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Silken Chains
PASSION'S PRISONER
Alison trembled as she faced her handsome captive. In order to stop her brother from dueling with the infamous Marquis of Chatham, she had abducted the unscrupulous nobleman. She'd found the danger exhilarating, his fury, amusing ...until she stumbled close enough to see the violent passion in his dark eyes, and feel the raging strength of his vengeful embrace. Suddenly it seemed as though he held her prisoner -- and she never wanted to escape him!
ECSTASY'S CAPTIVE
The Marquis eyed his captor with cool fascination. The little tart thought she was safely disguised by those hideous breeches, but nothing could hide her womanly curves. And nothing would stop him from taking his revenge! He could picture every last, sweet detail...her sea-green eyes would grow wide with fear, then languid with desire; she would struggle against him, then melt in his arms; she would moan in protest, and then sigh her surrender as he bound her in love's SILKEN CHAINS.
Alison trembled as she faced her handsome captive. In order to stop her brother from dueling with the infamous Marquis of Chatham, she had abducted the unscrupulous nobleman. She'd found the danger exhilarating, his fury, amusing ...until she stumbled close enough to see the violent passion in his dark eyes, and feel the raging strength of his vengeful embrace. Suddenly it seemed as though he held her prisoner -- and she never wanted to escape him!
ECSTASY'S CAPTIVE
The Marquis eyed his captor with cool fascination. The little tart thought she was safely disguised by those hideous breeches, but nothing could hide her womanly curves. And nothing would stop him from taking his revenge! He could picture every last, sweet detail...her sea-green eyes would grow wide with fear, then languid with desire; she would struggle against him, then melt in his arms; she would moan in protest, and then sigh her surrender as he bound her in love's SILKEN CHAINS.
444 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1987
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September 16, 2022
3.5 stars
Let's just say the start as a pretty intense scene that should have a TW on it and totally would not fly in this century.
I went into this knowing it was a BR though. I just have a soft spot for the old school stuff. It's a category romance though so sometimes it does feel a bit rushed and a little transcendental in a really overwhelming way. And there's always little to no logic and everyone is always speaking with "!".
And the misunderstandings!! She could totally just blurt the truth out but she doesn't and makes the alpha crazy dude just misunderstand x10000 and it just drove me nuts. But I do like me a possessive alpha and like at 70% for some reason they just became amazingly communicative logical adults and I was so into it. All books need to be like this.
Let's just say the start as a pretty intense scene that should have a TW on it and totally would not fly in this century.
I went into this knowing it was a BR though. I just have a soft spot for the old school stuff. It's a category romance though so sometimes it does feel a bit rushed and a little transcendental in a really overwhelming way. And there's always little to no logic and everyone is always speaking with "!".
And the misunderstandings!! She could totally just blurt the truth out but she doesn't and makes the alpha crazy dude just misunderstand x10000 and it just drove me nuts. But I do like me a possessive alpha and like at 70% for some reason they just became amazingly communicative logical adults and I was so into it. All books need to be like this.
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July 23, 2016
3.5
Hearing gossip that Justin, Earl of Chatham was about face their brother, Geoffrey, in a duel, Allison and Jon do their best to protect him by kidnapping Justin and holding him prisoner. Justin is not so appreciative of their efforts and after several days manages to get free. He takes Allison prisoner and ravishes her before she escapes him. He sets out to learn her identity so he can complete his revenge. When he learns that Allison is Geoffrey's sister, he decides that she meant to compromise herself and trap him into marriage. So when she seeks him out because his ravishment had consequences, Justin resents her all the more for being trapped, but relishes his chance to have his revenge by punishing her for a lifetime and showing her what it means to be his wife. But Allison isn't about to stay with a man who threatens her, bullies her and humiliates her. So she runs away. And he runs after her. Soon though, Justin realizes how he's been acting and that he'd rather have his wife's trust than her fear. Love ensues, but there is still an outside threat to deal with.
