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Consenting Adults
It was simply blackmail
Logan Miller was so determined that Talia Roberts come work for him that he was quite prepared to tell lies and blacken her name with her boss, John Diamond.
And John might well have believed Logan because he knew how ambitious Talia was. With little choice, she agreed to set up a catering service in Logan's new Brazilian office.
She was shocked when she discovered she'd also be sharing Logan's apartment. Worse still, she could really see no way out ....
Logan Miller was so determined that Talia Roberts come work for him that he was quite prepared to tell lies and blacken her name with her boss, John Diamond.
And John might well have believed Logan because he knew how ambitious Talia was. With little choice, she agreed to set up a catering service in Logan's new Brazilian office.
She was shocked when she discovered she'd also be sharing Logan's apartment. Worse still, she could really see no way out ....
188 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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Sandra Marton
582 books542 followersI've been a writer, one way or another, all my life. Before I could read, I made up poems and my mom wrote them down for me. In elementary school, my teachers almost always let me write poems or stories instead of requiring me to do art projects. Always, I dreamed of becoming a published writer...and that dream came true! I write novels about sexy, powerful men and independent-minded women, and what happens when they find each other and fall in love. My books are sexy and romantic, and they've very often full of romantic suspense. I write the kinds of books I love to read, and I hope that makes my readers happy.
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July 18, 2017
Re Consenting Adults - Sandra Marton refines the blackmail trope in this one, but overall I got a creepy feeling with this HP outing. Yes, I would like a little smoked cheddar with my whine please.
This one starts with the reserved, non-unicorn petting h deciding that she doesn't want to be her mum. The reason being is that her mum got preggers with her and had to get married and then died and the h's father disappeared into the HPlandia mist. The h's grandmother raised her and the h, after a few unsatisfactory love affairs, decided that being a career lady is the move for her. Her specialty is corporate catering and she wants to start her own firm in about three years.
She is currently handling a big event for another corporation - and both she and her boss are hoping this will lead to a further big contract with the huge conglomerate. The story starts with the highly efficient h handling the staff and food for a research finale event. She spies a young man in jeans and t shirt who is giving her the eye and she thinks he might be a waiter hired for the night. She doesn't like how his eyeballs are doing lascivious things to her and she doesn't like his manner and she doesn't like his dress sense, so being the dutiful hostess and organizer she is, she lets him know that his appearance and manner aren't going to go down well on the job tonight.
After a minor kitchen incident where the young man helps her out in the most seductive fashion, the h sends him off and gets back to the evening's event. Eventually she reaches a breathing point and takes a cocktail outside to wait for the wind down so she can wrap up. Suddenly she is knocked on her hiney by the young man from earlier, apparently she strayed onto the jogging path. He helps her up, but not without a roofie kiss and an offer to carry her to the hotel as she snapped her heel. The h escapes, but she is strangely flustered by the young man and she finds herself daydreaming about him at odd hours.
Then her boss tells her the corporation whose event she organized really wants to give her a big three year contract. She needs to go have dinner with the big boss and firm up the details. So she goes and guess who is now the big boss. Why it is the young man with the eyeballs, of course. He tells her she either takes his contract to work in Rio for three years, with a big pay raise or he will tell her boss to fire her.
The h is flabbergasted, the H has made no secret that he thinks said duties in Rio will include her in his bed and the h has worked hard for years to be able to go out on her own, but she needs more time and she needs more savings. Hoping against hope that she can ignore the weak knee sensation and the tingle in her spine, the h boards a jet for Rio.
Where she finds out that she will be living in the H's lux apartment for the foreseeable future. No time is wasted in forced seduction of the h and soon she is spending her days working and her nights in the H's bed. There is an OW around too, the h gets an eyeful when the OW throws herself on the H and asks to be in his bed after he finishes up with the h that night. The H puts her off with a promise of later and the h knows that she is just a fling and is hurt by it.
Tho she and the H have shared some of their lonely childhood stories and the inevitable the parent's got rid of the beloved dog plot point, the h believes that only she is feeling the bite of true love. So she resolves to hang on while she can and she reasons that if she is the one in the H's bed at night, at least he won't bring another woman into it-- well she hopes not anyways.
(This was really a low point for me, I needed to ditch the whine and cheese and go call on the Captain.)
Then the H starts getting distant and disappears for a few nights, ostensibly on 'business'. The real kicker is when he tells her to go sleep in her own room and the h wakes up every morning in a mad dash to worship the porcelain god. The h is preggers and the H is done with her, seems she turned out just like her mum after all, but she has no one and will have to handle this on her own. She packs her stuff up while the H is on another trip and heads home.
