"Enthralling and Sensual"

Juan Allistair left Argentina to go to Florida to play polo. Juan is still trying to deal with the deaths of his brother and his mother. He didn't feel that he could stay in Argentina without them and jumped at the chance to play polo elsewhere. Juan left behind his fiancee Rosa but still plans to marry her when the polo season is over. One day he passes a church that reminds him of his mother and feels compelled to go inside. While Juan is inside the church he sees a young, red-haired beauty praying and is enchanted. When she leaves and he realizes that she forgot her bags of groceries he rushes out to find her. Renee Piccabea feels her life is boring and she is feeling restless and wants a change. Renee is re-evaluating her life choices and is determined to not live the same sort of life as her mother, an Olympic Silver Medalist now a manicurist. Renee and her mother have always been on their own, just the two of them all of Renee's life. Renee's father was thrown from a horse and killed before Renee was born, leaving her mother pregnant and alone. When Renee meets Juan when he brings her the groceries she left behind, she is fascinated and intrigues by him. As they get to know each other and Renee shows an interest in horses, Juan offers to introduce her to a fellow polo player that is looking for a groom for his horses. Renee gets the job as a stable groom and is ecstatic. She gets to be around horses that she loves everyday and she also gets to spend time with Juan. In the following days Juan and Renee try to fight their attraction for each other and when circumstances change, Renee and Juan's lives are changed forever.

This book was an intriguing read. I was very intrigued with Juan from the beginning, there are many depths and layers to him that I was interested in learning everything. Juan did upset me periodically with his harsh and unfair treatment with Renee, but it didn't take away from his attraction. Renee is a very naive young lady that I didn't think was a good match for Juan in the beginning. But I was very happy to be proven wrong. For me though, I had very little knowledge of polo and I found it to be very dangerous and not all that appealing. But Ms. Winston definitely knows her stuff. I was drawn into this book from the very beginning and enjoyed it immensely. THE ARGENTINE LOVER was very erotic and the passion between Juan and Renee was explosive, hot and undeniable. They learned a lot and came into their sexuality together, each willing and eager to please the other. I would love to read more of Samantha Winston's work in the future.

Reviewed by Tracey West
Posted February 23, 2003

Summary

It's not a sport, it's a religion.
Juan Allistair is a high goal polo player, one of the elite. Rennie Piccabéa is the daughter of an Olympic show jumping medallist who's now a beautician.

Juan's a cultured, educated Catholic with a bright future. Rennie's a small-town girl, a junior college student whose best friend has green hair.

A Prince of Polo and a futureless Floridian.
They shouldn't be together. They've got nothing in common. But they can't keep their hands off each other...

Sexual Content: Hard R/ borderline NC-17. Genre: contemporary.