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This story had lovely potential, but literally took a short walk a long pier. When a reader chooses a romance novel she is not expecting complexity of characters like in a Jane Austen novel. However romantic scenes need to be organic and not just thrown in every other page for shock and awe purposes. The inability for the heroine to "choose between brothers" ( even though it was obvious to the reader they were the same person) it literally made the reader want to slam the book closed and say, "you weak willed woman, just die of the plague so this book will end."
There were some rather comical parts and some fascinating historical aspects, however the lack of depth of both the main hero and heroine made this a tough read me.


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The Pirate and the Pagan A Novel Virginia Henley 9780440206231 Books Reviews

I have been reading Virginia Henley's newer books, which I generally have liked, so I decided to read one of her older works. Whoa, it was too long, too much detail, too much anger, too much sex (it got boring after a while!), too much deceit. The lead female character was like an out of control teenager! In fact I am sure I had this girl as a foster child once, (she had a mental illness). The lead male character was a real Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
I kept hanging in there, but in the end, was sorry I did.
This was a slower read then most my books. It was drawn out a little over the king and his cout. I knew half way through Rory and Rourk were the same person...it would have been better if you couldnt figure out till very end. But other than that a good read
This novel is both trash and an aphrodesiac. I put it down in disgust, and I pick it back up to read some more. I read parts out loud to the laughter of everyone in my carpool, then tell them to shut up so I can continue reading. The opening pages were so full of gaudy double-entendres that I nearly tossed the book in the trash when I first opened it. But I kept reading. I hate it, and I love it.

So why do I continue to read it? Better yet, WHY AM I ON MY THIRD COPY???

How many more times can you describe sex? And what is with the boardwalk t-shirt quotes? "If it swells, ride it." "Heaven doesn't want me and hell's afraid I'll take over!" This book should come with a sound-effects button to push for a flourish of trumpets after stupid sayings like that. Those phrases just don't work coming out of the mouths of 18th-century people.

Why do the heroines always swagger prettily and the men glare thunderously? Why do the heroines of Henley's novels ALWAYS have "upthrusting" and "impudent" body parts? Why do the men's descriptions defy reality? For the love of God...there's got to be a better way to word this!

And yet...for all the over-the-top descriptions, all the glorious flowing hair and hard, fur-pelted chests, all the sea spray and emerald eyes and upthrusting impudence, there's a decent story. A starving girl makes a desperate attempt to pay off a mortgage on her home, and all she has to pawn is her good looks and her keen mind. Her savior just happens to be the magistrate of the district, feared by many smugglers. What happens next, I leave to you to find out.

It's obvious Ms. Henley researches the time period, and she can tell a wonderful story, once you get past all the treacle, windswept nonsense, and fluttering lashes. This is my favorite of her historical/hysterical romances, and I'll probably be looking for a fourth copy soon.
Winner of the Romantic Times Award for Best English Historical Romance in 1990, this is a wonderfully complex tale of deception and love set in 17th century England in the Restoration period, when Charles II ruled England. Henley does a masterful job of showing us what it might have been like to live in affluent London in those days. Her writing is incredibly detailed, obviously reflecting a great amount of research but woven so intricately into the fabric of her romance you won't feel like you're getting a history lesson. Few romance writers today bring such research and detail to their historical novels. I love how she takes time to develop the characters, too, and the dynamics of the explosive and passionate relationship between Summer and Ruark.

Lady Summer St. Catherine is an innocent, but not very lady like, young woman raised on the Cornish coast with her younger brother, Spencer (nicknamed Spider). With their mother dead and their father a wastrel who spends all their money and all his time in London, they are quite alone since they cannot afford food, much less a servant. When Summer and Spider stumble into a smuggling opportunity, they take advantage of it in order to survive. Then their father dies and Summer goes to London to stay with their aunt (a wonderful character). Summer learns her father has mortgaged away their beloved home, Roseland. Her aunt, who is teaching her to be a lady, convinces her the way out of her troubles is to marry a wealthy man. Summer takes on the role of a lady and sets her sights on the neighboring Cornish lord, Ruark Helford, a friend of the king. She sets out to win Ruark's affections and both fall in love. Ruark has no idea his new bride is a smuggler and when she confesses, his violent temper destroys their relationship. But Ruark's younger brother, Rory, a pirate, will come to Summer's rescue providing her all the love she will no longer get from Ruark.

Henley weaves an intriguing story of love and deception in an interesting time in the history of England. She includes many rich historical details of the court of Charles II, including some infamous characters, and lots of steamy love scenes. I must say I felt Ruark's reaction to learning the love of his live had been involved in smuggling prior to their marriage to feed her and her brother was over the top--as he acknowledges later. No normal man in love would have reacted that way. Yes, he would have been upset, even angry, but he wouldn't call her a bitch and cast his faithful wife into the group of all women who ever betrayed a man. But I got past that to fall in love with this story. Summer was a wonderful heroine...and inspiring woman with principles in a time when few had them. This is a well-told tale and I recommend it.
This story had lovely potential, but literally took a short walk a long pier. When a reader chooses a romance novel she is not expecting complexity of characters like in a Jane Austen novel. However romantic scenes need to be organic and not just thrown in every other page for shock and awe purposes. The inability for the heroine to "choose between brothers" ( even though it was obvious to the reader they were the same person) it literally made the reader want to slam the book closed and say, "you weak willed woman, just die of the plague so this book will end."
There were some rather comical parts and some fascinating historical aspects, however the lack of depth of both the main hero and heroine made this a tough read me.