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Title: Dangerous Affair by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0-373-21877-X Publisher: Silhouette Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Call the Hotline! Rape and Sexual Abuse as Romance?
Comment: I'm a big fan of Jayne Ann Krentz - in all her incarnations and noms de plume - but after reading this book I'm not sure I ever want to see another of her works. The first story is absolutely sickening. The "hero" is a total creep who first sexually harasses then rapes the female protagonist. I stopped reading there so I have no idea how Ms. Krentz justifies a relationship after that. I thought we stopped thinking of rape as romance decades ago! Ms. Krentz owes us all a public apology - and a HUGE donation to a women's shelter for perpetuating this myth that rape is a product of uncontrollable desire and overwhelming love. Save your money - and write her publisher!
Rating: 1
Summary: PeeYew!
Comment: I can't believe this is a JAK offering. Even in the 80's, women didn't put up with this kind of stuff. Reading "Dangerous Magic" was like watching a terrible accident. You know it's happening and there's nothing you can do to stop it. But you watch anyway.
Good grief! This has sexual harrassment, verbal abuse, physical abuse, one point of view (hers)and other icky stuff. Not one single romantic or sexy thing about it.
Wade is nobody's idea of a hero. And Elissa lost me when she didn't quit when she was accused of sleeping her way to the top. Then, she should have filed a big time lawsuit again her boss and the company.
This book isn't even going to the used book store. It gives romance novels a bad name. Not to mention a bad tase.
I don't know if Ms. Krentz/Quick/Castle is in a slump or what. I used to enjoy all her books. Now, I really hesitate to plunk down good money for them. Her editors are doing her no service by re-issuing stories like the 2 contained in this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Better than I expected
Comment: Although JAK is one of my very favorite authors, I almost didn't get this book because of the reviews. However, since JAK has never let me down, I went ahead. Yes, the 2 stories are not her best, but I still found them engaging- I read the whole book in basically one sitting. They were not quite a humorous as some of her others, but they moved at a brisk pace. I found Dangerous Magic facinating as it seemed to foretell JAK's own other word stories, as well as bits and pieces of some of her other contemporary. Although Wade was unbelievably overbearing, he had a reason; and Elissa was certainly not your average, everyday woman. Affair of Honor seemed to be pretty typical - Ryder had a bit of haunting past, and Brenna certainly was dealing with her own issues. JAK's familiarity with academic environment was evident in this story. Personally, I loved the not too obvious psychological insights, the frank way the guys went after what they wanted, and how the women held their own.
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Title: After Glow by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0515136948 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 24 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0399150730 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Private Eye by Jayne Ann Krentz, Dani Sinclair, Julie Miller ISBN: 0373835981 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick ISBN: 0399151745 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Key of Valor (Roberts, Nora. Key Trilogy, 3.) by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0515136530 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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