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زهرة الثلج
كان يهمّ أيمي لاوسون كثيراً أن تحافظ على وظيفتها الجديدة، رغم طباع رب عملها الجذاب والمثير للسخط... لذا كذبت كذبة صغيرة... لكن هل كانت تعلم ماذا ستجرّ عليها كذبتها هذه؟... كان عقابها الأول أن اضطرت للزحف على الثلج كيف تصل إليه، فما هو عقابها الأخير؟
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 2, 1999
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Jessica Steele
341 books113 followersJessica 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.
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.
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August 27, 2012
It was amazing ... on page 1.
I was super stoked when I started this book – the blurb made it seem your average Harlequin, but then on Page 1 we learn that the heroine’s father, a scientist, died “in some experiment gone wrong”. Three lines later, we find out that her mother died a few years later “in one of those freak garden machinery accidents that were never supposed to happen”. Amazeballs! No random illness or car accident here – those are the most imaginative deaths I have ever seen in a Harlequin. Seriously, so many questions: what type of scientist was her father? Viruses? Lasers? Biolasers? And just what are these garden machinery accidents? It’s very coolly thrown out there, like everyone just knows. “Ah, yes, weed whackers. Same old, same old”. Sadly, the imaginative awesomeness ends here and the book turns very ordinary and rather boring. Her parents deaths are not explained any further. Sigh. However, I will always have a place in my heart for the unlucky scientist and his doomed gardener of a wife.
I was super stoked when I started this book – the blurb made it seem your average Harlequin, but then on Page 1 we learn that the heroine’s father, a scientist, died “in some experiment gone wrong”. Three lines later, we find out that her mother died a few years later “in one of those freak garden machinery accidents that were never supposed to happen”. Amazeballs! No random illness or car accident here – those are the most imaginative deaths I have ever seen in a Harlequin. Seriously, so many questions: what type of scientist was her father? Viruses? Lasers? Biolasers? And just what are these garden machinery accidents? It’s very coolly thrown out there, like everyone just knows. “Ah, yes, weed whackers. Same old, same old”. Sadly, the imaginative awesomeness ends here and the book turns very ordinary and rather boring. Her parents deaths are not explained any further. Sigh. However, I will always have a place in my heart for the unlucky scientist and his doomed gardener of a wife.
April 2, 2022
I loved it. Very sweet. An old fashioned romance.
September 13, 2021
Emmie was a strong hero. She's a caring and giving person. The only living relative she had was her step-grandmother. And since she started working for the gorgeous Barden Cunningham as his PA, she always lost her control. And despised him for being a womanizer, especially when she thought he was having an affair with a married woman, specifically his friend's wife.
Barden Cunningham was your typical harlequin hero. Rich, gorgeous, ruthless, possessive, and lovable. I liked the way he took care of her and paid attention to her grandmother too.
The chemistry between the two was off the charts. I enjoyed the witty banters and snappy remarks between Emmie and Barden. Plus, Aunt Hanna (Emmie's grandmother) was such a sweetheart.
All in all, A Nine to Five Affair was a great read. I loved seeing a confirmed bachelor fell in love and work his way to win the heroine's heart. I really loved the way Barden confessed his feelings.
Barden Cunningham was your typical harlequin hero. Rich, gorgeous, ruthless, possessive, and lovable. I liked the way he took care of her and paid attention to her grandmother too.
The chemistry between the two was off the charts. I enjoyed the witty banters and snappy remarks between Emmie and Barden. Plus, Aunt Hanna (Emmie's grandmother) was such a sweetheart.
All in all, A Nine to Five Affair was a great read. I loved seeing a confirmed bachelor fell in love and work his way to win the heroine's heart. I really loved the way Barden confessed his feelings.
January 21, 2024
This book had so much potential but like typical JS, they’re mostly a hit or miss for me. Maybe more misses.
The h is a regular nobody but acts like the queen of England. She’s always short on her temper, getting worked up over just about anything and always responds with a snapping attitude. Like she can’t just reply back to anyone, she can only snap, yell, shriek, hold up judgement in her screwed up brain over a one-sided conversation she heard, something was definitely up her.. the whole time.
The writer was trying to get away with such a sour old granny temperament in a virginal, non-sweet, non-shy h and it didn’t work FOR A SECOND.
The h is needy at her best and had manners of a homeless hobo at her worst. I couldn’t stand her for two more minutes or stand by for her HEA. Excruciatingly painful to read through her uncouth behaviour all along the book and she doesn’t get better.
The h is a regular nobody but acts like the queen of England. She’s always short on her temper, getting worked up over just about anything and always responds with a snapping attitude. Like she can’t just reply back to anyone, she can only snap, yell, shriek, hold up judgement in her screwed up brain over a one-sided conversation she heard, something was definitely up her.. the whole time.
