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Willow Park #3

Nobody's Princess

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“Sarah Hegger's voice is rich and witty and in a word, addictive.” --Terri Osburn

Sarah Hegger is back with another delightful Willow Park Romance, but this time the road to love might be a little bumpy…

Tiffany Desjardins has a plan. Well, she had a plan, until her past and all its complications came back to haunt her. Her not-quite-ex-husband, Luke, is missing, and suddenly everyone needs to find him—including Tiffany, if she wants to marry the true man of her dreams. Then there’s Thomas Hunter, Luke’s brawny friend, who won’t take “no road trip” for an answer—and who won’t stop showing up in her daydreams…

Thomas couldn’t care less about Luke’s personal life, but he needs to find him if he’s going to make his fledgling minerals and metals company a reality. And if that means following Tiffany, who’s taken off in Luke’s rare Lamborghini Miura, he’s more than willing—especially if there might be a chance to negotiate some of Tiffany’s lovely curves. As Tiffany and Thomas speed along without a map, the only destination that seems certain is being together…

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 23, 2016

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Sarah Hegger

47 books643 followers
Born British and raised in South Africa, Sarah Hegger suffers from an incurable case of wanderlust. Her match? A hot Canadian engineer, whose marriage proposal she accepted six short weeks after they first met. Together they’ve made homes in seven different cities across three different continents (and back again once or twice). If only it made her multilingual, but the best she can manage is idiosyncratic English, fluent Afrikaans, conversant Russian, pigeon Portuguese, even worse Zulu and enough French to get herself into trouble.

Mimicking her globe trotting adventures, Sarah’s career path began as a gainfully employed actress, drifted into public relations, settled a moment in advertising, and eventually took root in the fertile soil of her first love, writing. She also moonlights as a wife and mother.

She currently lives in Draper, Utah, with her teenage daughters, two Golden Retrievers and aforementioned husband. Part footloose buccaneer, part quixotic observer of life, Sarah’s restless heart is most content when reading or writing books.

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Profile Image for Rhenna Morgan.
Author 29 books1,069 followers
February 24, 2016
Like the rest of the Willow Park books, Sarah has done a bang up job of mixing sharp, refreshing humor and real, relatable issues. Oh, and there's a heck of a fun romance mixed in. I loved watching Tiffany grow and tiptoeing through the story as I waited for her secrets to be revealed. And Thomas? Yummalicious. Between his geeky T-shirts and his swagger, I was completely smitten. And OMG, the first scene when they meet? Yeah, that pretty much tells you how this books going to go. Lots and lots of perfect tension and chemistry.

Seriously, such a great wrap up to an already fabulous series. I can't wait to see what the author pens next.
Profile Image for Bette Hansen.
5,073 reviews41 followers
February 17, 2016
Another fun entertaining read in the Willow Park series. In this one we meet Tiffany Desjardins. She's always been Daddy's little princess, doing all the right things and living life according to his plans. Well except for that one time she married Luke! Oh and she might have trashed his priceless car when she caught him cheating. And oh yeah, she might have forgotten to get divorced. Now though her life's back on track and she has a man who wants to marry her so she needs that divorce now!! If she could only find Luke she'd make that happen.

Thomas Hunter needs to find Luke, pronto! It seems like the best way to do that will be to tail Tiffany who has taken off in Luke's precious Miura. Their impromptu road trip together takes some fun twists and turns and has them racing toward their ultimate destination.

A book I highly recommend to everyone.
Profile Image for Terri.
703 reviews20 followers
February 17, 2016
Review also found at http://kristineandterri.blogspot.ca/2...

3.5 stars

**I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The expected publication date is February 23rd 2016**

This was a fun read for me appealing to many of the girly things I hold dear.

My shallow side. There was enough Jimmy Choo, Manolo, Kate Spade and other names featured in this story to appeal to my inner shopper. Yes Tiffany, I would be devastated if anything happened to my purses! For the Fifth Avenue shopper this is sure to appeal.

My Romantic side. The chemistry between Tiffany and Thomas was undeniable. The way they brought out each others true personalities and geek factors was entertaining to read. The way that Thomas could see that Tiffany was not just a pretty face and see her for what she really was had me swooning. It made me wish that I could recite numbers like she could just so that he would walk through my door.

My not so shallow side. This was really a story about a girl who was groomed to be a certain way and breaking out of that stereotype to become who she really wants to be. It was about learning to think and act independently of others regardless of the judgement that may follow. While this may sound deep in context to the story it truly is what it is all about.

