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The Wool King
"If you defy me, girl, there'll be trouble.
Tracey shrugged off Ryan's warning indignantly. As far as she was concerned the Alexanders could keep their precious money, and their guardianship. She was her own mistress, and she planned to stay that way!
But Ryan wasn't about to let Tracey rule her own life. She would spend the next two years on his Outback sheep station, and that's all there was to it.
There was no way, however, that Tracey would accept Ryan's domination meekly ....
Tracey shrugged off Ryan's warning indignantly. As far as she was concerned the Alexanders could keep their precious money, and their guardianship. She was her own mistress, and she planned to stay that way!
But Ryan wasn't about to let Tracey rule her own life. She would spend the next two years on his Outback sheep station, and that's all there was to it.
There was no way, however, that Tracey would accept Ryan's domination meekly ....
187 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1978
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Kerry Allyne
69 books48 followersKerry Allyne was born in England, UK. Her early childhood was uneventful, she remembered, until her father came home one day and began talking about emigrating to Australia. When they eventually arrived in Australia, Kerry took to her new land with a passion. During the family's first years "down under," she explored as much of the country as she could, journeying northward into Queensland and out onto the Great Barrier Reef, and sometimes south through New South Wales into Victoria. As a adult she returned to England for a short time. A long working holiday enabled her to travel the world before returning to Australia where she met her engineer husband-to-be, and they had a couple of children. The family eventually moved to a rural area and she started to write. She used the people and countryside as inspiration for her romances. She was published by Mills & Boon from 1976 to 1994.
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August 29, 2020
The most ironic (and unintentionally hilarious) line comes early in the story when the 20 year-old heroine declares she's dating a 40-something married man because she finds young men so "immature."
Our red-headed heroine is not only immature, she's a brat - and not a lovable one.
Dating a married man is the first sign of trouble. Same with her attitude toward her 16 year-old half sister. Heroine wants to refuse their inheritance because she doesn't want a guardian until she is 23. But if she refuses, then her sister loses everything. Heroine thinks sis should bootstrap her way through life, but concedes sis is too "soft."
Smokin' hot hero and guardian is first introduced breaking up a make-out session in the car between h and her married boyfriend. Heroine is not happy and stays unhappy as she moves to the huge cattle station in the Outback, meets her step-grandfather, and finds out her mother was a sluty-McSlut, but no one holds it against her. Seems heroine lived there as a toddler and she used to follow hero around.
Ah. Only imprinting (and the fact that she's beautiful) will explain why the hero puts up with her.
The hero tries everything to tame her including a spanking, sending her to a neighboring station for a month and finally sticking her in a hotel room in Sydney so she can be lonely for two months. The isolated splendor finally does the trick. On heroine's 21st birthday hero springs her from the hotel for a day out. After a last ditch effort by the OW(who lies outrageously), the hero finally declares himself for an HEA.
If you don't mind bitchy heroines, you'll probably be entertained by this. I only enjoyed the showdowns with the OW.
Our red-headed heroine is not only immature, she's a brat - and not a lovable one.
Dating a married man is the first sign of trouble. Same with her attitude toward her 16 year-old half sister. Heroine wants to refuse their inheritance because she doesn't want a guardian until she is 23. But if she refuses, then her sister loses everything. Heroine thinks sis should bootstrap her way through life, but concedes sis is too "soft."
Smokin' hot hero and guardian is first introduced breaking up a make-out session in the car between h and her married boyfriend. Heroine is not happy and stays unhappy as she moves to the huge cattle station in the Outback, meets her step-grandfather, and finds out her mother was a sluty-McSlut, but no one holds it against her. Seems heroine lived there as a toddler and she used to follow hero around.
Ah. Only imprinting (and the fact that she's beautiful) will explain why the hero puts up with her.
