The Golden Valkyrie by Iris JohansenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
So, here we are on the 2nd book in Iris Johansen’s Sedikhan Series….and what can I say???
It’s more like a Mills & Boon story…..our feisty heroine, Honey (I kid you not!!) Winston is a PI and is on a job to get incriminating letters for her client from the gorgeous and sexy and zillionaire Prince Rubinoff…oh yes, this is a contemporary novel!!!!
She gets caught and the prince falls under her spell…..okay, she’s this tall and gorgeous women with long flowing white-blonde hair…thus the name Golden Valkyrie…and she’s cheeky too!!!!
The hero….swoon …swoon….is more than what the paparazzi say about him. He’s not really a man-whore…well, let’s just say….this guy sleeps around!!!!! But wait, underneath all that …he’s really a deep and talented artist....and insecure…yes, he’s an incredible painter but is afraid of what the world will think of his work!!!! You don’t believe that’s possible???? Well, neither did I!!!!
But look this is fiction and anything is POSSIBLE!!!!!! Anything is BELIEVABLE!!!!!
So he and his cousin, Alex Ben Rashid, who is also a man-whore with a penchant for red-haired women…he strongly tells Honey that the reason for that is not because of his love for his cousin, Lance…oh that’s Prince Rubinoff’s name (what a naff name for a prince…yes, I know it’s short for Lancelot…what in this day and age!!!!...okay…fiction…fiction..) who has auburn hair…they are not GAY!!!!! The reason Alex likes the red is because he feels safe with Lance!!! What!!!!!!
Okay….let’s get away from that and get back to Honey and Lance’s love story!!! He takes her to his private island, discovers she’s a 24 year old virgin…not kidding here…..spends his days and nights painting ….and more painting. She finds his work ASTOUNDING…AMAZING….of course she does!!!
Eventually do the deed!!!! And voila…..the prince falls in love with Honey and is prepared to give up EVERYTHING for her!!!! In between Honey’s deflowering, there are some bad guys who arrive on the island bent on assassinating both her prince and his cousin!! Did I mention that she’s being hired by the US State Dept to be these two guys bodyguards??? Of course she gets the villains…what a brave kick-ass heroine!!!! Did we ever doubt that!!!!
OMG…it gets even better!!! There’s this German princess…not very gorgeous…wears glasses, fat, bad dresser…and is totally in love and dedicated to marrying Prince Lance because their two lineages are just perfect…..arrives on the island and within minutes persuades poor old Honey that she must give up the prince for his own good!!!! German princess is the right one not some poor and unknown PI with a terrible name like Honey that just does not make it as Princess Honey!!!!!
And being the most idiotic heroines of all time….she leaves the poor prince and disappears for the next six months. The prince is heartbroken and misses her.
I must admit that I laughed through most of this book. It was so ridiculous that I actually was looking forward to the next page…I had to find out what would happen next!!!!!
Okay, this book was first published in the early 80’s and there are a few scenes that are out-dated…check the disco Honey takes the two boys to!!!!
However, I finished reading it because I was blown away by the outlandishness of the storyline!!!!
And I think I may just continue reading the series.
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