Desired

by Thea Devine

Book Overview

"USA Today" bestselling author Thea Devine entwines intrigue with steamy sensuality in this complex, engrossing, and fast-paced tale set against a backdrop as sultry as the story itself: the Louisiana bayou, 1854.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821745859
• ISBN13: 9780821745854
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Steamy and Complex

I know everyone else didn't like the book, but I really did. The heroine was acting very real for someone who has been rejected and replaced by a woman her age by her father. She was angry and hurt. Flint was a seasoned man who was determined to rebuild what his father, mother, and brother ruined. They did fall in love, though they don't come right out and say it like most books do. It's up to the reader to read between the lines and see the emotion behind their thoughts and actions. It's very erotic and I finished the story happy with the ending.

Sinful Stepmother Steals the Show!

The problem with this book is that Nyreen -- the scheming step mother -- is about 900 times sexier and more ambitious than pouty, sulky, not-too-bright Little Miss Dayne. When Nyreen is alone with poor, dumb, fat Harry, the bumbling father figure in the novel, and slowly sucking him dry in all kinds of sex scenes that are exhausting to read but incredibly exciting, well the book is a classic. On a very animal level! Harry's befuddled lust, and Nyreen's manipulation, are not inspiring, but they are vividly real. The human exploitation fits in very nicely with the slavery setting -- after all, people who own slaves are born manipulators and skilled at reducing others to the animal level. But Dayne and Flint are not really that good a couple. Neither seems to feel that slavery is wrong, or right either. They sort of drift through the setting without being part of it. They don't love each other, and they don't even like each other. They trade insults and then start having sex. Unlike Nyreen, Dayne has no clear cut goals and no real determination to do things her way. She just drifts from one hot love scene to another. If you love hot romance, this book is a classic and well worth reading. But if you demand strong characters and a heroine you can admire, you should probably just give it a miss.

SIZZLES!

This was the first book I read by Devine and it is definitely her best.I do not care for the time period (slaves and plantations) but Devine does a super job of describing the time. I LOVED Flint's character because he seems so mysterious and drawn to Dayne even though she is so controlling and head strong(a 90's woman). Although the story of bad boy done wrong comes back for vengence has been done before it is given new life. The love scenes were pretty hot and made sense to the story. This story is NOT for those who like lite romance. Dayne and Flint get VERY physical with a little bondage.One thing I did not care for was the second story of the father and new wife. Oh well you can't have it all. If you like a good story with sizzling love scenes this is it.