The hero tries everything to tame her including a spanking, sending her to a neighboring station for a month and finally sticking her in a hotel room in Sydney so she can be lonely for two months. The isolated splendor finally does the trick. On heroine's 21st birthday hero springs her from the hotel for a day out. After a last ditch effort by the OW(who lies outrageously), the hero finally declares himself for an HEA.
If you don't mind bitchy heroines, you'll probably be entertained by this. I only enjoyed the showdowns with the OW.
October 8, 2013
Another prize from the library sale. Written in 1977, this book is a pip. It's full of temper tantrums, foot stampings, and "I'll show you!"'s. The heroine is a 20-year-old brat in a woman's body, determined to have her own way at all costs. The hero is a male chauvinist pig of the first order. In short, it's a match made in heaven.
After the death of her step-father, Tracy and her half-sister are left to the guardianship of Ryan, a 30-year-old man. A LOT of money is at stake but she is willing to give it all up remain independent - and to hang out with her current beau who happens to be married. Ryan is determined to save her from being a whore, and to control her. There's a least one fight/argument/tiff on every page, each one about the level of your average 5th grader. Ryan orders, Tracy resists, he insists, she stamps her foot. At one point he pulls the old stand-by of the superior male and spanks her for talking back, so she shoots him. Oh, okay, she doesn't shoot him but she SHOULD have! Instead he kisses her, she realizes she's in love with him, and it goes down hill here from there. Add in the requisite irrascible old grandfather, rival beautiful bitch, another man who loves her but is weak, and there you have it - Classic vintage Harlequin. Barf.
After the death of her step-father, Tracy and her half-sister are left to the guardianship of Ryan, a 30-year-old man. A LOT of money is at stake but she is willing to give it all up remain independent - and to hang out with her current beau who happens to be married. Ryan is determined to save her from being a whore, and to control her. There's a least one fight/argument/tiff on every page, each one about the level of your average 5th grader. Ryan orders, Tracy resists, he insists, she stamps her foot. At one point he pulls the old stand-by of the superior male and spanks her for talking back, so she shoots him. Oh, okay, she doesn't shoot him but she SHOULD have! Instead he kisses her, she realizes she's in love with him, and it goes down hill here from there. Add in the requisite irrascible old grandfather, rival beautiful bitch, another man who loves her but is weak, and there you have it - Classic vintage Harlequin. Barf.
July 29, 2022
"The Wool King" is the story of Tracey and Ryan.
When our young heroine finds herself herself unexpectedly under guardianship, she is aghastc! She is mature enough to handle her own affairs, and doesn't need their money. However, her half sibling's love convinces her to give in, and thus begins a battle of wills. There is push and pull and loads of chemistry between the hero and heroine, dark family secrets are revealed and the book ends with a satisfactory love confession.
Safe
3.5/5
When our young heroine finds herself herself unexpectedly under guardianship, she is aghastc! She is mature enough to handle her own affairs, and doesn't need their money. However, her half sibling's love convinces her to give in, and thus begins a battle of wills. There is push and pull and loads of chemistry between the hero and heroine, dark family secrets are revealed and the book ends with a satisfactory love confession.
Safe
3.5/5
October 10, 2013
3.5 stars
An angsty wrist gripper. More to come.
An angsty wrist gripper. More to come.
March 31, 2013
The terms of her father’s will were outrageous and Tracey was not going to tolerate having a stranger as her guardian dictating the conditions of her life for the next two years, even if that stranger was ‘family’.
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November 27, 2017
One of the most blantantly sexist books I've ever read. The domineering, caveman fantasy is overbearingly annoying. From my point of view, as a modern, queer reader, there was little to redeem this book. The characters were painted well enough, but the lack of chemistry was palpable. The fun part of this books lies in reading unfamiliar Australian slang, but that novelty wears off long before you reach the long-awaited, anticlimactic last page.
May 9, 2022
"If you defy me, girl, there'll be trouble.
Tracey shrugged off Ryan's warning indignantly. As far as she was concerned the Alexanders could keep their precious money, and their guardianship. She was her own mistress, and she planned to stay that way!
