The Game

The deWarenne Dynasty #3

by Brenda Joyce

The Players
Released from the sanctuary of a French convent, highborn, tempestuous Katherine FitzGerald sets sail for her beloved Ireland—only to find herself prisoner of the infamous pirate known to the Elizabethans as the Master of the Seas.

The Moves
The pirate captain is Liam O’Neill, favored by Elizabeth the Queen. A hardened court player, he is determined to win the wilful Katherine while advancing his own secret causes. But now he must risk everything he cherishes in order to triumph at a very treacherous game—through heartbreaking deception…and by breaking all the rules.

The Game has begun…

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical, Pirates, Medieval Romance, Historical Fiction, Medieval

472 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Brenda Joyce is the bestselling author of forty-one novels and five novellas. She has won many awards, and her debut novel, Innocent Fire, won a Best Western Romance award. She has also won the highly coveted Best Historical Romance award for Splendor and Two Lifetime Achievement Awards from Romantic Times BOOKreviews. There are over 14 million copies of her novels in print and she is published in over a dozen foreign countries.

A native New Yorker, she now lives in southern Arizona with her son, dogs, and her Arabian and half-Arabian reining horses. Brenda divides her time between her twin passions—writing powerful love stories and competing with her horses at regional and national levels. For more information about Brenda and her upcoming novels, please visit her Web sites: www.brendajoyce.com, www.thedewarennedynasty.com and http://mastersoftimebooks.com.

Reviews

[Azet · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Game" is the third book in the "deWarenne Dynasty" series.While i have read four books in this series,i have not read them in order as they can also be read as standalone.
While all of those heroes have been deWarenne`s,the hero in "The Game" are a O`Neill,and from what i now of this clan of Alpha-men,they are very very very sexy ones!Halleluiah!!!!

Brenda Joyce is one of my favourite authors ever,many books by her are my all time favourites.She writes with a technique of her own and has her own class where she writes the most epic adventures of blistering and wavering love-stories,and "The Game" are one of them.

Falling in love at first sight in the fiery-haired young beauty Katherine FitzGerald on his first stay at the convent,Liam O`Neill vows to make her his,and in the aftermath this Lion-Hearted Pirate drags himself inside the destructive game,full intent on winning Katherine.

Thats how Katherine gets abducted by Liam,in fact he actually kidnaps her two times,haha!
I adore this heroines strength,stubborness and her fiery character where she strongly believes in her dreams-where she wish for a husband and children.In every start of their encounters in the beginning she hurls bitter insults in Liam`s face and denies him her heart.How glad i was when Liam kidnapped her after she married another man and was just going to go through with her wedding night,i so much wanted to scream at her that she was making a mistake-and Liam bursts in to abduct her-You cannot imagine how relieved i was,huh!But i am glad that she succumbed to her love for Liam after he abducts her,but the angst still are there until the end.

Liam O`Neill "Master of the Seas" (dreamy sigh) is a bastard to the inhumanly barbarian Shane Ò`Neill and are hated and feared by the world because of it.He is a Lion-Hearted Pirate that fears nothing and no one but will soon fall down his knees because of his forceful and deep love for his Katherine-gosh how he forgave her anything and easily weakened in front of her with the merest show of concern from her, even if there was misunderstandings between them-But oh didn`t i love that!A man in love with his woman like that is the very wish for every girl..even me!The scene where Liam rips Katherines dress apart with a knife-was so very sexy!Ohooooooo...

I always love Brenda Joyce heroes-they are true alpha-males with extremely passionate emotions.They are jealous,possessive,sexy,hot in pursuit,determined warriors with exsessive delights of a savage nature inside of them.Her heroines always so bright with character and dreams grows through their stories into worthy heroines that always backs up their men.
"The Game" is a very enjoyable entertainment,with very powerful characters,exciting adventure in the seas,interesting politic conversations between supporting characters and sexy AS HELL romance with unforgettable angst.I loved it all.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read: 8/11/24
Pattern emerged: BJ alpha-males are never as ruthless as she alludes to in the beginning. They always much later seduce the h.

I loved Liam! He is one of the author's best written H. The charm and intelligence that come from this rogue are remarkable. I was annoyed that it took the h so long to realize it. He is my kind of man, at least in hr.

I liked all the real historical players in this book. This is the first book in a while that I got to enjoy the game of thrones. How each historical character had to manever the other to stay on top. I also enjoyed that Elizabeth was portrayed more honestly. She was a very jealous woman when it came to her favorites that included her ladies in waiting (forever waiting for marriage).

[Melluvsbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rogue pirate kidnaps a young naive noble woman on the high seas and demands she be his mistress. “I think not, you disgusting Knave!” 😈




What I loved?

- Liam - I mean… he’s a little boyish, a little tortured, a lot ruthless and relentless. He’s manipulative and tricky… and not completely against a little forced seduction. 👀😈 So, you know… basically perfect. 🤷🏼‍♀️






- back to my sweetie pie, Liam 😍… he’s very jealous and possessive of his Katherine. Even before she’s really his, he’s all MINE! MINE! MINE! He’s not afraid to take what he wants, even if it means stealing away his girl from her intended. 😈





- This story line is quite the rollercoaster. So buckle up for some draaaamaaa




What I didn’t like?

- Katherine. Why you gotta be so rude to my boo, Liam? What’s a little kidnapping between friends?




- seriously? This chick had me ready to throw my Kindle at around 75%. I was ready to close the book, and this was a REREAD! It’s a good thing she redeems herself. She decides that maybe Liam and the orgasms he provides are ok after all. 🤷🏼‍♀️




Bottom Line? Although this isn’t my favorite Brenda Joyce book, it’s still a solid engaging read. Liam is delish and the heat is on-point. I can’t resist a manipulative aggressive alpha with an eye on the long-game. So despite my irritation with Katherine, it still gets 4.5 stars.




⚠️FOR THE SAFETY SQUAD⚠️

- no cheating or sharing
- There’s a little bit of OW tension involving the Queen… she’s very attracted to Liam and he’s put in a few tight situations that he has to wiggle out of diplomatically. One time involves a kiss. …but the reader knows he’s trying to protect the h
- Dubcon by the H
- Attempted assault by OP
- There is a scene where the h gives birth and her newborn is taken away from her

[Regan Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elizabethan Pirate Romance!

Brenda Joyce has delivered a sweeping historical saga replete with the characters of the day who influenced Queen Elizabeth, a central figure in the story. It is complex richly woven tapestry of historical forces, brilliant minds and passion between a man and woman leading to love though everything conspiring against them.

Set in in 1562 in Queen Elizabeth's reign, it tells the story of Katherine FitzGerald, a beautiful Irish noblewoman who has lived the last six years of her life in a Norman convent due to her Irish lord father's reversals. Finally able to persuade the Abbess to let her leave with her friend, Juliet, who has been called home to Cornwall, the two young women are abducted on the high seas by the notorious golden-haired pirate, Liam O'Neill, bastard son of a barbaric Irish clan chieftain who raped his mother, an English noblewoman.

The first time Liam sees Katherine on the deck of his ship, he knows he has to have her. But Katherine resists his seduction and insists he take her to her father. He agrees and in London she learns her father is impoverished, his titles and lands stripped from him and he is under house arrest, deposed by his cousin FitzMaurice who is a thorn in the side of Queen Elizabeth.

With her fortune gone and her dream of a noble marriage lost, it seems Katherine will become the pirate's prize. But Liam's plans are interrupted when they are captured and brought before a furious Queen Elizabeth. Katherine throws herself on Elizabeth's mercy and Lord Leicester and William Cecil urge the queen to keep Katherine as a lady in waiting, which the Queen does, jealous of the pirate's affections for the beauty.

The Queen arranges a marriage for Katherine that will take her away from Liam and the court, but the pirate, determined to keep her, has in mind "the Game" wherein he plays for high stakes that will keep Katherine his and see her father restored to his former title and lands in Ireland.

Katherine is a brave and beautiful woman who does not wait for others to determine her fate but acts even if somewhat impetuously. Liam is a pirate, yes, but he is also a man of noble intentions, great loyalties and capable of a great love. He tries to break the hold of his past and the legacy of his brutal chieftain father who took him from his mother when he was only seven even as all in Elizabeth's court would remind him of his parentage. Without a country or a home, he becomes the Master of the Seas.

This is a page-turner and will hold your interest. I highly recommend it.

[Missy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The romance didn’t feel like a romance since they argued too much. He was bent on seducing her into his bed from the get-go and she refuses to fall for him because he wasn’t of noble birth and a pirate. For someone who has lost everything when her Irish dad was captured, stripped of his lands and titles, and imprisoned for treason, she still held onto to her grand dream of marrying a nobleman, having children, and running her own household.

