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Преподавател по философия, Брена Луелин е свикнала на спокоен, изпълнен със сигурност живот. Докато не попада в плен на ледените сребристи очи на Райдър Стърн. Дръзкият писател ѝ доказва, че в прегръдките му е способна да забрави кризата в кариерата. Той изисква пълно себеотдаване и не допуска компромиси в името на любовта...
154 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1983
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About the author
Stephanie James
48 books150 followersJayne Ann Castle was born on 28 March 1948 in Borrego Springs, California. Her mother, Alberta Castle, raised her with her two brothers, Stephen and James. In 1970, she obtained a B.A in History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and later she obtained a Masters degree in Library Science from San Jose State University, where she met Frank Krentz, an engineer. After her graduation, they married and moved to the Virgin Islands. She worked in the Duke University library system, where she began to write her first romance novels. The marriage moved to Seattle, Washington, where they continue living.
Now, Jayne Ann Castle Krentz with her seven pennames is considered a pillar in the contemporary romance genre. For some years, she only uses three pennames for each of three different periods from time: "Jayne Ann Krentz" (her married name) from the present, "Jayne Castle" (her birth name) from the future and her most famous penname: "Amanda Quick" from the past. She is famous for her work ethic, beginning her writing by 7 am six days a week. Her heroins never are damsels in hardships, they are often heroes. Her novels also contain mystery or paranormal elements.
Enthusiastic of the romantic genre, she has always defended its importance. To help educate the public about the romantic genre she became the editor and a contributor to Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance, a non-fiction essay collection that won the prestigious Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies. She established the Castle Humanities Fund at UCSC's University Library to allow the library to purchase additional books and has given money to 15 Seattle-area elementary schools to enhance their library budgets. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Writers Programs at the University of Washington extension program.
Psuedonyms:
Jayne Ann Krentz
Amanda Quick
Jayne Castle
Jayne Bentley
Jayne Taylor
Amanda Glass
Now, Jayne Ann Castle Krentz with her seven pennames is considered a pillar in the contemporary romance genre. For some years, she only uses three pennames for each of three different periods from time: "Jayne Ann Krentz" (her married name) from the present, "Jayne Castle" (her birth name) from the future and her most famous penname: "Amanda Quick" from the past. She is famous for her work ethic, beginning her writing by 7 am six days a week. Her heroins never are damsels in hardships, they are often heroes. Her novels also contain mystery or paranormal elements.
Enthusiastic of the romantic genre, she has always defended its importance. To help educate the public about the romantic genre she became the editor and a contributor to Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance, a non-fiction essay collection that won the prestigious Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies. She established the Castle Humanities Fund at UCSC's University Library to allow the library to purchase additional books and has given money to 15 Seattle-area elementary schools to enhance their library budgets. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Writers Programs at the University of Washington extension program.
Psuedonyms:
Jayne Ann Krentz
Amanda Quick
Jayne Castle
Jayne Bentley
Jayne Taylor
Amanda Glass
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November 30, 2020
"Affair of Honor" are about the intelligent and sensible (not so highly sensible after she meets the hero) professor Brenna Llewellyn and the way she stumbles upon the sexy and playful Silver-Eyed author Ryder Sterne.
Now,amongst the peacefulness of the mountains Ryder will never let her go once he claimed her, and it will be her turn to finally make the biggest decision so far..in the name of love!
This author are simply turning to be one of my fav as i find myself rating all her books a 5-STAR!The chemistry are burning between Ryder and Brenna-i especially love the wild strike inside Ryder..a man who only live by his own codes. A fierce and possessive lover for his Brenna,he simply knew he was in love as soon as he saw her!Love at first sight,so romantic! How i happily sighed for their beautiful HEA! They may have different personalities,but they are P.E.R.F.E.C.T for each other!
Now,amongst the peacefulness of the mountains Ryder will never let her go once he claimed her, and it will be her turn to finally make the biggest decision so far..in the name of love!
This author are simply turning to be one of my fav as i find myself rating all her books a 5-STAR!The chemistry are burning between Ryder and Brenna-i especially love the wild strike inside Ryder..a man who only live by his own codes. A fierce and possessive lover for his Brenna,he simply knew he was in love as soon as he saw her!Love at first sight,so romantic! How i happily sighed for their beautiful HEA! They may have different personalities,but they are P.E.R.F.E.C.T for each other!
May 7, 2018
Two annoying people and their Insta-love story (well at least insta on his side and mostly annoying on hers).
It started strong with the h entering the wrong (Lake Tahoe) cabin at midnight and initiating a cracking meet cute. They are neighbours for the summer/few weeks and so lots of promise. She’s an assistant professor and he’s a merc turned writer of macho pulp fiction. A confused older virgin and an unapologetic uber alpha guy. Hmmm.
*With spoilers* Well there’s not much hope for a feminist narrative with such a background and what am I talking about - this is harleyland but still….!
