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A Stormy Spanish Summer
Felicity Clairemont has come to Spain to claim her inheritance. Unfortunately that means spending time with the Duque Vidal y Salvadores—and the darkly handsome Spaniard has always made it plain what he thinks of her.The last time Vidal saw Fliss, his emotions were strong—he hated and wanted her with equal measure. But now honor demands he must help her. As the truth about Fliss's family comes flooding out, and the power of their stormy attraction takes hold, can Vidal admit how wrong he's been about her…?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published June 28, 2011
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Penny Jordan
1,138 books672 followersPenelope Jones Halsall
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
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January 5, 2020
Kind of old school for a modern Presents. There's a heroine under a Spanish duke's mercy, a castle or two, misunderstandings, unrequited love and, yes, some slut shaming. Even the evocative title stirred my imagination which could have been entitled the very obvious "The Spanish Duke's Innocent Virgin" or "Spanish Duke, English Virgin".
Vidal treated Felicity (Fliss) cruelly at times because he thought her morals were looser than a Slinky®. His butt-hurt ways were due to jealousy and repressed, burnin' love for Fliss. He'd thought she'd wanted someone else more than him (it was a near rape; see spoiler below), and his delicate pride just couldn't handle it. In spite of this, Vidal actually turned out to be a decent person as Fliss later discovered.
Sweet she may have been, I liked how Fliss stood firm to her versions of the truth without turning into a shrew.
What didn't seem as firm were Fliss's wobbly legs. The poor girl fell over anything stationary! This, of course, was a metaphor meant to illustrate Fliss falling into love with Vidal—who luckily caught her every single time and, therefore, would always be there for her—but four times in a span of a few days seemed like overkill. LOL
I found this romance satisfying overall. I eventually felt the passion and yearning bertween the two leads even though their initial interactions seemed to follow this pattern:
fight, kiss . . .
fight, kiss . . .
fight, slam-bam-thank-you-ma'am . . .
fight, slam-bam . . .
and then, boom(!) HEA
P.S. What's up with modern heroines telling their would-be lovers it's okay to not use protection? Fliss basically gave Vidal permission to give her a nasty surprise because, hey, she's a virgin so they'll be safe from STDs. Um, what about his possible STDs, and pregnancy?!
Vidal treated Felicity (Fliss) cruelly at times because he thought her morals were looser than a Slinky®. His butt-hurt ways were due to jealousy and repressed, burnin' love for Fliss. He'd thought she'd wanted someone else more than him (it was a near rape; see spoiler below), and his delicate pride just couldn't handle it. In spite of this, Vidal actually turned out to be a decent person as Fliss later discovered.
Sweet she may have been, I liked how Fliss stood firm to her versions of the truth without turning into a shrew.
What didn't seem as firm were Fliss's wobbly legs. The poor girl fell over anything stationary! This, of course, was a metaphor meant to illustrate Fliss falling into love with Vidal—who luckily caught her every single time and, therefore, would always be there for her—but four times in a span of a few days seemed like overkill. LOL
I found this romance satisfying overall. I eventually felt the passion and yearning bertween the two leads even though their initial interactions seemed to follow this pattern:
fight, kiss . . .
fight, kiss . . .
fight, slam-bam-
fight, slam-bam . . .
and then, boom(!) HEA
P.S. What's up with modern heroines telling their would-be lovers it's okay to not use protection? Fliss basically gave Vidal permission to give her a nasty surprise because, hey, she's a virgin so they'll be safe from STDs. Um, what about his possible STDs, and pregnancy?!
September 6, 2011
Penny Jordan was one of my all time favorite HP authors for many years. But something happened. I guess her books lost that emotional depth that attracted me. I have liked some of her recent reads, but I haven't loved any. But this book is the first in a long time that I felt that pull from. I admit she's not for everyone. She has the very angst-ridden, emotionally-tortured heroines who live in their pasts way too much. If you like Penny Jordan, then you're prepared for that going in.
There was something about this book that appealed to me. I think at lot of it was the luscious descriptions of Spain. They added beautifully to the atmosphere in this book. I think that although I didn't like the way that Vidal was holding a misconception against Felicity, he was a decent guy, and he was as misunderstood by Felicity as she was by him. The love affair between Felicity's parents was very tragic and it added to the angst component in this book. It made me hope that things would turn out okay between Vidal and Felicity. They were both decent folks and were caught in a situation that started way before they could assume personal culpability, and they deserved to fall in love and be happy in a way that Felicity's parents couldn't be.
