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August 24, 2017
This review is of “Texas Flame” by Catherine Creel.
The Story: “Texas Flame” begins with an introduction to the heroine of the book, Amanda Lawrence. Amanda lives in Boston with her aunt, Martha, her uncle, David, and her two far-less attractive cousins, Violet and Mary. (Amanda’s father, Samuel, left Amanda in the custody of his late wife, Emily’s, older sister after Emily died giving birth to Amanda). Now, 18 years later, Samuel has summoned the daughter he left behind to Texas to see him.
When Amanda finally goes to see Samuel, in Big Prairie, Texas, he’s not happy to see her at first, because she reminds him so much of Emily. After a while, though, Amanda and Samuel’s relationship gets better. Later, Amanda meets the hero of the book, Luke Cameron. Their first meeting is an auspicious one: Samuel and Luke are in a fistfight over Luke’s fencing land when Amanda pulls a gun on him. Their conflict continues in their later interactions, although both Amanda and Luke acknowledge their attraction to each other.
Luke rescues Amanda from various calamities, and their attraction grows. However, as with all romance novels, there are obstacles to love. For Amanda and Luke, those issues are:
Samuel’s opposition to Luke’s land fencing.
Buck Jones, a former ranch hand of Samuel’s, who tries to rape Amanda, and is brutally beaten by Samuel for that act.
Carolyn Tompkins, a schoolteacher who hates Amanda because she’s a Northerner-Carolyn is from the South-and decides to try to take Luke’s attention away from Amanda.
Peter Norman, Amanda’s “fiancee”, who has come from Boston to take her back, whether she wants to or not.
Eventually, Luke and Amanda come together and have their Happily Ever After.
Upside; Not a bloody great deal, although I found Amanda to be a somewhat likeable character.
Downside: Most of the male character in the book are obnoxious, and are emotionally and verbally abusive to Amanda, not listening to what she has to say and threatening her with physical violence. I do not find this type of behavior manly, or what I look for in male characters in the books I read. Amanda is constantly having to be saved from a calamity by Luke and/or her father, which I found demeaning to Amanda. The characters are shallow and underdeveloped, not that I think they would have been more likeable had they been developed more.
Sex: There are two love scenes that take place in the back half of the book. Neither are graphic or terribly arousing.
Violence: Amanda is nearly raped three times: 1. When she is kidnapped by Comanche Indians. Luke kills them and saves her. 2: When Buck Jones, one of Samuel’s ranch hands, tries to do so; Amanda is saved by other ranch employees. Samuel later bullwhips Buck, who vows revenge. 3: Buck tries again to rape Amanda; this time, Luke kills him. Then there is the aforementioned verbal violence and shaking that the “men” do to Amanda.
Bottom Line: “Texas Flame” has all the heat of a single lighted match.
The Story: “Texas Flame” begins with an introduction to the heroine of the book, Amanda Lawrence. Amanda lives in Boston with her aunt, Martha, her uncle, David, and her two far-less attractive cousins, Violet and Mary. (Amanda’s father, Samuel, left Amanda in the custody of his late wife, Emily’s, older sister after Emily died giving birth to Amanda). Now, 18 years later, Samuel has summoned the daughter he left behind to Texas to see him.
When Amanda finally goes to see Samuel, in Big Prairie, Texas, he’s not happy to see her at first, because she reminds him so much of Emily. After a while, though, Amanda and Samuel’s relationship gets better. Later, Amanda meets the hero of the book, Luke Cameron. Their first meeting is an auspicious one: Samuel and Luke are in a fistfight over Luke’s fencing land when Amanda pulls a gun on him. Their conflict continues in their later interactions, although both Amanda and Luke acknowledge their attraction to each other.
Luke rescues Amanda from various calamities, and their attraction grows. However, as with all romance novels, there are obstacles to love. For Amanda and Luke, those issues are:
Samuel’s opposition to Luke’s land fencing.
Buck Jones, a former ranch hand of Samuel’s, who tries to rape Amanda, and is brutally beaten by Samuel for that act.
Carolyn Tompkins, a schoolteacher who hates Amanda because she’s a Northerner-Carolyn is from the South-and decides to try to take Luke’s attention away from Amanda.
Peter Norman, Amanda’s “fiancee”, who has come from Boston to take her back, whether she wants to or not.
Eventually, Luke and Amanda come together and have their Happily Ever After.
Upside; Not a bloody great deal, although I found Amanda to be a somewhat likeable character.
Downside: Most of the male character in the book are obnoxious, and are emotionally and verbally abusive to Amanda, not listening to what she has to say and threatening her with physical violence. I do not find this type of behavior manly, or what I look for in male characters in the books I read. Amanda is constantly having to be saved from a calamity by Luke and/or her father, which I found demeaning to Amanda. The characters are shallow and underdeveloped, not that I think they would have been more likeable had they been developed more.
Sex: There are two love scenes that take place in the back half of the book. Neither are graphic or terribly arousing.
Violence: Amanda is nearly raped three times: 1. When she is kidnapped by Comanche Indians. Luke kills them and saves her. 2: When Buck Jones, one of Samuel’s ranch hands, tries to do so; Amanda is saved by other ranch employees. Samuel later bullwhips Buck, who vows revenge. 3: Buck tries again to rape Amanda; this time, Luke kills him. Then there is the aforementioned verbal violence and shaking that the “men” do to Amanda.
Bottom Line: “Texas Flame” has all the heat of a single lighted match.
May 8, 2018
Highly recommend 👍
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