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Trilby
Arizona, 1910
Dear Diary,
It will take more than threats—and one overbearing rancher— to drive me away from my rightful property.—When I inherited this isolated land near the Mexican border, I knew running it would be difficult and dangerous—very different from my privileged life in Louisiana, where I was the genteel Miss Trilby Lang. But I certainly didn't expect that my neighbor, Thorn Vance, would be challenging me at every turn. Or that his brusque, ruggedly appealing ways would prove a dangerous temptation that I'm finding harder and harder to resist. Now, with trouble sweeping the territory, I need his help. But how much will I risk putting myself in the hands of a man who's used to getting exactly what he wants?
Dear Diary,
It will take more than threats—and one overbearing rancher— to drive me away from my rightful property.—When I inherited this isolated land near the Mexican border, I knew running it would be difficult and dangerous—very different from my privileged life in Louisiana, where I was the genteel Miss Trilby Lang. But I certainly didn't expect that my neighbor, Thorn Vance, would be challenging me at every turn. Or that his brusque, ruggedly appealing ways would prove a dangerous temptation that I'm finding harder and harder to resist. Now, with trouble sweeping the territory, I need his help. But how much will I risk putting myself in the hands of a man who's used to getting exactly what he wants?
384 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1992
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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December 29, 2015
Heroine Trilby is a rich spoilt girl who moves to the country with her family. There she meets Thorn a savage rancher. Thorn is not very trusting when it comes to women after the way his late wife treated him, and Trilby's is in love with her childhood sweetheart a man very different to Thorn. But after Thorn takes her virginity they are forced to marry. Thorn thinks Trilby is still in love with Richard and Trilby lets him believe that cause she thinks Thorn is still in love with his late wife. Lots of misunderstandings ensue and a pregnancy before they get their sweet HEA.
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August 22, 2012
What to give this book....I'm going with a 3ish. It's not quite a 3, it's not a 2 and it's not a 2.5 even because that's not quite enough. Probably I'm splitting hairs, but there it is.
I think the problem with trying to rate this book is that I've no idea what sort of book this is. Part romance, part drama, part historical fiction with the Mexican Revolution, it's kind of a mish mash that leaves you with a wtf feeling at the end. I might even add its part social/racial commentary with the love story between Naki and Sissy. Personally, I found it very hard to place and it makes me want more. I think Palmer was covering a lot of themes and was attempting some important commentary on a variety of issues, but she needed a far greater canvas on which to adequately depict such commentary and eras on, and thus this book fell short in that respect.
I'm intrigued by her characters, but I think too much is happening and they don't seem fully developed. Trilby is a prude who finds out what love and passion are, but I'm not exactly sure how. How did she learn these intense lessons about herself? Was it the great sex with Thorn? I can't say because it seems like a slow realization dawning out of nothing. Thorn has loved her since the beginning, so I understand his character a bit better. Hard, rough yet internally very passionate and vulnerable, him I get. Of course, he's an absolute ass to Trilby in the beginning and I'm not sure I can forgive him that, but at least I understand where he's coming from and what he's all about. Naki I also understand, and his love story with Sissy pulls at my heart because it seems like too much--to overcome, to sacrifice, to feel. Theirs is a story that if properly told be would be the stuff of legend, like that couple in The Last of the Mohicans. I really want more from their story than Palmer gives us. It's like a fire that she started to kindle and then left to smolder out. As to Lisa and Powell, I have no idea what part they played in this story. Like at all. They weren't in any way connected to anyone else. It was really odd to have them included in the story.
So, overall...yeah, wish this book had just been more focused. I don't like leaving a read and feeling like so much more could have done with it.
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I think the problem with trying to rate this book is that I've no idea what sort of book this is. Part romance, part drama, part historical fiction with the Mexican Revolution, it's kind of a mish mash that leaves you with a wtf feeling at the end. I might even add its part social/racial commentary with the love story between Naki and Sissy. Personally, I found it very hard to place and it makes me want more. I think Palmer was covering a lot of themes and was attempting some important commentary on a variety of issues, but she needed a far greater canvas on which to adequately depict such commentary and eras on, and thus this book fell short in that respect.
I'm intrigued by her characters, but I think too much is happening and they don't seem fully developed. Trilby is a prude who finds out what love and passion are, but I'm not exactly sure how. How did she learn these intense lessons about herself? Was it the great sex with Thorn? I can't say because it seems like a slow realization dawning out of nothing. Thorn has loved her since the beginning, so I understand his character a bit better. Hard, rough yet internally very passionate and vulnerable, him I get. Of course, he's an absolute ass to Trilby in the beginning and I'm not sure I can forgive him that, but at least I understand where he's coming from and what he's all about. Naki I also understand, and his love story with Sissy pulls at my heart because it seems like too much--to overcome, to sacrifice, to feel. Theirs is a story that if properly told be would be the stuff of legend, like that couple in The Last of the Mohicans. I really want more from their story than Palmer gives us. It's like a fire that she started to kindle and then left to smolder out. As to Lisa and Powell, I have no idea what part they played in this story. Like at all. They weren't in any way connected to anyone else. It was really odd to have them included in the story.
So, overall...yeah, wish this book had just been more focused. I don't like leaving a read and feeling like so much more could have done with it.
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July 29, 2021
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads
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Richard Bates had been Trilby’s big love interest back home, but Teddy had never liked the man. He might be a gentleman, but compared to these Arizona men, he seemed pretty anemic and silly.
“Trilby, are you ever going to marry? You’re old.” “I’m only twenty-four,” she said self-consciously.
Curt had seemed fond of Mr. Vance’s wife, too. Sally Vance had managed to interfere every time Trilby had spoken to Curt, holding his arm with a faintly proprietorial air. Her antagonism for Trilby had been more evident every time they met, so that finally Trilby managed not to attend any function where she was likely to see the other woman.
He was glad that Trilby was vulnerable to him. He found her very attractive, and he’d been a long time without a woman. He hadn’t wandered up to the wrong side of Tucson for entertainment, or anywhere else since his wife’s death. He was beginning to feel that abstinence.
A marriage for practical reasons had a better chance of success. As for the bedroom, there was no shortage of willing women to satisfy his hunger. He didn’t need a wife for that.
His mouth bit into hers, twisting, hurting her. She gasped and tried to fight him, but he was much too strong. His arms were like vises, his mouth tasting of tobacco and pure man. He used his body like a weapon to humiliate her.
“And you’re no lady, you Louisiana tramp,” he said, without flinching from the blow.
“That is a lie,” she whispered, shaking. “It is a vicious, unfounded lie!” “Why would my wife lie to me?” he drawled.
