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Russian Connection #3
Scoundrel's Honor
When her younger sister is abducted, strong-willed Emma Linley-Kirov will make a deal with the devil himself to rescue her. Devastatingly handsome, Dimitri Tipova is a scoundrel, seducer... and the only man who can help her, though his motive is cold, hard vengeance. Emma dares to trust him, but at what price?
As prince of Saint Petersburg's underworld, Dimitri has wealth, power, women—everything but revenge against his nefarious father. Emma is an enchanting means to an end. But as their dangerous pursuit sweeps them from the ballrooms of Russia to the steamy streets of Cairo, his savage desire for her grows. And leads him to a crossroads between his dark obsession... and the promise of love.
As prince of Saint Petersburg's underworld, Dimitri has wealth, power, women—everything but revenge against his nefarious father. Emma is an enchanting means to an end. But as their dangerous pursuit sweeps them from the ballrooms of Russia to the steamy streets of Cairo, his savage desire for her grows. And leads him to a crossroads between his dark obsession... and the promise of love.
432 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 19, 2010
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Rosemary Rogers
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Rosemary Jansz Navaratnam Rogers Kadison
Rosemary Jansz was born on 7 December 1932 in Panadura, British Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), she was the oldest child of Dutch-Portuguese settlers, Barbara "Allan" and Cyril Jansz. Her father was a wealthy educator who owned three posh private schools. She was raised in colonial splendor: dozens of servants, no work, summers at European spas, a chaperone everywhere she went. A dreamy child, she wrote her first novel at eight, and all through her teens scribbled madly romantic epics in imitation of her favorite writers: Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas and Rafael Sabatini.
At 17, Rosemary rebelled against a feudal upbringing and went to the University of Ceylon, where she studied three years. She horrified her family by taking a job as a reporter, and two years later marrying with Summa Navaratnam, a Ceylonese track star known as "the fastest man in Asia." The marriage had two daughters. Unhappily, he often sprinted after other women. Disappointed with her husband, in 1960, she moved with her two daughters and took off for London.
In Europe she met her future second husband, Leroy Rogers, an african-american. "He was the first man," she recalls, "who made me feel like a real woman." After getting a divorce from her first husband, she married Rogers in his home town, St. Louis, Missouri. They moved with her family to California, where she had two sons. Six years later, when that marriage broke up, Rosemary was left with four children to support on her $4,200 salary as a typist for the Solano County Parks Department. In 1969, in the face of a socialist takeover of Ceylon, her parents fled the island with only ?100, giving Rosemary two more dependents. At 37, the rich girl from Ceylon was on her uppers in Fairfield.
Every night for a year, Rogers worked to perfect a manuscript that she had written as a child, rewriting it 24 times. When she was satisfied with her work, she sent the manuscript to Avon, which quickly purchased the novel. That novel, ''Sweet Savage Love'', skyrocketed to the top of bestseller lists, and became one of the most popular historical romances of all time. Her second novel, ''Dark Fires'', sold two million copies in its first three months of release. Her first three novels sold a combined 10 million copies. The fourth, ''Wicked Loving Lies'' sold 3 million copies in its first month of publication. Rosemary Rogers became one of the legendaries "Avon Queens of Historical Romance". The difference between she and most of others romance writers is not the violence of her stories, it is the intensity. She says: "My heroines are me", and certainly her life could be one of her novels.
In September of 1984, Rosemary married a third time with Christopher Kadison, but it was a very brief marriage and they soon began to live apart. "I'd like to live with a man," she admits, "but I find men in real life don't come up to my fantasies. I want culture, spirit and sex all rolled up together."
Today single, Rosemary lives quietly in a small dramatic villa perched on a crag above the Pacific near Carmel. Her four children are now away from home and she continues to write.
Rosemary passed away at the age of 87 on November 12, 2019 in Carmel, California where she called home since the early 1970s.
Rosemary Jansz Navaratnam Rogers Kadison
Rosemary Jansz was born on 7 December 1932 in Panadura, British Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), she was the oldest child of Dutch-Portuguese settlers, Barbara "Allan" and Cyril Jansz. Her father was a wealthy educator who owned three posh private schools. She was raised in colonial splendor: dozens of servants, no work, summers at European spas, a chaperone everywhere she went. A dreamy child, she wrote her first novel at eight, and all through her teens scribbled madly romantic epics in imitation of her favorite writers: Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas and Rafael Sabatini.
At 17, Rosemary rebelled against a feudal upbringing and went to the University of Ceylon, where she studied three years. She horrified her family by taking a job as a reporter, and two years later marrying with Summa Navaratnam, a Ceylonese track star known as "the fastest man in Asia." The marriage had two daughters. Unhappily, he often sprinted after other women. Disappointed with her husband, in 1960, she moved with her two daughters and took off for London.
In Europe she met her future second husband, Leroy Rogers, an african-american. "He was the first man," she recalls, "who made me feel like a real woman." After getting a divorce from her first husband, she married Rogers in his home town, St. Louis, Missouri. They moved with her family to California, where she had two sons. Six years later, when that marriage broke up, Rosemary was left with four children to support on her $4,200 salary as a typist for the Solano County Parks Department. In 1969, in the face of a socialist takeover of Ceylon, her parents fled the island with only ?100, giving Rosemary two more dependents. At 37, the rich girl from Ceylon was on her uppers in Fairfield.
Every night for a year, Rogers worked to perfect a manuscript that she had written as a child, rewriting it 24 times. When she was satisfied with her work, she sent the manuscript to Avon, which quickly purchased the novel. That novel, ''Sweet Savage Love'', skyrocketed to the top of bestseller lists, and became one of the most popular historical romances of all time. Her second novel, ''Dark Fires'', sold two million copies in its first three months of release. Her first three novels sold a combined 10 million copies. The fourth, ''Wicked Loving Lies'' sold 3 million copies in its first month of publication. Rosemary Rogers became one of the legendaries "Avon Queens of Historical Romance". The difference between she and most of others romance writers is not the violence of her stories, it is the intensity. She says: "My heroines are me", and certainly her life could be one of her novels.
In September of 1984, Rosemary married a third time with Christopher Kadison, but it was a very brief marriage and they soon began to live apart. "I'd like to live with a man," she admits, "but I find men in real life don't come up to my fantasies. I want culture, spirit and sex all rolled up together."
Today single, Rosemary lives quietly in a small dramatic villa perched on a crag above the Pacific near Carmel. Her four children are now away from home and she continues to write.
Rosemary passed away at the age of 87 on November 12, 2019 in Carmel, California where she called home since the early 1970s.
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April 19, 2022
Another of my favorite RR books. Sex traffic from Russia, to England, Egypt. A fantastic antihero that I can't help but melt for, a naive sister, and some evil villians.