She tells her boss she wants to turn her position over to someone else and then she takes a permanent leave of absence, tho she lies and says she just wants a vacation. She has the de rigueur debate over keeping the baby or not and decides that this is all she will ever have of the H, so mumhood it is. Just as she has made that decision, lightening strikes and the h miscarries. She takes herself off to another town further north and starts her small catering company, full of depression and sorrow.
A few months go by and the h gets a phone call from her old boss. It seems the H is looking for her, but before the h can warn her boss not to give out any information, a storm cuts off the call. The h is ill and the weather is miserable and then the H shows up just as she is ready to collapse. The H takes care of her and then the big explanations begin.
The H essentially says that he blackmailed her into bed, so being with him was part of her job description, he knows about the pregnancy from getting the insurance bill and he thinks that if she had really cared for him, she would have told him - even as he was kicking her out of bed and despite his questionable dealings with OW and staying gone all the time.
The h, emotionally wrought and still feeling icky,does a semi smackdown on the H's withdrawal and his practically kicking her out, but for the all angst and pain she felt, it wasn't a very good one. She tells the H that she loves him but he doesn't love anyone, he never even loved his first wife and why should she have begged for a scrap of attention when it was clear he was done with her.
The H claims he divorced his first wife cause she refused to have kids and then the H admits that he loves her, he wants to marry her and have kids and the h is delighted and still loves him back and they plan for a baby and puppy for the big HEA.
I just wasn't feeling the lurve on this one and the h goes from spine of steel organizer to blobfish quivering jelly in less than four pages and stayed there for the rest of the book. I still wonder if the H just looked her up cause his father told him he needed an heir and a spare and the h was compliant enough not to mention his OW as she was so desperate to hang on to him.
The h's character dissolution during this story was really painful to watch and utter despair and desperation is never a good look for an HPlandia HEA. I am gonna go find some more smoked cheddar now, just to finish off my whine and put this day at the HP salt mine behind me.
This one starts with the reserved, non-unicorn petting h deciding that she doesn't want to be her mum. The reason being is that her mum got preggers with her and had to get married and then died and the h's father disappeared into the HPlandia mist. The h's grandmother raised her and the h, after a few unsatisfactory love affairs, decided that being a career lady is the move for her. Her specialty is corporate catering and she wants to start her own firm in about three years.
She is currently handling a big event for another corporation - and both she and her boss are hoping this will lead to a further big contract with the huge conglomerate. The story starts with the highly efficient h handling the staff and food for a research finale event. She spies a young man in jeans and t shirt who is giving her the eye and she thinks he might be a waiter hired for the night. She doesn't like how his eyeballs are doing lascivious things to her and she doesn't like his manner and she doesn't like his dress sense, so being the dutiful hostess and organizer she is, she lets him know that his appearance and manner aren't going to go down well on the job tonight.
After a minor kitchen incident where the young man helps her out in the most seductive fashion, the h sends him off and gets back to the evening's event. Eventually she reaches a breathing point and takes a cocktail outside to wait for the wind down so she can wrap up. Suddenly she is knocked on her hiney by the young man from earlier, apparently she strayed onto the jogging path. He helps her up, but not without a roofie kiss and an offer to carry her to the hotel as she snapped her heel. The h escapes, but she is strangely flustered by the young man and she finds herself daydreaming about him at odd hours.
Then her boss tells her the corporation whose event she organized really wants to give her a big three year contract. She needs to go have dinner with the big boss and firm up the details. So she goes and guess who is now the big boss. Why it is the young man with the eyeballs, of course. He tells her she either takes his contract to work in Rio for three years, with a big pay raise or he will tell her boss to fire her.
The h is flabbergasted, the H has made no secret that he thinks said duties in Rio will include her in his bed and the h has worked hard for years to be able to go out on her own, but she needs more time and she needs more savings. Hoping against hope that she can ignore the weak knee sensation and the tingle in her spine, the h boards a jet for Rio.
Where she finds out that she will be living in the H's lux apartment for the foreseeable future. No time is wasted in forced seduction of the h and soon she is spending her days working and her nights in the H's bed. There is an OW around too, the h gets an eyeful when the OW throws herself on the H and asks to be in his bed after he finishes up with the h that night. The H puts her off with a promise of later and the h knows that she is just a fling and is hurt by it.
Tho she and the H have shared some of their lonely childhood stories and the inevitable the parent's got rid of the beloved dog plot point, the h believes that only she is feeling the bite of true love. So she resolves to hang on while she can and she reasons that if she is the one in the H's bed at night, at least he won't bring another woman into it-- well she hopes not anyways.
(This was really a low point for me, I needed to ditch the whine and cheese and go call on the Captain.)
