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Spirit Of Atlantis
She hadn't expected a memorable summer
Julie had come to the Canadian summer resort to forget about her father's tragic suicide. Adam Price, her fiance, would handle the business details. All she had to do was relax.
But how could anyone relax under the pressing attentions of Dan Prescott? Vibrantly attractive, and the son of a prominent New York family, he was vacationing nearby.
Julie was too serious a girl for a summer fling--and she soon realized just how strong her feelings for Dan were. But everything seemed against her: Adam, Dan's family--and her own common sense!
Julie had come to the Canadian summer resort to forget about her father's tragic suicide. Adam Price, her fiance, would handle the business details. All she had to do was relax.
But how could anyone relax under the pressing attentions of Dan Prescott? Vibrantly attractive, and the son of a prominent New York family, he was vacationing nearby.
Julie was too serious a girl for a summer fling--and she soon realized just how strong her feelings for Dan were. But everything seemed against her: Adam, Dan's family--and her own common sense!
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First published January 1, 1980
About the author
Anne Mather
801 books361 followersAnne Mather is the pseudonym used by Mildred Grieveson, a popular British author of over 160 romance novels. She also signed novels as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming.
Mildred Grieveson began to write down stories in her childhood years. The first novel that she actually finished, Caroline (1965), was also her first book to be published. Her novel, Leopard in the Snow (1974), was developed into a 1978 film.
Mildred Grieveson began to write down stories in her childhood years. The first novel that she actually finished, Caroline (1965), was also her first book to be published. Her novel, Leopard in the Snow (1974), was developed into a 1978 film.
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January 14, 2021
A very romantic read.
The h is 19 years old. Her mother died when she was 12 and her father had just committed suicide. She had lived in a boarding school. She is now engaged to be married to a 38 year old man who used to be her father’s business partner.
She meets the H during a vacation. The H is from an ultra rich banker’s family. He had seen the h through a telescope on his yacht and he was immediately smitten.
The H is crazy about the h and very persistent. She tells him again and again to leave her alone, but he doesn’t give up.
One night she asks him if he had told his rich family about her. She says that his rich family would never approve it if if they would have a relationship, because he is a rich banker and she is the daughter of someone who committed suicide.
The H then asks his aunt to invite the h and her family to a party. He introduces the h to everyone. He shows her that it is not his intention to keep her a secret to his family.
At the party it turns out that the stepdaughter of the H’s aunt wants the H too. He tells that other woman straight out that he only wants the h and no one else.
And so it goes on and on. The book is filled with little things like this that the H says and does that made my heart melt.
This vintage novel is in my opinion one of Anne Mather’s best HP novels.
The h is 19 years old. Her mother died when she was 12 and her father had just committed suicide. She had lived in a boarding school. She is now engaged to be married to a 38 year old man who used to be her father’s business partner.
She meets the H during a vacation. The H is from an ultra rich banker’s family. He had seen the h through a telescope on his yacht and he was immediately smitten.
The H is crazy about the h and very persistent. She tells him again and again to leave her alone, but he doesn’t give up.
One night she asks him if he had told his rich family about her. She says that his rich family would never approve it if if they would have a relationship, because he is a rich banker and she is the daughter of someone who committed suicide.
The H then asks his aunt to invite the h and her family to a party. He introduces the h to everyone. He shows her that it is not his intention to keep her a secret to his family.
At the party it turns out that the stepdaughter of the H’s aunt wants the H too. He tells that other woman straight out that he only wants the h and no one else.
And so it goes on and on. The book is filled with little things like this that the H says and does that made my heart melt.
This vintage novel is in my opinion one of Anne Mather’s best HP novels.
November 14, 2019
A nice read from 1980.
Julie heartbroken from her father's recent death has come to Canada to heal. Discovering some young handsome man swimming in her secret spot ticks her off and she is not polite to him. They exchange words and a steamy kiss....and off he goes. She can't stop thinking about him but she is kind of engaged to her late father's business partner and really tries to ignore him. Dan feels that spark between them and knows she is special and will not let anything stop him from claiming her heart......not the lies told by said fiance, his aunt or stepcousin. True love will conquer all.
