Did it really have to take so long for them to have to admit their feelings for each other
How come no one pointed out that Kat KISSED her UNCLE! And there were times that I felt that he treated her as a little girl.
I hate how she was so blinded with revenge that she didnt see who he actually was, If only she had stopped to THINK, Once again, I broke my rule of not reading books in the first person narrative, and once again, I regret it, This book was unbelievably ridiculous, with the h acting like a bitch with perpetual PMS, the H acting all stoic, with the personality that'd be a great insomnia cure, until he suddenly loses it and decides to punish the h, first by seducing her rather forcefully, then with a spanking, a vengeful uncle who poses as a suitor and courts and kisses his niece unwitting on the h's part, as she has no idea who he is, a typical villain for the OM, a typical empty headed belle for the OW, and too much time wasted in misunderstandings, stubbornness and hiding true feelings behind a facade of indifference.
The only character I liked was the h's younger brother, Too bad Ms. rivers never wrote a book about him, when he grew up,
Do yourself a favor and skip this one,pages of nonstop fighting between the two main characters, but I have to admit I kind of loved it, Probably one of the most adorable dark romances I've ever read,
TW: nonconsent, graphic murder I'm supposed to rejoice that heroine's reputation is in tatters, which the hero helped in smearing, that he humiliated her in front of his high class almostfiancee, that he reluctantly proposed to her all the while deploring her unladylike ways, that he slapped her, called her a bitch, a charity case, a poor, destitute loser, that he didn't defend her when his snotty wouldbe fiancee and her Dragon of a mother insulted the heroine and treated her like trash, and on top of it all, he forced her to admit that she loved him first This is my second reading of the story so I must have liked it.
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Kathryn Durhams father draws the initials M, D. in the dirt and says “Tasajara” with his dying breath, This leads his daughter Kathryn to believe that the man who murdered her father is none other thanyr old Mace Donovan, owner of the neighboring ranch Tasajara, and a man who had offered to buy their land on numerous occasions.
With the murder of her father,yr old Kathryn is left to run the ranch, take care of her little brother, and pay her dreamer fathers numerous debts, Kathryn and Mace meet for the first time when he comes to pay his condolences and Kathryn aims a gun to his chest and accuses him of murder, thus begins the turbulant relationship between the two lead characters.
Mace valliantly attempts to erase her belief that he murdered his friend and her father as he does his best to keep Kathryn and her brother from starvation and losing their hold on the small acreage.
However Kathryn is stubborn, refuses to believe hes innocent, and makes poor ranch management decisions along the way, She begins to lose the ranch and her independence at the same time she begins to belive she is wrong about Mace, Both characters struggle with their growing feelings for one another, The big mystery is who is behind several other disasters that occur at the ranch and why was her father murdered,
The story is in first person, from Kathryns pointofview, It is well written, the characters are fairly well developed and one gets a good feel for the other characters through her eyes, I felt the enemy was too easy to spot and was dissapointed in the development of his character, It was too easy to figure out he was the 'bad guy', I liked the intense interactions between Mace and Kat as Mace calls her, They are at each others throats for most of the book, The tension sexual and other wise was so thick you could cut it with a knife, The book is quite chaste until you are close to the end, in fact aboutpages from the end, At this encounter all 'hell' breaks loose it is steamy, explosive, somewhat violent and telling about them both, Mace is the ultimate male sexual hero, physical, demanding, controlled, powerful in all ways not only sexually, Of course power in a man is very drawing to females, I would recommend this the interactions between the two makes it worth it even if cheesy and predictable in parts, Of course, aren't all romance novels predictable IN THE HARSH LAND OF THE CALIFORNIA SIERRAS, A WILD LOVE STRUGGLES TO BE BORN,
Kathryn
Durham was familiar with hardshipraising her younger brother, Jeremy, without a mother keeping house for her father, But Katie loved their homestead, adored her family, Then one day, her father is fatally shot, the only clue to his murderer the initials her drew on the dirt before dying M D,
Mace Donovan: the man who had offered to buy up the Durham spread, The man with muscles that rippled like a stallion in motion, and eyes as cold and as fierce as a puma's, Mace Donovan: virile, powerful, wealthyand a murderer,
Determined to avenge her father's death, Kathryn is thwarted at every turn by this man who makes her churn with rage and tremble with emotions she is helpless to stop.
Like two wildcats, they claw at each other, tempers as brutal as the land they live on, She is a shrew and he intends to tame her, He is a killer, and she wants him to hang,
Only when Jeremy becomes a pawn in a deadly game does Kathryn finally admit her deep love for Mace Donovana love that may have come to late to share.
Really only giving itbecause I adore Francine Rivers but this book was so corny and cheesy and predictable, I was embarrassed many times as I read it on how silly it was, It was entertaining to say the least, : A kind of The taming of the shrew set in the California Sierras
Una especie de La fierecilla domada ambientada en las Sierras de California, this is from her romance days so a little racy in parts, What the hell is this rapey nonsense! First we gopages without a kiss, and then FINALLY, when Mace kisses her, she is fighting to get away hes literally got her hair wrapped around his hand and is HURTING her and shes saying “no.
” I dont care that after that first kiss, she was like “oooo, I like this now, ”
Also, HER UNCLE! SHE KISSED HER UNCLE! Multiple times,
Well. I was curious as to what Francine Rivers romance novels were like, Most boring book ever. No tension between H/h, DisappointingKathryn Durhams father draws the initials M, D. in the dirt and says “Tasajara” with his dying breath, This leads Kathryn to believe that the man who murdered her father is none other thanyr old Mace Donovan, owner of the neighboring ranch Tasajara, and the man who had offered to buy their land.
With the murder of her father,yr old Kathryn is left to run the ranch, take care of her little brother, and pay her fathers debts, Kathryn and Mace meet for the first time when he comes to pay his condolences and Kathryn aims a gun to his heart and accuses him of murder, thus starting the rocky relationship between the two lead characters.
Mace tries to look after Kathryn and her brother, but she is stubborn, refuses to believe hes innocent, and makes some stupid decisions along the way, She slowly starts to come around about Mace and both characters struggle with their emotions for one another, The big mystery is who is behind several other disasters that occur at the ranch and why was her father murdered,
The story is in first person, from Kathryns pointofview, It is very well written, so you get a great feel for the thoughts/feelings of other characters, What I liked most was that so much of story focuses on the intense interactions between Mace and Kat as Mace calls her, They are at each others throats for most of the book, You could cut the sexual tension between them with a knife! They do not even kiss until pageout of, and then “everything else” immediately follows its an explosive scene of mild violence, passion, tenderness, and then heartbreak.
Mace is like a sexonastick alpha/cowboy/rancher read the story, if just for him,
New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers continues to win both industry acclaim and reader loyalty around the globe, Her numerous bestsellers include Redeeming Love, A Voice in the Wind, and Bridge to Haven, and her work has been translated into than thirty different languages, She is a member of Romance Writers of Americas coveted Hall of Fame as well as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Christian Fiction Writers ACFW.
sitelink www. francinerivers. com sitelink www. facebook. com/FrancineRivers Twitter: FrancineRivers New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers continues to win both industry acclaim and reader loyalty around the globe, Her numerous bestsellers include Redeeming Love, A Voice in the Wind, and Bridge to Haven, and her work has been translated into than thirty different languages, She is a member of Romance Writers of America's coveted Hall of Fame as well as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Christian Fiction Writers ACFW.
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