The Greek Tycoon's Ultimatum

Greek Tycoons #1

by Lucy Monroe

Savannah has returned to Greece with the intention of making her peace with the Kiriakis family. But Leiandros Kiriakis has other ideas. He still believes the lies about Savannah, and is set on making her pay for the past.

Savannah is reluctant when Leiandros demands that she share his home. There's an unbearable sexual tension already throbbing between them. As for Leiandros, now he has Savannah right where he wants her - and in a short time he'll be giving her an ultimatum: if she doesn't want to lose everything she holds most dear, she'll agree to be his wife!

Genres: Harlequin, Romance, Harlequin Presents, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Hqn, Fiction

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

I write spicy romance books that end in an HEA. Contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance…I write it all. The two things my books all have in common is lots of emotion and spice. Last year, I fell in love with a new subgenre: mafia romance. Since I write what I love to read, I started a new standalone series, Syndicate Rules where you’ll meet over the top alpha heroes in the Italian and Greek mafias as well as the Irish mob. There are arranged marriages, forced marriages, enemies to lovers, stalkers, forced proximity and lots of mafia intrigue. Morally gray is my new favorite color.

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I’ve been published a while and most of my 90+ books have hit the Nielson Bookscan bestseller list, a few ended up on the USA Today bestseller list and some even hit national bestseller lists in the UK and Australia. My books have been translated into numerous languages and are for sale in dozens of countries around the world. I’ve won awards and been published with most of the big houses in New York, but my greatest achievement is touching readers’ hearts. When I hear from a reader who got caught up in one of my books, I know I’m doing what I’m meant to do.

I love writing emotionally deep stories with snappy dialogue and solid plots. I’m more grateful than I’ll ever be able to express that so many readers have taken my stories into their hearts and put my books on their reread and keeper shelves.

Reviews

[boogenhagen · Rating 1 out of 5]

If your going to give a book one star I guess you should say why so here goes...

The story starts out with the h Savanah being bullied into returning to Greece so her abusive exhusband's family can get to know their daughters and so the H Leiandros can force her into marriage to be a replacement for the wife and child he lost. Extremely distasteful however you want to look at it. The ex husband was an ass and lied about the h trapping him into marriage, lied that she was unfaithful and generally let the entire family believe she was a grasping, conniving woman and a bad mother, after all she left him, the wunderkind of his family and he is perfect so she must be evil right? The H has all kinds of frustrated passion for the h so the abusive ex must be telling the truth cause Savanah is a temptress from hell and in his mind she is tormenting him. Forget the fact that she has absolutely avoided him cause she did not want to cause problems. Forget also the fact that she had to leave her ex cause he beat her so badly she had to file assault charges and get a restraining order. She has a police file and pictures to prove it. The ex husband is now dead with the H's wife and child and thank goodness for that.

My issues with this book are that the H is as bullying and verbally abusive as her ex was and she puts up with him cause she has the hots for him. She also tolerates her ex's families abuse because "my daughters should know their dad's relatives" Is lust destroying this woman's brain?

I can understand the first marriage mistake, she was 20 he was rich, charming and overwhelming but she had to flee in the middle of the night with her kids to another country to be safe and to allow any contact with his family after that is just plain foolish. Abusive personalities don't grow up in a vacuum and his family was in denial and just as abusive in their blind adoration way. The H shows remarkable similarities when thwarted in getting his way and physical violence aside, he isn't any different than her ex. He threatens to take custody of kids by nefarious means if she doesn't do what he wants. The only reason he doesn't hit her is cause he isn't married to her yet and even he couldn't overcome an assault charge. Savanah is a pathetic mother in this book and those girls did not deserve that. Her first priority should have been to never go back to Greece until the girls were old enough to make their own choices and were over 18. The father of the ex knew what Savanah had been through and said nothing to anyone, he continued to let his wife and children abuse her until he was forced to admit he knew what had happened. The sorry excuse for an H refused to believe Savanah at any point in time until he saw the police report and then he halfheartedly apologizes for his mistake.


