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Secrets of Billionaire Siblings #2
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Įsiveržus į netikros sesers vestuves, Roso de Kortnio laukia šokiruojanti žinia. Jo žvilgsnį greitai patraukia nepamirštamoji Karmela Oriordan – ir vaikas, kuris neginčijamai atrodo kaip jis pats! Karmela pateikia ultimatumą: būk mūsų sūnaus tėvu arba dink.
Amžiams pasikeitęs po motinos praradimo, vienišas vilkas Rosas buvo tikras niekada negalėsiąs turėti vaikų. Visada tikėjo nesantis pajėgus mylėti Karmelą ir jųdviejų vaiką, kaip jie nusipelnė. Net jų nepakartojamas ryšys negali to pakeisti... O gal?
Amžiams pasikeitęs po motinos praradimo, vienišas vilkas Rosas buvo tikras niekada negalėsiąs turėti vaikų. Visada tikėjo nesantis pajėgus mylėti Karmelą ir jųdviejų vaiką, kaip jie nusipelnė. Net jų nepakartojamas ryšys negali to pakeisti... O gal?
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First published January 1, 2022
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Heidi Rice
602 books412 followersMy name's Heidi Rice, I'm a USA Today Bestselling author. I'm married with two sons (which gives me rather too much of an insight into the male psyche!).
I love my job because it involves sitting down at my computer and getting swept up in a world of high emotions, sensual excitement, funny feisty women, sexy tortured men and glamourous locations where laundry doesn't exist ...
I also tutor a 14-week in-depth online Write a Romance Novel course. So, if you have ever wanted to learn how to write romance from a bestselling author, check it out here: www.profwritingacademy.com/course/wri...
Now I believe wholeheartedly that readers should give honest and open reviews on Goodreads and Amazon and elsewhere. If you didn't like a book you are entitled to say so (even if it's mine! ouch). But you may notice that none of my book reviews are less than four-stars. That's simply because as an author myself I know how pathetically sensitive I am about bad reviews and with that in mind I prefer to spread the love among other authors — and don't do public reviews of books I didn't like. Just thought I'd clarify that!
You can find out about my latest releases and all my other books at www.heidi-rice.com
I love my job because it involves sitting down at my computer and getting swept up in a world of high emotions, sensual excitement, funny feisty women, sexy tortured men and glamourous locations where laundry doesn't exist ...
I also tutor a 14-week in-depth online Write a Romance Novel course. So, if you have ever wanted to learn how to write romance from a bestselling author, check it out here: www.profwritingacademy.com/course/wri...
Now I believe wholeheartedly that readers should give honest and open reviews on Goodreads and Amazon and elsewhere. If you didn't like a book you are entitled to say so (even if it's mine! ouch). But you may notice that none of my book reviews are less than four-stars. That's simply because as an author myself I know how pathetically sensitive I am about bad reviews and with that in mind I prefer to spread the love among other authors — and don't do public reviews of books I didn't like. Just thought I'd clarify that!
You can find out about my latest releases and all my other books at www.heidi-rice.com
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January 5, 2022
4.5 stars.
🔹A secret baby/second chance romance.
🔹A literal loner H who had a vasectomy, because fatherhood was his biggest fear in life.
🔹A heroine who paints pet portraits for a living.
🔹An adorable, plot moppet named Cormac.
🔹MCs who must deal with the fallout/repercussions of the secret baby revelation.
🔹A super cutiedorable rescue dog, named Rocky.
Flawed, brooding heroes with tragic pasts, have become a staple of modern HPlandia and too often, some authors treat the trope in such a cursory and/or anodyne manner, that I often roll my eyes and sigh when I find it difficult to sympathise with the character.
Quite frankly, there are times when I don’t buy what the author is selling because her writing just doesn’t convey that message, in a meaningful way. I often joke, in private, with one of my Goodreads’ pals, about how boring it is, to read the *same old/same old* recycled *broody H* storyline, written by an author who seems to be merely ticking off things to be done, on a manuscript’s *to do* list.
Writing needs to be evocative, emotive or even gut-wrenching, for such specific storylines to be believable. Most importantly, readers must be able to feel that character’s pain and empathise with him, even when he’s behaved badly or made questionable life choices. Plus, he mustn’t come across as whiny either.
A good author succeeds when she can get me to root for a guy who’s not immediately likable.
Readers aren’t stupid. We can tell when a H’s tragic backstory hasn’t been plotted and executed effectively, because we end up laughing or making fun of it, when we’re talking, in private, to our Goodreads friends.
But Heidi Rice, is one of the few authors who’s quite skilled at bringing the H’s tragic backstory to life.
She did it splendidly with Jared in Captive At Her Enemy's Command and she’s done it again, with Ross, in this novel. She’s once again taken a H with a shitload of flaws and made me love him and want to comfort him. Lol.
In this novel, Ross experienced horrendous physical and emotional bullying, from a father who used fear and intimidation as parenting tools. His father was a rich narcissistic jerk, who treated his son as property, rather than as an individual in his own right.
This is the H, Ross:
This legacy of pain means that Parenthood is anathema to the H. It’s fair to say that he’s triggered by the mere concept of fatherhood. It’s not that he’s a vile, cruel person; rather, he believes that he’s not qualified to be anyone’s dad and refuses to ruin a child’s life, the way his father had ruined his.
