sexual promiscuity so prevalent in her earlier books. Maybe that's a sign of the times, but she certainly retains the tone she set in her first books, altering it only slightly to fit into today's expectations of romance novels. As I said, this isn't my favorite book by her, but it certainly doesn't deserve to be blasted because she gives us what we expect when we buy her books. Any of these other readers read Johnson or Henley lately? Talk about porn! And very little plot to go with the ample helping of sexual situations. Yes, I'll stick with Rogers, and hope that I love her next book as much as I love Wildest Heart and Sweet Savage Love....

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Summary: Better than many of the reviews, I felt!
Review: Rogers often has male heroes that kind of border on cruel and abusive - I guess if one likes that more dark, brooding male then Rogers books are for you. And yes, I often like that sort of male - Deverelle is sometime almost abusive in his treatment of Aimelle - but he is very confused about so many things in his life and has this real concern of people taking advantage of himself and his grandmother. There is an attraction between these two from the very beginning - Rogers makes you feel it - there is just so much to get settled before they can be together. Actually I thought this was the problem with the book the historical parts were way to confusing and kind of bogged down the romance. And the end was a bit hurried - there was so much time spent in some parts and when they finally get together it was just rushed. I have always loved Rosemary Rogers books - the Steve and Ginny books were my first reads in historical romance and while this in no way compares - it is better than many books that are written today and any Rogers book is better than most!

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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: Rosemary Rogers was definitely in a hurry on this one. I am not even sure if the book was about Amalie Courtland and the Earl of Deverell. Except for the steamy love scenes, I am not sure at what time the two developed a relationship. I thought that she might let Amalie's brother spin off into a second novel, but instead his abbreviated story is written into this novel too.

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Summary: Was she in a hurry?
Review: This book was decent. But then again, I have not read a romance novel in three months and I was starving for one. Though her books are typically rough and rather tawdry, they are always good. I have been a fan of hers for a long time. However, this book seems rushed and the characters are not completely developed. Frankly I enjoyed the fact that Amalie was not the prettiest woman in the world, as most of RR's women are- and I also liked the fact that she wasnt as hard and jaded as most of RR's heroines. Yet there was something missing in the story- and it wasn't the sensuous dancing of the heroine, which was there as usual. I liked Amalie and Holt, but Rosemary Rogers did not do them justice because she did not go to any lengths to make this story a good one.