A typical old Harlequin, laden with local color and sexism. Since the author is Karen van der Zee, the West African local color is very well done, albeit sometimes uncomfortable for modern readers. It was also interesting to read an old HP with a social conscience. Even van der Zee's good writing co...
Rating 3.5The heroine in this book angered me, infuriated me but all the while she made me feel for her, her pain and abandonment issues were so great that even when she fell in love with the hero, she just couldn't grasp it and believe it and instead did everything in her power to drive him away on...
Nothing wrong with this, just not what I was in the mood for.
4.5 stars
4.5 stars. Karen van der Zee was really one of a kind; I can't imagine another writer of Harlequin Presents creating a heroine who declares that her name "sounds like the name of a toilet bowl cleaner."There's a lot of humor in this story that nicely balances how very sad it is. Sanny Joy Copeland ...
4.5 stars
This was a nailbiter. I had to put it down for a few hours in the middle and run errands, and it just about killed me. This is one of very few romance I’ve read that really had me on tenterhooks about whether there could actually somehow be a happy ending. Unfortunately, the suspense never really ...
4.75...Can't believe that something written such a long time ago could trump modern tales with such a huge margin. i did have some slight issues which included the hero's pursuance of the heroine. i think for me pride would get in the way....which i guess tells me that i need to let go a little in t...
3.5Too much coming-together-no-we're-not for me. Still, a mature emotional read
As is often true of this author, this is a very atypical Harlequin Presents, not at all what you expect if you only read their most recent books. The hero and heroine fall deeply in love, but their relationship flounders because he wants commitment and she's too distraught to tell him she won't com...
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