Tempting

by Susan Johnson

Book Overview

Princess Christina was a woman trapped in a lonely and loveless marriage. She was not tempted to change her fate until she met an American marquis - and temptation took on a new, solidly male form. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575668041
• ISBN13: 9781575668048
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

So much better than the reviews I read here!

I read the reviews but certainly do not base what I read here on whether I will buy or enjoy a book. This is a great example of a book that I found much better than its reviews. I found this couple falling in love or initially lust so quickly and very believable. And lets face it when you buy a Johnson book you are looking for a little heate in the writing and this book certainly delievered on that score. Max and Christina really seemed to find a connection quickly and for me it was exciting and I enjoyed the read!! I would say give this book a chance if you are a Susan Johnson lover!!

Susan Johnson at her best!

Worry no more for SJ can still deliver as always. If you're a SJ fan, Tempting is a must. I have read every single one of her books and Tempting is now my favorite. My favorite books before Tempting were Brazen and Legendary Lover and since Tempting reminds me of both, SJ could not have failed to please me.This is a love story with graphic sex in the erotica style. But unlike the erotica that is out there now, there is nothing dark, disgusting or sick to poison this lovely euphoric dream that SJ is so skilled at creating. Sure the husband is a bad guy but he gets his due.This is a book for adults and has adult themes and situations all through out the book. Therefore, if reading a few F words here and there is going to ruin it for you, then maybe this book isn't for you. Try her book Golden Paradise. It's a little milder since it is a Harlequin book. But you still get all the good steamy toe curling intimate scenes and passionate love. * SIGH * Yeah, you'll be sighing after Max too after you read Tempting. It's a definite keeper.

Excellent

Using a nineteenth century backdrop, Susan Johnson's latest erotic effort pairs an unhappily married princess with a wealthy American bachelor. Tempting is, without a doubt, one of her best works to date. English-born Christina Grey, the beautiful Princess of Zeiss, was married off at seventeen to a German prince. At such a tender age she had thought her husband dashing and charming, unaware of what a monster -- not to mention adulterer -- he would turn out to be. Nevertheless, Christina learns to endure Hans over the years, taking solace in being a mother to their two sons. Unlike her philandering royal husband, she doesn't care very much for sex and therefore has no desire to take a lover. Until, that is, she meets Max. English born and American bred Max Falconer, the new Marquis of Vale, is looking for a bit of fun at the country party he is attending. Never married and not particularly inclined to take himself off the bachelor market, he is shaken by the depth of his feelings concerning Christina. When Max had befriended the beautiful, lonely princess he hadn't anticipated falling in love with her. But now that he has he will stop at nothing to make her belong to him. Susan Johnson fans are accustomed to her philandering-until-he-meets-the-heroine heroes. In her past few books they have also become accustomed to male protagonists that don't stray at all once they fall for the females in question. None of her fans, however, are accustomed to a hero like Max. This is a man so besotted with his heroine that he doesn't even think about straying, let alone actually do it. Max's love for Christina borders on the obsessive...a fact some readers might find unnerving but I found endearing. Another strong attribute for Tempting lies in the friendship and mutual respect that the protagonists feel for each other. It is common in erotic literature to find a bonding of the flesh (else it wouldn't be erotic!), but not necessarily a bonding of the hearts. As the reader you have no doubts that Max and Christina are in love, and better yet, you've been given enough depth into their characters to understand why. What brings this book into four heart range for me, however, is the well developed and at times quite suspenseful plot. Christina is not a free woman. Max wants to be with her forever. In order to come together and stay that way the heroine must go through some pretty heady stuff. I found that once I reached the last half of the book I simply couldn't put it down. The only complaint I have with the novel as a whole is that during the book's first half the sex scenes began to drag a bit. If one is going to read back to back lovemaking escapades it helps the pacing tremendously if there is a tad bit more variety than what Tempting offers. Conversely, however, I didn't find this to be the case later on as Johnson delves into everything from light bondage to the we-could-be-caught-at-any-moment-so-let's-make-this-count scenario. Overall, Tempting is a great

Johnson's writing tempts readers

Aficionados of Susan Johnson's erotic novels will not be disappointed with her latest offering TEMPTING. Her style is bold ,prurient yet poignantly so when she narrates the struggle of Princess Christina of Zeiss with a loveless marriage to the Prince Hans in Silesia. She decides to gamble when she could no longer endure her husband's infidelity. It is where the gorgeous Max Falconer, Marquis of Vale sweeps in and introduce her to a passion of a lifetime. Billed as an erotic novel, TEMPTING shows Susan Johnson at her best after BRAZEN - the intimacy, the sensuality edged in the dialogue and foreplay of Max and Christina sizzles and Ms. Johnson narrates with an undertone of injustice to Christina that makes us feel for her emotional imprisonment and the triumph over her decision to escape propriety and chance upon love with Max. Overwrought with difficulties and the concern for her children, the love between Christina and Max is tested and eventually strengthens. TEMPTING, with the lyrical prose and incendiary sex scenes, is a simple tale of choice between desire and obligations. Written with heart and empathy, TEMPTING is lusciously inviting and it is achingly so - especially for those tempting hearts.

A steaming, izzling , spicey, and hot work of erotica

In 1892 England, Princess Christina Gray is angry with her spouse Prince Hans of the Germanic principality of Selisia for his blatant love affair. When visiting American Max Falconer, Lord Vale asks Christina to go horseback riding, she accepts, mostly out of anger with her philandering husband.However, to her shock, Max and Christine make love. They soon disappear from sight by hiding at his English estate for two weeks of sex and love. When they finally return to London, an outraged Hans threatens Christine using their two boys as a blackmailing weapon to make her tow the mark. Hans and Christine return to Selisia with Max, in love with her, following them. Max worries about her safety even as he knows that she will never leave Hans without her two beloved children.Multiple award winner and best selling author Susan Johnson shows why many readers consider her the "queen of erotic romance" with TEMPTING, a novel that requires asbestos gloves. The story line is loaded with two types of action: sexual and adventurous. Though Hans appears more like a nineteenth century villainous Grinch, Christina is a wonderful caring heroine and Max cuts quite the figure as a scrumptious hunk. The excessive use of profanity will turn off some readers, but those fans of the triple XXX ultra torrid tale will gain much pleasure (in a wide sense) from Ms. Johnson's latest treasure.Harriet Klausner