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Legend of Morgan #5
Bound by Desire
The magnificent legend of Steve and Ginny Morgan continues as their headstrong, ravishingly beautiful daughter, Laura, and Trent Challenger, the untamed rogue determined to possess her, defiantly resist the inevitable longings of their bodies and souls.
From ecstasy in Parisian boudoirs to endless nights of London pleasure and dark rituals in a castle in Spain, Laura and Trent are tossed from crest to crest of ever more molten desire -- until at last they confront their destinies and surrender to the soaring splendor of a love beyond time...
From ecstasy in Parisian boudoirs to endless nights of London pleasure and dark rituals in a castle in Spain, Laura and Trent are tossed from crest to crest of ever more molten desire -- until at last they confront their destinies and surrender to the soaring splendor of a love beyond time...
409 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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Rosemary Rogers
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Rosemary Jansz Navaratnam Rogers Kadison
Rosemary Jansz was born on 7 December 1932 in Panadura, British Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), she was the oldest child of Dutch-Portuguese settlers, Barbara "Allan" and Cyril Jansz. Her father was a wealthy educator who owned three posh private schools. She was raised in colonial splendor: dozens of servants, no work, summers at European spas, a chaperone everywhere she went. A dreamy child, she wrote her first novel at eight, and all through her teens scribbled madly romantic epics in imitation of her favorite writers: Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas and Rafael Sabatini.
At 17, Rosemary rebelled against a feudal upbringing and went to the University of Ceylon, where she studied three years. She horrified her family by taking a job as a reporter, and two years later marrying with Summa Navaratnam, a Ceylonese track star known as "the fastest man in Asia." The marriage had two daughters. Unhappily, he often sprinted after other women. Disappointed with her husband, in 1960, she moved with her two daughters and took off for London.
In Europe she met her future second husband, Leroy Rogers, an african-american. "He was the first man," she recalls, "who made me feel like a real woman." After getting a divorce from her first husband, she married Rogers in his home town, St. Louis, Missouri. They moved with her family to California, where she had two sons. Six years later, when that marriage broke up, Rosemary was left with four children to support on her $4,200 salary as a typist for the Solano County Parks Department. In 1969, in the face of a socialist takeover of Ceylon, her parents fled the island with only ?100, giving Rosemary two more dependents. At 37, the rich girl from Ceylon was on her uppers in Fairfield.
Every night for a year, Rogers worked to perfect a manuscript that she had written as a child, rewriting it 24 times. When she was satisfied with her work, she sent the manuscript to Avon, which quickly purchased the novel. That novel, ''Sweet Savage Love'', skyrocketed to the top of bestseller lists, and became one of the most popular historical romances of all time. Her second novel, ''Dark Fires'', sold two million copies in its first three months of release. Her first three novels sold a combined 10 million copies. The fourth, ''Wicked Loving Lies'' sold 3 million copies in its first month of publication. Rosemary Rogers became one of the legendaries "Avon Queens of Historical Romance". The difference between she and most of others romance writers is not the violence of her stories, it is the intensity. She says: "My heroines are me", and certainly her life could be one of her novels.
In September of 1984, Rosemary married a third time with Christopher Kadison, but it was a very brief marriage and they soon began to live apart. "I'd like to live with a man," she admits, "but I find men in real life don't come up to my fantasies. I want culture, spirit and sex all rolled up together."
Today single, Rosemary lives quietly in a small dramatic villa perched on a crag above the Pacific near Carmel. Her four children are now away from home and she continues to write.
Rosemary passed away at the age of 87 on November 12, 2019 in Carmel, California where she called home since the early 1970s.
Rosemary Jansz Navaratnam Rogers Kadison
Rosemary Jansz was born on 7 December 1932 in Panadura, British Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), she was the oldest child of Dutch-Portuguese settlers, Barbara "Allan" and Cyril Jansz. Her father was a wealthy educator who owned three posh private schools. She was raised in colonial splendor: dozens of servants, no work, summers at European spas, a chaperone everywhere she went. A dreamy child, she wrote her first novel at eight, and all through her teens scribbled madly romantic epics in imitation of her favorite writers: Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas and Rafael Sabatini.
At 17, Rosemary rebelled against a feudal upbringing and went to the University of Ceylon, where she studied three years. She horrified her family by taking a job as a reporter, and two years later marrying with Summa Navaratnam, a Ceylonese track star known as "the fastest man in Asia." The marriage had two daughters. Unhappily, he often sprinted after other women. Disappointed with her husband, in 1960, she moved with her two daughters and took off for London.