A few key characters are historical figures of the Elizabethan era, including Queen Elizabeth, so, yeah, the plot gets political (England vs. Ireland) and the pacing was slow. 😒😒😒 There are chapters dedicated to just Queen Elizabeth discussing how she’ll handle a situation that arises from the hero’s actions with her council. I don’t know anything about Queen Elizabeth but Brenda Joyce painted her as a jealous and petty woman. She had two men in her council who were believed to be her lovers and she also lusted after the hero (who is not a historical figure). The author made it sound like she didn’t sleep with them though, just loved and cared for them. She’d get jealous of the heroine whenever these men showed any interest in the heroine, so she arranged for the heroine is to be married to John Hawksville.

The hero learns of this and kidnaps her on her wedding night. They stay on his island for a year, where they eventually get married by a Catholic priest. Since the heroine is Irish and a Catholic and John was a Protestant, the hero rationalized that the heroine’s marriage would not be recognized by the Catholic Church legally, so they, of course, can marry. She learns she’s pregnant the same day she accused him of assisting her uncle in Ireland, her dad’s rival. I hated how she refused to let him explain. Thus, we have the third-act breakup. 😩

The last 20% is all political, specifically the hero is playing a political game. Hence, the title of this book. He was only assisting her father’s rival so he could bring him down and have her father’s earldom restored to her father (in Ireland). The hero and heroine do not truly reunite till the end. They see each other briefly maybe twice before their reunion.

This read more like historical fiction than a romance to me, and I was not thrilled to learn this. I almost DNF after the they separated. I even jumped ahead to read the final chapter before returning to where I left off and finally finished the book. I was looking forward to reading more books by Brenda Joyce this summer but after this disappointing read, I’m going to have to read a lot of the reviews before I pick one up again.

[🐝 Shaz 🐝 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good read by Brenda Joyce. I could have done with a box of tissue.

[fay · Rating 5 out of 5]

You will not be bored reading this book , I couldn't put it down and enjoyed most of it .
I love brenda joyce historical books ,they are always well plotted and her heroes are always possessive and her heroines strong and willful and wrongheaded in a good way .

[•lilac• · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh liam 🥰🥰🥰 the man that you are

[Hanife · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bu yorum aynı zamanda Romancekolikte yayınlanmıştır.



Yarılara kadar kraliyet entrikası kitaba karşı değerlendirmemde büyük engel sağlasada sonradan yazar öyle bir hikayeyi döndürdü ki pes dedim :) Süperdi. Sevilen herşey var. Korsan hikayeside aynı zamanda. Baş karakterimizde İrlandalı. Bir yer var ki insanın annelik duyguları şaha kalkıyor. Çok ağladım orada. Kraliçe Elizabeth senden nefret ediyorum bu arada. Allah bilanı versin. Ne kadar boş insan ki bir evladı annesinden babası sana ihanet etmesin diye ayırırsın!

Serinin ilk kitabı gibi hop oturup hop kalktım :) Brenda yeteneğini konuşturmuş. Hikayenin geçtiği yıl 1500lerin sonunda geçiyor. Konumuz Katherine’in yaklaşık 5 6 yıldır bir manastırda kalması ve bu süre içerisinde ailesinden ne bir ses seda gelmemesi üzerine manastırdan ayrılma talebiyle başlıyor. Baş rahibe bu isteği ret etse de en sonunda razı gelip kızın bir arkadaşının refakatçileriyle beraber gitmesine izin veriyor. Ama şans bu ki Fransadan İngiltereye giderken gemilerini korsanlar kaçırıyor! Ve geminin kaptanı olan Liam ise iflah almaz bir çapkındır!

Kıza kancayı takmıştır bir kere. Benimsin benim olacaksından başka bir dediği yoktur. Kızda adamı oyalamak namına yapmadığı şey, çevirmediği dümen kalmamıştır. Adam ise metresim olacaksın diye inada binmiştir bir kere. Zaten kıza artık bir leydi olmadığını babasının yıllardır kraliçeye karşı ihanetten tutuklu tutulduğunu söyler ama bizim kızımızın ona inancı yoktur. Kızda en sonunda artık adama karşı kozu kalmadığından babasına onu ulaştırırsa onun metresi olmayı kabul edeceğini söyler. Adamımız sözünü tutupta zar zor kızı babasıyla görüştürür. Kız gerçeklerin farkına varmıştır. Ama durum şöyledir ki sevgilisi babası bu adamı bırakmamasını, hatta istediklerini yapmasını, o adamın babasını buradan çıkaracak güce sahip olduğunu söyler. Zavallı kızımız kala kalmışmıdır öyle. Evden çıktıklarından kısa süre sonra kraliçenin adamları bunları yakalar. Hepberaber kraliçenin huzuruna çıkarılırlar. Liam’ın rahat tavırları ise Katherine’in sinirine dokunmaktadır. Kısa süre sonra bu ikilinin birbirlerini yakından tanıdıklarının farkına varır.

