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Book Review By Sharren Khoo
The Taming by Jude Deveraux

The first time Liana saw Rogan, she was immensely attracted to the rude and insufferable man. Yet, it was the first time she had any attraction to any male and she was greatly sorted after due to her father's wealth. Answering her heart, she picked him for her husband.

Rogan married her for her dowry. Initially she was like a scared rabbit in his eyes but then she had let her true nature show, setting his bed on fire and disposing off his Days (7 females he bed randomly according to the day).

For the first time in his life, he was softening to a woman. Liana had turned his cesspit of a home to a livable place and gave him food that did not have stones to grind his teeth. Most of all, he never had a woman who responded so passionately in bed. But the continuous war between the Penegrines and the Howards threatened the security of this new found love. Further more, Severn, Rogan's brother disliked seeing the softening in his brother. He set out to keep the two apart.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
If one lover chases another... - she chases after him
Matchbreaker Yes
Matchbreaker is - Brother

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Misc setting - castle

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
How explicit is the sex? - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - Boob talk - Vagia talk - rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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