كاذبة ولكن

by Kathryn Ross, كاثرين روس

Penny Kennedy will do anything to save her family home from the clutches of Lucas Darien — even if it means masquerading as his assistant! However, Penny didn't count on her desire for sexy Lucas — and it's not long before she finds herself between his sheets.

But when her fiery Latin lover discovers Penny's true identity, will he take his revenge, or take her as his wife?

Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Kathryn Ross is a professional beauty therapist, but writing is her first love. At thirteen she was editor of her school magazine and wrote a play for a competition, and won. Ten years later she was accepted by Mills & Boon, who were the only publishers she ever approached with her work. Kathryn lives in Lancashire, is married and has inherited two delightful stepsons. She has written over twenty novels now and is still as much in love with writing as ever and never plans to stop.

Reviews

[More Books Than Time · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is just plain dumb. I couldn't get into it, skimmed a bit after the first quarter of the book. She lies and lies.

For a smart businessman he acts stupid, hiring her without verifying who she is or putting her on the payroll or getting her social security information, accepting that she must have falsified her resume, then learning she lied about her name.

[Debby · Rating 1 out of 5]

The title of the book should be: “She’s a liar”.

The book is utter nonsense. No way that someone lies and deceives you so much as the h does to the H and you forgive her so easily.

He doesn’t even get mad when he finds out the truth. Just ridiculous.

[thadine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Penny Kennedy approaches Lucas Darien to try to persuade him not to evict her father. When she arrives at his office, Lucas and his secretary assume that she is Mildred Bancroft, the new personal assistant they have been waiting for (even though Mildred should be in her 50s and Penny is only 28). Lucas reveals that he is looking for some important papers that he needs in order to evict an old man (who happens to be Penny's father); if the papers can't be found, the eviction will not be able to go ahead. Penny decides to pretend to be Mildred and take the opportunity to locate the papers in order to hide them. Instead, she ends up falling into bed (and in love) with Lucas. What will her father do when he finds out she is sleeping with the enemy? What will Lucas do when the real Mildred shows up?

The whole premise of this plot was ludicrous. Lucas is expecting a woman in her 50s to show up, but when someone in her 20s appears he assumes it's her? He then assumes that she must have lied on her resume, but he's fine with hiring her anyway? He doesn't find it odd that she doesn't want to give him her personal details so that he can pay her? Lucas can't go ahead with the eviction without his copy of the deed to the property? Lucas knows that permission for redevelopment of the property was obtained illegally which is why he's in a rush to start, but he's supposedly an honest businessman. Penny spends all her time conflicted over lying to Lucas, but just can't bring herself to telling him the truth. Every time she wants to spill the beans, she gets too distracted by his hot body. If you don't care about silly plots and characters, you may be able to enjoy this book. Lucas is nice enough and isn't an arrogant womaniser, so typical of Harlequin Presents heroes. Nevertheless, this book is basically a trashy romance. There's no depth and you won't get any more enjoyment out of reading this than reading a magazine article.

[Dani C. (Polly's Place) · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good story until it was revealed that he was a widower. Sigh... I hate books that the hero is a widower. The author never gets that it is not romantic for the couple to sit there and talk about how he misses and loves his dead wife. I never understand why the heroine wants to make out with him after that. If it was me I would be running for the hills!!!