Loved their verbal fighting, her resistence, and his determination.
Julie heartbroken from her father's recent death has come to Canada to heal. Discovering some young handsome man swimming in her secret spot ticks her off and she is not polite to him. They exchange words and a steamy kiss....and off he goes. She can't stop thinking about him but she is kind of engaged to her late father's business partner and really tries to ignore him. Dan feels that spark between them and knows she is special and will not let anything stop him from claiming her heart......not the lies told by said fiance, his aunt or stepcousin. True love will conquer all.
Loved their verbal fighting, her resistence, and his determination.
April 22, 2018
Julie is the worst kind of romance heroine. She's passive, constantly angry and uptight, and endlessly "no-means-yes". She has no real drive or interest in anything. No career plans. She has ended up engaged to creepy older man Adam, her late father's business partner. She's so pathetic she just can't stop herself cheating on him - even going off with the hero right in front of Adam at a party. She manages to let him "abduct" her on a yacht, by voluntarily stepping on to it. And then failing to jump off and swim away. And then failing to grab the radio phone and call for help.
Not that we feel very sorry for prissy old Adam. He doesn't like "bare arms" and manages to bitch about the heroine wearing "casual" jeans when she's driven hours to pick him up from the airport. And we feel even less pity when it turns out he's played Father Figure since she was seven. I don't mind a bit of age gap or guardian/ward, but this is sheer grooming:
Euurghh.
The hero, whom I've only just got around to mentioning because he's that dull/shallow/clichéd, is Brad or Bud or something. I've actually forgotten and I was only reading the book earlier today. [I just looked it up - it's Dan]. He's one of those dreary billionaire-heir types, who yachts about and is only interested in Julie for her looks. Seriously. We are half way through the book before they ever hold a proper conversation. Brent has been spying on Julie swimming from some telescope for days before he finally shows up at the lake and starts thrusting his tongue down her throat.
I love Anne Mather as a writer generally. She's written some of my favourite ever Mills & Boon/Harlequin romances. Green Lightning. Melting Fire. Witchstone.
But here, she's painting by numbers in the style of Little Britain's Dame Sally Markham. Let me treat you to a little excerpt of dialogue:
Wake me up when it's over.
Not that we feel very sorry for prissy old Adam. He doesn't like "bare arms" and manages to bitch about the heroine wearing "casual" jeans when she's driven hours to pick him up from the airport. And we feel even less pity when it turns out he's played Father Figure since she was seven. I don't mind a bit of age gap or guardian/ward, but this is sheer grooming:
Julie shook her head. "I knew nothing about it, of course. I was only about seven at the time, and when Mummy died he sent me away to a convent school, and I only used to see him in the holidays, and not always then. It was Adam who came to speech days and sports days and replied to my letters."
Dan hunched his shoulders. "I guess that's what makes him think he has the right to look after you now."
Julie shrugged. "Adam was always very fond of me. Even when he and Daddy—what I mean is, he was always the same with me." She caught her lower lip between her teeth. 'I think sometimes Daddy resented Adam's affection for me, but I don't think he really cared about anything after Mummy died," she added, unable to disguise the break in her voice.
Euurghh.
The hero, whom I've only just got around to mentioning because he's that dull/shallow/clichéd, is Brad or Bud or something. I've actually forgotten and I was only reading the book earlier today. [I just looked it up - it's Dan]. He's one of those dreary billionaire-heir types, who yachts about and is only interested in Julie for her looks. Seriously. We are half way through the book before they ever hold a proper conversation. Brent has been spying on Julie swimming from some telescope for days before he finally shows up at the lake and starts thrusting his tongue down her throat.
I love Anne Mather as a writer generally. She's written some of my favourite ever Mills & Boon/Harlequin romances. Green Lightning. Melting Fire. Witchstone.