IMO there is no excuse for any of it after the ex husband died. She should have kept her kids safe in America and told the H to f*ck off and die. I was really appalled by this book and can't believe LM actually wrote it. I can't have any respect for a woman who, to follow her blind lust, willing puts her kids into a potentially bad situation where she could lose custody. This woman was an idiot, the H was an ass and the whole story just irritated me to no end. I have no problems with forgiveness but what Savanah did was sheer stupidity and she was an abject failure as an h and a mom as far as I was concerned.

[Kiki · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'd have avoided it, but I already read it, and 1 star simply because heroine had a backbone (UNTIL SHE DID NOT)!

1. HERO kisses heroine without any warning, SHE stops them, reminds him she’s married to his cousin and avoids him like plague afterwards, but of course that makes HER the whore of Babylon and him a true saintly gentleman.
2. Heroine’s husband was mentally abusive and unfaithful but NO ONE in the family could ever believe that of their sweet Greek baby boy. They had no trouble believing heroine is a cheating whore even though there was absolutely zero evidence.
3. Heroine’s FIL lets hero indirectly threaten and blackmail her knowing his son was to blame.
4. Hero married another woman knowing he doesn’t love her and only could pursue heroine because she died but of course this doesn’t make him a whore, but similar situation would make heroine one.
5. Hero blackmailed and forced heroine to come to Greece with him and made her let the grandparents see the kids who rejected the kids before even though the heroine distinctly didn’t want to. Because he was appointed as legal guardian. She was their mother, with an absentee father. HOW ON EARTH can an absentee father appoint a legal guardian. A real present father I’m pretty sure can’t do that when a biological competent mother is present. Hero had NO claims SPECIALLY in USA. He would face multiple charges including defamation of character and blackmail if heroine reported him. Why didn’t she? This makes her a bad mother in my book!
6. Hero kept wanting a baby from heroine to replace the one he lost with his wife! Exactly like his cousin he wanted a human incubator yet heroine married him without any actual apology for making her feel objectified. Really? She was broken and because she loved the hero, why, that is beyond me, he’s a coward and bully, she overcomes the trauma and is not traumatised by his exact treatment of her which pretty much replicated the actions of his cousin?
7. Final nail in the coffin, not the fact that he blames her of infidelity because that was the only thing she deals realistically and with a backbone. BUT he refuses to let her visit her aunt on deathbed, tells her IF she goes she goes alone, he keeps the kids, WHO ARE LEGALLY NOT EVEN HIS, then the aunt has a stroke and heroine never sees her in a conscious state and the hero doesn’t feel an ounce of remorse or guilt? Heroine doesn’t feel any sadness that she couldn’t see the aunt conscious for the last time BECAUSE of the hero? Not once does she blame him, not ONCE does he apologise or consoles her the right way? SEX is NOT consolation! IF it was hero’s relative that hero missed out on spending time with what do you think would’ve happened to the heroine? She’s already paying with her body for him missing out on his wife’s pregnancy and his cousin’s death. WHY is it different for him?

I wholeheartedly agree with boogie
I concur with that. Why this woman went to Greece with him is ludicrous - call the police, explain he is another stalker relative and watch his hiney get deported. This book was horrible.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in a matter of hours,I enjoyed it more than I have any in a while, the story line kept me gripped! The hero was yummy! I fell in love with him from the beginning. He was so wonderful in every way and I was devastated by his past loss. What an amazing, successful, sweet man. I want my own Leiandros! Really, really worth reading! Thanks Leona for recommending this to me!

[StMargarets · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of unintentional irony here as the hero exhibits the same behaviors as his cousin, the heroine's abusive ex-husband. And to be fair, unjustly accusing the heroine of cheating on her husband, keeping her children from their grandparents, and being a spendthrift to hide his "love" for her is not unusual for an HP hero. However, her abusive husband was also obsessed with her - and not in a good way.

