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In Love with the Man
This was one adventure her heart hadn't planned
As a junior programmer, being chosen for the Tokyo fact-finding team represented the career opportunity of a lifetime for Pippa Marsden.
And the prospect of sharing the exciting East with Adrian, the amiable group leader, was a bonus! Pippa looked forward to this trip with all her heart.
But when corporate chief Matt Vane high-handedly announced his plans to take Adrian's place and make Pippa his personal assistant, Pippa's heart skipped a beat--the man positively unsettled her!
As a junior programmer, being chosen for the Tokyo fact-finding team represented the career opportunity of a lifetime for Pippa Marsden.
And the prospect of sharing the exciting East with Adrian, the amiable group leader, was a bonus! Pippa looked forward to this trip with all her heart.
But when corporate chief Matt Vane high-handedly announced his plans to take Adrian's place and make Pippa his personal assistant, Pippa's heart skipped a beat--the man positively unsettled her!
188 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1986
About the author
Marjorie Lewty
81 books19 followersMarjorie Lewty, née Lobb, was a British writer of short stories and over 45 romance novels from 1958 to 1999 to Mills & Boon.
She studied at Queen Mary High School in Liverpool, but her plans to study sciences at university were thwarted, when her father died. She was forced to take a hated job at secretary of the District Bank Ltd. from 1923 to 1933, when she married with Richard Arthur Lewty, a dental surgeon of Liverpool. They had one son and one daughter. After her marriage she began to write short stories which were published in magazines. In 1958, she sold her first romance novel to Mills & Boon, and her last novel in 1999.
She studied at Queen Mary High School in Liverpool, but her plans to study sciences at university were thwarted, when her father died. She was forced to take a hated job at secretary of the District Bank Ltd. from 1923 to 1933, when she married with Richard Arthur Lewty, a dental surgeon of Liverpool. They had one son and one daughter. After her marriage she began to write short stories which were published in magazines. In 1958, she sold her first romance novel to Mills & Boon, and her last novel in 1999.
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February 18, 2019
Heroine, a “junior programmer” ends up acting as a “personal secretary” for the big boss hero on a business trip to Japan. Heroine was looking forward to going with the blonde, sleezy OM, but ends up traveling with the tall, dark hero who wants to know if she was okay with sharing a bed on a business trip. Seems the OM arranged that little set up without the h’s knowledge. Hero manages to get a suite so they don’t have to share a bed.
Hero goes on to kiss her, compliment her on her looks, asks her to unpack for him, calls her a tempting morsel more than once - and good lord, what a load of sexist drivel is this?
I just readChristmas at the Tycoon's Command: A Manhattan Christmas Romance, where the author went overboard describing a business plan. This is just as bad in a different way. Lots of awe at the Japanese culture and business acumen, long descriptions of the flights between England and Japan – so boring I felt like I was there! The heroine does some typing and wanders behind the men – but our junior programmer was eye-candy and nothing more.
If that is not depressing enough, there is a plot thread where the OM put seeds of doubt in the heroine’s mind about the hero’s business motivations. The hero is also suspicious of the heroine, but that doesn’t keep him from invading her personal space at every turn. Heroine melts – but honestly, it was creepy – for example, the way he complimented her on the size of her waist and how his hands could span it.
There is an earthquake the doesn’t shake anything up. *sigh* They also attend a kabuki performance.
Heroine is ready to go to bed with him after two days of acquaintance, but there is a family emergency with one of their co-workers (who turns out to be in cahoots with the OM).
Heroine moons around in love with the hero on her last day in Japan at a robotics factory. (LOL) But the hero surprises her with a stay at a Japanese Inn and a peek at the cherry blossoms. They finally have sex on an exotic mattress called a futon. (LOL again) They exchange I love yous on the flight home, but the hero receives an envelope when they arrive in England and is cold to the heroine.
For the black moment, the hero’s secretary shows up to tell the heroine hero was only interested in her as a diversion and to keep her from divulging company secrets/hacking who knows? It was all very vague.
Two days later, hero shows up and convinces heroine it was true love and HEA.
After some thought, I realize why I had such a hard time with this hero. The author was trying to make him charming – and it came off manipulative and weird. I guess that’s why the vintage alpha-holes are more tolerable. They are in the grip of strong emotions and show them by alpha-hole behavior (roofie kisses followed by slut-shaming followed by dancing with an OW). This guy just came on too strong - all the time.
I have a print copy of this book and I must say that the heroine's eyes shadow game is on point. Same with that hair - omg. She must have packed her hot rollers. The only reason to read this story is for time capsule reasons (they marvel over the exotic macadamia nuts served on the plane for example).