The passion and love scenes were very well-done. Yes, there was a lot of the tortured inner dialogue and longing aspects in this story, but they didn't bother me (actually I like that, depending on the execution). I felt the fire and the longing intensity between this couple, so I was hoping that nature would take its course and it did.
This is going to be one of those 'feeling' ratings/reviews. To sum up, there was little I didn't like about this book. No reason to rate it poorly, even if it wasn't five stars. The book felt right. It met my inner qualifications for a good Harlequin Presents read. So four stars it is.
There was something about this book that appealed to me. I think at lot of it was the luscious descriptions of Spain. They added beautifully to the atmosphere in this book. I think that although I didn't like the way that Vidal was holding a misconception against Felicity, he was a decent guy, and he was as misunderstood by Felicity as she was by him. The love affair between Felicity's parents was very tragic and it added to the angst component in this book. It made me hope that things would turn out okay between Vidal and Felicity. They were both decent folks and were caught in a situation that started way before they could assume personal culpability, and they deserved to fall in love and be happy in a way that Felicity's parents couldn't be.
The passion and love scenes were very well-done. Yes, there was a lot of the tortured inner dialogue and longing aspects in this story, but they didn't bother me (actually I like that, depending on the execution). I felt the fire and the longing intensity between this couple, so I was hoping that nature would take its course and it did.
This is going to be one of those 'feeling' ratings/reviews. To sum up, there was little I didn't like about this book. No reason to rate it poorly, even if it wasn't five stars. The book felt right. It met my inner qualifications for a good Harlequin Presents read. So four stars it is.
October 29, 2017
Poor H/h - they were smitten at first sight, but she was 16 and he a man in his 20's. The love died when the hero saw her being assaulted by a creepy party crasher and decided she was a slut. Then the heroine discovered that as adoptive head of the family, hero had kept her letter from her father and she was never able to contact him before he died.
That's the main misunderstanding and it takes 180 pages and a lovely travelogue through Spain for the H/h to clear everything up. While they have their happy ending, it was kind of a downer to read about the unhappy ending with the heroine's parents who never married another and both died young.
Penny Jordan checklist:
Quivering 1
Fainting 0
Sponging 0
Painting techniques 0
Toning coordinates 0
Slut shaming an assault victim 1
That's the main misunderstanding and it takes 180 pages and a lovely travelogue through Spain for the H/h to clear everything up. While they have their happy ending, it was kind of a downer to read about the unhappy ending with the heroine's parents who never married another and both died young.
Penny Jordan checklist:
Quivering 1
Fainting 0
Sponging 0
Painting techniques 0
Toning coordinates 0
Slut shaming an assault victim 1
August 24, 2011
That was one of the dumbest books I've ever read. The reasons that the heroine was kept away from her father were the most asinine I've ever read. The idea that the hero's comments to her when she was 16 caused her to doubt her sexuality etc., seemed like it would be an interesting twist but the author didn't follow through very well. Kind of like she sort of suggested it and suddenly from one vague sentence the hero totally understood that he had destroyed the heroine's sex life until she was a washed up freaky virgin of 23. Seriously? It's odd to be a virgin at 23? I don't believe that. Then he arbitrarily decided he couldn't burden her with his love and so he said hateful things to her for no reason at all. Maybe he didn't have to tell her he loved her and beg her to stay with him if he had gotten that bug up his butt but did he have to be so vicious after they had sex the third time? I mean he had just intuited that he had caused the heroine to have sexual hangups by erroneously calling her a slut at 16, what did he thing he would accomplish by making love to her and then telling her it was only for revenge?
Stupid, stupid. And she stumbled over a bench, stool, or cobblestone behind her 4 or 5 times, no lie, and he had to grab her and hold her up. That girl needs better spatial awareness or eyes in the back of her head. That's not all the silliness but I just can't go on.
Stupid, stupid. And she stumbled over a bench, stool, or cobblestone behind her 4 or 5 times, no lie, and he had to grab her and hold her up. That girl needs better spatial awareness or eyes in the back of her head. That's not all the silliness but I just can't go on.
