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In a past life, Mona Risk was a chemist who mixed solutions, dipped her gloved fingers in dirty waste, and ran complicated equipment in order to declare drinking water safe for consumption.
When her Ph.D. and work in chemistry landed her international contracts to refurbish laboratories, she traveled to more than sixty countries on business or vacation. To relax from her hectic schedule, she avidly read romance novels and mentally plotted her own books.
Eventually she left a successful scientific career to share with her readers the many stories brewing in her head. M. Risk likes to set her stories in the fascinating places she visited from exotic Belarus, and historical France, to the beaches of Greece, the monuments of Egypt and the myster...more

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OSIRIS' MISSING PART

OSIRIS' MISSING PART
Ellora's Cave BLUSH

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Book Length: Plus Novel
Book Type: eBook

Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing
SBN: 9781419934629
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Osiris' Missing Part
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Blush sensuality level: This is a sensual romance (may have explicit love scenes, but not erotic in frequency or type).

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Books by Mona Risk

Average rating: 3.64 · 212 ratings · 72 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Babies in the Bargain 3.54 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	No More Lies 3.35 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Right Name, Wrong Man 3.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	To Love A Hero 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Greek Encounter 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Her Greek Romance 2.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Prescription for Trust 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Osiris' Missing Part 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Prescription in Russian (Doctors' Order Book 2) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	French Peril 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Prescription for Trust (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Jan 02, 2010 05:39pm

Description: Night Owl Reviews: Top Pick Rating (4.5 stars)~~ Prescription for Trust was a fantastic read. The plot was also very well thought out and the pacing on target. The wonderful healing that took place in this book also made it a very sweet read. Got Romance Reviews~~ (4.5 diamonds)~~ Mona Risk writes a charming story. Keeping the reader entertained with the twists and turns in the plot. With great characters like Luc and Olivia the reader will enjoy the world that she has built. Luc is a wonderful Hero with a great sense of fairness and loyalty and Olivia is an intelligent and wonderful heroine. The secondary characters like Olivia’s mother and daughter are just as pleasant. The emotional ride that these characters take is a hard one but worth it. Blurb: Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”-- Walter Scott. Successful physician and loving mother, Olivia Crane fiercely believes youthful mistakes should be kept secret. Dr. Luc George, the French psychiatrist, she loved ten years ago, detests secrets. Can he help her conquer her inner fears or will he get burned by the past too? Will Olivia grab her second chance and finally find happiness with the love of her life?

Babies in the Bargain (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Jan 02, 2010 05:31pm

Description: The Long And The Short Reviews~ 5 Books. BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK~~ Ms. Risk has done an outstanding job with Babies in the Bargain and is a very talented writer who gives the reader what they are after. I highly recommend this book. This one will keep you on your toes and make you beg for more. I can't wait to read more of Ms. Risk's work in the future. Romance Junkies~5 Ribbons~~ BABIES IN THE BARGAIN is one novel that pulls you into the story and holds you captive to the last page. Reviewed by Vince~ 5 Hearts~~ “Babies in the Bargain” could serve as an object lesson on how to ‘show’ and not ‘tell’ a story. You always know exactly what the characters are feeling, indeed, for the most part you 'feel' along with them. It’s a great read. Night Owl Romance~TOP PICK~~ Babies in the Bargain is a sweet and sexy medical romance that will have you cooing and awing while also shedding a few tears. Joyfully Reviewed~ Romance blooms amidst tragedy in Babies in the Bargain. It tugs heart strings and stirs emotions. WRDF Review~ This was a great read, romantic and at times bittersweet.Enjoyable from beginning to end, Babies in the Bargain sports believable characters, an ultra romantic story line, and a thoroughly satisfying ending. Readers Favorite~ 5 Hearts This is Mona Risk at her best. The story will bring tears both sadness and joy. The characters are easy to relate to. The plot is excellent. Fans of romance will love this story. Blurb: A medical romance, sweet and sensual. With only one year left to complete her medical training in Neonatology, Dr. Holly Collier vows not to let anyone mess up her sacrosanct schedule. Especially not the drop-dead gorgeous Dr. Marc Suarez who broke her heart seven years ago. When a tragic accident transforms the carefree playboy into a dedicated but novice father to his nephew, Holly gives in to her maternal instincts and turns her structured life upside down for the orphaned preemie. But can she learn to trust Marc again and believe in true love?

FRENCH PERIL (Romance)

0 chapters — updated Jan 02, 2010 05:22pm

Description: Night Owl Romance: Recommended Read~~ Mona Risk will pull you in with her amazing characters and in-depth twisting suspense... Travel has never been this suspenseful nor this cheap! Review Your Book: 4 stars~~In French Peril, Mona Risk creates a swirling air of mystery around the excavation of a chapel ruin... French Peril is a great contemporary romantic read. The Romance Studio ~~ This is a wonderfully exciting romantic suspense novel. The characters are appealing and the setting is very romantic, a chateau in the Loire Valley. TWO LIPS REVIEW~~ Pick up French Peril, a sweet mystery romance you’re guaranteed to enjoy. Coffee Time Romance: 4 cups~~ French Peril is a great romance with an excellent mystery. Ms. Risk writes outstanding dialogue and this, combined with the lushness of the Loire Valley, are the final elements that make French Peril an excellent story. Publishers Weekly Barbara Vey Beyond her Book Blog on , Read by Mary ~ Who wouldn't want to lose themselves in Mona Risk's French Peril? Traveling to the beautiful French countryside, staying in a marvelous, ornate chateau, eating fine food and drinking the chateau's wine, and let's not forget the charming and handsome host. Sign me up, Ms Risk, I'll be looking for your next foreign escape. Blurb: What could be more exciting for a young American architect than to live in a French chateau owned by a young count and to work on the restoration of a chapel in the Loire Valley? But when her professor is poisoned because he knew too much about a missing statue, Cheryl's summer job changes into a dangerous treasure hunt and Count François tries to protect the impetuous young woman who's turned his life upside down.

TO LOVE A HERO (Romance)

0 chapters — updated Jan 02, 2010 04:52pm

Description: SIMPLY ROMANCE REVIEW: Outstanding Read~~ Mona Risk's TO LOVE A HERO is a wonderful love story... I definitely recommend TO LOVE A HERO , and while you're at it pick up a bottle of vodka! Nazhtrovia!! Publishers Weekly, Barbara Vey Beyond her Book Blog on June 28, 2008. Read by Joysann~~ I found myself googling Belarus for some of its history and enjoyed the story a lot. Two Lips Review~~ Mona Risk tells a poignant yet beautiful and sweet story of two people falling love, who must fight their attraction... This is a story readers will enjoy. Review Your Book Review: 4 stars~~ Suspense and romance combine to form a great read… Fans of romance and suspense will enjoy To Love a Hero. The Romance Studio: Sweetheart of the Week ~~ Ms. Risk is one of those authors who puts together a tale that’s captivates from first page to last. I’ll have to look for more of her work in the future. Night Owl Romance Review~~To Love a Hero by Mona Risk is a wonderful & adventurous story of love overseas. Blurb: Admired by men and adored by women, Major General Sergei is a true hero in his country. When a lovely American chemist stumbles straight into his arms, Sergei has more on his mind than patriotic duty. On her first international business trip to Belarus, a Russian country dominated by male chauvinism and intrigues, Cecile finds more chemistry than she bargains. Caught in a clash of cultures, can she betray his trust to save his career? Will her love cost him everything he values?

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Mona gave to: Bought: His Temporary Fiancee by Yvonne Lindsay	My rating:
The characters are not appealing, and the plot is so cliched. I expected much better from this author.
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Mona gave to: A Clockwork Fairytale by Helen Scott Taylor (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2011	My rating:
Helen Scott-Taylor weaves suspense, magic, and emotion in a lovely fairytale with endearing characters. Melba is an intrepid down-to-earth urchin, who turns into a lovely young woman, and later into an inexperienced yet noble princess. Turk, the char...more
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