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Law of Attraction
JUDGE AND JURY...
With both her professional and personal life in such a mess, Charlotte realized she was lucky to land a position with the prestigious law firm of Jefferson & Horwich - even as a junior partner. But Daniel Jefferson was like salt in a wound. He was everything she'd dreamed of being - acclaimed, honored, AND very much in demand.
Next to him, Charlotte felt like a failure, and Daniel didn't help her confidence, commandeering her as his assistant and watching her closely. Her raw edge of resentment and anger kept her attraction to this very sexy man at bay...until Daniel voiced his very clear objections to the distance.
With both her professional and personal life in such a mess, Charlotte realized she was lucky to land a position with the prestigious law firm of Jefferson & Horwich - even as a junior partner. But Daniel Jefferson was like salt in a wound. He was everything she'd dreamed of being - acclaimed, honored, AND very much in demand.
Next to him, Charlotte felt like a failure, and Daniel didn't help her confidence, commandeering her as his assistant and watching her closely. Her raw edge of resentment and anger kept her attraction to this very sexy man at bay...until Daniel voiced his very clear objections to the distance.
189 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
About the author
Penny Jordan
1,144 books676 followersPenelope Jones Halsall
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
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June 10, 2018
Re Law of Attraction - Penny Jordan brings us the after effects of the 1992 British Recession in this quiet little story of solicitors in love.
(I put a little explanation of the British Recession at the end of this review here. But PJ, like Carole Mortimer in Hunter's Moon, makes the effects much more up close and personal.)
So the book starts with the h deeply, deeply bitter and unhappy. She worked hard, put up with a lot chauvinism and then manage to establish herself with a boutique law practice all her very own in London. She got herself a nice little London property too and also managed to find a wheeler dealer sorta fiance.
Then the The Day they Broke the Bank of England hit and the h lost everything. She, like so many other middle class business people had to sell out and almost declare bankruptcy. That lands her back at her home village, moving in with her parents and accepting a job at the local country solicitors office, working with a man who has been hailed as a legal genius.
For the first part of the book, the h is very, very unhappy and a lot of readers are not going to like that. I got it tho, the h is the typical PJ h. She is struggling hard in a very sexist occupation and because she listened to the bad advice of her former sorta fiance and did not trust herself enough to judge her own risks, she got burned badly.
So it isn't just the fact that the economy went south and the h lost her legal practice and her London life, it is also that her former sorta fiance claimed she spent too much time on pro bono cases and refused to ambulance chase the bigger clients. The h likes the pro bono work tho, her feelings for the law are rooted in a deep sense of equal justice and her vision of herself as a solicitor and her personal identity is predicated on that.
But even worse, the h knows deep down she betrayed herself because she let her former flame dictate her options without putting the power of her own conviction behind them. In other words, the h is deep into the self hatred pity party mode because her instincts told her to do differently that what she did and she did the wrong thing anyways.
There is nothing like kicking your own self in the hiney when you messed up to make you down on yourself. So I had some empathy for the h as she grudgingly went to work for a man who seemed to have a great legal career and a big practice handed to him on a platter.
(The h is assigned to the H as his main assistant and the h feels that her every move is being put under a microscope and cross examined because of her past failures. The h has a lot of resentment about that.)
I understood the h's resentment there too, because in a very real way, the H did get his life handed to him, like so many other privileged males in PJ's HPlandia. His great aunt was the one who started the law firm and it became her pride and joy. To the extent that the H's great aunt even locked marriage and love out of her life, as she felt that any kind of emotional encumbrance would hinder her legal career.
(The sad truth of the world in 1994 and earlier is that the H's great aunt was probably right. So PJ hits a highly relevant societal issue from the 90's and we are still trying to figure out the balance between work and family and time off for children even today. Tho to the modern world's credit, we understand that there is no one size fits all and everybody just does what they do.)
