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turbulent story of an English beauty sold at auction like a slave who scandalized the New World by enslaving her masters,
Marietta was a woman wronged raped by her employer, charged with theft by her jealous mistress, and shipped to the Colonies to serve fourteen years as bound servant to the man who bid highest.
But Marietta was beautiful, educated and resilient, with a provocative body meant for love, and she was determined to prevail,
Over the handsome, silent planter who bought her to be his housekeeper, Over the dashing entrepreneur who supplied girls to the New Orleans red light district, Over the wealthy sadist who used her in his madness,
She would conquer them all if she could subdue the hot, unruly passions of her heart, Great description of clothes is what I remember from this book, particularly a dress made of fabric coloured like an opal, Also there a paddlewheeler ride to Natchez, I know I loved this book as I kept it for years, A New York Times bestseller, I read this when I was in High School, I don't like romance as a genre, but this book was a good read at the time, I gave it four for nostalgia sake, This book is written in first person,which I love! the narrative is excellent, it really takes you along with the heroine, it makes you feel, hate, love with her, . .
I really hate Derek, GUYS!!!!!!
This book is onlycents in the Kindle store today! I was originally recommended this book because I wanted to read a bodice ripper that a man had wrote.
Though I would not consider this book a bodice ripper, it was filled with adventure none the less, Tom E. Huff never keeps his readers board as he moves onto place to place with our heroine, I nearly finished this book in one sitting, If you are looking for a book filled with adventure, then I would recommend "Love's Tender Fury" Not as good as the sequel,
I read this book after reading Love Me Marietta, bookof the trilogy, I was disappointed, mainly because I can't stand Derek! He's such a jerk to Marietta from the very moment they meet, How a strong, confident heroine would fall for him I have no idea! But, he's only in story for brief snippets, There's a lot of other things going on that make this an enjoyable readeven if Marietta has abysmal taste in men! One of my personal favorite love stories.
The heroine in this novel doesn't let any circumstance hold her down, The passion between Marietta and Derek is what really makes this story, A book worth rereading. I have to say I did not love this book, Yes, it was full of angst something I normally do love but it was one thing after another, I did not get Marietta and Derek, He was the biggest insert foul name here I have ever read about, Marietta was likeable just for the fact for MOST of the book she wasn't a simpering idiot making bad decisions,
!Spoilerish Talk!
Blackmailing her employer in the beginning and going back to Derek off and on, not withstanding,
The book was VERY descriptive, We had to read about every dress and every hairstyle Marietta wore and all about the landscapes travelled and on and on, I did skim over alot of it,
Overall, I mildy enjoyed it and glad I read it just because it is one of the ultimate bodicerippers, Just adored this book. A hardtoputdowner! If you like historical fiction, you've got to read this one, I read this many years ago and I am going to order it and read it again, This one I'd like to have in my library, A box of books was given to me and this one was among them, I was hesitant to read it because it was so old copyrightI believe but the preview on the back had me curious so I gave it a whirl and ended up LOVING it.
It's not one of those hot and steamy or even sexually graphic considering it contained rape but the storyline made up for the lack of passion that wasn't conveyed.
The storyline drew me in, it was intense, dramatic, suspensful, and full of drama, Very captivating. I also enjoyed the story being written in first person, It made it all seem more personal as you were reading, So as not to spoil anything for those intending to give this book I try I won't give my opinion on any characters or circumstances.
All I will say however is in a way it drove me crazy that she never once ended up pregnant after all those years of unprotected sex or at least I assumed was unprotected as no forms of preventative measures were ever mentioned.
I really expected her too, kept waiting but no she never did, I really think that could have put a whole new and interesting twist on a few parts in that book, Loves Tender Fury is a bodice ripper set in the US, I avoid romances set in the US like the plague but I had to read this because its reputation precedes itself, Also, it was the rare bodice ripper available on Kindle so my hands were essentially tied here, However, I wouldn't recommend reading this or really at all, if you are trying to find a bodice ripper, as there are many more to enjoy from first.
I enjoyed it even though it took me a few months to get into it, At first, I found knowing the author was a man hard to forget while I was reading it, Loves Tender Fury is narrated from Mariettas POV and she would often comment on her beauty and acknowledge her resolve to use her beauty/body to manipulate men.
Im not used to heroines who know that they are beautiful and will use their beauty to get what they want from men, Most heroines dont think or know they are beautiful and most heroines have low selfesteem issues, I also have an issue with that but while I liked that Marietta could be objective about how she presented herself to the world, I wasnt so sure how I felt about the constant theming of “I am now a fallen woman so I will use my body even if men are
nice to me” schtick.
Something about it felt off, even though I have read romances where the women are practical, economical, But hey at least she wasnt beating herself up for simply breathing,
I also didnt love Hawke, He had the drama, the tension, the back story but I felt cheated out of a good grovel by him, Hawke treated Marietta pretty terribly and he never redeemed himself aside from showing up and conveniently rescuing Marietta in the end, which is great and all, but I want that grovel scene! Instead, Hawke basically admitted he tried to forget about her but he couldnt so now he was getting her back in the most clinical and dry terms.
I felt bored on his behalf while reading his confession, Personally I liked Jeff Rawlings the best after he .
Love's Tender Fury starts in a London household before moving swiftly to the South and then to New Orleans and finally Natchez, a town populated by colonials loyal to Britain and not wanting to get into politics.
Surprisingly, I got into the plantation story, The author did a good job in terms of teasing out Hawke's backstory and also bringing the reader on the journey of the couple's eventual separation.
I enjoyed New Orleans but Natchez was probably the most exciting part for me, from start to end, I hated the journey from the South to New Orleans,
Loves Tender Fury is part of a trilogy that I will not be finishing, The major reason being that I did not feel any chemistry between Marietta and Hawke, and I also didn't enjoy reading a lot of it.
I read it because I saw that it had a reputation so I thought, why not,
I did read an excerpt from the second book and found out more or less what happens in the rest of the books, and Im honestly a little shooketh that .
stars. And that's being generous.
Oh man. What did I just read
First, let me say that I LOVE bodice ripper romances, And I 'thought' that's what this was supposed to be, MAAAYYYBE by the thinnest margin could it be called a romance, I call it a man's misogynistic jab at writing romance,
Heroine is a cold bitch, Hero is a total asshole once you finally figure out 'who' the hero is supposed to be, since the heroine isn't opposed to using sex with just about every man on the planet to get what she wants, not to mention how she has no fearful feelings toward sex after being raped/gangraped, repeatedly.
And considering that the H/h are separated for the majority of the book, there NO relationship development, At least not one worth buying into,
Ugh. I need to go scrub my brain now,
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