In Europe she met her future second husband, Leroy Rogers, an african-american. "He was the first man," she recalls, "who made me feel like a real woman." After getting a divorce from her first husband, she married Rogers in his home town, St. Louis, Missouri. They moved with her family to California, where she had two sons. Six years later, when that marriage broke up, Rosemary was left with four children to support on her $4,200 salary as a typist for the Solano County Parks Department. In 1969, in the face of a socialist takeover of Ceylon, her parents fled the island with only ?100, giving Rosemary two more dependents. At 37, the rich girl from Ceylon was on her uppers in Fairfield.
Every night for a year, Rogers worked to perfect a manuscript that she had written as a child, rewriting it 24 times. When she was satisfied with her work, she sent the manuscript to Avon, which quickly purchased the novel. That novel, ''Sweet Savage Love'', skyrocketed to the top of bestseller lists, and became one of the most popular historical romances of all time. Her second novel, ''Dark Fires'', sold two million copies in its first three months of release. Her first three novels sold a combined 10 million copies. The fourth, ''Wicked Loving Lies'' sold 3 million copies in its first month of publication. Rosemary Rogers became one of the legendaries "Avon Queens of Historical Romance". The difference between she and most of others romance writers is not the violence of her stories, it is the intensity. She says: "My heroines are me", and certainly her life could be one of her novels.
In September of 1984, Rosemary married a third time with Christopher Kadison, but it was a very brief marriage and they soon began to live apart. "I'd like to live with a man," she admits, "but I find men in real life don't come up to my fantasies. I want culture, spirit and sex all rolled up together."
Today single, Rosemary lives quietly in a small dramatic villa perched on a crag above the Pacific near Carmel. Her four children are now away from home and she continues to write.
Rosemary passed away at the age of 87 on November 12, 2019 in Carmel, California where she called home since the early 1970s.
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June 8, 2013
The last hurrah of a romance legend!
So many people get hung up on the negative with this rip roaring sexy novel that takes you from London to Paris to sensual Gibraltar. Okay, Laura Morgan is impetuous and headstrong, and often acts before she thinks. But hey, did you ever hear of the Hilton Sisters? Laura is like that, and sure she tests her own body and her sensuality with every kind of sex you can think of, even trying out sex with women now and then. But deep down she's a real straight shooter -- literally in that she's a western cowgirl at heart. And yes, Trent Challenger loses his temper sometimes and calls her names. But when it really counts, he's there to rescue her, and boy do those nasty English dukes pay for messing around with bold Laura and shy Helena! You can't say that the sexual predators go unpunished, and Rosemary Rogers is always very honest about how cruel and evil they are.
Frankly, this book is sexy in every way you can think of, not just in ways that involve violence and brutality. Check out the Gibraltar scenes, and you notice how carefully Rosemary Rogers keeps things in balance. Laura gets a massage from a very sweet and attentive Moroccan maid while Helena gets disciplined by her useless English lord husband. But in the end both girls are rescued and find happy endings with very virile American husbands who are rich, good looking and super passionate. So just relax and dig the pleasures of the hot-blooded and super rich.
So many people get hung up on the negative with this rip roaring sexy novel that takes you from London to Paris to sensual Gibraltar. Okay, Laura Morgan is impetuous and headstrong, and often acts before she thinks. But hey, did you ever hear of the Hilton Sisters? Laura is like that, and sure she tests her own body and her sensuality with every kind of sex you can think of, even trying out sex with women now and then. But deep down she's a real straight shooter -- literally in that she's a western cowgirl at heart. And yes, Trent Challenger loses his temper sometimes and calls her names. But when it really counts, he's there to rescue her, and boy do those nasty English dukes pay for messing around with bold Laura and shy Helena! You can't say that the sexual predators go unpunished, and Rosemary Rogers is always very honest about how cruel and evil they are.
Frankly, this book is sexy in every way you can think of, not just in ways that involve violence and brutality. Check out the Gibraltar scenes, and you notice how carefully Rosemary Rogers keeps things in balance. Laura gets a massage from a very sweet and attentive Moroccan maid while Helena gets disciplined by her useless English lord husband. But in the end both girls are rescued and find happy endings with very virile American husbands who are rich, good looking and super passionate. So just relax and dig the pleasures of the hot-blooded and super rich.