December 22, 2010
SCOUNDREL'S HONOR by Rosemary Harris is an exciting historical romance/suspense set in nineteenth century Russia, London and Egypt.It is well written with depth,details,twists,turns,page turning and a keeper.It has romance, adventure,suspense,excitement,intrigue,quest for justice,power,redemption,kidnapping, white slave trade, and the promise of love and passion.The hero,Dimitri,is handsome,hard,sexy,wealthy,scoundrel, the seducer of women,criminal of the underworld in Russia,the czar of the underworld,the bastard son of a wealthy,evil nobleman and a protector of women.The heroine, Emma, is beautiful, homely,stubborn, strong-willed,enchanting, is responsible for her younger sister and on quest to find her. Emma is on a quest of find her kidnapped sister from Russian white slaver. Dimitri, is willing to help her, but is on his own quest to bring
his father to justice for all the evil he has done.Together, sparks fly, passion ignites,
love begins, and a quest begun. This is a faced paced, action adventure which includes Russia, London, and Egypt. I would highly recommend this book especially if you enjoy betrayal, treachery, traveling through society's underworld during this time period and adventure. This book was received from Net Galley and details can be found at HQN and My Book Addiction and More.
his father to justice for all the evil he has done.Together, sparks fly, passion ignites,
love begins, and a quest begun. This is a faced paced, action adventure which includes Russia, London, and Egypt. I would highly recommend this book especially if you enjoy betrayal, treachery, traveling through society's underworld during this time period and adventure. This book was received from Net Galley and details can be found at HQN and My Book Addiction and More.
March 27, 2011
3.2 A lot was packed into this 432 pg romance- from Russia to London to Cairo. I'm trying to figure out why I wasn't bowled over by this interesting, well written story. I think it stemmed from Emma,(the heroine desperate to find her kidnapped sister) I liked her but not all of her character traits seemed to be consistent.
February 6, 2016
4 Stars
Suka sama "petualangan" mereka, kemistrinya jg dapetlah... cuma ending-nya berasa agak abrupt aja gitu.
Suka sama "petualangan" mereka, kemistrinya jg dapetlah... cuma ending-nya berasa agak abrupt aja gitu.
October 21, 2018
Emma Linley-Kirov hrs mencari adiknya, Anya, yg diduga dijual dan dibawa ke Inggris. Emma terpaksa minta bantuan pada Dimitri Tipova, Tsar Pengemis, mafia dunia bawah Rusia. Dimitri sudah bernafsu pada Emma sejak bertemu, tetapi Emma ini tidak bisa diatur dan selalu membangkang, tidak pernah menuruti perintahnya. Dimitri sendiri punya misi lain selain membantu Emma. Dia mau membalas dendam pada ayah biologisnya yg menewaskan ibunya, Count Nevskaya.
Emma yg gak sabaran ini akhirnya mendapat bantuan juga dari pihak ketiga, Rajih, Pasha Mesir yg berminat pd dirinya, yg mencurigai para gadis dibawa ke Mesir sbg koleksi harem. Sejak kedekatan Emma dgn Rajih ini saya jadi ilfil. Karena Emma terkesan, badanku boleh kalian grepe-grepe sesuka hati asalkan kau mau membantuku utk mendapatkan adikku kembali.
Dari segi petualangan, novel ini mengasyikkan. Bagaimana tidak, 3 negara eksotik abad 19 yakni Rusia, Inggris dan Mesir dieksploitasi keindahannya oleh author. Penjahatnya walau gampang ditebak, masih menyuguhkan action kejar-kejaran yg menarik. Sayangnya, romance-nya oh sangat tidak menggugah. Terlepas berbau cinta segitiga, karakter Emma ini berani tapi tolol di mata saya. Dia buta tidak melihat cinta menggebu-gebu dari Dimitri. Dan hingga nyaris ending, matanya tetap rabun pada cinta Dimitri.
Sebaliknya Dimitri digambarkan sbg dark hero, terlahir sbg anak haram count yg bejat, yg menculik dan menghamili ibunya, dan dgn tega membuang mereka tanpa sepeser uang pun. Dimitri punya motif kuat utk membalas dendam pd ayahnya. Tampaknya di pertengahan cerita, Dimitri nyaris mengambil keputusan bhw usahanya utk balas dendam akan sia-sia, hingga datang kejadian yg memaksanya mengambil keputusan yg tepat.
Sekian dulu review saya.
Emma yg gak sabaran ini akhirnya mendapat bantuan juga dari pihak ketiga, Rajih, Pasha Mesir yg berminat pd dirinya, yg mencurigai para gadis dibawa ke Mesir sbg koleksi harem. Sejak kedekatan Emma dgn Rajih ini saya jadi ilfil. Karena Emma terkesan, badanku boleh kalian grepe-grepe sesuka hati asalkan kau mau membantuku utk mendapatkan adikku kembali.
Dari segi petualangan, novel ini mengasyikkan. Bagaimana tidak, 3 negara eksotik abad 19 yakni Rusia, Inggris dan Mesir dieksploitasi keindahannya oleh author. Penjahatnya walau gampang ditebak, masih menyuguhkan action kejar-kejaran yg menarik. Sayangnya, romance-nya oh sangat tidak menggugah. Terlepas berbau cinta segitiga, karakter Emma ini berani tapi tolol di mata saya. Dia buta tidak melihat cinta menggebu-gebu dari Dimitri. Dan hingga nyaris ending, matanya tetap rabun pada cinta Dimitri.
Sebaliknya Dimitri digambarkan sbg dark hero, terlahir sbg anak haram count yg bejat, yg menculik dan menghamili ibunya, dan dgn tega membuang mereka tanpa sepeser uang pun. Dimitri punya motif kuat utk membalas dendam pd ayahnya. Tampaknya di pertengahan cerita, Dimitri nyaris mengambil keputusan bhw usahanya utk balas dendam akan sia-sia, hingga datang kejadian yg memaksanya mengambil keputusan yg tepat.
Sekian dulu review saya.
July 11, 2022
Scoundrel's Honor by Rosemary Rodgers - whose writing was comparatively speaking on a purely technical level far and away the best of the bunch. (I tried to read the Connie Brockaway novel afterwards and couldn't deal with all the syntax errors and choppy writing structure. Or simplicity of the word choice. And that was just the first page. May try again later...after I read another Rodgers...this one is about a woman posing as a highwayman to rob from the rich/give to the poor and the gentleman agent attempting to bring her to justice to save his kidnapped brother's life. Rodgers' was influenced by the works of Alexandre Dumas- apparently. There's definitely a Dumas flair in her books and her dialogue is good.) Rodgers clearly has worked hard at the technical aspects of her craft. The typos I found were few and far between and clearly the fault of e-book digitization.
Another bit? This is not your momma's Rodgers. There's no rape in this book. Mention and referred to, yes. The threat of rape? Present - realistic back then, also true of all romance novels I've read, unfortunately. But no actual rape. Neither the heroine nor any of the main characters are raped. It's not a rapemance. Also it's a bit subversive in that the heroine saves the hero a few times, she's independent, and he's a bit of an outlaw, and not a "manly" man so much as sleek - like Spike. Rodgers clearly was a Buffy/Spike fan. Her heroine? An aging spinster. Her hero - an aging pirate.
Rosemary Rodgers, who was once known along with Kathleen Woodliss for the "bodice ripper" romance novel where the heroine is often raped, many times by various sorts, has oddly in her later novels not only commented on what she did in the earlier ones, but jumped completely and utterly away from it.
Example conversation from"Scondrel's Honor" written in 2010:
Emma was a virgin before becoming my lover," he grudgingly confessed.
"You did not -"
"Force her? No," he snapped. "But in her mind I did seduce her. It appeased her conscience to tell herself that I took advantage of her innocence."
"And now?"
Dimitri shifted uneasily. What did the man want from him? A confession that his relationship with Emma had gone beyond a short tumble to ease his lust? That he needed her to be more than merely a reluctant lover?
"Now I wish her to accept her place in my bed because that is where she desires to be and not because I have lured her there," he muttered.