Liam İrlandalı bir barbarın annesine tecavüz etmesi sonucu doğmuştur ve annesi bu yüzden çok acılı günler geçirmiştir. Kraliçe Katherine onu himayesine almış, şimdiki Kraliçe Elizabeth ise Liam’ı sevdiğinden onların sarayda olmalarına izin vermiştir. Liam Elizabeth’in favorilerindendir ama Liam’ın barbar babası onu 12 yaşlarında alıp kendi gibi yetiştirmek için ülkesine götürür. Liam bu yıllarda çok değişmiştir tabii ki de. Korsan olup çıkar. Elizabeth ise her hatasından görmezden geliyordur. Çünkü Liam ona kur yapıyor ve onun adına bir takım işler yaparak boynuna bağlanacak yağlı urgandan kurtuluyordur. Ama Elizabeth bu olaya bir kadının karıştırdığını gördüğünde, hele de ona ihanet eden birinin kızını gördüğünde şüphelenmiştir. Liam irlandadaki isyancılara mı yardım ediyordur? Yoksa sadece bu kadınla gönül mü eğlendiriyordur? İşte bundan sonra oyun tam anlamıyla başlamıştır :D

Favori sözüm;

"You deny it all you want, but you are mine. Call it passion, call it obsession, call it whatever pleases you, but you run hot and wild in my blood, Katherine-I cannot give you up."


"İstediğin kadar inkar et ama bana aitsin. İster tutku, istersen saplantı, nasıl adlandırmak istiyorsan öyle adlandır ama kanıma işledin Katherine. Senden vazgeçemem."

[Damla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Çok güzeldi!!!😊😊 tek sevmediğim yeri kadın karakterin sürekli koca istemesi. Ama Liam 😍😍 sen harikaydın 😂😂

[HÜLYA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sonunda beni mutlu eden bir kitabı okudum.Cok ama çok özlemişim nefes almadan sayfalarin içinde kaybolmayi. Şahane bir yazar müthiş bir kalem.Ayaklarim yerden kesildi resmen.
Romanın kahramanları müthişti . Katherine çok tutkulu ne istediğini bilen hayatının yönetimini elinde tutmayı isteyen bir genç kız..Ancak karşısindaki zamanın en kıvrak zekalı dağın ardını gören bir dehası Liam O'neil idi..
Hikayede İngiltere kraliçesini hiç sevmedim.. Yaptıkları ve tavırları bir kraliçesini çok şımarık olgunlaşmamış bir kız çocuğu gibiydi..
Bu seriyi en kısa zamanda sıralayarak tekrar okumak istiyorum. Seri bittiği için de çok üzgünüm...
Yazarın diğer kitaplarını da yayınevi bir an önce yayınlar diye hatırlıyorum umut ediyorum.

[Raquel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Loved this story a lot!

This book had it all, romance, intrigue, suspense, relationship drama, political drama, angst, passion, adventure. Loved how the author used real history characters into the fictional story.

A new one to add to my favorites.

Definitely reading more by this author and the other books in this series/saga.

[Yuuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seriden bağımsız bir kitaptı zaten hiç de Warenne yoktu içinde 😕

[Gio · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Game is set in England and Ireland at the time of Elizabeth I and in particular during the Irish rebellion. Katherine Fitzgerald is a young Irish noblewoman sent to a French convent after her bethrothed died. It was supposed to be a short and temporary stay, but years passed without Katherine receiving any news nor money from her family. When her best friend at the convent is called back home in England to get married, Katherine convinces her to take her along. But their ship is attacked by a pirate who takes Katherine prisoner. He wants to make her his mistress but she refuses. A head-strong and stubborn girl, she wants to marry a nobleman and have children and doesn't change her mind even when she's told that's never going to happen. Katherine's father, once a rich and powerful nobleman, has been declared a traitor by the Queen and his properties confiscated. The plot is further complicated by the Irish rebellion. The crown is beginning to regret its treatment of Fitzgerlad as the new leader of the rebels, FitzMaurice, is a fiercer and more dangerous enemy. Liam decides to help Katherine's father to get back his title and riches but has to be careful in its actions as he's playing a very dangerous game that could lead him to the scaffold.. I don't wanna give too much away but there are lots of intrigues, plots and machinations in this book that make the story interesting and never dull. But while I enjoyed the plot, I really disliked the heroine, and she's the reason why my rating is so low. We are constantly told throughout the book that she is a clever, fiery woman but she's really just a spoilt, whining child that throws a tantrum whenever things don't go her way. She just screams and storms off without ever giving people the chance to explain their reasons and actions, and she's also very self-centered. She puts Liam through so much crap that I can't really see why he bothers with her. Overall, The Game is a nice story, weakened by the irritating main female character.

