Book Review: Twin Passions by Miriam Minger

Author: Miriam Minger

Title: Twin Passions

Series: Captive Brides Book #1

Genre: Historical Romance

Format: ebook

Pages: 406

Published: November 1, 1988

Where I got It: My shelf (Amazon)

Summary: 

Anora finds her wedding plans suddenly shattered when she and her identical twin, tomboyish Gwendolyn, are kidnapped and taken aboard a Viking ship. While the handsome captain mistakes Gwendolyn for a boy and appoints her his servant, Anora captures his heart and he vows to have her. To preserve her sister's virtue, Gwendolyn initiates a dangerous game. Will the twins be rescued before Gwendolyn surrenders to her own passion?

Review:

This was a freebie on Amazon so why not?

Anora and Gwendolyn are kidnapped and taken aboard a Viking ship. While there the captain mistakes Gwendolyn for a boy and appoints her as his servant while he tries to capture the heart of Anora. Anora's heart belongs to another, so Gwendolyn will initiate a dangerous game. However, she can't help but be attracted to the dangerous Viking. Will rescue come before Gwendolyn loses her heart and surrenders to her own passion?

Bleh. Gah. I just could not get into this one. I doubt that Gwendolyn could keep the secret of her womanhood as long as she did. It's a small ship and the servants and soldiers would have noticed her. It's not a camp where she can skaddle off. Tight quarters and all. 

Also, our captain was a bit too blood thirsty and too alpha-y for my liking. Don't get me twisted. I love a good man's man, blood-thirsty male (*fans self*) but it rubbed me the wrong way. This is an 80s HR so the vibe is different I think. 

But yeah. Not for me, but I finished this because I wanted to see how it ended. Morbid curiosity? I'll admit I skimmed QUITE a bit during the middle bits to just get to the ending. 

2 stars from me.