Don't remember that ever popping up in a Rosemary Rodgers novel before. Also this one has a plot, a headstrong and tough heroine who decidedly does not wish to be saved or give up her independence. It takes place in Russia and England directly after the Napoleon War. The heroine is hunting for her sixteen year old sister who ran off with two noblemen who promised the girl a life on the stage (when in reality they were planning white slavery - we don't follow the sister or see her life). The heroine is probably in her 20s or 30s (we aren't told, just aging spinster) and runs a coaching inn - after their parents have died. She journey's to St. Petersburg to seek the aid of a distant relative, who in turn sets her up with the hero - a dashing theif and the leader of the Russian underworld, who has his own score to settle with the men who kidnapped her sister. The book like all the others that I've read deals with the gender power imbalance. But Rodgers attacks it headon. At one point the heroine tells the hero - that as long as society does not protect women with their laws, or support them, they will be at the mercy of men. The heroine is a tiny woman = they always are in Rodgers books (I'm guessing Rodgers is tiny?). And at another point, the heroine thinks to herself - while it would be wonderful to let herself be seduced by the hero...she has to go back to lonely nights, that he will undoubtedly weary of her eventually and move on to someone else, leaving her ruined and alone. If she gives up her independence to him...financial and otherwise, she'll be worse off than she is now or when she started.
If you read some of Rodgers back history...the story has a ring of disturbing truth.
Rodgers was born in 1931 in Ceylon, Sri Lanka to Dutch-Portugese Settlers, and wealthy, sheltered. Then she married a football star who did not treat her at all well. They separated.
In the 1960s, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri and met and married an African-American Man, and moved to California. In 1969 - her teenage daughter found a manuscript that she'd rewritten 24 times since the age of 9. This was Sweet Savage Love - which her daughter got her to publish. Her marriage fell apart, and she supported herself and her four children all alone on a typist salary. Later she married a poet, that last four years. Now she's divorced and single in Conneticut and still writing and publishing at the age of 74/75.
Rosemary Jansz was born in 1932 in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Her parents, Cyril and Barbara Jansz, were Dutch-Portuguese settlers who owned several private schools and were extremely wealthy. Rogers lived among many servants and was sheltered from much of the outside world. She began writing at age eight, and throughout her teens penned many romantic epics in the style of her favorite writers, Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, père, and Rafael Sabatini.
After spending three years at the University of Ceylon, Rogers became a reporter, and soon married Summa Navaratnam, a Ceylonese rugby player and track star (who played for Ceylon against the 1950 British Lions and who was known as "the fastest man in Asia") Disappointed with her husband, Rogers moved with her two daughters to London in 1960.
In Europe, she met Leroy Rogers, an African-American from the United States, they married in his home town, St. Louis, Missouri and she moved her family to California, where they had two sons. The second marriage ended after eight years, and Rogers was left to support herself and four children on her salary as a typist for the Solano County Parks Department. The following year, in 1969, her parents came to live with Rogers.
Her third marriage, in September 1984, was to poet Christopher Kadison, 20 years her junior. It was not a marriage made in heaven and they soon began to live apart.
The four children of Rogers have grown and they have become independent. Rogers is single and makes her home in Connecticut, where she continues to write.
I'm guessing part of this is due to the times, and our collective tolerance for "rapemance" being somewhat "dwindled". And part due to Rodgers own experiences.
Another bit? This is not your momma's Rodgers. There's no rape in this book. Mention and referred to, yes. The threat of rape? Present - realistic back then, also true of all romance novels I've read, unfortunately. But no actual rape. Neither the heroine nor any of the main characters are raped. It's not a rapemance. Also it's a bit subversive in that the heroine saves the hero a few times, she's independent, and he's a bit of an outlaw, and not a "manly" man so much as sleek - like Spike. Rodgers clearly was a Buffy/Spike fan. Her heroine? An aging spinster. Her hero - an aging pirate.
Rosemary Rodgers, who was once known along with Kathleen Woodliss for the "bodice ripper" romance novel where the heroine is often raped, many times by various sorts, has oddly in her later novels not only commented on what she did in the earlier ones, but jumped completely and utterly away from it.
Example conversation from"Scondrel's Honor" written in 2010:
Emma was a virgin before becoming my lover," he grudgingly confessed.
"You did not -"
"Force her? No," he snapped. "But in her mind I did seduce her. It appeased her conscience to tell herself that I took advantage of her innocence."
"And now?"
Dimitri shifted uneasily. What did the man want from him? A confession that his relationship with Emma had gone beyond a short tumble to ease his lust? That he needed her to be more than merely a reluctant lover?
"Now I wish her to accept her place in my bed because that is where she desires to be and not because I have lured her there," he muttered.
Don't remember that ever popping up in a Rosemary Rodgers novel before. Also this one has a plot, a headstrong and tough heroine who decidedly does not wish to be saved or give up her independence. It takes place in Russia and England directly after the Napoleon War. The heroine is hunting for her sixteen year old sister who ran off with two noblemen who promised the girl a life on the stage (when in reality they were planning white slavery - we don't follow the sister or see her life). The heroine is probably in her 20s or 30s (we aren't told, just aging spinster) and runs a coaching inn - after their parents have died. She journey's to St. Petersburg to seek the aid of a distant relative, who in turn sets her up with the hero - a dashing theif and the leader of the Russian underworld, who has his own score to settle with the men who kidnapped her sister. The book like all the others that I've read deals with the gender power imbalance. But Rodgers attacks it headon. At one point the heroine tells the hero - that as long as society does not protect women with their laws, or support them, they will be at the mercy of men. The heroine is a tiny woman = they always are in Rodgers books (I'm guessing Rodgers is tiny?). And at another point, the heroine thinks to herself - while it would be wonderful to let herself be seduced by the hero...she has to go back to lonely nights, that he will undoubtedly weary of her eventually and move on to someone else, leaving her ruined and alone. If she gives up her independence to him...financial and otherwise, she'll be worse off than she is now or when she started.
If you read some of Rodgers back history...the story has a ring of disturbing truth.
Rodgers was born in 1931 in Ceylon, Sri Lanka to Dutch-Portugese Settlers, and wealthy, sheltered. Then she married a football star who did not treat her at all well. They separated.
In the 1960s, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri and met and married an African-American Man, and moved to California. In 1969 - her teenage daughter found a manuscript that she'd rewritten 24 times since the age of 9. This was Sweet Savage Love - which her daughter got her to publish. Her marriage fell apart, and she supported herself and her four children all alone on a typist salary. Later she married a poet, that last four years. Now she's divorced and single in Conneticut and still writing and publishing at the age of 74/75.
Rosemary Jansz was born in 1932 in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Her parents, Cyril and Barbara Jansz, were Dutch-Portuguese settlers who owned several private schools and were extremely wealthy. Rogers lived among many servants and was sheltered from much of the outside world. She began writing at age eight, and throughout her teens penned many romantic epics in the style of her favorite writers, Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, père, and Rafael Sabatini.
After spending three years at the University of Ceylon, Rogers became a reporter, and soon married Summa Navaratnam, a Ceylonese rugby player and track star (who played for Ceylon against the 1950 British Lions and who was known as "the fastest man in Asia") Disappointed with her husband, Rogers moved with her two daughters to London in 1960.
