المهر المهلك

by Catherine O'Connor, كاترين اوكونور

Alone in a strange country, Jamesy was relieved to have help from one of the locals - and particularly one as attractive as Ross Stewart. But that was until he discovered who she was. Their ancestors had always been sworn enemies - and it seemed as though nothing had changed. But, despite their differences, Jamesy felt drawn to the arrogant laird - even if he did despise her. Would they ever be able to put the past behind them?

Genres: Romance

Unknown Binding

First published November 6, 1992

Reviews

[Kate]

The summary on here refers to the heroine as “Jamesy” but in my edition her name is printed throughout as Jamsey, which is 100% an MLM selling jarred preserves. ANYWAY the writing is exquisitely bad but not in a fun way, more in a Male Novelist way, viz. “She pulled on a thick creamy Aran sweater that she had purchased in a local mill store. It fell against her soft breasts, the thick knit emphasising their shape. She teamed it with a pair of tight brown cord ski-pants and pulled a pair of creamy leather boots around her slim ankles. Even dressed this casually, it was impossible for Jamsey to hide the fact that she was a very attractive woman.” Even dressed this casually setting aside the whole “who the ever-loving fuck is the narrator here and why are they itemising Jamsey’s outfit and ogling her breasts” issue, the repetition of “creamy” twice in three sentences is just lazy. Verdict: hard nope.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

The heroine Jamesy has travelled to the small Scottish village where her ancesteros one hailed from, to research her family histroy. On her first day there, she meets the hero Ross and there is an immediate spark between them. But when Ross realises that Jamesy is an ancestor of his family's bitter rivals his whole attitude towards her changes and he makes it clear that she is not welcome. Jamesy tries her best to ignore the pain Ross's scorn causes her, and vows to find out the truth behind the rivalry. However much he protests to not wanting her around, Ross can't seem to stay away from Jamesy and it's clear that the more time they spend together the more they begin to fall for one another.

I must say this is an odd book, on one hand I quite liked it and no the other I though it was just plain silly. The good stuff first; The hero and heroine are good characters, well written and they work well together, plus there is plenty of chemistry between them. The writing is OK, very descriptive and the actual story has a nice flow. But the whole conflict was based on something that happened 200-or-so years ago! Seriously, who gives a damn, the hero acted like the heroine was the person to actually commit whatever was done those many years back... it's long past. In my opinion this ruined the book and left me, well, baffled, that is not romantic conflict, it's silliness!

Anyway, an odd but sort of OK book.

Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....

[RomLibrary]

Alone in a strange country, Jamesy was relieved to have help from one of the locals - and particularly one as attractive as Ross Stewart. But that was until he discovered who she was. Their ancestors had always been sworn enemies - and it seemed as though nothing had changed. But, despite their differences, Jamesy felt drawn to the arrogant laird - even if he did despise her. Would they ever be able to put the past behind them?

[Diamond]

المهر المهلك - كاثرين اوكونور