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Author: Miriam Minger
Title: Twin PassionsSeries: Captive Brides Book #1
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: ebook
Pages: 406
Published: November 1, 1988
Where I got It: My shelf (Amazon)
Summary:
Anora finds her wedding plans suddenly shattered when she and her identical twin, tomboyish Gwendolyn, are kidnapped and taken aboard a Viking ship. While the handsome captain mistakes Gwendolyn for a boy and appoints her his servant, Anora captures his heart and he vows to have her. To preserve her sister's virtue, Gwendolyn initiates a dangerous game. Will the twins be rescued before Gwendolyn surrenders to her own passion?
Review:
This was a freebie on Amazon so why not?
Anora and Gwendolyn are kidnapped and taken aboard a Viking ship. While there the captain mistakes Gwendolyn for a boy and appoints her as his servant while he tries to capture the heart of Anora. Anora's heart belongs to another, so Gwendolyn will initiate a dangerous game. However, she can't help but be attracted to the dangerous Viking. Will rescue come before Gwendolyn loses her heart and surrenders to her own passion?
Bleh. Gah. I just could not get into this one. I doubt that Gwendolyn could keep the secret of her womanhood as long as she did. It's a small ship and the servants and soldiers would have noticed her. It's not a camp where she can skaddle off. Tight quarters and all.
Also, our captain was a bit too blood thirsty and too alpha-y for my liking. Don't get me twisted. I love a good man's man, blood-thirsty male (*fans self*) but it rubbed me the wrong way. This is an 80s HR so the vibe is different I think.
But yeah. Not for me, but I finished this because I wanted to see how it ended. Morbid curiosity? I'll admit I skimmed QUITE a bit during the middle bits to just get to the ending.
2 stars from me.
2 stars...oof
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DeleteThank you Carole :D
ReplyDelete*bows*
DeleteSorry to hear this one was not a good one for you.
ReplyDeleteSadly not all reads are good.
Delete"This was a freebie on Amazon so why not?"
ReplyDeleteRight?? and LOL about the morbid curiosity pushing you to the end!
tehehehehe yep.
DeleteWell, at least it was free.
ReplyDeleteYep! So I'm not too salty.
DeleteYeah, sometimes suspending belief about things like the male impersonation would be tough, but a too aggressive alpha male who you couldn't like would seal the deal. Yay, got one more off the shelf. :)
ReplyDeleteSophia Rose
Yeah - there is def a line in the sand for me.
DeleteOhhhh, bummer about this one. Like Rachel said, at least it was free. 😅 I really struggle when stories and characters aren't believable, like, AT ALL.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! I can look past some things, but I def have a hard line in the sand.
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