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Passion's Games
The rock cliffs of Yosemite and the white water of Idaho's Salmon River challenged Julie Frost, but Dan Schuyler challenged her even more. The rugged, intense New York ad man had hired her and her all-American family for a series of TV commercials. — Dan demands she take dangerous risks in an unscrupulous game of chance -- but is his goal professional success or personal conquest? And does she dare reveal her secret divorce or admit her terror of his demands?
184 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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October 20, 2022
There are so many things wrong with this book, that I managed to finish it out of curiosity. The blurb sounded fascinating and unique even for modern times (about a musclehead family invited to do cereal commercials), but it was a big let down.
This is a realistic romance story, which should be a good thing, right? The problem is, this is a realistic situation about toxic relationship and how much people get away with due to halo effect. It is basically too real for a romance novel.
There are a ton of points I wrote down and lost due to accidental purge of all my goodreads data, but the most prominent example is still in my mind: by the end of the first chapter the female lead DISSOCIATES from male lead assault on her. The fact that she is legally married and all the shenanigans related to it, just a cherry on top of the unintentional relative of You that is this book.
It would be amazing, if the aimed genre was thriller or dark erotica or something, because it reads like pure satire on the genre it is supposed to be. The ending just kills everything modern romance genre tries to be with female lead molding herself into what she thinks her partner wants and cements it with words: "I love this! I love doing whatever you're doing" and other sad pick-me trash in similar fashion.
Have you seen a movie Runaway Bride? This book is the premise without any character growth! And a lot of women live in such relationships all their lives and promote it like a must have heathy thing for every woman, a goal to aim for.
I highly suggest you to read it, because it is so problematic that it is kind of entertaining. The biggest joke was realizing by the end of it, everyone got blue-balled and not a single love scene truly happened (or my memory failed me).
And I would blame it on the age of the book, if I haven't read couple romance novels prior to this one from the same publishing years.
P.S. if you are a writer yourself, reading this is especially worth it: back in the day when self-publishing didn't exist, stuff like that got published, someone got paid for it, and a ton of people read it and bought. Don't be afraid to make your trash public, everything can find its reader. This book was just not my taste, but it was certainly someone's cup of tea.
This is a realistic romance story, which should be a good thing, right? The problem is, this is a realistic situation about toxic relationship and how much people get away with due to halo effect. It is basically too real for a romance novel.
There are a ton of points I wrote down and lost due to accidental purge of all my goodreads data, but the most prominent example is still in my mind: by the end of the first chapter the female lead DISSOCIATES from male lead assault on her. The fact that she is legally married and all the shenanigans related to it, just a cherry on top of the unintentional relative of You that is this book.
It would be amazing, if the aimed genre was thriller or dark erotica or something, because it reads like pure satire on the genre it is supposed to be. The ending just kills everything modern romance genre tries to be with female lead molding herself into what she thinks her partner wants and cements it with words: "I love this! I love doing whatever you're doing" and other sad pick-me trash in similar fashion.
Have you seen a movie Runaway Bride? This book is the premise without any character growth! And a lot of women live in such relationships all their lives and promote it like a must have heathy thing for every woman, a goal to aim for.
I highly suggest you to read it, because it is so problematic that it is kind of entertaining. The biggest joke was realizing by the end of it, everyone got blue-balled and not a single love scene truly happened (or my memory failed me).
And I would blame it on the age of the book, if I haven't read couple romance novels prior to this one from the same publishing years.
P.S. if you are a writer yourself, reading this is especially worth it: back in the day when self-publishing didn't exist, stuff like that got published, someone got paid for it, and a ton of people read it and bought. Don't be afraid to make your trash public, everything can find its reader. This book was just not my taste, but it was certainly someone's cup of tea.
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