Gradually tho, the h comes to see the H is really a great guy. He cares about pro bono work, his sense of justice and methods of the practice of law mirror the h's own and he is totally gorgeous and very charming to boot.
The H and h start spending more and more time together and the h is feeling the Lurve Force Mojo attraction. Then fate, gossip and the maybe OW step in. The h is starting to feel a real connection with the H and his kisses are outstanding in the knee weakening department. But the office gossip is that a wealthy lady client of his may not be just a client.
The h starts having the bad feeling that the H is messing with her while chasing the wealthy client on the lady buffet circuit. At first, it is easy to dismiss the h's feelings as her own insecurity and too much office gossip, but then the H interrupts a VERY Purple Personal Lurve Mojo moment to rush off to the OW and we all have to wonder just what the H's motivations are.
The the H's long time mentor dies too and the h feels badly for the H, she tries to be supportive, even as she is furious he might be playing her. When the H tries to make another date with the h, she does the PJ Approved h wards off the H speech of "it was only a little lurve mojo fondling and doesn't mean anything". The H gets angry and cold, cause the h tells him he was just subbing for her ex sorta fiance in the passion moment.
This makes the h miserable and she gets even more miserable when it is revealed that the H wasn't playing both ladies against the middle at all. He was trying to get his wealthy lady client to give the deceased husband's business to his child, as per the man's wishes.
Unfortunately the man died before he could sign his new will, so the H was being persuasive in getting the woman to turn the company over. Which he succeeded at in the end and everything was settled as the former client would have wished. (I do admit to some curiosity about HOW exactly the H got the woman to go along with the plan, but it is PJ and the H was nice, so I didn't question too much.)
The h can't stand the emotional pain anymore and she is losing weight and looks and sleep and she finally seeks the H out after chatting it over with her sister. The h goes to the H and they have a big reveal of how the h lied about the purple passion not meaning anything and the H declares his love for the h.
The H fell in love with the h the very first time he saw her and that was why she got appointed to be his main assistant. The H did not want to be away from her and it had nothing to do with the h's competence as she originally thought. The H lets the h in on another seekrit too. He failed his law exams the first time around and his Great Aunt told him he was a misogynistic, entitled nematode who deserved to be humbled a little.
The H learned his lesson and is now a better person and has great respect for the h, who had no problems passing her law exams. The H wants them to marry, partner up for legal work and kids and the enthusiastically jumps into his arms with a big affirmative YES for the PJ pink sparkly, unicorn's dancing HEA.
This one was a nice little PJ HPlandia outing. The h may not be to everyone's taste. But I thought PJ did a good job on the kind of inner torment one might experience after a catastrophic life event fail. Not everyone is an entrepreneur or risk taker, so PJ gave me some empathy for people who might need more support when they leap into the brink - and PJ made that seem absolutely okay.
The H was fabulous and kind and the HEA was believable, so when you need a little sweet romance with a mild amount of angst, you won't go amiss with this little HP outing.
(I put a little explanation of the British Recession at the end of this review here. But PJ, like Carole Mortimer in Hunter's Moon, makes the effects much more up close and personal.)
So the book starts with the h deeply, deeply bitter and unhappy. She worked hard, put up with a lot chauvinism and then manage to establish herself with a boutique law practice all her very own in London. She got herself a nice little London property too and also managed to find a wheeler dealer sorta fiance.
Then the The Day they Broke the Bank of England hit and the h lost everything. She, like so many other middle class business people had to sell out and almost declare bankruptcy. That lands her back at her home village, moving in with her parents and accepting a job at the local country solicitors office, working with a man who has been hailed as a legal genius.
For the first part of the book, the h is very, very unhappy and a lot of readers are not going to like that. I got it tho, the h is the typical PJ h. She is struggling hard in a very sexist occupation and because she listened to the bad advice of her former sorta fiance and did not trust herself enough to judge her own risks, she got burned badly.
