- Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday; 1st ed 1st printg edition (Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385471343
- ISBN-13: 978-0385471343
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,771,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The last goblet had, long before, been flung aside in toast and joined the brilliant display of broken crystal gracing the stone hearth. Read the first page
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I was completely appalled and abhored reading this book. In an introductory letter to the reader, Ms. Johnson writes that this story follows the tradition of romances of the past described as "bodice-rippers". The story was originally printed in 1978. This book is incorrectly labelled a "bodice-ripper"; bodice ripping is far to mild a description for this story.
The characters in this book are completely reprehensible. The hero treats the heroine wretchedly. He insults, ignores, domineers, and forces his attentions on her. At one point, he outright rapes her. The "love" scenes, if you can even call them that, are on the borderline of rapes and that is because the heroine's lust for the hero makes her capitulate to him. I tried to sympathize with the heroine because she is initially innocent in this story. However, her masochistic tendancies to put up with her abuse at the hands of the hero and to continue to love him removed any pity I had for her.
The hero never reforms. Even at the end of the story when the couple inevitably acknowledge their love for one another; Nikki's declaration left me hollow. After his declaration of love following his wife's near death during the birth of their child, the heroine asks him to abandon his philandering ways and give up his mistresses. He first considers lying to her, but he doesn't want to make promises he can't keep, so he replies that he will "forswear one day at a time."
This was my first Susan Johnson book and, unfortunately, it will take me some time to pick up another one of her books.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I thought this was an great romance novel. For once the heroine was not a whimpering virgin. There were several heated and sensual love scenes. This is a bodice ripper but one that is definitely worth reading.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Susan thank you for this story! I felt as if I was in Russia with Alisa and Nikki. I can see the costumes, the buildings and there love! This is my first time reading a romance novel and I love history, including the Russian period. You are the only author that captures the essence of love, lust, sex and romance. Please keep writing because I am one loyal fan!!! NDW
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