February 2, 2020
I wish the ending had been stormy too.
August 22, 2019
And stormy it was. Born of a family scandal, this is an angst and passion filled love story between an unstable h and a nobleman H who's obsessed with her 'innocence' (because he's your typical HP alpha, half crazed with passionate jealousy that goes beyond logic or reason). They're both in denial of their true feelings for one another till the h's penchant for (literally) falling into the H's arms at every given opportunity makes their mutual attraction as clear as daylight for the two. Not bad, and certainly deserving of 3 stars.
June 26, 2024
HAIKU BOOK REVIEW: A Stormy Spanish Summer, by Penny Jordan
Another dumb blob
led around by her throbbing
vagina, good grief!
Another dumb blob
led around by her throbbing
vagina, good grief!
June 2, 2013
The heroine Felicity travels to Spain so as to claim her inheritance from her father whom she adores but has never met. When she gets there she meets again with Vidal, the man she considers responsible for the estrangement of her parents. The hero insults her because he caught her red handed trying to have sex in her mother's room when she was still 16 and the heroine hates him for ruining her family and preventing her from having a relationship with her father. Even though they try to deny their inner feelings the sexual tension is palpable and living together shows them they can't resist temptation and each other for long.
Vidal is a great hero. He was a straight forward decent guy. I immediately was attracted to his passion for his family and you could tell he was trying hard to get over Felicity but his heart wouldn't let him. Felicity is a wonderful person. She has a tendency to be a bit over-emotional but she is lonely and lost having lost both her parents. She really deserved her happy ending with the man of her dreams!
Awesome read with plenty of heat and heart.
Vidal is a great hero. He was a straight forward decent guy. I immediately was attracted to his passion for his family and you could tell he was trying hard to get over Felicity but his heart wouldn't let him. Felicity is a wonderful person. She has a tendency to be a bit over-emotional but she is lonely and lost having lost both her parents. She really deserved her happy ending with the man of her dreams!
Awesome read with plenty of heat and heart.
June 20, 2011
The story is of Fiss, who after her father (whom she has never met) passes away is named in his will. She travels to Spain in order to see and secure her inheritance and hoping to learn a little about the father she was never allowed to meet. As we discover Fliss's father was adopted into the aristocratic Spanish family the male character Vidal is the head of. Her father had an affair with Vidal's Au pair (Fliss's mother), which was revealed quite innocently by Vidal to his matriarch grandmother who banished Fliss's mother back to England and forbade her father from contact and involvement with their lives.
In an innocent attempt to get to know her father when she was 16 Fliss was visited by Vidal after he intercepted her letter to her father, where he informed that she could not do it again. An incident involving a drunken teenager trying to have sex with Fliss left Vidal with the impression that Fliss was promiscuous.
When they meet in Spain, the hostility they both have for one another is always there as well as an intense sexual attraction.
The synopsis of the story had me quite looking forward to reading this, it sounded exciting and interesting. In regards to the story it had all the classic elements of a great romance book; intense sexual attraction, conflict, forbidden love. But if there was one misunderstanding, there was a hundred. The characters were constantly bickering and insulting each other that it got tired pretty quickly. Vidal was, quite frankly, a bastard and Fliss was uptight and a bit of a doormat (my opinion of course!). A perfect example of both these character traits was in the moment they were about to make love for the first time where Vidal put on protection and said;
"I am not such a fool as to take the kind of risks with my sexual health that intimacy with you would involve without this protection. You may be the sort of woman who boasts that her pleasure is increased by the danger of unprotected intercourse, but I am not a man who wants to put either my own or my future sexual partners' health at risk by going down that road."
And she let him continue after saying this... well I was quite flabbergasted! If that was me, I would have punched him right in the face, then punched him a second time, and possibly a few more times after that!! (btw, I don't condone violence!) Suddenly when he realises that she is a virgin and his nasty thoughts were all in his horrible mind he does a complete about face and decides he loves her? hmm, I couldn't warm to it at all.
Now, you might think I have been quite negative, so I am going to give a few positives now. This book was saved by the beauty of Penny Jordan's writing, her writing is very descriptive and the settings are described wonderfully, and she certainly loves those metaphors! If you read this book and don't like it, as I found, please don't let this put you off Penny Jordan's other books, she really is a wonderful writer.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
In an innocent attempt to get to know her father when she was 16 Fliss was visited by Vidal after he intercepted her letter to her father, where he informed that she could not do it again. An incident involving a drunken teenager trying to have sex with Fliss left Vidal with the impression that Fliss was promiscuous.
When they meet in Spain, the hostility they both have for one another is always there as well as an intense sexual attraction.
The synopsis of the story had me quite looking forward to reading this, it sounded exciting and interesting. In regards to the story it had all the classic elements of a great romance book; intense sexual attraction, conflict, forbidden love. But if there was one misunderstanding, there was a hundred. The characters were constantly bickering and insulting each other that it got tired pretty quickly. Vidal was, quite frankly, a bastard and Fliss was uptight and a bit of a doormat (my opinion of course!). A perfect example of both these character traits was in the moment they were about to make love for the first time where Vidal put on protection and said;
"I am not such a fool as to take the kind of risks with my sexual health that intimacy with you would involve without this protection. You may be the sort of woman who boasts that her pleasure is increased by the danger of unprotected intercourse, but I am not a man who wants to put either my own or my future sexual partners' health at risk by going down that road."
And she let him continue after saying this... well I was quite flabbergasted! If that was me, I would have punched him right in the face, then punched him a second time, and possibly a few more times after that!! (btw, I don't condone violence!) Suddenly when he realises that she is a virgin and his nasty thoughts were all in his horrible mind he does a complete about face and decides he loves her? hmm, I couldn't warm to it at all.
Now, you might think I have been quite negative, so I am going to give a few positives now. This book was saved by the beauty of Penny Jordan's writing, her writing is very descriptive and the settings are described wonderfully, and she certainly loves those metaphors! If you read this book and don't like it, as I found, please don't let this put you off Penny Jordan's other books, she really is a wonderful writer.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
January 29, 2018
The three words that best describe this book: Drama Drama Drama!
Felicity only wanted to know her father. Her parents were forcefully kept apart by her father’s adopted, overbearing mother, leaving her gentle English mother to raise her love child alone.
Then at 16 Felicity met Vidal, the new head of her father’s aristocratic family. She feel heads over heels but circumstances and misunderstandings caused animosity between them.
7 years later, after the death of her father, Felicity travels to Spain to see the house that her father bequeathed to her in his will. This stirs up all sorts of old hurts and accusations between Vidal and Felicity.
There is so much hurt in this book that it was almost too much for the reader to bear. The characters reacted to each other like they were part of a Spanish soap opera.
Vidal was an OTT jerk. He was viciously cruel to Fliss. But Fliss held her own, giving as good as she got. You expect bloodshed to happen at any second when they start ripping into each other.
This was a stellar read. I kept me engrossed, wanting to see what the hell would they say and do next. PJ outdid her usual excellence with this one. Definitely worth the read.
Felicity only wanted to know her father. Her parents were forcefully kept apart by her father’s adopted, overbearing mother, leaving her gentle English mother to raise her love child alone.
Then at 16 Felicity met Vidal, the new head of her father’s aristocratic family. She feel heads over heels but circumstances and misunderstandings caused animosity between them.
7 years later, after the death of her father, Felicity travels to Spain to see the house that her father bequeathed to her in his will. This stirs up all sorts of old hurts and accusations between Vidal and Felicity.
There is so much hurt in this book that it was almost too much for the reader to bear. The characters reacted to each other like they were part of a Spanish soap opera.
Vidal was an OTT jerk. He was viciously cruel to Fliss. But Fliss held her own, giving as good as she got. You expect bloodshed to happen at any second when they start ripping into each other.
This was a stellar read. I kept me engrossed, wanting to see what the hell would they say and do next. PJ outdid her usual excellence with this one. Definitely worth the read.
