Rangoon

by Christine Monson

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380896117
• ISBN13: 9780380896110
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.

Customer Reviews

For the bored & weary romance reader...

I highly recommend reading "Rangoon". This is an impressive romance novel with all the right ingredients: a colorful setting [to say the least!]; fully drawn supporting characters; intelligent & resourceful heroine; dark & tormented, yet sympathetic hero. The novel does drag just a bit in the center, and suffers a bit from typical romance-novel cliches at that section (the heroine being in the possession of the hero at his mountain stronghold), but quickly picks up again when the heroine is returned to Rangoon and the hero is on trial for murder. While not a "tender" romance, the author is very good at letting you know a character's pain and conflict. This was a real page turner, and a very good read.

Book Description

From back cover:"WILLING PRISONER IN A PALACE OF DREAMS..."Rangoon. Lysistrata's heart raced with excitement. A world away from Boston. A place where she could forget...Rangoon--land of color and adventure--where, like an emerging butterfly, she would taste the exotic and dangerous life of the streets, and dance in the palaces of princes.But one man made her want even more. Richard Harley's dark and wicked eyes warned of danger... and hinted at pleasures beyond her wildest fantasies. Drawn, like a moth to the flame, by the lure of the East and the man who was its soul, Lysistrata traveled forbidden roads and journeyed deep into the heart of Burma. And in the secluded majesty of Richard Harley's castle of erotic dreams, she could at last yield to the man whose passion possessed her, as they both surrendered to the obsession of their love.

Wow!

This book is incredible! The characters are intriguing and the dialogue is some of the best I've read, regardless of genre. Lysistrata and Ram are two passionate lovers whose story tugs at the readers' heartstrings. Christine Monson weaves a tale of the East that allows the reader to experience Burma from their very own home. This is definitely tied for the very BEST romance novel ever written (along with "The Windflower"). A definite reread.