In Europe, she met Leroy Rogers, an African-American from the United States, they married in his home town, St. Louis, Missouri and she moved her family to California, where they had two sons. The second marriage ended after eight years, and Rogers was left to support herself and four children on her salary as a typist for the Solano County Parks Department. The following year, in 1969, her parents came to live with Rogers.
Her third marriage, in September 1984, was to poet Christopher Kadison, 20 years her junior. It was not a marriage made in heaven and they soon began to live apart.
The four children of Rogers have grown and they have become independent. Rogers is single and makes her home in Connecticut, where she continues to write.
I'm guessing part of this is due to the times, and our collective tolerance for "rapemance" being somewhat "dwindled". And part due to Rodgers own experiences.
December 24, 2016
Ya ampun, saya langsung jatuh cinta sama Rosemary Rogers!
Emma ini impulsif, nggak sabaran dan kepala batu. Dia selalu menyalahkan Dimitri tiap mereka gagal melacak jejak Anya, berpikir kalau Dimitri selalu mengulur waktu dan nggak sigap bergerak, sambil ngerayu dia tentu saja. Padahal tanpa bantuan Dimitri, itupun berkat perantara Gerrick, mana bisa dia ngelacak Anya sampai sejauh itu? Lalu apa, dia juga, kok langsung mau begitu saja diangkut Rajih ke Kairo buat nyari Anya. Sama Dimitri ngomel-ngomel (tapi ya ngarep digerayangi terus, denialnya ini salah satu yang bikin gemes juga), eh sama Rajih langsung ho oh. Padahal, lhaa ternyata Rajih kan sama aja. Memburu sindikat traficking manusia itu nggak kayak ngejar maling ayam, yang bisa gasrak gusruk. Mesti pakai strategi, ya to?
Dengan latar belakang masa lalu sekelam itu, saya bisa kok, memahami kenapa grand skenario Dimitri adalah ingin menghancurkan ayahnya, bukan sekadar membantu menyelamatkan adik Emma. Jadi di sini saya sering ngerasa sebel sama tuduhan Emma kalau Dimitri lebih fokus ke ambisinya itu, dan menganggap nyelametin adiknya cuma prioritas kesekian.
Dan serius ya, kepala batunya Emma ini bener-bener bikin kesel, makanya saya justru ketawa puas dengan twist yang terjadi setelah dia menemukan Anya. Eat that, Linley-Kirov!
Dan Dimitri Pitova? Heuheuheu, dia sudah saya nobatkan jadi bajingan kesayangan saya sampai beberapa waktu ke depan, sampai saya bisa menemukan bajingan lain yang lebih menggoda dari pada dia.
Emma ini impulsif, nggak sabaran dan kepala batu. Dia selalu menyalahkan Dimitri tiap mereka gagal melacak jejak Anya, berpikir kalau Dimitri selalu mengulur waktu dan nggak sigap bergerak, sambil ngerayu dia tentu saja. Padahal tanpa bantuan Dimitri, itupun berkat perantara Gerrick, mana bisa dia ngelacak Anya sampai sejauh itu? Lalu apa, dia juga, kok langsung mau begitu saja diangkut Rajih ke Kairo buat nyari Anya. Sama Dimitri ngomel-ngomel (tapi ya ngarep digerayangi terus, denialnya ini salah satu yang bikin gemes juga), eh sama Rajih langsung ho oh. Padahal, lhaa ternyata Rajih kan sama aja. Memburu sindikat traficking manusia itu nggak kayak ngejar maling ayam, yang bisa gasrak gusruk. Mesti pakai strategi, ya to?
Dengan latar belakang masa lalu sekelam itu, saya bisa kok, memahami kenapa grand skenario Dimitri adalah ingin menghancurkan ayahnya, bukan sekadar membantu menyelamatkan adik Emma. Jadi di sini saya sering ngerasa sebel sama tuduhan Emma kalau Dimitri lebih fokus ke ambisinya itu, dan menganggap nyelametin adiknya cuma prioritas kesekian.
Dan serius ya, kepala batunya Emma ini bener-bener bikin kesel, makanya saya justru ketawa puas dengan twist yang terjadi setelah dia menemukan Anya. Eat that, Linley-Kirov!
Dan Dimitri Pitova? Heuheuheu, dia sudah saya nobatkan jadi bajingan kesayangan saya sampai beberapa waktu ke depan, sampai saya bisa menemukan bajingan lain yang lebih menggoda dari pada dia.
September 11, 2010
So far I'm not impressed. It's like she got sucked into formula writing and has lost the passion I usually see between her characters.
So much of the passion from her earlier books was missing in this one. With the rigid point of view rules in force today the writing was almost sterile with the adherence to one point of view per scene.
So much of the passion from her earlier books was missing in this one. With the rigid point of view rules in force today the writing was almost sterile with the adherence to one point of view per scene.
November 28, 2019
It's been a long time since I've read any Rosemary Rogers and I "remember" being more thrilled with her books at the time.
While I enjoyed this book, I had a hard time not getting distracted and reading something more fast-paced. Once I buckled down to finish it, I found the second half more compelling.
Emma Linley-Kirov's, half English "peasant", sister has been persuaded to runaway to Moscow. So, Emma follows, asks aid of a distant relative and garners assistance from Dimitri Tipova, the Beggar Czar. Dimitri, the bastard son of an aristocrat, begotten by rape, is all to aware of the type of men who lured Emma's sister, and is more than willing to help her.
The adventure takes them from gaming hells in Moscow, to aristocratic soirees in London and the pasha's seraglio in Cairo.
So, will they succeed in recovering Emma's sister. And what or who will Emma chose, to return to Yabinsk, Caliph Rajih (who they met along the way) or Dimitri?
While I enjoyed this book, I had a hard time not getting distracted and reading something more fast-paced. Once I buckled down to finish it, I found the second half more compelling.
Emma Linley-Kirov's, half English "peasant", sister has been persuaded to runaway to Moscow. So, Emma follows, asks aid of a distant relative and garners assistance from Dimitri Tipova, the Beggar Czar. Dimitri, the bastard son of an aristocrat, begotten by rape, is all to aware of the type of men who lured Emma's sister, and is more than willing to help her.
The adventure takes them from gaming hells in Moscow, to aristocratic soirees in London and the pasha's seraglio in Cairo.
So, will they succeed in recovering Emma's sister. And what or who will Emma chose, to return to Yabinsk, Caliph Rajih (who they met along the way) or Dimitri?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 28, 2017
Emma, akan melakukan apapun demi menyelamatkan sang adik, yang mengaku pergi untuk menjadi artis bersama bangsawan yang menginap di penginapannya. Kenyataannya, sang adik akan dijual dalam perdagangan manusia dan akan menjadi budak bagi nafsu para lelaki. Penyelamatan tersebut membawa Emma bertemu Dimitri, dan harus bekerja sama dengannya.
Ceritanya lumayan kompleks, banyak karakter-karakter pembantu yang lumayan vital, perdagangan manusia lintas negara, dan orang-orang berkuasa yang akan melakukan apapun demi mendapatkan keinginannya, dan mempertahankan jabatannya.
Ceritanya lumayan kompleks, banyak karakter-karakter pembantu yang lumayan vital, perdagangan manusia lintas negara, dan orang-orang berkuasa yang akan melakukan apapun demi mendapatkan keinginannya, dan mempertahankan jabatannya.
