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Pagan Lover (1980)

by Anne Hampson(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0708960693 (ISBN13: 9780708960691)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ulverscroft

review 1: Anne Hampson seemed to go out of her way to show the hero as barbaric. Normally, I love these cruel, ass hat, "pagan" heroes but this guy was so annoying. Or perhaps the way he was portrayed annoyed the hell out of me. The author kept reiterating the fact that the hero was a "pagan" by constantly dropping the word "pagan" in every other sentence. Of course, the hero was a barbarian who tried to "master" the "spirited" heroine with his cruel and punishing kisses. Of course, our poor, innocent heroine fought him like a hell cat. But alas! The man was too masterful for her and she couldn't fight the tremorous feelings of lust evoked by the master seducer. She fought him as well as she could but ultimately the feelings of lust overwhelmed her which she later confused with the... more feelings of love. This suited the Pagan hero just right. He got to have his cake and eat it too. For thoe of us who are romantic at heart, we are told that the hero was obviously in love with the heroine. It was a love at first sight. Of course he knew he was the right man for the heroine and the heroine just needed some convincing. So the "abduction" was totally justifiable. Both the hero and the heroine were equally annoying. This book gave me a terrible headache.
review 2: BACK COVER:On her wedding day, Tara was abducted by the masterful Leon Petrides, dragged off to Greece and forced to marry him. And from the start it had been a real marriage, not an "in name only" one. Yet hadn't Tara any mind of her own at all? Why hadn't she flatly refused to marry him? Why didn't she try to run away? After all, she loved her fiancé David, didn't she, and wanted nothing but to get back to him. This feeling she had for her pagan husband, a feeling she couldn't deny, was only physical attraction, wasn't it? So what was stopping her?MY REVIEW:Yes, Tara promised to marry Leon and ditch David, but that was only to get rid of him, right? When Leon abducts her and takes her to his island it seemed more like a Harlequin early version of a D/s r/s. At one point he even tells her that he will be her Master! She must give in to his will in all things it would seem. He gets a bit physical w/ her a few times, and he isolates her from others because he can’t trust that she will stay there. Oh, but since he can comfort her at other times, then he also has gentle feelings. Leon insults her about her taste to the length of her hair. He also feels that if she will give her promise then she will do what she promised to do – why he thinks that I don’t know given that he claimed she promised to marry him and then she didn’t do it!! Back to the D/s r/s Tara craves to be mastered and seems okay w/ it, but she can’t stay w/ him unless he loves her. Felt like she was enamored of the magical wick and she liked being his possession and dominated by him. He lies to his staff in order to keep her from running as well. Constantly calls her my child - sorry but that gets a little annoying and slightly sick. Threats of violence, but they don’t always materialize. It’s the ones that weren’t threatened that do though. Because there is physical pleasures that are so great then of course she can’t hate him! He doesn’t relent in his abuse of her until she almost commits suicide. He, of course, doesn’t want to dominate her but she goads him. Yes, the blame game again! Finally, help comes but she refuses to testify against hubby and would willingly lie to protect him. True love confessed and a DHEA is had by all!! Dysfunctional Happily Ever After less

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