June 7, 2021
Felicity Clairemont has come to Spain to claim her inheritance. Unfortunately that means spending time with the Duque Vidal y Salvadores—and the darkly handsome Spaniard has always made it plain what he thinks of her.The last time Vidal saw Fliss, his emotions were strong—he hated and wanted her with equal measure. But now honor demands he must help her. As the truth about Fliss's family comes flooding out, and the power of their stormy attraction takes hold, can Vidal admit how wrong he's been about her
September 12, 2011
This book is so close to what I like about the old school PJ style. Penny is not for every reader or every HP reader for that matter, but for those of us who GET her, this is definite food for our nostalgia.
August 16, 2014
Good book typical Penny Jorday and I love her books Her hero's are incredible men who love their woman with all they have.
November 19, 2014
Excellent book. I really liked the interplay between Felicity Clairemont and the dark Spaniard, Duque Vidal y Salvadores.
Years ago, Vidal saw Fliss in a compromising situation and made some assumptions about her character - all of which were incorrect. Vidal kept her from knowing her Spanish father and cut her off from all of the Spanish members of her family. Now that her father has passed on, Fliss comes to Spain to visit her father's estate. What she learns in the process has the power to change all of her preconceptions.
Vidal has loved Fliss since she was a shy sixteen year old. Now, Fliss is all grown up. Somehow, he must control his desires while showing Fliss around her father's property. All the time, he can't help wonder what Fliss might do if she learned the truth.
Ms. Jordan brings the heated culture of Spain to life in this compelling tale of desire and intrigue.
Years ago, Vidal saw Fliss in a compromising situation and made some assumptions about her character - all of which were incorrect. Vidal kept her from knowing her Spanish father and cut her off from all of the Spanish members of her family. Now that her father has passed on, Fliss comes to Spain to visit her father's estate. What she learns in the process has the power to change all of her preconceptions.
Vidal has loved Fliss since she was a shy sixteen year old. Now, Fliss is all grown up. Somehow, he must control his desires while showing Fliss around her father's property. All the time, he can't help wonder what Fliss might do if she learned the truth.
Ms. Jordan brings the heated culture of Spain to life in this compelling tale of desire and intrigue.
May 28, 2020
Saat membaca beberapa bab awal buku ini, saya merasa aneh, kenapa perasaan yang dibangkitkan buku ini terasa familiar sekali yah? Kesalahpahaman antara sepasang insan yang sebenernya saling doyan, hubungan cinta-bilang-benci, penyangkalan-penyangkalan kedua belah pihak atas perasaan masing-masing. Ini beneran ga asing, mungkin emang temanya biasa tapi rasanya bukan itu alasan saya merasa ga asing. Dan ternyata... jeng jeng... ini perasaan yang sama pas saya baca The Prince of Royal Duty - Pengantin Impian Sang Maharaja; relasi Fliss-Vidal di buku ini mengingatkan saya sama relasi Ash-Sophia! Kebetulan Vidal juga punya darah bangsawan. Dan juga... deskripsi tentang aktivitas yang membakar kalori cukup besar dan kadang diselingi erangan atau cakaran di kedua buku sama-sama bikin saya meyakini satu hal: gw emang masih bocah bau kencur, hahaha... Hmmmmm... apa mungkin ini ciri khas Mba Penny yah?
Kisah dibuka dengan kedatangan Fliss ke Spanyol dan dijemput oleh Vidal. Ujug-ujug langsung digambarin kalau dua orang ini ga bisa akur, bawaannya saling nyakar. Berhubung saya baru namatin Unlocked - Membuka Hati Sang Lady, saya kan jadi mikir: Oh, jadi ini mo bikin cowo-cewe yang awalnya "cakar-cakaran" berubah jadi saling grepeh lagi yah? Ternyata saya benar, sodara-sodara, walau alurnya beda banget, hahaha. Kebetulan yang luar biasa sekali, hahaha.