But Ryan wasn't about to let Tracey rule her own life. She would spend the next two years on his Outback sheep station, and that's all there was to it.
There was no way, however, that Tracey would accept Ryan's domination meekly ...
Tracey shrugged off Ryan's warning indignantly. As far as she was concerned the Alexanders could keep their precious money, and their guardianship. She was her own mistress, and she planned to stay that way!
But Ryan wasn't about to let Tracey rule her own life. She would spend the next two years on his Outback sheep station, and that's all there was to it.
There was no way, however, that Tracey would accept Ryan's domination meekly ...
June 9, 2008
My Grandmother gave me about 50 old Harliqin Romances. They are quick fun reads. That are usually pretty clean. Although you can only read one or two in a row before the "my darlings" get to you. They all have a very simliar story: Girl and Guy meet, hate each other, but then end up secretly falling in love with each other. All ends happy.
January 3, 2024
I absolutely LOATHED the heroine in this one. She's one of those 'feisty' redheads, which is romance short-hand for 'unhinged bitch'. She spent the entire book being angry, confrontational, nasty, mean and rude. The H described her as a hateful, spiteful shrew and she really was. I became so fatigued by her relentless rage fits and tantrums that I abandoned the book a scant 3 pages before the end. Yeah, that's rare for me to bail with hardly anything left to go, but her awfulness got to me so badly I said 'you know what I don't care if she has a HEA or drops dead' and quite happily closed the book.
November 24, 2023
I like an outback setting but tbh the main reason I read this was because it was forever on heavy rotation at OL and I got sick of wondering whether to read it. The h, Tracey is annoyingly immature and I'm still scratching my head at how she was the apple of H Ryan's eye when she left the family station aged 2 and a half. That's quite weird. There were a lot of temper tantrums towards her guardian and an actual spanking, if that's your thing. Not much else stands out.
October 21, 2020
Wonderful wholesome romance
This is about the love relationship, not the sex relationship.. a classic romance; with a strong female fighting her attraction to an even stronger male.... and the head-butting that occurs as they work through it; not realizing - at least on her part - that the angst and resentments is actually love still in denial.
This is about the love relationship, not the sex relationship.. a classic romance; with a strong female fighting her attraction to an even stronger male.... and the head-butting that occurs as they work through it; not realizing - at least on her part - that the angst and resentments is actually love still in denial.
August 27, 2023
01/21/2005
September 4, 2022
cw: cheating (heroine’s boyfriend, who is not the hero, is married)
This one is great! The heroine is not very likable, she’s a bit of a brat that thinks she knows best but I loved her despite that. The hero is the opposite. He’s gruff and mature and constantly butts heads with the heroine. I enjoyed reading their banter and it’s always nice to see a heroine that’s not the typical type you read in these vintage Harlequins.
This one is great! The heroine is not very likable, she’s a bit of a brat that thinks she knows best but I loved her despite that. The hero is the opposite. He’s gruff and mature and constantly butts heads with the heroine. I enjoyed reading their banter and it’s always nice to see a heroine that’s not the typical type you read in these vintage Harlequins.
August 19, 2011
Finding out after the death of her step-father that his estranged family were now her guardian did not sit well with twenty-year-old Tracey. Having to answer to the arrogant cousin of her half-sister, Tracey fought him every step of the way.
Ryan had known Tracey when she was a toddler. Finding the strong-willed redhead to be just as intolerable as when she chased after him in their youth, he can still not deny that she sparks more in him than just annoyance.
Very nice story.
Ryan had known Tracey when she was a toddler. Finding the strong-willed redhead to be just as intolerable as when she chased after him in their youth, he can still not deny that she sparks more in him than just annoyance.
Very nice story.
April 5, 2020
Only on page 45 and I can go no further. Heroine seems like a major brat which is not something I look for in leading roles. Plus the author used the 'red hair equals feisty' trope which is seriously overplayed. Dislike the word 'feisty' in harlequin novels.
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