So it isn't just the fact that the economy went south and the h lost her legal practice and her London life, it is also that her former sorta fiance claimed she spent too much time on pro bono cases and refused to ambulance chase the bigger clients. The h likes the pro bono work tho, her feelings for the law are rooted in a deep sense of equal justice and her vision of herself as a solicitor and her personal identity is predicated on that.
But even worse, the h knows deep down she betrayed herself because she let her former flame dictate her options without putting the power of her own conviction behind them. In other words, the h is deep into the self hatred pity party mode because her instincts told her to do differently that what she did and she did the wrong thing anyways.
There is nothing like kicking your own self in the hiney when you messed up to make you down on yourself. So I had some empathy for the h as she grudgingly went to work for a man who seemed to have a great legal career and a big practice handed to him on a platter.
(The h is assigned to the H as his main assistant and the h feels that her every move is being put under a microscope and cross examined because of her past failures. The h has a lot of resentment about that.)
I understood the h's resentment there too, because in a very real way, the H did get his life handed to him, like so many other privileged males in PJ's HPlandia. His great aunt was the one who started the law firm and it became her pride and joy. To the extent that the H's great aunt even locked marriage and love out of her life, as she felt that any kind of emotional encumbrance would hinder her legal career.
(The sad truth of the world in 1994 and earlier is that the H's great aunt was probably right. So PJ hits a highly relevant societal issue from the 90's and we are still trying to figure out the balance between work and family and time off for children even today. Tho to the modern world's credit, we understand that there is no one size fits all and everybody just does what they do.)
Gradually tho, the h comes to see the H is really a great guy. He cares about pro bono work, his sense of justice and methods of the practice of law mirror the h's own and he is totally gorgeous and very charming to boot.
The H and h start spending more and more time together and the h is feeling the Lurve Force Mojo attraction. Then fate, gossip and the maybe OW step in. The h is starting to feel a real connection with the H and his kisses are outstanding in the knee weakening department. But the office gossip is that a wealthy lady client of his may not be just a client.
The h starts having the bad feeling that the H is messing with her while chasing the wealthy client on the lady buffet circuit. At first, it is easy to dismiss the h's feelings as her own insecurity and too much office gossip, but then the H interrupts a VERY Purple Personal Lurve Mojo moment to rush off to the OW and we all have to wonder just what the H's motivations are.
The the H's long time mentor dies too and the h feels badly for the H, she tries to be supportive, even as she is furious he might be playing her. When the H tries to make another date with the h, she does the PJ Approved h wards off the H speech of "it was only a little lurve mojo fondling and doesn't mean anything". The H gets angry and cold, cause the h tells him he was just subbing for her ex sorta fiance in the passion moment.
This makes the h miserable and she gets even more miserable when it is revealed that the H wasn't playing both ladies against the middle at all. He was trying to get his wealthy lady client to give the deceased husband's business to his child, as per the man's wishes.
Unfortunately the man died before he could sign his new will, so the H was being persuasive in getting the woman to turn the company over. Which he succeeded at in the end and everything was settled as the former client would have wished. (I do admit to some curiosity about HOW exactly the H got the woman to go along with the plan, but it is PJ and the H was nice, so I didn't question too much.)
The h can't stand the emotional pain anymore and she is losing weight and looks and sleep and she finally seeks the H out after chatting it over with her sister. The h goes to the H and they have a big reveal of how the h lied about the purple passion not meaning anything and the H declares his love for the h.
The H fell in love with the h the very first time he saw her and that was why she got appointed to be his main assistant. The H did not want to be away from her and it had nothing to do with the h's competence as she originally thought. The H lets the h in on another seekrit too. He failed his law exams the first time around and his Great Aunt told him he was a misogynistic, entitled nematode who deserved to be humbled a little.
The H learned his lesson and is now a better person and has great respect for the h, who had no problems passing her law exams. The H wants them to marry, partner up for legal work and kids and the enthusiastically jumps into his arms with a big affirmative YES for the PJ pink sparkly, unicorn's dancing HEA.