October 29, 2017
Quite complicated for a romance genre, it's rare but good. What I found unbelievable is Emma met not just one but three powerful, arrogant, handsome, rich-beyond-words men, and the three men actually liked her. I don't see any chemistry between Emma and Dimitri or Emma and Rajih so I am not convince of their triangle love story. It is obvious that Rajih was created just as an obstacle for Dimitri to have Emma and will have his own story, so I think he is an unnecessary character for this story
May 14, 2023
Premisnya menarik namun langsung mengendor di separuh buku hingga ke akhir cerita. Menurutku tidak ad Perkembangan karakter yg menonjol baik dari hero maupun heroinenya. Hampir saja masuk DNF, namun segera kukebut krn buru2 ingin membaca novel lainnya. Sigh.
3/*5
3/*5
July 7, 2017
Llena de aventura.
Desde que empece a leer la historia me engancho, la recomiendo!!
No es aburrida y me gustó la heroina, valiente y audaz.
Desde que empece a leer la historia me engancho, la recomiendo!!
No es aburrida y me gustó la heroina, valiente y audaz.
December 21, 2017
Yang ditolong ga tau terimakasih malah menjerumuskan Emma ke penjahat, tetapi tetap saja Emma berusaha menyelamatkan adiknya dari nasib buruk yang dibuatnya sendiri.
iJak
iJak
August 22, 2018
Alur ceritanya lambat,
Alur perkembangan karakternya terlalu cepat
Nggak terlalu berkesan sampai di ending
Alur perkembangan karakternya terlalu cepat
Nggak terlalu berkesan sampai di ending
November 29, 2018
I love books with Russians AND sultans. So very yummy!
December 29, 2018
Delightful end to the series. Very heartfelt.
Can Emma's determination to find her sister and need for Dimitri's love overcome his obsession for revenge?
Can Emma's determination to find her sister and need for Dimitri's love overcome his obsession for revenge?
July 27, 2021
Outstanding plot and writing style.
Rosemary Rivers is truly one of the greatest writers of historical romance novels. I had forgotten how much I enjoy her stories and style.
Rosemary Rivers is truly one of the greatest writers of historical romance novels. I had forgotten how much I enjoy her stories and style.
May 3, 2022
Tentang keberenian, dendam, harga diri dan cinta.
January 5, 2023
Kje so taki moski?🤔
...modrec mi je nekoc rekel, ko preberes knjigo se zbudi...🙃
🤷♀️
...modrec mi je nekoc rekel, ko preberes knjigo se zbudi...🙃
🤷♀️
August 7, 2024
3.5 stars but rounding up
Since this was a reread I'll round up. I enjoyed this but it kind of lost me in Cairo and Emma was so adamant about remaining independent it got to be too much for me. Emma is a spinster who is doing her best to raise her ungrateful 16 y/o beautiful sister since they lost their father several years before. Anya, the sister, runs off with some men and Emma runs off to save her. Distant relatives in St Petersburg put her in touch with The Beggar Czar, king of the underworld and feared criminal. They don't start off well, but eventually they fall for each other and travel from St. Petersburg to London, then he chases her to Cairo. She picks up another suitor on the way, so now she has two wealthy, handsome men after her. Not bad for a prickly spinster! So, it gets a bit ridiculous but the rakish Beggar Czar and shrewish spinster tame each other and live happily ever after. I just wish there had been an epilogue with the sister crawling back begging forgiveness because I'm a lot pettier than our MCs
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Since this was a reread I'll round up. I enjoyed this but it kind of lost me in Cairo and Emma was so adamant about remaining independent it got to be too much for me. Emma is a spinster who is doing her best to raise her ungrateful 16 y/o beautiful sister since they lost their father several years before. Anya, the sister, runs off with some men and Emma runs off to save her. Distant relatives in St Petersburg put her in touch with The Beggar Czar, king of the underworld and feared criminal. They don't start off well, but eventually they fall for each other and travel from St. Petersburg to London, then he chases her to Cairo. She picks up another suitor on the way, so now she has two wealthy, handsome men after her. Not bad for a prickly spinster! So, it gets a bit ridiculous but the rakish Beggar Czar and shrewish spinster tame each other and live happily ever after. I just wish there had been an epilogue with the sister crawling back begging forgiveness because I'm a lot pettier than our MCs
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June 26, 2016
Setelah kematian ayahnya, Emma Linley-Kirov mengubah pondok kerja sang ayah menjadi sebuah penginapan untuk pelancong berkereta kuda. Lokasinya yang berada di tepi terluar desa Yabinsk di basin Sungai Volga dekat Moskow membuat tempat itu cukup ramai didatangi pelancong. Demi membesarkan adiknya, Anya, Emma rela mengurus penginapan seorang diri dan menolak tawaran seorang baron untuk dijadikan kekasih gelap. Namun tiba-tiba suatu hari Anya lenyap. Gadis itu hanya meninggalkan surat bahwa ia ikut dengan dua orang bangsawan Rusia yang menjanjikan Anya menjadi artis.
Merasa panik, Emma pun membulatkan tekad menemui saudara jauhnya, Herrick Gerhardt yang merupakan orang kepercayaan Alexander Pavlovich, sang Kaisar Rusia. Emma berniat meminta bantuan Herrick untuk menemukan Anya. Melalui Herrick, Emma diperkenalkan pada Dimitri Tipova, pencuri handal yang diminta membantu Emma.
Bertahun-tahun menggeluti dunia hitam, Dimitri terbiasa melindungi wanita. Namun kali ini wanita yang datang padanya benar-benar membangkitkan amarah dan hasratnya. Emma keras kepala, pembangkang dan tak segan menerjunkan diri dalam masalah. Tapi kebencian tetap saja tak bisa mengalahkan gairah.
Berdua mereka memburu Count Nevskaya yang diduga berada di balik perdagangan wanita dan anak-anak. Dari St. Petersburg menuju London hingga ke Kairo. Akankah mereka berhasil menyelamatkan Anya?
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Saya baca historical romance ini karena terpikat sama covernya yang cantik. Duh... mbaknya cakep bener. Kayak sendu-sendu gimana gitu ekspresinya. Tapi begitu baca... karakternya beda jauuuuh dari anggapan saya. Hahaha...
Saya nggak keberatan dengan heroine yang keras kepala selama dia juga punya akal sehat. Tapi Emma ini beneran bikin saya pengin nyekek, bukan karena keras kepalanya tapi karena gegabah dan egois. Kayak nggak pakai mikir akibatnya bakal gimana atau paling nggak berdiskusi sama orang yang dipercaya. But she doesn't trust anyone. Harga diriny terlalu tinggi bahkan untuk meminta bantuan atau pendapat. Hadeeeh... kesel sendiri jadinya.
Sementara Dimitri yang merupakan pemimpin dunia hitam digambarkan tampan, kasar tapi terpelajar. Asal-usulnya membuat sikapnya lumayan pahit. Saya suka sih sama sikap cemburunya yang kelihatan banget, putus asa dan ngarepnya dapet banget. Memang bisa dibilang chemistry mereka bagus dan nyambung.