This is the heroine Carmel:
In this story, he’d impregnated the heroine, four years ago during a one-night stand but ended up dissing her cruelly, when she texted him with her pregnancy news, because he believed that she was lying. After all, he’d had a vasectomy at the age of 21.
The story begins when he causes an uproar at his sister’s wedding (the heroine from The Billionaire's Proposition in Paris: An Uplifting International Romance) and notices the heroine and a little boy who reminds him of his childhood self.
This is Cormac:
Despite the shock that he feels, he’s willing to provide financially for Cormac, but refuses to become an active parent in the little boy’s upbringing.
It’s not that he hates the little guy; on the contrary, it’s more than obvious that he’s charmed by his son and finds Cormac very endearing.
I think that little Cormac is a lovable, hilarious little chatterbox, especially when the first thing he says to the heroine when the H appears, is:
The H doesn’t show it outwardly, to the heroine and the other characters, but the reader can see just how much this child already means to him, by looking carefully at how he interacts with the little boy, the very first time they meet.
There’s also an important dichotomy between how he feels and what he says, which proves that he's not a cold-hearted bastard.
But the real conflict begins when the heroine absolutely refuses to accept his terms, because she thinks her child deserves all (an involved father) or nothing.
This shifts the story from Ireland to New York, where the heroine decides to spend one week getting to know the H, to determine whether or not she ought to accept the terms of his deal.
Ross is a very unusual HPlandia H. Most heroes want custody of their newfound *secret babies* and some even bully their heroines into immediate marriages of convenience, so that the little plot moppet/heir, is legitimised asap. But Ross doesn’t want marriage or an heir. He just wants to set up a huge trust fund for Cormac and continue with his loner lifestyle with just his rescue dog Rocky for companionship.
In New York, sex begins to complicate things for the MCs and the H finds it increasingly difficult to deal with his escalating feelings for the heroine. The perceptive heroine also notices that the H is a wonderful pet parent to Rocky and thinks that this proves that he does have the capacity to love and nurture.
This is Rocky:
Like all flawed heroes, who can’t escape their tragic pasts (partly because night terrors are regular reminders), Ross can’t move forward with his life unless he’s willing to unlock and confront his inner demons. Moreover, he’s unable to love another human being, until he’s able to love himself and that’s where the heroine comes in…
Guilt, self-loathing and self-blame eat him up inside, whenever he thinks of his mother’s tragic demise and his perceived role in it. No matter how much money he earns, or how arrogant he might appear to be, he’s a guy who doesn’t have a high opinion of himself and his own self-worth.
Basically, he feels unworthy of his son and the heroine.
He’s still reluctant to take a chance on love though; it’s partly out of fear and partly due to pride.
It’s only when he breaks the heroine’s heart for the second time and loses her again, that he finally decides to man up.
His sister Katie plays a huge role in this turnaround, because she helps him to understand the importance of family, love and trust. He finally accepts that sometimes, in order to achieve the most important things in life, one must take a leap of faith and make the biggest sacrifice.
This was an enjoyable conclusion to the duet, that begin with The Billionaire's Proposition in Paris: An Uplifting International Romance. It brightened my mood, on a dreary rainy day, when I'm still suffering from the post Christmas blues.
I’d been very intrigued by Ross, when he was introduced in that novel, because he was exactly the type of mean, standoffish, assholish H who interests me. Some readers often scoff at the notion that a mean, broody bad boy H can be cured by the power of his heroine’s love, because to them, the heroine is just one woman among many.
In my opinion, however, a heroine is not just one woman among many. She’s that special woman who’s the H’s other half; she’s the one he can’t live without and that’s why he fights so hard to hang onto his bachelorhood when he starts to develop feelings for her.
Heidi Rice concludes with a beautiful epilogue, set during the MCs wedding, with cutiepie Cormac and cutiedorable Rocky as the groom's *Best Man*, *Best Dog* and combined ring bearers. It was also lovely to see Connall and Katherine (from The Billionaire's Proposition in Paris: An Uplifting International Romance), with their baby girl Caitlin.
All in all, it was a fabulous and sexy romantic tale about love, the importance of family bonds and, most importantly, the joys that a loving pet can bring to a person's life. Rocky was an amazing dog and Heidi Rice brought him to life, so skilfully too, that it was easy for me to picture him in my mind's eye and laugh at his antics.
Safety: No OW and no OM. I don’t believe the H was celibate during their first long separation, but there were no uncomfortable details given about his sex life. Frankly, (and I know some Safety readers might disagree) I think it would be illogical to expect a man to be celibate in circumstances where he believed (since he’d had a vasectomy) that she was either faking a pregnancy in order to get money from him or (probably) trying to pass off another man’s baby as his. The heroine was celibate during the first separation. Both MCs were celibate during their very short second separation.
🔹A secret baby/second chance romance.
🔹A literal loner H who had a vasectomy, because fatherhood was his biggest fear in life.
🔹A heroine who paints pet portraits for a living.
🔹An adorable, plot moppet named Cormac.
🔹MCs who must deal with the fallout/repercussions of the secret baby revelation.
🔹A super cutiedorable rescue dog, named Rocky.
