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Tiger Sky
In the foothills of the Himalayas, running away from an unwanted suitor, Selina was rescued by the masterful Luke van Meer, who took her under his wing until they both got back to civilisation. Selina knew she could trust Luke implicitly. But could she trust herself?
- GenresHarlequin Romance
189 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1978
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March 14, 2019
4 Vintage Stars.
17-year-old heroine runs away from her stepmother’s rapey brother who wants to marry her for her dead father’s estate. Stepmommy and bro have decided to trap heroine by traveling to India, lulling her with a tour of all the tourist’s sites and then confining her in a guesthouse at the foot of the Himalayas until she agrees. Heroine realizes she is trapped. So, she steals a jeep in the middle of the night and then crashes it. She was going in the wrong direction, which is why no has found her.
Hero, his servant, and his dog find her the next afternoon lying in a patch of elephant grass. She is sunburned, with a black eye, and lots of bruises, but beautiful, nevertheless.
Hero is on a missionfrom God of some importance, but he takes her worries about the stepmother seriously and agrees to help her. But first they have people to meet and breathtaking scenery to view.
And that’s the rest of the story, really. Heroine is a poor little rich girl who doesn’t know how to do much that’s practical, but she quickly learns. I liked her attitude. Hero is a gruff sweetie who is fighting his attraction to the heroine the whole way up the foothills of the Himalayas.
Really, not much happens besides the trek. The big mystery is the hero’s mission and that takes place off page.
Heroine waits in a tent until the hero returns from his mission. She declares her love. Hero explains everything and then proposes. She’s 18 now (The trip took a couple of weeks) and free to marry. He’ll go back to his old career, she’ll give the house to the National Trust and HEA for an abrupt ending.
We never see the stepmother or brother. We never know if they got a comeuppance or how the H/h got off the mountain, etc . . . FYI
However, I liked this very much. The travelogue was excellent. Tigers and elephants and rhododendron trees oh my! The H/h were sweet (and chaste) together. This is the sort of vintage romance I would read as a teenager, dreaming of exotic places and a handsome guy to share it with.
17-year-old heroine runs away from her stepmother’s rapey brother who wants to marry her for her dead father’s estate. Stepmommy and bro have decided to trap heroine by traveling to India, lulling her with a tour of all the tourist’s sites and then confining her in a guesthouse at the foot of the Himalayas until she agrees. Heroine realizes she is trapped. So, she steals a jeep in the middle of the night and then crashes it. She was going in the wrong direction, which is why no has found her.
Hero, his servant, and his dog find her the next afternoon lying in a patch of elephant grass. She is sunburned, with a black eye, and lots of bruises, but beautiful, nevertheless.
Hero is on a mission
And that’s the rest of the story, really. Heroine is a poor little rich girl who doesn’t know how to do much that’s practical, but she quickly learns. I liked her attitude. Hero is a gruff sweetie who is fighting his attraction to the heroine the whole way up the foothills of the Himalayas.
Really, not much happens besides the trek. The big mystery is the hero’s mission and that takes place off page.
Heroine waits in a tent until the hero returns from his mission. She declares her love. Hero explains everything and then proposes. She’s 18 now (The trip took a couple of weeks) and free to marry. He’ll go back to his old career, she’ll give the house to the National Trust and HEA for an abrupt ending.
We never see the stepmother or brother. We never know if they got a comeuppance or how the H/h got off the mountain, etc . . . FYI
However, I liked this very much. The travelogue was excellent. Tigers and elephants and rhododendron trees oh my! The H/h were sweet (and chaste) together. This is the sort of vintage romance I would read as a teenager, dreaming of exotic places and a handsome guy to share it with.
March 27, 2019
Thanks to StMargaret's intriguing review, I decided to order this vintage paperback, copyright 1978.
The book smelled musty and dusty. By the time I made it to the last chapter, all the pages started to fall out of the book.
In other words, this was an authentic "vintage" experience.