This one was a nice little PJ HPlandia outing. The h may not be to everyone's taste. But I thought PJ did a good job on the kind of inner torment one might experience after a catastrophic life event fail. Not everyone is an entrepreneur or risk taker, so PJ gave me some empathy for people who might need more support when they leap into the brink - and PJ made that seem absolutely okay.
The H was fabulous and kind and the HEA was believable, so when you need a little sweet romance with a mild amount of angst, you won't go amiss with this little HP outing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 30, 2021
My main issue with this romance was the heroine. First, I must say that I'm usually a fan of Jordan's heroines. They run the gamut from sweet and sensitive, to insecure and neurotic. There are even an odd few who are excessively immature or in the very rare case, even mean. Some are definitely more flawed than others. I'm not asking for perfection, but I do want to see some character growth by the time the story ends.
Charlotte, the heroine of Law of Attraction slots into the "very insecure" and "excessively immature" categories. And unfortunately, I didn't see much growth. Charlotte had failed in many of her own ventures so she was quite insecure, which I could understand. What annoyed me was how she resented and disliked Daniel for his success! It smacks of immaturity which is a pet peeve of mine. Later, she even assumed Daniel betrayed her by having an affair with a client. So not only was Charlotte overly insecure and immature but she also had trust issues.
With all this said, the very nice hero Daniel saved the book from being a total disaster.
Charlotte, the heroine of Law of Attraction slots into the "very insecure" and "excessively immature" categories. And unfortunately, I didn't see much growth. Charlotte had failed in many of her own ventures so she was quite insecure, which I could understand. What annoyed me was how she resented and disliked Daniel for his success! It smacks of immaturity which is a pet peeve of mine. Later, she even assumed Daniel betrayed her by having an affair with a client. So not only was Charlotte overly insecure and immature but she also had trust issues.
With all this said, the very nice hero Daniel saved the book from being a total disaster.
December 17, 2012
Very bitter, insecure, and defensive heroine paired with an uber-lovely, kind, and generous hero. I'm hoping for a sequel where he dumps her and finds a grown up to love.
January 12, 2014
The title to this one is a cunning play on the fact that the heroine, Charlotte is a solicitor and will find love with head honcho solicitor, Daniel, in a sleepy backwater solicitor's office. Unlikely, I know, but Charlotte has been a high flier, having had her own practice, but then fallen a victim to the recession (the one referred to in the book is the one that took place in the early 90s being as this was originally published in 1992) and feels an utter failure that she's had to give it up and go back to being a humble employee. In fact for a good 45 pages she spends the time with a massive chip on her shoulder, pretty much resenting and hating anyone who hasn't failed in business. Then Daniel's charm starts to win her over and despite a few little hiccups, they prove that they really love each other (although she's so embittered during the early part of the book, it's hard to see what Daniel actually sees in her at all, and his claim that he fell in love with her at first sight is particularly incredible) and presumably live happily ever after.
I didn't like this book at all during those first 45 pages - Penny Jordan is so good at sketching a lovely heroine that this one, who was foul to start with, was a bit of a disappointment. However, the story really picks up as the heroine falls for Daniel and it's all terribly romantic. There's a bit in it when he asks her in for "supper" and makes clever use of a hostess trolley during this incident (now who wouldn't fall for a man who is not only a careful driver, but can also handle a hostess trolley deftly?)
This book really is a very good example of Jordan's work - She wrote for Harlequin Mills and Boon for four decades and all of social change during that time is recorded in those books. People might say that these slightly trashy romances have no value but there's a chart in these books of the society of the 80s, 90s, 2000s and 2010s. There's a bit of everything in here from the 90s - power suits, yuppie flu and the recession which meant that so many people had negative equity in their properties. Being as she was a middle-class woman writing from a village location, Jordan is portraying this as any ordinary person would. It's not the view of a politician, or a philosopher, or a movie star - it's the view of the average person - something that normally just gets glossed over or forgotten about. How valuable is that? Realise I'm banging on a bit about it, but am thinking of justifications for writing a theses on these novels.
