Fires of Paradise (Bragg Saga Series) Book

The only reason I even gave this one star is because I had to.

I found this book very trashy, as I'm coming to realize most of Brenda Joyce's books are. There are always these comments slammed in there about the guys' pasts. It's enough to know that he's not a virgin, not by a long shot, but when you sneak in these comments about all the whores he's been with, it's unnecessary and it's disgusting.

That's bad enough, but in this book she actually goes so far as to have him have sex with the Mexican woman he's living with. Her son, which was surprisingly from another man (thank God for small favors), also lives there, but he calls 'ol Shoz papa. How sweet.

Lucy has sex with him the first day she sees him, which was trashy. He goes out of his way to be mean and cruel to her repeatedly throughout the whole book. I'm not sure if that was supposed to be viewed as charming from the reader, but I can tell you I didn't find anything about him charming.

Then he goes home to his home, and he and Lucy have had some sort of fight, so they're on the outs. The boy comes running out and calls him Papa, and the Mexican woman is there, presumably his wife. Lucy is a tinsy bit put out by this, not enough to leave, mind you. Oh no, she stays inside the house and is sitting idly by while she suspects they're having sex in their room.

And she's actually right!

I almost couldn't believe my eyes when he rolls over and just has sex with that tramp as if there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. But, to make it not so bad, he's picturing her as Lucy. Well that just makes everything A-okay, doesn't it?

I should have quit the book when I first wanted to, oh, about the time in the beginning when I realized he was just teaching the spoiled brat a lesson.

I won't be reading another one of Brenda Joyce's books, because after reading several of them I'm coming to realize her books and these "virile" men just come hand in hand.