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Desire's Command
SHE USED HER WITS AS A WEAPON .. .
To Chandra, a ravishing and rosy-cheeked English beauty, the barbarous young republic of America offers one last hope for escaping the evil torment of her mercenary guardian and his lecherous henchmen. Facing the perilous journey alone, she remembers the vow she made to her dying father: never to squander her virtue on a man of low birth.
BUT HER FLESH RESPONDED TO LOVE .. .
Yet she could not escape the piercing memory of the enigmatic stranger whose bold embrace had all but drowned her in a sea of bliss. Was he rogue or gentleman, traitor or patriot? What mysterious power lay behind those dark eyes which made subtle mockery of her sacred vow? From the splendor of the lush English countryside to the dazzling elegance of America's grandest plantations, Chandra's bold and ardent spirit will not be tamed . . . until a penetrating and passionate love strips everything from her, but the need to answer . . .DESIRE'S COMMAND
To Chandra, a ravishing and rosy-cheeked English beauty, the barbarous young republic of America offers one last hope for escaping the evil torment of her mercenary guardian and his lecherous henchmen. Facing the perilous journey alone, she remembers the vow she made to her dying father: never to squander her virtue on a man of low birth.
BUT HER FLESH RESPONDED TO LOVE .. .
Yet she could not escape the piercing memory of the enigmatic stranger whose bold embrace had all but drowned her in a sea of bliss. Was he rogue or gentleman, traitor or patriot? What mysterious power lay behind those dark eyes which made subtle mockery of her sacred vow? From the splendor of the lush English countryside to the dazzling elegance of America's grandest plantations, Chandra's bold and ardent spirit will not be tamed . . . until a penetrating and passionate love strips everything from her, but the need to answer . . .DESIRE'S COMMAND
392 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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March 23, 2010
Setting: England & Virginia during Thomas Jefferson's presidency (yes, Jefferson appears in the novel)
This book has some of the hallmarks from the Golden Age of the Bodiceripper: bratty heroine, large age difference between H/H (15 yrs), an over-the-top villain with multiple chins and the appetite of the Marquis de Sade, and loads of plot coincidences, but at least the hero isn't one of those vicious, abusive alpholes, a la Steve from SWEET SAVAGE LOVE. He is pretty much a saint compared to the heroine.
I consider myself to have a higher tolerance for unlikable heroines than most romance readers but the heroine in this is one of the worst. Not only is she immature, but she is snobby, bitchy, ignorant, ungrateful, and dumb (a deadly combination). In fact, she is lacking in any kind of admirable quality beyond the fact that she has the looks and body of a Playboy Bunny. It sucks that she gets a HEA but that's life. However, that's NOT what I want to read in a romance.
Content warnings: several rape attempts, forced seduction, adultery (off-screen)
This book has some of the hallmarks from the Golden Age of the Bodiceripper: bratty heroine, large age difference between H/H (15 yrs), an over-the-top villain with multiple chins and the appetite of the Marquis de Sade, and loads of plot coincidences, but at least the hero isn't one of those vicious, abusive alpholes, a la Steve from SWEET SAVAGE LOVE. He is pretty much a saint compared to the heroine.
I consider myself to have a higher tolerance for unlikable heroines than most romance readers but the heroine in this is one of the worst. Not only is she immature, but she is snobby, bitchy, ignorant, ungrateful, and dumb (a deadly combination). In fact, she is lacking in any kind of admirable quality beyond the fact that she has the looks and body of a Playboy Bunny. It sucks that she gets a HEA but that's life. However, that's NOT what I want to read in a romance.
Content warnings: several rape attempts, forced seduction, adultery (off-screen)
May 2, 2024
De todos los nombres existentes... ¿En serio la protagonista tenía que llamarse Chandra? Nombre pa' ser feo, hombre.
Bueno, nombres feos a parte, me gustó resto el libro jajaja, creo que fue porque no esperaba nada de la novela, leí un pedacito en la librería y me pareció lo suficientemente ridículo como para que valiera las risas que me iba a pegar, y vaya si me reí. ES en efecto, ridículo, muy melodramático, usan adjetivos estrambóticos, es como una película mal actuada... Pero parce, que vaina tan entretenida, la pasé genial leyendo la novela, me gustaba contarle la trama a mi novio para ver las caras que hacía, y los momentos problemáticos del libro eran como a. En fin, lo disfruté mucho. Es bien cliché y todo, pero creo que lo que más me gustó fue lo siguiente: la aventura, no es solo un libro de romance y ya, sino que hay piratas, secuestros, viajes, conspiraciones, lo cual le metió mucha más trama. Buenísimo.