Her blond hair was long, about her shoulders, and she’d pinched her cheeks and lips to make them red. But she was still, unfortunately, plain. Richard would compare her to Julie and she’d be found lacking.
“THORN! YOU…CAN’T!” she gasped. But he could, and did. He was helplessly driving for satisfaction, blind with need and beyond words.
She wept hotly, because she knew, couldn’t help but know, that he’d achieved paradise. But for her, the climb had been painful and unfulfilling. She felt cold, with the sweat on his chest cold against her breasts in the night air…while his body still throbbed in the aftermath of satisfaction and he gasped for air to breathe.
Thorn was having his own thoughts. He had Trilby now—and access to the water on her father’s land. And with it, he had the most incredibly sensual experience of his life. Imagine feeling like that with a virgin!
Her body was sore. She felt ashamed.
He should never have let it happen. The look on her face was going to haunt him. He’d done nothing but hurt her since the day they’d met. He wished he knew why he reacted as he did to her. His behavior with Trilby was inexplicable.
Almost as if he loved her.
“Then face facts,” he told her. “You and I slept together and you were a virgin. In my world, that means you marry me. We’re doing the right thing to correct our mistake,” he continued softly. “Doesn’t that make up for it, a little?”
“I’ll try not to whisper Sally’s name when I lie in your arms. God knows, as sweet as you are, you’re no substitute for her!”
“A lady of the evening has the advantage of being honest about what she feels and thinks and does. You’re so starchy that no real man could get near you. Richard Bates was just your style, Trilby. I’m damned sorry that I lost my head and forced us into this marriage. I regret it more than you’ll ever know.”
November 18, 2020
Ally - per RFS
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Douglas in Arizona nel 1910 non è di certo un luogo ospitale; soprattutto per i gentiluomini che si trasferivano dell’Est, abituati a tutte le comodità si trovano immersi nella polvere gialla in un paese senza legge e che si avviava a una guerra con il Messico. Questo è quello che succede ai Lang, il cugino di Jack muore e gli lascia Blackwater Spring Ranch, qui però la famiglia si trova a dover fare i conti con una vita che pensavano fosse più facile seguendo gli ideali che la gente aveva del selvaggio west.
Trilby è la figlia maggiore di Mary e Jack Lang; ed è quella che fatica di più ad ambientarsi in questa vita così diversa da quella che conducevano in Louisiana, al contrario il suo fratellino Ted adora i cowboy e i Texas Ranger.
Trilby è timida e riservata, dai modi impeccabili che non si addicono a quella terra bruciata dal sole; e non sa gestire gli uomini dai modi rudi che si trova ad affrontare, primo a intimorirla è Thornton Vance, proprietario del Ranch più grande del paese “Los Santos” che da generazioni appartiene alla sua famiglia. Thorn ha modi rudi e affascinanti, lui sa come sopravvivere in quelle terre e non sopporta i damerini che arrivano dell’Est pensando che gestire un ranch al confine con il Messico sia facile. Ma soprattutto non tollera Trilby Lang, perché sua moglie Sally, prima di morire in un incidente in auto, aveva accusato di avere una tresca con suo cugino Curt, sposato con la disperata Lisa. Per questo cerca di smascherare la sua condotta indecente provocandola, ma la ragazza si rivela timida e inesperta, cosa che non può essere se è l’abile amante del cugino. Così scoprirà che sua moglie gli aveva mentito, con il suo comportamento avrà guadagnato solo l’odio della ragazza e passerà il resto del suo tempo a fare ammenda perché la giovane donna così pura ha un fascino irresistibile per il nostro cowboy di confine.
Un libro stupendo che ci racconta una storia, anzi più di una, durante la rivoluzione messicana dei contadini per rivendicare la loro terra, troppo a lungo governata dai stranieri che si arricchivano sulle spalle dei nativi. Incontreremo anche alcuni indiani Apache, di cui l’autrice ci darà spunti sulla loro cultura e sulla triste storia del loro popolo, ho amato particolarmente Naki.
Adoro i libri che mi insegnano storia e culture di cui non sono a conoscenza e questo romanzo mi ha dato proprio questo, oltre che a farmi sospirare nelle scene romantiche mi ha arricchita con dettagli davvero originali.
La sensualità nel libro non manca, proprio come le scene d’amore e quelle hot, descritte nei dettagli e davvero molto belle. Diana Palmer scrive benissimo e nonostante il libro conti molte pagine non diventa mai pesante mantenendo alta la concentrazione del lettore che verrà catapultato nel vecchio west dalle sue parole.
Le ambientazioni sono fantastiche, mi è piaciuto molto il fatto che abbia descritto i rivoluzionari come gente giusta e onorevole contraddicendo il pensiero degli americani dell’epoca.
Un libro che mi resterà nel cuore e che rileggerò volentieri anche fra un pò di tempo .
Consigliatissimo!
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Douglas in Arizona nel 1910 non è di certo un luogo ospitale; soprattutto per i gentiluomini che si trasferivano dell’Est, abituati a tutte le comodità si trovano immersi nella polvere gialla in un paese senza legge e che si avviava a una guerra con il Messico. Questo è quello che succede ai Lang, il cugino di Jack muore e gli lascia Blackwater Spring Ranch, qui però la famiglia si trova a dover fare i conti con una vita che pensavano fosse più facile seguendo gli ideali che la gente aveva del selvaggio west.
Trilby è la figlia maggiore di Mary e Jack Lang; ed è quella che fatica di più ad ambientarsi in questa vita così diversa da quella che conducevano in Louisiana, al contrario il suo fratellino Ted adora i cowboy e i Texas Ranger.
Trilby è timida e riservata, dai modi impeccabili che non si addicono a quella terra bruciata dal sole; e non sa gestire gli uomini dai modi rudi che si trova ad affrontare, primo a intimorirla è Thornton Vance, proprietario del Ranch più grande del paese “Los Santos” che da generazioni appartiene alla sua famiglia. Thorn ha modi rudi e affascinanti, lui sa come sopravvivere in quelle terre e non sopporta i damerini che arrivano dell’Est pensando che gestire un ranch al confine con il Messico sia facile. Ma soprattutto non tollera Trilby Lang, perché sua moglie Sally, prima di morire in un incidente in auto, aveva accusato di avere una tresca con suo cugino Curt, sposato con la disperata Lisa. Per questo cerca di smascherare la sua condotta indecente provocandola, ma la ragazza si rivela timida e inesperta, cosa che non può essere se è l’abile amante del cugino. Così scoprirà che sua moglie gli aveva mentito, con il suo comportamento avrà guadagnato solo l’odio della ragazza e passerà il resto del suo tempo a fare ammenda perché la giovane donna così pura ha un fascino irresistibile per il nostro cowboy di confine.
