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Promises Linger
4 Stars

Synopsis:
Elizabeth Coyote will lose her ranch and everything she has worked for unless she marries. Asa MacIntyre wants nothing more than land of his own and a lady for his wife. Are they a perfect match or a disaster waiting to happen?

Review:
Steamy historical romance (erotica) with an amazingly sexy and stunningly sweet hero and a feisty heroine. The sex scenes are explicit but contribute to the construction of the relationship between the characters and to the overall storyline.

Elizabeth and Asa have fantastic chemistry. Asa is charming, loveable and has the patience of a saint. Elizabeth is more of an amalgamation of opposites. She initially comes across as strong willed and spirited but has moments in which she is completely naïve and innocent, and this is annoying at times.

The plot is engaging with 75% revolving around Elizabeth coming to terms with her trust issues and learning to love Asa, and the other 25% focusing on the question of who is sabotaging Elizabeth’s ranch. The suspense aspect of the story is a little lacking and the identity of the villain is obvious.

The story is well written with some very entertaining and amusing moments but the dialogue could have been better. The conversations are often stilted and consist of monosyllabic responses, and some readers may find the vocabulary vulgar and offensive (keep in mind that this is an erotica book after all). Moreover, there is a mix of period accurate and modern language that can be confusing.

Overall, I really enjoyed the story and the interaction between the characters and look forward to reading the next one. ( )

Elizabeth haría cualquier cosa, absolutamente todo, por salvar la herencia que le ha dejado su padre, incluyendo el contraer matrimonio con Asa MacIntyre, un alto y atractivo pistolero de anchos hombros, caderas estrechas y ojos grises como la plata, que goza de una reputación implacable y al que le gusta acabar lo que empieza.
Asa sueña con unas tierras que pueda llamar suyas, una esposa y el respeto que viene aparejado con todo ello. El hecho de casarse con Elizabeth puede haber comenzado como un mero medio para alcanzar sus fines, pero ni los sueños más delirantes de Asa lo han preparado para la excitante aventura de descubrir a la apasionada mujer que se esconde bajo el pulcro y estricto aspecto de su esposa.

Asa has always wanted to be respected, land to call his own and a lady and children to take care of, but he's the son of a whore and isn't sure he'll ever make his dreams come true.

Elizabeth was raised rough and abused and when she's about to lose her farm she decides to marry to save it. Unfortunately the first man she picked was a wastrel but she convinces Asa to marry her and take on her troubles in exchange for her and the Ranch.

I had expected this story to be more about dealing with the ranch troubles and their relationship building working to save it together but it was mostly about Asa gentling and courting Elizabeth. Elizabeth was so abused she constantly expected Asa to turn on her with his fists or leave her. She falls back on her prim, proper, lady training to protect herself, driving Asa crazy. It was heartbreaking to know she went through that as well as to see poor Asa be hurt by her over and over again. But Asa is very good at protecting and caring for those of his own and shows Elizabeth the way with his charm and his body.

You don't have to turn too many pages before this couple isn't sampling each other in some way and while it was very well done, toward the end I was hoping for more story and less bedroom scenes.

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Promises Linger
4 Stars

Synopsis:
Elizabeth Coyote will lose her ranch and everything she has worked for unless she marries. Asa MacIntyre wants nothing more than land of his own and a lady for his wife. Are they a perfect match or a disaster waiting to happen?

Review:
Steamy historical romance (erotica) with an amazingly sexy and stunningly sweet hero and a feisty heroine. The sex scenes are explicit but contribute to the construction of the relationship between the characters and to the overall storyline.

Elizabeth and Asa have fantastic chemistry. Asa is charming, loveable and has the patience of a saint. Elizabeth is more of an amalgamation of opposites. She initially comes across as strong willed and spirited but has moments in which she is completely naïve and innocent, and this is annoying at times.

The plot is engaging with 75% revolving around Elizabeth coming to terms with her trust issues and learning to love Asa, and the other 25% focusing on the question of who is sabotaging Elizabeth’s ranch. The suspense aspect of the story is a little lacking and the identity of the villain is obvious.

The story is well written with some very entertaining and amusing moments but the dialogue could have been better. The conversations are often stilted and consist of monosyllabic responses, and some readers may find the vocabulary vulgar and offensive (keep in mind that this is an erotica book after all). Moreover, there is a mix of period accurate and modern language that can be confusing.

Overall, I really enjoyed the story and the interaction between the characters and look forward to reading the next one. ( )