Bueno, nombres feos a parte, me gustó resto el libro jajaja, creo que fue porque no esperaba nada de la novela, leí un pedacito en la librería y me pareció lo suficientemente ridículo como para que valiera las risas que me iba a pegar, y vaya si me reí. ES en efecto, ridículo, muy melodramático, usan adjetivos estrambóticos, es como una película mal actuada... Pero parce, que vaina tan entretenida, la pasé genial leyendo la novela, me gustaba contarle la trama a mi novio para ver las caras que hacía, y los momentos problemáticos del libro eran como a. En fin, lo disfruté mucho. Es bien cliché y todo, pero creo que lo que más me gustó fue lo siguiente: la aventura, no es solo un libro de romance y ya, sino que hay piratas, secuestros, viajes, conspiraciones, lo cual le metió mucha más trama. Buenísimo.
October 2, 2020
3.5 de 5
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June 5, 2024
4.5
Muy entretenido, es muy cliché, pero me encantó. Y si, que drama, por dios, casi pierdo la cabeza del estrés.
"Las penas compartidas duelen menos".
Muy entretenido, es muy cliché, pero me encantó. Y si, que drama, por dios, casi pierdo la cabeza del estrés.
"Las penas compartidas duelen menos".
April 21, 2023
This book has its share of both drama and melodrama, and never stops being entertaining. It goes from England to America (with some time aboard ship), in the early 19thc. Chandra Taylor, having recently lost her father, travels to America to escape from her lecherous guardian and his plans to hand her over to the diabolical duke of Warfolk (her late mother's former suitor, who seeks obsessive revenge for her rejection by possessing her daughter). Hoping to appeal to her distant cousin and childhood friend, Percy for help, she soon finds herself in one of those out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire situations.
She's rescued by American Miles Carrington, in an unconventional way, as he wins her in a card game! She met him in England, and denounced him as being a "rebel" (her father had never forgiven the "colonists" for their rebellion), then got to know him aboard ship, but despite her reluctant attraction, she thinks of him as a mere country farmer, with no family name, title or wealth, the things her father instilled in her to believe were of the utmost importance. Having worshipped her father, Chandra takes his words to heart, and looks down her nose at Miles, despite his having found a way for them both to avoid unwelcome marriages being foisted on them: by marrying each other!
Soon, snobbish Chandra discovers that the poor farmer she married isn't at all what he seemed, in more ways than one! But is it too late to make amends?
This book has some of the usual stuff: misunderstandings, jealousy, seduction (not the forced kind), wrong impressions, the OM and the OW, kidnapping, adventure, and an appearance by both Thomas Jefferson and Dolley Madson!
It has its flaws, but it's a fun read!
She's rescued by American Miles Carrington, in an unconventional way, as he wins her in a card game! She met him in England, and denounced him as being a "rebel" (her father had never forgiven the "colonists" for their rebellion), then got to know him aboard ship, but despite her reluctant attraction, she thinks of him as a mere country farmer, with no family name, title or wealth, the things her father instilled in her to believe were of the utmost importance. Having worshipped her father, Chandra takes his words to heart, and looks down her nose at Miles, despite his having found a way for them both to avoid unwelcome marriages being foisted on them: by marrying each other!
Soon, snobbish Chandra discovers that the poor farmer she married isn't at all what he seemed, in more ways than one! But is it too late to make amends?
This book has some of the usual stuff: misunderstandings, jealousy, seduction (not the forced kind), wrong impressions, the OM and the OW, kidnapping, adventure, and an appearance by both Thomas Jefferson and Dolley Madson!
It has its flaws, but it's a fun read!
September 21, 2016
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El libro me gusto, pero no me encanto....
La protagonista es insoportable mas de la mitad del libro... y me fastidiaba la manera de pensar de ella, aunque no la puedo culpar porque la información que sabia fue distorsionada y ademas solo conocía un lado de la moneda (cosa que le pasa a muchas personas actualmente) ...
Miles me gusto y mucho... me encantaba los comentarios ingeniosos con los que le contestaba a la protagonista... le tengo un gran respeto por tener que aguantársela (aquí cabe el dicho que el amor nos hace ciegos)....
la trama se me hizo algo predecible, y llena de muchos malentendidos por parte de Chandra y Miles... en la mayoría del libro quise sacudirlos por tontos... que no se daban cuenta que con hablar se solucionaba gran parte de lo que ellos se imaginaban que estaba sucediendo...
El libro me gusto, pero no me encanto....
La protagonista es insoportable mas de la mitad del libro... y me fastidiaba la manera de pensar de ella, aunque no la puedo culpar porque la información que sabia fue distorsionada y ademas solo conocía un lado de la moneda (cosa que le pasa a muchas personas actualmente) ...
Miles me gusto y mucho... me encantaba los comentarios ingeniosos con los que le contestaba a la protagonista... le tengo un gran respeto por tener que aguantársela (aquí cabe el dicho que el amor nos hace ciegos)....
la trama se me hizo algo predecible, y llena de muchos malentendidos por parte de Chandra y Miles... en la mayoría del libro quise sacudirlos por tontos... que no se daban cuenta que con hablar se solucionaba gran parte de lo que ellos se imaginaban que estaba sucediendo...
April 20, 2014
Una historia llena de mal entendidos y poca comunicación entre los protagonistas.
November 20, 2015
La prota me hizo salir canas, pero estuvo muy divertida. :)
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