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The Frenchman's Marriage Demand
She was his pregnant mistress...
Two years ago, Freya Addison fell for sexy billionaire Zac Deverell. He gave her everything money could buy, and more pleasure in the bedroom than she'd thought possible. But when Freya announced she was pregnant, Zac threw her out.
Now she'll become his wife!
When they meet again, the passion between them is as strong as ever. Zac whisks Freya away to Monaco and back to his bed, where he'll get his answers! If the baby is his, he'll make Freya his wife....
Two years ago, Freya Addison fell for sexy billionaire Zac Deverell. He gave her everything money could buy, and more pleasure in the bedroom than she'd thought possible. But when Freya announced she was pregnant, Zac threw her out.
Now she'll become his wife!
When they meet again, the passion between them is as strong as ever. Zac whisks Freya away to Monaco and back to his bed, where he'll get his answers! If the baby is his, he'll make Freya his wife....
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 12, 2007
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Chantelle Shaw
660 books158 followersI grew up without a TV, let alone DVD’s, computer games etc that my kids spend so much time engrossed in, but I learned to read at an early age and from then on I was always entertained – so much so that my friends used to hide their books when I visited them because all I wanted to do was read!
When I was a teenager I discovered Mills & Boon romances in my local library, and so began a lifelong love affair. I still remember that feeling of anticipation when I settled down with a pile of books - all bearing the famous rose logo - knowing that I would be drawn into a world of love, passion and emotional intensity that I have never found in any other books. I enjoy reading a wide range of books, especially historical novels, and I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, mainly I think because her characters seem so real, but I love romances and unashamedly admit that I only want to read books with a guaranteed happy ending. Reading is my joy and pleasure and I don’t want to cry buckets at the end of a book or have my sleep disturbed by its gruesome content.
For me, the characters in Harlequin Mills & Boon romances are the key. I love reading and writing about strong, alpha heroes and feisty, independent heroines who find that they can’t fight the blazing attraction between them.
When I married my own tall, dark, but sadly not wealthy hero, we moved out of London to the Kent coast and started a family that grew and grew. I adore my six children, and when they were small I loved being a stay-at-home mum, but there can be days, as I’m sure many of you know, when you feel isolated and – dare I say it – bored of conversing with three-year-olds. Harlequin Mills & Boon romances were my life-line and my sanity and I read them whenever I had a spare five minutes (in the bath, pacing the floor at three am with colicky baby on one shoulder and a book in the other hand!)
My imagination soared and I decided to try and write a book myself. My first attempt was typed up on a manual type-writer with the full-stop key and the letter p missing. Luckily my hero and heroine were not called Paul and Poppy, but it still meant going over my manuscript with a pen to fill in the gaps!
That first book was duly rejected as were my next two. I suppose I was disheartened and by now I had four small children and very little spare time, so although I continued to read romances, I gave up writing. It wasn’t until my youngest son started school that I tried writing again. I was struggling to come to terms with the death of my darling mum Gabrielle and writing became my therapy. Mum had always nagged me to get on and write a book and had an unshakeable belief that I would one day be published – I’m so glad that she was proved right and my biggest regret is that she isn’t here to share my success with me.
I wrote two more books which were both rejected by HM&B, but I was given some advice on my writing from the editorial team that encouraged me to try again. Third time lucky certainly applied to me – the day I received ‘the call’ was exactly four years after Mum had died. It was one of the most exciting moments of my life - but instead of chatting to the editor about contracts I had to dash off and pick my sick daughter up from school. Reality is never far away in my house!
I have now had nine books published - At the Sheikh's Bidding was released in September 08. My next book, Argentinian Playboy, Unexpected Love-Child will be out in the UK in July 09, and The Greek Billionaire's Innocent Princess in the UK in August 09. I have just had my twelfth book accepted and am already busy on my thirteenth. Now that my children are growing up I am able to write every day between 9 am and 3 pm, but often I become so involved with my characters that I sneak off to write again in the evening!
I feel I must be one of the luckiest people in the world to be doing something that I love, but I work hard at my luck and I believe that w
When I was a teenager I discovered Mills & Boon romances in my local library, and so began a lifelong love affair. I still remember that feeling of anticipation when I settled down with a pile of books - all bearing the famous rose logo - knowing that I would be drawn into a world of love, passion and emotional intensity that I have never found in any other books. I enjoy reading a wide range of books, especially historical novels, and I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, mainly I think because her characters seem so real, but I love romances and unashamedly admit that I only want to read books with a guaranteed happy ending. Reading is my joy and pleasure and I don’t want to cry buckets at the end of a book or have my sleep disturbed by its gruesome content.
