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Title: Less 'sex' please and more romance!
Review: I am by no means prudish and enjoy a romance (in whatever form, i.e. historical, thriller, etc.) with sex scenes as long as they move the plot along and/or are important for the characters' development. This, I feel, can not be argued for this book. The sex is tawdry (note: sex not making love) and dare I say it, made me feel icky; the reason is that it's not romantic or special and just plain dull. I felt that once I'd read one scene that I'd read them all - and there were more than a few. As for the plot, it's standard historical romance fare - tortured hero meets spinster and forms a 'relationship', a misunderstanding develops that separates the two lovers and all is resolved in the standard happy ending. There is no panache or real originality in the writing of this, and the author's style of writing is not attractive. All in all, I won't be buying another of Cheryl Holt's books - this was my first and last experience of her writing.
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