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Title: Tempted by Pamela Britton ISBN: 0-446-61130-1 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Author!
Comment: I'm back on Amazon to write my second review ever and once again it's for a Pamela Britton book. I discovered this author by accident and all I can say is THANK GOODNESS. If you, like me, have become tired of some of the "tried and true" romance authors out there, try Pamela Britton. If you, like me, like to laugh out loud and then cry, try Pamela Britton.
Tempted is a book that held me from the first page. Mary is a heroine who will make you laugh. When she arrives at the hero's doorstep, you'll wonder how two people from such different worlds could ever get together. But that's the fun of the story. Watching Mary captivate Alex was some of the best story telling I've read in recent years. Wow. I am sincerely impressed.
Scandal is next and I can't wait!!
By the way, I noticed that one reviewer said the book "fizzles." I don't know how much merrit you should put in a reviewer who reads all five of an authors books when she clearly doesn't like her work only to come to Amazon to say nasty things. Seems supicious to me.
Rating: 5
Summary: Run and Buy, Promptly!
Comment: Anybody who is a fan of romance novels, particularly Regencies really should try it out. The characters are so well-written that they do feel like friends you've known forever, you care about them and become completely wrapped up in their world. Britton's use of different dialects was *stunning* (and for that alone, makes the book worth its weight in gold). Britton is funny as hell, but proves her mettle as an author by exploring the characters flaws and psyche, resulting in some really heart-breaking moments.
What is especially well-done is that Britton really pushes the traditional boundaries of the genre.... It's everything you want and love in a romance, but not staid and routine. The characters and plot become so much more developed, and are so deftly handled, I'd give this book 6 stars if I could. It's going up on the bookshelf of "favorites" for me (and I'm picky about what goes on that particular shelf).
While reading this, I became particularly enamored of the cousin, the very wicked but sensual Rein is apparently getting his own book. I, for one, cannot wait!!
I haven't read Britton's other books, but am ordering them pronto.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unconvincing story but fun read
Comment: Very funny with an unusual heroine and plenty of atmosphere. My reason for not rating it at 5 stars is primarily it's unbelieveable premise and resolution. The heir to a dukedom marrying a trick horse rider? Sure. Nevertheless, Alex's totally priggishness matched with Mary's say-and-do-anything openness is ready-made for laughs galore. Britton's earthy sense of humor gets a real workout here. Still Britton manages some poignancy with Mary's feelings of inadequacy.
The other area of discord (apart from the unlikeliness of the pairing and the unbelieveableness of Alex's willingness to give up everything, including any sort of livelihood, for her) is Alex's daughter; she serves merely as a way to get Mary into, and back into, Alex's life. The brat has no other usefulness.
If I could give 3 & 1/2 stars, I would. But Britton's LOL humor and unusual heroine force me into giving this book 4 stars.
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Title: Married to the Viscount by Sabrina Jeffries ISBN: 0060092149 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Affair Most Wicked, An by Julianne MacLean ISBN: 0060527056 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 27 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Accidental Duchess by Jessica Benson ISBN: 0743463862 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Deal With the Devil by Liz Carlyle ISBN: 0743470036 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Impostor : The Liar's Club by Celeste Bradley ISBN: 0312984863 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 19 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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