For me, the characters in Harlequin Mills & Boon romances are the key. I love reading and writing about strong, alpha heroes and feisty, independent heroines who find that they can’t fight the blazing attraction between them.
When I married my own tall, dark, but sadly not wealthy hero, we moved out of London to the Kent coast and started a family that grew and grew. I adore my six children, and when they were small I loved being a stay-at-home mum, but there can be days, as I’m sure many of you know, when you feel isolated and – dare I say it – bored of conversing with three-year-olds. Harlequin Mills & Boon romances were my life-line and my sanity and I read them whenever I had a spare five minutes (in the bath, pacing the floor at three am with colicky baby on one shoulder and a book in the other hand!)
My imagination soared and I decided to try and write a book myself. My first attempt was typed up on a manual type-writer with the full-stop key and the letter p missing. Luckily my hero and heroine were not called Paul and Poppy, but it still meant going over my manuscript with a pen to fill in the gaps!
That first book was duly rejected as were my next two. I suppose I was disheartened and by now I had four small children and very little spare time, so although I continued to read romances, I gave up writing. It wasn’t until my youngest son started school that I tried writing again. I was struggling to come to terms with the death of my darling mum Gabrielle and writing became my therapy. Mum had always nagged me to get on and write a book and had an unshakeable belief that I would one day be published – I’m so glad that she was proved right and my biggest regret is that she isn’t here to share my success with me.
I wrote two more books which were both rejected by HM&B, but I was given some advice on my writing from the editorial team that encouraged me to try again. Third time lucky certainly applied to me – the day I received ‘the call’ was exactly four years after Mum had died. It was one of the most exciting moments of my life - but instead of chatting to the editor about contracts I had to dash off and pick my sick daughter up from school. Reality is never far away in my house!
I have now had nine books published - At the Sheikh's Bidding was released in September 08. My next book, Argentinian Playboy, Unexpected Love-Child will be out in the UK in July 09, and The Greek Billionaire's Innocent Princess in the UK in August 09. I have just had my twelfth book accepted and am already busy on my thirteenth. Now that my children are growing up I am able to write every day between 9 am and 3 pm, but often I become so involved with my characters that I sneak off to write again in the evening!
I feel I must be one of the luckiest people in the world to be doing something that I love, but I work hard at my luck and I believe that w
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December 5, 2017
It's raining tropes! Let's watch them drip, one by one, down this review window:
I'm pregnant!
You're just a mistress.
But I love you
That can't be my baby because I've had a vasectomy.
And furthermore, my security guard said you cheated on me.
But I was virgin - how can I cheat?
I'd rather live in poverty than ask the hero for one thin dime.
I do live in poverty.
I was never loved.
My baby is happy and well-adjusted.
I was in a car accident and my grandmother dumped the baby on the hero.
I insist on buying a full nursery for my penthouse while we wait for those overdue paternity tests.
Let's have sex to pass the time.
No. Yes, yes, yes!
I'm guessing you can fill in the blanks with no problem. I didn't reveal the location or much about the characters because it didn't matter. This story is generic. It's not bad - just meh. I'm sure it would enjoyable to the casual reader who hasn't seen this plot before.
I'm pregnant!
You're just a mistress.
But I love you
That can't be my baby because I've had a vasectomy.
And furthermore, my security guard said you cheated on me.
But I was virgin - how can I cheat?
I'd rather live in poverty than ask the hero for one thin dime.
I do live in poverty.
I was never loved.
My baby is happy and well-adjusted.
I was in a car accident and my grandmother dumped the baby on the hero.
I insist on buying a full nursery for my penthouse while we wait for those overdue paternity tests.
Let's have sex to pass the time.
No. Yes, yes, yes!
I'm guessing you can fill in the blanks with no problem. I didn't reveal the location or much about the characters because it didn't matter. This story is generic. It's not bad - just meh. I'm sure it would enjoyable to the casual reader who hasn't seen this plot before.
