Never Call It Love

Book description: A blazing love that was born in smoldering hate. When beautiful young Elizabeth Montlow lost her innocence it was not on a night of romantic dreams. It was in an act of savage violence by a man seeking vengeance.Yet from this brutal beginning came an all-consuming passion that would take Elizabeth from the sheltered eighteenth-century English countryside to a lonely manor in Ireland, where she was forced to share her man with his ravishing and ruthless mistress... to a nightmare exile on a lush and licentious Caribbean island, where lust and murder went hand in hand... to the depths of the lawless American wilderness, where two men played a monstrous game of heart-wrenching deception with her as the stake.... If you want to *FEEL* then read this book! This book has to be one of the most frustrating books I have ever read! It is not for the faint of heart. If you cannot abide cheating in your romance then this book is not for you. The hero is an unapologetic cheat who does some really unforgivable things to the heroine, and he is unrepentant until the very end. The angst in this book is sometimes intolerable and many times I wanted to throw it in the ocean, but could not let go since my eyes was glued to the pages wishing they could read faster. Beware, this book has it all, rape, cheating, jealous mistress, jealous fiance, murder, sucide, you name it, it's got it! I enjoyed it for what it was, a good non-fiction. Even though it's suppose to be a romance and has it's moments as one, I wouldn't say it was strong in the romance department. It was an engaging read nonetheless and will go on my keeper shelf.

I ended up reading this book in one day. I could not put it down and that hasn't happened in a while. The story has the true essence of the great bodice-rippers. It reminded me of Stormfire with all the angst and trauma without me wanting to throw the book against the wall like I did more then a few times with Stormfire. A great read if you can get your hands on a copy.