Un libro stupendo che ci racconta una storia, anzi più di una, durante la rivoluzione messicana dei contadini per rivendicare la loro terra, troppo a lungo governata dai stranieri che si arricchivano sulle spalle dei nativi. Incontreremo anche alcuni indiani Apache, di cui l’autrice ci darà spunti sulla loro cultura e sulla triste storia del loro popolo, ho amato particolarmente Naki.
Adoro i libri che mi insegnano storia e culture di cui non sono a conoscenza e questo romanzo mi ha dato proprio questo, oltre che a farmi sospirare nelle scene romantiche mi ha arricchita con dettagli davvero originali.
La sensualità nel libro non manca, proprio come le scene d’amore e quelle hot, descritte nei dettagli e davvero molto belle. Diana Palmer scrive benissimo e nonostante il libro conti molte pagine non diventa mai pesante mantenendo alta la concentrazione del lettore che verrà catapultato nel vecchio west dalle sue parole.
Le ambientazioni sono fantastiche, mi è piaciuto molto il fatto che abbia descritto i rivoluzionari come gente giusta e onorevole contraddicendo il pensiero degli americani dell’epoca.
Un libro che mi resterà nel cuore e che rileggerò volentieri anche fra un pò di tempo .
Consigliatissimo!
June 24, 2017
"Trilby" is a story of lot of people..
Of Trilby & Thorn
and Naki & Sissy
and Lisa & Todd
and the fight between the Apache and the Mexicans.
Truthfully, there's a LOT happening in this book!
Trilby and her family move to an isolated land next to the Mexican border when her family inherits it. She's just getting used to ranch life, always having lived a comfortable life in the city, but is now destitute. What annoys her most is her exasperating neighbor Thorn, who always views her with contempt in his eyes.
Thorn has been misinformed about Trilby's character by his now late wife, and thinks of her as a easy woman who has affairs with his married cousin. When he decides to kiss her forcefully, she pushes him and exposes his truth to her family, making him feel ashamed. Soon they give into their passions after a LOT of back and forth, which involves an afraid child, an ex crush who is a total douche, the crush's new flame and a billion other people.
It has the classic DP plot of a man traumatized by his ex, so much that he ignores his child and an innocent heroine who is hung up on a crush who doesn't even care about her. They have a lot of misunderstandings and harsh words until they inevitably fall for one another. Even their life post marriage is very tremulous and they barely get along until the very end!
Added is a love story between Sissy the anthropologist, Richard the crush's sister and Naki, the Apache Indian who is a widower; as well as Lisa, the abused army officer's wife and the widower physician Todd.
There was sooo damn many things happening in this one that it gave me a good headache. I did not like both the heroine or the hero, and honestly wished the story was about Naki and Sissy, who were just wonderful.
The one thing I have to appreciate is the beautiful epilogue, where all the ends tied up together beautifully post revolution.
Safe with exceptions
3.25/5
Of Trilby & Thorn
and Naki & Sissy
and Lisa & Todd
and the fight between the Apache and the Mexicans.
Truthfully, there's a LOT happening in this book!
Trilby and her family move to an isolated land next to the Mexican border when her family inherits it. She's just getting used to ranch life, always having lived a comfortable life in the city, but is now destitute. What annoys her most is her exasperating neighbor Thorn, who always views her with contempt in his eyes.
Thorn has been misinformed about Trilby's character by his now late wife, and thinks of her as a easy woman who has affairs with his married cousin. When he decides to kiss her forcefully, she pushes him and exposes his truth to her family, making him feel ashamed. Soon they give into their passions after a LOT of back and forth, which involves an afraid child, an ex crush who is a total douche, the crush's new flame and a billion other people.
It has the classic DP plot of a man traumatized by his ex, so much that he ignores his child and an innocent heroine who is hung up on a crush who doesn't even care about her. They have a lot of misunderstandings and harsh words until they inevitably fall for one another. Even their life post marriage is very tremulous and they barely get along until the very end!
Added is a love story between Sissy the anthropologist, Richard the crush's sister and Naki, the Apache Indian who is a widower; as well as Lisa, the abused army officer's wife and the widower physician Todd.
There was sooo damn many things happening in this one that it gave me a good headache. I did not like both the heroine or the hero, and honestly wished the story was about Naki and Sissy, who were just wonderful.
The one thing I have to appreciate is the beautiful epilogue, where all the ends tied up together beautifully post revolution.
Safe with exceptions
3.25/5
January 31, 2014
Well, surprisingly this book isn't as bad as I was expected.
Sure it started out real slow and I did 'skip pages' few times because it was boring, but eventually the story went smooth and familiar as usual.
I don't really like Trilby. She's nothing but weak because she didn't stand up for herself. She didn't even tried to justify her honor in front of Thornton and that's annoying. I don't like it.
Yes, too much character in this book. It was like three stories stuffed in one book which could be so much better if each and one of them stood separately, because Diana Palmer could add more details instead of quick fling here and there.
Not my favorite but I don't hate it that much either. :)
Sure it started out real slow and I did 'skip pages' few times because it was boring, but eventually the story went smooth and familiar as usual.
I don't really like Trilby. She's nothing but weak because she didn't stand up for herself. She didn't even tried to justify her honor in front of Thornton and that's annoying. I don't like it.
Yes, too much character in this book. It was like three stories stuffed in one book which could be so much better if each and one of them stood separately, because Diana Palmer could add more details instead of quick fling here and there.
Not my favorite but I don't hate it that much either. :)
September 11, 2013
I love historical westerns, and this book was set in an interesting period, the early 1900's instead of the usual range of 1850-1880. We have motorcars, and instead of Indian Wars the backdrop is the Mexican Revolution.
I would have enjoyed the book even more if it hadn't been for two things:
Too much historical info. We have endless discussions of the political situation, or the Native American culture. It is all accurate, but it interrupts the story. I get the impression that Diana Palmer did lots of research and wanted to shove it all in. Less would have sufficed.
An even bigger problem was some aspects of the romance.
The hero is led to believe the heroine is a slut. He discovers he was wrong. He apologizes, and they are good.
The heroine believes she loves an educated gentleman from the East. He comes to visit and proves to be a jerk. She sees him for what he is, and so does everyone else. She realizes she loves the hero, and they are good to go.
So, the hero and heroine have a wild night of passion and get married in a rush. The wedding night is another hotbed of passion. Then, the next day, the hero for some mysterious reason decides that the heroine is after all still in love with her Eastern suitor. To salvage his pride, he pushes her away with lies that he still loves his late wife.
