Debra Rohlfs’s Reviews > Love's Tender Fury > Status Update

Oh fuck this. No wonder this reads so badly. A dude from the 70’s thinking he can write a romance novel for women, and thinking that women actually WANT a man like Hawke?

Nope. We’re done.

So… Hawke is an asshole. And Marietta has had no time to actually build any kind of relationship with him, not even a friendship. She just instantly loves him… WHY?!

Would I love to see her end up with Jack? Absolutely.

But now we have a new cold, aloof dude, named Rawlings… aaaaand if Quicksilver has taught me anything, THIS dude is going to going to end up being the male love interest.

The AGES of many of the women, actually GIRLS, being sold at this auction… many are KIDS! This is based on what happened in US history, the auctions were a thing.

Okay, yeah, Lord Mallory is a raping, manipulative ass.

Pleeeeease pleasepleasePLEASE don’t let Lord Mallory become the MML / Marietta’s love interest.

Because this dude is ALL kinds of bad touch self centered egotistical ICK. A dude who doesn’t understand that NO is a full sentence.

Gdang, vain much?! 🤨

I don’t know if it’s because of the time period this was written (1976), and it’s the very definition of a bodace ripper, but the way she’s being written, it just comea across as, “I’m just SO beautiful and ALL the men in town want to fuck me!”.