March 25, 2015
"Hero" feels nothing for heroine...how could this be a romance? They are together 3 months, he took her virginity but never considered having her in his life more permanently, he's bored and already planning to dump her for his next mistress (who he has picked out and moves right on to after dumping heroine). Yes he thinks she cheated but he was going to dump her anyway. And he specifically notes that hasn't given her a thought in 2 years. She's an idiot for not taking him to court for DNA test, money in child support or at least a protective custody order terminating his parental rights. Even though her daughter is entitled to support snd education, all heroine wanted was for him to know she didn't cheat so maybe he would sleep with her again. A story about a woman who is slave to arousal can be sexy when the man is crazy about her. When he has no redeeming qualities and she means nothing to him...not hot at all. She needed to be institutionalize for a mental illness. Or get a good vibrator or a real man.
September 23, 2011
Reasons why this book is different from other HPs:
When the hero finds out he is the father, he decides the best way to be a full time father to his child is if he sets the heroine back up as his mistress.
So the heroine was the hero's mistress for a few months, and then his bodyguard tells him the heroine was sleeping with someone else. She tells him she's pregnant but he knows it's not his and kicks her out.
Then he forgets all about her and starts up with a dozen or so other different women.
But it all comes home to roost when his daughter is dropped off by her great grandmother because the heroine is in the hospital. In front of a lot of people, the GGM announces that she's not raising another baby that's not hers and he can take care of his own kid.
The hero decides that he needs to go nip it in the bud. He takes the baby to the hospital, demands a DNA test, and drags the heroine off to Monaco to perform it.
The heroine follows him because it's just easier to let him have his own way. Oh yes, and despite the fact that he calls her a whore and prostitute, and claims that she was a prostitute for him, she still wants him. If he kisses her she goes weak at the knees and can't say no.
So the hero finds out he's the dad and his solution is to keep the heroine as his mistress so he can be a full time father. Cake, and eat it too.
The heroine is so good in bed, of course he wants to keep her there.
Meanwhile the heroine has never been loved by anyone, and since the hero loves his daughter, and his mother loves his daughter, she can't take her away. But what about her? Well, she loves the hero so much..
So when the hero decides that marriage is now the best solution, she jumps all over it. All her sparkly little dreams come true. Until the other woman, the one who replaced her in bed, and was actually being lined up as a replacement before the heroine was kicked out, tells her that he's still having sex with her. The heroine is upset but what can she do?
This book was so horrible. The heroine never got a spine, never stood up for herself, never made the hero face what a crappy person he was and a poor choice for marriage.
The hero doesn't ever have to face his wrong decisions. He's just always right. Everything flows smoothly for him. Even when he thinks he's not good enough, the heroine immediately corrects him. He never gets to wallow.
I'm sorry I kept reading it thinking it would get better.
When the hero finds out he is the father, he decides the best way to be a full time father to his child is if he sets the heroine back up as his mistress.
So the heroine was the hero's mistress for a few months, and then his bodyguard tells him the heroine was sleeping with someone else. She tells him she's pregnant but he knows it's not his and kicks her out.
Then he forgets all about her and starts up with a dozen or so other different women.
But it all comes home to roost when his daughter is dropped off by her great grandmother because the heroine is in the hospital. In front of a lot of people, the GGM announces that she's not raising another baby that's not hers and he can take care of his own kid.
The hero decides that he needs to go nip it in the bud. He takes the baby to the hospital, demands a DNA test, and drags the heroine off to Monaco to perform it.
The heroine follows him because it's just easier to let him have his own way. Oh yes, and despite the fact that he calls her a whore and prostitute, and claims that she was a prostitute for him, she still wants him. If he kisses her she goes weak at the knees and can't say no.
So the hero finds out he's the dad and his solution is to keep the heroine as his mistress so he can be a full time father. Cake, and eat it too.
The heroine is so good in bed, of course he wants to keep her there.
Meanwhile the heroine has never been loved by anyone, and since the hero loves his daughter, and his mother loves his daughter, she can't take her away. But what about her? Well, she loves the hero so much..
So when the hero decides that marriage is now the best solution, she jumps all over it. All her sparkly little dreams come true. Until the other woman, the one who replaced her in bed, and was actually being lined up as a replacement before the heroine was kicked out, tells her that he's still having sex with her. The heroine is upset but what can she do?