[Natalie E. Ramm · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Game is about a girl, Katherine, who was placed in a convent after her betrothed was killed in a war. She leaves the convent at 19 because she wants to get married and have kids (she only says this about a HUNDRED times). On her homeward bound ship she is captured by the pirate Liam. But he’s not just any old pirate. He’s actually one of the right hand men of Queen Elizabeth, so it’s cool if she falls in love with him (or is it?). Katherine’s father was accused of treason and she is trying to clear his name. Liam joins the ranks to help her, but may endanger both of their lives when he goes behind her back and infuriates the Queen to make things right.

The Game was my first ever pirate romance! I picked it up just because it was a pirate romance. I was completely taken with the hero. He was the perfect rouge-nobleman-pirate. However, the heroine was #toostupidtolive. Joyce talks endlessly about how smart and resourceful Katherine is. I didn’t see any evidence of this. SHOW me the cleverness. She was either screaming or crying pretty much the whole book. I mean Liam, man, run the other way. This lady is cray.

[S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hero is a 'pirate' (a privateer commissioned by the Queen). He's known as a ruthless killer to all, capturing ships and seizing all the treasures within those ships, a veritable rogue, a handsome and sexy, that is. However, one thing he is against is taking a woman against her will. No matter how much he lusts after her.
That's what happened with Liam and his captured prisoner; Katherine.
The heroine, Katherine, has been secluded in a convent for six long years. Unaware of the intricacies of the world, she's innocent and oblivious to the tragedy that had befallen her family; her father thrown aside on basis of treason. Katherine is a beautiful, tall, smart woman.
Story revolves around Liam chasing after Katherine with complexities around the Queen's meddling of their relationship.

I grew bored towards halfway of the book. A bit put off with Katherine's resistance in accepting Liam's marriage proposal (even though I tried to understand her position).
It was too annoying for me. Sorry. Otherwise, good story.

[Vishous · Rating 5 out of 5]

☆reread☆

[Choco Con Churros · Rating 5 out of 5]

Con una excelente documentación histórica mezclada con fantasías necesarias para hacer avanzar la historia (explicando en un apéndice final muy detalladamente qué es historia y qué fantasía de cuanto se narra en la novela), en un periodo histórico tan interesante como el de la reina Isabel, la novela trata con el estilo arrebatado de que tanto gusta la autora, un amor con dos de mis debilidades ineludibles en el tema, más marcadas: raptos y piratas.
Así que parecía escrito para mí😂😂😂 ¡Cómo resistirse!.

[Tuğba Atıcı Coşar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hem de en en en sevdiğim tarihi aşk romanı yazarım olan Brenda Joyce’a ait bir kitapla.
Yazar ilk kitapla beni kendine bağlamıştı. İkinci kitapla birazcık hayal kırıklığına uğramış olsam da Oyun’la birlikte yine beni kendime getirdi.
Joyce kalemi bence muhteşem. Aşkı anlatış tarzından ciddi anlamda hoşlansam da beni kendine bağlayan aslında o vahşi tarihi kısmı. Bana direkt “o adamlar o yıllarda böyleydi” dedirtiyor ve sırf aşk romanı diye yumuşayıp değişmeyen karakterleri okumaktan büyük zevk alıyorum.
Oyun ismi gibi tamamen saray entrikaları barındırıyor. Kitap aslında serinin 3.kitabı ama bizde nedense biraz karışık çıkmış. Fakat ben yazarla geç tanıştığımdan kendi sırasına göre okumayı tercih ediyorum.
Manastırdan ayrılıp evine gitmeye çalışan Katherine ve muhteşem korsanımız nam-ı diğer Denizlerin Efendisi Liam’ın hikayesini okuyoruz.
Karakterleri genel olarak sevsem de Katherine’nin koca derdi beni biraz delirtmedi değil. Aklıma “ev-le-ne-cem vermezlerse kaçacam” videosu gelip durdu ve kadının ağzına bir tane patlatasım geldi. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Neyse ki sonradan toparladı kendini.
Ama Liam...
Bakın bu adam anlatılmaz yaşanır. Böyle korsan yok!
Şu ana kadar ilk kitap hala favorim olsa da yazar yine kalemini konuşturmuş. Hatta konuşturmamış yardırmış. Hikaye başladı az çok tahminlerde bulundum ama sonra aldı yazar onu başka bir tarafa çekti ve yerimde duramadan okudum.
Yorumumdan anladığınız üzere kitabı sevdim. Çok sevdim.
Yazara bir kez daha vuruldum orası ayrı.
Kaç kere söyledim bilmiyorum ama yine söylüyorum. Benim için tarihi aşk demek Brenda Joyce demek.

