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March 5, 2014
February 27, 2014
Throwback Thursday - Valentino's Love-Child
Valentino's Love Childby Lucy Monroe
Harlequin Presents #2820
US ISBN-10: 0-373-12820-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-373-12820-4
A Review:
Lucy Monroe has a fabulous love story on her hands with Valentino's Love-Child. Readers will be crying for more of this fast paced explosive passion filled romance story. Ms. Monroe is an author that should be on everyone's must buy list and her latest release is no exception. Valentino's Love-Child gives the readers what they are asking for and so much more. I truly loved Ms. Monroe's Valentino's Love-Child story and I cannot wait to see what she will come up with next. —Sonya, 5 Angels — Fallen Angel Reviews Buy the Book ~ Excerpt
February 26, 2014
February 20, 2014
Throwback Thursday - The Greek's Pregnant Lover
The Greek’s Pregnant LoverTraditional Greek Husbands mini-series
Harlequin Presents #2935
ISBN-10: 0373129351
ISBN-13: 978-0373129355
August 2010 North America
No-strings fling...to wedding ring?
Self-made billionaire Zephyr Nikos has come a long way from the streets of Athens, but his heart is stone-cold — like marble. He can’t offer Piper Madison his love; instead he offers her his world: fine dining, private jet, rubbing shoulders with the rich and powerful...
As their desire heats up and finally reaches boiling point, Zephyr and Piper must end their affair before one of
them gets hurt. There’s just one small complication...Piper’s pregnancy test just came back positive!
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February 13, 2014
Throwback Thursday - Not Just the Greek's Wife
Not Just the Greek’s WifeUSA Today Best Seller!
Harlequin Presents #3089 - October 2012
© By Lucy Monroe
ISBN-10: 0373130953
ISBN-13: 978-0373130955
Ariston Spiridakou had one reason and one reason only for marrying Chloe: he needed a biddable bride to provide the requisite heir. Yet three years later Chloe’s status as good Greek wife is a distant memory—and her defiance has had her cast out of Ariston’s life....
Infuriatingly, Chloe now finds herself at Ariston’s mercy—but his help comes with a wicked price: the unyielding condition that he won’t even consider her request until she’s shared his bed...and is expecting his baby!
“Chloe and Ariston’s emotions leap from the pages in this evocative second-chance romance, packed with vivid scenery and love scenes that sizzle.“ —4 Stars, RT Book Reviews
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February 12, 2014
February 5, 2014
Throw Back Thursday - For Duty's Sake
For Duty's SakeMass Market PaperbackHarlequin Presents #2993 - June 2011ISBN - 10:0373129939 ISBN -13: 978-0373129935
Read an excerpt:
Angele slid around the partially opened door to Zahir’s office. He had disappeared from the wedding feast and she’d known she would find him here.
“Shirking your duty, Prince Zahir?” Her arms crossed over the sweetheart neckline of her short-short Juicy Couture original. “Tsk, tsk, tsk. What would your father say?”
The room was very much like Zahir, masculine, rich and imposing. And yet there was something in the artwork and the old world furnishings that reflected more, something special — an appreciation for beauty that she knew few were aware of.
But while Zahir didn’t pay her any particular attention, she had watched him closely and probably knew more about the real man than most. She still wondered at her ignorance of the secret revealed short months ago.
She’d decided it was willful blindness on her part, but that had not made her feel any better. Only mind-numbingly stupid.
She was a twenty-three year old virgin with no prospects and she knew she was to blame for that fact and no one else. She had clung to hopes and fairytales that never came true in the real world. Her parents’ marriage should have made her realize that.Zahir looked up from some papers on his desk, his grey eyes widening a fraction at the sight of her. He
quickly stood to his full, imposing six-feet, four-inches. He wore the traditional robes and head covering of a crown sheikh over a tailored Armani suit that did nothing but make him look mouth-wateringly attractive to her.
Not that he was even remotely aware of the effect he had on her. She would have to be on his radar as an actual woman for that to happen.
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January 30, 2014
Throwback Thursday - Forbidden: The Billionaire's Virgin Princess
Forbidden: The Billionaire's Virgin Princess
By Lucy Monroe
Royal Brides mini-series
Harlequin Presents #2739
US ISBN ISBN-10: 0-373-12739-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-373-12739-9
July 2008 both UK & North America
{EXCERPT}
It certainly wasn't her heart. That particular organ was off limits to him. Forever.
So, what did all this mean for her status as a virgin? Did she have no hope of ever having a normal physical relationship with a man?
Prior to Sebastian's re-entry into her life, she'd convinced herself she was fine with being alone...with being sexually innocent. That was before he reawakened her sensual self. She still wasn't entirely sure she could trust that aspect of her nature, but she recognized it was one she missed. No matter what her mother's opinion would be on the subject.
The prospect that a man who had betrayed her held some irrevocable sway over her libido was completely unacceptable.
A man who had the audacity to believe she belonged to the man her parents had chosen for her without her input.
The sound of a growl surprised her and she realized it had come from her. He made her so angry.
No way was she going to let him hold her sexuality hostage.
So, how did she fix it? She already knew that trying to do something with another man wasn't going to work. At least not while her body was still tuned to respond to Sebastian.
She'd always kind of thought that if she ever fell in love again, not that she really wanted to – the whole pain and betrayal thing had really soured her on the concept – but that she would be as turned on by whoever she loved as she was by Sebastian.
Now, she wondered if her unresolved attraction to Sebastian was actually blocking her from feeling anything physical or emotional for another man. Her memories of the pleasure she'd experienced with him were all wrapped up in an uncomfortable shame she'd stuffed deep inside rather than deal with. The first time at the lake, she'd been so wanton in her response that she had not even realized that Bob had come up on them. Even her doctor hadn't seen her completely naked since she was a very tiny child. The thought that Bob had almost seen her breasts exposed had been extremely disconcerting.
In fact, it still was.
Then the night she learned of Sebastian's betrayal forever linked sensual pleasure with emotional pain and why hadn't she seen that before?
Because she hadn't cared enough to analyze; because she'd been safer avoiding any sort of intimacy in her life. Her parents' rejection had hurt her more deeply than they could possibly understand. Sebastian's had simply confirmed to her battered heart that it was better off lonely than taking a risk on allowing someone else to hurt her the same way.
How ridiculous that she had allowed the very people she did not want influencing her having more sway over her actions and feelings than anyone else.
This had to be changed.
Again, she wondered how to do that. She couldn't do much about the love thing right now since there was no one in her life she was even close to having that kind of attachment to. But her ability to embrace her physical nature was something else.
If she had sex with Sebastian, losing the last vestiges of her innocence and virginity, wouldn't that break through whatever mental barrier had been holding her back since she was nineteen? It had to.
The only question was: how did she get Sebastian to have conjugal relations with her when they were at odds more than anything else?
She could try seducing him, but that hadn't worked the first time around. It had only taken a single phone call to derail her plans as well as what she'd thought was their relationship. Besides, she wasn't super fond of subtle manipulations. She'd much rather be up front about what she wanted. She refused to play the games of deception that Sebastian now said he was sorry for.
She turned the problem over in her mind until a decent plan began to form.
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