Search - Heart of Honor (Heart, Bk 1)

I usually like Martin's work, but this was simply one of the worst books I've ever attempted to read. I failed. One of only 3 books in my life that I couldn't finish. This one was just not my cup of tea.

From Publishers Weekly
Martin's latest romance, a convoluted Victorian frolic, is sure to test readers' suspension of disbelief, as well as their patience. Though she's the editor of a gazette devoted to women's cultural and economic issues, Krista Hart's powerful grandfather regularly reminds her that her real duty is to provide the family a male heir—and a suitable courtier, the handsome, educated Matthew Carton, has just made his intentions apparent. Then Krista and her mischievous friend, Coralee, visit the circus, where they find a huge, gibbering, unkempt man named Leif caged as a sideshow attraction. Thanks to her father, who happens to be a scholar of Viking culture, Krista recognizes Leif's shouts as Norse, and learns that he's the sole survivor of a shipwreck hailing from an isolated island where Vikings still live in the old ways. Krista's father rescues Leif and brings him home, eager to teach Leif the English language and customs in exchange for his firsthand Viking knowledge. Leif immediately claims Krista as "his woman," indulges in crude behavior and finally abducts Krista in hopes of taking her back to his island. Though some readers might be turned off by Leif's heavy-handed domination and Krista's tepid reproaches—a throwback to the genre's old-fashioned days—it's Leif's unconvincing transformation from rough 16th-century Viking to 19th-century English gentleman as well as Martin's overwrought prose and distracting repetition that make the romance vet's latest a disappointment. (Jan.)
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Good book. Regency era. Beginning of a new triolgy from Kat Martin.
Recommended read for HEA

Very attention grabbing all the way through!

I don't get the bad reviews. This was a fun read! Something different and I enjoyed it very much. This was my first Kat Martin book and I was unsure if I should read it do to the ho hum reviews but I liked the original idea. Yes many things just happened to fall together a little to easily but this is fiction folks!!!

love the book,i'm working on reading all of kat martin's book, i went on her website to get a list of all her books and thru paperbackswap i'm reading them all