Cita para cuatro

by Jessica Steele

Para Romillie la familia era siempre lo primero; por eso, cuando su madre cayó enferma no dudó en dejar a un lado sus planes para ir a la universidad y se quedó en casa, donde la necesitaban más. Y precisamente cuando su madre empezaba a mejorar, Romillie conoció al guapísimo ejecutivo Naylor Cardell. Romillie jamás habría creído que un importante director general como Naylor pudiera sentir el menor interés por una chica normal y corriente como ella. De pronto Naylor le dijo que tenía una pregunta que hacerle... ¿Qué sería?

Genres: Harlequin Romance, Romance

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Jessica Steele was born on May 9, 1933 in the elegant Warwickshire town of Royal Leamington Spa. She has two super brothers, Colin and George, and a lovely sister, Elizabeth. She was a delicate child and missed a lot of school. In fact, she left school at aged 14, when she was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. At 16, she started work as a junior clerk. In 1967, Jessica married with her husband, Peter and within a very short space of time they had moved from her hometown to the lovely area where they now live. Their house is built into the side of a hill, and has beautiful views over more hills and valleys. Her brothers and her sister are very close and she has plenty of nephews and nieces to make up for the fact that she and her husband have no children of their own. Both she and her husband are more than a little dog-oriented, and their current dog is a Staffordshire bull terrier named Florence. Florence is gorgeous. She loves everybody but, since she is 40 pounds of dynamite and would hurl her boisterous self at everyone she meets - given half a chance - she has to be restrained (as much as possible). She is fun.

Her husband spurred Jessica on to her writing career, giving her every support while she did what she considers her five-year apprenticeship (the rejection years) while learning how to write. She published her first books in 1979. Jessica has tried using a typewriter, but it just doesn't work for her. She is much happier writing in longhand, and in actual fact has a dozen or so fountain pens filled and ready to go at the start of any one session. A friend has a secretarial agency and, after deciphering Jessica's writing, returns an immaculately typed manuscript. To gain authentic background for her books, she has travelled and researched in Greece, Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Hong Kong, China and Japan.

Reviews

[Leona · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had a very interesting twist to it, in that it focused primarily on the relationship between mother and daughter and how both learned to love again after the devastation from an abusive marriage.
The heroine was incredibly strong, but very open about the hangups she suffered as a result of living day to day watching her father try to destroy her mother.

My only regret and hangup with the book, was the end felt a little too saccharine. I found myself saying...."men don't say that"..."men don't do that"...Especially, not our HP alpha stud muffins.

As a result of this, the book lost it's impact for me at the end. But definitely a different twist from your normal HP's! If you are looking for something a little different to get you out of your rut, this book may work for you!

[Diane · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh. If someone spoke to me the way he speaks to her, well, just ugh. Took me 30 pages to get into it, and apparently it should only take 3. This is an interesting research project.

[RomLibrary]

For Romillie, family always came first.
So when her mother took ill, Romillie immediately put aside her plans to go to university and stayed home, where she was needed. But now her mother is on the mend, and Romillie has met dashing businessman Naylor Cardell. Romillie would never have imagined that a high-flying CEO like Naylor would be interested in an ordinary girl like her.
Now Naylor says he has a question for her. Dare she hope that the confirmed bachelor might ask for her hand in marriage?

[More Books Than Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good things about Jessica Steele novels:
Clean
Likable heroine
Guy might start jerky but comes through at the end
Family feelings are real and drive the plot
Bad things:
Wordy
Explains everything she feels, in gory detail
Wordy. Worth a second mention because she need# a ruthless editor

This is no different. It’s a nice story but no5 worth thinking about

[Consuela Rossetto · Rating 2 out of 5]

Per aiutare sua madre a riprendersi da un brutto divorzio e incoraggiarla nel suo rapporto con Lewis, un vecchio amico da poco ritrovato, Romellia accetta un finto corteggiamento da parte di Naylor Cardell..

[cagla tastemur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Valla her erkek Naylor gibi olsa hiç kimse sorun çekmezdi.

[Erotic Horizon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Her Hand in Marriage (Romance) by Jessica Steele (2008)

[Deepti · Rating 5 out of 5]

good read