Jayne Ann Krentz
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.83 | 2485 Users | 69 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Gift of Gold |
| ISBN: | 0446363812 (ISBN13: 9780446363815) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Gift #1 |
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Destiny found them, and rapture, wild and free, opened their hearts...As she fled to safety in the dark of the Mexican night, Verity Ames could not see the man who had saved her from attack... but he was determined to see her again. Two months later, Jonas Quarrel appeared at her California restaurant. He was a scholar--looking for work as a dishwasher! Yet the stranger on her doorstep was also a man with a special gift and a hidden mission. What was the subtle, mysterious power he exuded? How and why had he found her? All Verity knew was that his lips burned hers, awakening a passion far beyond her fantasies . . . and that soon, she and Jonas would have to face the secret fury that threatened their love.
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| Title | : | Gift of Gold (Gift #1) |
| Author | : | Jayne Ann Krentz |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1993 by Warner Books (first published January 1st 1988) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Contemporary Romance. Fantasy. Paranormal. Contemporary. Romantic Suspense. Paranormal Romance. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 2485 Users | 69 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books Gift of Gold (Gift #1)
Author: Jayne Ann KrentzFirst published: 1988Length: 373 pages, 5562 kindle locationsSetting: Contemporary.Sex: Very explicit. Very frequent.Hero: Dishwasher. Former Historian.Heroine: Restaurant owner.Paranormal: psychometryTrigger: Violent rape.Includes: excerpt from Gift of FireYou can see the Krentz/Castle/Quick of future books.Our strong, independent, slightly naive heroine is finding her feet. She has a tendency to come off as tyrannical and shrewish (as Krentz tells us over and overSomewhere in this book there is a cute story about a restaurant owner and her romance with her -- I was about to write "dishwasher" but that makes it sound like she's having a thing with a large kitchen appliance. Try again. This is a dreadful book that could have been cute. Instead it is glopped up with a bunch of nonsense about the Renaissance and psychic corridors and all kinds of random stuff with an artist, to say nothing of the poetry which I started skipping over because it is too
Krentz at Her BestVerify Ames was preparing for the dinner crowd when a knock came at the door of her No Bull Cafe. She thought about not opening it. She was very busy. Whoever was knocking was very persistent. When she answered the door at last, the man standing there said he was applying for the dishwashing job. This man, who called himself Jonas Quarrel was no dishwasher, Verify was certain. She was very uncertain about hiring him. Jonas was not going to let her deny him. After all, he had
An earlier Krentz novel that has the feel of her later books, but suffers from the attitudes of the time. The hero and heroine are both very likeable and engaging, but I grew to hate how he treats her. He is so demeaning and constantly puts her down, making her question herself. And she is inexperienced enough in relationships that she lets his snide remarks get to her. This book has an early version of the psychometry that shows up in some of Krentz's later books. It is less well defined, and I
An incredibly bad book by an author who's not know for brilliant works (to me). Her world (always the same) lacks any foundation or any other tract. But honestly world building is not the reasons people read her books. Neither are plots, I fear.But alas neither these 2 points, while both true here, are the main reason why this book was painful to read. Characters were. I don't think I have ever read a book where all characters, and I mean all, were despicable, before Gift of Gold. None was
2.5 Stars rounded up to 3 Stars. Having read Jayne Ann Krentz's The Arcane Society Series I was interested in exploring one of her earlier works. I was comfortable with the paranormal psychic plot with a side of romance along with the storyline being engaging, however my problem with the story lay solely with the main female character Verity. Her shrewishness was just too much over the top for me. Reading her dialogue gave me a visceral feeling akin to hearing fingernails scratching a
All I have to say is that I'd forgotten how sexist some of those early Krentz heroes could be.
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