Devil's Embrace

First and foremost, the research and writing style is tight. Ms. Coulter has done her research in what was appropriate for the time period in regards to clothes, furnishings, and what not. The dialogue also flows well - I loved the arguments between Cassie and her kidnapper.

However, what keeps this novel from reaching a 5-star is the execution of the forced bride trope. Cassie keeps protesting, but is taken nonetheless, and of course experiences blinding pleasure! (sarcasm) No matter how many times she begged for modesty or to be left alone, he simply had to press on. And then later on she goes through an ordeal considerably worse than the one she had been through before, and the conclusion left me feeling rather unenthused. This kind show more of dark hero doesn't really work. Between the good writing style and fun dialogue, weighed down by the the whole 'now I love my kidnapper/abuser' Stockholm Syndrome thing, this book earns 2.5 stars at most. show less

No, thank you.
After the gang rape I kind of fast forward through reading this :/
It did start off kind of interestingly wild, childhood love, kidnapping, and drama lama but as it approached the half way point it started to drag and the last half just wasn't interesting. Our supposed hero Anthony doesn't really make an appearance, except to kidnap and then rape the heroine, he mostly hangs around waiting for the heroine to agree to marry him. Our heroine Cassie is 18-20yrs old in the story and is written fairly well, it's just that the only material she has is to react to men wanting to rape her and/or marry her. There wasn't even any wild fun shipwrecks or the heroine picking up a sword, although she does shoot hero at one point; it was show more lacking the wild kookiness dramatic flare that brings me back to these old bodice rippers.
This is best lost to the annuals of time. show less

Cassie and Anthony. The Devil books are probably the most well loved CC stories. While the setting is sort of unique, nothing else really is. Be prepared, it's typical 80s bodice ripper.

This is not the first book I couldn't finish. However, it holds the honor of being the only one I couldn't finish because reading it made me feel physically ill.

Devil... #1? Oh, god, this is a series?

První kniha Ďáblovy dilogie.

Cass je zamilovaná do Edwarda, tajně si s ním dopisuje a spřádá sny o budoucnosti. Její vychovatelka rázně rozhodne, že je čas najít pro Cass vhodného manžela, a dívka musí bojovat jako lvice, aby si právo na lásku uhájila. Už se zdá, že má vyhráno a její štěstí je na dosah, avšak při vyjížďce na moře ji unese na svou přepychovou jachtu hrabě z Clare. Odváží Cass daleko od domova s úmyslem vzít si ji za každou cenu.