Anyway, in short, there's not too much rumpy-pumpy in this one, but the hero is nice, the heroine comes good and it's an enjoyable read. Plus at a penny on Amazon, it's worth it for the scene with the hostess trolley alone.
I didn't like this book at all during those first 45 pages - Penny Jordan is so good at sketching a lovely heroine that this one, who was foul to start with, was a bit of a disappointment. However, the story really picks up as the heroine falls for Daniel and it's all terribly romantic. There's a bit in it when he asks her in for "supper" and makes clever use of a hostess trolley during this incident (now who wouldn't fall for a man who is not only a careful driver, but can also handle a hostess trolley deftly?)
This book really is a very good example of Jordan's work - She wrote for Harlequin Mills and Boon for four decades and all of social change during that time is recorded in those books. People might say that these slightly trashy romances have no value but there's a chart in these books of the society of the 80s, 90s, 2000s and 2010s. There's a bit of everything in here from the 90s - power suits, yuppie flu and the recession which meant that so many people had negative equity in their properties. Being as she was a middle-class woman writing from a village location, Jordan is portraying this as any ordinary person would. It's not the view of a politician, or a philosopher, or a movie star - it's the view of the average person - something that normally just gets glossed over or forgotten about. How valuable is that? Realise I'm banging on a bit about it, but am thinking of justifications for writing a theses on these novels.
Anyway, in short, there's not too much rumpy-pumpy in this one, but the hero is nice, the heroine comes good and it's an enjoyable read. Plus at a penny on Amazon, it's worth it for the scene with the hostess trolley alone.
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September 6, 2016Note to self avoid due to heroine
August 14, 2011
The heroine Charlotte is about to start at a new job, and she is feeling somewhat dejected by the recent events in her life. Due to recession she has had to close her own law firm, sell her apartment and her fiancé left her. The hero Daniel is one of the senior partners at the new firm she is working at and has had quite a lot of success in some high profile cases. Charlotte is envious of his success and decides not to like him, so she is shocked to find out she will be working directly with him. Due to her own feelings of failure she is unsure of her ability and thinks that Daniel doesn't trust her. As they spend time together Charlotte begins to change her opinion of him and they grow closer with Daniel expressing his growing feelings towards her. But Charlotte's ever growing insecurities and Daniel's secrets are stopping them from taking their relationship further.
I quite liked this book, when I say 'quite' I mean that at times I wasn't sure if I liked it and others I was. It was difficult to fully grasp as Charlotte's self doubt and insecurities were constantly described that it became so frustrating. Had she have been a real person then there would have been a serious emotional problem there, in my opinion. What saves this book is the hero Daniel, for once in a romance novel we actually have a hero who is upfront about his feelings first and very noble. This book would be greatly improved by including his point of view. I have noticed that in a lot of the older books I have been reviewing recently that there is very rarely narrative from the male character's point of view.
The pace and flow of this book is rather slow and boring. But the story itself is interesting and the love-story is really nice.
Not a bad book.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
I quite liked this book, when I say 'quite' I mean that at times I wasn't sure if I liked it and others I was. It was difficult to fully grasp as Charlotte's self doubt and insecurities were constantly described that it became so frustrating. Had she have been a real person then there would have been a serious emotional problem there, in my opinion. What saves this book is the hero Daniel, for once in a romance novel we actually have a hero who is upfront about his feelings first and very noble. This book would be greatly improved by including his point of view. I have noticed that in a lot of the older books I have been reviewing recently that there is very rarely narrative from the male character's point of view.
The pace and flow of this book is rather slow and boring. But the story itself is interesting and the love-story is really nice.