Flawed, brooding heroes with tragic pasts, have become a staple of modern HPlandia and too often, some authors treat the trope in such a cursory and/or anodyne manner, that I often roll my eyes and sigh when I find it difficult to sympathise with the character.
Quite frankly, there are times when I don’t buy what the author is selling because her writing just doesn’t convey that message, in a meaningful way. I often joke, in private, with one of my Goodreads’ pals, about how boring it is, to read the *same old/same old* recycled *broody H* storyline, written by an author who seems to be merely ticking off things to be done, on a manuscript’s *to do* list.
Writing needs to be evocative, emotive or even gut-wrenching, for such specific storylines to be believable. Most importantly, readers must be able to feel that character’s pain and empathise with him, even when he’s behaved badly or made questionable life choices. Plus, he mustn’t come across as whiny either.
A good author succeeds when she can get me to root for a guy who’s not immediately likable.
Readers aren’t stupid. We can tell when a H’s tragic backstory hasn’t been plotted and executed effectively, because we end up laughing or making fun of it, when we’re talking, in private, to our Goodreads friends.
But Heidi Rice, is one of the few authors who’s quite skilled at bringing the H’s tragic backstory to life.
She did it splendidly with Jared in Captive At Her Enemy's Command and she’s done it again, with Ross, in this novel. She’s once again taken a H with a shitload of flaws and made me love him and want to comfort him. Lol.
In this novel, Ross experienced horrendous physical and emotional bullying, from a father who used fear and intimidation as parenting tools. His father was a rich narcissistic jerk, who treated his son as property, rather than as an individual in his own right.
This is the H, Ross:
This legacy of pain means that Parenthood is anathema to the H. It’s fair to say that he’s triggered by the mere concept of fatherhood. It’s not that he’s a vile, cruel person; rather, he believes that he’s not qualified to be anyone’s dad and refuses to ruin a child’s life, the way his father had ruined his.
This is the heroine Carmel:
In this story, he’d impregnated the heroine, four years ago during a one-night stand but ended up dissing her cruelly, when she texted him with her pregnancy news, because he believed that she was lying. After all, he’d had a vasectomy at the age of 21.
The story begins when he causes an uproar at his sister’s wedding (the heroine from The Billionaire's Proposition in Paris: An Uplifting International Romance) and notices the heroine and a little boy who reminds him of his childhood self.
This is Cormac:
Despite the shock that he feels, he’s willing to provide financially for Cormac, but refuses to become an active parent in the little boy’s upbringing.
It’s not that he hates the little guy; on the contrary, it’s more than obvious that he’s charmed by his son and finds Cormac very endearing.
I think that little Cormac is a lovable, hilarious little chatterbox, especially when the first thing he says to the heroine when the H appears, is:
The H doesn’t show it outwardly, to the heroine and the other characters, but the reader can see just how much this child already means to him, by looking carefully at how he interacts with the little boy, the very first time they meet.
There’s also an important dichotomy between how he feels and what he says, which proves that he's not a cold-hearted bastard.
But the real conflict begins when the heroine absolutely refuses to accept his terms, because she thinks her child deserves all (an involved father) or nothing.
This shifts the story from Ireland to New York, where the heroine decides to spend one week getting to know the H, to determine whether or not she ought to accept the terms of his deal.
Ross is a very unusual HPlandia H. Most heroes want custody of their newfound *secret babies* and some even bully their heroines into immediate marriages of convenience, so that the little plot moppet/heir, is legitimised asap. But Ross doesn’t want marriage or an heir. He just wants to set up a huge trust fund for Cormac and continue with his loner lifestyle with just his rescue dog Rocky for companionship.
In New York, sex begins to complicate things for the MCs and the H finds it increasingly difficult to deal with his escalating feelings for the heroine. The perceptive heroine also notices that the H is a wonderful pet parent to Rocky and thinks that this proves that he does have the capacity to love and nurture.
This is Rocky:
Like all flawed heroes, who can’t escape their tragic pasts (partly because night terrors are regular reminders), Ross can’t move forward with his life unless he’s willing to unlock and confront his inner demons. Moreover, he’s unable to love another human being, until he’s able to love himself and that’s where the heroine comes in…
Guilt, self-loathing and self-blame eat him up inside, whenever he thinks of his mother’s tragic demise and his perceived role in it. No matter how much money he earns, or how arrogant he might appear to be, he’s a guy who doesn’t have a high opinion of himself and his own self-worth.
Basically, he feels unworthy of his son and the heroine.
He’s still reluctant to take a chance on love though; it’s partly out of fear and partly due to pride.
It’s only when he breaks the heroine’s heart for the second time and loses her again, that he finally decides to man up.
His sister Katie plays a huge role in this turnaround, because she helps him to understand the importance of family, love and trust. He finally accepts that sometimes, in order to achieve the most important things in life, one must take a leap of faith and make the biggest sacrifice.
This was an enjoyable conclusion to the duet, that begin with The Billionaire's Proposition in Paris: An Uplifting International Romance. It brightened my mood, on a dreary rainy day, when I'm still suffering from the post Christmas blues.
I’d been very intrigued by Ross, when he was introduced in that novel, because he was exactly the type of mean, standoffish, assholish H who interests me. Some readers often scoff at the notion that a mean, broody bad boy H can be cured by the power of his heroine’s love, because to them, the heroine is just one woman among many.