The story opens at the ex husband's funeral. He died with the hero's pregnant wife in the car, so the hero feels justified in insisting on the heroine "replacing" his wife and in time, the unborn child. The heroine is horrified, but her traitorous body is intrigued. The H/h had shared a kiss seven years before and the instant attraction caused them both to feel guilt.

It's all a little too far-fetched to believe that the heroine's daughters want the hero as their daddy after a two-week acquaintance or that the hero's mother thinks marrying his dead cousin's wife is a good idea so soon after burying his own wife. Same with the ex's parents - they were dead set against the heroine for years and now they're happy at her wedding? Tacky much?

Domestic violence is such a weighty topic and it's not dealt with in a realistic or sensitive manner here. It's just an angsty plot point. Same with the aunt with Alzheimer's, the drunk driving, the death of an innocent woman and her child. As long as the hero gives the heroine orgasms it's an HEA. *sigh*

[KatieV · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly common trope and had some good parts, but I've read better ones. Hero forces the heroine to marry him to give him a baby to make up for the one he lost supposedly due the heroine's actions. Most commonly involves the H's pregnant wife dying in a car crash. For once, I'd like to see her fall down the stairs or get eaten by a shark instead. I'd love to see the author try and give the Greek tycoon's reasoning for why the shark attack was the heroine's fault.

There was some good angst and I love a ruthless Hero revenge plot, but I just didn't buy the thing about the two being in love for years just because they'd shared one illicit kiss 7 years before. After that, she avoided him like the plague because she was married to his cousin. They couldn't have known one another at all. Plus the deal with him denying her request to stay in the U.S. until her aunt passed really irked me. Yes, she had Alzheimer's and didn't remember Savannah from one day to the next and he was paying for her to have top-notch private care, but the woman was like a mother to the heroine. He wouldn't have left his mother in another country even if she didn't remember him. And no the end did not solve that issue for me. He flew her to the U.S. in his private jet when the doctor called and said the aunt had a major stroke and would likely pass soon. She did get to sit with her until she died, but the woman was unconscious the whole time.

[Nikki ღ Navareus · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an amazing story. I could not put it down once I started it and ended up staying up WAY too late last night so I could finish this lovely tale. This story starts out with Savannah showing up after her late husband's graveside service, with her in-laws immediately taking it upon themselves to make the most vicious and hateful verbal attacks against her. And the story took off from there. I adored EVERY second of this heartbreaking story, and experiencing all the sadness and heartbreak Savannah went through. Savannah's treatment by her husband was horrific. And the treatment she endured by his family was detestable. My heart hurt for her. Leiandro wanted to hate Savannah for everything he wrongly believed she had put her husband (Ieiandro's cousin) through. Leiandro wanted to make Savannah pay for the crimes he believed her guilty of, but in the end Leiandro showed himself to be an amazing and loving hero. I completely teared up towards the ending when Leiandro discovered just how wrong he had been about Savannah. I am absolutely re-reading this story again. This was a fabulous way to spend my evening last night!

[Jena · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars
I loved this strong h and the story, even though I really dislike single mom/dad mc plot lines.

Domestic abuse is a scary situation, why so many women are stuck in that cycle of abuse. By removing her kids to protect them, she truly showed me her strength in my book.
I don’t care if she was pushed into a marriage with the H, after what she did, leaving her abusive first hub while battered with broken ribs etc, she can do no wrong in my eye. 🤷🏻‍♀️

- yes, she does act scared during normal situations (fear of meeting people, being easily pushed around, just having a lot of fears), which might make you think she’s a doormat, but her behavior is normal for a battered female who’s been abused for years.

Cons;
I wish the story focused mainly on the couple and less on her past and family drama.

