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Another awful book about a hero rapist and stupid heroine who loves him.
Author bends over backwards to make the rapist a good guy. But fails miserably.


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Bittersweet Passion Harlequin Romance Lynne Graham 9780373170159 Books Reviews

Back Cover Description In desperation Claire asked Dane to marry her. Her adoptive grandfather had left Claire his entire estate on the condition that she marry one of his grandsons. But he must have forgotten that the free-spirited Dane Visconti, though long banished from the family's realm, still qualified. And Claire had always idolized and trusted Dane. With his worldly reputation, Claire conceded Dane was not the marrying kind, so when he agreed she promised to make no demands on him. But Dane made no such promise in return-and insisted on a few conditions of his own.

This is a good story, other than the wedding night. Ms. Graham's usual poor, not beautiful female character and her standard male lead do everything they always do in these stories, but you can go along with the storyline and the lead characters aren't too overbearing. Copyright for this edition is 1988 and it shows. Also, no humor in this one. Sometimes, as with SPANISH GROOM (my favorite) there is a lightness, a laugh. Not with this story. But for all those Lynne Graham fans out there, this one is not bad.

Just a quick note one of the reviewers mentioned this book has too much abuse. Mental, emotional and physical (long hours, no rest) abuse from her adopted family. Yes, the wedding night was hard (no pun intended) but the book isn't as bad as some others of Ms Graham's I've read. And after Claire gets sick, Dane's attitude does change. Also, I didn't find Claire to be a strong personality. She is the type of female we all have run into that always seems to be a little lost.
This was the first Lynne Graham book and it made me a collector of her books. Whenever I want to reread an old book, this is generally the book I read. And for me it holds up.

Clare is a plain jane and Dane is super handsome, rich and sexy. Clare had a crush on Dane when she was younger, but now she wants to marry Max. When her grandfather dies, he states for her to get her inheritance she has to marry one of his grandsons Dane or the greedy Carter.

Clare pitches a deal to Dane that he marry her so she can get her inheritance, then they can quickly divorce and she can marry Max. After that everything goes wrong. News of the marriage gets out just as Dane discovers there is no inheritance and Dane thinks Clare conned him. He goes ballistic and decides he doesn't want a marriage of convenience but wants his marital rights. In a scene that borders on rape, but could also be labeled forcible seduction, he does just that. The sexual relationship continues until Clare has a breakdown, and Dane takes Clare away to rest and recuperate.

Clare also discovers that Max has been cheating on her. Believing Dane only wants his freedom and is being nice to her out of guilt, Clare lies to Dane that she's going off to be with Max. Clare doesn't want Dane to know she's fallen in love with him. However, when Dane later discovers Clare is pregnant with his twins, he tracks her down and demands she come back to him. What Clare doesn't realize is that Dane is also in love with her, and may have always had feelings for her.

Things come to a head when Max shows up wanting Clare to come back to him. Since neither Dane or Clare have admitted their feelings to each other, Dane gets the wrong idea. It leads to a violent argument where Dane admits he was faithful to her while they were separated and they finally admit their true feelings to each other.
I was relieved to read that this was her first or one of her first books.

Geez Louise, LG. This started out so promising when the little adopted house mouse sets her cousin straight about his lack of manners and his pathetic attempt at marriage for money.

"Setting the last dish to drain, she dried her hands. 'Sorry, I'm going up to bed. It's been a very long day.' His mouth narrowed in exasperation. 'For everybody, Claire,' he rebuked condescendingly.
A fuse blew, Claire planted her hands on her hips. 'Has it been? Were any of the rest of you involved in making beds, cleaning this wretched house or making meals? Has one of you so much as lifted a finger? Sandra and you arrived two days ago, and neither of you have done a single thing,' she condemned. 'Who do you think has been doing it? The fairies? The past week has been one long, relentless slog for me. I haven't been sitting around sipping tea. I've been serving it. I wouldn't marry you either, Carter, not if you went down on your bended knees and begged."

Then LG kicks her straight back into doormat territory with yet another horrible blonde hero. Telling you, blonde heroes are not the way to go. St. Vincent (Devil in Winter) and Valentine (Duke of Sin) are the two exceptions, and they are still out and out utter jerks to everyone except for their beloved heroines.

Due to a convoluted will, the I’m-out-in-the-garden-eating worms heroine asks her other cousin that she's had a crush on for yonks for a MOC to fulfill the will. She wants to take care of the housekeeper and get money to help set up life with the wannabe fiance that was kicked off the island. The H who has been protective in the past says okay as much as to rile the bad cousin as to help out the h. His humongous ego, HUMONGOUS, makes him think she set the whole MOC up just so she could her hands on his goods and I’m not talking money. He rapes aka forcibly seduces her and annihilates her self esteem. Jokes on him when she has a mini-breakdown.

For a couple that has known each other all their live, there is no chemistry, camaraderie, feelings of shared past, inside jokes, humor. Nada.

Potential other women float by and it becomes obvious that these two are soul-mates because even the cold universe would not be heartless enough to inflict either one on someone else. He’s an arrogant, TSTL charmless jerk, and she’s a petty, TSTL jealous doormat.

To add insult to injury, it was a chore slugging through it. Cranky reader.
childish heroin, violent hero.
Very unlike Lynne Graham stories. Disliked the Hero, Heroine and story in fact.
Would delete the one star if possible. Story was full of selfish, greedy characters.
Another awful book about a hero rapist and stupid heroine who loves him.
Author bends over backwards to make the rapist a good guy. But fails miserably.