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Rance Burgoyne is not looking to settle down,
even though it is exactly what his grandmother wishes. He’s too
busy being the classic bachelor with all his friends. His interest
in Patience is sparked at their first meeting.
Patience Hartford is a widow, and determined to
find some true passion. Her late husband, an older man, left her
craving a true passionate encounter. She returns home to England
from India, where she lived with her husband. Upon meeting Rance at
a party, she decides he’s just the man to fulfill her dreams.
The two begin an affair strictly for the
pleasure. But they both end up with stronger feelings, and yet are
to afraid to express them. While their affair is
on-again-off-again, both develop further feelings during their time
apart.
A Reckless Affair was not at all
what I expected it to be. With the addition of Rance’s friends,
there was comedic relief. A host of things happened to Rance and
Patience that marked their relationship in good and bad ways. There
is one certain event that was a turning point, to me, and the
beginning of the end of their hidden feelings. Patience is a truly
passionate woman who was disappointed in her sexual experiences with
her husband and therefore set out to discover just what she was
missing, and Rance delivered. While their love scenes were steamy
and left me craving more, some of their communications seemed
detached. As a whole their relationship was rushed. What started
as a simple affair turned into something more in a quick amount of
time. A Reckless Affair just didn’t do it for me; I
felt as if something was lacking from Rance and Patience’s
relationship. The love scenes were just not enough to keep me
satisfied with the overall romance and the rest of the story.
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