Taboo

Bravo! Taboo is one of Mrs. Johnson's best. Andre is believable and the perfect hero for the time setting (the facts are right on). I love the way Andre is re-created from the pages of history. I enjoyed the historical battles, I could feel as though I were there, smell the gun powder, much more so than the usual history book. Teo is one of my favorite leading ladies. She is strong, independent and can make a decision. The love scenes are seductive, passionate, steamy, and creative. The love that they share is intense and powerful. The entire story was like a roller-coaster ride, I held my breath at times. I have shared my Susan Johnson collection with my neighbors. We are wives and mothers who usually lack adventure in our day to day lives. We talk and giggle (like teenagers sometimes) after reading and our husbands are walking around with silly grins on their faces. We all look forward to each story. Keep em coming, Susan!

This couple's love story was so passionate and so touching!! I loved this book. I have read all of Susan Johnson's novels, and I've had a hard time selecting the BEST as each is better than the one before. However, these characters have left a lasting impression that has stuck- and thats saying alot when you read as many romance novels as I do...The historical footnotes are a nice touch, especially for us history buffs, and I appreciate the hard work that goes into researching these stories. Finally, the passion sizzles, which is what you expect from a Susan Johnson romance! I eagerly await the next one.

Susan Johnson is wonderful when it comes to writing historical erotic fiction. The action of this novel is pulse-pounding and the love portrayed is nothing less than sensual heaven. You can really understand how the characters feel and the storyline is original and touching. Susan Johnson has done it again. BRAVO!!!

Susan Johnson always delivers a excellent story based on facts with historical data to backup what really happened in history. Her heros and heroines are real and beyond passionate. She is No. 1 as lusts leading lady. Susan can make you see the locations and feel like you have been their.

In 1799, on the Eastern front, the French army, led by their great tactician and leader General André Duras, makes ready for a battle with the Russian army led by the renowned but abusive General Korsakova. Three days before the battle, Korsakova,s spouse, Teo, who was at the front at the insistence of her husband, is caught by the French army. André informs Teo that she will remain a French prisoner of war until the present fighting ends. To Andre's shock, Teo is more than happy to remain his prisoner because she loathes the vituperative Korsakova. She explains that she married him so her Siberian people would be safe from his wrath. He, in turn, explains that he is married to Tallyrand's niece, a materialist who could not care whether André survives the war or not as long as she gets her desires fulfilled. On the eve of the battle, André and Teo share the most beautiful love making of their lives and soon realize that they have both found love for the first time. However, there is a war going on with the lovers having different allegiences, making it appear that either they will have no future together, or one or both of them will have to become traitors. Sizzling Susan Johnson writes what may her best novel yet in what is already one of the great writing careers of the nineties. TABOO is an incredible historical romantic fiction that is a battlefield equivalent to Romeo and Juliet. The book is clearly a Johnson tale because all her trademark elements are included: The lead protagonists are as romantic and as hot as they get in fiction, and the poignant story line moves faster than General Duras' rapidly advancing French army. In addition to the solar heat, Ms. Johnson adds touches of authenticity that turn the book into one of the three best historical romances of the year. Harriet Klausner