boston erotic review
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"The haunting song of a distant era calls the beautiful graduate student to her subject, the enigmatic Captain Blackwell.
Across the centuries, she is drawn by an inexplicable passion into a realm of mystery and danger--to be imprisioned in an opulent world of harem intrigue and sensuous slavery.
And now Blackwell is with her--patriot, privateer, heroic commander of the U.S. merchantman the Pearl--the dream, the desire made achingly real. Imperiled captives of fate, they are united by a power far greater than time--and by a passion that could destroy them both . . . or forever change the course of history.
ASIN : B004PYDNGK
Publisher : HarperCollins e-books (March 22, 2011)
Publication date : March 22, 2011
Language : English
File size : 697 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 452 pages
Reviewer: Debra Dickson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Where is the sequel?
Review: I enjoyed this story but where is the next book to finish the story
Reviewer: Tulip
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Timetravel to Barbary
Review: I even like my time travel fantasy novels to be correct historically.This book is set around the time the American navy stopped the Barbary coast corsairs. Comes across as quite well researched - at least the American part - and it is a very good story.Sometimes you are in a museum and you look at a painting thinking "What a very handsome man that guys was. Too bad he is dead for centuries". I did last week. In this novel that is exactly what Alexandra, a student in naval history does. Somehow however she has the feeling the ghost of the man talks to her. (I just looked the guy up on Wikipedia. If he had talked to me I had committed myself to an asylum. But hey this is a fantasy novel. A timetravel fantasy novel).Alexandra travels all the way to Ghadaffi ruled Libya to find our what happened to Xavier the man in the painting. When she is in Tripoli she faints and waked up in the early years of the 19th century.The story is enthralling but there were four elements that annoyed me:--- minor spoiler alert ---1) The book is written during the Ghadaffi-era and it is obvious that the American writer had not that much sympathy for Arabs. There are only two people in the whole story that are mentioned in a positive light: a eunuch in the harem and the first wife of the ruler. For the rest people are depicted as being very cruel. And what is wrong with 'Being almost too handsome for a man?'The cities on the coast of North Africa would attack Western ships for the cargo and the sailors would be held for ransom. As an alternative a country could pay a kind of protection money. When you read the accounts written by some of those sailors it is obvious that even while the crew was enslaved an educated man and one with a will to make something of his life could rise to quite a good job and even some personal wealth. Some became the secretaries of the barshaw or the bey. The common sailor would be put to work on manual labour and that could indeed mean an early death but having been pressganged in the navy you were also lucky if you survived. Life was a lot harder and more cruel than it is now. The slaves who had to build Meknes died very fast. The writer described the situation of the slaves like a kind of concentration camp or POW camp during the civil war. I think that was not always the case although slavery for years on end - when no-one paid your ransom - is terrible. But I think the writer shows prejudice against the Arabs in the book. The guy who marries her seems quite nice and if driven over the edge by how Alexandra behaves.2) Alexandra knows Xavier will be executed because he had dealings with the wife of the ruler so what does Alexandra do when the son of the barshaw marries here? Exactly: try to contact Xavier all the time in person while a message could be send via her slave. Why put someone deliberately in danger? Someone you do not know personally.3) Oh and the plot that her husband allows her a year to mourn is quite silly. One in those countries mourning was three months and two why would a guy in that position allow such a long period.4) The sexscenes are quite explicit when they are in bed together but during one bad occasion we have to guess what happened.Now it looks like I did not like the book: I do. It has you reading it for hours. And when you look things up the whole naval part is nicely done. It is just that the leading lady is stupid 🙂
Reviewer: Loves to Read
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Read This
Review: I was surprised how good this book was. The reviews were mixed and I only bought it because I needed another book to complete my four books for three sale.I really enjoyed this. Their is history that is interesting and the time travel was handled very well. The characters were terrific and if you can get past the OHmygod-you can really love Alexandra.This was great escape reading and fans of time travel should really love the book.
