Passion by Lisa Valdez Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Passion
Book Review: A Keeper! If you love Robin Schone, you will love this book..
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this book. The writing made me think of Robin Schone's "Scandalous Lover's" and "The Lady's Tutor". The erotic sexual content in blistering hot!. The atmosphere of the book is set post-regency, but it felt completely timeless. Two people who find each other in a crown and CRASH! The chemistry and sparks fly off the page.
I will not go into the plot, though is was satisfying. The sensual and erotic material is the best I have seen in along time. A great fill-in when waiting for Ms. Schone to write a new book!
Book Review: A VERY hot book - but what happened to Patience's story??
Summary: 5 Stars
As a "connosieur" of erotic romance books, I can safely say that this one was especially hot! But just because it will literally curl your toes (among other things) doesn't mean it didn't have a decent story too, I think it did. Good character interaction, lots of drama, and some unbelievably steamy love scenes. However, we got a teaser for the 2nd book in the series (Patience), but the book is nowhere to be found!!! I feel totally adrift now! Everywhere I look it says "this item is no longer available". Was it ever published? Does anyone have it? If so, and you can bear to part with it, I need to read it!Book Review: A Very Sensual Emotional Read!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ms. Valdez's debut effort is beyond steamy but will plenty of heart and emotion to back the sensual bent of the read. As a result this is a very well rounded read that will appeal to most fans of historic romance.
Passion is saved from certain injury while touring the magnificent Crystal Palace by a very handsome man. She is immediately attracted to this handsome stranger and together they act on their passion not realizing that their paths are going to cross sooner rather than later and will the price of passion be more than they can pay. And will Passion have to walk away from a love she has been looking for all her life?
Mark Randolph Hawksmore is Earl of Langley. He doesn't believe in love and when his mothers past indiscretion comes back to haunt him...with Mark having to pay the ultimate price to keep a family secret he is honor bound to keep. Then he meets Passion and she brings his fuzzy life into great focus. She speaks to a part of him he never thought existed. He feels good when he's with her and everything is right when they are together. But, honor and desire don't go hand in hand. Will this powerful Earl be able to keep the family secret while keeping the woman that has won his heart against all odds or will on person's sin become his?
This story is very erotic read. The romance between the two protagonists is emotional and sensual. The reader will not be able to help falling a little in love with Mark. He is a very strong hero and Passion is his equal in every way. This was a very strong beginning to Ms. Valdez's writing career and I eagerly look forward to her next story "Patience."
Book Review: A debut which became an instant treasure on my bookshelf!
Summary: 5 Stars
When they meet at the Crystal palace it is passion at first sight. Passion and Mark indulge themselves with each other, igniting a heat that scorches them to the core. Just for once Passion wants to answer the call of her body, Mark is just fascinated by this lady whom holds his interest with her sensual nature. They embrace this erotic adventure and each time they meet it is the heart that answers to the call of their bodies.
Still evil lurks on the horizon with blackmail and the threat of a scandal. Mark and Passion stand divided by their heart and their duty which may very well destroy the blossoming feelings of a true love not easily found in their world.
Literally from the first page Lisa Valdez captured my attention as Mark Rudolph Hawkmore seduces Passion Elizabeth Dare behind a screen with his voice whispering words of passion and his body that acts upon them. It is a raw and wild need that drives Mark and Passion together and the intensity never wavers for one second and made me want to finish this story within one sitting. Regardless whom called, rang the doorbell or needed me in any shape, form or fashion, I wasn't going to answer. Mark is a man whom is brutally honest, on the brink of being a crude, but it still makes Mark all the more appealing and I just had to find out what kind of woman could lay such a claim to a man and if Passion would be that woman. All of this pulled me into their world and page after page I devoured this story like Mark devoured Passion, with utter want and need, focusing on the one person that brought pleasure.
And that it did bring for me....pleasure, this Regency novel is one of outstanding quality and proved to me to be quite the reading experience moreover with its compelling secondary characters it screams for other stories to be told! I think I've felt a range of emotions with various characters, from delighted pleasure to love and compassion, from anger to utter hate, it all coursed through me as Lisa Valdez created such a cast of vivid characters they could do no other than evoke such strong emotions with me. With bold and straight forward language this author gives it to you all and with various words that are frequently used I like to warn that this is something not all readers might appreciate! I on the other hand was never bothered by it and Mark with Grace would truly never be the same if it was written any different.
Mark and Passion take center stage in such a powerful love story and they created it, it is their attraction towards one another that is so vibrant, so full of passion and evidently clear as I read on. Passion is strong and does her name justice as her very nature is passionate, she's all I want to find in a heroine and a joy to read for me. The circumstances which demand certain choices of the main couple is one that reverberates long after you close this book and those two selfish women make almost any mother or mother-in-law look like a guardian angel. For such an intense, all consuming love it probably requires such characters because they enhance each other so and it gives this tale its impact!
The author created a seductive mix of unforgettable characters, scorching passionate scenes, heart rendering love, when Mark realizes his love for Passion, my heart just went out to him. It is with mere words that Lisa Valdez conjured up a heart touching scene of a man bereft of his love, his only love and is facing a future without it. There isn't much that I didn't like and the few times I did raise my eyebrows it was over minor things that evaporated in the presence of such a compelling love story and it will be a personal thing above anything else. I truly believe no one can read this story and not want to talk about it.
An author such as Lisa Valdez shapes the Historical genre she is writing in and for me she will be one of the authors that blazes a renewed passion in my heart for it!
4,5 stars
Reviewed by Leontine
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Book Review: A really wonderfully moving story
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, the sex scenes are incredibly hot and erotic, but it doesn't get in the way of the very moving and touching love story. This is fantastically balanced; enough sex, romance and drama to keep you reading late. I thought that it would be JUST sex, but there were so many small moments where I sincerely cried and felt for all the characters, especially the main two. Felt so completely satisfied after reading this that I still don't know what kind of book I want to read next. I only feel this way after reading a book that surpasses all my expectations. Can't wait for Patience to come out...finally!