Silver Angel Mass Market Paperback – 6 Dec. 2007

I live the world of Johanna Lindsey! This story has always captivated me. Chantelle is a young heiress, opinionated and feisty who finds herself kidnapped by Corsairs. She is bought by the Dey who equally revolts her and inspires her passion. But all is not as it seems in the Palace.Lovely characters that you can laugh with, feel their angst and enjoy their journey to HEA.

I read this book years ago and enjoyed it then, wondered if id still enjoy it. I do. They are easy to read, a guilty pleasure.

Enjoyed while reading

A Brilliant writer Really.This was our first book we read by Johanna Lindsey and her best book ever.I have yet to read one of her books that hasn't kept me enthralled. Spicy and Funny a great writer.Dont miss The Mallory series of books ,they are Fantastic my daughter and I cannot wait for her next book.

Twin brothers Derek (Sinclair) and Jamil were separated at age 12. Jamil remained in in his homeland with his enslaved English mother, wife of the Dey of Barikah, while Derek is sent to England by his mother so that her father will have an heir to the Marquessate. Nineteen years pass and someone is intent on assassinating Jamil who is now the Dey and Pasha of a harem of 40+ wives and concubines. Jamil sends a coded message saying: I. Need. You. to Derek who immediately leaves for Barikah and once he arrives, he agrees to be the "secret" stand-in for Jamil while he seeks to find out who is trying to kill him.Concurrently with the above, a lovely English girl, Chantelle, is abducted off the coast of England by corsairs who are on their way back to Barikah and of course they will sell her to the highest bidder once they get her there and - you got it - she will wind up in Jamil's harem else how will she meet Derek Sinclair so that he can eventually return her to England.*SPOILERS...SPOILERS* My major issues with this book:1) One of Jamil's favorites, Mara, is used as a "whipping" girl when he becomes frustrated and needs to let off steam. Oh, but it's okay because she can only get sexual pleasure after she has been beaten and bruised. Oh but, wait a minute, Jamil isn't actually doing the beating - he's having one of his slaves take care of it so Jamil is apparently excused.2) Derek uses the maidservants in his grandfather's home in England as his "harem" but as he explains to a guest - the women don't belong to him exclusively.Although Jamil gives Derek permission to "use" his wives, he doesn't actually want him to. Jamil therefore buys Chantelle hoping Derek will leave his favorites alone because whichever wives Derek actually beds while pretending to be Jamil will have to be sold once Jamil returns to his harem. Jamil's strategy actually works because Derek becomes fascinated with Chantelle which leads to problem Number 3: Derek has no intention of taking Chantelle home so he leads himself to believe that the only way to help Chantelle is to relieve her of her virginity and therefore, she will be removed from Jamil's harem and be allowed to marry.And to make it all worse, Derek has a fiancee, Caroline, back home who he has known since she was a little girl and is his best friend, no less. Honestly, would a person treat their worst enemy the way he has treated Caroline by continuing to have sex with his private little harem of maids although poor Caroline probably believes he has been faithful to her since their betrothal and now Derek is purposely seducing Chantelle so that he can relieve her of her virginity - but of course he is only doing Chantelle a huge favor.I have been a of fan Ms. Lindsey's Malory books but Silver Angel is probably the most disgusting regency romance (if one could call it that) I have read. Don't waste your time or your money.