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

4 1/2 Stars! ~ Under threat of losing her financial support, Savannah agrees to return to Greece to introduce her very young daughters to their deceased father’s family. Years before, Dion had poisoned his family against her, and Savannah and her children were rejected. Now a year after Dion’s death, his cousin Leiandros is in charge of disbursing the trusts. He’s bitter over the deaths of his young wife and unborn child, who had been in the car with Dion. He wants justice and Savannah will provide that. He believed that had Savannah stayed and been faithful to her husband, the accident would never have happened. Not once did he doubt the scandalous stories his cousin told him about her, after all he had first hand experience from only one kiss, a kiss that has haunted him for seven years. Arriving in Greece with her daughters, Savannah is quickly given an ultimatum that she return to Leiandros what he had lost by becoming his wife and bearing his children. Should she cross him, Leiandros promises that he'll do everything in his power to take custody of the girls.

Awesome debut! Ms. Monroe creates wonderful characters. Her Savannah, though haunted by all she has endured, is a strong and independent woman. Above all else, the welfare of her girls comes first. I love the way Ms. Monroe helped her battle her fears and reach for love. Family means everything to Leiandros, and he embraces Savannah's girls right from the start as if they were his own. His desire for Savannah runs so strong that he is willing to do anything to keep her and her girls with him. Great passion … deep emotion … wonderful character … this was a real page turner and another for the keeper shelf.


Edited to add: 4 1/2 Stars ~ The first time I've read this book was in 2007 and I was instantly hungry to read more books by Ms. Monroe. Whenever I find myself in a bit of a reading slump or feeling fickle about what to read next, I know that I can pick up one of Ms. Monroe's and quickly find myself transported into her love story. This book, The Greek Tycoon's Ultimatum, is Ms. Monroe's debut and from this to all the books that have followed (at least the many of the one's I've read) are stories that belong on the keeper shelf, to be reached for and enjoyed again and again.

[Alexis-Morgan Roark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok. The only reason I didn't give this one 1 star was because of the beautiful, intelligent little girls. Also, the dead ex-husband's father fessed up to what a jerk his son had been...mostly. I think details of his abuse towards the heroine SHOULD have been told, because his mother deserved to know the full extent of what her son subjected his wife (and his daughters to), but I can understand wanting to protect her.

That said...what a bunch of idiots! From the hero who is still pining for the herione after their kiss six years ago to the heroine whose guilt over the kiss and her resulting reluctance to go to him for help when she needs it most. Okay. So maybe I can understand that a little. I've read some about the mindset of abused women.

I guess I was mostly upset with the overbearing jerk of a hero and his "you owe me" a wife and kid line because his wife and their unborn child died in the accident that claimed the heroine's estranged for some years husband.

They never did resolve the relationship between the two of them come to think of it...I wonder.

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leiandros spots Savannah at a party and is drawn to her, so much so that he puts the moves on her. She pushes him away and says she’s married – however she did get in to the kiss some, too. Then Dion comes upon them and introduces her as his wife! Leiandros never truly got over her, but he believes all the stories his cousin, Dion, told about her over the years. They aren’t nice little stories either and since no one really sees her they are all believed! Now Dion and Leiandros’ pregnant wife have died in a car accident. Leiandros has been appointed guardian of his cousin’s two children and he sees a way to get Savannah right where he wants her. Honestly, Leiandros really didn’t respect Savannah and she calls him on that, but he tries to justify things by the way she had acted in the past. I thought it was nice that she did call him on it. Just as she further asks him where all his evidence of her infidelities is….no true explanation from Leiandros because he only went buy liar’s word.

There was a lot of angst involved in this story for me. Leiandros wasn’t nice to her, but then he bought what his cousin sold about Savannah and it all seemed plausible. So Leiandros is seeking justice for all the wrongs he believed Savannah had committed towards him and his family. It really was a warped way to get revenge, yet strangely intriguing and I was caught up in it to see where it would go. I also wondered how he would react when he finally learned the truth.


