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Tender is the Storm

  • 1985 first published
  • 332 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
  • 5 editions

Johanna Lindsey's Tender is the Storm (1985) is a historical romance novel. The story is set in Arizona. It features Sharisse Hammond and Lucas Holt.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 69 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 332 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Tender is the Storm

Headstrong heiress Sharisse Hammond wants no part of the New York society marriage that has been arranged for her. So she heads west across a vast and dangerous land -- with no intention of honoring her agreement to become the mail-order bride of a rugged Arizona rancher. But Lucas Holt needs a wife -- any wife -- if his plan to destroy his most hated enemy is to succeed. And this gullible Eastern lady would do quite nicely. However, their separate schemes to use one another are complicated by raw, aching passion. For Lucas's beautiful, unsuspecting pawn was not supposed to be so irresistible alluring. And freedom-loving Sharisse never dreamed she could ever desire one man so much!
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Sharisse Hammond
  • Lucas Holt

Subjects

  • Western Historical Romance
  • Love stories

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Tender is the Storm?

Tender is the Storm was written by Johanna Lindsey and first published in 1985.

What genre is Tender is the Storm?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance.

How long is Tender is the Storm?

The median edition has 332 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Tender is the Storm?

Readers who like it often enjoy Outlander, The Notebook and Redeeming Love.

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