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Dear Mr. Bonnamy,
My fellow reviewers know I’m always on the lookout for historical romances that utilize the rare and unusual setting. “Hero, the Amazon” certainly does that as well as give us an Amazon for a lead character. It’s filled with adventures centered not only in and around the Mediterranean but also ranging as far as prehistoric Britain. But I have to be honest and say that it’s not what the typical female romance reader is probably looking for.
Did Amazons really exist? Lots of characters in the novel are surprised to meet one and more than one states s/he thought Amazons were only a legend. I think you do a great job of portraying how one might have acted and what her background could have been. Hero is proud of her heritage, her training and her abilities yet she also accepts the reality that she was captured in battle and has now been a slave for a decade. Life as a slave isn’t great but she’s adapted, works hard, follows the rules and has hopes for the future.
She knows she was lucky to escape death after raising …
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