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Lucetta
From Mistress To Slave
Ravishing Lucetta Grayton was raised as a child of privilege on the lush Caribbean plantation of Melrose. But with the tragic death of her aristocratic father and adoring mother, all rights of birth were stripped from her.
Now Lucetta was exposed as the illegitimate daughter of a forbidden love affair, on a level with the black slaves. Now her life was owned by a half-brother, and her body was prey to the most notorious rake on the island, Edward Buffington. But it was Peter Christian, the all-powerful governor himself, who commanded her heart and awakened her desires. And so Lucetta's girlhood plantation paradise became the testing ground of her womanhood -- as she was enslaved by the uncontrollable carnal appetites of the men around her, and by the burning lash of her own passion...
Here, set on a lush and licentious Caribbean island, is the scorching novel of the beautiful Lucetta, who fought against her bondage with everything she had -- until she met the one man who made her a willing slave to all-consuming desire....
Ravishing Lucetta Grayton was raised as a child of privilege on the lush Caribbean plantation of Melrose. But with the tragic death of her aristocratic father and adoring mother, all rights of birth were stripped from her.
Now Lucetta was exposed as the illegitimate daughter of a forbidden love affair, on a level with the black slaves. Now her life was owned by a half-brother, and her body was prey to the most notorious rake on the island, Edward Buffington. But it was Peter Christian, the all-powerful governor himself, who commanded her heart and awakened her desires. And so Lucetta's girlhood plantation paradise became the testing ground of her womanhood -- as she was enslaved by the uncontrollable carnal appetites of the men around her, and by the burning lash of her own passion...
Here, set on a lush and licentious Caribbean island, is the scorching novel of the beautiful Lucetta, who fought against her bondage with everything she had -- until she met the one man who made her a willing slave to all-consuming desire....
- GenresHistorical Romance
331 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 5, 1979
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May 21, 2020
DNF, because holy crap. I'm so bored.
Don't be deceived by the blurb! This is NOT a bodice ripper. Point of fact, this is as far from a bodice ripper as you can get. The bit about her body being a plaything? Lies! The guy ogles her boobs for two lines, makes a comment, & she tells him to get lost. That's it. Seriously. The stuff about her half-brother? Lies! She's given her freedom via her father's will, along with a generous income from both parents. She's not owned by anyone. She's completely independent. She could live on the island, in England, in Canada, in Morocco, on the moon for all anyone can dictate. Boooo! That's not the novel I was promised.
...So. Instead of a lusty, harrowing epic, we have an incredibly tedious vehicle for the author's research. There's infodump after infodump, punctuated by plodding no-drama drama & wooden dialogue wherein the MC & her lover Peter stand around infodumping MOAR infodumps, then proclaiming their undying love, which, tho they can't marry due to interracial law, doesn't mean they're not married in their hearts. Wash, rinse, repeat.
I repeat: there's no tension. No drama. No antagonist, no hurdles, no real roadblocks to their happiness. No nothing. Who freakin' cares?? Not me.
Standard 2-star DNF. I considered rounding down, but in fairness the blurb isn't the author's fault. So I'll be generous & not grade according to my lip-curling reaction to this snoozefest.
What a waste of a gorgeous vintage cover.
Don't be deceived by the blurb! This is NOT a bodice ripper. Point of fact, this is as far from a bodice ripper as you can get. The bit about her body being a plaything? Lies! The guy ogles her boobs for two lines, makes a comment, & she tells him to get lost. That's it. Seriously. The stuff about her half-brother? Lies! She's given her freedom via her father's will, along with a generous income from both parents. She's not owned by anyone. She's completely independent. She could live on the island, in England, in Canada, in Morocco, on the moon for all anyone can dictate. Boooo! That's not the novel I was promised.
...So. Instead of a lusty, harrowing epic, we have an incredibly tedious vehicle for the author's research. There's infodump after infodump, punctuated by plodding no-drama drama & wooden dialogue wherein the MC & her lover Peter stand around infodumping MOAR infodumps, then proclaiming their undying love, which, tho they can't marry due to interracial law, doesn't mean they're not married in their hearts. Wash, rinse, repeat.
I repeat: there's no tension. No drama. No antagonist, no hurdles, no real roadblocks to their happiness. No nothing. Who freakin' cares?? Not me.
Standard 2-star DNF. I considered rounding down, but in fairness the blurb isn't the author's fault. So I'll be generous & not grade according to my lip-curling reaction to this snoozefest.
What a waste of a gorgeous vintage cover.
January 26, 2024
Bo-ring!
This read was a waste of time because what? The decription blurb is highly misleading and describes a whole other story since none of what was promised happens! Pacing issues and lukewarm plot that lacks some drama which would make a story like this blossom.
This read was a waste of time because what? The decription blurb is highly misleading and describes a whole other story since none of what was promised happens! Pacing issues and lukewarm plot that lacks some drama which would make a story like this blossom.
October 18, 2021
Don't waste your time with this one, like I did.
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