I also liked that there were little things to explain why some weren’t admitting things in the story so that Leiandros knew the truth. I felt like Leiandros was truly blind in the situation perhaps wanting to believe the worst of Savannah rather than facing the fact that he coveted his cousin’s wife! Dion sounded like a compulsive liar, yet no one ever questioned what he said. Savannah has to be forgiving and generous in order for things to work out well in this story. The fact that she could have fought more is brought to mind, but I think she truly wanted to be w/ Leiandros too! Leiandros treated the whole thing like he would a business acquisition and it showed so well. I didn’t like Leiandros’ double standard on family though either. It seemed that it meant everything to him, but only if they were directly his family. Old aunt suffering from dementia that can’t remember anyone….she doesn’t count because she can’t remember you anyway even though you can remember her!


I, of course, doubt that Leiandros would have remained faithful to his wife had she lived and Dion died even though Savannah placates him by claiming he would and he lets her. I suspect that Dion was playing a game w/ his cousin’s wife and perhaps is the father of her unborn child. Maybe Dion was coming clean to Savannah the night before because he and Leiandros’ wife were planning on getting together. Dion only EVER wanted a son and she was pregnant w/ a boy….so…..it sounded plausible to me, but in the story it is never really revealed. Perhaps Savannah didn’t want to tarnish his memory of his cousin any more than she had too, because she could have done that earlier on in the story.

[Mtve41 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely fabulous comfort read. I’m still reeling on the after effects.. still holding onto my heart while my knees give out on me. Not being theatrical. I am also instantly going for a re-read.

This has to be yet another favourite HP from Lucy M. Savannah is a widow to an estranged husband who hailed from a wealthy Greek family. Her marriage went downhill the day she met one of her husband’s cousins who accidentally-on-purpose made out with her. The husband then accuses her of being an infidel and also spreads these lies. And so the h’s Greek in-laws hate her and her two daughters, thanks to all the hate her husband (now deceased) has spewed about her to his family.

Now the h’s husband has passed away and this cousin has decided to take matters in his hand. He summons Savannah to Greece and starts a planned seduction that never ended that day years ago. The only path leading to their complicacies is an MOC.

The h and H have smoking hot chemistry. The H is a commanding alpha who refuses to back off and always has the last word (read innuendo). He had fallen for Savannah the day he met her years ago and hated that back then she’d been married to his wimp of a cousin.

The H, Leiandros, is a doting father to Savannah’s girls and a husband to her that only dreams are made of. I loved the high handed ways of the H and his sweet grovel at the end was it. I’ve yet to meet a more devastatingly hot hero from HP.

Back to re-reading this heart stopping, sweet, feel-good book! Thank you LM for writing it.

[Leona · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all time favorites!

[Megzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one those books that even though Savannah's ex-husband was already dead, I wanted to drag him out of his grave and kill him once again. I was angry at what he did to Savannah but I was livid with the lies he told his family and others about his poor daughters. What a pathetic excuse for a man! I didn't warm up to Leo until I saw his behavior toward the two girls and even then it wasn't until he went to Atlanta that I accepted him.

[Lu Bielefeld · Rating 3 out of 5]

UPDATE: reread July 2018
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[Romance_reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 and 1/2 stars. The h is a victim of domestic abuse and mother to two daughters when she gets together with her late husband’s cousin - the H. H behaves like an alpha and practically bulldozes her into marriage. In everything else, he behaves as a beta hero would- looking after her, trying to understand her and being there for her when she needs him to be. And there is little or no antagonism from the secondary characters - I.e., the Late husband’s family who are willing to accept their mistakes and the fact that their son was the real villain of the story. One would expect the angst to be low in this sort of a tale, but thankfully the H’s wannabe alpha tendencies justify the existence of the same in the plot and I for one enjoyed the possessive/determined aura he exuded.

