Catalina's Caress
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- Author：Sylvie F. Sommerfield
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Blue Falcon
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This review is of “Catalina’s Caress” by Sylvie F。 Sommerfield。The book begins in Baton Rouge， Louisiana， with the hero of the book， Marc Copeland， the hero of the book， planning to get revenge on the Carrington family， whom he blames for his father’s suicide and his family’s financial ruin。 Step 1 in Marc’s plan， win a steamboat， the Southern Belle， from the youngest Carrington， son Seth。 Upon hearing about Seth’s troubles， his older sister Catalina， the heroine of the book， tries to buy the bo This review is of “Catalina’s Caress” by Sylvie F。 Sommerfield。The book begins in Baton Rouge， Louisiana， with the hero of the book， Marc Copeland， the hero of the book， planning to get revenge on the Carrington family， whom he blames for his father’s suicide and his family’s financial ruin。 Step 1 in Marc’s plan， win a steamboat， the Southern Belle， from the youngest Carrington， son Seth。 Upon hearing about Seth’s troubles， his older sister Catalina， the heroine of the book， tries to buy the boat back。 Marc offers to sell the boat back to Carolina-if she spends three days as his mistress。 Catalina refuses， although she is attracted to him。 （They become lovers）。 Meanwhile， Seth’s “friend” Travis Spencer-who is also pursuing Catalina for his own ends-gets involved as well。Among Spencer’s “ends”: trying to kill Seth。 Seth is assaulted and thrown into the Mississippi River。 He is rescued by fisherman Benjamin Barde and his “grandson” Jake。 （Jake is actually a female， a fact Seth later learns）。 Meanwhile， Seth and Catalina’s aunt， Charlotte McNeil， finds out who Marc really is and why he wants to destroy the Carringtons。 That information may not help Catalina， however， who is on the Southern Belle with Marc and Travis。While on the boat， Catalina and Marc further their sexual relationship while Travis tries-unsuccessfully-to drive a wedge between them。 They take the "Southern Belle" to Natchez， Mississippi， where Marc introduces Catalina to his sister， Lorelei， and plots his final revenge。 What he doesn’t know， however， is that there are other players in the game。By the end of the book: Marc finds out he was wrong， the Carringtons didn’t cause his father to commit suicide。The real person behind his family’s financial ruin is revealed， and defeated by Marc。Marc confesses his prior dastardly plan to Catalina， who forgives him。Seth and Jacqueline （Jake） realize they are in love and make plans to marry。 Catalina and Marc and Jacqueline and Seth have their Happily Ever Afters。Upside: The best part of the book is the end， where all the pieces start falling into place and the most of the action occurs。The most likeable characters in the book are Charlotte McNeil， and Jake。 If either of them had been the heroine， the book would have been better。 Downside: I’m not fond of the revenge by proxy trope， where the hero-it’s always the hero-tries to punish the heroine for something someone she knows/a family member of hers， did to him， which is the primary storyline in “Catalina’s Caress”。 No matter how much Mrs。 Sommerfield tries to redeem Marc-and she does try-it doesn’t work for me。 I also was lukewarm toward Catalina， There is no depth or character development to these characters。Another big issue is that this book is very different from any other book Mrs。 Sommerfield has previously written。 Mrs。 Sommerfield’s previous books contained long chapters-averaging around 30-70 pages per chapter-long drawn out storylines and lots of emphasis on supporting characters。 “Catalina’s Caress” is written more in the style of her friend and fellow romance novelist， Bobbi Smith （whom Mrs。 Sommerfield thanks in the credits at the beginning of the book）。 That style sometimes works for Mrs。 Smith; it doesn't for Mrs。 Sommerfield。Sex: The few sex scenes in the book are very mild and muted。 Violence: Most of the violence is of the threatening variety， although there is a physical altercation between Marc and one of the bad guys at the end of the book。 There is also a shooting and hints of past sexual violence。 The violence is not graphic。 Bottom Line: Mrs。 Sommerfield tries a different writing style here。 It didn't work out。 。。。more
Brittney