March 21, 2023
Bound by Desire by Rosemary Rogers (1988) is the last book in the Morgan-Challenger series, if reading it time wise as opposed to when Rogers wrote the books. Steve and Ginny’s twins, Franco and Laura, are young adults and the focus of this story which spans Mexico, the demimonde society of Paris, the ton of London and Gibraltar.
Laura was betrothed as a child to the great grandson of Dominic Challenger, the hero of a previous book, Wicked Loving Lies. She accidentally meets Trent Challenger and tho he rescues her from bandits, she decides she hates him … doesn’t want to be forced to marry him… and he’s really not interested in her. Not true! Their paths cross repeatedly over the months as their love hate continues. Franco is embroiled in an affair with a married woman, Ena who’s Laura’s best friend. Lots of vivid descriptions of extravagant lifestyle.., Rogers even tosses in the Prince of Wales as being interested in Laura. After awhile it was a bit over the top to read .., give me the Mexico scenery instead!
Written 14 years after Sweet Savage Love this book doesn’t have the bodice ripper punch of the earlier books tho there are plenty of sex scenes… Trent with his mistress.., and a bit of violence. Steve and Ginny make appearances at the beginning and end of the story and are mentioned throughout, which is a nice touch.
It’s a typical Rogers… focus is on the story, excellent writing and little character development… meaning scant emotional depth. Worth a read to catch up with Steve and Ginny.
Laura was betrothed as a child to the great grandson of Dominic Challenger, the hero of a previous book, Wicked Loving Lies. She accidentally meets Trent Challenger and tho he rescues her from bandits, she decides she hates him … doesn’t want to be forced to marry him… and he’s really not interested in her. Not true! Their paths cross repeatedly over the months as their love hate continues. Franco is embroiled in an affair with a married woman, Ena who’s Laura’s best friend. Lots of vivid descriptions of extravagant lifestyle.., Rogers even tosses in the Prince of Wales as being interested in Laura. After awhile it was a bit over the top to read .., give me the Mexico scenery instead!
Written 14 years after Sweet Savage Love this book doesn’t have the bodice ripper punch of the earlier books tho there are plenty of sex scenes… Trent with his mistress.., and a bit of violence. Steve and Ginny make appearances at the beginning and end of the story and are mentioned throughout, which is a nice touch.
It’s a typical Rogers… focus is on the story, excellent writing and little character development… meaning scant emotional depth. Worth a read to catch up with Steve and Ginny.
June 17, 2011
My full review is here on my personal website. I'll post a few excerpts here, though:
3.5 out of 5.0 stars
The very worst thing about this book is that it just doesn’t live up to expectations. Rogers seems to have been going more for shock value that story-telling at some points.
The very best thing about this book is that it certainly is entertaining.
3.5 out of 5.0 stars
The very worst thing about this book is that it just doesn’t live up to expectations. Rogers seems to have been going more for shock value that story-telling at some points.
The very best thing about this book is that it certainly is entertaining.
August 31, 2016
I loved the Ginny and Steve stories. This was about their children as adults. Loved that Ginny and Steve made appearances and there were many references about them too. Made me laugh out loud. Like Mother - Like Daughter! Like Father - Like Son! Great to witness how Ginny & Steve's children's personalities turned out. Towards the end, it was very intense, like the Steve & Ginny stories. Another good read.
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January 10, 2011I love her earlier books. Plain and simple. I have to wonder with Amazon's new rules (and in many cases justifiably so) against rape and incest, will this book no longer be available. There are several rapes in the telling and mentions of incent between two of the characters.
July 13, 2016
Ginny has a daughter who is pretty much as head strong as her. She is also very sexually active. She is also in love with a man with a temper and lots of lust, but he protects his lady when others try to hurt her. Back on the dollar coSter again.
February 19, 2024
Letto durante il periodo in cui avevo il covid,me lo sono trovato casualmente tra i libri e forse era una reminiscenza del mio 18app. Un libro veramente osceno,se non bastava il covid questo sarà riuscito nell'intento di spappolarmi il cervello. Tra uno stupro e l'altro si arriva alla fine non si sa come ed è pure un happy ending.
In compenso mi ha fatto fare tante risate.
In compenso mi ha fatto fare tante risate.
March 19, 2020
After almost a month delay I have finally finished this saga. This instalment was just downright awful. The most schizophrenic novel I have ever read....Such a disappointing waste of time.
August 4, 2024
My favourite book.
not-for-me
July 11, 2025Continuation of vile disgusting books.
Avoid.
Avoid.
March 1, 2010
Good.
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February 25, 2008Rogers, Rosemary
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