We know his first marriage was unhappy. The heroine knows it too. And yet, she believes those lies. We have two people in love, married to each other, living in the same house, suddenly ignoring each other and leading a separate life for months. Eventually, they decide to divorce and need a big external event to bring them back together.
I can't accept a major plot turn entirely based on a misunderstanding that would have taken 12 words to clear up. No, I don't love him. No, I'm not still in love with her.
It's a shame the author couldn't think of a more realistic way of putting a wrinkle in the relationship, instead of using stubborn pride to make the couple blind to everything else, including love.
I would have enjoyed the book even more if it hadn't been for two things:
Too much historical info. We have endless discussions of the political situation, or the Native American culture. It is all accurate, but it interrupts the story. I get the impression that Diana Palmer did lots of research and wanted to shove it all in. Less would have sufficed.
An even bigger problem was some aspects of the romance.
The hero is led to believe the heroine is a slut. He discovers he was wrong. He apologizes, and they are good.
The heroine believes she loves an educated gentleman from the East. He comes to visit and proves to be a jerk. She sees him for what he is, and so does everyone else. She realizes she loves the hero, and they are good to go.
So, the hero and heroine have a wild night of passion and get married in a rush. The wedding night is another hotbed of passion. Then, the next day, the hero for some mysterious reason decides that the heroine is after all still in love with her Eastern suitor. To salvage his pride, he pushes her away with lies that he still loves his late wife.
We know his first marriage was unhappy. The heroine knows it too. And yet, she believes those lies. We have two people in love, married to each other, living in the same house, suddenly ignoring each other and leading a separate life for months. Eventually, they decide to divorce and need a big external event to bring them back together.
I can't accept a major plot turn entirely based on a misunderstanding that would have taken 12 words to clear up. No, I don't love him. No, I'm not still in love with her.
It's a shame the author couldn't think of a more realistic way of putting a wrinkle in the relationship, instead of using stubborn pride to make the couple blind to everything else, including love.
August 27, 2024
*sigh*...the title of this book could have been "The Flushed and Flushing." I swear every other sentence Trilby, Sissy, Lisa or Richard was flushing! That got on my last nerve! The synopsis for this book led me to believe there was going to be a confrontation over land but nothing could be further from what this story was about. The best part of the book is the last chapter where I get a history lesson about the Mexican uprising, the battle for Agua Prieta and Pancho Villa. Hence the only reason why I am rating this book more than 1 star. This book is typical of Palmer's sappy, gag-me-with-1,000-spoons syrupy storytelling. It took me forever to get through 21 chapters as I had to force myself to continue. If it had not been for the wraparound stories about Naki and Sissy, Lisa and Colonel Powell, and my curiosity as to what was going to happen to their relationships, I don't think I would have continued. I didn't give a fig about Trilby, who by the way accurately is named after a soft felt man's hat (in other words, no support to it), and Thorne's relationship. It was boring and predictable (I HATE weak women characters with no spine and this one...). I would not recommend this book to anyone who is expecting a woman with a backbone to stand against a man trying to take her land...that story just ain't happening here folks.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 2, 2021
Della Dianona ho praticamente letto tutto, tranne la serie Whitehall e Wyoming (che tengo lì per non dover dire non ho più serie della Palmer da leggere) E i due storici “cuore selvaggio” e questo che ho letto adesso. Dopo aver concluso questi sette dovrò andare a casa di Diana ,rapirla come fa Annie Wilkes con Paul Sheldon in “Misery non deve morire” del maestro King e quindi costringerla a scrivere altro sotto minacce.
Devo ammettere che questo libro mi ha stupito. In un certo senso, si discosta dai soliti dell’autrice , ma sotto altri punti di vista davvero trovi il marchio di fabbrica della Dianona .
Innanzitutto la lunghezza; questo è un libro corposo di ben 309 pagine cartacee quasi 900 digitali sul Lettore iPhone.
Fino ad ora il libro più lungo che avevo letto della Palmer era “ paper rose “ in italiano “ tra orgoglio e passione “ Che è sempre stato il mio preferito. Devo dire che riuscendo ad allungare i racconti e rendere più corposo il suo lavoro, Diana riesce a dare delle caratterizzazioni davvero efficaci. Cerco di spiegarmi meglio senza spoiler perché ,se avete letto gli Harmony della Palmer, non potete non leggere questo che secondo me è un libro “vero” .
Innanzitutto, adoro i libri che mi insegnano la storia.
A differenza degli altri letti fino adesso questo è uno storico; siamo in Arizona nel 1910 negli Stati Uniti ma a confine con il Messico , in pratica una polveriera in quel periodo storico quando il selvaggio West era davvero selvaggio duro e inospitale, devo ammettere che sono andata a rispolverare su Wikipedia quel periodo storico particolare che ahimè,non ho mai studiato nel mio percorso scolastico e universitario. Ebbene,Dianona ha davvero fatto un lavoro di ricerca certosino per rendere veritiero l’intero romanzo. Vi posso assicurare, che per tutto l’arco narrativo, voi vi sentirete all’interno della rivoluzione messicana di Madero , ma con un punto di vista differente che normalmente avevano gli statunitensi dell’epoca ( cosa che ho tanto apprezzato ) . I rivoluzionari sono descritti sostanzialmente come gente giusta, con le proprie motivazioni.
Nel libro vedrete lo sviluppo della coppia principale thornton e Trilby , vicini di ranch . All’inizio rispecchiano la classica “coppia Palmer “, ma a poco a poco se ne discostano ...paradossalmente in un contesto storico in cui il personaggio remissivo della donna poteva essere più contestualizzato, ecco che vediamo uno sviluppo di coppia dove alla fine, permane un certo equilibrio, perché alla fine della fiera entrambi sbagliano, entrambi soffrono, entrambi si maltrattano e si inseguono.
“Lei scosse il capo. Aveva quel tipo di voce morbida come il velluto e profonda come la notte ma, all’occorrenza, capace di tagliare al pari di una frusta. Come ora.”
Era solo che Thorn desiderava tanto il suo amore! L’aveva amata infinitamente, e ora capiva quanto fosse stato inutile.
Lei annaspò. L’espressione sul suo volto le faceva tremare le ginocchia. Perché non lo aveva capito prima? Quello non era lo sguardo di un uomo geloso o vendicativo, ma di un uomo che l’amava così tanto da sentirsi morire all’idea di perderla.
Da corollario altre due coppie, Sissy e Naki , lei statunitense, lui Apache.
