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A Spanish Vengeance
Lisa Pennington will do anything to help her family--even if that means accepting an indecent proposal from the man who broke her heart! For five years Diego Raffacani has thought of nothing but Lisa--and revenge! He's sure that she will come to his bed, if only for her family's sake.But he soon realizes that he has underestimated her--and the strength of their passion. Now the only way to right the wrongs of the past is to make her his bride. But will Lisa yield to the Spaniard's seduction?
192 pages, ebook
First published September 1, 2003
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Diana Hamilton
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Diana Hamilton was born in a English town. Wanting to be a country child, her imagination came into play at an early age, transforming a neighbor’s tree into a forest, a hole in a stone wall into a gingerbread house, a gas puddle into a fairyland, complete with mountains, lakes and flower meadows. She loathed housework but made to do her share, to lessen the boredom, she told herself stories, in a very loud voice, featuring princesses and flower gardens, discovering that telling herself stories was almost as good as reading them in a book.
She loathed school with an equal passion and got through it by pretending to be somewhere else. Even so she left grammar school with respectable grades... And was sent to art college when she wanted to study to be a vet. This was nowhere as bad as it had seemed because it was there, at age 18, she first saw Peter. He had returned from two years’ active service in Korea to resume his studies, and Diana immediately fell in love with him.
Gaining a degree in advertising copywriting, Diana worked as a copywriter and married Peter. They moved to a remote part of Wales after the birth of their second child, Paul, when their daughter, Rebecca, was three years old. There, Diana enjoyed pony trekking and walking in the mountains; and her third child, Andrew, was born. Itchy feet brought them back to England to the beautiful county of Shropshire four years later and they have been there ever since, gradually restoring the rambling Elizabethan manor that Diana gave her heart to on sight, creating a garden out of a wilderness of nettles, brambles and old bedsteads.
In the mid-'70s Diana took up her pen again to write stories to read to her three children at bedtime. These were never offered for publication but the bug had bitten. Over the next 10 years she combined writing over 30 novels, published by Robert Hale of London, with bringing up her children, gardening and cooking for the restaurant of a local inn—a wonderful excuse to avoid the dreaded housework! In 1987 Diana realized her dearest ambition—the publication of her first Mills & Boon romance, Song in a Strange Land. She had come home. And that feeling persists to this day as, around 30 Harlequin/Mills & Boon romantic novels late, she was still in love with the genre.
Sadly, Diana Hamilton passed away on May 3, 2009, at her home in Shropshire, surrounded by her family. She will be sorely missed by her fans and everyone at Mills & Boon/Harlequin
Diana Hamilton was born in a English town. Wanting to be a country child, her imagination came into play at an early age, transforming a neighbor’s tree into a forest, a hole in a stone wall into a gingerbread house, a gas puddle into a fairyland, complete with mountains, lakes and flower meadows. She loathed housework but made to do her share, to lessen the boredom, she told herself stories, in a very loud voice, featuring princesses and flower gardens, discovering that telling herself stories was almost as good as reading them in a book.
She loathed school with an equal passion and got through it by pretending to be somewhere else. Even so she left grammar school with respectable grades... And was sent to art college when she wanted to study to be a vet. This was nowhere as bad as it had seemed because it was there, at age 18, she first saw Peter. He had returned from two years’ active service in Korea to resume his studies, and Diana immediately fell in love with him.
Gaining a degree in advertising copywriting, Diana worked as a copywriter and married Peter. They moved to a remote part of Wales after the birth of their second child, Paul, when their daughter, Rebecca, was three years old. There, Diana enjoyed pony trekking and walking in the mountains; and her third child, Andrew, was born. Itchy feet brought them back to England to the beautiful county of Shropshire four years later and they have been there ever since, gradually restoring the rambling Elizabethan manor that Diana gave her heart to on sight, creating a garden out of a wilderness of nettles, brambles and old bedsteads.
In the mid-'70s Diana took up her pen again to write stories to read to her three children at bedtime. These were never offered for publication but the bug had bitten. Over the next 10 years she combined writing over 30 novels, published by Robert Hale of London, with bringing up her children, gardening and cooking for the restaurant of a local inn—a wonderful excuse to avoid the dreaded housework! In 1987 Diana realized her dearest ambition—the publication of her first Mills & Boon romance, Song in a Strange Land. She had come home. And that feeling persists to this day as, around 30 Harlequin/Mills & Boon romantic novels late, she was still in love with the genre.
Sadly, Diana Hamilton passed away on May 3, 2009, at her home in Shropshire, surrounded by her family. She will be sorely missed by her fans and everyone at Mills & Boon/Harlequin
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February 6, 2022
Dramatic, immature people show no real emotional growth over course of book. Boring and annoying.
And another thing, if your girlfriend thinks your sister is your lover because she is all over you and you are caressing and stroking and kissing your adult sister, then you need to take a careful look at your family life, because this is not normal.
And another thing, if your girlfriend thinks your sister is your lover because she is all over you and you are caressing and stroking and kissing your adult sister, then you need to take a careful look at your family life, because this is not normal.
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March 10, 2017
An anemic three stars. Misunderstanding rather than vengeance drove most of the conflict, which was disappointing. Reason for the vengeance: The 18 year-old rich girl heroine had a love-at-first-sight affair with a Spanish waiter while on holiday. It all came crashing down when she saw him with another woman. She was stupid and pretended to be with another guy - end act one.
Five years later tycoon hero is threatening to pull all of his luxury goods ads from her father's fashion magazine unless she becomes his mistress. He's been nursing that broken heart all for five years. She breaks her engagement and goes with him to Spain.
