- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Jove (MM) (Jan 15 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 051512768X
- ISBN-13: 978-0515127683
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 68 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,231,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bestselling author Jill Marie Landis continues her exploration of complex human relationships in The Orchid Hunter. Innocent beauty Joya Penn has spent her life on the idyllic jungle island of Matarenga, aiding her father in the search for rare orchids. When worldly Trevor Mandeville stumbles into the Penn's rainforest campsite, he is stunned by his first glimpse of Joya--she is the identical image of Trevor's adopted sister Janelle. Joya is thrilled to travel to London to meet the twin sister she has never known, but it is the dignified Trevor who captures Joya's interest. Her irrepressible nature and uninhibited sensuality are equally captivating to poor Trevor, who finds it difficult (impossible!) to maintain his distance. Their burgeoning desire for each other scandalizes the straight-laced British society, but Trevor cannot relinquish his beloved Joya, his own island orchid. --Alison Trinkle
From Publishers Weekly
In her newest historical romance, Landis leaves the 1820 U.S. frontier of Blue Moon for Victorian England with the story of Joya Penn, the daughter of a famous orchid hunter living on Matarenga, a Madagascar-esque island off the coast of Africa. Joya has always felt that some part of her was missing, and to compensate, she draws pictures of a girl she dreams about who looks just like her but lives in London. One day, Trevor Mandeville, an amateur orchid hunter, comes to offer Joya's father a deal with the Mandeville import company. He's awestruck when he casts eyes on Joya--not because she's wielding a machete and wearing much less clothing than a proper lady should, but because she looks exactly like his sister, Janelle. In order to learn more about her heritage, Joya accompanies Trevor back to England, where she tries but fails to acquire the ways of polite society. In a rehashed plot, Trevor marries Joya to save her reputation, but she flees back to Africa in the wake of her terminal gaucheness. Her husband follows her, at which point the lovers resolve to spend a month in a Matarengan marriage hut and then hunt orchids together. There are some good ideas here and a couple of good laughs among Landis's exotic set pieces, but the silly plot is beyond rescue. (Mar.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This one sat too long in the TBR....Great book!,
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This review is from: Orchid Hunter (Paperback)
OMG......I loved this book.I was sitting there in the doctors office laughing so hard I was getting strange looks. Then I would be crying. The story of separated twin is a must read. One twin, Janelle was raised in London and the other, Joya had If you like time travel books when a hero or heroine is clueless I rated this one an A+.
1.0 out of 5 stars
I WAS LOST IN THE JUNGLE!!!,
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This review is from: Orchid Hunter (Paperback)
When I chose to read this book! So very disappointed in Jill Marie Landis! Trevor Mandeville has gone to the deepest jungles of Africa to seek out renowned Orchid hunter and recluse, Dustin Penn. What Trevor gets is a shock! Dustin's adopted daughter, beautiful and uninhibited Joya Penn is a dead ringer for Trevor's adopted sister, Janelle Mandeville. Discovering they were twins separated at birth, Trevor is persuaded by both Janelle and Joya to bring Joya back with them to England, but is polite society ready for the free spirited Joya? The mutual attraction that is growing between Trevor and Joya is a very big complication in this already mixed up and twisted family. To act upon it would only add to an already crazy situation, which of course these two do! To say the least I was not a happy camper reading this book. A huge fan of Jill Marie Landis, I went on that leap of faith alone, and had a huge let down. Plus the weird family relations were kind of getting to me. It turned my stomach, that Trevor would be so attracted to his sister's identical twin???? Don't waste your time on this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
spectacular! one of the best books I've ever read!,
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I could barely put this book down! It's most definitely one of my most favorite stories! Jill Marie Landis is my favorite historical romance writer and she did not disappoint me at all with "The Orchid Hunter", which as she wrote in the back of the book, is "a story that will make you laugh and cry", which it did. Not many books can make me cry but parts of this one did! Ms. Landis made me feel everything that the main characters (Janelle, Joya and Trevor) were feeling. This book had everything---adventure, mystery and romance. And unlike some of the romance novels I've read, this one truly showed the love that grew between Joya and Trevor. The characters had life, nothing was terribly unrealistic, and this very well-written story was never boring for me. I loved everything about this book. High up on my recommended list!
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