Se possibile, li ho amati ancora di più della coppia principale.
Ho sempre pensato che Diana avesse una particolare cura e amore nel descrivere gli uomini nativi americani (Tate uno di questi ) ... Naki è meraviglioso,La storia d’amore fra lui e Sissy è struggente e poetica.
Uomini e donne non si guardano neppure in un campeggio. Qualsiasi dimostrazione di affetto o attenzione verso il sesso opposto è considerata maleducazione.(...) E... il flauto?»
«Per fare l’amore» spiegò lui, dolcemente.
Sissy arrossì.
Naki sollevò il capo di colpo. La sensazione del suo corpo lo indeboliva. Gli tremavano le gambe da quanto la desiderava. Ma questo non poteva succedere. Non poteva disonorarla, così come non poteva volare.
Avrei voluto tanto di più su di loro.
La terza coppia sono Lisa e Todd . Lei moglie infelice e tradita ,lui il medico dell’esercito che l’ama da sempre.
Anche la loro storia è dolcissima.
Lisa gli lesse negli occhi cose che non le avrebbe mai detto, probabilmente. Vide la fame, la disperazione, la solitudine, il rispetto e la voglia. Ma dietro a tutto, l’amore che si sarebbe sacrificato nel suo interesse.
Alla fine del libro abbiamo anche un recap storico.
Un’ultima cosa riguardo la sensualità della storia che effettivamente è molto più accentuata rispetto ai libri letti finora. Rimane comunque nello stile della Palmer :più romantico che erotico.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ meritatissime e -6 libri al sequestro di Dianona.
Devo ammettere che questo libro mi ha stupito. In un certo senso, si discosta dai soliti dell’autrice , ma sotto altri punti di vista davvero trovi il marchio di fabbrica della Dianona .
Innanzitutto la lunghezza; questo è un libro corposo di ben 309 pagine cartacee quasi 900 digitali sul Lettore iPhone.
Fino ad ora il libro più lungo che avevo letto della Palmer era “ paper rose “ in italiano “ tra orgoglio e passione “ Che è sempre stato il mio preferito. Devo dire che riuscendo ad allungare i racconti e rendere più corposo il suo lavoro, Diana riesce a dare delle caratterizzazioni davvero efficaci. Cerco di spiegarmi meglio senza spoiler perché ,se avete letto gli Harmony della Palmer, non potete non leggere questo che secondo me è un libro “vero” .
Innanzitutto, adoro i libri che mi insegnano la storia.
A differenza degli altri letti fino adesso questo è uno storico; siamo in Arizona nel 1910 negli Stati Uniti ma a confine con il Messico , in pratica una polveriera in quel periodo storico quando il selvaggio West era davvero selvaggio duro e inospitale, devo ammettere che sono andata a rispolverare su Wikipedia quel periodo storico particolare che ahimè,non ho mai studiato nel mio percorso scolastico e universitario. Ebbene,Dianona ha davvero fatto un lavoro di ricerca certosino per rendere veritiero l’intero romanzo. Vi posso assicurare, che per tutto l’arco narrativo, voi vi sentirete all’interno della rivoluzione messicana di Madero , ma con un punto di vista differente che normalmente avevano gli statunitensi dell’epoca ( cosa che ho tanto apprezzato ) . I rivoluzionari sono descritti sostanzialmente come gente giusta, con le proprie motivazioni.
Nel libro vedrete lo sviluppo della coppia principale thornton e Trilby , vicini di ranch . All’inizio rispecchiano la classica “coppia Palmer “, ma a poco a poco se ne discostano ...paradossalmente in un contesto storico in cui il personaggio remissivo della donna poteva essere più contestualizzato, ecco che vediamo uno sviluppo di coppia dove alla fine, permane un certo equilibrio, perché alla fine della fiera entrambi sbagliano, entrambi soffrono, entrambi si maltrattano e si inseguono.
“Lei scosse il capo. Aveva quel tipo di voce morbida come il velluto e profonda come la notte ma, all’occorrenza, capace di tagliare al pari di una frusta. Come ora.”
Era solo che Thorn desiderava tanto il suo amore! L’aveva amata infinitamente, e ora capiva quanto fosse stato inutile.
Lei annaspò. L’espressione sul suo volto le faceva tremare le ginocchia. Perché non lo aveva capito prima? Quello non era lo sguardo di un uomo geloso o vendicativo, ma di un uomo che l’amava così tanto da sentirsi morire all’idea di perderla.
Da corollario altre due coppie, Sissy e Naki , lei statunitense, lui Apache.
Se possibile, li ho amati ancora di più della coppia principale.
Ho sempre pensato che Diana avesse una particolare cura e amore nel descrivere gli uomini nativi americani (Tate uno di questi ) ... Naki è meraviglioso,La storia d’amore fra lui e Sissy è struggente e poetica.
Uomini e donne non si guardano neppure in un campeggio. Qualsiasi dimostrazione di affetto o attenzione verso il sesso opposto è considerata maleducazione.(...) E... il flauto?»
«Per fare l’amore» spiegò lui, dolcemente.
Sissy arrossì.
Naki sollevò il capo di colpo. La sensazione del suo corpo lo indeboliva. Gli tremavano le gambe da quanto la desiderava. Ma questo non poteva succedere. Non poteva disonorarla, così come non poteva volare.
Avrei voluto tanto di più su di loro.
La terza coppia sono Lisa e Todd . Lei moglie infelice e tradita ,lui il medico dell’esercito che l’ama da sempre.
Anche la loro storia è dolcissima.
Lisa gli lesse negli occhi cose che non le avrebbe mai detto, probabilmente. Vide la fame, la disperazione, la solitudine, il rispetto e la voglia. Ma dietro a tutto, l’amore che si sarebbe sacrificato nel suo interesse.
Alla fine del libro abbiamo anche un recap storico.
Un’ultima cosa riguardo la sensualità della storia che effettivamente è molto più accentuata rispetto ai libri letti finora. Rimane comunque nello stile della Palmer :più romantico che erotico.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ meritatissime e -6 libri al sequestro di Dianona.
April 25, 2019
It's been quite a while since I read this book. I still like it very much. Diana has written it so well. The plot is very interesting about the Apache Indians. A good book to keep and read again.
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March 18, 2024The only English book available at the moment, and it was... something
Definitely not my kind of story.
Definitely not my kind of story.
July 6, 2023
No podría decir que el libro no me atrapó porque de ser así hubiera tardado más en leerlo. Sin embargo, pasé sus páginas con gran velocidad en apenas un par de días. En gran parte porque no se trata de una lectura enroscada y confusa, todo lo contrario.