It's a great set-up - but no delivery. We get the hero's POV where he has misgivings. The heroien is still in love with him, so the idea of sex is no hardship. When they finally do go to bed together, the heroine is not coerced because he withdraws his ultimatum. After that, the author has to keep the tension up, so she creates a series of silly misunderstandings that have the H and h reaching for their frequent flyer cards.
Not a terrible story, just kind of average and meh.
Five years later tycoon hero is threatening to pull all of his luxury goods ads from her father's fashion magazine unless she becomes his mistress. He's been nursing that broken heart all for five years. She breaks her engagement and goes with him to Spain.
It's a great set-up - but no delivery. We get the hero's POV where he has misgivings. The heroien is still in love with him, so the idea of sex is no hardship. When they finally do go to bed together, the heroine is not coerced because he withdraws his ultimatum. After that, the author has to keep the tension up, so she creates a series of silly misunderstandings that have the H and h reaching for their frequent flyer cards.
Not a terrible story, just kind of average and meh.
February 13, 2012
As blackmailed-into-sex Harlequins go, this one seemed unusually honest: the heroine realizes that she could refuse but doesn't really want to. It wasn't very exciting though, and the sentence structure was sometimes so tortured I felt sorry for the poor sentences.
May 5, 2017
Leído el 21/10/2011
POR VENGANZA
DIANA HAMILTON
La editora Lisa Pennington estaba dispuesta a hacer cualquier cosa para salvar la revista de su familia, incluso aceptar una proposición indecente del hombre que le había roto el corazón.
Diego Cortés llevaba cinco años sin pensar en otra cosa que no fuera Lisa Pennington... ¡y en vengarse de ella! Estaba seguro de que podría llevársela a la cama, aunque sólo fuera para que ella consiguiera salvar su negocio. Pero Diego no tardó en darse cuenta de que la había subestimado y de que la única manera de compensar los errores del pasado era convertirla en su esposa...
¿Acabaría convirtiéndose en la esposa de un donjuán?
POR VENGANZA
DIANA HAMILTON
La editora Lisa Pennington estaba dispuesta a hacer cualquier cosa para salvar la revista de su familia, incluso aceptar una proposición indecente del hombre que le había roto el corazón.
Diego Cortés llevaba cinco años sin pensar en otra cosa que no fuera Lisa Pennington... ¡y en vengarse de ella! Estaba seguro de que podría llevársela a la cama, aunque sólo fuera para que ella consiguiera salvar su negocio. Pero Diego no tardó en darse cuenta de que la había subestimado y de que la única manera de compensar los errores del pasado era convertirla en su esposa...
¿Acabaría convirtiéndose en la esposa de un donjuán?
January 9, 2018
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ديانا هاملتون
روايات احلام
بدت ليزا بينينغتون أكثر جمالا مما يتذكرها فما زال وجهها الرائع مشرقا ينضح بالجاذبية. منذ خمس سنوات كان باستطاعة دييغو رافاكاني الحصول عليها وهو من تراجع. الآن بطريقة أو بأخرى سيحصل على ما يريده منذ زمن طويل وسيكشف أسرارها الدفينة ثم يرميها ويعيدها إلى حيث تنتمي بدت نبرة دييغو تحمل معاني أكثر من العادة حين قال بصوت ناعم كالحرير:
ـ لدي عرض لك آنسة بينينغتون!
ديانا هاملتون
روايات احلام
بدت ليزا بينينغتون أكثر جمالا مما يتذكرها فما زال وجهها الرائع مشرقا ينضح بالجاذبية. منذ خمس سنوات كان باستطاعة دييغو رافاكاني الحصول عليها وهو من تراجع. الآن بطريقة أو بأخرى سيحصل على ما يريده منذ زمن طويل وسيكشف أسرارها الدفينة ثم يرميها ويعيدها إلى حيث تنتمي بدت نبرة دييغو تحمل معاني أكثر من العادة حين قال بصوت ناعم كالحرير:
ـ لدي عرض لك آنسة بينينغتون!
June 9, 2020
A Spanish Vengeance
They met in Spain. And fell in love. But he forgot to tell her that he wasn't a waiter. Lies of omission and lies to save face mixed up with the language barrier had these two young love birds getting into heavy mix ups in understanding.
They met in Spain. And fell in love. But he forgot to tell her that he wasn't a waiter. Lies of omission and lies to save face mixed up with the language barrier had these two young love birds getting into heavy mix ups in understanding.
July 29, 2025
Bunch of drama queens. Skimmed.
September 16, 2015
Well it was a little too flowery, (does anyone use the endearment "my Darling" anymore?) there were no steamy scenes (I enjoy reading about the earth shattering moments) ....and the author used the expression "pole-axed" too many times.
so basically it was slightly too formulaic for me....but I liked the "watch" story...and would have liked an Epilogue. There wasn't enough revenge moments to keep it interesting either.
I even checked the publication date because I wondered why it seemed so dated.
2003....doesn't make sense.
so basically it was slightly too formulaic for me....but I liked the "watch" story...and would have liked an Epilogue. There wasn't enough revenge moments to keep it interesting either.
I even checked the publication date because I wondered why it seemed so dated.
2003....doesn't make sense.
July 24, 2022
Lisa Pennington will do anything to help her family -- even if that means accepting an indecent proposal from the man who broke her heart! For five years Diego Raffacani has thought of nothing but Lisa -- and revenge! He's sure that she will come to his bed, if only for her family's sake.
But he soon realizes that he has underestimated her -- and the strength of their passion. Now the only way to right the wrongs of the past is to make her his bride. But will Lisa yield to the Spaniard's seduction?
But he soon realizes that he has underestimated her -- and the strength of their passion. Now the only way to right the wrongs of the past is to make her his bride. But will Lisa yield to the Spaniard's seduction?
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