Dan saya sebenarnya nggak setuju juga kalau Dimitri diterjemahkan sebagai pencuri, padahal dia kan bukan benar-benar pencuri. Saya sih lebih setuju Dimitri disebut sebagai bandit kalau-kalau bajingan terdengar kasar. Bandit terhormat. Nah... lebih bagus kan ya? Ya kan? *iyain aja biar gak nangis di pojokan*
Ceritanya sebenarnya bagus, petualangannya juga menarik banget. Deskripsi St. Petersburg, Alexandria dan Kairo-nya detail dan lengkap. Ada sejarah pula yang dimasukkan meski rada maksa, tapi informatif. Cuma begitu Rajih muncul dan ikut-ikutan memburu perdagangan wanita serta ikut-ikutan naksir Emma... huufft... rasanya jadi too much drama. Mana si Emma pasrah-pasrah aja kalau sama Rajih, beda kalau sama Dimitri. Emma pakai galau-galauan pula antara milih Rajih atau Demitri.
Dan yang paling bikin saya mencak-mencak adalah ending antara Emma dan Anya. Setelah perjalanan menempuh segala bahaya, setelah dari Yabinsk ke St. Petersburg ke London lalu ke Kairo buat mengikuti jejak Anya yang dibawa sindikat perdagangan wanita, setelah semua petualangan itu akhirnya Emma berhasil menemukan Anya tapi keadaannya dibuat nggak sesuai harapan. Aaargh... kalau ini adalah plot twist, saya makin pengin nyekek Emma. Bagi saya yang suka persahabatan/persaudaraan nan erat dalam novel-novel historical romance yang saya baca selama ini, saya dibuat sedih dengan ending Emma-Anya.
Merasa panik, Emma pun membulatkan tekad menemui saudara jauhnya, Herrick Gerhardt yang merupakan orang kepercayaan Alexander Pavlovich, sang Kaisar Rusia. Emma berniat meminta bantuan Herrick untuk menemukan Anya. Melalui Herrick, Emma diperkenalkan pada Dimitri Tipova, pencuri handal yang diminta membantu Emma.
Bertahun-tahun menggeluti dunia hitam, Dimitri terbiasa melindungi wanita. Namun kali ini wanita yang datang padanya benar-benar membangkitkan amarah dan hasratnya. Emma keras kepala, pembangkang dan tak segan menerjunkan diri dalam masalah. Tapi kebencian tetap saja tak bisa mengalahkan gairah.
Berdua mereka memburu Count Nevskaya yang diduga berada di balik perdagangan wanita dan anak-anak. Dari St. Petersburg menuju London hingga ke Kairo. Akankah mereka berhasil menyelamatkan Anya?
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Saya baca historical romance ini karena terpikat sama covernya yang cantik. Duh... mbaknya cakep bener. Kayak sendu-sendu gimana gitu ekspresinya. Tapi begitu baca... karakternya beda jauuuuh dari anggapan saya. Hahaha...
Saya nggak keberatan dengan heroine yang keras kepala selama dia juga punya akal sehat. Tapi Emma ini beneran bikin saya pengin nyekek, bukan karena keras kepalanya tapi karena gegabah dan egois. Kayak nggak pakai mikir akibatnya bakal gimana atau paling nggak berdiskusi sama orang yang dipercaya. But she doesn't trust anyone. Harga diriny terlalu tinggi bahkan untuk meminta bantuan atau pendapat. Hadeeeh... kesel sendiri jadinya.
Sementara Dimitri yang merupakan pemimpin dunia hitam digambarkan tampan, kasar tapi terpelajar. Asal-usulnya membuat sikapnya lumayan pahit. Saya suka sih sama sikap cemburunya yang kelihatan banget, putus asa dan ngarepnya dapet banget. Memang bisa dibilang chemistry mereka bagus dan nyambung.
Dan saya sebenarnya nggak setuju juga kalau Dimitri diterjemahkan sebagai pencuri, padahal dia kan bukan benar-benar pencuri. Saya sih lebih setuju Dimitri disebut sebagai bandit kalau-kalau bajingan terdengar kasar. Bandit terhormat. Nah... lebih bagus kan ya? Ya kan? *iyain aja biar gak nangis di pojokan*
Ceritanya sebenarnya bagus, petualangannya juga menarik banget. Deskripsi St. Petersburg, Alexandria dan Kairo-nya detail dan lengkap. Ada sejarah pula yang dimasukkan meski rada maksa, tapi informatif. Cuma begitu Rajih muncul dan ikut-ikutan memburu perdagangan wanita serta ikut-ikutan naksir Emma... huufft... rasanya jadi too much drama. Mana si Emma pasrah-pasrah aja kalau sama Rajih, beda kalau sama Dimitri. Emma pakai galau-galauan pula antara milih Rajih atau Demitri.
Dan yang paling bikin saya mencak-mencak adalah ending antara Emma dan Anya. Setelah perjalanan menempuh segala bahaya, setelah dari Yabinsk ke St. Petersburg ke London lalu ke Kairo buat mengikuti jejak Anya yang dibawa sindikat perdagangan wanita, setelah semua petualangan itu akhirnya Emma berhasil menemukan Anya tapi keadaannya dibuat nggak sesuai harapan. Aaargh... kalau ini adalah plot twist, saya makin pengin nyekek Emma. Bagi saya yang suka persahabatan/persaudaraan nan erat dalam novel-novel historical romance yang saya baca selama ini, saya dibuat sedih dengan ending Emma-Anya.
March 9, 2012
Scoundrel's Honor by Rosemary Rogers
Dangerous Crime Overlord Aids A Lady In Need.................
Dimitri Tipova, crime overlord in St. Petersburg, Russia, agrees to aid the impossible Emma Linley-Kirov in the search for her abducted younger sister for one reason - revenge against the man who fathered him and killed his mother, but the young woman enchants the dangerous scoundrel like no other has done before.
Emma, to his chagrin, wants no part of his generous offer to become his mistress, and makes it clear that the goal of finding her sister is her priority, and Dimitri, no matter his effect on her, is merely the means to an end. The Beggar Czar seduces her body, but is unable to claim her trust, leaving the door wide open for another to attempt to do just that.
Rosemary Rogers has been writing romance novels for a long time and Scoundrel's Honor is one her her latest, published in 2010. Her first, Sweet Savage Love is on this Broad's TBR pile. Rogers created a wonderful storyline in Scoundrel's Honor, and I quite enjoyed her delicious criminal underworld hero, Dimitri, until the end of the book anyway. He became too good, too tame for me. Emma Linley-Kirov, however was for me, a disappointment. Written as a simple girl from the countryside skirting St. Petersburg, Emma was just too bold, too reckless, and too lucky for her to be believable, as her given personality was reserved and very conservative. The two halves of this lady just didn't mesh well within the story.
One highlight of this novel is Rogers' character, Rajih, a caliph of his people in Egypt. He remained a mystery, leaving the reader to guess if he was friend or foe to nearly the end of the novel while coming across as dark and seductive throughout to this Broad's delight. I'd like to read a story about him..........But I digress.
Scoundrel's Honor, by Rosemary Rogers is a well written novel, rich in description and emotion, and I enjoyed it despite the annoying Emma Linley-Kirov. Read it to experience romance, Rosemary Rogers style.
~ Moira
Dangerous Crime Overlord Aids A Lady In Need.................
Dimitri Tipova, crime overlord in St. Petersburg, Russia, agrees to aid the impossible Emma Linley-Kirov in the search for her abducted younger sister for one reason - revenge against the man who fathered him and killed his mother, but the young woman enchants the dangerous scoundrel like no other has done before.
Emma, to his chagrin, wants no part of his generous offer to become his mistress, and makes it clear that the goal of finding her sister is her priority, and Dimitri, no matter his effect on her, is merely the means to an end. The Beggar Czar seduces her body, but is unable to claim her trust, leaving the door wide open for another to attempt to do just that.
