Harlot (Bartered Hearts Book 2), by Victoria Dahl
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Harlot (Bartered Hearts Book 2), by Victoria Dahl
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An erotic historical romance HE CAME HOME TO MARRY AN ANGEL... After two years of work in the gold fields of California, Caleb Hightower has come home to marry his childhood sweetheart, Jessica Willoughby. But when he returns, Caleb learns his refined bride-to-be is now a whore. Enraged by her betrayal, he can’t reconcile this shameless woman with the sweet innocent he once deeply loved--but Caleb knows what to do with a harlot. He’s determined to get everything from her that she’s sold to other men. And he’s prepared to pay for the pleasure of his revenge. BUT ALL HE FOUND WAS SIN... Left penniless after her father’s death, Jess made a deal with a devil. Now she must face her first love, whose scorn is no match for her regret. To make amends, she’ll let Caleb quench his rage with her body. Their bargain strips them down to searing passion and naked vulnerability, and Jess can still glimpse her loving Caleb buried deep inside this rough cowboy. In the end, an unbearable truth emerges that could push them toward forgiveness…or could destroy their fragile bond forever. Note: HARLOT contains explicit sex and very graphic language.
Harlot (Bartered Hearts Book 2), by Victoria Dahl- Amazon Sales Rank: #76256 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-26
- Released on: 2015-10-26
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "This book is erotica in its truest form..." -Seasuras.com on Harlot Best of 2015, A grade. "Dahl excels at writing heartbreak and dialogue, and I spent the entirety of this story having my guts ripped out." -Super Librarian Wendy, Romance Writers of America 2011 Librarian of the Year"If you're interested in a quick, hot read that packs an emotional punch, pick up Harlot immediately. Read it with a glass of whiskey at the ready." -Beverages and Books on Harlot"Victoria Dahl never fails to bring the heat."-RT Book Reviews on Too Hot To Handle"Dahl's romances succeed because she is fearless in creating quirky, touchingly unique characters whose love affairs are anything but predictable." -RT Book Reviews on Flirting with Disaster
About the Author Victoria Dahl lives with her family in a small town high in the Rocky Mountains. During the summer, she hikes and drinks margaritas (usually not at the same time.) During the winter she likes to curl up with a book and a cup of hot cocoa and think about all those poor, freezing skiers working so hard out in the snow. Victoria has published twenty-eight books and novellas, including three USA Today bestsellers, and several of her books have been nominated for the prestigious RITA Award for excellence in the romance genre. Whether she's working or relaxing, you can find Victoria on Twitter (@VictoriaDahl) being inappropriate twenty-four hours a day.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Flawed, but almost worth it for the grovel By Clio Reads Yesterday, I read the prequel novella to this book, Angel. It was free, and in my brief review, I said that it had done it's job: I intended to read on in the series. Harlot is the next installment, and it was a fast read, and a not entirely satisfying one. At 123 pages, it's longer than a novella but not by much, and I think the brevity was part of my disappointment: there was not a lot of room for character development or anything but a pretty basic story arc.Harlot is set in the American West (Colorado) in 1875. Caleb loved Jessica, the town doctor's daughter, his whole life, but he felt he had to make something of himself before he could offer for her, so he went to California for two years to seek his fortune in the gold rush. He came home having done so, only to find that in his absence, Jessica became the town harlot. Furious, Caleb offered her $25 to be his whore for the week.Of course, it's clear to the reader from the start that Jessica only did what she did out of desperation, so Caleb's fury -- especially since he didn't keep himself pure in California, either -- is pretty offensive. Toward the end of the story, Jess finally points out this hypocrisy, and to his credit, Caleb gets what an ass he's been and makes a pretty good grovel, but I found it very tough to get in his corner until then.I've noticed in reading Victoria Dahl's contemporary romances that her sex scenes are often not my cuppa, and that was true here as well. A lot of Dahl's stories, as here, cater to a humiliation kink -- where the man calls the woman "slut" and other offensive names, and does things with the express intent of degrading her, and she gets off on it. I understand that that turns some peoples' crank, but to me it's like a dousing in ice water: it totally pulls me out of the scene and turns me off. So, I didn't like the smexy parts much.I was also disappointed by where Angel's protagonists, Bill and Melisande, end up. They are still together and in love, but I hoped for a happier happy ending for them.In the end, this book didn't totally work for me, but if, like me, romances with prostitute protagonists are your catnip, or if you enjoy a good grovel, you might want to check Harlot out anyway.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Quick and Engrossing By Mandy So much fun!! I bought this based on Dahl’s super funny tweets. Make me laugh at eggplant emoticon penis jokes and my heart and wallet is yours! I even forgive you for giving me a complex about my purple hair. It’s not to keep people at arm’s length, but because pink does NOT go well with my skin tone. ;-)Right. The book. Caleb left his childhood sweetheart, Jess, at home while he earned enough money to start their lives together. Two years later, he returns to find that she’s become a whore living on the edge of town. Jess, without Caleb’s support, had to make some hard choices. Where does that leave them? See! Fun premise!I really like Dahl’s sex scenes. They just keep getting better and better. Here, sex isn’t just lust driven insta-chemistry sex. The sex is power, control, angst, redemption, punishment, and forgiveness. Yeah, and a healthy dose of lust, too. Hooray!For an entire book with forgiveness as a huge theme, I actually enjoyed it. I know. This is shocking everyone who knows my hard stance of never ever forgiving anyone…even completely fictional characters in books. I was actually fine with Caleb and Jess getting a happily ever after!I’m not thrilled with the novella length. The relationship definitely felt rushed. I think it’s so hard for authors to successfully cram backstories, strong secondary characters, and character growth in the limited word counts of novellas. This would have been a five star book! More books please!The only other thing that wasn’t perfect was when Caleb calls it rape. I need my GoodReads friends to pick this up so we can discuss. I may even force the husband to read it while I wait for you all to get moving. So, read it already!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I give Harlot a deeply rooted 3.5 stars. By Samantha Pereira I found this novel, like the last few I've read, to be a bit rushed. Maybe it's just me but that's what it felt like. I did, however, love the premise of this novel. After reading it I loved the undertone of empowering females especially placing it in a time when women really didn't have much power regardless of race, social class, and so forth.Caleb and Jess had young love but that wasn't enough for Jess to hold onto the belief that he would be back for her. Jess did what she had to do in order to survive with the death of her father, the debts he left behind, and having nothing and no one to rely on but herself. She sold off her virginity and was thus branded a harlot by the same people she knew all her life.Caleb comes back into town and finds he was deceived by his step-father, Jess hadn't moved on with another man but was selling herself instead. Caleb is angry and tells Jess he'll pay for what she's given to others. His anger gives way to flood his system with how much he cares for her. He begins to get the answers he needed and the truth of the situation falls into place.The two lovers tangle together and Caleb does whatever he can to have her with him. He wants to marry her but he'll take whatever she's willing to give him because he loves her. There's a moment where Jess tells him she had sex involving money because she needed the money to survive while men have sex with whoever they want and aren't viewed as less than anyone. In that moment the reality of being a woman left with nothing seeps into Caleb and he's a genuinely good man because he is able to see it from a different perspective. In a time when women were more property and baby makers than anything, Caleb is able to realize how unfair society is and how he wrongly treated Jess after learning she was no longer a virgin and sold her body in order to survive.
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