SuperHeroBooks - Scandalous Lovers
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Manufacturer: Brava
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781575666990
ISBN: 1575666995
Label: Brava
Manufacturer: Brava
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 453
Publication Date: 2007-02-01
Publisher: Brava
Studio: Brava
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Summary: Beyond Excellent in So Many Ways
Comment: I have never read a book by this author. This book was recommended to me by a friend who knows my interest in 19th centuary British history, especially as regards women, morals, and the sexual roles of men and women, how that relates to class, the rights and power (or lack thereof) of women in various strata of society.
This book is so very much more than an erotic historical romance. I put it in a category of it's own, and something akin to A Handmaids Tale. This story is rich in history and presenting one incredible woman's sensual, sexual, and over all life awakening after being married at 15, then widowed at 49 years old. The love story takes my breath away, not only from a sensual or sexual standpoint, although there is ample heat in that department, but rather from the heart wrenching personal and private and shared perspectives of both a man and a woman in mid life, in Victorian England, awakening to their sensual selves, and their true needs, desires, and inner selves.
This is a wonderful, wonderful book! The author has a sound and impressive knowledge of British history, especially of this time period, and of British Law of the time. I finished this book two days ago and cannot stop thinking about it. This is definitely NOT light escapist erotic fiction, but it is a page turner. I know this is a book I will read again.
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Summary: Loved it!
Comment: Schone is back! I loved this book! (Sorry about all the exclamation points...I am excited.) The plot was intriguing. The characters were loveable, and I love the fact that the hero and heroine are a bit older than the "norm." I can't explain how good this book really is. If you are a fan of Schone, then you will love it.
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Summary: excellent erotica
Comment: Robin Schone is my favorite erotica author, her words tear at the heart while arousing the body. Deep needs and long-repressed emotions drive the *very* explicit sex in her books. The reader ends up caring a great deal about the older, less-than-perfect characters whose quest for the pleasures of the flesh changes and liberates them. If you're looking for well-researched, realistic as well as romantic historical fiction with lots of super hot sex, give Scandalous Lovers a chance!
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Summary: Schone is a Surety!
Comment: I have been a fan of Robin Schone for only one year. In that year I have read all of her books and novellas. With her latest, Scandalous Lovers, she has topped herself. This is a story of mature people discovering desire and love. It is remarkable. I highly reccomend it for the discerning reader. It may be a little too intense for some, so I would suggest perusing her entire oeuvre. Enjoy!
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Summary: The courage to be honest in a difficult time
Comment: I, unlike others, did not have to wait for this book to be released, as I only became aware of Robin Schone recently (via an on-line interview with Emma Holly). I intended to read Lady's Tutor first as it has received rave reviews, but this book was available in the library so I decided to give it a try. Victorian England is a setting that has little interest to me, but the characters are so compelling that this was easily overlooked. As it turns out, the setting is central to the theme, as aparently this was a time and a place where there was an amazing degree of sexual repression and women's rights were practically non-existant.
I felt the pacing of the story to be very slow, particularly the pacing of the seduction of the main characters, but on the other hand I was impressed with the way they were able to slowly savor their sensual discoveries with each other. It was refreshing compared to today's attitude of instant gratification. It was also refreshing that the characters were of rather mature age.
The last third of the book took an unexpected and appalling turn, given how I've taken for granted women's rights during my life as a modern American woman. It was jolting to become aware how a woman's freedom in that day and age was so tenuous. The resolution of this crisis was nice, but it felt rushed and therefore not really that convincing.
The honesty of the characters (with themselves and each other) was probably the most inspiring aspect of this story. The support and love James gave to Frances was very endearing, as was the openness and honesty she gave him.
I also enjoyed the brief stories of the secondary characters, as they change as a result of Frances' influence. I would have liked to pursue those stories further...perhaps in sequels?
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With a seductive style all her own, Robin Schone captures the erotic imagination as she explores the deepest hungers of a woman's soul in a story that breaks all the rules... DESIRE AWAKENED Married at fifteen and widowed at forty-nine, country-bred Frances Hart has only known the duties of a wife and mother, and never the joys of a woman. Determined to broaden her horizons on every level, she daringly dyes her hair and sets out alone to explore London in all its sensual glory. A successful London barrister and now a widower, James Whitcox knows duty but has never known passion. He joins an exclusive society founded to discuss sexual relations—but talking of the pleasures of the flesh is a far cry from actually experiencing them. Then Frances Hart accidentally barges into a meeting, enlightening the Men and Women's Club about a woman's needs—and tempting James to put his theories into practice... Surrendering to the pleasures of the flesh, Frances finds herself in the arms of a younger man whose ideas shock her, whose gaze rivets her, and whose touch will change her forever...
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