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Marc Copeland plots to ruin the Carrington family， one member at a time， starting with Seth Carrington。 Marc believes that the Carrington family is ultimately responsible for his fathers suicide。 Catalina Carrington finds herself at Marc's mercy as she desperately tries to get the "Belle" back for her brother Seth， who lost it in a card game。 Marc sees her as a way to crush the Carrington family and seeks his revenge in her。 This book goes back and forth between Seth's story and Catalina's story Marc Copeland plots to ruin the Carrington family， one member at a time， starting with Seth Carrington。 Marc believes that the Carrington family is ultimately responsible for his fathers suicide。 Catalina Carrington finds herself at Marc's mercy as she desperately tries to get the "Belle" back for her brother Seth， who lost it in a card game。 Marc sees her as a way to crush the Carrington family and seeks his revenge in her。 This book goes back and forth between Seth's story and Catalina's story， enmeshing again at the end。 I thought it was a great read; two strong characters， neither willing to back down from what they want。 Seth's side story with Jake was interesting and really gave some other characters a chance to develop as well。 。。。more
Aisha
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Karla
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The central plot of the story is Marc Copeland Garrison's revenge against the Carringtons， who he feels ruined his father's fortune and led the old man to suicide。 He is going to ravish Catalina Carrington and then dump her into the dives of Natchez when he's finished with her and get his sweet revenge。 Naturally， he falls in love and she does too。The one word to describe this book is "laborious。" OK， two。 "Painstaking" is another one。 This has been the most minutely-plotted book， romance or any The central plot of the story is Marc Copeland Garrison's revenge against the Carringtons， who he feels ruined his father's fortune and led the old man to suicide。 He is going to ravish Catalina Carrington and then dump her into the dives of Natchez when he's finished with her and get his sweet revenge。 Naturally， he falls in love and she does too。The one word to describe this book is "laborious。" OK， two。 "Painstaking" is another one。 This has been the most minutely-plotted book， romance or anything else， I've read in a long time。 After awhile， it got pretty damn tedious。 There was a tight cast of characters whose actions always went up to a point where someone else in the cast would take the ball and run down the field for a few yards， then toss it to someone else。 Chasing after one another， lying to one another， plotting and planning， etc。 Everything was connected， everyone was tied to someone in the past or present。 It was deliberate and no-frills， but there was no spark to it at all。Sommerfield also had 2 quirks that quickly annoyed。 There is a LOT of laughing and chuckling in this book， sometimes as many as 3 instances in as many short paragraphs。 Usually it's soft， but sometimes she goes out on a limb and has the laughter be angry or just normal volume。 The second quirk was the way she set up her scenes。 When one scene or chapter ended with one character doing something， the next scene or chapter would begin with another character doing something that would then lead into the previous scene we had just read。 This happened about 90% of the time， and in a 496 page book， that's a style that becomes repetitious。It could have been far shorter， had the completely unnecessary subplot of Catalina's brother Seth been taken out。 What I thought would be interesting and connected at first turned utterly superfluous。 Seth was utterly pointless to the story beyond serving as the means for Marc to get his hands on the Carrington riverboat。 When the bad guy had him thrown into the Mississippi， he should have stayed there。 However， he's dragged out by a river rat and her grandfather， and a kind of My Fair Lady story went on that had zero interest。 Its resolution， however， was so saccharine that I was expecting a basket of kittens to be on the last page。For being published in 1987 in what is still generally accepted as the "bodice ripper" era， there really was little grit or shocking moments。 Natchez is portrayed as a hellhole （was it really that bad？）， but it's a monogamous romance （I'm not too jazzed about those types） and the hero， while being nasty in intent， is hardly brutal in act。 It was a "meh" read， and has only put me in the mood for some true bodice-ripping rapine。（This book review has been provided by the No Book Left Behind Campaign！ A Bodice Ripper Readers Anonymous group initiative to review the un-reviewed！） 。。。more
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