A very neatly tied up story this, and quite pleasant to read. Doesn’t have a particularly gripping storyline but is definitely worth the time I spent reading it.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

And on the third try, I found it, the category romance that took place mainly in continental Europe (or okay, a Greek island, but I am counting it anyway. This was exactly the kind of overbearing alpha with good revenge intentions that I am here to read Presents titles for and it was the good kind of oh hell no reading experience you want. Did enjoy!

[Maura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well...you've got a blackmailed into marriage and a child story here. It's definitely angsty. That's the plus here. I mean, seriously angsty. But I don't know how much of that gut-punchy feeling was my disgust at the hero's actions and how much of it was real angst. Leiandros, who kissed Savannah 7 years earlier, before he realized she was married to his cousin and therefore unavailable, has resented the heroine's ability to make him FEEL ever since. And so he hates her...and is only encouraged in his hatred by his cousin's evil lies. This cousin was also an abusive asshole that sent his wife and daughters running to the United States to get away from him. Leiandros of course doesn't know this, he just assumes that Savannah was an awful wife for leaving her husband.

Now his cousin is dead (along with Leiandros's wife) and Leiandros is determined to bring Savannah and her two daughters to Greece and blackmail her into marriage. He claims it's for justice (he makes a distinction that it's not vengeance), since for some reason he blames Savannah for his wife's death (apparently if she'd been in Greece with his cousin, his wife never would have gotten in the car that crashed and killed her and his cousin - RME. Reaching much?) His claim of justice is bullshit. He just wants to get her into bed and pull some "head-of-the-family" crap about reuniting his family. The non-united status he also blames on Savannah since she left. He conveniently doesn't care that his cousin's parents rejected the heroine's kids in the first place because they believed the evil cousin's lies about the kids not being his. So he manages to get Savannah and her girls in Greece where he promptly pulls the rug out from under her and announces that he has custody of her kids and she and the girls are never going back to the U.S. again. And then he's going to marry her so she can replace his wife and she'll give him a kid to replace the son who died in-utero when his wife died. So...yeah...he's a sensitive one. Because that's how nice, sensitive guys think of it when they have a kid after one has died - replacement.

Meanwhile, Savannah has a dying aunt back home that she can't get to because HE won't let her out of the country. Even once she tells him about it, he still won't let her go. He also still believes his evil cousin's lies about her (and yet he still wants her for a wife, believing she was a lying, cheating ho-bag? That's all the evidence I need to believe it ain't love, it's lust.) It isn't until she slaps down the pictures of what her cousin did to her and the restraining order she got against him that he realizes he might have been wrong about her. Does he apologize profusely and begin groveling at having believed the worst of her, taking complete control of her life and wasting precious hours that she could have spent with her dying aunt? No. He lays claim to some guilt and maybe throws out a sorry, but his "grovel" in comparison to the hell he put the heroine through was not satisfactory.

And shall I get started on the idiot heroine? Compared to the hero, she's an angel, but I had no respect for the woman. First of all she takes the kids to Greece...at first this didn't seem like a big deal because she was stuck, what could she do. But then I thought, what does she think is going to happen here? At best her kids are exposed to hateful comments and at worst they're taken from her. And given Leiandros's obvious disdain and even anger with her, she had to consider it a possibility. Crazy stupid woman for giving into that demand. Especially when she reveals later that she understood Greek family law enough to know that if she'd taken the girls back to Greece while the cousin was alive, he'd be able to claim them. I would be way to suspicious of what could happen to EVER agree to that and I can't believe she wasn't. But that's probably because she was allowing her lady parts to do the thinking for her...she wanted to see Leiandros again and drink in all his hotness. So she quite innocently takes her girls to Greece and is surprised when he plays his custody card (the cousin's will gave him guardianship! Gasp!) As I said, she should have known something was up and done everything she could have to protect her kids, not just happily cart them into a dangerous situation.

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I broke up with the Presents line awhile back. Reading this book reminded me why.

