His Executive Sweetheart (Bravo Family, #10)

Bravo Family #10

by Christine Rimmer

His Executive Sweetheart by Christine Rimmer released on Jul 25, 2002 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Romance, Harlequin, Contemporary Romance, Read For College, Category Romance

248 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

New York Times bestselling author Christine Rimmer has written more than one hundred contemporary romances for Harlequin Books. She has won Romantic Times BOOKreview’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for best Silhouette Special Edition. She has been nominated seven times for the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award and five times for Romantic Times Series Storyteller of the Year.

A California native who first longed to be an actress, Christine earned her theater degree from California State, Sacramento and then went to New York to study acting. Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. Her plays were produced at The Back Alley and Group Theaters in Southern California and have been published by Dramatists Play Service and West Coast Plays.

She now lives in Oregon with her family and two very contented cats named Tom and Ed.

Reviews

[GuisBell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gusto la manera tan fácil como se desarrollo todo, aunque hubo situaciones un tanto confusas creo que fue muy lindo de leer, tiene todo los ingredientes exactos de una buena lectura...

[Nightwitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m a total sucker for competent secretary romances, and while Celia makes the ridiculous decision to fall in love with her boss on the first page of this novel, she copes with it sensibly - discussing it with her girlfriends and eventually just telling him that she has a thing for him, then coping with the consequences. It’s definitely a category romance, with outsized emotions, but everyone’s really nice to each other; even Aaron’s showgirl girlfriends are attractive and, as Celia woefully admits, super nice. There are a ton of great female characters in this book - Aaron’s smoky-voiced, man-hopping single mom, Celia’s duo of girlfriends (clearly destined for Aaron’s brothers, but never mind), various friends and co-workers and yes, even Jennifer the super nice showgirl. (I will note that Celia’s friends are Jane and Jillian. When you add in Jennifer the super nice showgirl you’re drowning in Js.)

That said, the progression of the romance is a little dumb; Aaron thinks Celia’s an indispensable secretary, she’s told him she’s in love with him, so he decides it’s a good idea to spur-of-the-moment make out with her and attempt a hook-up (although he can’t give her love)? Yeah okay dude. Good decision making, I really believe you’re a high-powered thirty-four-year-old tycoon with that kind of interpersonal acumen. (Not to mention that he’s shocked when Celia says that if she sleeps with him he’ll need to break up with Jennifer.) Also, he runs a casino which is ethically repugnant. So Aaron’s basically a doofus, but I thiiiiink Celia makes up for it.

[Tia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read on and off in this series and I've liked them so far and this one was really no exception. It was a great book to read. The romance and passion was there, however it took a while for the love to kick in on the hero's side. It's always a good book when the hero claims he will be a bachelor forever and then meets his match in the heroine. I was turned off by a few characters but obviously if they were mentioned they needed to be in the book or served a bigger purpose.

[Andrea Lujano · Rating 3 out of 5]

Protagonistas: Aarón & Celia

Profesiones: Secretaria & Empresario

Pais: USA

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Famous Families Collection
Category: Contemporary Romance