I mean how’s one to react when a supposedly intelligent and independent woman (an assistant professor, for god’s sake!) is made to behave like an ineffective and muddled up ninny. Her work is stolen and her almost-bf (the om) defends the stealer, tells her to let things be for her career’s sake. And these two are the faculty of the Philosophy and Ethics dept.! She confronts him, tells him some home truths and he slaps her?! (The H enters and punches the guy at this point.) And she is instantly apologetic and remorseful to the om- ‘well, I did insult him and provoke him!’ I want to go in slap her senseless myself!
Then her confused push pull with the H!
And the H - from a completely different planet! It’s ‘mine, you are mine, little lady’ from the word go. But at least he passes on the sweet, caring and patient parameters.
But the punch aside I so hate it when the ‘bad’ people get away with their bad doings minus proper comeuppances. It distracts and takes away from the wholesomeness of the tea for me. Call me petty but there it is.
So a missed opportunity after all.
It started strong with the h entering the wrong (Lake Tahoe) cabin at midnight and initiating a cracking meet cute. They are neighbours for the summer/few weeks and so lots of promise. She’s an assistant professor and he’s a merc turned writer of macho pulp fiction. A confused older virgin and an unapologetic uber alpha guy. Hmmm.
*With spoilers* Well there’s not much hope for a feminist narrative with such a background and what am I talking about - this is harleyland but still….!
I mean how’s one to react when a supposedly intelligent and independent woman (an assistant professor, for god’s sake!) is made to behave like an ineffective and muddled up ninny. Her work is stolen and her almost-bf (the om) defends the stealer, tells her to let things be for her career’s sake. And these two are the faculty of the Philosophy and Ethics dept.! She confronts him, tells him some home truths and he slaps her?! (The H enters and punches the guy at this point.) And she is instantly apologetic and remorseful to the om- ‘well, I did insult him and provoke him!’ I want to go in slap her senseless myself!
Then her confused push pull with the H!
And the H - from a completely different planet! It’s ‘mine, you are mine, little lady’ from the word go. But at least he passes on the sweet, caring and patient parameters.
But the punch aside I so hate it when the ‘bad’ people get away with their bad doings minus proper comeuppances. It distracts and takes away from the wholesomeness of the tea for me. Call me petty but there it is.
So a missed opportunity after all.
March 1, 2020
"Affair of Honor" is the story of Brenna and Ryder.
Our MC meet in a remote cabin, where the H finds the h climbing over his windowsill and believes that she is a cat burglar. Turns out, she is renting his neighboring room, and out there to lick her wounds. She is a philosophy professor dealing with a professional dilemma, he is a famous author to sleazy novellas. She prefers academics, but he prefers her. It is lust at first sight, and they soon end up in bed. But with him laying claim on her at the first night, but being unwilling to believe in the concept of love, will the h stay with him?
Honestly the premise was amazing but the execution was OK. The h was very passive and kind of an elitist- she judged the H's writing, her brother's career choices, chose to run away from her problems and a manipulative ex, let him slap her and took on the blame, and during the final revelation chose to give up her hard work without any revenge. I did not have any issues with the *overbearing, controlling* H, but I was already over the book by then.
Safe
2/5
Our MC meet in a remote cabin, where the H finds the h climbing over his windowsill and believes that she is a cat burglar. Turns out, she is renting his neighboring room, and out there to lick her wounds. She is a philosophy professor dealing with a professional dilemma, he is a famous author to sleazy novellas. She prefers academics, but he prefers her. It is lust at first sight, and they soon end up in bed. But with him laying claim on her at the first night, but being unwilling to believe in the concept of love, will the h stay with him?
Honestly the premise was amazing but the execution was OK. The h was very passive and kind of an elitist- she judged the H's writing, her brother's career choices, chose to run away from her problems and a manipulative ex, let him slap her and took on the blame, and during the final revelation chose to give up her hard work without any revenge. I did not have any issues with the *overbearing, controlling* H, but I was already over the book by then.
Safe
2/5
November 7, 2011
The hero Ryder and the heroine Brenna meet when Brenna mistakes his cabin for the one she has rented and attempts to climb in the window. They immediately find a common ground in their interests and they end up spending a lot of time together over the following days. Brenna is not interested in a relationship, and very much concerned over her future after one of the professors she works with stole her ethics research and she has been advised to ignore it so not to jeopardise her career. Ryder is an ex-marine and believes in honour and helps Brenna to come to terms with her feelings and decide what to do. After they spend the night together Ryder makes it clear to Brenna that he wants a forever with her, but Brenna struggles with her confusion over both her feelings towards Ryder and her future career.
I enjoyed this book, it was entertaining and full of passion between the hero and heroine. The whole story took place over a period of only a few days but the author made it seem like it was much longer, especially the depth of feeling in the development of the relationship. The passion is also interspersed with moments of warmth, intrigue, and fun. Both characters are likeable and well written, there is a nice balance between them.
On an irrelevant-to-the-story note, the font the format of this book uses is something similar to Comic Sans, and it's a little difficult to read... picky, picky!