Not a bad book.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
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June 28, 2018Judge and jury
With both her professional and personal life in such a mess, Charlotte French realized she was lucky to land a position with the prestigious law firm of Jefferson & Horwich - even as a junior partner. But Daniel Jefferson was like salt in a wound. He was everything she'd dreamed of being - acclaimed, honored. And very much in demand.
Next to him Charlotte felt like a failure, and Daniel didn't help her confidence, commandeering her as his assistant and watching her closely. Her raw edge of resentment and anger kept her attraction to this very sexy man at bay...until Daniel voiced his very clear objections to the distance.
With both her professional and personal life in such a mess, Charlotte French realized she was lucky to land a position with the prestigious law firm of Jefferson & Horwich - even as a junior partner. But Daniel Jefferson was like salt in a wound. He was everything she'd dreamed of being - acclaimed, honored. And very much in demand.
Next to him Charlotte felt like a failure, and Daniel didn't help her confidence, commandeering her as his assistant and watching her closely. Her raw edge of resentment and anger kept her attraction to this very sexy man at bay...until Daniel voiced his very clear objections to the distance.
January 3, 2019
I have some issues with this story.
Firstly, I am amazed that the h in this book has come as far as she has in life with the low shelf esteem she has! She keeps putting herself down and being resentful of the H’s success. She always interprets his compliments as veiled critique and she barely says two words to him at the beginning of the book. When, in fact, he is nothing but kind and smiley with her.
Secondly, I couldn’t stop thinking about how unnecessary the sexual history of the h was to the plot. She is 32 and has, as I understand it, been with the fiancée (who dumped her) since university, so at least 10 years maybe? And they never had sex during that time? Supposedly because of their being busy building their high powered lifestyle.
She had a boyfriend at uni that she had sex with, so why didn't she react when she didn't have the same “urges” with her fiancée that she had with her first lover? It doesn't make sense to me. I would have understood it if she’d never had sex before and thought she was frigid. PJ often uses this as a plot point in her books, a h that thinks she’s inadequate and has staid a virgin because someone told her she was bad at intimacy.
It destroyed the book for me. I couldn’t concentrate on the story.
There was a point to this ranting but I seem to have forgotten it…
Firstly, I am amazed that the h in this book has come as far as she has in life with the low shelf esteem she has! She keeps putting herself down and being resentful of the H’s success. She always interprets his compliments as veiled critique and she barely says two words to him at the beginning of the book. When, in fact, he is nothing but kind and smiley with her.
Secondly, I couldn’t stop thinking about how unnecessary the sexual history of the h was to the plot. She is 32 and has, as I understand it, been with the fiancée (who dumped her) since university, so at least 10 years maybe? And they never had sex during that time? Supposedly because of their being busy building their high powered lifestyle.
She had a boyfriend at uni that she had sex with, so why didn't she react when she didn't have the same “urges” with her fiancée that she had with her first lover? It doesn't make sense to me. I would have understood it if she’d never had sex before and thought she was frigid. PJ often uses this as a plot point in her books, a h that thinks she’s inadequate and has staid a virgin because someone told her she was bad at intimacy.
It destroyed the book for me. I couldn’t concentrate on the story.
There was a point to this ranting but I seem to have forgotten it…
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 9, 2022
I wanted some 'light' reading so chose this book.....I can't believe it was actually published...there is hardly any story to it and so much repetition of Charlotte's feelings of failure....and Daniel seemed determined but wishy-washy although the undetermined part of him was explained in the end.