This is pretty much what you expect from a classic BR. Many cliches here, but they're all rather enjoyable. Justin is a decent hero - he's angry and brooding, seeking revenge but without actually hurting the heroine. He talks up how he's going to rape her since he thinks she's a whore, but then when it comes to it, I'd say it was forced seduction... Sure he's got a temper and he isn't above humiliating Allison, but once he realizes that she's afraid of him and she kind of sees him as a monster, he gets all angry with himself and gives some decent grovel. I appreciated the apology scene - that's highly unusual for this type of book. Now he wasn't debasing himself or anything - he still managed to maintain his alphaness, but it was refreshing. That being said, he was a bit of an idiot for thinking that he could act as ruthless as he did and then expect her to accept that he wouldn't hurt her. It baffled me that he kept getting on her case for running away before they could discover what a great marriage they could have when, in fact, he'd been planning to break her spirit and punish her through that marriage, so that made little sense. It really wasn't until he SAW that she was pregnant (and therefore fragile) that he began to see her as a decent person.
The heroine was also classic for a BR. She's feisty and innocent all in one. She falls into the forced seduction quite easily - initial struggles but before she knows it she's loving it. It was really a case of "it's-so-sinful-for-me-to-enjoy-this" kind of deal. She had the ability to charm the most hardened of rogues into following her lead - every male servant was pudding in her hands. And of course every man, no matter how selfish, became contrite and caring the moment they saw her pregnancy. That was interesting - anyone who wasn't profoundly evil was completely unwilling to put a pregnant woman to any discomfort. Which is why the villain of course was so willing to - he was ready to have her raped and hung while 9 months pregnant. So you know he was evil.
As cliche and tropey as this story was, it was very enjoyable. I mean, I read many of these stories (BRs and HQNs) precisely for their cliches and tropes.
Hearing gossip that Justin, Earl of Chatham was about face their brother, Geoffrey, in a duel, Allison and Jon do their best to protect him by kidnapping Justin and holding him prisoner. Justin is not so appreciative of their efforts and after several days manages to get free. He takes Allison prisoner and ravishes her before she escapes him. He sets out to learn her identity so he can complete his revenge. When he learns that Allison is Geoffrey's sister, he decides that she meant to compromise herself and trap him into marriage. So when she seeks him out because his ravishment had consequences, Justin resents her all the more for being trapped, but relishes his chance to have his revenge by punishing her for a lifetime and showing her what it means to be his wife. But Allison isn't about to stay with a man who threatens her, bullies her and humiliates her. So she runs away. And he runs after her. Soon though, Justin realizes how he's been acting and that he'd rather have his wife's trust than her fear. Love ensues, but there is still an outside threat to deal with.
This is pretty much what you expect from a classic BR. Many cliches here, but they're all rather enjoyable. Justin is a decent hero - he's angry and brooding, seeking revenge but without actually hurting the heroine. He talks up how he's going to rape her since he thinks she's a whore, but then when it comes to it, I'd say it was forced seduction... Sure he's got a temper and he isn't above humiliating Allison, but once he realizes that she's afraid of him and she kind of sees him as a monster, he gets all angry with himself and gives some decent grovel. I appreciated the apology scene - that's highly unusual for this type of book. Now he wasn't debasing himself or anything - he still managed to maintain his alphaness, but it was refreshing. That being said, he was a bit of an idiot for thinking that he could act as ruthless as he did and then expect her to accept that he wouldn't hurt her. It baffled me that he kept getting on her case for running away before they could discover what a great marriage they could have when, in fact, he'd been planning to break her spirit and punish her through that marriage, so that made little sense. It really wasn't until he SAW that she was pregnant (and therefore fragile) that he began to see her as a decent person.
The heroine was also classic for a BR. She's feisty and innocent all in one. She falls into the forced seduction quite easily - initial struggles but before she knows it she's loving it. It was really a case of "it's-so-sinful-for-me-to-enjoy-this" kind of deal. She had the ability to charm the most hardened of rogues into following her lead - every male servant was pudding in her hands. And of course every man, no matter how selfish, became contrite and caring the moment they saw her pregnancy. That was interesting - anyone who wasn't profoundly evil was completely unwilling to put a pregnant woman to any discomfort. Which is why the villain of course was so willing to - he was ready to have her raped and hung while 9 months pregnant. So you know he was evil.
As cliche and tropey as this story was, it was very enjoyable. I mean, I read many of these stories (BRs and HQNs) precisely for their cliches and tropes.
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September 7, 2013
I probably remember this as being better than it is. It was only the second romance novel I ever read. I think I was 16 or 17.
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