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Warrior's Woman (Ly-san-ter Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Johanna Lindsey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,397 ratings
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“If you’re looking for sensuality, you won’t be disappointed in Johanna Lindsey.”

—Chicago Tribune

 

A classic romance novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey, Warrior’s Woman boldly goes where no romantic fiction has gone before! An ingenious blend of sizzling passion, paranormal romance, and science fiction romantic fantasy, Warrior’s Woman travels far into the future—where a fearless intergalactic traveler hoping to save her endangered home world seeks a champion on a planet of strapping barbarians…and finds herself making very physical contact with a truly magnificent savage.

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    October 26, 2010
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In the year 2139, fearless Tedra De Arr sets out to rescue her beleaguered planet Kystran from the savage rule of the evil Crad Ce Moerr. Experienced in combat but not in love, the beautiful, untouched Amazon flies with Martha, her wise-cracking, free-thinking computer, to a world where warriors reigns supreme--and into the arms of the one man she can never hope to vanquish: the bronzed barbarian Challen Ly-San-Ter. A magnificent creature of raw yet disciplined desires, the muscle-bound primitive succeeds where no puny Kystran male had before--igniting a raging fire within Tedra that must be extinguished before she can even think of saving her enslaved world. . .

About the Author

One of the world's most successful authors of historical romance, every one of Johanna Lindsey's previous novels has been a national bestseller, and several of her titles have reached the #1 spot on the ""New York Times"" bestseller list. Ms. Lindsey lives in New England with her family.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003TLN1DA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books (October 26, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 26, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 480 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 452 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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With more than 56 million copies of her books in print, and translated into twelve languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of romance. She has written over thirty novels, each one has been a bestseller, with several New York Times number ones. Johanna Lindsey lives in Hawaii with her family.

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Kira
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024
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This story is so great. I've probably read it five times. I always say the slang in it too!
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claudia
5.0 out of 5 stars A Guilty Pleasure
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2007
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Johanna Lindsey likes to write about cultures where women are not treated as the equals of men. Easy enough to find examples of such cultures in human history. In this book, of space-age cultures, Lindsey goes out of her way to try to identify a rationale for the dichotomy between the two genders.

The pleasure of this story is a sort of contemporary woman, in a space-age culture, vs. a Conan-the-Barbarian sort of culture. Despite the fact that the woman is half the size of the barbarian, she takes him on. And Lindsey doesn't try to pretend like the physical size difference between the two characters doesn't play a role. It would, of course, be completely unbelievable if Tedra were a physical match for the barbarian.

The early chapters between Tedra and Challen stand out as rip-roaring great fun. Hence the 5 stars. Tedra gets herself into a situation that will take a month to resolve, and your patience with the story, and suspension of disbelief will go along with this time limit. It's only in the final analysis that the unsatisfactory parts of the story come to play.

I would be completely remiss if I didn't mention the things that are uncomfortable about this story (the spanking scene being one).

The weakness of the story, for me personally, is articulated very well by 'Martha' the talking computer, in the sequel - Heart of a Warrior. 'You wont like it here,' says Martha to the protagonist, 'you won't fit in.' Martha then goes on to explain why Tedra, the protagonist in Warrior's Woman did eventually fit in. But it is not only hard to buy, but Martha explains that a woman with a different personality than Tedra would have a harder time fitting in. It is just not credible that a woman like Tedra would be able to carve out a satisfactory life with her barbarian - no matter how good the sex was - at the conclusion of the story.

Also, for me, Johanna Lindsey's science fictional world building skills are a little weak. I have a hard time convincing myself that Tedra is security on a space-age planet. That the space-agers have difficulty with sword-wielding barbarians. The presence of the talking computer doesn't help, because once again, instead of being shown Tedra's abilities and strengths, Tedra negotiate, herself, with the Shodan, we are told things by the personality, Martha, and Martha does the negotiating with the Shodan.