Savannah was married to Leiandros's cousin Dion. Dion was a selfish, jealous, callous, abusive person. He spent years verbally abusing Savannah and poisoning his family against her. She finally worked up the courage to leave him after he lost control one night and physically abused her. She took her girls and fled to America. When Dion was killed in a car accident along with Leiandros's wife, Petra, Savannah returns to Greece for the funeral.

a year after the funeral Leiandros issues an ultimatum to her: either she return to Greece with her children or he'd cut off her monthly allowance. Savannah has spent the last 4 years getting her degree and, while she now has it, doesn't have a job. She needs her monthly allowance to pay for the care of her very ill, elderly aunt. The monthly fee for her aunt's nursing home is coming due. If she doesn't get the money from Leiandros her aunt will be moved to a state nursing home, which would most likely kill her.

Leiandros has always wanted Savannah. He decides to wait a year after the funeral - a proper grieving period - then issues his ultimatum. Though she believes she's only coming for a short visit, he has other plans. He wants justice for the wrongs Savannah caused...and he intends to get it by marrying her and forcing her to have his children.

This book is chock full of fail. I'm not even sure where to start. First we have Savannah. The night she was introduced to Leiandros they shared a kiss before he realizes she was the wife of his cousin. Since then he's thought the worst of her based on his cousin's lies. Dion swore Savannah was cheating on him and her daughters weren't his. So Leiandros thinks her a whore, constantly making cutting remarks about her and putting her down. And yet...she loves him. She's always loved him. The man calls her a whore, accuses her of infidelity and being the cause of Dion and Perta's deaths and of keeping her girls from his family...and she loves him. So much that its hard for her to be around him without aching for him.

Then we have Leiandros. He claims to value family above all else - hence his hatred for Savannah, who stole his nieces from him and killed her husband by running away - yet when he finds out about her ailing aunt, says she doesn't realize Savannah is there anyway and won't be alive much longer. He also blackmails Savannah into first flying to Greece, then into marrying him. He emotionally manipulates her daughters so they push Savannah to marry him - something she does nothing about, by the way - and forces her to introduce them to the rest of the family, who openly scorn Savannah. Then accuse her of not playing nice when his family treats her badly.

I couldn't find one redeeming quality about either of them. Honestly, they deserved each other.

I'm giving this a 1.5 out of 5 because the story was well written.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

The heroine Savannah is finally free after her abusive husband's death, but there are still unresolved issues with her late husband's family, whom he had poisoned against her. The hero Leiandros is the head of the family and harbours a bitter resentment towards Savannah for the lies he believed about her and that he has always wanted her. He summons her to Greece so that her daughters have a chance to get to know their family, and Savannah reluctantly agrees to go. However what she doesn't know is that Leiandros plans to make her stay there by becoming his wife. He believes Savannah owes him for his years of wanting her and for the pain she caused his family. Savannah soon realises she has no choice and feels her freedom slipping away again, as well as the fact that she tries desperately to hide her growing feelings for Leiandros.

I enjoyed this book from the very start, and it kept me riveted throughout. The combination of deep emotional moments and intense passion really made this book stand out. I couldn't believe that this was Lucy Monroe's debut book, it is written beautifully, as though she had been doing it for a very long time! The characters are both really well developed and matched each other perfectly. Oh, and the ending is simply wonderful.

Recommended.

Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....

[Beckey · Rating 4 out of 5]

"It's okay. Someday, you'll have some. Mama says you've got to believe in your dreams for them to come true."

Cute Sweet and optimistic quick romance...

"He was so hungry for her, he had been in able to resist the growing temptation to pull her into his arms after she fell asleep. He'd watch to sleep for several miles of the travel before giving into the urge to pull her into his arms."

With "bodiest ripping" chuckles

"Oh, no. You aren't walking away from me so easily. Dion may have let you dismiss it like old tame lapdog, but be warned I am a wolf in comparison."