Si tuviera que definir el libro en una frase creo que sería algo así: Hay mucha gente para poca historia.
La autora, además de los protagonistas, incluye otros personajes con sus propios problemas y obstáculos que les impiden concretar las cuestiones amorosas. Todas muy particulares e interesantes he de decir, y creo que ahí está el problema. Cada pareja podría haberse convertido en una historia particular y así los lectores podríamos ver a los personajes con mayor profundidad y no quedarnos con ese sabor a poco o hasta llegar a preguntarnos: ¿y de qué me sirve conocerlos a estos? Incluso en ciertos puntos dio la sensación de que todo pasó muy rápido. Repentino y un poco atropellado, aunque justificado por las cuestiones de la época.
La parte histórica acompañó desde el comienzo teniendo más o menos presencia con el paso de los capítulos. Hasta tuvo más relevancia en la vida de otros personajes más que en la de los protagonistas.
A pesar de esto la novela me entretuvo, cumplió su función por decirlo de alguna manera. Un conflicto basado en la falta de comunicación constante no es nada nuevo pero tiene esa capacidad de engancharnos y que sintamos la necesidad de seguir a los personajes para ver cómo demonios se solucionan las cosas.
Tres estrellitas por el buen rato.
Si tuviera que definir el libro en una frase creo que sería algo así: Hay mucha gente para poca historia.
La autora, además de los protagonistas, incluye otros personajes con sus propios problemas y obstáculos que les impiden concretar las cuestiones amorosas. Todas muy particulares e interesantes he de decir, y creo que ahí está el problema. Cada pareja podría haberse convertido en una historia particular y así los lectores podríamos ver a los personajes con mayor profundidad y no quedarnos con ese sabor a poco o hasta llegar a preguntarnos: ¿y de qué me sirve conocerlos a estos? Incluso en ciertos puntos dio la sensación de que todo pasó muy rápido. Repentino y un poco atropellado, aunque justificado por las cuestiones de la época.
La parte histórica acompañó desde el comienzo teniendo más o menos presencia con el paso de los capítulos. Hasta tuvo más relevancia en la vida de otros personajes más que en la de los protagonistas.
A pesar de esto la novela me entretuvo, cumplió su función por decirlo de alguna manera. Un conflicto basado en la falta de comunicación constante no es nada nuevo pero tiene esa capacidad de engancharnos y que sintamos la necesidad de seguir a los personajes para ver cómo demonios se solucionan las cosas.
Tres estrellitas por el buen rato.
August 3, 2019
Arizona, 1910
Dear Diary,
It will take more than threats—and one overbearing rancher— to drive me away from my rightful property.—When I inherited this isolated land near the Mexican border, I knew running it would be difficult and dangerous—very different from my privileged life in Louisiana, where I was the genteel Miss Trilby Lang. But I certainly didn't expect that my neighbor, Thorn Vance, would be challenging me at every turn. Or that his brusque, ruggedly appealing ways would prove a dangerous temptation that I'm finding harder and harder to resist. Now, with trouble sweeping the territory, I need his help. But how much will I risk putting myself in the hands of a man who's used to getting exactly what he wants?
Dear Diary,
It will take more than threats—and one overbearing rancher— to drive me away from my rightful property.—When I inherited this isolated land near the Mexican border, I knew running it would be difficult and dangerous—very different from my privileged life in Louisiana, where I was the genteel Miss Trilby Lang. But I certainly didn't expect that my neighbor, Thorn Vance, would be challenging me at every turn. Or that his brusque, ruggedly appealing ways would prove a dangerous temptation that I'm finding harder and harder to resist. Now, with trouble sweeping the territory, I need his help. But how much will I risk putting myself in the hands of a man who's used to getting exactly what he wants?
December 8, 2022
This story takes place in Arizona territory, just before they became a state. It concerns a family who traveled from their home in Louisiana to an isolated ranch near Douglas, Arizona. Trilby is the oldest daughter in the family and the main character. Their neighbor Thornton Vance is the unwanted love interest. In this rugged desert location with a Mexican uprising in the making and bandits stealing cattle and horses, It doesn't seem like a safe place to live and certainly not what they were used to. It's about their lives, struggles, loves, passions, prejudices, and more.
August 27, 2024
Good: The story of Trilby and Thorn! It’s a very good love story and if this book was rewritten to add more to their story and less nonsense the book could have been great!
Bad: Too much history
That nonsense story about Lisa and her cheating husband!!! WTH is this even in this book? It’s like a very very loose thread creating a story in the book! If anyone reads this; skip those parts entirely!! They have nothing to do with Trilby and Thorn!!!
Bad: Too much history
That nonsense story about Lisa and her cheating husband!!! WTH is this even in this book? It’s like a very very loose thread creating a story in the book! If anyone reads this; skip those parts entirely!! They have nothing to do with Trilby and Thorn!!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 14, 2018
Historical Story
Not usually a fan of historical books, I started reading this book as a fan of Diana Palmer. I soon found myself caught up in the tale of three separate love stories surrounded by dust, hardships, and revolution at the U.S. and Mexican border. One of DP's best books. I recommend to all readers of romantic historical.
Not usually a fan of historical books, I started reading this book as a fan of Diana Palmer. I soon found myself caught up in the tale of three separate love stories surrounded by dust, hardships, and revolution at the U.S. and Mexican border. One of DP's best books. I recommend to all readers of romantic historical.
February 24, 2019
Oltre al fatto che non amo i libri con più storie in contemporanea ho trovato anche che alcune fossero state trattate in modo troppo sbrigativo, soprattutto poi la parte finale sembra sia stata tagliata. In alcuni momenti sembrava più un libro storico, informazione a non finire. Non mi ha convinta per niente
February 11, 2022
Trophy and Thorn
They both tortured each other with the idea that they loved a person from their past. When Trilby got captured during an insurrection Thorn realized that she actually loved him and was having his child. He stopped trying to send her back to Richard Bates. They lived a long and happy life together.
They both tortured each other with the idea that they loved a person from their past. When Trilby got captured during an insurrection Thorn realized that she actually loved him and was having his child. He stopped trying to send her back to Richard Bates. They lived a long and happy life together.
June 29, 2025
Its final lines:
A little work, a little play
To keep us going—and so, good-day!
A little work, a little play
To keep us going—and so, good-day!
A little warmth, a little light
Of love’s bestowing—and so on, good-night!
A little fun, to match the sorrow
Of each day’s growing —and so on, good-morrow!
A little trust that when we die
We reap our sowing! And so—good-bye!
A little work, a little play
To keep us going—and so, good-day!
