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The Enigmatic Greek
Her toughest assignment yet…?
Getting an interview with mediahating billionaire Alexei Drakos was never going to be easy, but Eleanor Markham is nothing if not resourceful! If she can get this international rebel on his home turf – the beautiful island of Kyrkiros – he might be persuaded to open up…
Alexei’s first instinct is to banish her, furious that Eleanor has invaded his sanctuary. But the feisty Eleanor appeals to him, and it has been too long since a beautiful woman has warmed his bed. He strikes a deal: an exclusive interview in return for a few nights in his exclusive company…
Getting an interview with mediahating billionaire Alexei Drakos was never going to be easy, but Eleanor Markham is nothing if not resourceful! If she can get this international rebel on his home turf – the beautiful island of Kyrkiros – he might be persuaded to open up…
Alexei’s first instinct is to banish her, furious that Eleanor has invaded his sanctuary. But the feisty Eleanor appeals to him, and it has been too long since a beautiful woman has warmed his bed. He strikes a deal: an exclusive interview in return for a few nights in his exclusive company…
192 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2012
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About the author
Catherine George
443 books73 followersDeirdre Matthews was born in a village on the Welsh-English border, where the public library featured largely in her life. Her mother, who looked upon literature as a basic necessity of life, fervently encouraged her passion for reading, little knowing it would one day motivate her daughter into writing her first novel.
At 18, she met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and she have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of her early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time she lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So she did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982 as Catherine George, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where she and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
At 18, she met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and she have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of her early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time she lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So she did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982 as Catherine George, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where she and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
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July 9, 2024
A holiday fling between an English journalist and a reclusive Greek tycoon on the Cretan island likely to have inspired the myth of the Minotaur. Story comes complete with spooky network of underground tunnels and caves, and an annual festival recreating the myth with dancers in loincloth and bull masks.
I didn't get why the commitment-phobe hero suddenly changed his mind about the heroine and went after her in the end. He is the one who kept repeating that their holiday fling would end when they both returned to the "real" world. He didn't really pinpoint how, when, or why he fell in love with the heroine in two days, after years and years of playing the field (and pining for the one Greek girl who dumped him for someone else).
Worst, the ignoble individuals who beat up the heroine quite badly on several occasions, almost drowned her, almost gave her a heart attack by showing up in the middle of the night in her bedroom with the Minotaur mask on, and would have probably raped her too, get off Scot-free because the family wants to avoid publicity. What????!!!
For a Harlequin romance, it was a nice travelogue.
I didn't get why the commitment-phobe hero suddenly changed his mind about the heroine and went after her in the end. He is the one who kept repeating that their holiday fling would end when they both returned to the "real" world. He didn't really pinpoint how, when, or why he fell in love with the heroine in two days, after years and years of playing the field (and pining for the one Greek girl who dumped him for someone else).
Worst, the ignoble individuals who beat up the heroine quite badly on several occasions, almost drowned her, almost gave her a heart attack by showing up in the middle of the night in her bedroom with the Minotaur mask on, and would have probably raped her too, get off Scot-free because the family wants to avoid publicity. What????!!!
For a Harlequin romance, it was a nice travelogue.
January 25, 2016
Esta novela puede resumirse en: DECEPCIONANTE.
De Alexei Drakos este muchacho sólo tiene el nombre. No hay química entre los protagonistas, no es una buena historia, no engancha, no sé definir por qué es taan mala esta novela, pero lo es, no les quepa la menor duda.
De Alexei Drakos este muchacho sólo tiene el nombre. No hay química entre los protagonistas, no es una buena historia, no engancha, no sé definir por qué es taan mala esta novela, pero lo es, no les quepa la menor duda.
July 27, 2013
Una de las más decepcionantes harlequin que he podido leer.
Aunque me gusto Alexei.
Aunque me gusto Alexei.
December 4, 2019
Her toughest assignment yet…?
Getting an interview with mediahating billionaire Alexei Drakos was never going to be easy, but Eleanor Markham is nothing if not resourceful! If she can get this international rebel on his home turf – the beautiful island of Kyrkiros – he might be persuaded to open up…
Alexei’s first instinct is to banish her, furious that Eleanor has invaded his sanctuary. But the feisty Eleanor appeals to him, and it has been too long since a beautiful woman has warmed his bed. He strikes a deal: an exclusive interview in return for a few nights in his exclusive company… (less)
Getting an interview with mediahating billionaire Alexei Drakos was never going to be easy, but Eleanor Markham is nothing if not resourceful! If she can get this international rebel on his home turf – the beautiful island of Kyrkiros – he might be persuaded to open up…
Alexei’s first instinct is to banish her, furious that Eleanor has invaded his sanctuary. But the feisty Eleanor appeals to him, and it has been too long since a beautiful woman has warmed his bed. He strikes a deal: an exclusive interview in return for a few nights in his exclusive company… (less)
July 6, 2018
The beginning was a bit slow but after that it was quite readable. Nothing earth shaking, just a nice, quiet romance. Catherine George was one of my favourites back when I read Hqn by the heaps. She writes with effortless ease. The dialogues bits between both the characters and the characterization is done well. Lots of secondary romances are thrown in...probably each has its own different story. It's a nice read if you want to change from some other genre to romance for a while. Less tension and flowing writing.
December 6, 2018
enjoyed this one.
February 9, 2021
I really enjoyed this book.