Rosemary Rogers has been writing romance novels for a long time and Scoundrel's Honor is one her her latest, published in 2010. Her first, Sweet Savage Love is on this Broad's TBR pile. Rogers created a wonderful storyline in Scoundrel's Honor, and I quite enjoyed her delicious criminal underworld hero, Dimitri, until the end of the book anyway. He became too good, too tame for me. Emma Linley-Kirov, however was for me, a disappointment. Written as a simple girl from the countryside skirting St. Petersburg, Emma was just too bold, too reckless, and too lucky for her to be believable, as her given personality was reserved and very conservative. The two halves of this lady just didn't mesh well within the story.
One highlight of this novel is Rogers' character, Rajih, a caliph of his people in Egypt. He remained a mystery, leaving the reader to guess if he was friend or foe to nearly the end of the novel while coming across as dark and seductive throughout to this Broad's delight. I'd like to read a story about him..........But I digress.
Scoundrel's Honor, by Rosemary Rogers is a well written novel, rich in description and emotion, and I enjoyed it despite the annoying Emma Linley-Kirov. Read it to experience romance, Rosemary Rogers style.
~ Moira
June 1, 2016
Pertama kali membaca hisrom dengan background Rusia. Dan tidak hanya itu, ada Inggris dan Mesir juga.
Emma, seorang gadis Rusia, kehilangan seorang adik bernama Anya. Anya dibawa pergi oleh 2 orang pria yang menjadi tamu di penginapannya. Sebenarnya Anya pergi tanpa paksaan, lebih karena diiming-imingi akan menjadi artis. Anya mungkin sudah bosan dengan kehidupan sederhana di desa Rusia.
Emma pun pergi menemui keluarganya, Herrick Gerhardt - orang kepercayaan Kaisar- untuk meminta bantuan menemukan adiknya. Tetapi Herrick mengarahkan dia untuk menemui Dimitri Tipova, seorang yang dikenal dengan Tsar Pengemis. Herrick tahu bahwa Dimitri juga sedang menyelidiki kasus perdagangan wanita yang didalangi oleh ayahnya sendiri.
Chemistry antara Dimitri dan Emma terbangun sejak mereka pertama kali bertemu. Menarik juga melihat Dimitri yang terpesona pada Emma, sementara Emma sok jual mahal tapi luluh juga dalam sentuhan Dimitri. Tapi saya agak kecewa sewaktu Emma di Kairo, di haremnya Khafilah Rajish dia mau-mau saja disentuh sama Rajish.
Di novel ini diceritakan juga tentang perdagangan wanita untuk dijadikan wanita penghibur. Jadi gadis-gadis Rusia diculik/dibeli trus diselundupkan ke Inggris untuk menjadi hiburan bagi bangsawan Inggris. Mereka akan dilelang. Jika masih perawan tentu harganya akan tinggi. Setelah "digunakan", perempuan-perempuan ini akan dikumpulkan untuk dibawa ke Kairo, Mesir. Di sana, para perempuan ini akan dijadikan hamba dalam harem para bangsawan. Konon katanya ada para bangsawan yang membayar mahal demi mendapatkan perempuan berkulit putih pucat.
Saya juga suka dengan kemandirian yang ditunjukkan Emma, walau kadang batasan antara kemandirian dan keras kepalanya sulit dibedakan. Tidak jarang Emma terlibat masalah karena tidak mau meminta pertolongan orang lain.
Emma, seorang gadis Rusia, kehilangan seorang adik bernama Anya. Anya dibawa pergi oleh 2 orang pria yang menjadi tamu di penginapannya. Sebenarnya Anya pergi tanpa paksaan, lebih karena diiming-imingi akan menjadi artis. Anya mungkin sudah bosan dengan kehidupan sederhana di desa Rusia.
Emma pun pergi menemui keluarganya, Herrick Gerhardt - orang kepercayaan Kaisar- untuk meminta bantuan menemukan adiknya. Tetapi Herrick mengarahkan dia untuk menemui Dimitri Tipova, seorang yang dikenal dengan Tsar Pengemis. Herrick tahu bahwa Dimitri juga sedang menyelidiki kasus perdagangan wanita yang didalangi oleh ayahnya sendiri.
Chemistry antara Dimitri dan Emma terbangun sejak mereka pertama kali bertemu. Menarik juga melihat Dimitri yang terpesona pada Emma, sementara Emma sok jual mahal tapi luluh juga dalam sentuhan Dimitri. Tapi saya agak kecewa sewaktu Emma di Kairo, di haremnya Khafilah Rajish dia mau-mau saja disentuh sama Rajish.
Di novel ini diceritakan juga tentang perdagangan wanita untuk dijadikan wanita penghibur. Jadi gadis-gadis Rusia diculik/dibeli trus diselundupkan ke Inggris untuk menjadi hiburan bagi bangsawan Inggris. Mereka akan dilelang. Jika masih perawan tentu harganya akan tinggi. Setelah "digunakan", perempuan-perempuan ini akan dikumpulkan untuk dibawa ke Kairo, Mesir. Di sana, para perempuan ini akan dijadikan hamba dalam harem para bangsawan. Konon katanya ada para bangsawan yang membayar mahal demi mendapatkan perempuan berkulit putih pucat.
Saya juga suka dengan kemandirian yang ditunjukkan Emma, walau kadang batasan antara kemandirian dan keras kepalanya sulit dibedakan. Tidak jarang Emma terlibat masalah karena tidak mau meminta pertolongan orang lain.
May 22, 2016
Sebenernya aku kurang paham sama isi cerita dalam buku ini, selain otak ku yang gak "sampe" juga dikarenakan banyaknya nama-nama yang muncul dan bikin lidah keselipet pas mengejanya :(
"Rasa" buku ini hampir sama dengan Secret Fire-nya Johanna Lindsey (yang sampe sekarang blm aku baca sampe selesai).
Cerita dimulai ketika Emma sadar kalau adiknya, Anya telah hilang bersama dengan tamu asing yang menginap di penginapan mereka, didorong oleh rasa cemas dan kasih sayang, Emma akhirnya memutuskan pergi ke St.Patersburg untuk meminta tolong pada kerabat jauhnya (Herrick Gerhardt) yang punya peranan penting dalam kekuasaan di Rusia. Oleh Gerhardt akhirnya Emma dikenalkan pada Dimitri Tipova, seorang penguasa dunia hitam.
Pencarian dilakulan di seluruh St.Patersburg tetapi hasilnya nihil, Dimitri mendapatkan kabar kalau gadis-gadis muda yang diculik akan dijual dan dijadikan sebagai pelacur ke Inggris. maka Dimitri dan Emma pun bergegas menuju Inggris bahkan sampai ke Mesir demi menyelamtkan Emma dari perdagangan budak.
yang menarik dari buku ini adalah sikap protektif Dimitri terhadap orang-orang yang disayanginya, terutama Emma. bahkan Dimitri rela ngelakuin apa aja demi keselamatan Emma.
disisi lain aku malah kesel sama sikap Emma yang keras kepala, yang sering kali gegabah sampai bisa nyelakain diri sendiri.
chemistry mereka ini kuat banget, apalagi Dimitri yang mudah cemburuan gampang naik darah kalo ada laki-laki lain yang ngedeketin Emma.
untuk isi cerita aku kurang ngerti, dan rasanya juga hambar, konfliknya muter-muter, belum selesai masalah satu udah muncul masalah lain, bikin yang ngebaca juga ikutan pusing.
bagian endingnya juga kurang maksimal dan juga tidak ada EPILOG :(
"Rasa" buku ini hampir sama dengan Secret Fire-nya Johanna Lindsey (yang sampe sekarang blm aku baca sampe selesai).