Did I mention there was also a hot sports car, a brooding trouble making teenager and perhaps some tequila also? Yup, this story has it.

At the end of the day this story entertained me and delivered exactly what I expected from it.
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2,346 reviews224 followers
February 24, 2016
This, the third and final book of the series, was a case of struggling to connect with the characters, but had the potential to be so much more.

On one hand we have Tiffany, a pampered princess who at the same time has never been given the opportunity to think for herself.  I had a real hard time warming to her because for much of it she came across as cowardly.  Throughout the book we got glimpses of her kind heart and fighting spirit, but I'm afraid she never developed where it mattered for me. 

Thomas Hunter, is the third and final Hunter brother to feature and I had such high hopes for him prior to reading this book. His absence from the previous books made him seem mysterious and moody, but Thomas turned out to be the complete opposite and unfortunately there wasn't a great deal I learned about him other than he really has just been working in Africa. Thomas is such a likeable character but I felt we needed more from him. Other than the initial moment he met Tiffany at the beginning, I don't think it helped that he didn't feature a lot in the first 20%

I always said that I loved the fact that these stories had no gimmicks and it was the simplicity of the love story that I felt was what made this such a great series.  This book just fell too flat for me. It never really peaked and I've been left with a feeling that I'm not entirely sure what the future holds for Tiffany and Thomas.
1,678 reviews43 followers
June 9, 2017
Nobody’s Princess is the third and final book in the Willow Park series. My experience when reading a book series is that the first book is very good to draw the reader into the series. and the final book is the crown jewel of the series as the author pulls together all the hanging threads and characters in the series to give the faithful readers who have stuck with the series a positive send off and a great H.E.A. No doubt it’s because I’m a guy but my fondness for a romance book is in direct correlation to the book’s heroine’s appeal to me. IMHO although I liked Nobody’s Princess, I thought the first book Nobody’s Angel with beautiful, damaged and vulnerable yet strong Lucy who won my heart was an A, the second book Nobody’s Fool, with feisty, strong and loyal yet vulnerable Holly who won my empathy was a B-B+ and Nobody’s Princess with beautiful, stronger than she realized Tiffany was a solid C+-B.
It’s not that I didn’t like Tiffany although admittedly it took me several chapters into the book for the author to flesh her out as more than the superficial, materialistic princess referred to in the title into a heroine I could care about. This book is a coming of age story about Tiffany a pampered 26-year-old daddy’s girl learning to stand on her own two feet and be who she is rather than whom her wealthy father wants her to be as much as a romance. Her failed disaster of a brief marriage to Luke (a singular act of rebellion against her father’s advice and wishes) at the age of 19 has only further convinced her not to trust herself and look to her father for advice and direction. He wants her to marry a man just like himself and Tiffany is whole heartedly in agreement. The problem is for reasons she’s never wanted to look too closely at five years after they’ve split up she still hasn’t finalized the divorce and unbeknownst to her father or the man she plans to marry, she’s still married to Luke. Now she needs to find Luke and get him to sign off on the divorce so she can move forward and marry the man of her father’s dreams and the security the marriage would offer her. Enter our hero Thomas, youngest brother of Richard and Joshua. Despite her impending betrothal, the minute she lays eyes on Thomas the sparks fly. As it happens Thomas is also looking for Luke for totally different reasons. Quite honestly the pretext that Luke has stolen the only document that exists that Thomas needs to move forward with his business venture in Africa was a tad hard to swallow. But being a regular reader of romance novels I’m used to having to accept a certain amount of story lines based on shaky premises. Eventually Tiffany (because her classic sports car breaks down) is forced to team up with Thomas to find Luke. Here’s another problem I had with this plot line. Tiffany has this classic Lamborghini Miura that belongs to Luke and it plays a big part in this story. Her plan is to use the return of the car to entice Luke to return to Chicago with her to help facilitate a quick dissolution to their marriage. It breaks down on her way between Chicago and Utah because we’re told sports cars aren’t made for driving across country. In reality tooling around long country roads and cross country trips is exactly what sports cars are designed to do. Now if the author wanted to substitute the Lamborghini for a classic muscle car built to go 0-60 really fast but not for long drives, it would have been a lot more palatable story line. While the other two books introduced heavy issues like alcoholism and mental illness along with seriously dysfunctional family relations into their story lines, this book was much lighter and fluffier despite Dakota’s (Luke’s teenaged brother) drug issues. That’s okay, it just seemed to give this story less fullness than the previous two possessed.