It was easy to read and kept me entertained.
It was easy to read and kept me entertained.
March 13, 2017
Eh. It wasn't all that hot.
I wasn't that in love with their romance. It was fine though.
I wasn't that in love with their romance. It was fine though.
March 14, 2016
Haaa... la collection Azur de Harlequin, ce n'est pas bien compliqué, c'est de la romance à l'eau de rose pour passer du temps ou bien vendre du rêve. Manque de pot, cette fois-ci on est tombé sur un mauvais Azur, plat, sans profondeur, des rebondissements qu'on voit arriver à 10 km et une romance sans grand intérêt. J'ai vraiment été déçue pour le coup, je pensais qu'on allait me vendre du rêve avec un beau grec charismatique et des scènes d'amour brûlante sur la plage. Je n'ai rien eu de tout cela, aussi bien la demoiselle que le "mâle" ne sont pas charismatique pour deux sous, ils énervent même assez rapidement. Le seul personnage un temps soit peu intéressant est la mère d'Alexei qui donne une petite touche d'humour et de piquant à l'histoire.
Eleanor est une jeune trentenaire qui n'a pas trouvé son prince charmant, qui adore son métier et qui ne se laisse pas marcher dessus. Malheureusement, elle se transforme rapidement en girouette et en jeune lycéenne qui mouille sa culotte au bout de 5 minutes lorsqu'elle croisse les yeux du milliardaire... De son côté Alexei est imbu de lui-même, n'a aucune confiance en les femme, il est même limite misogyne. Par contre ça ne lui gêne pas de coucher avec la jeune journaliste alors que 3 jours plus tôt il l'insultait.
L'histoire en soit est vraiment basique : une journaliste doit interviewer un milliardaire qui se coupe du monde, ils sont attirés l'un par l'autre, couchent ensemble et sur un malentendu sont sur le point de se séparer. On a les rebondissements habituels du genre : menace de mort, ex qui débarque, famille qui met son nez partout et tout le tintouin. Il n'y a rien de bien folichon dans tout cela, mais ça marche toujours grâce aux scènes érotiques qui rattrapent le tout.
Enfin bref, ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard et on peut s'en passer sans aucun problème. On rigole par moment, on entrevoit un potentiel mais ce n'est pas le genre de livre indispensable dans une PAL. Conclusion : sans grand intérêt...
Eleanor est une jeune trentenaire qui n'a pas trouvé son prince charmant, qui adore son métier et qui ne se laisse pas marcher dessus. Malheureusement, elle se transforme rapidement en girouette et en jeune lycéenne qui mouille sa culotte au bout de 5 minutes lorsqu'elle croisse les yeux du milliardaire... De son côté Alexei est imbu de lui-même, n'a aucune confiance en les femme, il est même limite misogyne. Par contre ça ne lui gêne pas de coucher avec la jeune journaliste alors que 3 jours plus tôt il l'insultait.
L'histoire en soit est vraiment basique : une journaliste doit interviewer un milliardaire qui se coupe du monde, ils sont attirés l'un par l'autre, couchent ensemble et sur un malentendu sont sur le point de se séparer. On a les rebondissements habituels du genre : menace de mort, ex qui débarque, famille qui met son nez partout et tout le tintouin. Il n'y a rien de bien folichon dans tout cela, mais ça marche toujours grâce aux scènes érotiques qui rattrapent le tout.
Enfin bref, ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard et on peut s'en passer sans aucun problème. On rigole par moment, on entrevoit un potentiel mais ce n'est pas le genre de livre indispensable dans une PAL. Conclusion : sans grand intérêt...
February 9, 2013
The Enigmatic Greek by Catherine George is a fun and sexy romance that will keep you hooked till the very end.
Eleanor Markham is a journalist doing a series on travel destinations for The Chronicle in her small town in London. But now as she is approaching her last destination Kyrkiros Island in Greece she can’t help but be excited and a little nervous. For her boss will only approve the expense of this trip if she is able to get an interview with billionaire, media hating owner of the Island Alexei Drakos.
Alexei Drakos has been wary of journalists since the scandal and lies the woman he had a brief affair with broke to the media.Read More...
Eleanor Markham is a journalist doing a series on travel destinations for The Chronicle in her small town in London. But now as she is approaching her last destination Kyrkiros Island in Greece she can’t help but be excited and a little nervous. For her boss will only approve the expense of this trip if she is able to get an interview with billionaire, media hating owner of the Island Alexei Drakos.
Alexei Drakos has been wary of journalists since the scandal and lies the woman he had a brief affair with broke to the media.Read More...
October 22, 2013
I really enjoyed this book by Catherine George, although once again I think the plot line was wildly misrepresented by the blurb on the back of the book. The relationship between Eleanor and Alexei was quite fun to read, there was lots of sparkiness and verbal sparring between the two, and George created an interesting dynamic between the characters given their respective careers. My one main gripe is that the villain with a grudge against Alexei wasn't really explained properly and I kind of finished the book unsure as to why exactly vengeance was needed between the two men.
Apart from that, this was a fairly fun book to speed through. 4 stars.
Apart from that, this was a fairly fun book to speed through. 4 stars.
January 16, 2013
I don't know if something is wrong with me or these novels lately but there are hardly ones I'd consider rating over three stars. While I did like this novel, nothing about it was hugely different or stood out than other novels I've read similar.
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