Hero goes on to kiss her, compliment her on her looks, asks her to unpack for him, calls her a tempting morsel more than once - and good lord, what a load of sexist drivel is this?
I just readChristmas at the Tycoon's Command: A Manhattan Christmas Romance, where the author went overboard describing a business plan. This is just as bad in a different way. Lots of awe at the Japanese culture and business acumen, long descriptions of the flights between England and Japan – so boring I felt like I was there! The heroine does some typing and wanders behind the men – but our junior programmer was eye-candy and nothing more.
If that is not depressing enough, there is a plot thread where the OM put seeds of doubt in the heroine’s mind about the hero’s business motivations. The hero is also suspicious of the heroine, but that doesn’t keep him from invading her personal space at every turn. Heroine melts – but honestly, it was creepy – for example, the way he complimented her on the size of her waist and how his hands could span it.
There is an earthquake the doesn’t shake anything up. *sigh* They also attend a kabuki performance.
Heroine is ready to go to bed with him after two days of acquaintance, but there is a family emergency with one of their co-workers (who turns out to be in cahoots with the OM).
Heroine moons around in love with the hero on her last day in Japan at a robotics factory. (LOL) But the hero surprises her with a stay at a Japanese Inn and a peek at the cherry blossoms. They finally have sex on an exotic mattress called a futon. (LOL again) They exchange I love yous on the flight home, but the hero receives an envelope when they arrive in England and is cold to the heroine.
For the black moment, the hero’s secretary shows up to tell the heroine hero was only interested in her as a diversion and to keep her from divulging company secrets/hacking who knows? It was all very vague.
Two days later, hero shows up and convinces heroine it was true love and HEA.
After some thought, I realize why I had such a hard time with this hero. The author was trying to make him charming – and it came off manipulative and weird. I guess that’s why the vintage alpha-holes are more tolerable. They are in the grip of strong emotions and show them by alpha-hole behavior (roofie kisses followed by slut-shaming followed by dancing with an OW). This guy just came on too strong - all the time.
I have a print copy of this book and I must say that the heroine's eyes shadow game is on point. Same with that hair - omg. She must have packed her hot rollers. The only reason to read this story is for time capsule reasons (they marvel over the exotic macadamia nuts served on the plane for example).
October 25, 2021
I think this is one of my favourite of the past harlequins.
The plot, locale, intrigue and characters all added to make this read enjoyable.
The plot, locale, intrigue and characters all added to make this read enjoyable.
March 21, 2022
Loved the book
June 2, 2013
This is the story about "the Man". "The Man" is important. "The Man" makes the decisions. "The Man" is smart and capable and will do what needs to be done. But wait. This is a romance novel from the 80's. There needs to be a female. We need to know all the feelings that she's having. But don't forget, this story is about "The Man". Any time anything exciting might happen, the heroine is confined to the hotel room while "The Man" takes care of things. One time she's allowed to go and sit in the lobby, drinking tea, while business is taken care of. She's allowed to go because she broke down crying about how alone she felt being left behind. This woman is really, really a doormat and she's supposedly smart because she got this job as an almost programmer, but we never see her do anything smart. "The Man" even tells her at one point to stop thinking (and not in a "don't over analyze" way, it definitely felt like "you're the woman, I'm the man, so I'll do the thinking for us"). There's a vengeful woman/ex who visits the heroine to imply that the hero is involved already, but one word from the hero and this heroine doesn't care. This book is really good at showing you, quit your job, don't care if the hero is two-timing you, don't ask for explanations, don't tell a man what you want. He's "The Man" and he'll give you what he deems you need and that's as good as it gets.
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July 27, 2011Pippa is on her way to Tokyo, but she ends up with new boss Matt instead of her friend Adrian for company. Matt is trying to find out who has been releasing company secrets and Pippa is one of the suspects.
An OK story.
An OK story.
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July 1, 2018This was one adventure her heart hadn't planned
As a junior programmer, being chosen for the Tokyo fact-finding team represented the career opportunity of a lifetime for Pippa Marsden.
And the prospect of sharing the exciting East with Adrian, the amiable group leader, was a bonus! Pippa looked forward to this trip with all her heart.
But when corporate chief Matt Vane high-handedly announced his plans to take Adrian's place and make Pippa his personal assistant, Pippa's heart skipped a beat--the man positively unsettled her!
As a junior programmer, being chosen for the Tokyo fact-finding team represented the career opportunity of a lifetime for Pippa Marsden.
And the prospect of sharing the exciting East with Adrian, the amiable group leader, was a bonus! Pippa looked forward to this trip with all her heart.
But when corporate chief Matt Vane high-handedly announced his plans to take Adrian's place and make Pippa his personal assistant, Pippa's heart skipped a beat--the man positively unsettled her!
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