A little work, a little play
To keep us going—and so, good-day!
A little warmth, a little light
Of love’s bestowing—and so on, good-night!
A little fun, to match the sorrow
Of each day’s growing —and so on, good-morrow!
A little trust that when we die
We reap our sowing! And so—good-bye!
August 24, 2024
2.5⭐️’s
“𝓘𝓽’𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓮. 𝓘 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓨𝓸𝓾’𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓫𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓭, 𝓣𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓫𝔂.”
Tropes:
🐎 Age Gap
🐎 Single Dad
🐎 Cowboy Romance
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“𝓘𝓽’𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓮. 𝓘 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓨𝓸𝓾’𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓫𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓭, 𝓣𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓫𝔂.”
Tropes:
🐎 Age Gap
🐎 Single Dad
🐎 Cowboy Romance
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April 24, 2019
Interesting reading of border wars in the last century, though set in fiction, with Mexico in light of today's headlines.
February 27, 2021
Ay Thorn como todos los demás haciendo pagar al inocente los pecados de la pecadora, puff, tremendo tonto...
May 30, 2022
Love this book
January 16, 2023
What a silly characters except naki and sissy
March 31, 2024
The word 'savage' appears in this book 100000 times. It's the central theme, and god, it bores me right off.
May 12, 2025
Good story!!
June 22, 2025
amazing story loved it.
February 19, 2020
Dentro do género histórico não faz bem o meu género, o protagonista masculino era execrável e ela era uma tontinha que fazia tudo o que ele queria e depois quando se apercebia ficava em auto flagelação...tem índios e deserto pelo meio e muito calor!
January 2, 2015
ceritax bersetting saat revolusi meksiko...aq tidak terlalu memperhatikan tentang revolusix… ;p
lebih fokus k masalah cintax...hehe...
arizona berbatasan dengan meksiko yag sadang bergejolak,para penduduk dan peternak yg tinggal disana kena imbasx...ternak2 dicuri oleh pemberontak meksiko...
trilby dan keluargax pindah dari new orleans k arizona yang panas,gersang dan berdebu setelah ayahx mnerima warisan dari pamanx...saat d new orleans trilby mencintai richard n dy terpaksa berpisah darix...
d arizona mereka mempunyai tetangga, thorn vance...sejak pertama kali bertemu vance tidak menyukai trilby...(khas pria tante DP);p
thorn mempunyai istri dan seorang putri...sally pernah mengatakan pada thorn klo dy melihat trilby berciuman dengan curt,sepupu thorn…bertambah lah alasan thorn membenci trilby…bebrpa bulan setelah keluarga trilby pindah kesana sally,meninggal dalam kecelakaan kereta...untungx segala salah paham yg terjadi tidak berlangsung lama…thorn mulai mengejar2 trilby…tp trilby tetap bertahan dengan ilusix klo dy mencintai richard…thorn sadar dy jauh berbeda dengan richard…dy tidak berbudaya,kasar dan biadab…trilby mengira alsan thron mendekatix karna thorn membutuhkan sumber air dari peternakanx…
rasax baru in ketemu hero tante DP yg tidak terlalu menyebalkan dan memelas… ;p
thorn tidak yakin trilby mencintaix dan dy tw trilby tidak tahan dengan kehidupan disana yang keras dan panasx minta ampun dan ingin kembali k timur…apalagi Richard selalu menghubungix memintax kembli kesana…
dicerita in bukan hanya ad kisah thorn dan trilby dan revolusi meksiko,tp ad juga tentang Naki,Indian Apache yg bekerja pada thorn…walaupun dy orang Indian dan terkenal tidak beradab,naki berbeda,dy pintar,berpendidikan dan bisa 4bahasa…naki mencintai Alexandra,adik dari Richard pria yang katax dcintai trilby…naki dan Alexandra berasal dari 2 dunia yang sangat berbeda jauh,naki tidak akan bisa hidup d dunia Alexandra,orang2 d timur tidak akan bisa menerima dirix,betapun pintarx dirix…dan Alexandra tidak mungkin hidup d reservasi…satu2x jalan yg bisa mereka harus pindah k meksiko…dsana tidak ad yang namax perbedaan ras…untuk mewujudkanx,naki memilih bergabung dengan pemberontak meksiko dan berharap revolusi segera terjadi dan dy tidak meninggal dalam usahax itu…
dan ad juga kisah tentang lisa dan david…sepasang suami istri yg tinggal d pangkalan militer amerika…david seorang komandan dan alasan dy menikahi lisa dulu hanya karna ayah lisa atasanx dan bisa mempercepat kenaikan pangkatx…david punya simpanan dan dy mencintaix awalx aq berpikir david dan lisa bisa memperbaiki dan mempertahankan pernikahanx…tp ternyata tante DP memberi lisa pangeran lain untukx…
lebih fokus k masalah cintax...hehe...
arizona berbatasan dengan meksiko yag sadang bergejolak,para penduduk dan peternak yg tinggal disana kena imbasx...ternak2 dicuri oleh pemberontak meksiko...
trilby dan keluargax pindah dari new orleans k arizona yang panas,gersang dan berdebu setelah ayahx mnerima warisan dari pamanx...saat d new orleans trilby mencintai richard n dy terpaksa berpisah darix...
