Pamela Clare ~ Fan Group discussion

I know when I finally get my hands on a book I've been waiting forever to read, I don't spend any time chatting about it, I just read it!

But if any of you would like to discuss DEFIANT, this is the place to do it!

Please remember to use spoiler tags for the first week, then after the spoiler ban is lifted, feel free to spoil to your heart's content!

To use the spoiler tag:

Man-oh-man-oh-man-man! You are doing this just to torture me, aren't you, Dhes?

I would NEVER torture you girl! Whatchoo talkin' about???

You know I LOVE "buddy reads" and my life is full of workmen right now! I can't get to this one.

Lisa Kay wrote: "You know I LOVE "buddy reads" and my life is full of workmen right now! I can't get to this one."

Ooooh, that's right! You poor thing. What a mess that's going to be! :(

It is. I may just have to watch the video trailer for the book over and over again until I recover from the shock of the "bottom line" cost. Thanks for that link, Dhes! ☺

Lisa Kay wrote: "It is. I may just have to watch the video trailer for the book over and over again until I recover from the shock of the "bottom line" cost. Thanks for that link, Dhes! ☺"

*sigh* It's a dirty job... the house repair, not watching the trailer ;)

It is a dirty job! They are coming in with HAZ-Mat suit tomorrow. Ugh!

Well, on the bright side, you found the problem before it made its way throughout the house.

Oh, Lord!

Okay, I've watched that trailer like five times. LOL! I finally had to sign on to YouTube and click "like". ☺

Others are liking it, too. Because it is up from 73 view to 98. ☺

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!LOLOL!!!

Megan watched it and said, "oh my. Oh, My!" LOL She's my 21 year old daughter.

The trailer makes me melt!! I wish my hubby's here.

I can't find this book. I may have to go to amazon to get it.

Where have you been looking, Pamela?

265 views of the Defiant YouTube Trailer so far! I think about 10 of those are mine. LOL!

Lisa Kay wrote: "265 views of the Defiant YouTube Trailer so far! I think about 10 of those are mine. LOL!"

LOL!!!! That's okay, 11 are mine! Isn't it awesome! I love the scene with Connor's chest... I mean, where he's loading the Brown Bess and his nipples are showing... and when he's shooting her and his chest is showing. and when he's running you can just catch a little glimpse of the outline of his... "other" rifle. *giggles*

Now up to 411 views (3 are mine):)
What an awesome trailer!

Loved the trailer!

Love the chesticle.

LOL!

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "Where have you been looking, Pamela?"

Only place in town... Walmart!

Walmart--their selection of books has gone downhill in the past year--I can't find anything there anymore.:(

Yes, Auntee, they have. The romance section gets smaller and smaller. I need to make more trips to Little Rock I guess.

Target didn't have it either. I'm heading to B&N today to buy the paperback for my family to read. They don't touch my Kindle! LOL!

The trailer is up to 906 views now...10 of which are mine! Connor is chestastic yumminess!

Shawna wrote: "The trailer is up to 906 views now...10 of which are mine! Connor is chestastic yumminess!"

It's all kinds of yummy. Damn... I think a good 20 of those 906 are mine. I love that model. The thing is, he's hot, got a great body, but he's not a pretty boy model and I love that. He's a man, top to bottom and I'd be willing to check what's hangin' in the middle just to make sure.

Yes, I'd do that for this group because sometimes mods have to do the dirty work.

933 now...:)

I'm so glad you all are enjoying the trailer! Feel free to share it wherever you want. Your girlfriends will thank you!

Dhes, I have to check... Could you really see the outline of his other "rifle" whilst he was running?!? I guess my eyes are so glued on his chest. The breeches didn't conceal much, and he pulled them way down, well, because I asked him to. :-)

You know, being up there, standing a few feet away and watching all that hotness run around in breeches... It really was the most fun I'd had in eons.

Pamela wrote: "Dhes, I have to check... Could you really see the outline of his other "rifle" whilst he was running?!?

Maybe it was my imagination/wishful thinking, but I was sure I noticed a shaftus bulgious there. *sigh*

The breeches didn't conceal much, and he pulled them way down, well, because I asked him to. :-)"

One of the many reasons we love you.

Aw, thanks! <3

"...shaftus bulgious..."