But here, she's painting by numbers in the style of Little Britain's Dame Sally Markham. Let me treat you to a little excerpt of dialogue:
"My father believes it's important to know something of the real world before entering the cloistered halls of banking," he explained, with a wry grimace. "He says it's no use handling money if you have no conception how it's made. He thinks there are too many people in finance who come to it cold—straight from business school—without any background knowledge. Economists deal with paper assets, they handle millions of dollars, but it's only paper money. Even the gold standard is a man-made institution. Gold itself is worthless—it doesn't have the properties of uranium or the cutting power of a diamond. But in 1812 the UK adopted it as a monetary system, and since then it's achieved international status, but what does it really mean? The ordinary man in the street isn't allowed to own gold in any quantity, there aren't even any gold coins any more, and even the standard itself is open to criticism. For one thing it makes it difficult for any single country to isolate its economy from depression or inflation in the rest of the world, and it's terribly easy to forget, when you're handling such enormous amounts of money, exactly whose sweat and toil have gone into making it."
Julie smiled. "So you did some sweating and toiling yourself?"
"You better believe it;" Dan grinned. "I'm sorry if I'm boring you, but it's something I feel strongly about."
"You're not boring me," Julie protested vehemently. "I'm fascinated, honestly. I didn't know there was so much to learn."
Wake me up when it's over.
December 1, 2017
5 stars ! So is the book that special ? No, actually. It's just a sweet little rich boy poor girl story. But simple, innocent and spirited wherever required.
Even the so called bad guy is not so bad, he is only fond of the heroine too much !
The hero ? He is a charm , not a single negative quality. Insanely rich, crazy about the girl, declares his love openly, welcomes the orphan girl wholeheartedly into his ultra rich family. He is perfect. Alas !! He is just a fictional character.
The girl is sweet, naive, trusting. And she has tonnes of luck working her way and smoothing out things for her.
The best surprise of all - it's an Anne Mather book !!!!!!!! I can't believe she managed to churn out such a simple, rosy romance. So one extra star for the author who caught me by pleasant surprise.
5 stars definitely.
Even the so called bad guy is not so bad, he is only fond of the heroine too much !
The hero ? He is a charm , not a single negative quality. Insanely rich, crazy about the girl, declares his love openly, welcomes the orphan girl wholeheartedly into his ultra rich family. He is perfect. Alas !! He is just a fictional character.
The girl is sweet, naive, trusting. And she has tonnes of luck working her way and smoothing out things for her.
The best surprise of all - it's an Anne Mather book !!!!!!!! I can't believe she managed to churn out such a simple, rosy romance. So one extra star for the author who caught me by pleasant surprise.
5 stars definitely.
February 21, 2021
She hadn't expected a memorable summer
Julie had come to the Canadian summer resort to forget about her father's tragic suicide. Adam Price, her fiance, would handle the business details. All she had to do was relax.
But how could anyone relax under the pressing attentions of Dan Prescott? Vibrantly attractive, and the son of a prominent New York family, he was vacationing nearby.
Julie was too serious a girl for a summer fling - and she soon realized just how strong her feelings for Dan were. But everything seemed against her: Adam, Dan's family - and her own common sense!
Julie had come to the Canadian summer resort to forget about her father's tragic suicide. Adam Price, her fiance, would handle the business details. All she had to do was relax.
But how could anyone relax under the pressing attentions of Dan Prescott? Vibrantly attractive, and the son of a prominent New York family, he was vacationing nearby.
Julie was too serious a girl for a summer fling - and she soon realized just how strong her feelings for Dan were. But everything seemed against her: Adam, Dan's family - and her own common sense!
February 21, 2018
This was sweet story! I loved Dan and his pursuit to win Julie's heart when everything is going against him. Julie is engaged to Adam but she can't help the growing attraction towards Dan. There is a sizzling chemistry and so much drama that it make this a memorable read. Another great book by Anne Mather!
October 8, 2022
The h in this one is a sheltered British 19yo who has come to Canada to stay with an old friend after the suicide of her dad. She is engaged to a much older OM who is creepy as heck and has basically groomed the h from a kid. In today's times I suggest that this would have been dealt with more harshly and the OM gotten his come uppance.