In my opinion, however, a heroine is not just one woman among many. She’s that special woman who’s the H’s other half; she’s the one he can’t live without and that’s why he fights so hard to hang onto his bachelorhood when he starts to develop feelings for her.
Heidi Rice concludes with a beautiful epilogue, set during the MCs wedding, with cutiepie Cormac and cutiedorable Rocky as the groom's *Best Man*, *Best Dog* and combined ring bearers. It was also lovely to see Connall and Katherine (from The Billionaire's Proposition in Paris: An Uplifting International Romance), with their baby girl Caitlin.
All in all, it was a fabulous and sexy romantic tale about love, the importance of family bonds and, most importantly, the joys that a loving pet can bring to a person's life. Rocky was an amazing dog and Heidi Rice brought him to life, so skilfully too, that it was easy for me to picture him in my mind's eye and laugh at his antics.
Safety: No OW and no OM. I don’t believe the H was celibate during their first long separation, but there were no uncomfortable details given about his sex life. Frankly, (and I know some Safety readers might disagree) I think it would be illogical to expect a man to be celibate in circumstances where he believed (since he’d had a vasectomy) that she was either faking a pregnancy in order to get money from him or (probably) trying to pass off another man’s baby as his. The heroine was celibate during the first separation. Both MCs were celibate during their very short second separation.
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February 14, 2022
Rating 4.5
Short review.
Second chance romance that was well delivered by two wonderful main characters.
Ross our crashed his sisters wedding because he feels she's not really marrying for love.
He gets the shock of his life when a past encounter with our heroine, Carmel is part of the wedding party. But he gets an added life changes moment when he realizes that the little boy standing by her side is his son.
Ross and Carmel had met at a party and had an instant connection. They had a one night stand (if you can even call it that). She run's away and months later let's him know she's pregnant (he tried looking for her, but never found her). He doesn't believe her as he had a took care of ever having children.
At Ross's sister and Carmel's brother wedding both had to clear up a lot of misunderstanding. But they also had to figure out what the future holds for their child. And possibly each other, but neither really voices that. So Ross asks Carmel go to New York with him and help figure out what to do. Ross doesn't believe he is good father material and Carmel is determined to prove him wrong. Their son Cormac will be spending a little time with his Aunt and Uncle while Mom and Dad figure some things out.
Well the two couldn't resist their attraction before and now isn't any better. In fact it's stronger then ever. So there some communication and falling into lust that takes place 😂.
Their journey to HEA was very well done. With two excellent characters that were strong, likable and communicated like adults.. I loved both the hero and heroine, equally (doesn't happen too often). Highly recommend. Author did an excellent job with these two.
Short review.
Second chance romance that was well delivered by two wonderful main characters.
Ross our crashed his sisters wedding because he feels she's not really marrying for love.
He gets the shock of his life when a past encounter with our heroine, Carmel is part of the wedding party. But he gets an added life changes moment when he realizes that the little boy standing by her side is his son.
Ross and Carmel had met at a party and had an instant connection. They had a one night stand (if you can even call it that). She run's away and months later let's him know she's pregnant (he tried looking for her, but never found her). He doesn't believe her as he had a took care of ever having children.
At Ross's sister and Carmel's brother wedding both had to clear up a lot of misunderstanding. But they also had to figure out what the future holds for their child. And possibly each other, but neither really voices that. So Ross asks Carmel go to New York with him and help figure out what to do. Ross doesn't believe he is good father material and Carmel is determined to prove him wrong. Their son Cormac will be spending a little time with his Aunt and Uncle while Mom and Dad figure some things out.
Well the two couldn't resist their attraction before and now isn't any better. In fact it's stronger then ever. So there some communication and falling into lust that takes place 😂.
Their journey to HEA was very well done. With two excellent characters that were strong, likable and communicated like adults.. I loved both the hero and heroine, equally (doesn't happen too often). Highly recommend. Author did an excellent job with these two.
January 8, 2022
As my good friend Carmen said, the same old story but well written. I felt the angst. Congrats Ms. Rice.
February 6, 2022
The CEOs impossible Heir by Heidi Rice.
Heidi Rice is one of my favourite authors and I really love her books. And this one is no exception. Great premise, amazing settings, fabulous characters and an emotionally satisfying journey to a perfect happy ending.
We met Ross and Carmel briefly in The Billionaire’s proposition in Paris which was the story of Connall and Katherine; and I have really been looking forward to to their story - and thank goodness I was not disappointed. it was brilliant.
I loved the way the story started at Connall and Katherine‘s wedding with Ross arrives to try and stop it - and suddenly discovering that girl he had a magical encounter with four years earlier, and rejected when she claimed to be pregnant some weeks later, is there with her son and that she is the sister of Katherine’s husband to be.
Having read the first book, the reader is predisposed to dislike Ross intensely but we swiftly begin to understand his motivation and in getting to know him better he turns into a fabulous hero. Ross is very damaged by events in his childhood. They are totally credible and explain why he is the way he is.
Too often, the deep wound in the heroine or the hero seem contrived, or not enough to explain their behaviour; but in this case, it absolutely was enough to explain why Ross was like he was.I really liked him and felt for him throughout.
As for Carmel, Heidi Rice has created a fabulous and very different heroine to ones often found in Mills and Boon.
