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Love's Burning Flame
All men wished to possess her. She wished for the one man whose love would set her free.
She was barely sixteen when she was taken in innocence to serve the lascivious pleasures of a wicked, immoral court. But Tanya knew nothing of the world that awaited her. Not until the Empress' own son made her a pawn of his raging lust, and tore her from the arms of her true love, did she guess the price she would have to pay for her irresistible beauty.
She was barely sixteen when she was taken in innocence to serve the lascivious pleasures of a wicked, immoral court. But Tanya knew nothing of the world that awaited her. Not until the Empress' own son made her a pawn of his raging lust, and tore her from the arms of her true love, did she guess the price she would have to pay for her irresistible beauty.
- GenresHistorical Romance
394 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1979
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December 17, 2024
Disappointing. Flat prose, flat characters; I’d heard this was a torrid adventure, but it wasn’t. Instead it was tedious filler with occasional OTT content that meant nothing because the characters were so flabby. Who cares? 🥱 The Russian setting is only in the first quarter (Booooo! Hisssss! When I read a Russia ripper, I expect Russian content, dammit), & the hero is, like, never there.
…Whut?
No, I mean he’s literally never around. Tanya is in love with a soldier she knew as a child, & he appears in the story for *maybe* 20 pages collectively. I’m accustomed to Long Separations in vintage rippers, & sometimes even prefer them—but the hero needs to be having his own adventures on-page, otherwise he’s just some dude, so who cares? What’s the point of a “romance” where the supposed hero isn’t even present for the READER? Ivar the sailor would’ve been a better male lead—he was loyal & actually, y’know, in the book. Shocking! 😱
Also, the primary villain was a tiresome captain with an equally tiresome grudge because his Feels were offended by the heroine’s lack of virginity & stupid reliance on another transparent villain’s bullshit story. Yawn. He & other toss-away baddies periodically wander through to hassle Tanya & break up the tedium, but again…who cares?
It was just a flat book, plain & simple…made worse by disappointment. 🦨
NB: This is expensive & HTF in the used market, but my advice is don’t bother. Read THE FROST & THE FLAME by Drusilla Campbell or the TANYA duology by Murial Bradley; they’re all set roughly the same period, but that trio is infinitely better.
{Note: This book is part of my ongoing quest to pluck tomes I’ve had unread for 7+ years & either love-and-keep or DNF-and-donate.}
…Whut?
No, I mean he’s literally never around. Tanya is in love with a soldier she knew as a child, & he appears in the story for *maybe* 20 pages collectively. I’m accustomed to Long Separations in vintage rippers, & sometimes even prefer them—but the hero needs to be having his own adventures on-page, otherwise he’s just some dude, so who cares? What’s the point of a “romance” where the supposed hero isn’t even present for the READER? Ivar the sailor would’ve been a better male lead—he was loyal & actually, y’know, in the book. Shocking! 😱
Also, the primary villain was a tiresome captain with an equally tiresome grudge because his Feels were offended by the heroine’s lack of virginity & stupid reliance on another transparent villain’s bullshit story. Yawn. He & other toss-away baddies periodically wander through to hassle Tanya & break up the tedium, but again…who cares?
It was just a flat book, plain & simple…made worse by disappointment. 🦨
NB: This is expensive & HTF in the used market, but my advice is don’t bother. Read THE FROST & THE FLAME by Drusilla Campbell or the TANYA duology by Murial Bradley; they’re all set roughly the same period, but that trio is infinitely better.
{Note: This book is part of my ongoing quest to pluck tomes I’ve had unread for 7+ years & either love-and-keep or DNF-and-donate.}
August 31, 2015
"Ah, you'll make a lusty partner, my hot little kitten. All you need is to have the gate to your desire open."
The book begins in the court of Catherine the great, and our innocent heroine catches the eye of lustful Catherine and her son Peter. She's in love with her childhood friend (it's been a week and I've forgotten his name), and we know they're in love because we're told so, and they get one hour of sex-in-the-garden before they're separated for years and years and years and our heroine goes on quite the wild ride all over Russia, China, Hawaii and California as she's passed from one master to the next. It's all kinds of cray-cray, pass around Polly (nods to Sandi for that shelf) and heroine love-juices, so this book isn't going to be a good fit for every reader.
I can tolerate a bit of craziness, but I do need to have a H and h I care about, and the looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong separation before the HEA was just too much for my tastes. I would have tossed it early on, but it qualified for the 2015 Mt. TBR challenge so I persevered.
The book begins in the court of Catherine the great, and our innocent heroine catches the eye of lustful Catherine and her son Peter. She's in love with her childhood friend (it's been a week and I've forgotten his name), and we know they're in love because we're told so, and they get one hour of sex-in-the-garden before they're separated for years and years and years and our heroine goes on quite the wild ride all over Russia, China, Hawaii and California as she's passed from one master to the next. It's all kinds of cray-cray, pass around Polly (nods to Sandi for that shelf) and heroine love-juices, so this book isn't going to be a good fit for every reader.
I can tolerate a bit of craziness, but I do need to have a H and h I care about, and the looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong separation before the HEA was just too much for my tastes. I would have tossed it early on, but it qualified for the 2015 Mt. TBR challenge so I persevered.
March 6, 2021
Unfortunately for me "Loves Burning Flame" went out not even half way through,.
First off, I wish I read Mistfit's review cause good'ol "Pass around Polly" came into play!
And holy separation after separation, misunderstandings...not for me and not sure I will read more by her.
First off, I wish I read Mistfit's review cause good'ol "Pass around Polly" came into play!
And holy separation after separation, misunderstandings...not for me and not sure I will read more by her.
February 5, 2015
1. Find your one true love. 2. Get used 'royally' & sent away 3. Spend years seeking your one true love while getting abused by everyone else; everywhere. Lewd as a BR can be. Then some.
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