Brenda Joyce (1) (1963–)

If it were possible to give negative stars, this book would've earned them in spades.

I bought this book...it's in a series I'm interested in reading...and so I tried. I tried to keep reading it. I even tried to stop taking it so seriously, in hopes that would ease the utter rage I felt turning page after page, but...no dice.

Even if the relationship between the hero and the heroine weren't outright abusive—and it is—I'd still have to contend with contrived plot devices and conveniently show more stupid characters mucking about for hundreds of pages, busy-busy-busy doing absolutely nothing.

This is an extraordinarily bad book. I refuse to waste any more time on it. show less

Time travel, magic, sexy Highland Warriors, strong modern women, action, suspense, good versus evil, steamy love scenes, tears, and even laughs--you'll find all of these and more in Brenda Joyce's amazing Master of Time/Rose Trilogy. Sounds like a perfect combination, right? Hell Yeah!

I loved her previous two books, and this one was no different! Aidan, Wolf of Awe, is one of the mysterious and very powerful Master of Times. Though he used to be a good, caring person, all of this changed show more when his father, an evil demon, killed his son and turned him to the dark side...or so it seems. But when his pain and suffering transcends centuries and thousands of miles, flooding Brianna Rose with the raw feelings, his life will change.. forever.

Despite the fact that everyone says there is no hope, that the Wolf of Awe is a soulless half-demon, much like his father, Brie refuses to believe this. Besides her crush on him, which is quickly escalating into something eerily similar to love, Brie can feel not only his 'evil' emotions but also the ones that hint towards his old self, both of which have given her hope that if she can only heal him, everything will be fine.

If only it was that easy, right? The journey to their happily-ever-after is very difficult and twisted, road blocks popping up all the time. But no worries-- along the way you will enjoy many other amazing scenes, conversations, laughs, and yes, even a few very lusty love scenes that will have you fanning yourself AND sighing at their love, which, though it is not two sided yet *This is before the 'happily-ever-after' part, remember?* and has it's bumps, is still lovely nonetheless. And the struggle between both father *Aidan* and son *Ian* is almost heart-breaking and very intense...In fact, until the very end, you, along with the characters in the book, are not even sure if the two will ever be reunited.... *Oops.. I've said too much. Sorry!*

5/5 STARS! A great story line, written by a wonderful author, and delivered flawlessly, Dark Embrace will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, and not only between Aidan and Brie-- you'll find yourself meeting old friends from the previous books and new ones that will have their own books soon enough. A delightful and delicious romance filled with paranormal and Highlanders galore! I can't wait until the next book! show less

Ugh. The hero left his new wife the morning after the wedding, and doesn't come back for 4 years. Strike 1, but I could live with it if the rest of the story goes well. Then he was unfaithful -- repeatedly, and without remorse -- a BIG strike two. Then he threatens her with more infidelity if she doesn't let him have her -- strike three. He didn't show any signs of being a good character after at least 100 pages, so I stopped reading it. Life's too short to read annoying books. Skipping book show more 2 in the series, too. show less

This is a medieval love triangle involving a masochistic, self-absorbed and completely deranged heiress, a hot blonde chick with a lazy eye who happens to be accused of witchcraft, and the biggest asshole that has ever lived....what's not to like???

I thought i would hate the book, I really did but I would up liking it at the end. Plus I finally got the perfect answer to why did they keep women virtuous in those days. They would keep them so ignorant that the poor girls just had no choice but show more to fall for the first guy they hook up with no matter how high does he score on the useless, pitiful excuse for a man scale.....

Alice treated her sister like shit all her life, and the things that she continued to do to her were just godamn wrong. Ciedre has the biggest pair of balls on a chick to go trough so much evil from everyone and her continuous suffering was even more wrong. Rolfe should have been castrated at birth but someone overlooked it and we got our anti-hero loverboy. Everything about him was wrong.....

This book had so much wrong layered in it, that at the end it made it right... I liked it.... It was so much better than expected and i just LOVE when that happens. :D show less