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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Such a great romance! which follows a back-to-front path. I didn't know what to write so I reversed my usual process and read the reviews below. Everyone makes good points, like the miscommunication by intelligent forthright heroes seems overdone as a plot ploy. And the contemporary feel of it - her rebellion against being treated as a possession, and he didn't seem to have the ability to fathom this! I generally enjoy Balogh's writing. This one relied extremely heavily on poor character communication though. At every turn the characters have an opportunity to hit it off and live HEA, but then one will say something that could be misconstrued to be insulting or something and the other one will choose to hide their feelings and say the opposite of what they really feel. On repeat. Throughout the entire book. It makes me want to shake my fist in the air and scream 'could you not just have one conversation where you just lay your cards on the table? Or ask the other to clarify the thing they said before you take offense?' *Sigh* I'll read the next in the series and hopefully they'll have a better hurdle to overcome! Wow this was a harder read than I thought it was going to be, and I’m not sure if the hero redeemed himself for being pretty wretched to the heroine. It’s fascinating that Balogh wrote this over twenty years ago, yet it’s especially relevant today in the time of #metoo and rape culture. I loved Catherine though as well as her dog Toby (my dog is Toby too!), and I hope that Rex gives her the HEA she so deserves.
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HTML:From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the first novel in the Horsemen trilogy, a scandalous romance of yearning passion and dangerous desires... In the country visiting his twin brother, Viscount Rawleigh longs for a little diversion and beautiful young widow Catherine Winters seems like easy prey. But Rexâ??s target is a lady of virtue, and when she roundly rejects his improper proposal to become his mistress, Rex finds himself faced with a delectable challenge. Catherine knows she must fight the indecent feelings the Viscount arouses within herâ??feelings that bring to life a past she had sought to escapeâ??even as the handsome lord refuses to relent in his amorous attentions. But even though she knows one kiss could bring her to ruin, temptation proves an insurmountable foeâ??and Catherine can not ignore the beating of her treachero No library descriptions found. |
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In the "Me Too" era, this story feels a little dated, but it still has some lessons for today. Rex respects a 'no' but also keeps asking which feels uncomfortable. Yet, the attraction between them is real. It's the gossipy neighbors who bring the situation to a head despite only a few kisses actually happening.
As always, Ms. Balogh writes beautifully with characters who come across as real people. I'm happy that her older books are now becoming available as the Horsemen Trilogy is one I've wanted to read for a while. ( )