3 ½ stars. I liked it. It was enjoyable. Therapist helps an injured man build muscles and walk again.STORY BRIEF:Dione was raped at 18 and fears intimacy and love. She hasn’t been with a man since (12 years). She works as a physical therapist with one patient at a time, living with them for months, helping them build and regain the use of their bodies. Blake was a successful engineer who was injured in a mountain climbing accident. He has been in a wheelchair for two years. He has no will to live, doesn’t eat, and will die if he doesn’t change. His brother-in-law hires Dione to help Blake. She moves in and motivates him by making him angry. She oversees everything in his life, his food, his sleep, his exercise. They end up helping each other heal and falling in love along the way.REVIEWER’S OPINION:This is one of Linda Howard’s early novels, and it’s on the short side. It isn’t as good as her later works, but it’s ok. Blake is a powerful successful man who gives up rather than fight to recover, which may not be realistic. I wasn’t thrilled with Dione’s reason for leaving Blake. She inaccurately assumed he didn’t love her. I enjoyed reading about the healing process through diet, massage and exercise.DATA:Story length: 242 pages. Swearing language: mild. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 5. Total number of sex scene pages: 17. Setting: 1984 mostly Phoenix, Arizona area. Copyright: 1984. Genre: contemporary romance, paraplegic romance.
Desperte Comigo.Linda Howard.H.R. Romance 67.2012.A Linda Howard nunca me decepcionou, os textos dela são sempre elaborados e coerentes, não há do que reclamar. É uma garantia de uma ótima leitura e entretenimento.Amei cada linha de Desperte Comigo, emocionante, revelador e principalmente romântico. Mocinho perdido em resentimentos e dor, não quer fazer fisioterapia para voltar a andar. Mocinha linda, sensual e fisioterapeuta. Perdida em falsas ideias e traumas do passado. A irmã e o cunhado junto com as empregadas do mocinho são figuras a parte. É ótimo e ao mesmo tempo é lindo. As descobertas que o casal vão fazer juntos, o medo, depois, vão se permitir amar outra vez. É maravilhoso...ADORO!!!RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!!
What do You think about Come Lie With Me (1999)?
Paralyzed in a mountain climbing accident two years ago, Blake Remington has lost his will to live. Physical therapist Dione Kelly has looked at his case and believes she can make him walk again. But in helping Blake regain his ability to walk, Dione faces her own vulnerabilities and starts to heal herself.I really enjoyed the first 200 pages of this book. But then the heroine decided that the hero didn't know his own mind. She thought he was just infatuated with her and would quickly lose interest. I wanted to slap her. That made the last 50 pages of the book very slow reading. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
—Robin
I really enjoyed reading this book. It's obvious; mean and stubborn Hero and heroine with actual backbone who dare to defy him? The best. I laughed a lot and I truly enjoyed the minor drama even though it's minor, it's deep I felt it straight to my core. Blake is an a$$hole, but I perfectly understand why he become one. I'm so proud at Dione for not cowering in fear when he starts yelling and throwing things. She's the best. It's been a while since I read Linda Howard's book and somehow this book bring back my mood and I so gonna read more after this. <3
—Amanda Sheila
Author: Linda HowardFirst published: 1984Length: 3071 locations (kindle)Setting: Contemporary, Phoenix.Sex: Explicit. Frequent but not until the end.Hero: Businessman who enjoys extreme sports.Heroine: Physical Therapist.Triggers: (view spoiler)[Heroine was abused and raped by her husband, abused by her alcoholic mother, lived on the streets before she was 10. (hide spoiler)]
—Cruth
