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As if she were involved in a miming play, Marielle watched the two groups clowning and bargaining --gold coins being offered, scorned, accepted....
Only afterward did she learn that she had participated in a Romany wedding. Now, Marielle Moore was a Romany wife obliged to obey her husband--Rom Boro, leader of the gypsy tribe in all things.
"I will not tolerate being bought like an article across a shop counter," she declared angrily. But after all, what could she do? Her life depended on Rom!
Only afterward did she learn that she had participated in a Romany wedding. Now, Marielle Moore was a Romany wife obliged to obey her husband--Rom Boro, leader of the gypsy tribe in all things.
"I will not tolerate being bought like an article across a shop counter," she declared angrily. But after all, what could she do? Her life depended on Rom!
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September 14, 2012
(trying to decide if I can stretch it to 2.5 stars...probably not)
I'll have to tell you, this book would've been so much better if the heroine hadn't been in it. She was so egocentric and just plain stupid that I couldn't imagine what the hero ever saw in her. Of course you had the prerequisite non-communicado going on with the hero and the aunt, but even then, this chick couldn't find her way out of a paper bag.
I liked the more gypsy-friendly feel of the story compared to Hampson's Beloved Vagabond. If I could merge the two stories, it would be perfect (seeing that this heroine was totally replaced, that is).
Maybe some people like a ditzy blonde in their Harleys. If you do, then there's KGB, running from the secret police, and an antagonistic gypsy to spice things up as well.
I'll have to tell you, this book would've been so much better if the heroine hadn't been in it. She was so egocentric and just plain stupid that I couldn't imagine what the hero ever saw in her. Of course you had the prerequisite non-communicado going on with the hero and the aunt, but even then, this chick couldn't find her way out of a paper bag.
I liked the more gypsy-friendly feel of the story compared to Hampson's Beloved Vagabond. If I could merge the two stories, it would be perfect (seeing that this heroine was totally replaced, that is).
Maybe some people like a ditzy blonde in their Harleys. If you do, then there's KGB, running from the secret police, and an antagonistic gypsy to spice things up as well.
March 6, 2014
An old favorite of mine. I'd like to find it again to see how well it holds up.
Reread review - So I read this thing when it first came out back in the 70s and have always remembered it. It didn't hold up as well as I would have wished. There was an awful lot of the story that wasn't actually about the relationship between the hero and the heroine. Not that I mind that all that much if it's well written and interesting which sadly was not the case here. Also because it was so old it was very dated. The hero was born during the second world war and a lot of the plot had to do with the cold war and so was not real pertinent. The heroine was a bit of a ninny and you didn't know the hero all that well. It was readable though.
Still, gypsies...so yay!
Reread review - So I read this thing when it first came out back in the 70s and have always remembered it. It didn't hold up as well as I would have wished. There was an awful lot of the story that wasn't actually about the relationship between the hero and the heroine. Not that I mind that all that much if it's well written and interesting which sadly was not the case here. Also because it was so old it was very dated. The hero was born during the second world war and a lot of the plot had to do with the cold war and so was not real pertinent. The heroine was a bit of a ninny and you didn't know the hero all that well. It was readable though.
Still, gypsies...so yay!
January 20, 2021
DNF
Borrowing a friend's passport and going to Poland in the midst of the Cold War?
Stupid!
Thinking no one will notice it because "one blonde is just like the other"?
Stupid!
I couldn't go on reading.
Borrowing a friend's passport and going to Poland in the midst of the Cold War?
Stupid!
Thinking no one will notice it because "one blonde is just like the other"?
Stupid!
I couldn't go on reading.
February 10, 2016
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July 17, 2013الهاربة
مارييل بدأت رحلتها من بلدها الضبابي بريطانيا بجواز سفر صديقتهاشارون للقاء خالتها صوفي في بولونيا فأنتهت في عربة زعيم الغجرالمدعو روم بورو الذي خلصها من قبضة الشرطة. ولم يستطع انقاذهامن شعورها بالمذلة حين دفع ثمنها بضع قطع ذهبية ليتزوجها حسبتقاليد قبيلته .ترى هل تستطيع مارييل الهروب من روم بورو كما هربت بجوازسفر مزور ؟ ام ان الوقوع في حب هذا الغجري افضل من وقوفها
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مارييل بدأت رحلتها من بلدها الضبابي بريطانيا بجواز سفر صديقتهاشارون للقاء خالتها صوفي في بولونيا فأنتهت في عربة زعيم الغجرالمدعو روم بورو الذي خلصها من قبضة الشرطة. ولم يستطع انقاذهامن شعورها بالمذلة حين دفع ثمنها بضع قطع ذهبية ليتزوجها حسبتقاليد قبيلته .ترى هل تستطيع مارييل الهروب من روم بورو كما هربت بجوازسفر مزور ؟ ام ان الوقوع في حب هذا الغجري افضل من وقوفها
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December 24, 2013
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February 15, 2017
SHE IS ESCAPE WITH A GYPSY WHO SAVED HER FROM A PRISON TO MARRY HER :)
August 4, 2021
قراءة خفيفة لذيذة بعيدا عن كل العمق والواقعية والبؤس المحدقين بالإنسان
May 27, 2017
honestly I was bored and the heroine really annoyed me
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October 2, 2023DNF based on reviews.
April 29, 2021
As if she were involved in a miming play, Marielle watched the two groups clowning and bargaining --gold coins being offered, scorned, accepted....
Only afterward did she learn that she had participated in a Romany wedding. Now, Marielle Moore was a Romany wife obliged to obey her husband--Rom Boro, leader of the gypsy tribe in all things.
"I will not tolerate being bought like an article across a shop counter," she declared angrily. But after all, what could she do? Her life depended on Rom! (
Only afterward did she learn that she had participated in a Romany wedding. Now, Marielle Moore was a Romany wife obliged to obey her husband--Rom Boro, leader of the gypsy tribe in all things.
"I will not tolerate being bought like an article across a shop counter," she declared angrily. But after all, what could she do? Her life depended on Rom! (
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