This book was so horrible. The heroine never got a spine, never stood up for herself, never made the hero face what a crappy person he was and a poor choice for marriage.
The hero doesn't ever have to face his wrong decisions. He's just always right. Everything flows smoothly for him. Even when he thinks he's not good enough, the heroine immediately corrects him. He never gets to wallow.
I'm sorry I kept reading it thinking it would get better.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 25, 2015
Read this years ago and hated it now I remember why!
October 17, 2011
MORE LIKE 1.5 stars.
Zac Deverell and Freya Addison had a brief affair. The minute she told him she was pregnant he kicked her to the curb. Freya didn’t know that Zac couldn’t have fathered children because he had been clipped! He never felt the need to tell her that little tidbit while he was hooking up w/ this younger girl. Of course, Freya had been a virgin until Zac and now suddenly she is a raving NYMPH and she can’t get enough so she had to have been shagging the local starving artist. Zac was informed that she was and despite her denials, he couldn’t believe her because she got pregnant and there is no way in that one place, that he could be the father!! Now Freya is injured in an accident and her very loving grandmother, sarcasm implied, dumps the child on Zac and informing all w/in hearing distance that it is time for her to go enjoy life and stop raising someone else’s kids. Zac believes that Freya is behind this and means to set her straight. He has to take her back to his country to do so and then proceeds w/ testing to prove that he is not the father of Freya’s child.
You know how this turns out. We are subjected to Zac calling Freya all sorts of demeaning names and her putting up w/ it. Never mind that he is also denying this sweet child. Oh but then he falls in love w/ Freya’s daughter and is willing to overlook Freya’s indiscretion. He finds out the truth – yes he is the father, and instead of proposing marriage he tells her that he will set her up to be his mistress once again! Amazing, huh? Did he grovel even slightly when he revealed that he is the father? NOPE, he just says that he owes her an apology. I want my money back – oh wait it was a library book. I want my time back. I wanted Freya to have made him suffer like she claimed she was going to do. I wanted a follow through when she said, “I don’t need anything from you, Zac, certainly not your arrogant assertion that you’ll overlook something I didn’t even do. But one day soon you’ll come crawling to me on your hands and knees, and hear me now-I will never forgive you for your treatment of me.” Oh that was great but it just fell and there was no follow through.
He said once he got the results of the test he would personally escort them out of Monaco and his life – oh I guess he meant once he was proved right but since that didn’t happen he must retain custody of them both.
Freya apparently is controlled by that one piece of her anatomy that men are always accused of leading w/. Nice. Once would think that she should just dart down to the drugstore or something. I have to admit that I read this book soon after Comfort Object and I could so see Zac as the role of Jeremy and Freya as Nell. Except for the fact that Freya does make some nice threats and accusations towards Zac, BUT she never follows through. Frustrating!
I know that Zac had a good reason for believing what he did of Freya, but really there is usually some sort of follow up for the procedure that Zac had done. The fact that he didn’t do the follow up is a little irresponsible of him. Also he seemed to be irresponsible w/ the sheaths as well. I believe he used the same twice! Then I kept wondering if, since it is known that he had other r/s in the two years she was gone, he considered that there could be other little Zacs running around! He knows that his procedure want’s full proof and he is supposedly careful w/ Freya now, but not once does he wonder about OW. Why wouldn’t he because HP H’s don’t wear the coat for disease protection but for saving their money from gold diggers?! Then of course strong little Freya gives in to easily to Zac and she can’t even cope very well w/ her daughter gets sick. Suddenly she is a mass of a mess.
Zac Deverell and Freya Addison had a brief affair. The minute she told him she was pregnant he kicked her to the curb. Freya didn’t know that Zac couldn’t have fathered children because he had been clipped! He never felt the need to tell her that little tidbit while he was hooking up w/ this younger girl. Of course, Freya had been a virgin until Zac and now suddenly she is a raving NYMPH and she can’t get enough so she had to have been shagging the local starving artist. Zac was informed that she was and despite her denials, he couldn’t believe her because she got pregnant and there is no way in that one place, that he could be the father!! Now Freya is injured in an accident and her very loving grandmother, sarcasm implied, dumps the child on Zac and informing all w/in hearing distance that it is time for her to go enjoy life and stop raising someone else’s kids. Zac believes that Freya is behind this and means to set her straight. He has to take her back to his country to do so and then proceeds w/ testing to prove that he is not the father of Freya’s child.
