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Whitefire
Whitefire
Author: Fern Michaels
She possesses the courage and beauty of her wild Cossack ancestors. Now Katrina is on a vengeance quest against the marauders who destroyed her village and sole her priceless snow-white horses in the name of the mad czar. Nor will she rest until she has killed the man who dared to take her innocence. — Never does she dream that it is her irresist...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780821756386
ISBN-10: 0821756389
Publication Date: 5/1/1997
Pages: 351
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 33 ratings
Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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susyclemens avatar reviewed Whitefire on + 158 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
I had some problems with this book. The hero rapes the heroine. It's not sugarcoated in any way, shape or form -- he pulls her off a horse & just does it. The heroine then has to overcome her feelings of shame & guilt. Plus she has to conceal the crime, because her Cossack clan values virginity and she doesn't want to be cast out. The hero then has to redeem himself in her eyes (and mine, the reader's!)

While I thought the author was successful in relaying the heroine, Katrina's pain & her grief about the rape (and there is a great scene where she confesses what was done to her to her dying grandfather), I didn't think the author was successful in making Banyan, the hero, redeem himself fully for the rape, at least in my eyes. It was a difficult read for me, because, besides the rape of the heroine by the hero, there is also "TMI" about Ivan the Terrible's sexual depravities.

It's a book that will mean different things to different readers, but for THIS reader, I wish I hadn't read it. Granted, it was written in 1978 so there was a different style for romance novels back then. I wouldn't say Fern Michaels is a bad writer, but, I'm glad this type of romance novel went out the window in the '90's.
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Marlor1949 avatar reviewed Whitefire on + 78 more book reviews
Wonderful!
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16th century Russia, Reign of Ivan The Terrible
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She possesses the courage and beauty of her wild Cossack ancestors. Now Katerina is on a vengenance quest against the marauders who destroyed her village in 16th century Russia. They also stole her priceless snow white horses in the name of Ivan, the mad Czar. Nor will she rest until she has killed the man who dared to take her innocence.
Never does she dream that it is her irresistible seducer - a proud Mongol prince - who will help her avenge her people and reclaim her horses. Together, they harness the fires of fury and passion tha consume them. And, together, they forge a destiny as magnificent as the land and the love that is their glorious heritage.


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