Love's Tender Warriors 
asked by ladyrunner on November 18, 2006 2:58 AM
Drew Clark, ex-Marine and martial arts master, is the new instructor at the Golden Tiger dojang. Intense and aloof, she hides dark secrets and unhealed wounds beneath her warrior's exterior. Sean Gray is the young psychologist and senior student who threatens to bring down the barriers Drew has erected around her heart. Battle hardened and world weary, Drew discovers that Sean wields a weapon she has no defense against--tenderness. Together, two women who have accepted loneliness as a way of life learn that love is worth fighting for, and a battle they cannot afford to lose.
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Radclyffe is a wonderful writer and doesn't disappoint with this one. In this book, an ex-Marine, Drew Clark, is now the master of a martial arts facility and she meets the star student, Sean, who presumably is straight. Her twin, Susan, however, is gay. Sean is divorced psychiatrist. When she meets Drew, sparks fly and a romance develops as Sean discovers that sometimes the grass is greener on the other side. Drew, on the other hand, is trying to overcome the untimely death of her lover, and feels responsible for it because she was not there to save her. This is a great novel,and a great love story.
reviewed by stix on November 19, 2006 5:25 PM
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One of Radclyffe's shorter books, `Love's Tender Warriors' is well worth an evening spent in your favorite spot. The author has incorporated her love of both martial arts and medicine into an intense, heartfelt romance between two strong women.
Sean Gray is a wealthy young psychologist with an identical twin sister. She shares her therapy practice with her best friend, who is also her sister's lover. Sean has experienced significant heartache in her short life. Her parents are both dead and her short marriage failed miserably. It seems like all of Sean's friends are lesbians, but she won't even entertain the idea. That is, until she meets the enigmatic and beautiful Drew Clark.
Drew Clark is a recent ex-marine who also holds Black Belt rank in Aikido and Jujitsu. Upon leaving the service, Drew finds her way back to the dojang and the Sensei who taught her the way as a young, troubled teen. After losing her brother to a violent crime, Drew is reluctant to get close to anyone again. That is, until she meets the tenacious Sean Gray.
As usual, Radclyffe brings colorful, intelligent, beautiful characters to life on the written page. These women seem alive and tangible, and they're the kind of women we would all like to meet. Add these wonderful characters to an intriguing story with ample twists and turns, and you have a great book. Once you pick it up to start reading you won't want to put it down. Get comfortable in your favorite reading spot, grab your favorite cold beverage, take the phone off the hook and prepare to be wowed!
Sean Gray is a wealthy young psychologist with an identical twin sister. She shares her therapy practice with her best friend, who is also her sister's lover. Sean has experienced significant heartache in her short life. Her parents are both dead and her short marriage failed miserably. It seems like all of Sean's friends are lesbians, but she won't even entertain the idea. That is, until she meets the enigmatic and beautiful Drew Clark.
Drew Clark is a recent ex-marine who also holds Black Belt rank in Aikido and Jujitsu. Upon leaving the service, Drew finds her way back to the dojang and the Sensei who taught her the way as a young, troubled teen. After losing her brother to a violent crime, Drew is reluctant to get close to anyone again. That is, until she meets the tenacious Sean Gray.
As usual, Radclyffe brings colorful, intelligent, beautiful characters to life on the written page. These women seem alive and tangible, and they're the kind of women we would all like to meet. Add these wonderful characters to an intriguing story with ample twists and turns, and you have a great book. Once you pick it up to start reading you won't want to put it down. Get comfortable in your favorite reading spot, grab your favorite cold beverage, take the phone off the hook and prepare to be wowed!
reviewed by tacos on November 26, 2006 4:50 AM
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If one twin is a lesbian, will the other one be a lesbian? Good question.
Enter the dojo and meet the Drew Clark. Ex-marine with a past, but is very disciplined. Sean Gray is a psychologist/psychiatric and is learning the art from Drew. Things start clicking between the two of them and you'll have to read it to believe it.
Ohhhh...there is a twin too.
Enter the dojo and meet the Drew Clark. Ex-marine with a past, but is very disciplined. Sean Gray is a psychologist/psychiatric and is learning the art from Drew. Things start clicking between the two of them and you'll have to read it to believe it.
Ohhhh...there is a twin too.
reviewed by perfectjen on November 29, 2006 3:58 AM
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Drew Clark hides a dark past behind her warrior's exterior. The ex-Marine joins the dojang of an old friend. There she meets Sean Gray who is able to get beneath the warrior's armor.
Whether you read Radclyffe's series books or you read one of her stand-alone romances, you can not go wrong.
I have been reading lesbian fiction for many years, and can honestly say that I have never come across a writer that has so affected me. Her characters are strong, intelligent, and romantic. Naysayers will say that Radclyffe's characters are too perfect almost never flawed - either in looks or character. That may be true, but aren't you tired of the genre's penchant for ordinary? Radclyffe's characters are always enchanting, intoxicating, enticing, and intense. The stories, particularly in the series books, are all first class. Most of her series books are page-turners. And in two of the books, I actually turned to the last page to make sure that the main characters survived - something I never do.
Radclyffe let us believe, at least for the duration of each of her books, that the grand passion, the true love, the happy-ever-after are all possible. She lets us believe that being a strong, intelligent woman does not mean that we will be alone and/or isolated.
The only caveat I have is to read the series books in order. And if you enjoy watching a writer grow, then read the non-series books in the order they were written and watch Radclyffe's talent grow before your very eyes.
Whether you read Radclyffe's series books or you read one of her stand-alone romances, you can not go wrong.
I have been reading lesbian fiction for many years, and can honestly say that I have never come across a writer that has so affected me. Her characters are strong, intelligent, and romantic. Naysayers will say that Radclyffe's characters are too perfect almost never flawed - either in looks or character. That may be true, but aren't you tired of the genre's penchant for ordinary? Radclyffe's characters are always enchanting, intoxicating, enticing, and intense. The stories, particularly in the series books, are all first class. Most of her series books are page-turners. And in two of the books, I actually turned to the last page to make sure that the main characters survived - something I never do.
Radclyffe let us believe, at least for the duration of each of her books, that the grand passion, the true love, the happy-ever-after are all possible. She lets us believe that being a strong, intelligent woman does not mean that we will be alone and/or isolated.
The only caveat I have is to read the series books in order. And if you enjoy watching a writer grow, then read the non-series books in the order they were written and watch Radclyffe's talent grow before your very eyes.
reviewed by shirley49 on November 29, 2006 5:54 AM