An Affair to Remember

Mediterranean Nights #5

by Karen Kendall

Of all the ships on the Med, she had to sail on his?

As captain of the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream, Nikolas Pappas is used to navigating his way through rough waters. But he hasn't been able to steer his heart in the right direction since the day he ran out on the only woman he has ever truly loved. The daughter of a shipping tycoon, Helena Stamos lived a life of power and privilege back then, and Nikolas knew a lowly deckhand had no future with a woman like her.

Now, after fifteen years of heartbreak and regret - as suddenly as he had left her - Nick is back in Helena's life. While the years have passed and they have both moved on with their lives, the pull of their mutual attraction hasn't weakened. But even if they can see beyond their past and resolve their incompatible lifestyles - Nick left her once. What's to stop him from leaving her again?

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

Karen Kendall is the author of many disasters and nine romantic comedies. She grew up in Austin, Texas, and credits her early interest in writing to several teachers and her mother, a professor of comparative literature.

A graduate of Smith College, Karen studied the mysteries of modern and contemporary art before enrolling in a masters program in Museum Education, with the aim of teaching children about art. She worked for several museums and galleries before following her lifelong dream and completing a novel.

Karen is still a big fan of children's art, but she now writes full time and lives in Florida with her husband, Don, and attack-cat Boo, who turns up her nose at chicken and fish but adores asparagus and mint-chocolate-chip ice cream.

Reviews

[Mojca · Rating 1 out of 5]

After fifteen years, Nikolas Pappas and Helena Stamos meet again. He was just a lowly deckhand when they fell in love, and she hid her true identity from him. When he discovered she was the daughter of his boss, the millionaire Elias Stamos - and didn't tell him - he left without a word.

Now, he's captain of Alexandra's Dream, and in Elias Stamos's employ yet again, but he still knows that Helena is way out of his league.


This book was the absolute worst in this series so far. I severely disliked the heroine, I liked the hero only marginally better - they were both idiots, the pacing was slow, the writing choppy, the three intertwining "plots" distracting, and the suspense evidently thrown in there as a filler and "eye opener".

I can't think of one single part, thing or sentence that I actually liked. A disaster.

[Tilly · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5/5
Wrong title. I saw nothing memorable in this book.