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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780758212108
ISBN number: 0758212100
Label: Brava
Manufacturer: Brava
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: September 29, 2006
Publishing house: Brava
Sale Popularity Level: 251094
Studio: Brava
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This is kind of an odd book it is reminiscent of Louis L'Amour's Civil War and post westerns with some perils of Pauline thrown in but then you get to the bondage, Ds and erotic scenes which are well done.
The plot starts off very slow but finally gets started when Jessamine (Northern Sympathizer) figures out how to prevent Morgan (Southern Spy) from getting out with the information without turning him in and involving her terminally ill father, ingenious and sort of funny.
Inspire of a slow start and uneven plot the characters are compelling, the villains are good and the plot at least somewhat original.
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I wanted to like this book. It had a nice cover (albeit very modern in feel) and it was a Western. You know how they say authors should start with the action? I believe that wholeheartedly. The book should start with the action. It shouldn't pretend to start with the action with a two page teaser which then plunges into several hundred pages of backstory. It was Chapter 5 before we were back where we started in the opening two pages. And those very first four chapters were such snoozers that I can barely remember why I continued reading the book.
What did I learn in the backstory? That Morgan and Jessamyn were promised to each other. That Morgan betrayed Jessamyn's trust early on. That Jessamyn married someone else and had good sex with him but not great sex because really good sex ONLY comes with the hero. That Morgan got a taste for bondage on night with Jessamyn when she held him hostage. Ha ha ha ha. I am sorry, but that just seems ridiculous. I mean, maybe it is completely true but I felt it was used solely for the purpose of creating a plausible reason for Morgan to have perverse sex tastes.
It's perfectly fine for characters to have different sexual tastes. There doesn't need to be a reason for it. Saying that its because of x, y or z reason seems ridiculous to me. There's never any explanation for why characters like oral sex (i.e., their mother made them suck on their thumb for 3 days straight). Or why characters like to have sex in the shower (i.e., very first time they jacked off was in water). But whatever, that was the least of the problems in the book.
The plot was part search for gold and part dairy farming. Why do I say that? Because the heroine creamed so many times she should have been a cow. Was there no other word the author could have used? According to word search on my ebook reader, she used "cream" 18 times.
The villian was a cartoon. Let's not spend time creating a multi dimensional villian. Let's just think of all the evil, disgusting characteristics that a person could have and give that to the villian. (Spittle, impotence, cruelty, deviance, bad table manners). There's a ton, A TON, of telling in this book. Just because a character tells us something in dialogue, doesn't make it showing. That's still telling. Showing is having the character act in accordance with the traits the author is trying to imbue. I.e., if the author tells me the characters are being clever, show me that they are clever. Don't have them have this exchange which is completely devoid of cleverness:
Her husband pursed his lips (I think men should never purse their lips unless they are Carson Kressley), considering his general manager. "You can repay me at cost." He put his hand over his wife's.
"Cost plus-"
"Cost" william said flatly.
Morgan laughed. "Deal. I should have known better than to try to outwit you."
The hell? Not negotiating is "outwitting"?
There is so much sex in this book that there isn't much time for plot advancement or character development. In between the search for gold, we are treated to some stunningly awful sex scenes in which Morgan asserts his dominance over Jessamyn to pay her back for a) tying him to the bed so many years ago and b) for marrying his cousin and c) for actually having eyes that might accidently land on a man other than himself. The trouble with these books with all their sex scenes is that romance seems to be lost. Do Morgan and Jessamyn really love each other or do they just like a roll in the hay/dirt? I am guessing the latter.
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In 1863 as the War Between the States seems increasingly bleaker for the south, Confederacy Lieutenant Morgan Evans goes undercover in his hometown of Memphis. Though he thinks he has a solid masquerade, iron magnolia Jessamyn Tyler finds her childhood friend's behavior odd and assumes he is spying. She captures him more to keep him safe than any other reason, ties him to her bed, and though she knows better ends up making love with her imprisoned pal. Afterward humiliated with how she controlled and seduced him in and out of bed before dumping him, he vows one day to make her beg with desire and need.
Years later in 1872 Colorado, Jessamyn accompanies her spouse Cyrus Evans, Morgan's cousin, when he finally catches up with the woman who has haunted him since she took him during the Civil War. Though he is attracted to her and feels he owes her, Morgan would do nothing to hurt Cyrus so his vow is an empty pledge. That is until his cousin is killed and Morgan pleads with him to help her find hidden family gold.
This is an exhilarating torrid Reconstruction Era romance with a bit of late action (the treasure hunt). The story line is fast-paced in both 1863 and 1872 especially when the gender war between Morgan and Jessamyn occurs. The lead couple will enjoy their battles as he is a solid southern gentleman with an agenda when it comes to her and she believes he is THE SOUTHERN DEVIL she must avoid.
Harriet Klausner
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