Seiring perkembangan cerita, walau masih nyangkal perasaan masing-masing dengan sangat keukeuh macam Ash-Sophia, berbagai aktivitas pemanasan sebelum olah raga intinya mulai ditebarkan. Harus saya akui, deskripsi Mba Penny bikin saya ngeringis, terlalu detail dan berbahaya. Itu baru pemanasan loh, olah raga intinya yang membakar begitu banyak kalori, yang berlangsung tiga sesi, jauh lebih berbahaya. Oh! Sama kaya Ash-Sophia, Fliss-Vidal juga masih ga mau ngaku walau udah melakukan olah raga sebanyak dua sesi! Baru sebelum melakukan sesi ketiga, mereka saling ngaku! Mungkin karena sudah terlatih pas baca relasi Ash-Sophia, saya ga terlalu kezel pas baca buku ini. Udah kebal kali ye
Keluhan? Gile, typho-nya bejibun, euy. Kalo ini komik, novel fantasi atau buku2 yang menarik minat, pasti saya tergoda buat mengutuki translator sama editor yang bertanggung jawab. Untung aja ini Harlequin, hehehe
Rating: 2.5 dari 5 yang di-rounding jadi 3
Coba lihat cover yang manis dengan nuansa hijau itu.
Coba baca deskripsi tentang Spanyol dan oh, Duque! Saya jadi googling tahu tentang gelar kebangsawanan di Spanyol. Dan ternyata Señor bisa disamakan dengan Lord.
Kisah dibuka dengan kedatangan Fliss ke Spanyol dan dijemput oleh Vidal. Ujug-ujug langsung digambarin kalau dua orang ini ga bisa akur, bawaannya saling nyakar. Berhubung saya baru namatin Unlocked - Membuka Hati Sang Lady, saya kan jadi mikir: Oh, jadi ini mo bikin cowo-cewe yang awalnya "cakar-cakaran" berubah jadi saling grepeh lagi yah? Ternyata saya benar, sodara-sodara, walau alurnya beda banget, hahaha. Kebetulan yang luar biasa sekali, hahaha.
Seiring perkembangan cerita, walau masih nyangkal perasaan masing-masing dengan sangat keukeuh macam Ash-Sophia, berbagai aktivitas pemanasan sebelum olah raga intinya mulai ditebarkan. Harus saya akui, deskripsi Mba Penny bikin saya ngeringis, terlalu detail dan berbahaya. Itu baru pemanasan loh, olah raga intinya yang membakar begitu banyak kalori, yang berlangsung tiga sesi, jauh lebih berbahaya. Oh! Sama kaya Ash-Sophia, Fliss-Vidal juga masih ga mau ngaku walau udah melakukan olah raga sebanyak dua sesi! Baru sebelum melakukan sesi ketiga, mereka saling ngaku! Mungkin karena sudah terlatih pas baca relasi Ash-Sophia, saya ga terlalu kezel pas baca buku ini. Udah kebal kali ye
Keluhan? Gile, typho-nya bejibun, euy. Kalo ini komik, novel fantasi atau buku2 yang menarik minat, pasti saya tergoda buat mengutuki translator sama editor yang bertanggung jawab. Untung aja ini Harlequin, hehehe
Rating: 2.5 dari 5 yang di-rounding jadi 3
Coba lihat cover yang manis dengan nuansa hijau itu.
Coba baca deskripsi tentang Spanyol dan oh, Duque! Saya jadi googling tahu tentang gelar kebangsawanan di Spanyol. Dan ternyata Señor bisa disamakan dengan Lord.
June 7, 2015
This was an ok book. There was a lot of things that just aggravated me and the characters were very prideful. This felt slow moving too. It was written well and had a good plot though. It just couldn't really keep me interested. Plenty of head-knocking moments warranted. Good luck
October 20, 2011
I liked the book. It was sweet and romantic. It's nice how they meet in Spain and fall in love there.
April 23, 2014
Enjoyed it ....was a passionate, stormy read. Penny does a good job expressing their emotions and makes for a great read.
July 30, 2014
Quite old-school but still enjoyable. Nice setting and reunion romance. Heroine a little full on with the hatred on her father's family.
August 26, 2020
I feel like I've read this before.
Penny Jordan was one of mine and my mother's favourite author from Mills and Boon. We were both very sad when she died because it meant no more stories. I tend to keep any paperbacks of hers now because I like them but this I won't be keeping.
I feel like its not that she was a virgin because I didn't mind that, people may say its unrealistic now but I don't think thats a bad thing. Also how can you be so sure its unrealistic someone reaches their 20s a virgin - you can't. So I feel like these stories have their place because you have no idea how much it means to someone to find a story they relate to just because you don't relate to it doesn't mean nobody else will.
