Bride of the Tiger

Angel Hawk #1

by Heather Graham Pozzessere

Rafe Tyler needs answers. Two years ago, his brother was lured into danger by Tara Hill’s bewitching beauty, and he disappeared. Rafe has to know what really happened, and he can only find out by being as ruthless as he believes Tara was.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin, Mystery, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense

249 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Heather Graham Pozzessere
aka Heather Graham, Shannon Drake

Heather Graham was born on March 15, 1953 and grew up in Dade County, Florida, and attended the University of South Florida at Tampa, majoring in theater arts and touring Europe and parts of Asia and Africa as part of her studies. After college, she acted in dinner theaters, modeled, waitressed, and tended bar. She married Hershey Dennis Possezzere, and after the birth of her third child, she was determined to devote her efforts to her writing: her dream. She sold her first book in 1982.

Today, this author's success is reflected not just by reader response and the over 20 million copies of her books in print, but in many other ways. In addition to being a New York Times bestselling author, Heather has received numerous awards for her novels, including over 20 trade awards from magazines such as Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur, bestseller awards from B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, and BookRak, and several Reviewers' Choice and People's Choice awards.

Heather has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, Romantically Speaking, a TV talk show that aired nationwide on the Romance Classics cable channel, and CBS Sunday News. She has been quoted in People and USA Today, been profiled in The Nation, and featured in Good Housekeeping. Her books have been selections for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. She has been published across the world in more than 15 languages and has published over 70 titles, including anthologies and short stories.

Now, she had five children. Somehow, this prolific author manages to juggle it all - family, career, and marriage - while reaching a level of success to which few can aspire.

Reviews

[Blacky *Romance Addict* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could've done without the 70+ times the word "tiger" was used. Let me just mention that the dude is not a tiger shifter 🤣 it's just he has that tiger magnetism, and tiger eyes, and tiger behavior, and whatever could possibly be tiger-like, he has it.

[Myself · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5 #RitaGraham #RetoRita2
Pues no me ha terminado de convencer. No recuerdo si me he leído algún libro de esta autora pero no me ha gustado demasiado su forma de escribir y la trama tampoco es que haya sido muy allá. Los protagonistas mñe, ella más sosa que sosa y a él no me lo he creído nada. En resumen, mala mi primera elección.

[S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tara
Tall, beautiful, blond, a model, 25 years old


Rafe
Tall, dark, gorgeous and handsome, 37 years old


Not bad. Not bad, at all.
Honestly, I wasn't expecting too much from this book, however, one thing for certain; H.G.'s books never lack the chemistry and the angst. I've always loved the main characters; her Heroes were always tall, dark and handsome and her heroines were always tall, slim and very beautiful. Indeed.
This was a short one compared to her other books (around 200 pages). This was also a bit dated but nevertheless, I enjoyed it.

[Roub · Rating 1 out of 5]

this was tedious and way too boring! the story just dragged on and on.

[Dobby [on hiatus] · Rating 2 out of 5]

1½ ★ Bride of the Tiger was published in 1987 and is representative of its genre at the time. That's not a good thing with the best of editing, which this book did not have. Given that I can't bring myself to throw even the worst book across the room, I compensated by trying to guess where the word "tiger" would appear on each page. The plot was interesting and was probably as developed as it could be, given the publisher's genre restrictions at the time. Graham honed her skills and went on to publish highly readable romances, romantic suspense, and paranormal romantic suspense. Indeed, she's one of my favorite authors in some genres. This book does not represent the quality of plotting, dialog, and flow of her later efforts.

[diana romano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bride of the tiger

One of my favorite author s.. She writes wonderful books and different series. All her books have great story lines and wonderful characters. I highly recommend all her books to every one who loves great love stories and ghosts. Diana Romano

[S.Wouters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story

Although "mistery and suspense" is not my favorite genre I very much appreciated this story. I will definitely read more of this serie.

[Paula (feed-the-need-to-read) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Enjoyable but the story was pretty lame.

[Mindy Cossins · Rating 3 out of 5]

slow in the middle better in the end

[Anna McFadden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rafe Tyler will do whatever it takes to find his brother even if it means seducing model Tara Hill.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fashion model Tara Hill is gazing at a primitive tiger statue in a New York art museum. Looking up, she meets eyes with a handsome, powerful, mesmerizing man. He follows her to lunch and proceeds to attempt to sweep her off her feet. Unfortunately, Rafe Tyler has an ulterior motive for getting close to Tara. She was the last person to see his missing stepbrother, Jimmy, alive. Tara’s got some trust issues caused by her previous controlling/abusive relationship with the man who was involved in Jimmy’s disappearance. Rafe’s high-handed nature, although it comes from a place of Love (you know, the love they fall into over the course of like 4 days), makes Tara a little apprehensive. Understandably. However, Rafe is super-rich and super-hot, and totally loves her, so that makes up for it a lot. They travel back to Caracas, where Jimmy and the controlling ex were both last seen after a gun battle, so that the mystery can be solved.
There was a decent twist to the ending, but besides that, this was your typical romance with the tropes of lies and misunderstandings between two people who are unaccountably physically attracted to one another, and a seriously evil bad guy who the hero has to rescue the heroine from. It was written pretty well, except for all the internal marveling about how neither one of them could stop thinking about the other, even though they shouldn’t, and the never-felt-this-way-before sexual attraction they felt for each other. After two days. Whatever. Also, I could not get the “Eye of the Tiger” song out of my head the entire time I was reading this. Irritating.

[LJ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bride of the Tiger - NR
(Pozzessere), Heather Graham

Rafe Tyler needed answers. Two years before, Rafe's brother had been lured into danger by Tara Hill's bewitching beauty, and he'd disappeared. Now, Rafe has to know what really happened to him. Is he dead or alive? Rafe can only find out by being as ruthless as he believed Tara had been.

Very weak

[Meghan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Secrets

Lots of moving characters, a scandal, missing people and jewels and a romance. The story is quick and enjoyable. There is suspense, friendship and romance. The descriptions are vivid and the dynamics intriguing. I was thrown by two parts of the ending and found this to be a fun read.

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Modern

[Buscadora · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just read this novel and it was printed years ago, so I should probably go easy on it. So aside from the insta-love and the neverending professions of love, the book started out interesting as a type of revenge plot. That quickly changed to a love story and the mystery no longer was front and center. I thought Rafe's search for Jimmy was his sole motivation, but he quickly puts that aside for his insta-love with Tara. It dragged on and I thought the mystery and suspense - betrayal and mixed loyalties could have made this a page-turner. Instead, it didn't have a plot for much of the novel.