Despite these issues, that I felt reduced the believability of critical plot lines, and the fact that as a guy I have zero interest or name recognition with all the high-end fashion and cosmetics products references that peppered the story, I still found Nobody’s Princess a very enjoyable read. Thomas was too perfect as the hero. He’s the kind of man every guy wants to be or at least be friends with and every woman just flat out wants. It was great watching him help Tiffany find herself and build her self-confidence as he fell deeper in love with her. I thought Tiffany’s relationship with her estranged husband, the symbolism of the Miura in their relationship and her unresolved feelings she needed closure on was done beautifully and very poignantly. While I enjoyed the way, the author left Thomas and Tiffany’s relationship at the end of their story I was mildly disappointed at the way she handled Lucy and Holly since this was my last chance to visit with them. When Tiffany finally meets Thomas’s family poor Lucy and Holly are pretty much relegated to descriptions of their hair. Lucy is the blonde holding a baby and Holly has a wild head of hair. Well at least Holly got to show off her quick wit a little. All Lucy got to do was make facial expressions and hold her newborn. We’re reminded of how gorgeous Richard and especially Josh (the Man-God) are but no mention of Lucy’s stunning beauty. And what’s with Holly still resisting Joshua’s desire to marry when based upon the fact that the baby Lucy was carrying when they first met is now a toddler and she’s just delivered a second child, she and Josh must be at least a couple of years into their relationship? And it’s great that Tiffany has decided to support herself while attending college but we don’t know how she’s doing it, only that she’s on a budget and now $5/day for lunch is something she can’t afford. So did it make sense for her to keep her high end apartment on Chicago’s Gold Coast instead of sharing living expenses with Thomas whom she spends every night with anyway? It’s those sorts of things that garnered this book a 3 star grade from me. Not a bad rating, just a little lower than the first two received.
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483 reviews9 followers
December 30, 2016
It 's a fresh contemporary novel, bright and fun, full of humor. An exhilarating journey that will change forever the lives of the protagonists.
Tiffany married Luke several years ago, she told everyone that she is divorced but it does not. Now she is getting married again and absolutely must find Luke and let him sign the papers. She tries contacting his stepmother but only gets more trouble to solve. Even Thomas absolutely must find Luke, he has some too important documents for his activities. He is convinced that his wife knows where he is. When he realizes that she doesn't know where he is hiding, they venture together in search. Will they be able to solve their problems?
Tiffany is accustomed to do what her father expected of her, even marry a man she doesn't love. She always thought that marry the man her father has chosen for her is the right thing, even though the chemistry between them is not magic. While looking Luke, she takes a journey inside herself and must decide whether to continue to suffocate her passionate and side or get it out finally out. I really liked her way of controlling anxiety with the help of numbers.
It's the last book in a series but can be read as a stand alone. I'm curious to read the first books in the series.
It's is an intriguing and interesting book, is full of fun. As soon as I started reading this one, I could not put it down.The author hooks me from the start. I found myself engrossed in this book and wanted to know what was going to happen next.
If you are looking for a cute and funny book then you need to read this one.
Profile Image for Andrea Guy.
1,483 reviews66 followers
February 29, 2016
I've never read Sarah Hegger before. This is the last book in her Willow Park Romance. Tiffany is a bit of a poor little rich girl, who is trying to change her life. I wasn't sure if I was going to like her at first, but as she grew and found her real self she really was endearing. I really felt sorry for her too.

