Forbidden Jewel of India (Herriard, #1)

Posted on 14 January 2018 by Louise Allen

To Obey His Duty Is To Deny His HeartAnusha Laurens is in danger The daughter of an Indian princess and an English peer, she s the perfect pawn in the opulent courts of Rajasthan Even so, she will not return to the father who rejected her.Arrogant angrezi Major Nicholas Herriard is charged with bringing the alluring princess safely to her new life in Calcutta Nick s mission is to protect, to serve but under the searing Indian sun an initial attraction unfurls into a forbidden temptation.This beautiful, impossible princess tests the very limits of his honor especially when Nick is left with only one option to keep Anusha safe marriage. But the fast flowing waters of the Ganges determine a different fate, and duty may separate them forever. Best Download [ Forbidden Jewel of India (Herriard, #1) ] author [ Louise Allen ] – kino-fada.fr Louise Allen has become an auto buy author for me, her books always end up on my keeper shelf as she delivers a vast story filled with rich history in a small package Placing her reader in India in the late 1700 s, Anusha Laurens the daughter of an India princess and English peer is in danger of the conflicts of the courts of Rajasthan Anusha is stuck between worlds not knowing where she truly belongs after her father rejected her and her mother when his wife returned She s evenconfli Louise Allen has become an auto buy author for m...3,5 en realidad Me ha gustado mucho este libro Me enganch desde el principio por su originalidad y la trama no ha deca do en ning n momento Se lee en un periquete.Es una novela corta por lo que me esperaba que igual el romance fuese precipitado pero no, esta llevado de una forma perfecta y pausada Me ha encantado lo mucho que la autora se ha documentado antes de escribir sobre el tema de las relaciones entre los indios y los ingleses y el que haya introducido palabras del hindi me ha enamor 3,5 en realidad Me ha gustado mucho este libro Me enganch desde el principio por su originalidad y la trama no ha deca do en ning n momento Se lee en un periquete.Es una novela corta por lo que me esperaba que igual el romance fuese precipitado pero no, esta llevado de una forma perfecta y pausada Me ha encantado lo mucho que la autora se ha documentado antes de escribir sobre el tema de las relaciones entre los indios y los ingleses y el que haya introducido palabras del hindi me ha ...Louise Allen is, in my opinion, one of the strongest of the Harlequin Mills Boon Historical authors, and I ve always found her romances to be well written and strongly characterised Category books tend to be shorter than mainstream ones, but Ms Allen is very good at getting straight to the heart of the story and into the heads of her characters and Forbidden Jewel of India is no exception.Anusha Laurens is the daughter of Sir George Laurens, a merchant of the East India Company, and his I Louise Allen is, in my opinion, one of the strongest of the Harlequin Mills Boon Historical authors, and I ve always found her romances to be well written and strongly characterised Category books tend to be shorter than mainstream ones, but Ms Allen is very good at getting straight to the heart of the story...4 stars.This was my first book by author Louise Allen and I enjoyed it.Firstly, I admit that I love Bollywood movies and that I loved that the author utilized and italicized the Hindustani words that are now in common English use i.e., champo shampoo , pajama, etc That s to my interest and my taste so, I am her target audience, here What I especially liked was the sweep and scope of the adventure I didn t think that it broke new ground the same story could have been and...Grade D This one sat in my TBR queue for months because I had Significant Book Anxiety I want to love any and every romance set in India, but the cover and description made methan a little wary This book is, unfortunately, a solid example of exoticizing the other In her author s note, Allen describes her recent trip to India with enthusiasm, and it s obvious that she reveres the history and culture, but the authorial or maybe editorial choices of which bits to include didn t work Grade D This one sat in my TBR queue for months because I had Significant Book Anxiety I want to love any and every romance set in India, but the cover and description made methan a little wary This book is, unfortunately, a solid example of exoticizing the other In her author s note, Allen describes her recent trip to India with enthusiasm, and it s obvious that she reveres the history and culture, but the authorial or maybe editorial choices of which bits to include didn t work for me at all There are several gratuitous references to sati ritual suicides, a superfluous scene featuring a Shiva lingam statue, a king cobra attack, and excessive use of Hindi words for fashion and furniture that served no purpose other than to show off the author s research.In addition, the romance left me cold, the hero was t...When I saw there was a romance that took place in INDIA, I was so excited I love reading stories in different countries and time periods, and I know very little about British Imperial rule in India The saving grace to this book was the way Allen described the countryside and way of life in India That was interesting I felt like she crammed a lot in, and it worked However, I was super disappointed with the heroine, Anusha As a mixed race individual, she doesn t feel like she belongs anywher When I saw there was a romance that took place in INDIA, I was so excited I love reading stories in different countries and time periods, and I know very little about British Imperial rule in India The saving grace to this book was the way Allen described the countryside and way of life in India That was interesting I felt like she crammed a lot in, and it worked However, I was super disappointed with the heroine, Anusha As a mixed race individual, she doesn t feel like she belongs anywhere Fair She s adamant that she is both English and Indian, and that s a constant struggle, which is interesting and relatable That was all thrown away at the end because Anusha was just sooooo happy to be with Nick that she didn t care if people cut her hair, changed her clothes, or made her walk a certain way By the end of the novel, we lost Anusha, and her most defining feature was that she loved Nick B...Este es un libro m s de romance, sin nada nuevo que aportar al g nero.Lo nico que me lleg a gustar fue Anusha y la ambientaci n en la India.It was different being set in India but I really enjoyed it Can t wait to move on to the next one.A sumptuously written tale simmering with exotic splendor illicit desires and secret passions, Forbidden Jewel of India is an enthralling and engrossing historical romance from the immensely gifted pen of award winning author Louise Allen Anusha Laurens has spent most of her life sheltered and cossetted in her uncle s luxurious palace in Rajasthan The illegitimate daughter of an Indian princess and an English nobleman, Anusha still bears the scars of her father s devastating betrayal Anusha ha A sumptuously written tale simmering with exotic splendor illicit desires and secret passions, Forbidden Jewel of India is an enthralling and engrossing historical romance from the immensely gifted pen of award winning author Louise Allen Anusha Laurens has spent most of her life sheltered and cossetted in her uncle s luxurious palace in Rajasthan The illegitimate daughter of an Indian princess and an English nobleman, Anusha still bears the scars of her father s devastating betrayal Anusha has never managed to forgi...3.5 stars Forbidden Jewel of India is historical romance that takes place in the early years of the East India Company I didn t know this until reading this book and the historical note in the back of the book but back in the beginning of the East India Company, the men working for the company were encouraged to sort of integrate themselves in with the people that they were working with in India and to really learn about the culture of the country Sometimes the employees of the East India C 3.5 stars Forbidden Jewel of India is historical romance that takes place in the early years of the East India Company I didn t know this until reading this book and the historical note in the back of the book but back in the beginning of the East India Company, the men working for the company were encouraged to sort of integrate themselves in with the people that they were working with in India and to really learn about the culture of the country Sometimes the employees of the East India Company even married Indians in order to understand the countryIt wasn t until later that the English and the Indians kept to themselvesIt was really fascinating to hear about this earlier history of the company The back story made the setting especially interesting You get a great sense of what it must have been like to live in India during the late 1700s You can feel the heat You can see the...

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14 January 2018

Louise Allen