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Ladataan... Comanche Moon (vuoden 1993 painos)Tekijä: Catherine Anderson (Tekijä)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Loretta es una joven blanca que fue tetido de la masacre de su familia a manos de los indios; desde entonces tiene terror a que éstos vuelvan a interferir en su vida. Hunter es un guerrero comanche que desprecia a los blancos por la misma razón: éstos masacraron a su tribu y él fue testigo de lo ocurrido. Sin embargo una antigua profecía advierte que de su unión con una mujer de raza blanca y cabellos dorados, se marcará un nuevo destino que implica tanto a su raza como a él mismo. Coming home after injuring his ribs, the hero is once again surrounded by family and the people he loves, but it soon becomes apparent that he's grown apart from them. Not emotionally, but personality wise. He's become jaded- bitter, living only in pursuit of his dreams and earning money. When he finds out his friend is consorting with the town prostitute, he becomes outraged that this fallen woman should be welcome around his family. So, once again deep in his cups, he confronts her one night and demands that she cut off all contact with his family. Seeing the heartbroken look in his eyes, feeling a bit of guilt over the fact but staying firm to his ignorance, he is in turn confronted from his father next day. As a compache, his father has always been the guiding light to the hero. It's plan to see that he's disappointed the man and then and there, the hero vows to make amends. The heroine has lived a torturous life with nothing coming easy to her and being forced to do disgusting things to see her family cared for. As a child, she inadvertently caused the mental illness in her baby brother and was the cause of her mothers blindness. As a result, at the age of Thirteen she was pressured into the sex trade business and has been suffering the life of a whore every day since. To deal with what she has to do from sundown to 1am every night, the heroine has developed a magical escape world where she goes and dreams about her family and about how happy life can truly be. But this escape doesn't save her from the thinking that she is worthless and disgusting. So when the hero comes calling, offering her $50 a night to just spend time with him, she is hesitate and distrusting of his true motives. What sane man would spend that amount of money on a whore without even trying to sleep with her? The hero, that's who. He wants to save her, see her happy and away from the life she lives now. He doesn't understand her hesitation to take his offer until he sees her family. She's the only thing between them and destitution. But nothings going to stop him from making her his wife. Not the heroine's naïve innocence nor the fact that she's pregnant by another man. But it's hard to love a woman who doesn't love herself and her fear is slowly pushing him away. I thought this book as certainly a step up from the other books I've read from this author in that I was actually engaged by the characters. There was true heart in this book as well as pain and drama and suffering, but at the base of it was a truly good man loving a truly good woman. Once again the long drawn out conversations made my head hurt and my strain from all the eye rolls but if a skimmed those stupid parts, I found that I actually rather liked this story. Not often do you read about a heroine who's a prostitute but because she escapes into her dream world every night, she was still a bashful, timid woman who's even a virgin in a lot of ways. She made it so damn hard to like her a lot of the time because she was so fearful of being hurt. The hero had to put in a lot of work to win her over and even then, they had to deal with the fact she leaves her body every time she has sex. Overall, it was a better book than others I've read by this author but still not nearly worth a higher rating. 3 out of 5 stars. It's definitely a telling story of those who lived during the Civil War time period. I mean everyone is just defending their own loved ones, the only problem is that (like what still happens now in any war) the ones who really get hurt and the ones that aren't even fighting in the war (the women and children). Very touching, and emotional. Good read. (However .... I think it dragged in a few areas ... still good though.) Read more of this review here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2010/01/someday-well-know-if-love-can-... ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson presents the first novel in her Comache series--a powerful historical romance about a man and a woman caught between two worlds... Orphaned seven years ago after witnessing the brutal murder of her parents at the hands of the Comanche people, golden-haired Loretta Simpson still lives in terror that the warriors will return--her fear so powerful, she is no longer able to speak a word. Called the U.S. Army's most cunning adversary, Hunter of the Wolf believes that Loretta is the "honey-haired woman with no voice" of ancient prophecy--the one he must honor for all eternity. But Loretta can only see Hunter as the enemy who has stolen her, refusing to succumb to his control, or his touch. Despite the hatred intensifying between their peoples, Loretta and Hunter gradually find their prejudices giving way to respect, then flaring into feelings too dangerous to express. In the midst of such conflict, it will take all the force of their extraordinary love to find a safe place... Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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It's a great story about early Texas and the wars between settlers and Native Americans. I love how Ms. Anderson weaves in the traditions and customs of the natives yet also shows how hard the lives of the settlers were. Loretta and Hunter are destined to be together, but it's a difficult road to get them to their final destination. Truly a great story. ( )