It's April! Can Spring be far behind?
This month's book is Sue Lyndon's Rules of War.
Can her greatest fear become her sweetest desire?
Emma Conrad's worst nightmare is realized when a bomb strikes her building and she awakens to discover she's been taken captive by a Free Island enemy soldier. Tensions and passions rise as she rebels against the man who has claimed her as his wife, whisking her away to a settlement in the mountains.
Unit Commander John Rousseau insists he's a good man Emma need not fear, but he does promise to spank her if she misbehaves...and he has lots of rules. Will she lose her heart to the stern stranger, or will a ghost from her past take away her last chance at happiness?
Emma Conrad's worst nightmare is realized when a bomb strikes her building and she awakens to discover she's been taken captive by a Free Island enemy soldier. Tensions and passions rise as she rebels against the man who has claimed her as his wife, whisking her away to a settlement in the mountains.
Unit Commander John Rousseau insists he's a good man Emma need not fear, but he does promise to spank her if she misbehaves...and he has lots of rules. Will she lose her heart to the stern stranger, or will a ghost from her past take away her last chance at happiness?
My preference is contemporary, but I also enjoy historical, particularly Regency. DD and historical of any period mesh well together because you don't have to overcome reader resistance to spanking. The same is true, I think of paranormal and sci fi. Readers are more accepting.
ReplyDeleteI've read Rules of War and it offers the best of both genres -- it's futuristic, yet it still has a contemporary feel.
Thanks Cara! You make a good point about DD and historical working well together because spanking seems to fit better in other times.
DeleteRules of War does have a contemporary feel which is then combined with the very traditional expectations they have for their women.
My favorite to *write* is contemporary, but I enjoy reading historical and future. Not sure why.
ReplyDeleteI still remember Sue's comment to me when I suggested that we use characters from previous books for our DD anthology. She said that John and Emma are survivors in a destroyed world, so there wouldn't be much hope for a sequel story. :)
I've liked Sue's contemporary stories, so it will be interesting to see whether I also like this one.
But she has (sort of) written a sequel because she's got this story from John's POV coming out soon. That Sue, she's a tricky one!
DeleteCeleste says I'm responsible for snacks! I hope coffee (perhaps with a little Bailey's added)and brownies are acceptable:)
ReplyDeleteIt's fun reading about everyone's favorite genre. I tend to favor historical (especially medieval and regency) and futuristic and fantasy. Books with a post-apocolyptic feel are my absolute favorite.
Brownies sound wonderful. In a post-apocolyptic world, will there be brownies?
DeleteI like any genre that can delve into the spanking world without humiliating or degrading a woman.
ReplyDeleteWith that being said, I do better in real life when I read historical or fantasy or futuristic stories. When I read contemporary, I have an easy time comparing my husband to the leading male character. And most times, the character wins, creating a little bit of wishful thinking and resentment towards my husband. I have to be very careful when I am reading a story that is too close to home.
Besides, reading is my escape from the real world. When I escape, I prefer to ESCAPE.
:)
Sue, Baileys and coffee sounds wonderful! I knew I loved you! :)
Katherine---that's a great point about contemporary and comparisons. I often compare myself to the contemporary heroine and usually come up lacking. With historical I can think "Oh, I'd be as cool as her if I lived during that time".
DeleteI have very eclectic taste in books, much as I do in music. I like historical novels and novellas from all time periods (so long as there aren't anachronisms in them), as well as contemporaries (which I write a lot of), and sci-fi/futuristic ones (which I've also written). I read very, very few paranormals because I can't get into vampires or werewolves much. What I look for in a book is a strong hero and a feisty female who learns to submit because it's part of her nature--whether she realizes it at first or not.
ReplyDeleteI haven't begun Rules of War yet. I'm slogging through a spanking book which has glaring editing errors so it's a bit of a chore. I expect to start Sue's book over the weekend and I'm looking forward to it very much.
Sue, I'll have my coffee with cream, please. Thank you for the snacks.
Your comment raises another question---at what point do you as readers give up on a book and not finish or do you doggedly read on once you've started?
DeleteI used to be a "finish what I start" even if it meant skimming, but lately I've decided that there are too many good books out there to waste time on stinkers. I give books a fair shot, but if after 25-30% the story isn't compelling or the typos are so significant that it distracts from my reading, I stop.
How about everyone else?
I love it all. I don't like writing it all because I really suck at the historical writing. It's fun to read, but requires so much attention to detail.
ReplyDeleteI read Rules of War and LOVED it!
Be sure to come back next week to for when we get more into talking about Rules of War.
DeleteI agree about historical. I'm always afraid I'll get something wrong. Heck, I can barely figure out the era I live in. :)
I have started, finished, & fallen in love with Rules of War! It's been added to my favorite's list. I love post apocalyptic/dystopian novels so this one was right up my alley. My most preferred eras are almost anything historical. I especially love well done medieval, western, & oh who am I kidding I love all historical eras. I also love fantasy because it transcends time & space.
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