Cerita dimulai ketika Emma sadar kalau adiknya, Anya telah hilang bersama dengan tamu asing yang menginap di penginapan mereka, didorong oleh rasa cemas dan kasih sayang, Emma akhirnya memutuskan pergi ke St.Patersburg untuk meminta tolong pada kerabat jauhnya (Herrick Gerhardt) yang punya peranan penting dalam kekuasaan di Rusia. Oleh Gerhardt akhirnya Emma dikenalkan pada Dimitri Tipova, seorang penguasa dunia hitam.
Pencarian dilakulan di seluruh St.Patersburg tetapi hasilnya nihil, Dimitri mendapatkan kabar kalau gadis-gadis muda yang diculik akan dijual dan dijadikan sebagai pelacur ke Inggris. maka Dimitri dan Emma pun bergegas menuju Inggris bahkan sampai ke Mesir demi menyelamtkan Emma dari perdagangan budak.
yang menarik dari buku ini adalah sikap protektif Dimitri terhadap orang-orang yang disayanginya, terutama Emma. bahkan Dimitri rela ngelakuin apa aja demi keselamatan Emma.
disisi lain aku malah kesel sama sikap Emma yang keras kepala, yang sering kali gegabah sampai bisa nyelakain diri sendiri.
chemistry mereka ini kuat banget, apalagi Dimitri yang mudah cemburuan gampang naik darah kalo ada laki-laki lain yang ngedeketin Emma.
untuk isi cerita aku kurang ngerti, dan rasanya juga hambar, konfliknya muter-muter, belum selesai masalah satu udah muncul masalah lain, bikin yang ngebaca juga ikutan pusing.
bagian endingnya juga kurang maksimal dan juga tidak ada EPILOG :(
November 6, 2012
Cuando una necesita leer una buena novela histórica, Rosemary y sus historias son únicas. Cuando recibí este de regalo, leí la sinopsis y supe que era compañero de Scandalous Deception y Bound by Love casi muero! Los hermanos Huntley eran tan sexys, y gracias a ellos habíamos conocido ya a Dimitri Tripova, el Caliente Zar Mendigo. Yo literalmente, morí de amor por él. Es tan malo, mandón, controlador, pero siempre protegiendo a las mujeres y quienes lo necesitan... pero lo que mas me gusta es que realmente es peligroso, y pocos en la sociedad lo aprecian, no es el típico aristócrata de las novelas. Es perfecto, me encantó.
En cuando a Emma, fue un personaje femenino bastante interesante y no de esos que te desesperan terriblemente. Si me molesto un poco en cuanto a Rajih pero se lo acepto, fue bueno para la trama.
Tiene de todo,pasión, amor, secuestros, bailes de gala, burdeles, varios escenarios diferentes del mundo, bastante historia y nos permite reencontrarnos con los personajes de la historia anterior.
Me encantó conocer Rusia de esta forma.
Nota: Realmente existe gente desagradecida y egoísta,y Anya es un buen ejemplo. Arriesgaron la vida por ella, y ni le interesó mas que ella misma.
En cuando a Emma, fue un personaje femenino bastante interesante y no de esos que te desesperan terriblemente. Si me molesto un poco en cuanto a Rajih pero se lo acepto, fue bueno para la trama.
Tiene de todo,pasión, amor, secuestros, bailes de gala, burdeles, varios escenarios diferentes del mundo, bastante historia y nos permite reencontrarnos con los personajes de la historia anterior.
Me encantó conocer Rusia de esta forma.
Nota: Realmente existe gente desagradecida y egoísta,y Anya es un buen ejemplo. Arriesgaron la vida por ella, y ni le interesó mas que ella misma.
July 24, 2014
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This is a solid historical romance with the advantage of being set in an uncommon milieu to make sense as they travel. The book is set with two POVs - one of the hero and one of the heroine. This gives the author a chance to present feelings and motivations in a more well rounded way. Note that the POV isn't first person, though.
In all, I enjoyed the descriptions of Russia and appreciated that the author took us to a place we rarely get to go in historical romance novels. The writing was undemanding (in all honesty, it was a bit flat when compared to an author like Laura Kinsale) but I felt very much the usual for a Rosemary Rogers novel. It's the type of book you enjoy on a cold Winter night or sunny afternoon - as a way to pass the time pleasantly with two interesting characters as they face problems and get to know each other despite diversity.
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August 27, 2011"In quanto figlio naturale di un nobile, (Dimitri) aveva ricevuto un'educazione perfetta, tuttavia non poteva avere un posto nel bel mondo. Allo stesso tempo però era troppo colto e raffinato per essere accettato tra la plebe. Non avendo una collocazione.
precisa in società, aveva impegnato la sua spietata forza di volontà nella creazione di un impero personale."
"Siete dotata di un coraggio e di una lealtà rari." Affermò lui. "Qualità che vorrei nei miei figli."
Come mai una donna che aveva affrontato senza batter ciglio rapitori e mercanti di ... (continua)
precisa in società, aveva impegnato la sua spietata forza di volontà nella creazione di un impero personale."
"Siete dotata di un coraggio e di una lealtà rari." Affermò lui. "Qualità che vorrei nei miei figli."
Come mai una donna che aveva affrontato senza batter ciglio rapitori e mercanti di schiavi andava in panico di fronte ad una proposta di matrimonio.
precisa in società, aveva impegnato la sua spietata forza di volontà nella creazione di un impero personale."
"Siete dotata di un coraggio e di una lealtà rari." Affermò lui. "Qualità che vorrei nei miei figli."
Come mai una donna che aveva affrontato senza batter ciglio rapitori e mercanti di ... (continua)
precisa in società, aveva impegnato la sua spietata forza di volontà nella creazione di un impero personale."
"Siete dotata di un coraggio e di una lealtà rari." Affermò lui. "Qualità che vorrei nei miei figli."
Come mai una donna che aveva affrontato senza batter ciglio rapitori e mercanti di schiavi andava in panico di fronte ad una proposta di matrimonio.
August 13, 2016
Dari sisi cerita Scoundrel's Honor menawarkan keseruan dan petualangan sampai halaman terakhir. Halaman awal sedikit membuat bosan, tetapi setelah lewat agak ke tengah cerita menjadi sulit ditebak. Hanya saja hero dan heroinenya tidak membuatku jatuh cinta, terlalu banyak adegan 'ngotot-ngototan' dan sulit sekali menemukan kedamaian dari pasangan yang sebenarnya sangat serasi ini karena mereka sibuk adu pendapat sampai halaman terakhir. Meski bagiku melelahkan kurasa bagi yang suka cerita yang unik tidak biasa boleh dicoba.
January 23, 2014
I have read many of Rosemary Rogers books.....I have read many historical romances and this is the same as expected with a Russian twist...the men are gorgeous with golden eyes and the main female is feisty, tiny and looking for love in all the wrong places! This book is very typical of the genre...but these books are great when you just want to escape and not have to concentrate on detailed plots....great light read.
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