Enjoyable and good

[Melody · Rating 2 out of 5]

It wasn't really meh and bleh but I was expecting more. I am not just fan of the Hero.
He's a super super A-hole in my book. Gah. He's like her first husband but in another way. I wanted more of the heroine to get back on them (lelz) - I'm that savage hahaha....

[April Reader · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a fan of former physical abuse in romance stories unless proper care is taken by the author which I don’t think it was in this one.

[Riverina Romantics · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 STARS

I’ve been on a book downer a bit lately. Not a relatively big one, but I just haven’t had my normal book mojo – but this story fixed all that.

I still have no clue why Harlequin books do it for me, but they just do! The Sheikh’s, the Greeks, the Navy men.....Mmmm, they are all so damn satisfying and The Greek Tycoon’s Ultimatum was definitely up there with my Harlequin favourites.

For starters the hero’s name was Leiandros. Now don’t get me wrong – I might just be a bit randy at the moment, but that name alone makes me quiver. I don’t know how many times I recited it over and over and over again in my head. Leiandros, Leiandros.....Oh YES Leiandros. (Ok, note to self – don’t write reviews when overtired).

Anyway, He was perfectly balanced to create a yummilicious Greek Tycoon. He was stubborn, arrogant and confident and yet I wanted to fall at his feet, then his softer side made me heart ache. He was such a great mix for me. And I just think I had an epiphany and realised why – Australia men are AFL watching, couch dwellers who frequently say things like “Come on then, get ya gear off” or “Let’s watch some porn to get your party started”. Now tell me this – could you ever picture a Greek Tycoon saying those awfully romantic things???? Hmmm NO I DON’T THINK SO!! A Greek Tycoon would be possessive, all consuming and take the time to get the juices flowing in the way GOD INTENDED!!! Seriously, note to self – don’t write reviews when overtired).

Ok, back on track. This story rocked and it even had children in it!!! Anyone who knows me will tell you that I hate to read about kids in romance. Romance and kids just don’t mix – they are like a sexual vacuum and I find it hard to enjoy a good romance novel with the little f*$kers hanging around but even though I was informed of the child situation in the first few pages I still really loved this book!!! They kids added to the enjoyment and unlike my own kids they were actually well mannered angels that never caused trouble or fought (yes, completely fictional but still thoroughly enjoyable).

Big thumbs up to the author, Lucy Monroe. I can’t wait to read more of your work...I’m just very sorry for this horrendous review.

**Additional note: Seriously spell check? Yummilicious is so a word**

[Baseballmom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every Judgement He Made...... Was Wrong....d:)

I liked the h, she had spunk, and even though her children's father has a jerk, she wanted them to have a piece of his culture. The H was an honorable guy, but guilty of judging the h wrongly, mostly because of lies told to him by family. Having said that, they had good chemistry, he clearly cared for her and her children, and didn't allow the in-laws to treat her badly. It was a good book and kept me entertained...d;)

[Jo]

Es un gran NO para mí por lo siguiente:

1. La Heroína estuvo casada con el primo del Héroe.
(DETESTO cuando han estado con familiares, amigos... con anterioridad)

2. Que me salgan con que h/H estaban enamorados desde mucho antes, pero igualmente la h acaba liada/casada con un familiar, amigo, rival... del H.
(En el caso de este libro, h/H, al parecer, se aman desde que compartieron un beso ilícito 7 años atrás)

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first Harlequin book by Monroe and I was thrilled. It was a good read. Lots of sexual tension, romance and heartbreak. Really sexy and recommended. You won't regret picking up this spicy Harlequin read. 4.5/5 stars.

[Corandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Raine · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's nice to sometime go back and read Harlequin romance books that don't have all that explicit sex in them. I like OTT drama and this one is no exception. I do like Lucy Monroe's writing.

[Cheri D Mendenhall]

Very good

I really liked this book and the issues addressed. They were talked about without being rammed down one's throat and I liked her characters, too.

[monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una de mis historias preferidas que siempre vuelvo a releer.me encanta.