Heaven's Price

[vintageromancereader]

His strong callused but gentle hands kneaded the muscles in her legs that had allowed her to dance like a vision before her injury. Blair Simpson had enclosed herself in the magnificent fortress of her dancing, and no man had ever breached the walls of her heart, but Sean Garrett was determined to love her anyway. His touch ignited fireworks that lit up the heavens and shamed the star-streaked Long Island skies. Blair's body, which had never betrayed her before, begged for Sean's tender but impassioned caresses. In his arms she came to understand the emotions behind her dancing. But could she afford the high price if love?

Original Publisher: Bantam
Original Year of Publication: 1983
Page Count: 181

It would've been better if the hero hadn't been a controlling, pawing, lecherous asshole who was willing to take "no" for an answer. Of course the heroine (1) was a 30-year-old virgin, because her only other boyfriend was a secretly gay man and eventually killed himself, and (2) gave up her career for the hero even after he'd told her not to bother hobbling back to him after she permanently ruined her knees. She had a bit of strength of character, but fell into the same trap that all 80s-era heroines fall into: they are only considered worthy of the hero's love if they become totally submissive to him.

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Comments

[impy]

You can't see my face at that quote but I bet you can imagine the WTF expression. Why... would you think, yes, this I shall put in my book? I could see someone saying it but sometimes fiction must know when to walk back away from reality.


I need to lie down at the thought of Francine being the progressive choice. To the fainting couch!