The writer was trying to get away with such a sour old granny temperament in a virginal, non-sweet, non-shy h and it didn’t work FOR A SECOND.
The h is needy at her best and had manners of a homeless hobo at her worst. I couldn’t stand her for two more minutes or stand by for her HEA. Excruciatingly painful to read through her uncouth behaviour all along the book and she doesn’t get better.
May 15, 2013
I really struggled with this one. I am a huge fan of Jessica Steele, in spite of all her poor grammatical ways. However, this book just didn't work for me.
1) The writing was really awful. Doesn't Harlequin have editors?
2) The heroine was kind and loving, but a bit of a ninny for my tastes.
3) The ending was way too saccharine. My litmus test is always, would this really happen? Is this really how a man would react and what a man would say? This book failed the litmus test in a big way. I must just be very jaded, but I would recommend passing on this one.
1) The writing was really awful. Doesn't Harlequin have editors?
2) The heroine was kind and loving, but a bit of a ninny for my tastes.
3) The ending was way too saccharine. My litmus test is always, would this really happen? Is this really how a man would react and what a man would say? This book failed the litmus test in a big way. I must just be very jaded, but I would recommend passing on this one.
May 21, 2023
It's rare when I dislike a book so intensely. With Harlequins from the 1990's, I generally shake my head and smile at the old-fashioned, male-dominated relationships that abound. But, in this case, I just couldn't stand the female MC. Totally TSTL. She acts like a 2-year-old, having tantrums all over the place and acting so holier-than-thou that I just wanted to scream. She complains that she desperately needs a job, but then she loses her temper and quits within a few months because the boss is a "womanizer" or does something else that her highness doesn't like. Now she has a very good, high-paying job, but she's already quit a couple of times. But because the boss is attracted to her, she gets to come back even after treating him like crap. Whenever she loses her temper, she's regretting her impulses within minutes, but then she talks herself into a righteous anger. Oh, but she loves him, but he's out to get her, but he's so wonderful, blah blah blah. For instance, "But just because she craved to be in his arms, that didn't mean she was all weak and feeble and ready to give in. She would fight it, and him, all the way." What? Why not give the poor guy a chance? And why did he put up with her behavior? "Shall I tell you how, on the very morning Personnel deliver a clutch of dreadful references from your previous employers stating your rudeness--and didn't I have first-hand knowledge of your astonishing impudence?--and referring to your erratic time-keeping you don't turn up at all?" (In this instance, her relative left her nursing home without permission and Emmie went off looking for her. Not a bad thing, but she didn't bother to call the office; she just didn't show up until after lunch. I was shocked at how irresponsible she was. And yet he was all understanding about her difficulties...) I finished the book because it was short, but this one was extremely disappointing.
November 4, 2021
Cute, almost fluffy read. The H and h were equally jealous of the imaginary competition which was fun. The h was clearly a kind soul with a trigger temper that was funny to read. The H did a complete about turn and became a marshmallow in the end, with a 20 page rehash and cuddle and declarations of love. Sweet.
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July 23, 2022Emily Lawson has always put her much-loved grandmother before her job, and as a result she's been in heaps of trouble at work! It's crucial that she keeps her new job, but she just can't seem to stop arguing with Barden Cunningham, her infuriatingly attractive boss.
But after hours, is romance on the agenda?
Then things go from bad to worse! One evening whilst delivering an urgent report to Barden at home, Emily crashes her car and finds herself having to stay the night! Sharing an office with Barden is one thing, but it's quite another to share her boss's bedroom.…
But after hours, is romance on the agenda?
Then things go from bad to worse! One evening whilst delivering an urgent report to Barden at home, Emily crashes her car and finds herself having to stay the night! Sharing an office with Barden is one thing, but it's quite another to share her boss's bedroom.…
July 22, 2018
قرأتها رواية مترجمة ورائعة من روايات احلام.
