Virginia Henley
Paperback | Pages: 365 pages Rating: 4 | 2006 Users | 54 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Hawk and the Dove |
| Author | : | Virginia Henley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 365 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1988 by Dell (first published January 1st 1988) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Historical Romance. Historical. Medieval. Historical Fiction |
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The Dove...She'd been bought for a strip of land, then abandoned: a bartered bride, married by proxy, determined to wreak revenge. As innocent Sara Bishop she'd paid dearly for freedom from her cruel, mocking family. As flame-haired, jade-eyed Sabre Wilde, she would scandalize Queen Elizabeth's court as she set out to seduce her unknown husband, become his mistress--and make him her slave.
The Hawk...
The Queen's favorite, called The Sea God, his white teeth flashed in his bronze face as his deep, virile voice boomed orders to his men. He branded Sabre with his searing kiss and his masterful touch, not even aware she was already his wife. Captain Shane Hawkhurst knew how to command, how to subdue and ravage an enemy, but was he prepared to be caught in passion's merciless snare by a fiery beauty who ruled his heart and inflamed his senses?
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| Original Title: | The Hawk and the Dove |
| ISBN: | 0440201446 (ISBN13: 9780440201441) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Sara Bishop, Captain Shane Hawkhurst |
| Setting: | Cheltenham, England,1586(United Kingdom) Greenwich, England(United Kingdom) |
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Ratings: 4 From 2006 Users | 54 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books The Hawk and the Dove
I would given it 4 stars but for some of the facts which I did not like about Sabre. I would have loved her character but for her stupid ending oh her revenge. I even did not like her greed for grown. Maybe in that time it was ok but it did not appeal to me. Keeping the file which was such a big risk. That was not personal, and was wrong.Not bad. I ultimately give it 3.5 stars. It pales in comparison to The Raven and the Rose, although it was still enjoyable. Not quite the brazen, seafaring adventure I was lead to believe it was going to be.
I have so many favorites but the characters in this book are top 10! This book is set in the 1500 and is about Shane who marries to acquire a piece of land and takes Sara Bishop to wife. Except he does all this SPOILER*** by proxy. In doing so he sets a chain of events where his wife is determined to be his mistress and in doing so wraps him SPOILER*** around his finger when she becomes his most desired item, love, and wife in ever sense of the word. I couldn't put this down, again since this is
Main male character is an irredeemably awful, boring, abusive, egotistical, has no control over his anger issues and doesn't care to, rapist. I liked one of Henley's other books when I was younger but now I'm second guessing that one as well.... It's not freaking romance when the female character is raped by the main "love" interest!
It would have been very close to 5 stars if there weren't too much of Elizabethan court drama. But I can't truly blame it much either, 'cause it all brought up the plot. Still, it just was a bit too much to stall my enjoyment of the romance between the main protagonists.The hero was great! The heroine, she sometimes was feisty in a good way, but at other times was just TSTL.The romance in the story however is flawless. Maybe, it's a 3.5 star book...
This was tough to finish as the writing just kept getting worse. Sara/Sabre was just ridiculous in her behavior and Shane the Sea God was all over the place. There was no discipline in the time line, I found the book very frustrating. The plot was good, execution poor.
I heard about this book in a podcast I follow, and the premise sounded interesting, so I picked it up.It took me a while to get even the little bit invested in the characters, who are both quite flawed, with the heroine being rebellious but also very spiteful, and vain, and the hero arrogant and pretty shallow, (view spoiler)[despite his involvement in different causes, the Irish rebellion one of them (hide spoiler)], as well as god's gift to women apparently.I can't even put into words my
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