d arizona mereka mempunyai tetangga, thorn vance...sejak pertama kali bertemu vance tidak menyukai trilby...(khas pria tante DP);p
thorn mempunyai istri dan seorang putri...sally pernah mengatakan pada thorn klo dy melihat trilby berciuman dengan curt,sepupu thorn…bertambah lah alasan thorn membenci trilby…bebrpa bulan setelah keluarga trilby pindah kesana sally,meninggal dalam kecelakaan kereta...untungx segala salah paham yg terjadi tidak berlangsung lama…thorn mulai mengejar2 trilby…tp trilby tetap bertahan dengan ilusix klo dy mencintai richard…thorn sadar dy jauh berbeda dengan richard…dy tidak berbudaya,kasar dan biadab…trilby mengira alsan thron mendekatix karna thorn membutuhkan sumber air dari peternakanx…
rasax baru in ketemu hero tante DP yg tidak terlalu menyebalkan dan memelas… ;p
thorn tidak yakin trilby mencintaix dan dy tw trilby tidak tahan dengan kehidupan disana yang keras dan panasx minta ampun dan ingin kembali k timur…apalagi Richard selalu menghubungix memintax kembli kesana…
dicerita in bukan hanya ad kisah thorn dan trilby dan revolusi meksiko,tp ad juga tentang Naki,Indian Apache yg bekerja pada thorn…walaupun dy orang Indian dan terkenal tidak beradab,naki berbeda,dy pintar,berpendidikan dan bisa 4bahasa…naki mencintai Alexandra,adik dari Richard pria yang katax dcintai trilby…naki dan Alexandra berasal dari 2 dunia yang sangat berbeda jauh,naki tidak akan bisa hidup d dunia Alexandra,orang2 d timur tidak akan bisa menerima dirix,betapun pintarx dirix…dan Alexandra tidak mungkin hidup d reservasi…satu2x jalan yg bisa mereka harus pindah k meksiko…dsana tidak ad yang namax perbedaan ras…untuk mewujudkanx,naki memilih bergabung dengan pemberontak meksiko dan berharap revolusi segera terjadi dan dy tidak meninggal dalam usahax itu…
dan ad juga kisah tentang lisa dan david…sepasang suami istri yg tinggal d pangkalan militer amerika…david seorang komandan dan alasan dy menikahi lisa dulu hanya karna ayah lisa atasanx dan bisa mempercepat kenaikan pangkatx…david punya simpanan dan dy mencintaix awalx aq berpikir david dan lisa bisa memperbaiki dan mempertahankan pernikahanx…tp ternyata tante DP memberi lisa pangeran lain untukx…
March 8, 2013
Di sini ada revolusi Meksiko dan ada perang-perangnya yang tidak terlalu aku perhatikan. Heheheheheh... Maaf ya, aku bukan tipe pembaca yang suka dengan sejarah >,<
Ceritanya bermula dari gosip yang tak benar yang membuat sikap Thorn sangat dingin dan menghina kepada Trilby. Sebenarnya Trilby gak tahu alasan Thorn memperlakukannya seperti itu dan sebenarnya dia sakit hati atas perlakuan Thorn.
Berada di Arizona yang terletak di daerah rawan perang sebenarnya membuatnya rindu kepada kotanya dulu, Lousiana, dan kepada pria yang dititipkannya cinta, Richard. Kedatangan pria itu membuatnya bahagia, namun segera pupus ketika disadarinya pria itu tak mencintainya dan ternyata Trilby merasakan sesuatu terhadap Thorn.
Gairah keduanya terasa meledak-ledak dan pernikahan adalah yang ditawarkan. Keduanya menikah dengan membawa keraguan. Apakah Trilby memikirkan Richard ketika dia bersama Thorn? Dan apakah Thorn memikirkan istrinya ketika pria itu menghabiskan malam bersama Trilby?
Cerita lepas lainnya dari Diana Palmer (DP) yang entah mengapa kali ini kurang menarik untukku walaupun aku menikmati membaca cerita ini. Aku suka dengan kedua karakter utama ini, tapi mungkin karena porsi perang yang cukup menyita serta karakter pendukung lain yang juga diselipkan, membuatku merasa ceritanya kurang.
Aku suka dengan karakter Sissy dan Naki. Mereka adalah karakter pendukung yang kuat. Aku bisa merasakan keputusasaan mereka. Bahkan sempat terpikir olehku, kenapa DP gak bikin Sissy dan Naki saja yang jadi karakter utamanya saja? Selain itu, DP juga menyelipkan beberapa pengetahuan tentang suku Apache.
Lalu untuk karakter Kapten Powell dan Lisa, itu membuatku bertanya-tanya untuk apa karakter mereka sebenarnya dalam cerita ini? Seperti hanya cerita tambahan untuk menambah jumlah halaman. Hufffttttt...
Dibandingkan dengan Harlequin tipis DP lainnya, aku lebih prefer yang tipis dengan alur yang cepat dan tidak terlalu bertele-tele. Sepertinya untuk yang tebal, aku tetap paling suka dengan Lawless. Untuk Trilby, entahlah, mungkin moodku yang tidak terlalu bagus.
Walaupun DP adalah salah satu penulis romance yang aku suka, sepertinya karyanya kali ini kurang menggugahku. Sebaiknya aku kembali membaca seri Long, Tall Texans saja. Heheheheheheh...
Overall, oke lah. Karakternya menyenangkan. Ceritanya juga oke sih =)
Ceritanya bermula dari gosip yang tak benar yang membuat sikap Thorn sangat dingin dan menghina kepada Trilby. Sebenarnya Trilby gak tahu alasan Thorn memperlakukannya seperti itu dan sebenarnya dia sakit hati atas perlakuan Thorn.
Berada di Arizona yang terletak di daerah rawan perang sebenarnya membuatnya rindu kepada kotanya dulu, Lousiana, dan kepada pria yang dititipkannya cinta, Richard. Kedatangan pria itu membuatnya bahagia, namun segera pupus ketika disadarinya pria itu tak mencintainya dan ternyata Trilby merasakan sesuatu terhadap Thorn.
Gairah keduanya terasa meledak-ledak dan pernikahan adalah yang ditawarkan. Keduanya menikah dengan membawa keraguan. Apakah Trilby memikirkan Richard ketika dia bersama Thorn? Dan apakah Thorn memikirkan istrinya ketika pria itu menghabiskan malam bersama Trilby?
Cerita lepas lainnya dari Diana Palmer (DP) yang entah mengapa kali ini kurang menarik untukku walaupun aku menikmati membaca cerita ini. Aku suka dengan kedua karakter utama ini, tapi mungkin karena porsi perang yang cukup menyita serta karakter pendukung lain yang juga diselipkan, membuatku merasa ceritanya kurang.
Aku suka dengan karakter Sissy dan Naki. Mereka adalah karakter pendukung yang kuat. Aku bisa merasakan keputusasaan mereka. Bahkan sempat terpikir olehku, kenapa DP gak bikin Sissy dan Naki saja yang jadi karakter utamanya saja? Selain itu, DP juga menyelipkan beberapa pengetahuan tentang suku Apache.
Lalu untuk karakter Kapten Powell dan Lisa, itu membuatku bertanya-tanya untuk apa karakter mereka sebenarnya dalam cerita ini? Seperti hanya cerita tambahan untuk menambah jumlah halaman. Hufffttttt...
Dibandingkan dengan Harlequin tipis DP lainnya, aku lebih prefer yang tipis dengan alur yang cepat dan tidak terlalu bertele-tele. Sepertinya untuk yang tebal, aku tetap paling suka dengan Lawless. Untuk Trilby, entahlah, mungkin moodku yang tidak terlalu bagus.
Walaupun DP adalah salah satu penulis romance yang aku suka, sepertinya karyanya kali ini kurang menggugahku. Sebaiknya aku kembali membaca seri Long, Tall Texans saja. Heheheheheheh...
Overall, oke lah. Karakternya menyenangkan. Ceritanya juga oke sih =)
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