The Wolf and the Dove

Posted on 19 March 2017 by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

The WolfNoble Aislinn grieves as the Iron Wolf and his minions storm through her beloved Darkenwald And she burns with malice for the handsome Norman savage who would enslave her.even as she aches to know the rapture of the conqueror s kiss. The DoveFor the first time ever, mighty Wulfgar has been vanquished and by a bold and beautiful princess of Saxon blood He must have the chaste, sensuous enchantress who is sworn to his destruction And he will risk life itself to nurture with tender passion a glorious union born in the blistering heat of hatred and war. Best Read [ The Wolf and the Dove ] by [ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Appalling The worst medieval romance I have ever read The Wolf and the Dove starts in 1066 as William has invaded England and the conquering Normans take control of the Saxons and their lands I d go into the plot in detail, but so many other reviewers have already done so I don t see the need to rehash it again What I want to address are the many many things I found wrong with this book, I m not a history major but I thought that after conquering England William inter married the Norman an Appalling The worst medieval romance I have ever read The Wolf and the Dove starts in 1066 as William has invaded England and the conquering Normans take control of the Saxons and their lands I d go into the plot in detail, but so many other reviewers have already done so I don t see the need to rehash it again What I want to address are the many many things I found wrong with this book, I m not a history major but I thought that after conquering England William inter married the Norman and Saxon nobility to ensure a harmonious transition, but Lady Aislinn is turned into a slave to be used at Wolfgar s whim Not only that, but when he brings his slave mistress to London he takes her to court and presents her to William Aislinn is eighteen years old, that s right eighteen years old, beautiful, educated, intelligent and unmarried Eighteen years old and unmarried when girls were married at fourteen and fifteen, and ...3 6 2013 Re read with my local book groupThe Wolf and the Dove is Kathleen Woodiwiss s second novel written It s a rather lengthy Viking Historical with over 500 pages, all of which I devoured as I enjoyed a re read with my local book peeps While I was happy to find it s still among my all time favorites, I realize this book may not work for others Woodiwiss is well known for taking the romance genre into the bedroom in 1972 Still you will not find explicit sex scenes The Wolf and the Dov 3 6 2013 Re read with my local book groupThe Wolf and the Dove is Kathleen Woodiwiss s second novel written It s a rather lengthy Viking Historical with over 500 pages, all of which I devoured as I enjoyed a re read with my local book peeps While I was happy to find it s still among my all time favorites, I realize this book may not work for others Woodiwiss is well known for taking the romance genre into the bedroom in 1972 Still you ...Ever read a book where you wished you could rescue a character and give them the story that their awesomeness deserves That was the case with Wulfgar in this meandering mess of a medieval.Poor Wulfiemy poor, noble alpha Wulfie Worse heroes like rape ape Garth McClellan Savage Surrender got a rollicking joyride that never let up on the thrills and derring do, and the cipher Giles St Talvert The Last Carnival is in a romance so well executed with ...Title in German Der Wolf und die TaubeThis was the first book I ever read by Kathleen E Woodiwiss and its still my most loved one The story between Aislinn the daughter of a Saxon baron and Wulfgar a Norman and how they came to love each other in a time of war, conquest and upheaval makes me still sighing happily and my eyes suspiciously bright Wulgar is my epitome of a noble knight, kind and strong, tender and yet a great warrior and I almost fell instantly in ...I think there is a point in most women s lives where they have read trashy romance novels For me, it was my junior and senior years in high school and my freshmen year of college I had a friend in high school who actually had to hide such books in her underwear drawer Her mother would ve flipped out We pretty much read them because of the trashy romance novel sex scenes Except for the Guardian Angel He read Harlequin Romances I m not sure why.And then.And then I read one too many where th I think there is a point in most women s lives where they have read trashy romance novels For me, it was my junior and senior years in high school and my freshmen year of college I had a friend in high school who actually had to hide such books in her underwear drawer Her mother would ve flipped out We pretty much read them because of the trashy romance novel sex scenes Except for the Guardian Angel He read Harlequin Romances I m not sure why.And then.And then I read one too many where the heroine was raped by the romantic lead Admittedly these were books published in ...I was told on Very Good Authority to simply throw in the towel and bail because this book is a big buttload of Nothing Happening My valiant completist side was being sorely tested by pg 136 when I quit Aislinn was bipolar, giggling while tasting the rain right after being dour and bitchy It was as though Woodiwiss had created a coy, disarming, precious character and then threw her into a plot that required conflict, hatred, and some STRENGTH Aislinn had none We only knew that Aislinn was I was told on Very Good Authority to simply throw in the towel and bail because this book is a big buttload of Nothing Happening My valiant completist side was being sorely tested by pg 136 when I quit Aislinn was bipolar, giggling while tasting the rain right after being dour and bitchy It was as though Woodiwiss had created a coy, disarming, precious charac...4 5 RitaWoodiwiss RetoRita2 Pues tambi n me ha gustado mucho como todos los de esta autora.Es una historia muy previsible, la verdad, pero de la Woodiwiss lo compro todo Tambi n hay que pensar que se desarrolla sobre el 1.067 y no sacarlo de contexto temporal Si lo haces posiblemente no te guste.L...One of the best bodice rippers I ever read as a young impressionable womanThere was something about this one that keeps me coming back and rereading it over and over again The story of a dove taming the big, bad wolf.William, the Conqueror, has invaded England to claim his throne A group of men are sent to Darkenwald to secure the land for Wulfgar But instead of negotiating for a peaceful solution, Ragnor incites a battle Aislinn s father and many o...This one had so much potential for greatness, but it dragged on for what seemed like FOREVER, going from one conflict to another and another And in the end, the main original conflict was resolved almost too easily and presented like a gift with a nice little bow which after the long, drawn out story felt unrealistic and hastily put together merely because the story had to end The way I see it, the story was unnecessarily lengthy and a lot the word count could have been better used to create This one had so much potential for greatness, but it dragged o...

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19 March 2017

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss