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Not For Sale

by Sandra Marton (Goodreads Author)

3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 · rating details · 197 ratings · 21 reviews

Lucas Vieira needs a translator to seal a high-profile business deal, and also a woman to pose as his girlfriend to fend off a colleague's overeager wife--so why not kill two birds with one stone?Linguist Caroline Hamilton jumps at the chance to earn some decent money. But when she meets her client, she realizes she may be out of her league. The powerful Brazilian seems to...more

Paperback, 192 pages

Published March 22nd 2011 by Harlequin (first published March 14th 2011)

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Jul 01, 2011 Lisa Kay rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Cassiopeia

★★★★ ½ ! Up from the Brazilian slums, billionaire Lucas Vieira not only needs a translator, but someone to keep a businessman’s wife at a distance; translator, Caroline Hamilton, fits both roles perfectly. Only, due to a set-up by one of his slimy mangers, and a switch at the last minute by two graduate students (with completely different motives), Lucas thinks our heroine’s name is Dani Sinclair. Then later, more than just mildly disgruntled, Lucas comes to the conclusion she’s a call girl. Perfectly reasonable, all things considered (IMHO).

The first part of this book had me giggling with glee at the back of my throat; I do that when the dialogue if fresh, the set-up is delicious, and the actions of the heroine unexpected. I love that the talented Ms. Marton can make me smile over minor characters, such as Lucas’s hapless temporary personal assistant (who keeps reminding him of her name and makes "oily" coffee), or his poker-faced housekeeper. As far as the H/h, there are several attempts by one or the other to clear things up or come to some sort of “closure”. In addition, they both have “mommy issues” – he doesn’t want someone like his, who abandoned him to the hard streets of Rio, and she doesn’t want to end up like hers, hopelessly waiting in vain for Prince Charming.

Add in an attempted robbery, a stray cat, and argument over whether or not a constellation was Cassiopeia, two people who are meant to be together trying to sort out their feelings, an indecent proposal followed by declarations of hate and an abrupt departure, and there you have it... Oh, and Oliver, “The Cat from Hell”, did I mention him?

“Bite me,” he said, “and you’ll never see a bowl of Daintee Deelites again.”

The cat made a small, questioning sound. Carefully, in what looked like slow motion, it leaned forward and pressed its battered head, face first, into Lucas’s palm.

This was not fair.

Lucas was not a cat person.

The cat was not a Lucas-person.

Over the last week, they’d developed a gentleman’s understanding. Lucas had tolerated the cat’s presence. The cat had tolerated his. Caroline had been their go-between and yes, she was gone but the cat still had food, water and shelter.

What more could a street cat possibly want?

There were a few small missteps, not so much in what happens as in the shift in tone or pacing; but still, this one really worked for me. Mostly because I loved Lucas, who doesn’t understand his developing feelings for a prostitute, and Caroline, who doesn’t know what he wants from her. You know that feeling when tears built up behind your eyes, but you don’t quite let them loose? But, then you keep reading… Yeah, this one is like that! **sniffle** I was more than delighted to see these two (three?) have their sweet HEA.
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Dec 15, 2011 Theodora Taylor rated it 4 of 5 stars

Description: Brazillian businessman, Lucas Viera, needs a translator who can pose as his girlfriend and speak Russian, so a co-worker helps him engage the services of Dani Sinclair, a woman who speaks Russian, but also happens to be a high-priced escort on the side. She asks grad student, Caroline, an old classmate of hers, to step in. Passion ensues, despite Lucas’s reservations about falling for someone he believes to be an escort.

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Jul 09, 2011 Romancing the Book rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, romance

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Lucas Vieira is one tough,hard as nails, attractive, brilliant Brazilian and to top it all he is a self made millionaire all this at only age 33 ! He does not let anything stand in his way,he grew up without a father and was left on the street to fend for himself at the age of 7 by his no good worthless woman of ill-repute of a mother. He stole to survive and clawed his way to the top of the ladder to ensure he would never want for anything again ,would n...more Reviewed by Desere
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Lucas Vieira is one tough,hard as nails, attractive, brilliant Brazilian and to top it all he is a self made millionaire all this at only age 33 ! He does not let anything stand in his way,he grew up without a father and was left on the street to fend for himself at the age of 7 by his no good worthless woman of ill-repute of a mother. He stole to survive and clawed his way to the top of the ladder to ensure he would never want for anything again ,would never go to sleep hungry or have to eat scraps from a dumpster and sleep on the streets. After going from one foster home to the next he takes off at the age of 18 and fights to learn anything he can and makes a multimillion dollar empire - a rising star at the age of 33 years. He keeps to himself and does not believe in being in the spotlight but prefers to keep his life private.

But his perfect life comes to a abrupt halt when he has a major business deal with a Russian tycoon who does not believe in using only mere translators do assist when it comes to business deals. Instead the Russian tycoon believes that business mixed with pleasure is the way to go, however his wife is unbeknownst to her husband trying to get Lucas into bed! Lucas thinks he has it covered as his current mistress speaks flaunt Russian and is all over him thus providing with the perfect "interception" between him and the Russian tycoon and his wife.

But suddenly Lucas's mistress decides that what she and he has is not enough for her anymore and up and leaves ,out of his life! Now Lucas as two options cancel the biggest deal of his business career or take up the offer of one of his employees Jack Gordan. Jack sees a quick way to make some cash off his billionaire boss and suggests he hires a friend (Dani Sinclaire) of his for the night. However what Lucas does not know is that Dani is actually not only a translator but also a personal escort who makes money off some of the richest men around.

Lucas sees no other way out and decides to take Jack Gordan up on the deal. Jack then seeing his way clear to make the much sought after cash getaway gets in touch with Dani. Dani grabs the business opportunity with both hands but because she has another deal to pull of she hatches the perfect plan and decides to call a fellow translator classmate Caroline Hamilton.

Caroline is a strong independent woman who works hard for what she has, a rat infested flat with poor security, a fridge that is falling apart and a few scraps of clothing she lives everyday to the fullest working as a waitress and gets by as best she can. So when Dani tells her she pay her to pretend to be the powerful rich Lucas Vieira's date and translator for the night she figures it is a good idea as any other as it would definitely help with the rent money next month! The only catch is that she needs to pretend to be Dani Sinclair for the night and dress to kill, so she borrows a dress from Dani (a very sexy black little number) and meets Lucas and the Russians for the evening.

All progresses relatively well over the span of the evening except for Caroline's steady uneasiness of whenever Lucas touches or look at her. By the end of the evening both are unable to resist each other and end up having a very pleasurable evening in bed ! But the next morning Caroline is gone and Lucas's head is reeling with mixed emotions of should he go after her or just leave it and move on with his life. He decides to go after her, of course he thinks she is Dani Sinclair so he ends up at Dani's address ,but with a small twist of fate he finds Caroline there collecting the money Dani promised her. He immediately jumps to conclusion and walks out on Dani and Carolyn with one heck of a parting shot !

Weeks go by that Lucas no matter how hard he tries just cannot get Carolyn out of his head and tracks her down, discovering her in a state of server upset after a break in. He demands and she go with him to his home immediately and even threatens to tell the supervisor he is her fiancee is she does not agree to go with him. Being in a state of upset and with recently quitting her waitress job from hell Caroline decides to pack what she needs and goes with Lucas.

But while "living" together Lucas develops strong feelings of protection,as he comes to learn she also had a troubling childhood of sorts,but still he has the underlining mixed feelings of the profession she has chosen to make her living as he still believes her to be a escort and not a waitress. Time goes on and very soon a misunderstanding leads to a break-up with almost irreparable consequences.

Sandra Marton weaves a true tale of magical love in this one of the most captivating stories of love,passion and intrigue. She opens up a whole new world of love that we only believe exists in fairy tales. And proves that no matter the background of your live and no matter how troublesome your past is all can be overcome.Sandra Marton truly creates the most memorable characters and the gorgeous sexy men of any nationality stays with you for a long time and is guaranteed to raise any woman's blood pressure! She has a passionate style of writing with a valuable life lesson to learn from each book she shares with the world!

I give Not For Sale a five star rating and will advise anyone who has not yet discovered Sandra's gorgeous stories of sexy super rich brilliant international hotshots at try!(less)

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Jan 20, 2011 Naima rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Basically the conundrum that faces all but the end of “Not for Sale” is whether or not the object of H’s lust, sells herself along side selling her Russian translating skills. The H is a Brazilian uber-tycoon who has an important business dinner with a Russian tycoon and his wife, a plastyque hussy who wants the H. As the book opens the H has broken up with his Finnish model mistress and consequently needs to find a date for the night, who can both translate Russian for him, and be attractive en...more

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Jun 15, 2011 Nonieღserenity2bliss rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This book reminds me why I love Sandra Marton books! She's the only author from M&B that I still follow to this day. Though most of her books of late made me want to throw something at the wall, this book made me fall in love with M&B again.

I love the story because it's different from the other stories I read by her. I find the plot very intriguing and the chemistry and tension between the two leading characters convincing. I like the development of their relationship, from their first m...more

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Oct 29, 2011 Merve Özcan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fantastic, romance, harlequin, rich-tycoon-bussnessman-etc

Lucas çocukken hırsızlık yaparak hayatta kalan ve şimdi çok başarılı bir iş adamıymış. gerçekçi görmediğim şey adam nasıl bu kadar zengin olduğu değil nasıl bu kadar bilgili ve sofistike olduğu neyse kitaptır güzeldir. devam. yanlız çok paranoyak sinirimi bozdu. hep en kötüsünü düşünüyor. ayrıca iş yaptığı adamın karısı bunu taciz edince (olay kötü kabul ediyorum) verdiği tepki sanki ölüm kalım meselesi. kadını büyük kötü bir canavar olarak görüyor. çok komikti. Caroline ise bir çevirmek köy gib...more Lucas çocukken hırsızlık yaparak hayatta kalan ve şimdi çok başarılı bir iş adamıymış. gerçekçi görmediğim şey adam nasıl bu kadar zengin olduğu değil nasıl bu kadar bilgili ve sofistike olduğu neyse kitaptır güzeldir. devam. yanlız çok paranoyak sinirimi bozdu. hep en kötüsünü düşünüyor. ayrıca iş yaptığı adamın karısı bunu taciz edince (olay kötü kabul ediyorum) verdiği tepki sanki ölüm kalım meselesi. kadını büyük kötü bir canavar olarak görüyor. çok komikti. Caroline ise bir çevirmek köy gibi bir yerde büyümüş şehire gelmiş. bu iş adamını karısı ile yapıolan anlaşmadan gerçek çevirmen bulunamıyor.Dani adı verilen bir eskort Lucasın şirketinde çalışan birinin tanıdığı ve Dani rusça biliyor.ama meşgul onun yerine carolna ya soruyor bunlar Lucasla geceyi sevgili taklidi yaparak geçiriyorlar birbirlerinden çok etkileniyorlar. ertesi gün Danin eskort olduğunu öğreniyor. Carollina ise masumcuk ama onunda bir eskort kız olduğu sanılıyor Lucas bey tarafından. hayır her şeyi gaçtim kıza bir sor ama değil mi yani?

Lucas çevirme işi için istenen parayı vermek için Daninin eve gidiyor. Carolinada geceden 500 kazanmıştır.ve o paraya ightiyacı var. Lucas sormadan yargıda buluyor hakaret ediyor falan.çıkıp gidfiyor. seonra özel dedektif ile kızn aderesni buluyor. doğal olarak kızız aklıdan çıakramıyor. kızın evev gidiyor ev braz harabe gibi be bir hırsız girmiş eve polisler falan tabi bizim Lucasın şovalyeligi tutuyor kıkzı evine getiriyor bunlar çok güzel 1 hafta geçiriyorlar. Sonra Dani tekrar bir çevirme işi için arıyor. tabi Lucas hala şüphelerini söylemedi. bu konuşmayı kalın kafalı arkadaşımız yanlış anlıyor ve kıza metres muamelesi yapıyor. ev alıyorum sana aylık para vereginm diyor. Caroline iki göz iki çeşme atıyor kendini binadan dışarı. LUIcas harabe oluyor. Carolina farksız değil. neyse Carolina kedisini almak için giderken Lucasla karşılaşıyor. Lucas özür siliyor yalvarıyor resmen seni seviyorum vsvs Carolinada bende bende ve nihayi final evlenme teklifi ve mutlu son :D(less)

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Nov 23, 2011 Delaney Diamond rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: hp-romance, contemporary-romance

Okay, wow!

Sandra Marton is one of those HP authors I absolutely love reading, but I think she outdid herself this time. If it weren't for needing something to eat, I would have read it all the way through without stopping.

There's a heart-wrenching back story for the main characters which dictates how they behave toward each other. Both come from humble beginnings (Lucas's was dirt poor in Brazil) and have worked hard to improve their lives. Lucas, now stinking rich, has done a much better job...more

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May 03, 2012 Lenore Kosinski rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: harlequin

Phew...so glad this one was great. The last Presents book I read was not at ALL to my taste, and I was beginning to think I had outgrown Presents... This one was fabulous. Caroline was so innocent by fiesty, and Lucas was such a sweetheart underneath it all. I could actually believe the misunderstandings and fears they encountered, and could believe the HEA at the end. In fact, it left me smiling like a dope. :)

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Dec 28, 2011 willaful rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of Harlequin Presents

Shelves: angsty-goodness, fresh-scent-of-pining-hero

You can tell this is a modern Harlequin Presents because the hero actually has a reason for thinking the heroine is a prostitute. And it was kind of cool for awhile, because he concluded that, like him, she had done whatever it took to survive and decided to live with it. It was a bit of a letdown when he went all judgmental towards the end. Still a very passionate and enjoyable read.

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Jan 08, 2013 Yolande rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, to-re-read

I couldn't put this book down - something that rarely happens. The story was well written with enough pace to make me late for dinner. I simply couldn't put it down until I found out how Lucas and Caroline would get back together. Thank you Ms Marton for an enjoyable read that allowed me to escape into the sensual Cinderella-world of the characters.

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Dec 18, 2012 Jenny rated it 3 of 5 stars

It was a cute and funny reading. The hero was very charming and the heroine was someone I could relate to but the ending was kind of abrupt in my opinion.

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Jan 31, 2013 Dee Amis rated it 4 of 5 stars

Started it and three hours later I was reading the last page, really liked it. Even though they fell in love too soon.

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Jun 06, 2012 ~Megan~ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, dangerous-dudes, scarred-tortured-hero

What a cute and enjoyable little Harlequin! Just right for a rainy day, or when you're feeling a little down.

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May 08, 2012 Maya Blake rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really loved this book! The conflict was so simple and yet so deep. I read it in one go. Super brilliant book!

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Jul 22, 2011 Amy Lichtenhan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Romance/adult ~ Perfect if you're looking for a very light, quick read. Read it in a couple of hours.

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Feb 22, 2012 sbf20112011 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Pretty good, angsty read, though I thought it got repetitive. And geez, they had a lot of sex.

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Dec 10, 2012 Kelsey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: l-amour

Translation job, he thinks she's a hooker, she got spirit.

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Apr 29, 2011 Kate rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: harlequin-presents, contemporary-romance, read-in-2011, rating-3_5-stars

Overall rating -- 3.5 stars

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Apr 08, 2011 moran rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sandra-marton, harlequin-presents, book-depository

It was an o.k read but definatly not her best book.

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Apr 11, 2012 Jacqueline rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-hp-challenge, category-romance, contemporary-romance, from-the-library, harlequin, harlequin-presents

Very nice story of a man who mistakenly believes a woman is a call girl. He had a reason for his belief but he did not treat her poorly. So that was different on both counts. A very sweet story and I loved both the hero and the heroine.

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Apr 24, 2012 Leona rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: hqn-presents

Wow. Really great book. I think this is one of her better books.

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I live in a small town in Connecticut with my husband. I was 15, he was 18 when we met! Our house is bright and sun-filled, with deep woods behind us that are home to native wildlife from deer to fishers to coyotes. Wild turkeys plod through our yard; hawks fly overhead.

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