Carmel is no soft, doormat-like victim. Despite losing her virginity to Ross and becoming pregnant at the age of 19, she has coped brilliantly and is one confident, strong and independent woman, who will not allow Ross to simply use his money to make up for everything he’s done. Instead she refuses the money and challenges him to decide whether he can be a good father to their son.
Proposing that she accompany him to New York so that he can prove to her whether he can be a good dad, gives them the opportunity to talk about their son but also to be together and work out what they need.
The sexual tension is really well written, as always, and the eventual sex scenes are just amazing. HR has a gift for creating characters who become real, engage one’s interest and whose happy ever after becomes important to the reader. It was also lovely to meet up with Connall and Katherine again and get a bit more of their story.
I loved this one so much that I read it again! Definitely a five star read.
Heidi Rice is one of my favourite authors and I really love her books. And this one is no exception. Great premise, amazing settings, fabulous characters and an emotionally satisfying journey to a perfect happy ending.
We met Ross and Carmel briefly in The Billionaire’s proposition in Paris which was the story of Connall and Katherine; and I have really been looking forward to to their story - and thank goodness I was not disappointed. it was brilliant.
I loved the way the story started at Connall and Katherine‘s wedding with Ross arrives to try and stop it - and suddenly discovering that girl he had a magical encounter with four years earlier, and rejected when she claimed to be pregnant some weeks later, is there with her son and that she is the sister of Katherine’s husband to be.
Having read the first book, the reader is predisposed to dislike Ross intensely but we swiftly begin to understand his motivation and in getting to know him better he turns into a fabulous hero. Ross is very damaged by events in his childhood. They are totally credible and explain why he is the way he is.
Too often, the deep wound in the heroine or the hero seem contrived, or not enough to explain their behaviour; but in this case, it absolutely was enough to explain why Ross was like he was.I really liked him and felt for him throughout.
As for Carmel, Heidi Rice has created a fabulous and very different heroine to ones often found in Mills and Boon.
Carmel is no soft, doormat-like victim. Despite losing her virginity to Ross and becoming pregnant at the age of 19, she has coped brilliantly and is one confident, strong and independent woman, who will not allow Ross to simply use his money to make up for everything he’s done. Instead she refuses the money and challenges him to decide whether he can be a good father to their son.
Proposing that she accompany him to New York so that he can prove to her whether he can be a good dad, gives them the opportunity to talk about their son but also to be together and work out what they need.
The sexual tension is really well written, as always, and the eventual sex scenes are just amazing. HR has a gift for creating characters who become real, engage one’s interest and whose happy ever after becomes important to the reader. It was also lovely to meet up with Connall and Katherine again and get a bit more of their story.
I loved this one so much that I read it again! Definitely a five star read.
January 15, 2022
Sorry. This was another sleep inducing millionth retelling of the same tale. I’ve enjoyed books from HR in the past. Lately this lack of story and chemistry looks more like tardiness on delivering than anything else.
Involving a brother n sister marrying another group of brother n sister. The opening scene was a bit too much and didn’t distract from the lack of a page turning plot.
The H is attending his sister’s wedding to a man he’s been waiting to knock out. There he spots a woman with a little kid who looks familiar and the kid looks just like him when he was a toddler. Okay. There is a silly exchange of face punches and next the H is flat on the floor losing some blood and dignity. The h is the groom’s sister.
The H realizes he owes an apology to his sister and the h’s brother. Also owes an apology and some fat dollars to the h for the little boy they made together.
I haven’t read a more boring book. But there’s always a first time. There is absolutely no chemistry between Ross and Carmel. Their dialogue exchange is suicidal. There isn’t any banter and the h is more than ready to make amends and reconcile. Disappointing
Involving a brother n sister marrying another group of brother n sister. The opening scene was a bit too much and didn’t distract from the lack of a page turning plot.
The H is attending his sister’s wedding to a man he’s been waiting to knock out. There he spots a woman with a little kid who looks familiar and the kid looks just like him when he was a toddler. Okay. There is a silly exchange of face punches and next the H is flat on the floor losing some blood and dignity. The h is the groom’s sister.
The H realizes he owes an apology to his sister and the h’s brother. Also owes an apology and some fat dollars to the h for the little boy they made together.
I haven’t read a more boring book. But there’s always a first time. There is absolutely no chemistry between Ross and Carmel. Their dialogue exchange is suicidal. There isn’t any banter and the h is more than ready to make amends and reconcile. Disappointing
April 12, 2022
This was a pleasant reading.
The hero is usual tycoon better known for his money and charms than for his brain.
4 years ago he had a very hot quickie with an unknown woman in a garden during a party, she left him without even telling him her name and some week later she texted him she was pregnant.
Apparently mr bright here had unprotected sex with a stranger, and wasn’t even worried. Not about a std or about a pregnancy.
Very well.
It’s a wonder that he made all that money in legitimate business.
Actually he had a vasectomy when he was 21 so he never worried about anything, thank god he admitted later that it was the only time he had unprotected sex.
Sadly after surgery he never checked if the intervention succeeded but when he received the text from the heroine he thought she was a gold digger and she was lying so he answered very badly. The heroine was 19 and didn’t try to talk to him.
So 4 years later he sees her at his sister’s marriage and finds out that she’s his sister’s husband’s sister ( that makes her his new sister in law?) aaaaaand that he actually has a son.