It was great to see her transform from the girl that just had to be beautiful into a real thinking breathing woman. Her soon to be ex's brother Dakota calls her Barbie, and when you get the descriptions of Tiffany, Barbie is a pretty good one for her.

Thomas was really great too, from the very start when she mistakes him for a male model. Oo la la. He's even better when you get to know him, because he's a nice guy and he really cares about Tiffany, and more about her than about her looks.

The two of them are great foils for themselves, but they have awesome chemistry.

Then there's Luke. I wanted a bit more of a mystery involving him, but that wasn't the case. Most of the drama involved Dakota. OK, a lot of the drama involves Dakota.

The best part of the book is Tiffany becoming her own woman, standing up to her father, who feels she's only as good as her pretty face, but as you learn her love of numbers and the way she works things out,without having much of an education, you know shes definitely much more than that. Thomas helps her to want more from her life. That's another reason to love him as a hero.

This was a great intro to this author for me.
Profile Image for Melissa Morr.
189 reviews15 followers
February 23, 2016
Tiffany Desjardins wants to return her husband Luke, hopefully ex husband's Miura so she can finally end that chapter of her life, & be what her boyfriend & father want her to be. But the only problem is she doesn't have any idea how to find him, until Luke's step mother drops his half brother Dakota off to her, & he knows where he is. When the the Miura breaks down in Utah during Tiffany & Dakota's road trip, Thomas Hunter comes to their rescue, but he has a agenda he needs to find Luke too. Will they find Luke & get both what they want from him?

This was an enjoyable read, I loved the beginning on how Thomas & Tiffany meet it was hilarious. I wanted to strangle her boyfriend & father on how they treated her. The road trip was exactly what Tiffany needed to realize how she was living her life except that one time in her life with Luke. She was always trying to please her father & everyone else except for herself. That was the only thing disagreed with this book was how her father treated her just as a pretty princess.

I received a copy from Goddess Fish & Netgalley for my honest review. Thank you for the opportunity!
Profile Image for Terry Hammoutene.
1,447 reviews12 followers
December 15, 2015
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the last book in the Willow Park series. You will be taken on a bumpy ride in this story.

Tiffany is the main person in this book she is Daddy's princess with a lot of self doubt. She just wants to be in control of her life and to stop being told what to do. She is not the stupid person she has been told she was her whole life. She was told she just had to be beautiful and everything would be fine.
With the help of Richard and her brother in law she will discover that she is "Nobody's Princess" and she is smart enough to do things on her own.


I loved the way this story was told. It has it own theme and is not written in the same context of the first two books in this series. In my opinion that is what made it so awesome. It pulled me in and I felt like I was right in there with them. I hope if you decide to read this you will enjoy it.
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1,938 reviews41 followers
February 16, 2016
I have loved all of Sarah Hegger's Willow Park books. This one is no exception. Tiffany is quite a character right from the beginning. I found humor in her use of numbers as a calming agent. I really felt for her need to both grasp the past and move forward to what she thinks will be her HEA. Her first encounter with Thomas and the whole model-debacle was hilarious. As the story goes on, it is quite refreshing to watch Tiffany come to terms with her past behavior and her need to please. On the road trip she gets to know Thomas better, which in turn allows her to make some realizations about herself. I was rooting for her to stand up for herself the whole way through the book. The ending was perfect as always. I can't wait to see what's next from Sarah Hegger.
Profile Image for Molly.
669 reviews29 followers
January 27, 2016
I received an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved this book and I can't wait for more from Sarah Hegger in the future. Her characters have a way of changing people minds on things. Tiffany needs to find her ex husband Luke who happens to be missing and everyone is looking for him. Then to top everything else Tiffany can't stop daydreaming about Thomas Hunter who is Luke's best friend and needs him to turn an minerals and metals company into reality then he will do whatever it takes to find Luke even follow Tiffany to do it. I won't spoil the book but it was a great read.
Profile Image for Liz Gavin.
Author 109 books755 followers
February 23, 2016
5***** Fun read

I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

If you like your romance novels to be fun and enjoyable; your heroines to be feisty and witty; and, your heroes to be G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S and intelligent, I recommend you get a copy of Nobody’s Princess right this instant. But I’ve got to be honest with you – it’s addictive. This is the first book by Sarah Hegger that I read but it certainly won’t be the last. She did a great job with story pace, character development, and plot building. In other words, what's there not to love in this book, right? LOL
Profile Image for Peggy.
2,479 reviews56 followers
February 24, 2016
**SPOILER FREE**

Once you're able to settle in with this book you will find how easy it is to escape right into the story and the life of the characters. You realize that this story feels as if you're watching a good movie play out right before your eyes. The emotions of that characters are strongly felt. The plot of the story sucks you in. And this book is well written and easy to follow. Doesn't jump all over the place losing you half way back. I do believe that this will be a return author for me.


*Received for an honest review*
Profile Image for Heather.
302 reviews115 followers
May 10, 2016
I won this book in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.

To be honest, at first I wasn't sure I liked this book. The main character seemed completely annoying and vapid. AU CONTRAIRE. While I still can't relate to being a "Daddy's little princess", there are other things going on with her that are/were very familiar. The characters are well-written and (after a shaky start) likeable. And the story was fun and touching. If you like sexy, contemporary romance, you should definitely read this book. :)
Profile Image for Kelley Schmidt.
332 reviews1 follower
February 21, 2016
This is another enjoyable novel in the Willow Park series. The characters are likable and well developed. I loved the alpha geek hero! The story is well written and paced with moments of humor. I enjoyed seeing how the other Hunter brothers are doing since their respective books. I would love to see a continuation of Josh's story in a novella or another book. I can't wait to read more by Ms. Hegger. Highly recommend.

