Shanna (1977)

by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

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Bluerabella | Apr 1, 2013 |

This was my very first Woodiwiss novel and I was hooked after it. Absolutely loved it! Shared it with my girlfriends who also loved it. (

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Wendy_Nettles | Nov 20, 2012 |

I know it's cheesy but I really liked Ruark - even though Shanna was a bit TSTL. I have fond memories of reading this one when I was about 13. (

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Kaetrin | Aug 13, 2012 |

One of my all time favorites........ (

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Heav | Jan 18, 2012 |

I love this book. I actually own two because I have read it so often, one is almost unreadable. I enjoyed both the characters and their adventures. (

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AAR Top 100 Romances (199872|Most Recent Rank [7-way tie] 1998, 28)

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Is dit het gruwlijk drakenbeest, Zo koud van hart en sterk gepeesd, Nooit en te nimmer moe geweest, Een strijbaar ros, alom gevreesd? Grijp dan een zadel snel en vlug, En span het om des monsters rug, Je moed zij grenzeloos en stug, Keer nimmer terug. Het beest is trouw en vliegt alom de aard, Je vindt je schatten, minder vaart, Je viert de teugels, 't doel is daar, Het beest bedaart. De slagtand lang, het scherpste oog dat nimmer zal versagen, nu niet gedraald, geen beter beest om mee te jagen. Maar nu is 't uit en jij zult niemand meer belagen

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Night gripped the city with cold, misty darkness.

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A pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison. In return for a night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing her with his name from an impending and abhorred arranged union. But in the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a solemn promise is broken, as a sensuous free spirit takes flight to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the stranger she married to face the gallows unfulfilled.

But Ruark Beauchamp's destiny is now eternally intertwined with that of the tempestuous, intoxicating Shanna. He will be free . . . and he will find her. For no iron ever forged can imprison his resolute passion. And no hangman's noose will deny Ruark the ecstasy that is rightfully his.

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When her wealthy father orders her to marry before she is twenty-one, beautiful Shanna Trahern, in desperation, marries a condemned prisoner.