Tempted Tigress

This is a wonderful romance! Others have given great descriptions of the content of Tempted Tigress...I'm just adding my enthusiastic recommendation. Readers who like an involved, somewhat 'darker' themed romance, should love this book. Anna and Zhi-Gang are fully developed characters who struggle with their past, but together they can overcome it.

Jade Lee has written a superior novel with a remarkable hero and heroine who have internal strife and secrets galore. But not until these two learn to trust each other, do they finally become whole. This book is not your happy go lucky romance. The hero tries multiple times to kill the heroine as she is also an opium addict in 19th century China. Anna Marie is a strong yet damaged woman. She is English but was orphaned in China. Her adopted father, who may or may not have been friends of her parents leads in her into a life of opium drug running to the point she has become so addicted to her own product that she has lost her will to live. Zhi-Gang is the Emperor's Enforcer to rid China of this nasty drug. He kills anyone who sells or is addicted. He is also against prostitution and greed. But when he meets Anna, everything he has believed in comes to an end. He soon finds out she is second half, her yin to his yang. Lines are crossed and everyone is the enemy. Zhi and Anna are soul mates who have decided they need each other. Through sexual nirvana they try to find peace as Anna tries not to succumb to the allure or the opium and Zhi who if it comes to it may still kill Anna for her addiction. This is just the small insight about this story and these two individuals. If you want some heavy and emotional reading, pick up this latest by Lee. She is an innovative storyteller that doesn't disappoint! Katiebabs Cornered Tigress Hungry Tigress Burning Tigress (Leisure Historical Romance)

Anna Thompson is a flawed but wonderful heroine. She is an opium addict in late nineteenth century China. In fact, the reader's first glimpse of Anna is during her opium high. Later Anna is on the run from her adopted father, an opium dealer, and the Empress's Enforcer, Zhi-Gang, who becomes both Anna's kidnapper then savior. Zhi-Gang is determined to rid China of opium and the trafficking of women which is the preferred method of payment for drug dealers. These are profound issues to tackle in a romance and Jade Lee portrays man's depravity and greed with real depth. It is in this dark world that Anna is introduced to opium. She becomes an addict through horrible circumstances. Fortunately she is courageous and is desperate to quit her addiction and escape China. Zhi-Gang captures her and is intent upon killing her when his soul is surprisingly stirred. At first, he is truly an unlikely hero. He is arrogant and unkind and has some racial bias. Quickly, though, his character shifts as he spends time with Anna. He finds her beautiful and fascinating. He recognizes her sharp mind, strength of character, and compassion. He is not blind to her addiction and is determined that she will not touch opium again. He is exorcising his own demons and Anna's troubles remind him of his own shortcomings. Therefore, he will do everything possible to assist her in her quest to leave China. Anna is pragmatic and resigned. She wants to live and if it means sharing her life with the Enforcer, well, she will be obliging. So she is startled to realize that he can be charming and sensitive. Moreover, he is her fierce guardian, and gentle lover. She falls in love in spite of herself. There's lots of action in this novel but the romance never gets lost. The feelings these two have for each other are so moving that I reread passages. This is by far the best of Jade Lee's Tigress series.

Anna Marie Thompson is stranded as an orphan in China. She survives by becoming an opium drug runner for her adoptive father, but quickly becomes addicted to the drug. However, she soon runs afoul of the Emperor's most zealous enforcer Zhi-Gang who destroys her current shipment and catches her. Zhi-Gang is on a personal mission to rescue his sister from the traffickers who abducted her. During his quest he destroys their cash crop opium. However, his current prisoner Anna makes him reconsider all he does as he wants her. She reciprocates his deepest feelings and believes she has a reason to end her addiction. Although he does not trust her as opium users will sell anything even their body, they fall in love while teaming up to kill those human traffickers peddling young girls to the brothels. Having the heroine addicted to opium and her beloved distrust her because of it make for a unique couple finding a delightfully different path to heaven as the lead pair refreshes the Tigress tales. Perhaps the most distinctive erotic historical romantic suspense around today, series readers will appreciate TEMPTED TIGRESS starring two fascinating heroes united in love and against the flesh vendors but initially on different sides of the opium issue that haunts late nineteenth century China. Harriet Klausner