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.
Profile Image for Andrea.
Author 29 books657 followers
March 6, 2016
Nobody's Princess bumped itself right to my favorite in the series! I loved Tiffany and Thomas. Their story was layered and perfect. The banter between all of the characters was fun and real. I fell a little in love with Thomas from the first time we met him ... hello sexy! I enjoyed watching Tiffany accept herself and not the version she thinks she should be. I was cheering Tiffany all along as she found her voice and started to love herself.

Another great story from Sarah Hegger!!
Profile Image for S.C. Mitchell.
Author 30 books87 followers
March 3, 2016
So much fun. I’m a big fan of this series, and in book three, Hegger does not disappoint. The amazing chemistry she concocts between her characters blazes across the page. Twists and turns make this story a rollercoaster ride so fun and exciting, I lost a little sleep, not being able to put down my iPad at night far past the time I should have. This one is a real page turner.
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2 reviews
February 26, 2016
Sarah Hegger just gets better and better with each new instalment of this series. Excited to be reading #3, Nobody's Princess.
2,246 reviews23 followers
June 18, 2019
The writing is good and the characters are endearing, but once again, the problems feel too large for a romance novel. The heroine's father is incredibly controlling in a really weird, creepy way - he calls her "princess" and controls every aspect of her life, including buying her breast implants for her sixteenth birthday and selecting the man he wants her to marry - and that's not really addressed; the heroine is a math savant in a way that doesn't really make sense; the heroine is a mixture of helpless/clueless (when playing 20 Questions the only person she can think of is Britney Spears!) and able to lead a normal life (she has a job). This is not someone who should be in a relationship.
32 reviews
August 20, 2017
This wasn't one of my favorite books. Tiffany was a little too high-maintenance and needy for me in the beginning. I like much stronger woman characters. I became tired of hearing about her Jimmy Choo shoes and the Armani and Versace clothes.
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966 reviews19 followers
October 26, 2020
I won this book through Goodreads. Really entertaining and humorous story. Very quick read with easy to get lost in characters.
Profile Image for Lumka Nofemele.
21 reviews
October 26, 2024
This book has made me a romance novel girlie. Very slow burn but worth it. Very obvious it was written pre-#MeToo though. Would love to read a more modern version of this.
Profile Image for Terri-Lynne DeFino.
Author 11 books315 followers
April 30, 2016
Tiffany--even the name says "pretty moron." But Tiffany isn't her face and body. She has a brain crammed with numbers her "pretty little head" shouldn't be concerned with. So says her daddy, her almost-fiance, and society at large. What does a girl who looks like her need with a brain, anyway?
There is a lot going on in this third installment of Sarah Hegger's Willow Park series. An "ex" husband she can't find to divorce, his troubled kid brother, and, of course, Thomas Hunter of the ridiculously gorgeous Hunter brothers trio. Brains, brawn and all heart, Thomas doesn't laugh at Tiffany's affinity for numbers. He doesn't give her the "pretty moron" look. Is it possible there is someone in the world who will see her and not what she looks like? Thomas would have to be dead and buried to overlook Tiffany's beauty and is too honest to pretend otherwise. He walks the line, not in any manipulative way, but all Thomas--with heart, honesty, and charm.
I have loved Ms. Hegger's Willow Park series, but I think this is my favorite. The storyline moves along, never hiccuping or stalling, the connection between hero and heroine is even sexier for connecting on both physical and mental levels, and the mandatory HEA isn't just about everlasting love, but self-respect. Excellent read, especially if you're looking for something to get lost in.
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3,596 reviews48 followers
June 19, 2016
Goodreads ARC Win Copy

Tiffany Desjardins finds herself on a road trip to find her ex husband looking for a divorce that people think she got years ago. But she is not alone with her ex teenager brother whose mother dropped off at her place and a friend of her ex who is looking for him as well.

Along the three survive each other as they meet up with her soon to be ex. Things don’t go smoothly romance story.
Profile Image for Sarah.
969 reviews8 followers
February 16, 2016
I was given an ARC for an honest review and this is my review.
Way too much swearing for me to enjoy the book. I am not a prude but when almost every other word is a swear word and I am trying to clean up my language I just don't need to read it.
Profile Image for Tonya Peterson.
1,612 reviews3 followers
March 29, 2017
Very good book when Thomas was trying to find Luke the only way was through his ex wife..well it seems she was trying to for another reason. During their time together they learned about each other and helped each other and eventually fell in love the only problem is her dad. And sort of fiancee don't agree
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