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The Parlor House Daughter (2008)

by Joanne Sundell(Favorite Author)

2.95 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1594147221 (ISBN13: 9781594147227)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Five Star (ME)

review 1: I was pleasantly surprised by this author. My friend Kathy recommended another book by Joanne Sundell(Meggie's Remains) but my library didn't have it. This is the story of a young girl in the 1800's raised in a brothel after her prostitute mother is murdered when she is 4. She's raised by another prostitute until the age of 8 she's sent away to the finest house in Denver and becomes a prostitute herself at the age of 17. Intriguing but not near as wild as the premise would seem to be. I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to reading Meggie's Remains too.
review 2: its just a silly romance but I have this sick obsession to read to read a book every now and then that Klausner's reviewed.Rebecca Rose (Becca) is the daughter of a prostitute in Nevada City, Color... moreado Territory. Five year old Becca sees the man who just murdered her mother and never forgets his crippled hand and distinctive ring. Her mother's friend and fellow crib-prostitute cannot care for Becca and she sends her to be raised by Jenny Clayton who owns The Palace, one of Denver's grander brothels. As Becca matures and prepares to enter "the life" she meets Morgan Larkspur, son of one of Denver's wealthy business magnates. Morgan is smitten and not wanting to share her with other clients makes her an offer to be his mistress, even though he's just become engaged to snotty socialite Lavinia Eagleton. As Morgan is off in Leadville dealing with potentially violent labor unrest at the mines, Becca "feels" her mother telling her that her killer is close by and she risks everything to find the man who murdered her mother.Well, it all kind of sounds promising for an historical romance - however this one is much too light on both history and romance to cut it - at least for this reader. It drove me to distraction where all the prostitutes in the book constantly referred to themselves as whores and it was repeated over and over and over again to the point I felt I was being clubbed over the head with it all. Morgan, who just became engaged sets up his mistress in the grandest hotel in town instead of a discreet little apartment somewhere? I don’t think so. All in all it was a very bland, predictable book - it was pretty easy to figure out who the bad guy was by the start of chapter two, the rest of the characters were cardboard cutout - everyone is either very very good or very very bad. Get it from the library first and then buy it if you love it. A very generous two stars. less

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