Reviewer: SSR
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Book
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read! I read it several years ago and then let a friend borrow it and never got it back. I couldn't quite remember the name and it took me forever to find it again, but I was thrilled when I did!
Reviewer: Marcie Mounts
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great read..
Review: I absolutely LOVED this book, I couldn't put it down till I was finished.. Well worth reading this love story.
Reviewer: Adonna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Page Turner
Review: This book is fast paced and exciting.I love that Alex is strong and goes after the man she wants, putting herself in danger to get him.All time travel fans will enjoy this one.
Reviewer: DONNA MARTINEZ
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: CAPTIVE
Review: CAPTIVE ONE MY VERY FIRST NOVAL THAT I HAVE READ BY BRENDA JOYCE.I ENJOYED THE TIME TRAVEL EXPERIANCE,THE STORY LINE WAS CLEVER AND KEPT ME ON MY SEAT THE WHOLE TIME.BRENDA KEPT ME GUESSING ON WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.THIS BOOK WAS FULL OF ADVENTURE,FANTASY AND EXCITEMENT.I RATE THIS BOOK 4 STARS AND ON A SCALE FROM 1 TO 10,I WOULD GIVE THIS ONE A 9.IF YOU GET A CHANCE,TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE.I REALLY THINK YOU WILL ENJOY IT!
Reviewer: Jenny Obrien
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loved it thank you
Review: Couldn't put it down. Fantastic time travel romance novel. Where is the sequel? I want to know what happened to her 'slave'.
Reviewer: Terryan Mulder
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good read even though I skipped a few pages here and there. I prefer to read books about 300 pages so this was a bit long. She is a Naval / ship historian and soon discovers she is intrigued by a certain captain that has long been dead. In visiting his house, which had been made into a museum, she feels his present and his ghost then becomes obsessed with her. She decides to take a trip to where he was killed. This lead to her travelling back in time where she waits for him to appear in the flesh. He is now with her but can't marry her as he is married. This is their adventure and whatever happens changes history.
Reviewer: Miss J M McPherson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Its a really good relaxing read if you just want to chill out on the couch with a good book.
Reviewer: Susan C. Saberi-Faschingbauer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Das Buch ist gut eingepackt zu mir gekommen.Es ist einwandfrei und sieht fast auswie neu. Vielen herzlichen dank!
Reviewer: leseratte
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Die bildhübsche Geschichtsstudentin Alexandra Thornton befaÃt sich schon seit längerem mit der Geschichte der Seefahrt der USA. Als sie eines Tages nach Boston reist um dort Blackwell House, einst der Familiensitz der Blackwell Familie, nun ein Museum, zu besichtigen, fühlt sie sich zuerst beobachtet. Im Museum selber ist sie magisch angezogen vom Portrait Xavier Blackwells, welcher laut dem Informationsmaterial im Museum als letzter männlicher Erbe der Blackwell-Dynastie vor fast 200 Jahren in Tripoli hingerichtet worden sei. Sie schleicht sich sogar in das gesperrte obere Stockwerk des Museums und findet dort zielsicher Xaviers ehemaliges Schlafzimmer. Dort glaubt sie ihn sogar kurz zu sehen. Dieses Erlebnis läÃt sie nicht mehr los und die Grenzen zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit verwischen zunehmend. Der Geist Xavier Blackwells läÃt sie nicht mehr los und ist ständig präsent in ihrem Leben. Wie unter einem Zwang packt sie schlieÃlich die Koffer und reist, entgegen allen Warnungen ihrer besten Freundin Beth, nach Tripoli.Captive ist ein Buch, das man nicht so schnell vergiÃt. Eine moderne, gebildete junge Frau wird 200 Jahre zurückversetzt in eine Welt, in der man als Frau vollkommen der Herrschaft des Mannes unterworfen ist. Dort gilt es sich zurechtzufinden, zu überleben und ganz nebenbei noch die Geschichte zu ändern, um das Leben Xavier Blackwells zu retten.