That being all said I just didn't like Vidal. I get it was out of pure jealousy him treating her that way but to judge a girl at 16 for having sex is just shitty behaviour and I don't know if I could have gone there. Also her explanation of being a virgin in her twenties was sad! I mean I got it, I was totally there with her explanation but it was still sad that the hero affected her choices so much.
This book is really not I feel a good judge of Penny Jordan's work. I used to sneak my mums books from Mills & Boon as a young teenager and I can't imagine if I have a daughter that does the same thing I'd be happy with her reading a book like this as a young teen...
Penny Jordan was one of mine and my mother's favourite author from Mills and Boon. We were both very sad when she died because it meant no more stories. I tend to keep any paperbacks of hers now because I like them but this I won't be keeping.
I feel like its not that she was a virgin because I didn't mind that, people may say its unrealistic now but I don't think thats a bad thing. Also how can you be so sure its unrealistic someone reaches their 20s a virgin - you can't. So I feel like these stories have their place because you have no idea how much it means to someone to find a story they relate to just because you don't relate to it doesn't mean nobody else will.
That being all said I just didn't like Vidal. I get it was out of pure jealousy him treating her that way but to judge a girl at 16 for having sex is just shitty behaviour and I don't know if I could have gone there. Also her explanation of being a virgin in her twenties was sad! I mean I got it, I was totally there with her explanation but it was still sad that the hero affected her choices so much.
This book is really not I feel a good judge of Penny Jordan's work. I used to sneak my mums books from Mills & Boon as a young teenager and I can't imagine if I have a daughter that does the same thing I'd be happy with her reading a book like this as a young teen...
July 31, 2017
4.5 Stars!
July 3, 2018
3.75 stars!
April 28, 2019
The story reminds of PJ's earlier book in 1987 entitled Passionate Relationship. Rating: 3 stars.
November 29, 2021
Good book.
February 4, 2012
I thought the story was OK. Just, OK.
Felicity is evidently a massive klutz because most of the times she ends up in Vidal's arms is when she is in the middle of a fall over something. Fliss was never allowed to meet her father, and she had believed Vidal had kept her one letter to her father from him.
The reasoning why her father was never in her life is questionably vague. Maybe it's a cultural thing, but it seemed more the product of weak character.
Vidal had formed misconceptions about Felicity (Fliss seems such a silly nickname) and again, probably runs along cultural lines. He was a jerk, and Felicity seemd a sucker for letting the incidence have such credence over her life.
Felicity is evidently a massive klutz because most of the times she ends up in Vidal's arms is when she is in the middle of a fall over something. Fliss was never allowed to meet her father, and she had believed Vidal had kept her one letter to her father from him.
The reasoning why her father was never in her life is questionably vague. Maybe it's a cultural thing, but it seemed more the product of weak character.
Vidal had formed misconceptions about Felicity (Fliss seems such a silly nickname) and again, probably runs along cultural lines. He was a jerk, and Felicity seemd a sucker for letting the incidence have such credence over her life.
April 29, 2012
This book was mostly ok for what it is, but several points, like the hero constantly calling the heroine a slut after she was nearly raped, were massively disappointing. The 'stormy' relationship of the title is definitely there, but any of the nicer parts of this book are buried under recriminations and uncalled for misunderstandings. Ok to read, but not something I'd really recommend.
June 11, 2014
felicity menyukai vidal sejak remaja n karna kejadian saat pesta d rmhx membuat vidal membenci felicity...
g suka felicity...dy terlalu butuh pengakuan dr ayah kandungx klo dy tidak dtelantarkan n dlupakan...banyak cerita yg serupa dgn masa lalu felicity tp ntah kenapa rasa butuh dy terasa memuakkan...
g suka felicity...dy terlalu butuh pengakuan dr ayah kandungx klo dy tidak dtelantarkan n dlupakan...banyak cerita yg serupa dgn masa lalu felicity tp ntah kenapa rasa butuh dy terasa memuakkan...
October 1, 2012
It was okay ....
November 19, 2012
Felicity "Fliss". Well, she, got into an awful lot of assumptions.
The story was good, I think. A stormy Spanish romance!
The story was good, I think. A stormy Spanish romance!
January 4, 2018
2.5
Some parts of the plot are unbelievable for me.
Some parts of the plot are unbelievable for me.
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