To be honest the hero really thought he was sterile so now he feels guilty and very very mean for the way he treated the young heroine.
But he has not any intention to be a father for his son, he only offers her money for his support.
The heroine, who, except for her naive behavior when she got pregnant, is quite a strong and determined young woman, asks him to be a father, because her son needs a father, so the hero offers her to spend a week with him to see if he’s really father material.
Oh, the hero never got over her and so did she, even if it was only a quickie against a tree, so they have a very strong attraction still going on between them.
And of course after one day together they fall in bed together and have a very hot week together.
They basically fall in love but both had nasty childhood experiences so they are very careful not to be hurt.
The hero then proposes another week together with their son but at the end of it everything falls apart, since the hero seems to have some kind of shock and the heroine blurts out she is in love with him.
He sends them away and they are both miserable for some weeks during which the hero has some very needed therapy and eventually he goes back to her telling the whole story of his life.
He had a sadistic father who raped his mother and the poor woman died giving birth to the son conceived during the rape.
Of course the poor man is traumatized and never got over it.
But since he’s madly in love with the heroine and wants to be a good father for his son he asks her to marry.
He has more therapy and of course, since the surgery didn’t work at all, more children.
Nice plot, nice guy, only a lil hard on the head but you know these times one really has to settle for what god gives.
Very hot chemistry between them, the hero is besotted and really can’t think straight when the heroine is around, so we can forgive his foolish behavior years before when he rejected his unborn son.
The heroine is very strong and brave. I loved that she speaks up and she’s not afraid of telling what she thinks, so no misunderstandings here.
She’s a good mother and an artist, she’s also very sincere about her feelings for the hero.
I’m a little perplexed about why the heroine didn’t insist on seeing the hero when she got pregnant, and why her brother, a very rich man, didn’t try to know who was the idiot who impregnated his lil sister.
Some inconsistencies here.
And the text affair. Ok I understand that today people communicate with texts but a piece of information like that should have deserved a better treatment, from both parts. And if he really couldn’t forget her and tried to know who she was, why didn’t he try to speak to her when she texted? At least to understand why she was claiming she was pregnant with his child. And since he never had unprotected sex, didn’t he even have any doubt that she was telling the truth? Nonsense.
Celibacy: I’m afraid he was not celibate while she surely was and this is something I don’t like. Usual awful double standard, with the man who can do what he likes and the woman who doesn’t move on.
Thank god nothing explicit is said about it but it’s hinted that he sometimes took women in his condo and in his country house.
Not so nice.
Anyway I liked the book, and I liked the style too, very fast paced and never boring and this nowadays is saying a lot.
I think I’ll read more of this author.
The hero is usual tycoon better known for his money and charms than for his brain.
4 years ago he had a very hot quickie with an unknown woman in a garden during a party, she left him without even telling him her name and some week later she texted him she was pregnant.
Apparently mr bright here had unprotected sex with a stranger, and wasn’t even worried. Not about a std or about a pregnancy.
Very well.
It’s a wonder that he made all that money in legitimate business.
Actually he had a vasectomy when he was 21 so he never worried about anything, thank god he admitted later that it was the only time he had unprotected sex.
Sadly after surgery he never checked if the intervention succeeded but when he received the text from the heroine he thought she was a gold digger and she was lying so he answered very badly. The heroine was 19 and didn’t try to talk to him.
So 4 years later he sees her at his sister’s marriage and finds out that she’s his sister’s husband’s sister ( that makes her his new sister in law?) aaaaaand that he actually has a son.
To be honest the hero really thought he was sterile so now he feels guilty and very very mean for the way he treated the young heroine.
But he has not any intention to be a father for his son, he only offers her money for his support.
The heroine, who, except for her naive behavior when she got pregnant, is quite a strong and determined young woman, asks him to be a father, because her son needs a father, so the hero offers her to spend a week with him to see if he’s really father material.
Oh, the hero never got over her and so did she, even if it was only a quickie against a tree, so they have a very strong attraction still going on between them.
And of course after one day together they fall in bed together and have a very hot week together.
They basically fall in love but both had nasty childhood experiences so they are very careful not to be hurt.
The hero then proposes another week together with their son but at the end of it everything falls apart, since the hero seems to have some kind of shock and the heroine blurts out she is in love with him.
He sends them away and they are both miserable for some weeks during which the hero has some very needed therapy and eventually he goes back to her telling the whole story of his life.
He had a sadistic father who raped his mother and the poor woman died giving birth to the son conceived during the rape.
Of course the poor man is traumatized and never got over it.
But since he’s madly in love with the heroine and wants to be a good father for his son he asks her to marry.
He has more therapy and of course, since the surgery didn’t work at all, more children.
Nice plot, nice guy, only a lil hard on the head but you know these times one really has to settle for what god gives.
Very hot chemistry between them, the hero is besotted and really can’t think straight when the heroine is around, so we can forgive his foolish behavior years before when he rejected his unborn son.
The heroine is very strong and brave. I loved that she speaks up and she’s not afraid of telling what she thinks, so no misunderstandings here.
She’s a good mother and an artist, she’s also very sincere about her feelings for the hero.