The H is super rich and his family own lots of land in the area including the land on which her friend's hotel sits on but h doesn't know this. She swims daily in the lake and the H sees her and tracks her down (we don't find this out until later) swimming in the buff in her favourite spot in order to instigate an introduction. h is less than impressed and wants nothing to do with him but our H is nothing if not persistent.
The H chases the h relentlessly and she is less than unimpressed clinging to her engagement to the quite frankly creep on an OM. However, this doesn't stop her from making out with the H at every opportunity and quite frankly as she throws her engagement at him every 5 mins, she really should have more restraint. It hits a new level of low when she wanders off to make out with the H at a party she is attending with the OM who shows his level of creepiness by finding this behaviour acceptable before settling down to marry him.
This book only scores so highly with me because the H is a pretty nice guy, so unlike many of AM highly misogynistic other H's. I found the h to be fairly spineless and unlikable. However, it did have a bit of an epilogue of them on their honeymoon with the H & h loved up and her preggers which did redeem the book slightly for me.
The H is super rich and his family own lots of land in the area including the land on which her friend's hotel sits on but h doesn't know this. She swims daily in the lake and the H sees her and tracks her down (we don't find this out until later) swimming in the buff in her favourite spot in order to instigate an introduction. h is less than impressed and wants nothing to do with him but our H is nothing if not persistent.
The H chases the h relentlessly and she is less than unimpressed clinging to her engagement to the quite frankly creep on an OM. However, this doesn't stop her from making out with the H at every opportunity and quite frankly as she throws her engagement at him every 5 mins, she really should have more restraint. It hits a new level of low when she wanders off to make out with the H at a party she is attending with the OM who shows his level of creepiness by finding this behaviour acceptable before settling down to marry him.
This book only scores so highly with me because the H is a pretty nice guy, so unlike many of AM highly misogynistic other H's. I found the h to be fairly spineless and unlikable. However, it did have a bit of an epilogue of them on their honeymoon with the H & h loved up and her preggers which did redeem the book slightly for me.
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June 15, 2025
Heroine (19) goes to out of the way Canada to visit a friend from her youth to take time out to recover from her dad's suicide. She has an understanding with her dad's business partner who is much older, but feels instant attraction to the hero (no age given, but much younger than the OM).
The hero is crazy about her, but comes from a rich family and she doesn't think he is serious (he's nuts about her!) so she's standoffish, until she caves in (in a big way).
It's nice to read about a hero that doesn't give up and is openly besotted.
The hero is crazy about her, but comes from a rich family and she doesn't think he is serious (he's nuts about her!) so she's standoffish, until she caves in (in a big way).
It's nice to read about a hero that doesn't give up and is openly besotted.
October 26, 2022
cw: past suicide
A Harlequin that I forgot everything about? Shocker. I really should be reviewing these immediately. All I know is that I didn’t hate it.
A Harlequin that I forgot everything about? Shocker. I really should be reviewing these immediately. All I know is that I didn’t hate it.
August 17, 2012
Hero and heroine met while the heroine was taking a vacation. Her father had committed suicide and the heroine was very distraught about losing him. Then she meets the hero and while she feels unmistakable passion towards him, she also feels anger. The hero is smitten with the heroine, even though she is engaged to wed another man. He can't help but be disturbed when she is around and desperately wants to be with him. However any chance they have at being together is constantly being disturbed by his family or her fiance.
December 15, 2016
An old Harley, pretty good for its time, the heroine is a bit too immature but then again she is 19. She's very petulant and combative . The hero was persistent. A lot of interfering relatives make for lots of misunderstanding but all gets sorted out in the end.
July 13, 2012
Il arrive parfois que les vieux harlequins soient de grandes surprises !
Et bien ici c'est le cas !
A lire !
Et bien ici c'est le cas !
A lire !
May 28, 2016
Total waste of my time.
March 26, 2013
Dan bayağı hızlı aşık oluyormuş.Ben bu kadar hızlı aşık olabilir miyim bilmiyorum.
June 17, 2017
very good book
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