You know how this turns out. We are subjected to Zac calling Freya all sorts of demeaning names and her putting up w/ it. Never mind that he is also denying this sweet child. Oh but then he falls in love w/ Freya’s daughter and is willing to overlook Freya’s indiscretion. He finds out the truth – yes he is the father, and instead of proposing marriage he tells her that he will set her up to be his mistress once again! Amazing, huh? Did he grovel even slightly when he revealed that he is the father? NOPE, he just says that he owes her an apology. I want my money back – oh wait it was a library book. I want my time back. I wanted Freya to have made him suffer like she claimed she was going to do. I wanted a follow through when she said, “I don’t need anything from you, Zac, certainly not your arrogant assertion that you’ll overlook something I didn’t even do. But one day soon you’ll come crawling to me on your hands and knees, and hear me now-I will never forgive you for your treatment of me.” Oh that was great but it just fell and there was no follow through.
He said once he got the results of the test he would personally escort them out of Monaco and his life – oh I guess he meant once he was proved right but since that didn’t happen he must retain custody of them both.
Freya apparently is controlled by that one piece of her anatomy that men are always accused of leading w/. Nice. Once would think that she should just dart down to the drugstore or something. I have to admit that I read this book soon after Comfort Object and I could so see Zac as the role of Jeremy and Freya as Nell. Except for the fact that Freya does make some nice threats and accusations towards Zac, BUT she never follows through. Frustrating!
I know that Zac had a good reason for believing what he did of Freya, but really there is usually some sort of follow up for the procedure that Zac had done. The fact that he didn’t do the follow up is a little irresponsible of him. Also he seemed to be irresponsible w/ the sheaths as well. I believe he used the same twice! Then I kept wondering if, since it is known that he had other r/s in the two years she was gone, he considered that there could be other little Zacs running around! He knows that his procedure want’s full proof and he is supposedly careful w/ Freya now, but not once does he wonder about OW. Why wouldn’t he because HP H’s don’t wear the coat for disease protection but for saving their money from gold diggers?! Then of course strong little Freya gives in to easily to Zac and she can’t even cope very well w/ her daughter gets sick. Suddenly she is a mass of a mess.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2011
This is the third book in a row I’ve read from a Harlequin Presents monthly bundle and it really highlights how written to formula modern HPs are. Every book is essentially the same -- only the language of the foreign endearments change. This was the formula with extra "I just can't resist him, no matter that he thinks I'm a whore/thinks I'm a thief/thinks I killed his dog" nookie and not much else.
June 27, 2019
This is one of my favorite tropes in the HP world. Heroine is mistress to the hero. She gets pregnant but he throws her out, convinced she was cheating because he's had a vasectomy. But this one just failed in execution for me.
Once he finds her again and she has a fairly reasonable explanation of what happened even though he knows that some vasectomies fail he still refuses to consider he might be one of the failures. He calls her every nasty name in the book but still gets her in bed every third page it seemed like. She was totally spineless. I think any man who called me those sorts of names and told me to my face I was trash would not be able to talk me into bed 5 minutes later especially after first time he said "see I told you you were a 'ho" afterwards.
I'm used to a certain amount of asshatery and spinelessness but CS just didn't sell me on it this time.
Once he finds her again and she has a fairly reasonable explanation of what happened even though he knows that some vasectomies fail he still refuses to consider he might be one of the failures. He calls her every nasty name in the book but still gets her in bed every third page it seemed like. She was totally spineless. I think any man who called me those sorts of names and told me to my face I was trash would not be able to talk me into bed 5 minutes later especially after first time he said "see I told you you were a 'ho" afterwards.
I'm used to a certain amount of asshatery and spinelessness but CS just didn't sell me on it this time.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 28, 2012
The penthouse rooftops of Fontvieille and its new harbour in Monaco on the French Riviera.
★★☆☆☆ This one is full of angstygoodness badness. Who wants to sleep with someone you hate – or who hates you?
But wait, there is more:
Besides, in this day and age the average person knows that vasectomies don't always take. That's why you check things out before you go around impregnating the world. Especially when so much is at stake.
And Mr. DouchBag doesn’t grovel enough when he finds out he really is poor little Aimee’s father, which is well over half-way through the book.
