| No Choice But Seduction: A Malory Novel |  | Author: Johanna Lindsey
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 342626
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
ISBN: 1416537333
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781416537335
ASIN: 1416537333
Publication Date: April 21, 2009 (In 227 Days)
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 Disappointment for a long awaited book. September 4, 2008
I absolutely love the Malory family.
This book was not exciting and definitely not one of Lindsey's best. I felt extremely disappointed after reading it. I waited so long for Lindsey to come out with another one only to be disappointed. But hey every writer has a dud every once in a while. I commend your effort Lindsey and will still always be a faithful fan, you are an extremely good writer. I really enjoy reading all of your older books.
The problem with this one is the characters. Katey is a liar. I dont see any point to her made up stories, it gets to the point of ridiculousness. Yes she is a funny character, but she becomes frustrating. I didnt feel the love between her and Boyd and this was supposed to be a romance.
This review MAY contain spoilers. September 1, 2008
I'll preface this by saying that I'm a big Johanna Lindsey fan in general and have read nearly all of her novels. In particular, I love her Malory family series. Probably my favorite story out of all the Malorys was that of James and his now-wife Georgina. I found myself laughing out loud with that book.
But No Choice But Seduction doesn't fall into that category, unfortunately. In this story, Lindsey chronicles the romance of Boyd Anderson (Georgina's brother and James's brother-in-law) and Katey Tyler. Katey is on a mission to see the world after being reared in a tiny Connecticut town as the youngest resident. Her childhood was rather boring, but her mother recently died, and upon her mother's death, Katey inherited a veritable fortune which could be attributed to Adeline's refusal to touch the money she inherited upon her father's death. Confused yet? Don't worry. It gets worse.
In order to entertain herself, Katey tells "stories." They're really white lies meant to embellish and exaggerate to spice up tiny Gardner's residents' lives. But Katey gladly says goodbye to Gardner when she takes over her newfound fortune and sails for England across the Atlantic. It just so happens that she took passage on Boyd Anderson's ship, The Oceanus.
Boyd is nearly immediately head over heels for Katey while she concocts another embellishment by telling him she's married. So Boyd (being the gentleman he is) stays away from her. But his lust for Katey never truly goes away.
Katey finds herself in a predicament when she rescues Anthony Malory's daughter, Judith, and finds herself thrown into jail. Boyd is indirectly the cause of this, but Katey decides he's entirely responsible and will not let go of her grudge. The Malorys feel indebted to Katey for rescuing Judith and take her in as a newfound family friend. When Boyd asks what he can do to obtain her forgiveness, she irrationally tells him that he must rent his ship out to her so that she can travel the world. Boyd agrees but only if he sails with her since the ship never sails without him. Katey reluctantly agrees.
Along the voyage, Boyd manages to seduce Katey, and the romance finally begins to take shape about halfway through the novel. Lindsey had too many coincidences...one includes how taken Judith was with Katey and then turns out to be her sister. Yes, that's right: Anthony Malory suddenly has a long lost daughter in Katey. Apparently, Anthony had an affair with Adeline in his rakehell days but had intended to marry her. Before he could propose, Adeline discovered she was pregnant, left the country, and then proceeded to have the child and raise her with another man she'd married. Of course, Anthony didn't know any of this.
This novel from Lindsey lacked the humor, steaminess, and sexiness of previous novels. James and Anthony Malory occasionally provide some entertainment as they throw barbs or punches at one another, but for the most part, I found Katey annoying and unlikeable. Her constant childish tendency to hold a grudge and her refusal to be logical at any point in time made her unapproachable as a character. And Boyd's refusal to "bother" Katey with his feelings was annoying as well. He came off as wimpy and, well, not too bright at times.
While I'm glad I read the book if for nothing other than another Malory happily ever after, I wouldn't choose it to read again. It simply isn't worth a second read.
the book girl reviews No Choice But Seduction August 28, 2008
This is a Malory novel, but you don't need to have read the rest of the series to understand what happens in this book. It might help, though, to keep all of the family members straight. (Of course, I have read all of the other books - and still had trouble) This book centers on the brother-in-law of James Malory. Katey, at first, comes across as almost TSTL. She is really just kindhearted and naive. Boyd is your typical man. He sees something pretty and decides to make it his. This book left little to the imagination and seemed to try too hard. The tie-in with the Malory family was overdone (can't really explain without giving the one surprising thing away). I really like Johanna Lindsey's books, but this one was definitely not a favorite.
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 Another Great Lindsey Novel August 27, 2008
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I am a big Lindsey fan and am especially fond of the Malory novels. This book is as good as the others.
No Choice But Seduction August 25, 2008
Okay read but disappointing when compared with other JL stories. Where is the fire that used to exist from the first page. I found myself yawning reading this one. Is it the writer or the editors? Has the original JL become politically incorrect? JL was just going through the motions. How about a book three on the futuristic series. I loved the vikings what about them?
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