[Copper78 · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was long. Sooooo long. Wayyyyy too long. It certainly felt that way iykwim. The melodrama was sky high and the characters were OTT and super annoying (especially the heroine). This was definitely written during the bodice ripper era and it shows. Yes, there is actual bodice ripping. The heroine Katherine is a virgin (with a "very lusty nature") who rabidly protects her virtue and drives all the men who encounter her to madness. It would have been hilarious if it wasn't so tediously repetitive. The pirate hero Liam was more likable but his obsession with the heroine was all consuming and it stemmed from him just wanting to sleep with her. If she was ugly this book would have no plot because that is the whole reason anyone is interested in her at all. I found no other qualities worthy of such adulation. Somehow I finished this book but I can't say I recommend it unless you're in the mood for an OTT, LONG, old school bodice ripper.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW! I loved this story.

I love that Joyce included real people from that time in history, but with her own private spin added to them.

I am a big fan of stories written from the 1500's.
This story had all the beauties and hardships from that time. Oppression and dictatorships...man I am glad to live nowadays!

I recommend this series to all my friends on Goodreads.com.

[ஐ฿υκєτஐ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kızın aptallıkları yüzünden dört verdim.Zira okurken uyuz olmamak elde değil.

[Jena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Couldn’t stand the entitled, selfish, arrogant, stuck up bitch of a h. She spends most of the book feeling like she’s better than everyone, including the H.

Good book, but I just wanted to smack her.

[Brenda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Couldn't bring myself to finish the book. It started out OK. But the characters were constantly flipping from one extreme emotion to another without any real explanation. The storyline got so convoluted that by the time I got 3/4 of the way through, I just didn't care anymore.

[Selly - Leggere Romanticamente · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 stelline e mezzo/4
Lettura molto carina, ma la protagonista è odiosa per la gran parte del libro...

[Kiyeberries · Rating 2 out of 5]

Main character is insufferable.

[Angel Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this one a while ago. SO GOOD. I love all of Ms. Joyce's sexy and adventurous historicals!

[Lady Whitbrooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Loved this book! I am defiantly falling in love with this author. Plot fabulous 9 (1-10) steaminess 8.5(1-10)
A beautiful detailed story with lots of intrigue, danger, and passion galore. Great read.

[Yasemin Gürbüz · Rating 1 out of 5]

Karaterlerin hiçbirini sevemedim.

[Lover of Romance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Katherine, after being in the convent for years and not having heard from her family, decides to leave knowing all she wants is a husband and children. So when she leaved and gets on a ship on her way to Ireland, back home, the ship is captured by pirates and she is a prisoner of Liam O'Neill, the pirate captain, who refuses to let her go. Katherine refuses to give in to the feelings and the desire she starts to feel for Liam, knowing she deserves more than to be a mistress to a pirate, that she deserves love, marriage and a family of her own. Liam is the king of Games, and ever since he first saw Katherine, he knew he would keep her, and even though he has a secret cause he will do everything he can to Win!The Game is the 4th in the de Warrenne series, and I have always enjoyed Brenda Joyce and all of her books for the most part, and even though this was a bit longer, it was still a enjoyable read but far from my favorite of her books. The one thing that I really loved about this story, was how there was always a surprise at the next turn of the plot, something I would have never expected to happen, and left me excited to see what would happen next. The title for the book "The Game" is perfect, and fits it with exactness. The characters were fascinating to get to know. Liam would just make me laugh at times, and other make me want to hug him, and other I wanted to throttle him. Katherine however, it took me a while to really warm up to her, she seemed a bit selfish and naive especially in the beginning, but she grew on me as the story started to really develop. Overall it was a really enjoyable read with lots of intrigue and mystery, romance and passion and series of events that might just make your head spin!!