Oh-why-oh-why didn't I check out my GRs friend’s review of this one before I picked it up at a Friends of the Library sale? 50¢ down the drain.
★★☆☆☆ This one is full of angsty
Clearly Zac had been surprised by his desire for her and shocked by the level of his need, but he despised himself almost as much as he despised her. When he released her she swayed unsteadily and for one horrific moment she actually thought she was going to be sick.And Freya thinks this is lust? Or love?
But wait, there is more:
“My brain tells me you’re a tramp, but my body isn’t so fastidious—it’s just hungry,” he said grimly as he slid his hand under her bottom, lifted her and effected one deep, shockingly powerful thrust that made her gasp in awe at his potent strength.Uh…er… No, thanks.
Besides, in this day and age the average person knows that vasectomies don't always take. That's why you check things out before you go around impregnating the world. Especially when so much is at stake.
And Mr. DouchBag doesn’t grovel enough when he finds out he really is poor little Aimee’s father, which is well over half-way through the book.
Oh-why-oh-why didn't I check out my GRs friend’s review of this one before I picked it up at a Friends of the Library sale? 50¢ down the drain.
January 30, 2022
The h used to be the H’s mistress. They haven’t seen each other for two years.
He hasn’t thought at all about the h in those two years. That made me wonder. So she was that forgettable? She didn’t mean anything to him? She wasn’t even worth his anger?
She is in the hospital after a car accident when they meet again. That accident didn’t make him worry about her. He doesn’t ask how she feels after the accident or where she is hurt. He couldn’t care less.
What all good, cruel, alpha male H’s have in common, is that the moment their woman is in danger or is in an accident, they do care. This H however doesn’t care.
Their so-called “love” is therefore just ridiculous.
All Chantelle Shaw’s h’s are the stereotype blondes, thin, small breasts. No variety whatsoever. This h is the same.
I skimmed it to not give up completely after only 20 pages.
With her legs spread for him and while she lays on top of his desk naked, she says to him that she’s changed, that she won’t let him do this to her again. Really? 🙄
A lot of explicit sex scenes in this book, but with him feeling nothing for her, it’s just porn and not a HP.
He hasn’t thought at all about the h in those two years. That made me wonder. So she was that forgettable? She didn’t mean anything to him? She wasn’t even worth his anger?
She is in the hospital after a car accident when they meet again. That accident didn’t make him worry about her. He doesn’t ask how she feels after the accident or where she is hurt. He couldn’t care less.
What all good, cruel, alpha male H’s have in common, is that the moment their woman is in danger or is in an accident, they do care. This H however doesn’t care.
Their so-called “love” is therefore just ridiculous.
All Chantelle Shaw’s h’s are the stereotype blondes, thin, small breasts. No variety whatsoever. This h is the same.
I skimmed it to not give up completely after only 20 pages.
With her legs spread for him and while she lays on top of his desk naked, she says to him that she’s changed, that she won’t let him do this to her again. Really? 🙄
A lot of explicit sex scenes in this book, but with him feeling nothing for her, it’s just porn and not a HP.
May 3, 2017
The H was a complete sh*t so it was hard to get behind the romance especially as from his POV we know that he never really thought of the h once he got rid of her. She does the whole 'I must resist but I cant cause I love him' dance which is par for the course I guess.
There's a great line in here from the h 'about the tinker, the tailor and the candlestick maker' which made me snigger for some time afterwards. Wish she'd shown the same spirit throughout.
There's a great line in here from the h 'about the tinker, the tailor and the candlestick maker' which made me snigger for some time afterwards. Wish she'd shown the same spirit throughout.
October 24, 2020
Es horrible que una mujer no se haga respetar, aguante y aguante los desprecios de un ser tan despreciable y que encima ella lo acepte sumisamente ajjjj...
April 13, 2018
Sometimes you just need a break from all the blue aliens kidnapping earth women and lose yourself in a sweet, Harlequin with a HEA..... Yeah I know it got bad reviews but I loved it.
Horrible but very sexy Hero ...check
Strong Heroine (bad childhood)... check
Adorable baby... check
Sweet mother of the hero... check...
Sometimes you need something very Harlequinishy!
Horrible but very sexy Hero ...check
Strong Heroine (bad childhood)... check
Adorable baby... check
Sweet mother of the hero... check...