LOL!

Okay, I'm not sure how many of you are reading this yet, and if you are how far you've gotten. And if not, why the hell not?? LOL!

I'll get the chat going with some thoughts of mine regarding Connor's character development through the series.

From the first page of Surrender, I loved the MacKinnons. I know Connor is the youngest brother, but he always felt like the youngest to me. Not immature, just more... carefree... he seemed to make light of some things more than Iain and Morgan did. That's not a bad thing, it's just who he is. I wondered if he'd be intense or lighthearted... I was in love with him and I couldn't wait to meet Connor in his own story.

Yeah, well... I thought I was in love with him then, but WOW, early on in DEFIANT I fell hard! He seemed to have grown so much over the time we spent waiting for his book. ;)

I can't even tell you how much I adore Joseph and how thrilled I am to know that he'll be getting his story, too. There were a couple times when I when I would have been okay had he and Lady Sarah hooked up :)

I've already finished it! I posted in the book thread instead of here since I wasn't doing the buddy read.

I loved the whole early portion of the book with the three of them on the run together. The suspense in the tribal village really got me too. I thought Connor and Sarah were a wonderful couple and their chemistry sparked really well right away.

Joseph was amazing. His devotion to Connor, their relationship, just gets me right in the heart.

Joseph and Connor truly are brothers, even more than many flesh and blood brothers I know. That relationship was incredible. Such a strong friendship.

And Wentworth... he stooped to an all-time low, didn't he? And yet... my heart still broke for him there at the end.

I'm 65% through and absolutely LOVING it! (But of course!)

I'm at the scene where (view spoiler)[Wentworth is having a dinner party to honor Lady Sarah and she's starting to get disheartened that Connor isn't going to show when he suddenly appears all decked out in his outlawed Highlander dress...complete with kilt, plaid, and proud MacKinnon colors. (hide spoiler)] I seriously about fainted from swooning! *sigh*

Oh, Shawna! I LOVED THAT SCENE!! YES!!! LOL!! Every time I read it or think about I smile and swoon a wee bit myself! God, I love those MacKinnons!!!

@Shawna: I know! She dressed especially for him and he wasn't there. I was so sad for her. And then he shows up in all his Highlander glory. Yeeeesssss. (view spoiler)[But then he left. (hide spoiler)] :(

@Dhes: I was livid with Wentworth through most of this. Especially upset because I'd always had hope for his redemption. To have him act like that was appalling. What a snobby, mean git! (view spoiler)[I really wonder what his condition is after his captivity. It does seem like he's got some external damage he doesn't want Sarah to see. (hide spoiler)]

Bean, regarding your spoiler, (view spoiler)[ Yes, I think he's probably quite a mess, and while part of me hopes he is because he's earned it, part of me aches for him. I love it when an unreedemable ass becomes redeemed hero. I've wanted this for Wentworth from early on in Surrender, and now that there's a chance... **sigh** (hide spoiler)]

God, I love this book!!!

I know, Dhes. There have been so many times that I've defended him when other people thought he was hopeless. So to have him behave the way he did in this book (view spoiler)[until the end (hide spoiler)] was really painful. I felt so bad for Sarah and Connor, but I also felt really let down by Wentworth, because he's shown some shades of honor in the past.

Agreed, Bean. *sigh*

Another thing I really liked was the comparison between what the Indians were doing and what Sarah's family (and British aristocracy) were doing. The trading of females, giving them no freedom or choices. Same thing, just with fancier clothes ... and flatware. I had really thought that would have a larger effect on Wenty but no such luck. :p

One thing that really choked me up and brought tears to my eyes was the (view spoiler)[release of the Rangers (hide spoiler)]. Really touching.

Hey, Dhes, I got it. Going to start reading it today!

Oh, Bean... that had me SOBBING! It's was so.... final.

Pamela, I'm So excited! I've been dying to be able to discuss the story with everyone!

Can I pop in to say that the scene you're referring to, Beanbag, the one that choked you and Dhes up, was so horribly hard for me to write. These are my buddies!

I sobbed. :-(

I can only imagine what it was like for you, Pamela. You know what an emotional reader I am anyway, but this tore me up.

And pop in anytime. We love hearing from you!

I finished it! sigh.

YES!!! So, what are your favorite parts???