I’m a little perplexed about why the heroine didn’t insist on seeing the hero when she got pregnant, and why her brother, a very rich man, didn’t try to know who was the idiot who impregnated his lil sister.
Some inconsistencies here.
And the text affair. Ok I understand that today people communicate with texts but a piece of information like that should have deserved a better treatment, from both parts. And if he really couldn’t forget her and tried to know who she was, why didn’t he try to speak to her when she texted? At least to understand why she was claiming she was pregnant with his child. And since he never had unprotected sex, didn’t he even have any doubt that she was telling the truth? Nonsense.
Celibacy: I’m afraid he was not celibate while she surely was and this is something I don’t like. Usual awful double standard, with the man who can do what he likes and the woman who doesn’t move on.
Thank god nothing explicit is said about it but it’s hinted that he sometimes took women in his condo and in his country house.
Not so nice.
Anyway I liked the book, and I liked the style too, very fast paced and never boring and this nowadays is saying a lot.
I think I’ll read more of this author.
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July 23, 2022The secret is out:
He’s a father!
Crashing his half sister’s wedding, Ross De Courtney is in for a shock. His gaze is quickly drawn to unforgettable Carmel O’Riordan—and to the child who looks undeniably like him! Then Carmel drops an ultimatum: be a father to their son or disappear.
Forever changed by the loss of his mother, lone-wolf Ross has made sure that children will never be in his future. He’s always believed he isn’t capable of the love Carmel and their child deserve. Even their extraordinary connection isn’t enough to change that… Is it?
He’s a father!
Crashing his half sister’s wedding, Ross De Courtney is in for a shock. His gaze is quickly drawn to unforgettable Carmel O’Riordan—and to the child who looks undeniably like him! Then Carmel drops an ultimatum: be a father to their son or disappear.
Forever changed by the loss of his mother, lone-wolf Ross has made sure that children will never be in his future. He’s always believed he isn’t capable of the love Carmel and their child deserve. Even their extraordinary connection isn’t enough to change that… Is it?
March 3, 2022
Love it
March 13, 2022
A very good book
This is the 2nd book in the series and it was very good, it was very well written with great characters. The h and H had met about 4 years ago and had a brief sexual experience, she ended up pregnant and tried contacting the H. Years earlier the H had a vasectomy so he didn’t believe the h about her pregnancy, when brother found out he vowed retribution so the 1st book led into this book. The H suffered major childhood trauma which is why he didn’t believe in love. Great epilogue.
This is the 2nd book in the series and it was very good, it was very well written with great characters. The h and H had met about 4 years ago and had a brief sexual experience, she ended up pregnant and tried contacting the H. Years earlier the H had a vasectomy so he didn’t believe the h about her pregnancy, when brother found out he vowed retribution so the 1st book led into this book. The H suffered major childhood trauma which is why he didn’t believe in love. Great epilogue.
September 1, 2023
Heidi Rice always delivers a solid story and this one is no different. Unfortunately, it's no different from so many secret child books that have been written in the last twenty years.
The story started with a bang. The hero crashes the wedding of his half-sister and ends up diverted by a glimpse of his former one night stand who is serving as bridesmaid. The groom (brother to the heroine) clocks him and hero ends up having to face the fact that his one-night stand had a son three years ago. And oh, she was 19 at the time and a virgin.
Hero didn't believe she was pregnant when she contacted him because . . .
Wait for it. **spoilers below**
That's right. Because he had a vascetomy at age 21. And he took this radical step because . . .
Wait for it.
That's right his father was abusive and he's convinced he would be a terrible father. (Plus he witnessed - at age 7 - his mother dying in childbirth. Billionaire familes don't go to hospitals?)
Heroine is an artist (dog portraits). She's bright and perky and convinced the hero will be a great dad. Hero disagrees.
These two geniuses dare each other to spend a week together (without the child!) to prove or disprove this point.
Just go with it, dear reader. Logic has left building.
They spend one week humping like rabbits and hanging out with the hero's rescue dog in a Manhatten penthouse. Then they extend their stay into the next week in a Long Island mansion with the hero's son learning to swim in the pool with his new daddy. Then a wrenching separation where the hero finally goes to therapy a few times and decides to propose at the scene of his mother's death in London.
LOL - I guess this story did have some different elements.
So I'm wondering. When are we going to see a shift in the Presents line away from these billionaires with hearts of gold and daddy issues and the naive women who love them? Soon, I hope.
The story started with a bang. The hero crashes the wedding of his half-sister and ends up diverted by a glimpse of his former one night stand who is serving as bridesmaid. The groom (brother to the heroine) clocks him and hero ends up having to face the fact that his one-night stand had a son three years ago. And oh, she was 19 at the time and a virgin.
Hero didn't believe she was pregnant when she contacted him because . . .
Wait for it. **spoilers below**
That's right. Because he had a vascetomy at age 21. And he took this radical step because . . .
Wait for it.
That's right his father was abusive and he's convinced he would be a terrible father. (Plus he witnessed - at age 7 - his mother dying in childbirth. Billionaire familes don't go to hospitals?)
Heroine is an artist (dog portraits). She's bright and perky and convinced the hero will be a great dad. Hero disagrees.
These two geniuses dare each other to spend a week together (without the child!) to prove or disprove this point.
Just go with it, dear reader. Logic has left building.