Sometimes you need something very Harlequinishy!
April 22, 2015
There is nothing I love more than a cruel alpha hero, a misjudged heroine and a story with cute little babies so I loved this angsty book!
September 10, 2014
When I am in the mood for angst and drama I head for the pile of Harlequins which is always ready waiting for when I am in such moods. Usually the more angst the better and this sure had plenty and the H was a pig (which weirdly I don't mind as this adds fuel to the angst) but what I do insist on is a lot of grovelling when he finds out he is wrong, but this fell way short off the mark, he didn't come across as sorry and he didn't deserve to be forgiven for the way he treated the h and his daughter!
February 20, 2021
It is all just too much of a drama for me. The heroine was an idiot and a total doormat that it’s probably no wonder he treats her so shabbily. The hero was a douchebag and an asshole for the entire book. He didn't even grovel after he learned the truth. There is no redeeming moment/qualities for him that I can find. None at all.
April 14, 2017
Leído el 15/07/2010
2.5 estrellas
2.5 estrellas
July 2, 2018
It was ... unbelievable.
And not in a good way.
And not in a good way.
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March 4, 2013It's one of the worst, so bad it's just plain bad. Weak, shallow characters. Don't waste your time with it. Better escapism can be found elsewhere.
July 2, 2017
those 2 were annoying! She is obsessed with his chest hair and He is obsessed with her nipples! I gave it 3 * just for their daughter and the twins because God I love cute babies ♡
June 28, 2018
sorry, not my cup of tea...
August 11, 2016
Made me cringe all the way through it... Why the hell are these things still published. At least if Freya had a wee bit more of a backbone i would have liked it, otherwise yuh a complete waste of time!!
May 3, 2017
muito ruim!!!! very bad!!!!
Very bad book with heroin too stupid to live. The hero is not a hero. I kept reading to see if the heroin which is a doormat and created some personality, but that did not happen.
Very bad book with heroin too stupid to live. The hero is not a hero. I kept reading to see if the heroin which is a doormat and created some personality, but that did not happen.
May 5, 2011
The worst Harlequin Presents I've ever read! And I have read more than 200. I couldn't even finish it! The hero was the biggest jerk. Don't bother.
March 19, 2013
I have no respect at all to both main characters (esp the hero) after I finished reading this book.
June 24, 2017
Very steamy... very emotional
July 25, 2018
Unbelievably horrible story ! Hope I can go back in time or erase my memory
Hero was a first class jerk and the heroine had nothing known as self respect . Where is the romance
Hero was a first class jerk and the heroine had nothing known as self respect . Where is the romance
March 26, 2020
The heroine of this book so fucking pathetic that... It even hurt me to read this book... I just hate her. She is a big doormat...
April 4, 2021
DNF at 50% mark and I almost always finish a book even if I don't like it. The hero is horrible. This is not a love story. It's a cautionary tale. The MCs have a three month affair. The hero seduces the virginal heroine and dumps her when she tells him she's preggers because his bodyguard told him she was cheating on him and he had a vasectomy. She lives in abject poverty (and celibate lifestyle) for two years while struggling to raise her child as a single mom. The hero man-hoes for two years and thinks about his never ending bed partners. He also hates the heroine for trying to foist her child on him. They meet again. Lots of slut-shaming and name calling. Roofie kisses. Be my mistress because my magic stick wants you but I don't respect you. A complete asshat of a hero. HARD PASS. SKIP. This book is making me realize I might not like this author. The hero is irredeemable and the heroine TSTL. Get some self-respect girl.
December 19, 2020
Awful- just awful. Are spineless, doormat heroines still in fashion? Were they ever? This heroine just lies down and takes the crap because she has no backbone and no self respect.
The hero is simply awful until more than halfway through the book. I mean truly vicious and nasty and a manwhore who has double standards.
The other woman did not get a comeuppance- and boy did she need one.
The hero is simply awful until more than halfway through the book. I mean truly vicious and nasty and a manwhore who has double standards.
The other woman did not get a comeuppance- and boy did she need one.
December 23, 2021
J'ai eu un problème avec ce bouquin, c'est qu'un Monégasque n'est pas un Français... et tout le long du livre, j'ai été gênée car je me suis demandé quelles autres approximations étaient présentes... A part ça, c'est un Harlequin.
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