Now...onto the book.
I loved it in spite of itself.
It was rated G, didn't really have a plot, had no resolution to a major issue, and had a creepy young teen girl (17) and older man thing going on.
This was more like a travelogue than an HP. The descriptions of the jungle and mountains and markets were wonderful, colorful, vivid. Elver did an extraordinary job with the setting. That made the whole book.
The weird story was most definitely secondary, especially the "secret mission" of the hero. Did not guess that one. It was sort of tacked on at the end.
The resolution of the pampered girl with the pharmacist-turned-undercover-narcotics-spy (yeah, it's as dumb as it sounds) was also adorably funny.
"I love you."
"This won't work. My job, your life...not going to work."
"I love you."
"Okay, I'll quit my job and we'll move back to England."
(Yeah, it pretty much happened that fast).
Anyhoo, I love quirky things and this book is quirky. The setting and secondary characters make this a lovely adventure, even if the pages fall out.
Grade: B+
The book smelled musty and dusty. By the time I made it to the last chapter, all the pages started to fall out of the book.
In other words, this was an authentic "vintage" experience.
Now...onto the book.
I loved it in spite of itself.
It was rated G, didn't really have a plot, had no resolution to a major issue, and had a creepy young teen girl (17) and older man thing going on.
This was more like a travelogue than an HP. The descriptions of the jungle and mountains and markets were wonderful, colorful, vivid. Elver did an extraordinary job with the setting. That made the whole book.
The weird story was most definitely secondary, especially the "secret mission" of the hero. Did not guess that one. It was sort of tacked on at the end.
The resolution of the pampered girl with the pharmacist-turned-undercover-narcotics-spy (yeah, it's as dumb as it sounds) was also adorably funny.
"I love you."
"This won't work. My job, your life...not going to work."
"I love you."
"Okay, I'll quit my job and we'll move back to England."
(Yeah, it pretty much happened that fast).
Anyhoo, I love quirky things and this book is quirky. The setting and secondary characters make this a lovely adventure, even if the pages fall out.
Grade: B+
May 28, 2019
"Tiger Sky" is the story of Selina and Luke.
An adventure filled ride, in which our h escapes lecherous step relatives- only to have an accident and be rescued by the H and his aid. They travel across the beautiful Himalayas and the north Indian peninsula, having adventures, meeting strangers, learning perseverance and falling in..love?
It was a strange read- felt more like a travel guide from back in time than a love story. The hero was abrupt, the heroine stubborn and sensitive, and all they had was a kiss and a rushed ending with hope for a HEA.
Safe
2.5/5
An adventure filled ride, in which our h escapes lecherous step relatives- only to have an accident and be rescued by the H and his aid. They travel across the beautiful Himalayas and the north Indian peninsula, having adventures, meeting strangers, learning perseverance and falling in..love?
It was a strange read- felt more like a travel guide from back in time than a love story. The hero was abrupt, the heroine stubborn and sensitive, and all they had was a kiss and a rushed ending with hope for a HEA.
Safe
2.5/5
May 21, 2025
This is my second attempt at a Rose Elver story, and it's as superficial as the first. The heroine is ditsy and needy and the hero is a 2d character - and the storyline is just nuts and not in a good way.
There is nothing redeeming about it - even the half hearted decision to include the heroine at the end is reluctantly given - no real HEA. No depth whatsoever. I wonder if a man wrote this?
There is nothing redeeming about it - even the half hearted decision to include the heroine at the end is reluctantly given - no real HEA. No depth whatsoever. I wonder if a man wrote this?
March 10, 2024
In the foothills of the Himalayas, running away from an unwanted suitor, Selina was rescued by the masterful Luke van Meer, who took her under his wing until they both got back to civilisation. Selina knew she could trust Luke implicitly. But could she trust herself?
November 2, 2015
Entertaining the only thing I did not like was how young the h was she was a month away from her 18th birthday and H is described as being around 30.
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