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Love and Adventure Collection - Part 2
Blockade runners, soldiers and gamblers: Men of adventure who live hard and love harder, yet still crave the one thing these determined heroines have left to give. Three complete bestselling novels by one of the genre's true greats.
SURRENDER IN MOONLIGHT
Despair sends Lorna into the arms of a daring blockade runner in a deserted house, while Ramon's caresses are driven by retribution. Forced together during a harrowing flight from war-torn Louisiana, they discover the heart's-ease of passion--but can they escape the danger that awaits them on the high seas?
NOTORIOUS ANGEL
Eleanora is a respectable lady, widow of a Spanish grandee, former angel of mercy to the wounded in war-ravaged Central America--and keeper of a precious secret. She was also once the mistress of Colonel Grant Farrell. And the hardened soldier is coming for her....
GOLDEN FANCY
Serena never planned to wind up a gambler's woman and the toast of a gold rush town. Ward is beguiled by her innocence, but too scarred by the past to offer more than protection. Will their fragile bond survive as murder and madness close in around them?
SURRENDER IN MOONLIGHT
Despair sends Lorna into the arms of a daring blockade runner in a deserted house, while Ramon's caresses are driven by retribution. Forced together during a harrowing flight from war-torn Louisiana, they discover the heart's-ease of passion--but can they escape the danger that awaits them on the high seas?
NOTORIOUS ANGEL
Eleanora is a respectable lady, widow of a Spanish grandee, former angel of mercy to the wounded in war-ravaged Central America--and keeper of a precious secret. She was also once the mistress of Colonel Grant Farrell. And the hardened soldier is coming for her....
GOLDEN FANCY
Serena never planned to wind up a gambler's woman and the toast of a gold rush town. Ward is beguiled by her innocence, but too scarred by the past to offer more than protection. Will their fragile bond survive as murder and madness close in around them?
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First published November 1, 2012
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About the author
Jennifer Blake
177 books542 followersA pseudonym used by Patricia Maxwell.
Jennifer Blake has been called a “pioneer of the romance genre”, and an “icon of the romance industry.” A New York Times and international best selling author since 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA Hall of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including two “Maggies”, two Holt Medallions, multiple Reviewer’s Choice Awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written over 60 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print worldwide.
Jennifer and her husband reside in a lakeside Caribbean-style retreat in North Louisiana where they often entertain family and friends. Always a gardener, she spends much of her time encouraging her garden to bloom with her favorite daylilies and antique roses. She also enjoys walking her two dogs, Buffy and Lucky, and indulging in needlework, painting, and travel.
Jennifer Blake has been called a “pioneer of the romance genre”, and an “icon of the romance industry.” A New York Times and international best selling author since 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA Hall of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including two “Maggies”, two Holt Medallions, multiple Reviewer’s Choice Awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written over 60 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print worldwide.
Jennifer and her husband reside in a lakeside Caribbean-style retreat in North Louisiana where they often entertain family and friends. Always a gardener, she spends much of her time encouraging her garden to bloom with her favorite daylilies and antique roses. She also enjoys walking her two dogs, Buffy and Lucky, and indulging in needlework, painting, and travel.
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February 9, 2017
VERY GOOD WESTERN ROMANCE
If you like Western Romance, these books ( boxed set ), will give quite a few hours of reading pleasure. Thank you very much for an excellent read, Danny Scott.
If you like Western Romance, these books ( boxed set ), will give quite a few hours of reading pleasure. Thank you very much for an excellent read, Danny Scott.
June 26, 2018
Surrender in Moonlight,Nororious Angel,Golden Fancy
This is indeed love and adventure. Each of these stories was exciting and prevented me from putting the book down when I truly needed to do other things...like sleep. Gimme more.
This is indeed love and adventure. Each of these stories was exciting and prevented me from putting the book down when I truly needed to do other things...like sleep. Gimme more.
February 7, 2019
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I have no words to describe the adventure i had reading ghis books ... every one of them extremely special ... every ones story explained in detail. Thank you jennifer for the way you tell there tails ... i page turner from page one ... will highly recommend
I have no words to describe the adventure i had reading ghis books ... every one of them extremely special ... every ones story explained in detail. Thank you jennifer for the way you tell there tails ... i page turner from page one ... will highly recommend
August 8, 2017
Two stars
The first book started out good but got a bit boring and drawn out. The second one was depressing me. I finally quit reading. Didn't even read the third one.