They spend one week humping like rabbits and hanging out with the hero's rescue dog in a Manhatten penthouse. Then they extend their stay into the next week in a Long Island mansion with the hero's son learning to swim in the pool with his new daddy. Then a wrenching separation where the hero finally goes to therapy a few times and decides to propose at the scene of his mother's death in London.
LOL - I guess this story did have some different elements.
So I'm wondering. When are we going to see a shift in the Presents line away from these billionaires with hearts of gold and daddy issues and the naive women who love them? Soon, I hope.
August 23, 2023
I liked this one more than the previous, so 3.5 stars.
The H, Ross De Courtney (point for fab name) starts off as a real alpha-hole. Really mean, entitled and arrogant, arriving by helicopter at his sister's wedding just in time to object to the marriage. Seconds later, he locks eyes with his previous ONS (the groom's sister, Carmel) and her 3 year old soon, who looks remarkably familiar. And then he gets knocked out by the groom. Fantastic opening!
Turns out that the H had rejected Carmel's attempt to tell him he was going to be a daddy because he had had a vasectomy when he was 21. His own father had been absolutely vile, properly disgusting so he had never wanted kids. We do know that he's really a big softy because he has taken in a big abandoned mongrel called Rocky - another point for doggy love.
The H, Ross De Courtney (point for fab name) starts off as a real alpha-hole. Really mean, entitled and arrogant, arriving by helicopter at his sister's wedding just in time to object to the marriage. Seconds later, he locks eyes with his previous ONS (the groom's sister, Carmel) and her 3 year old soon, who looks remarkably familiar. And then he gets knocked out by the groom. Fantastic opening!
Turns out that the H had rejected Carmel's attempt to tell him he was going to be a daddy because he had had a vasectomy when he was 21. His own father had been absolutely vile, properly disgusting so he had never wanted kids. We do know that he's really a big softy because he has taken in a big abandoned mongrel called Rocky - another point for doggy love.
February 15, 2025
Antroji knygos dalis iš esmės nesiskiria nuo pirmosios. Nors siužetas naujas, istorija lieka paviršutiniška ir neįtikina. Galbūt būtent tai ir nulėmė mano vertinimą.
Kažkodėl ši serija neįtraukia taip, kaip norėtųsi. Skaitant nesijaučia ryšio su pasakojimu, o istorija neprikausto visu 100 %.
Atrodo, kad knyga siekė perteikti prabangos įspūdį – turtingą aplinką, ištaigingą gyvenimo būdą. Tačiau pritrūko detalių, todėl vietomis visa tai atrodo dirbtinai ir paviršutiniškai. Deja, ne mano skonio.
Tiek pirmos, tiek antros dalies siužetai sunkiai įtikina. Vis dėlto, jei ieškote lengvo, greitai skaitomo romano savaitgaliui ar kelionei, ši knyga gali būti tinkamas pasirinkimas.
Kažkodėl ši serija neįtraukia taip, kaip norėtųsi. Skaitant nesijaučia ryšio su pasakojimu, o istorija neprikausto visu 100 %.
Atrodo, kad knyga siekė perteikti prabangos įspūdį – turtingą aplinką, ištaigingą gyvenimo būdą. Tačiau pritrūko detalių, todėl vietomis visa tai atrodo dirbtinai ir paviršutiniškai. Deja, ne mano skonio.
Tiek pirmos, tiek antros dalies siužetai sunkiai įtikina. Vis dėlto, jei ieškote lengvo, greitai skaitomo romano savaitgaliui ar kelionei, ši knyga gali būti tinkamas pasirinkimas.
December 30, 2022
I didn't like it, I get that it was 4 years since they were together and it's unreasonable to expect him to be celibate, but I'm still disappointed that he wasn't. Supposedly their connection was strong and yet he didn't track her down. When she texted him she was pregnant he didn't go after her and confront her (from his perspective he thought she was lying).
I didn't care for MMC intial reaction upon learning he had a son was to only provide for him financially and didn't even want to meet him or be a part of his life at all. P.
I didn't care for MMC intial reaction upon learning he had a son was to only provide for him financially and didn't even want to meet him or be a part of his life at all. P.
April 25, 2024
The CEO's Impossible Heir
When he goes to stop his sisters wedding he finds himself looking at a child who is his spitting image. A child to a woman he has tried to forget. A child that should never been born. This is about the impossible becoming possible. A love that shacks all around. Can he adjust to this new revelation?
When he goes to stop his sisters wedding he finds himself looking at a child who is his spitting image. A child to a woman he has tried to forget. A child that should never been born. This is about the impossible becoming possible. A love that shacks all around. Can he adjust to this new revelation?
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January 1, 2022Categories
Romance, Contemporary Romance
Miniseries
Secrets of Billionaire Siblings (Book #2)
Romance, Contemporary Romance
Miniseries
Secrets of Billionaire Siblings (Book #2)
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January 1, 2022Categories
Romance, Contemporary Romance
Miniseries
Secrets of Billionaire Siblings (Book #2)
Romance, Contemporary Romance
Miniseries
Secrets of Billionaire Siblings (Book #2)
February 24, 2022
it was definitely a book
May 10, 2022
3.5 stars.
November 8, 2024
Hot steamy love both hero and the incredibly strong heroine.
November 16, 2024
Romance.
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