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Dark Torment
written by Karen Robards
Studio : Grand Central Publishing
by Grand Central Publishing
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Released : 1985-08-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780446306188
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 16 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $2.00
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Product Description |
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Set in nineteenth-century Australia, a romance by the best-selling author of To Love a Man and follows the love affair between Dominic Gallagher, an Irish revolutionary, and a shy, noble Australian lady, Sarah Markham. Reissue. |
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4 1/2 stars... |
This was my first Karen Robards book & I highly enjoyed it. The setting & storyline was awesome even though it kind of made me feel like the hero wasn't a very strong hero that you tend to assume heroes will be but it wasn't his fault. He can't take on an army & fight while being chained so in my eyes I kept seeing him as being kind of weak. I probably shouldn't see it that way but I wanted to see him be able to fight more often.
Aside from that my only other complaint was that I had a few unanswered questions like what was Liza's secret & I wondered some things about Percival that was never explained.
Overall though I loved this book & will definitely seek out more books by this author. I was hooked to this book & found it very difficult to put down. Highly recommend. |
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3 1/2 stars |
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I was disappointed because I had somewhat high hopes for this book. Reading the back of the book the plot line immediately grabbed my eye - but I felt somewhat disappointed with how she carried it out. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it - it was cute, and the characters are engaging. But I feel like it could have been cut down by like 100 pgs. Not to mention I'm so sick of heroines who are constantly called ugly and then somehow become pretty by just changing their hair - even the hero calls her "plain" to himself NUMEROUS times - then later insists she is beautiful. I wouldn't say it wasn't worth reading, but nothing special... |
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Swept Away by Dark Torment! |
I adored this book; the heroine was what particularly struck me about Dark Torment. She was brave and feisty without being annoying and belligerent. She was strong and funny and Robards just wrote her in such a way that if Sarah were real, I'd love to be her friend. She's kind and compassionate, but that doesn't mean Sarah isn't practical. She's very nice and polite to the convict staff in her home, but, and as bad as this may make Sarah sound, it is at least very realistic, she is also aware of the gulf that separates the high-born from the convicted. She saves Dominic from being flogged, but she is aware of how difficult a relationship between them would be. And that scene after she and Dominic chase off those bad guys...hahaha - had me laughing for years.
Dominic is as sexy as all get out and totally someone I could imagine drooling over! Their love scenes were totally hot and heavy if you're into that kind of thing, but more importantly, the plot moves quickly without losing atmosphere. The book had a unique setting as well, for a historical romance. I enjoyed Dominic and Sarah's barbed remarks to each other and how they relished getting a rise out of one another.
This was a totally thrilling book and I still read it over and over and over because it's just that wonderful. Trust me, pick up this golden treasure and you will not be disappointed. |
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Another great Robards read! |
Dark Torment was a book that I just bought simply because I had read a lot of other Robards historical romances and thought it would be a safe buy. But I ended up enjoying this book far more than I thought I would.
I won't bore my readers here with another synopsis of the story line, but the story was very intriguing indeed! Sarah was believable as an almost Cinderella-like character. And she made the reader empathic of her innocence and curiosity. And the character of Dominic was sexy and heart-warming. This book is heated with an abundance of sexual tension and passion. It totally wraps you up in a world that few of us know about. Karen Robards describes historical Australia as a place of danger and intrigue, which makes it all the more suited for this particular story.
I thought that the ending could have been more detailed - as there is a large gap that leaves you wondering, but overall this was a great read and I would definitely recommend it! It will stay in my collection and I'm sure I'll pick it up again. |
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Liked it, but not the best. |
I have read many of Karen's books and although I liked this book, I have read better by her. This was a heart pounding, whip you along, fast paced story. There was lots of action, great dialouge and chemistry between the characters. Sarah was a very strong girl when it came to Dominic, but very weak with her family. Even though she had alot of control in the house. I did not care for her character in the middle of the book. I know why she acted the way she did, but I thought she was really rough on Dominic when it was her own actionsand feelings that made her so mad. After that was resolved she was quite likeable again.
Dominic was on the hard side. He had it rough, and was not going to take it any more. I thought there was a few too many holes in time. Example, she is riding her horse to get away from someone, then its two months later. Hello? What happened. Then when they took Dominic, you did not hear anything until he came back. none of this ruined anything, but if it was different, it would have been much better in my opinion. Otherwise this story has all of Robards usual eye holding action. I did enjoy this novel and would recommend it. |
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