Then the H starts getting distant and disappears for a few nights, ostensibly on 'business'. The real kicker is when he tells her to go sleep in her own room and the h wakes up every morning in a mad dash to worship the porcelain god. The h is preggers and the H is done with her, seems she turned out just like her mum after all, but she has no one and will have to handle this on her own. She packs her stuff up while the H is on another trip and heads home.
She tells her boss she wants to turn her position over to someone else and then she takes a permanent leave of absence, tho she lies and says she just wants a vacation. She has the de rigueur debate over keeping the baby or not and decides that this is all she will ever have of the H, so mumhood it is. Just as she has made that decision, lightening strikes and the h miscarries. She takes herself off to another town further north and starts her small catering company, full of depression and sorrow.
A few months go by and the h gets a phone call from her old boss. It seems the H is looking for her, but before the h can warn her boss not to give out any information, a storm cuts off the call. The h is ill and the weather is miserable and then the H shows up just as she is ready to collapse. The H takes care of her and then the big explanations begin.
The H essentially says that he blackmailed her into bed, so being with him was part of her job description, he knows about the pregnancy from getting the insurance bill and he thinks that if she had really cared for him, she would have told him - even as he was kicking her out of bed and despite his questionable dealings with OW and staying gone all the time.
The h, emotionally wrought and still feeling icky,does a semi smackdown on the H's withdrawal and his practically kicking her out, but for the all angst and pain she felt, it wasn't a very good one. She tells the H that she loves him but he doesn't love anyone, he never even loved his first wife and why should she have begged for a scrap of attention when it was clear he was done with her.
The H claims he divorced his first wife cause she refused to have kids and then the H admits that he loves her, he wants to marry her and have kids and the h is delighted and still loves him back and they plan for a baby and puppy for the big HEA.
I just wasn't feeling the lurve on this one and the h goes from spine of steel organizer to blobfish quivering jelly in less than four pages and stayed there for the rest of the book. I still wonder if the H just looked her up cause his father told him he needed an heir and a spare and the h was compliant enough not to mention his OW as she was so desperate to hang on to him.
The h's character dissolution during this story was really painful to watch and utter despair and desperation is never a good look for an HPlandia HEA. I am gonna go find some more smoked cheddar now, just to finish off my whine and put this day at the HP salt mine behind me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 24, 2012
I read the manga version.
I despise romance stories like this.
You know, when the guy is pushy and using his influence/wealth to control the girl. When the girl says no no no no, but that doesn't stop the guy. When the guy avoids the girl "just because it's the best, I don't want my feelings to show" and all. When the girl has to suffer about her miscarriage and all... alone. And a few months later suddenly he decides that he wants to be in her life after all, and everything ends well.
In one word, in Indonesian: menyesatkan. Sedihnya, masih banyak saja kisah cinta seperti ini yang dituliskan, yang memberikan kesan bahwa oke-oke saja tuh berbuat keji/seenaknya pada orang yang dicintai. Kan, namanya juga, cinta...
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I despise romance stories like this.
You know, when the guy is pushy and using his influence/wealth to control the girl. When the girl says no no no no, but that doesn't stop the guy. When the guy avoids the girl "just because it's the best, I don't want my feelings to show" and all. When the girl has to suffer about her miscarriage and all... alone. And a few months later suddenly he decides that he wants to be in her life after all, and everything ends well.
In one word, in Indonesian: menyesatkan. Sedihnya, masih banyak saja kisah cinta seperti ini yang dituliskan, yang memberikan kesan bahwa oke-oke saja tuh berbuat keji/seenaknya pada orang yang dicintai. Kan, namanya juga, cinta...
@_@
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 18, 2023
Miserable workaholic business types have a sex only relationship, but otherwise seem to despise each other. Their whole 'romance' consists of dirty looks, nasty assumptions, bullying, ignoring each other and snapping out that they are 'too busy' and 'have work to do' when anybody so much as hints at wanting to spend a little time together.
Of course they are so cold, horrible and mean to each other because deep down they want love... but can't admit it? Just dreadful, it's all pride and anger and misunderstandings which makes for a miserable, thankless read.
Of course they are so cold, horrible and mean to each other because deep down they want love... but can't admit it? Just dreadful, it's all pride and anger and misunderstandings which makes for a miserable, thankless read.
June 17, 2019
Does “No!” mean “Yes!” ?
I’m so tired of stories where someone else is in charge instead of the main character. She said no multiple times but forcing a kiss awakens passion?
I’m so tired of stories where someone else is in charge instead of the main character. She said no multiple times but forcing a kiss awakens passion?
January 30, 2017
I read the manga about this. I dislike it. I mean the H was the one who forced himself, errr his presence on the girl. And when the girl fell in loved with H, he avoided her. What the -? She was confused as hell, got pregnant, got miscarriage, still unwell (probably suffering from depression) THEN the Hero appeared. And it ended well. GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZ.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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