The first book started out good but got a bit boring and drawn out. The second one was depressing me. I finally quit reading. Didn't even read the third one.
October 20, 2017
A slow read for me
The story just didn’t move along fast enough for me. The love story did come until the last few paragraphs and I felt left hanging.
The story just didn’t move along fast enough for me. The love story did come until the last few paragraphs and I felt left hanging.
May 28, 2018
Murder, deceit, rape, violence, ........
Not my idea of romance.
Not my idea of romance.
August 28, 2013
A Great Collection from a Master of Historical Romance
I have reviewed each of these separately but wanted to give you a summary of the reviews for the boxed set here:
SURRENDER IN MOONLIGHT (5 stars)
I should just say at the outset that I love Jennifer Blake’s historical romances. They are so well written with lots of sexual tension and wonderful heroes and heroines. Like many of her early ones, this one is written from the heroine’s perspective, making the hero that much more mysterious. It’s a wonderful story of the blockade runners who risked their lives to supply the Confederacy during the Civil War. And it’s the story of an unlikely meeting that led to a legacy of love.
The story begins in 1863, two years into the Civil War, as Lorna Forrester is forced to marry a moron to clear up her uncle’s debt. But the night before the wedding she takes shelter from a thunderstorm only to fall prey to the seduction of a handsome blockade-runner named Ramon Cazenave, who is happy to take the innocence of the woman promised to the son of the man who stole his family’s home. As New Orleans falls to the Federal naval forces, Ramon sweeps Lorna to safety in Nassau where she begins a new life but neither Ramon nor Lorna can forget the passion they found in that thunderstorm.
It’s a great story of worthy men and women in a historic time in American. I also loved the Author’s Note at the end that documented the incredible amount of research Blake did for this book. I think you will like it.
NOTORIOUS ANGEL (4 and ½ stars)
A bodice ripper set in Nicaragua in Central America during the years 1855-1857, it tells the story of Eleanora Colette Villars from an aristocratic New Orleans family who, because of her brother’s folly, loses her home and ends up following her brother to Nicaragua where he has joined the mercenaries serving William Walker, an American who is trying to take over the country.
Colonel Grant Farrell, head of Walker’s private military, using her brother as hostage, forces Eleanora, an innocent, to pose as his mistress. Then he rapes her and holds her prisoner in his home. When she has the chance to escape, she does not take it. She even begins to make excuses for the colonel (he’s a half-breed Apache with a poor childhood). It is clear she is feeling more than she would admit. When her brother wounds the colonel in a duel, she returns to the colonel’s house to tend his wound. Impressed with Eleanora’s medical knowledge, the local doctor invites her to tend the wounded American mercenaries. For her valiant efforts, is dubbed “the colonel’s angel.” But she has rivals, the mistress of William Walker, and the former mistress of Colonel Farrell, both of whom seek Eleanora’s demise.
In an intricately woven plot, Eleanora rises to every challenge as she is rescued from peril only to face further hardships. The scenes as they tramp from Granada to the coast through the jungles and rivers are very well done, and very realistic. The characters are richly developed, too. The writing is excellent. Blake really makes you feel like you’re in the hot, dusty streets of Nicaragua in a tumultuous time.
I stayed up late at night to finish this one—and it has a great ending!
GOLDEN FANCY (5 stars)
Set in 1893, it tells of 19-year-old Serena Walsh who has lost her parents to typhoid and is forced to travel with a Mormon wagon train heading through Colorado where her father had planned to mine for gold. But the crazed Mormon Elder Greer has eyes for Serena and decides she will become his wife whether she is willing or no. When he thinks to take her by force, she stabs him with a fork and flees to the prairie. There, she is rescued by Ward Dunbar, owner of the Eldorado saloon, who sees her safely to Colorado and thinking she is a loose woman forcibly takes her innocence (yes, indeedy, this is a bodice ripper).
Ward, a lawyer turned gambler, wasn’t looking too good when he took Serena’s innocence and, making it worse, forced her to become his kept woman, holding her prisoner in a room above his saloon. Then, too, Ward’s partner, Pearlie, is jealous of Serena and resents her presence. But all is not lost; millionaire Nathan Benedict discovers Serena and wants her for his own, offering a fortune to Ward to leave her alone. And, oh yes, someone is killing ladies of the night.
