Tender Triumph (Sonnet Books)

by Judith McNaught

Book Overview

Discover the sensual and sweeping power of love in this story of new beginnings and uncertain endings by Judith McNaught--the New York Times bestselling author that USA TODAY raves "is in a class by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671742566
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.1"

Customer Reviews

a beautiful book of JM

i love all the books of Judith Mcnaught and i loved this,too. Of course paradise and perfect is the most beautifull contemporary books of JM. But this is not that bad. This is shorter than them and i think because of this there is some flaws. Maybe there could have been more witty dialogues or something... Anyway, despite everything i loved this book,too. And as i am a big fan of JM, i wanted to give 5 star or maybe i was unable to spare to give less than 5 star...

One of her best

I've read pretty much every JM book, and one of the many reoccuring themes in JM books is the strong, older man who's jaded and the young, vital, and refreshingly innocent woman with whom he falls in love. Thankfully,there's little of that dymanic in this book. In the historical novels, I guess they had no other choice, but in her contemporary books such as Double Standards and Perfect, the heroines become these docile baby-makers. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE her books. (My faves are Paradise, Perfect, and Something Wonderful, and I HATE Whitney my Love) But honestly, I do have a major problem with her contemporary books in that she introduces these secondary characters and EVERYONE has to have a happy ending. In Tender Triumph, the sole focus is on Ramon and Katie, as it should be. Katie does have a lot of preconceived notions about Ramon, but she's an ignorant woman, she's not deliberately being racist. Despite the fact that Ramon has so much pride I think he handles her ignorance pretty well! One thing I love about JM books is that when she gets the banter between the two characters right. Katie is always trying to make a joke out of things, and while they're hot and heavy, the couple does have a playful side. Katie's psychological issuses in my opinion, were really well represented and the whole handling of the situation, was really good and made the novel that much better. That David really did a number on her, and her reactions and actions when faced with marriage made a lot of sense to me. What I loved best was JM wrote a book where a woman kept her spirit until the end, she remained true to herself and her desire to contribute to his business, and to be independent, and a man, who's lost it all, and not too big to say when he's afraid.

Loved It!

I have read all of Judith McNaught's full length novels and this is one of my favorites. In fact, when I pick this book up with the intent of glancing through it, I always end up reading the entire book all over again. JM dealt with a subject that many authors have steered clear of - an interracial romance and I think she handled it well. She created a character who was not quite comfortable with the idea but over the course of the book, she discovers that her views are misguided. There is no doubt that Katie made stereotypical assumptions about Ramon but I think they were based in ignorance, not racism as some of the other reviewers have suggested. Katie is not a perfect character by any stretch of the imagination and she almost loses everything because of her fears. I liked this book because Katie is forced to learn that she does have some flaws but she overcomes them. I found this to be a refreshing contrast to so many books where the hero and heroine are so wonderful that you can't imagine why they don't get together and live happily ever after in two pages.As for Ramon, he is one of my favorite JM heroes. He saves the book. He is strong and sexy and keeps the romantic tension high. In my view, this is classic McNaught.

I like it.

I like the way they behaved. Ramon Galverra, sounds really dreamy, like all other men from Mss Mcnaught