206- زهرة الثلج :
جيسيكا ستيل
كان يهم أيمي لاوسون كثيرا أن تحافظ على وظيفتها الجديدة رغم طباع رب عملها الجذاب والمثير للسخط ..لذا كذبت كذبة صغيرة .. لكن هل كانت تعلم ماذا ستجر عليها كذبتها هذه؟كان عقابها الاول ان اضطرت للزحف على الثلج كي تصل اليه ، فما هو عقابها الاخير؟
206- زهرة الثلج :
جيسيكا ستيل
كان يهم أيمي لاوسون كثيرا أن تحافظ على وظيفتها الجديدة رغم طباع رب عملها الجذاب والمثير للسخط ..لذا كذبت كذبة صغيرة .. لكن هل كانت تعلم ماذا ستجر عليها كذبتها هذه؟كان عقابها الاول ان اضطرت للزحف على الثلج كي تصل اليه ، فما هو عقابها الاخير؟
November 25, 2021
قصة عن فتاة تتوظف في شركة ولاحتياجها للعمل ولتأمين الوضع المادي كذبت قليلاً وتدور باقي للرواية عن مجادلات أحياناً تكون صبيانية مع مديرها الشاب الوسيم ككل قصص الأفلام الأجنبية والتركية ليقع في حبها وتقع في حبه !
-رواية مراهقة من الدرجة الأولي 😂 ضمن سلسلة روايات أحلام التي كانت تصدر في مصر في محاولة لنقل الروايات العالمية للعربية .
-رواية مراهقة من الدرجة الأولي 😂 ضمن سلسلة روايات أحلام التي كانت تصدر في مصر في محاولة لنقل الروايات العالمية للعربية .
March 10, 2019
HR #749 = 2- stars
August 28, 2022
All the assumptions and jumping to wrong conclusions got a little boring and the ending was pages of going over all the wrong conclusions. I would have liked more real angst.
May 30, 2008
05/28/08
TITLE/AUTHOR: A NINE-TO-FIVE AFFAIR by Jessica Steele
RATING: 3.5/C+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Romance/1999/241 LP pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: Stand Alone
TIME/PLACE: 1990's/UK
CHARACTERS: Emmie Lawson/personal assistant; Barden Cunningham/her boss
FIRST LINES: So many thoughts & emotions went through Emmie's mind as she drove to the job interview that winter's afternoon, chiefly how desperately she needed this position, & the tremendous hope that she would be successful in getting it.
COMMENTS: Very nice & endearing characters. Storyline was rather weak. She's early 20's and trying to support her "Aunt" Hannah and keep her in a nice assisted living. Aunt Hannah is actually her only relative & is her step father's mother (both her parents & step father are deceased). Aunt Hannah is a pleasant character who loves motorcycles and does have a tendency to wander off from the senior home. The romance between Emmie & Barden was slow to build up, sweet but a bit boring.
TITLE/AUTHOR: A NINE-TO-FIVE AFFAIR by Jessica Steele
RATING: 3.5/C+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Romance/1999/241 LP pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: Stand Alone
TIME/PLACE: 1990's/UK
CHARACTERS: Emmie Lawson/personal assistant; Barden Cunningham/her boss
FIRST LINES: So many thoughts & emotions went through Emmie's mind as she drove to the job interview that winter's afternoon, chiefly how desperately she needed this position, & the tremendous hope that she would be successful in getting it.
COMMENTS: Very nice & endearing characters. Storyline was rather weak. She's early 20's and trying to support her "Aunt" Hannah and keep her in a nice assisted living. Aunt Hannah is actually her only relative & is her step father's mother (both her parents & step father are deceased). Aunt Hannah is a pleasant character who loves motorcycles and does have a tendency to wander off from the senior home. The romance between Emmie & Barden was slow to build up, sweet but a bit boring.
October 25, 2012
Jessica Steele writes Harlequin Romances and some Hqn Presents. She is now about 80 years old, sad to say. Steele is one of the worst writers, in terms of syntax, grammar, etc. Her sentence construction is ... unusual. But IMO, she is among the best at Hqn in terms of storytelling and sexual tension. Her heroines are virgins, and the wanting drives the heroes nuts.
April 22, 2016
I remember reading this book a long time ago. Read it again recently and liked it again the second time around.
This is one of the few books where the heroine misjudges the hero and thinks he is a womanizer. The hero is actually a very nice person.
On top of that this is an office affair (boss and secretary)- one of my favorite types with a jealous hero.
This is one of the few books where the heroine misjudges the hero and thinks he is a womanizer. The hero is actually a very nice person.
On top of that this is an office affair (boss and secretary)- one of my favorite types with a jealous hero.
April 22, 2016
I remember reading this book a long time ago. Read it again recently and liked it again the second time around.
This is one of the few books where the heroine misjudges the hero and thinks he is a womanizer. The hero is actually a very nice person.
On top of that this is an office affair (boss and secretary)- one of my favorite types with a jealous hero.
This is one of the few books where the heroine misjudges the hero and thinks he is a womanizer. The hero is actually a very nice person.
On top of that this is an office affair (boss and secretary)- one of my favorite types with a jealous hero.
March 21, 2013
Recently I read Married in a Moment and really enjoyed it but struggled to finish Nine to five,it went on and on...
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