Based on thorough research, Blake brings to life the gold mining town of Cripple Creek in the late 19th century with all its colorful characters and more than one villain. The story is told through the heroine’s perspective so you’ll be wondering what Ward is thinking much of the time, as I did, at least until he tells us what’s been on his mind. This is one story that will keep you turning pages.
I have reviewed each of these separately but wanted to give you a summary of the reviews for the boxed set here:
SURRENDER IN MOONLIGHT (5 stars)
I should just say at the outset that I love Jennifer Blake’s historical romances. They are so well written with lots of sexual tension and wonderful heroes and heroines. Like many of her early ones, this one is written from the heroine’s perspective, making the hero that much more mysterious. It’s a wonderful story of the blockade runners who risked their lives to supply the Confederacy during the Civil War. And it’s the story of an unlikely meeting that led to a legacy of love.
The story begins in 1863, two years into the Civil War, as Lorna Forrester is forced to marry a moron to clear up her uncle’s debt. But the night before the wedding she takes shelter from a thunderstorm only to fall prey to the seduction of a handsome blockade-runner named Ramon Cazenave, who is happy to take the innocence of the woman promised to the son of the man who stole his family’s home. As New Orleans falls to the Federal naval forces, Ramon sweeps Lorna to safety in Nassau where she begins a new life but neither Ramon nor Lorna can forget the passion they found in that thunderstorm.
It’s a great story of worthy men and women in a historic time in American. I also loved the Author’s Note at the end that documented the incredible amount of research Blake did for this book. I think you will like it.
NOTORIOUS ANGEL (4 and ½ stars)
A bodice ripper set in Nicaragua in Central America during the years 1855-1857, it tells the story of Eleanora Colette Villars from an aristocratic New Orleans family who, because of her brother’s folly, loses her home and ends up following her brother to Nicaragua where he has joined the mercenaries serving William Walker, an American who is trying to take over the country.
Colonel Grant Farrell, head of Walker’s private military, using her brother as hostage, forces Eleanora, an innocent, to pose as his mistress. Then he rapes her and holds her prisoner in his home. When she has the chance to escape, she does not take it. She even begins to make excuses for the colonel (he’s a half-breed Apache with a poor childhood). It is clear she is feeling more than she would admit. When her brother wounds the colonel in a duel, she returns to the colonel’s house to tend his wound. Impressed with Eleanora’s medical knowledge, the local doctor invites her to tend the wounded American mercenaries. For her valiant efforts, is dubbed “the colonel’s angel.” But she has rivals, the mistress of William Walker, and the former mistress of Colonel Farrell, both of whom seek Eleanora’s demise.
In an intricately woven plot, Eleanora rises to every challenge as she is rescued from peril only to face further hardships. The scenes as they tramp from Granada to the coast through the jungles and rivers are very well done, and very realistic. The characters are richly developed, too. The writing is excellent. Blake really makes you feel like you’re in the hot, dusty streets of Nicaragua in a tumultuous time.
I stayed up late at night to finish this one—and it has a great ending!
GOLDEN FANCY (5 stars)
Set in 1893, it tells of 19-year-old Serena Walsh who has lost her parents to typhoid and is forced to travel with a Mormon wagon train heading through Colorado where her father had planned to mine for gold. But the crazed Mormon Elder Greer has eyes for Serena and decides she will become his wife whether she is willing or no. When he thinks to take her by force, she stabs him with a fork and flees to the prairie. There, she is rescued by Ward Dunbar, owner of the Eldorado saloon, who sees her safely to Colorado and thinking she is a loose woman forcibly takes her innocence (yes, indeedy, this is a bodice ripper).
Ward, a lawyer turned gambler, wasn’t looking too good when he took Serena’s innocence and, making it worse, forced her to become his kept woman, holding her prisoner in a room above his saloon. Then, too, Ward’s partner, Pearlie, is jealous of Serena and resents her presence. But all is not lost; millionaire Nathan Benedict discovers Serena and wants her for his own, offering a fortune to Ward to leave her alone. And, oh yes, someone is killing ladies of the night.
Based on thorough research, Blake brings to life the gold mining town of Cripple Creek in the late 19th century with all its colorful characters and more than one villain. The story is told through the heroine’s perspective so you’ll be wondering what Ward is thinking much of the time, as I did, at least until he tells us what’s been on his mind. This is one story that will keep you turning pages.
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November 27, 2012A more comprehensive review when home internet is back up, but please be advised that these novels were written in a period where rape forced seduction was a common trope in romances. I realize it can be a deal breaker for some readers.
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