This means that Tedra's character is a little 'mushy'. Johanna Lindsey doesn't try to reconcile how a fiesty space-age security person would happily fade into a culture where women are subservient. So the ending doesn't work (for me). But the short term conflict is marvelous fun. Tedra is a worthy opponent to Challen, who is compassionate, tender, and also smart (he picks up on Martha's discussion of 'probabilities' with remarkable aplomb). Tedra is a charming combination of toughness, brains, and naivete. Their 30 days together makes for a good story.

For any sequel to be successful, to build on what Lindsey did in this story, I believe Lindsey has to solve the problem of either (1) how a woman of today's sensibilities can possibly survive in such a world or male domination, or (2) how a barbarian makes the cultural transition and adjustment to a futuristic space-age world. It's a problem when the stakes aren't just a game, but two character's lives together.
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Sheila M
4.0 out of 5 stars Guilty Pleasure Sorta Sci-Fi Romance
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015
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"She was waiting for the man she wouldn't walk all over to come along. She'd been waiting a long time."

FINAL DECISION: Over the top and literally out of this world, WARRIOR'S WOMAN was before its time with a woman who is willing to have sex and enjoy it without worrying about love, but ends up falling for the hero anyways. Guilty pleasure read.

THE STORY: Tedra De Arr is strong and has not found a man to have sex with because she can beat most of the men of her planet. Part of the security forces, Tedra is forced to flee when a coup puts all the women on the planet at risk. Tedra ends up exploring space and on one of her explorations meets up with Challen Ly-San-Ter, a barbarian warrior who defeats her in a challenge battle. As a result, Tedra must serve Challen in the manner he chooses.

OPINION: Over the top, this romance is big and bold and unapologetic. The story only has a gloss of sci-fi, but I love the larger than life storyline. Lindsey is well known for her historical romances but this book begins her short series where she experiments with sci-fi/fantasy romance.

I first read this book years ago when it first came out and I remember being struck by how kick-ass the heroine is. Yes, she is looking for a man who can defeat her before she has sex with a man, but she is not an ignorant innocent. What is remarkable is that for a book written in this era, Tedra is perfectly willing to have sex as a physical activity and not require love before she is willing to engage in it. Tedra is perfectly willing to like engaging in sex without feeling guilty about it.

Challen is definitely on the alpha male side -- almost caveman like (he does come from a planet of barbarians), but he is definitely sexy and he comes to love Tedra very much and is willing to ultimately respect her as being a warrior like himself.

This book is a guilty pleasure and an enjoyable read.

WORTH MENTIONING: I loved the comic relief given by Martha the computer.

CONNECTED BOOKS: WARRIOR'S WOMAN is the first book in the Ly-San-Ter series.

STAR RATING: I give this book 4 stars.
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Célia Luz
5.0 out of 5 stars Warrior's Woman - First book
Reviewed in Spain on July 12, 2021
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Wonderful! A different world that is, after all, so similar to ours. And very sensual too. I highly recommend it.
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Read-a-holic
5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read
Reviewed in Australia on February 25, 2020
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I loved this couple. The hero was a big, strong, domineering barbarian and she was a gorgeous, witty, strong and capable female warrior. There were no unnecessary angst and overblown misunderstanding. Just a nice romance with ample character development, chemistry with a generous heaping of dominance, temper and jealousy (where one laughs at the other's jealous behavior at times)
There was action and drama also. A great fun read
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Niko
5.0 out of 5 stars A Keeper and re-read but sadly text-to-speech does not work
Reviewed in Germany on December 30, 2016
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The book is captivating in typical Linsay-fashion. So i was looking forward to re-read it after a long time. Pitty that the Text to Speech function, that is availible in the preview does not work for the book itself. If you have an eyeproblem and relay on that function that is a real disapointment.
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Cheryl M
5.0 out of 5 stars A good one for your collection - couldn't put it down!
Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2014
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Another good story, imagine yourself there in that time as one of the characters and get involved in the story!
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laura
5.0 out of 5 stars le meilleur du genre!
Reviewed in France on February 7, 2014
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J ai adore cette serie, humour sensualite et un duel extra. Elle est forte belle guerriere, lui c est un geant magnifique, macho mais qui nous fait battre le coeur. Tout ce que l on peut rechercher dans un tel monde futuriste !
Mais pourquoi n est il pas traduit ??!
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