Had to laugh at some of these angry reaction reviews. mark, your tastes are questionable to say the least. should I be giving rape romances 3 stars? I mean I just gave an Andre Gide book 1 star. these are things I want!Ģ.5 stars, rounded up. Not enough historical stuff and not enough actual pirating. neither character has too many dimensions that's for sure. hero is a psycho but sometimes very pleasant when not radiating cold silent treatment energy or raping the love of his life. was definitely rooting for her in the last third. heroine starts off awful and becomes not awful. pleasant island times in the middle, my favorite part, I guess I'm a softie. also some ongoing bathing of each other by our hero and heroine, another first. including a very mean spanking, which was a first for me. Pretty rough at times, at the beginning and the end. so I guess we'll call it even when it comes to the cover's hair imagery. cover ignores the many hairy as an ape descriptions but does get heroine's hair color right. she also likes painting a picture of the pirate's bod. fast-paced, dialogue wasn't too terrible, and Robards can paint an evocative picture, felt like I was there. definitely readable, like addictively readable. Surprisingly not horrible pirate romance. She made loving truly dangerous, exposing his deepest fears-and his mutinous heart. Cathy refused to be treated like chattel, yet yielded to his sensual invasion as she conquered his body and soul. She was fire and ice, a lady outraged, a tigress in his arms. Jonathan Hale never took captives and always escaped-until he saw the headstrong beauty he couldn't leave behind. He was a legendary pirate, daring, triumphant, free. His searing kisses kindled unfamiliar passions, but she vowed to make him her prisoner of desire. All Catherine had were her wits and the will to beat her captor at his own game. Just in time, Captain Jonathan Hale rescued her from his own men, sweeping her into his arms, staking his claim on the pampered daughter of England's ambassador to Portugal. Lady Catherine Aldley was en route to London when pirates attacked her ship. Bestselling, award-winning author Karen Robards brings to life two extraordinary characters-an aristocratic beauty and a notorious pirate-in a love story that sizzles with passionate adventure and unbridled desire.

Island Flame by Karen Robards