October 2, 2025
This is more like what I thought reading harlequin would be like. A fun little read with some miscommunication and angst. I can see how people found Charlotte frustrating, but it was clear to me she’s coping poorly with her depression. I have hope for these two now that they’re communicating clearly
November 4, 2021
General love story
April 8, 2011
lanjuttttt......
tentang si ceweq yg jadi pengacara.. niatnya sih mo sukses tp yahhh apa yg kita inginkan tak selalu bisa kita dapatkan (puitisss)
nah apesnya si ceweq nglamar jadi pengacara di biro hukum milik seorang cowoq yg langsung dibenci ma si ceweq (yah karna si cowoq punya segalanya yg tidak dimiliki si ceweq)
jadilah walo kerja di biro hukum si cowoq tp si ceweq ini rada2 gimana gitu
menurutku ya nih ceweq aneh kenapa jadi nyalahin si cowoq?? lha dia ga mau nasibnya begitu2 saja usaha kenape daripada curiga mulu ma motif orang
ditolong salah ga ditolong salah
kayaknya kok ngeluhhhhh aja
repot bener2 serba salah...
kalo mo diliat ceritanya pengen ku kasih 2 bintang aja tp karna aq suka gaya bercerita PJ yg sangat enak diikuti jadi ga tega ngasih 2 bintang
jadi 3 aja deh....aq baik khan...wakakakakakaka narsisdotcom lanjutttt
tentang si ceweq yg jadi pengacara.. niatnya sih mo sukses tp yahhh apa yg kita inginkan tak selalu bisa kita dapatkan (puitisss)
nah apesnya si ceweq nglamar jadi pengacara di biro hukum milik seorang cowoq yg langsung dibenci ma si ceweq (yah karna si cowoq punya segalanya yg tidak dimiliki si ceweq)
jadilah walo kerja di biro hukum si cowoq tp si ceweq ini rada2 gimana gitu
menurutku ya nih ceweq aneh kenapa jadi nyalahin si cowoq?? lha dia ga mau nasibnya begitu2 saja usaha kenape daripada curiga mulu ma motif orang
ditolong salah ga ditolong salah
kayaknya kok ngeluhhhhh aja
repot bener2 serba salah...
kalo mo diliat ceritanya pengen ku kasih 2 bintang aja tp karna aq suka gaya bercerita PJ yg sangat enak diikuti jadi ga tega ngasih 2 bintang
jadi 3 aja deh....aq baik khan...wakakakakakaka narsisdotcom lanjutttt
January 7, 2017
Charlotte is 32 and forced to move back home with her parents and start her career working from the bottom up. A solicitor that moved up the ladder and had her own business, that utterly failed when the recession hit. Once again working for someone else, she has to fight not only her bitterness at being a failure, but the belief that the owner believes she is one too.
Daniel Jefferson is a very successful solicitor. Running the business left to him by his Aunt Lydia, he sees much of her spirit in Charlotte. Just waiting for Charlotte to realize she is not a failure in his eyes. More like his hopes for the future.
Overall it's just ok. The repeating over and over about how much of a failure she was made Charlotte not a very likeable character.
Daniel Jefferson is a very successful solicitor. Running the business left to him by his Aunt Lydia, he sees much of her spirit in Charlotte. Just waiting for Charlotte to realize she is not a failure in his eyes. More like his hopes for the future.
Overall it's just ok. The repeating over and over about how much of a failure she was made Charlotte not a very likeable character.
February 4, 2016
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book the characters were great the main male lead handsome, with integrity also strong and sharp. The lead female was a little to insecure at times with low self-esteem, no self-confidences
All in all a very good read will definitely read this story again and again. I gave it this rating because Penny Jordan is a excellent writer I always buy her novels.
All in all a very good read will definitely read this story again and again. I gave it this rating because Penny Jordan is a excellent writer I always buy her novels.
July 7, 2007
This book... well, let say, I wish I can find something interesting in it but..., nada! The story is kinda lame and kinda dissapointing. Don't buy this book, just borrow it if your friend has it. Hehe, sorry Mrs. Jordan!
September 4, 2012
After the heroine lost her business she went to work for the hero. Unused to dealing with orders rather than giving them, the hero and heroine constantly spark off each other creating a pretty passionate outlook. Then when you think they will never break *BAM* passions ignite.
September 24, 2014
This was the first Penny Jordan that I really didn't like. I could not stand the heroine. she was just too angry and bitter. The hero was a nice guy whom she just was nasty about.
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