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
I enjoyed this book, it was entertaining and full of passion between the hero and heroine. The whole story took place over a period of only a few days but the author made it seem like it was much longer, especially the depth of feeling in the development of the relationship. The passion is also interspersed with moments of warmth, intrigue, and fun. Both characters are likeable and well written, there is a nice balance between them.
On an irrelevant-to-the-story note, the font the format of this book uses is something similar to Comic Sans, and it's a little difficult to read... picky, picky!
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
May 26, 2011
*** "Affair of honor" by Stephanie James aka Jayne Krentz aka Castle aka Amanda Quick. By any name, she is a consummate master of painting colorful fireworks on the stars of exploding universes when her characters consummmate. Silver-eyed rangy Marine-trained Ryder catches gold-eyed petite Brenna climbing through his Lake Tahoe Nevada cottage window the first night of her summer vacation from her first year teaching philosophy. Her retiring university department chairman has stolen her ethics research, her colleague boyfriend in line for the position wants her to keep quiet, and her brother wants to quit before the last year of his degree. The theft confrontation is a letdown. But three nights together in less than a week, and Ryder finds a nearby wedding chapel. Next paragraph, three hours later, another tumultuous night. His releasing her inner wild is typical. The twist on his forceful "You are mine" mastery is his surrender, commitment, and patient support waiting for her to agree. Other differences I did not like - she slaps him and her ex. I think her "silver" eyes on the last page is a typo. But the setting is a refreshing change from the series, and Krentz is a pro on bedroom scenes.
September 14, 2014
I really enjoyed this book. Her characters are always different than expected. I enjoyed all of her 80's books and took them for the era they were in and what was selling.
August 18, 2018
Love all Stephanie James books.
March 25, 2024
This is an early book of hers. I enjoyed it a great deal. The hero was not as possessively aggressive as other books of this time period.
Second read - excellent this time also.
Second read - excellent this time also.
May 14, 2019
I did not even manage to finish the book and that is something which rarely happens to me.
The main characters end up being neighbours for the summer and 'fall in love'. However, what irritates me the most is how he treats the woman. He continuously calls her Lady... instead of her name or some loving endearment. He continually speaks as though she's something that he now owns. On the other hand, for someone so well educated, she lets him treat her as such and does not make up her mind with regards to her actions.
I managed to reach till the middle of the book but could not go further.
The main characters end up being neighbours for the summer and 'fall in love'. However, what irritates me the most is how he treats the woman. He continuously calls her Lady... instead of her name or some loving endearment. He continually speaks as though she's something that he now owns. On the other hand, for someone so well educated, she lets him treat her as such and does not make up her mind with regards to her actions.
I managed to reach till the middle of the book but could not go further.
November 18, 2020
Feels dated, but I liked the MCs. Also, the heroine has a problem, in that the head of her department at the college has stolen her research and published it as her own, and she's told to let it go and protect her career. I thought it was an interesting situation, and one that's still pertinent, unfortunately. For some reason I disliked the way the hero kept calling her Lady and Sweet Lady. I felt like I should like it, but it just didn't feel right to me. Not one of Krentz' best books.
May 8, 2025
excelentisimoooo. me lo leí en un par de horas, re ligero. él no es perfecto pero banco como esta completamente enamorado y comprometido a su manera. su seguridad epico. y ella es una genia la banco en su indecisión y todo.
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June 10, 2021
Typical 80's.
June 20, 2023
Brenna blames herself for being slapped by a male co-worker - just no.
April 8, 2025
Brenna made the right choice by going back to Ryder, but I don't think I should have let Damon get away with it.
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August 29, 2019
No isn't an enemy word. It isn't difficult to say and neither is to mean it. Pushover doesn't cover the heroine. It's worse 🙄
October 21, 2020
A 1983 Jayne Ann Krentz, this book flowed smoothly, although the dialogue was strained in a few places. Not enough to cause a pause in the reading. One of the things I like best about Ms. Krentz's writing is that it reads so well; never a jarring moment. I did have trouble identifying with Brenna Llewellyn (Who ever heard of a woman getting slapped by a man and not minding?), but Ryder Sterne was her usual no-nonsense, wonderfully direct male. The plot was a little thin, but, hey, it's her early stuff. Still worth re-reading every other year. The theme of the book seems to be theory (ivory-tower academia as represented by Brenna) versus practice (hands-on commando life-experience as represented by Ryder). I've often had occasion to ponder the two. My conclusion? Theory is good in that it provides a starting point for many of us to think through our problems but there is NO substitute for practice since experience is for many of us the ending point. So give me the doer over the thinker any day.
October 20, 2010
The one thing that drove me crazy reading this novel is that the hero constantly called the heroine 'lady'. To me that is something you get called by a big city cab driver - it is not a term of endearment! I suppose it's better than 'little idiot' though!!! Also, to go from complete strangers to happily ever after in only 3 days is not really my idea of romance. I need a little more build up and character development to feel the love. I suppose I shouldn't expect more from an 80's Silhouette but it would've been nice.
October 5, 2014
Typical 80's.
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