Review: Rough And Tender
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
Eben St. Claire makes a promise to a dying mountain man, Henri Delacour, to take his nineteen year old daughter, Raven, back east with him upon Henri's death. Eben has no use for women and reluctantly gave his word. After he met Raven he wished he had refused;  Raven had a temper the same as Eben and was obstinate and wild. Eben was determined to have her obey him. Even though they fought along the way, Eben had trouble keeping his hands off Raven; he felt like he was robbing the cradle part of the time since he was thirty-three. At their stops along the way, Raven seemed to garner everyone's support and Eben got the lectures about treating "the child" right. He grew tired of it and eventually started retaliating with"she's not a child"; which he had begun to realize. All this only made him feel guiltier as he realized he wouldn't marry her but he couldn't seem to leave her alone.  Eben and Raven's altercations add humor to the story; there is a lot of sexual tension and passion between the two also.