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The Ring the Spaniard Gave Her: A Billionaire Fake Fiancée Contemporary Romance
A fake engagement leads to a passion that's all too real in this pretend relationship romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Lynne Graham.The Spaniard’s convenient Cinderella…And the secrets that bind them!Driven billionaire Ruy Valiente knows exactly what he needs to avoid scrutiny at a family wedding—a fake fiancée! When he rescues innocent Suzy Madderton from the clutches of a disastrous marriage, it’s obvious she’s perfect…Accepting Ruy’s proposal creates a major problem for their raging chemistry! The reclusive artist is all icy control to her impulsive emotion. He’s also the first man she’s ever fully trusted. And as Suzy uncovers the pain Ruy hides so fiercely, returning his temporary ring feels like the biggest challenge of all…From Harlequin Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
174 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 27, 2021
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Lynne Graham
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Lynne Graham was born on July 30, 1956 of Irish-Scottish parentage. She has livedin Northern Ireland all her life. She grew up in a seaside village with herbrother. She learnt to read at the age of 3, and haven't stopped since then.
Lynne first met her husband when she was 14. At 15, she wrote her firstbook, but it was rejected everywhere. Lynne married after she completed adegree at Edinburgh University. She started writing again when she was athome with her first child. It took several attempts before she sold herfirst book in 1987 and the delight of seeing that first book for sale in thelocal newsagents has never been forgotten. Now, there are over 10 million ofher books in print worldwide.
Lynne always wanted a large family and has five children. Her eldest and heronly natural child is 19 and currently at university. Her other fourchildren, who are every bit as dear to her heart, are adopted. She has two9-year-olds adopted from Sri Lanka and a 5- and a 3-year-old adopted fromGuatemala. In Lynne's home, there is a rich and diverse cultural mix, whichadds a whole extra dimension of interest and discovery to family life. Thefamily lives in a country house surrounded by a woodland garden, which iswonderfully private. The family has two pets. Thomas, a very large andaffectionate black cat, bosses the dog and hunts rabbits. The dog is Daisy,an adorable but not very bright white West Highland terrier, who loves beingchased by the cat. At night, dog and cat sleep together in front of thekitchen stove. Lynne loves gardening, cooking, collects everything from oldtoys to rock specimens and is crazy about every aspect of Christmas.
Lynne Graham was born on July 30, 1956 of Irish-Scottish parentage. She has livedin Northern Ireland all her life. She grew up in a seaside village with herbrother. She learnt to read at the age of 3, and haven't stopped since then.
Lynne first met her husband when she was 14. At 15, she wrote her firstbook, but it was rejected everywhere. Lynne married after she completed adegree at Edinburgh University. She started writing again when she was athome with her first child. It took several attempts before she sold herfirst book in 1987 and the delight of seeing that first book for sale in thelocal newsagents has never been forgotten. Now, there are over 10 million ofher books in print worldwide.
Lynne always wanted a large family and has five children. Her eldest and heronly natural child is 19 and currently at university. Her other fourchildren, who are every bit as dear to her heart, are adopted. She has two9-year-olds adopted from Sri Lanka and a 5- and a 3-year-old adopted fromGuatemala. In Lynne's home, there is a rich and diverse cultural mix, whichadds a whole extra dimension of interest and discovery to family life. Thefamily lives in a country house surrounded by a woodland garden, which iswonderfully private. The family has two pets. Thomas, a very large andaffectionate black cat, bosses the dog and hunts rabbits. The dog is Daisy,an adorable but not very bright white West Highland terrier, who loves beingchased by the cat. At night, dog and cat sleep together in front of thekitchen stove. Lynne loves gardening, cooking, collects everything from oldtoys to rock specimens and is crazy about every aspect of Christmas.
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April 4, 2021
3.25 stars.
Enjoyable but not fabulous.
LG is my favourite HP author, based on her entire collection of work, but, like all writers, it's fair to say that occasionally, she produces a novel that's just merely average.
I haven't rated/reviewed them all on Goodreads, but I've read Lynne Graham's entire backlist and unfortunately, this one doesn't come close to her best.
After getting off to a strong start, with an awesome premise/storyline combo that immediately pulled me in, the novel started to wane a bit during the second half, due mainly to the following factors:
📍 I started to lose interest in the MC's romantic storyline because I just wasn't feeling that connection between them. Other plot related issues were emphasized, to the detriment of the MC's budding relationship.
📍 Lynne G's storytelling seemed rather perfunctory in the second half of the story, as if ( and I hate to say this because she's my fav HPlandia author ) she was in a rush to wrap up the novel. But she managed to salvage it with the reconcilation scene and the sweet epilogue, which is a testament to her skill as a veteran of HPlandia, who knows what her core fanbase loves.
📍 The consummation of the MC's relationship wasn't exactly exciting. That too seemed somewhat mechanical. As a fan who's read all of her books, I know that she's written sex scenes that are more superb, emotionally satisfying and intensely seductive.
📍 The H, Ruy, could be substituted for any number of her recent heroes. We're told that he's a hedge fund billionaire with a talent for portraiture. But that didn't quite make him unique, because he reminded me of a few of her recent heroes, even down to his dark golden eyes. 95% of LG's heroes share this trait. Lol. However, the heroine was a more unique creation. Suzy was definitely different from LG's recent heroines.
This is the H, Ruy:
This is the heroine, Suzy:
Outline and Assessment of the story/plot:
The Runaway Bride trope is the basis for this novel's storyline. Suzy, the heroine, has been blackmailed/bullied by Percy: a sexagenarian businessman in her small town. He's a lecherous, seedy and shady businessman, who ought to be thrown over a steep cliff that ends in a river of donkey diarrhea, but Suzy's dad owes him 💷50 000.
The H, who's bought a house in the district, is entranced by Suzy's ethereal beauty, when he sees her dancing in his nieces' recital at the local town assembly. He decides immediately, that she's the perfect subject for his next painting.
She thinks he's joking because she doesn't know that he's a billionaire, so she laughs at the offer and is more concerned about her upcoming wedding to the odious Percy. Percy realizes that the H is attracted to Suzy and behaves like an uncouth buffoon.
Despite her hatred and loathing for Percy, the heroine is determined to go ahead with the wedding because she doesn't want her dad to lose his pub. But Percy, like all uncontrollable and jealous bullies, couldn't hold his temper in check and ended up beating the heroine because he'd seen her talking to the H.
This opened her eyes to the severity of her situation and she finally realized that she couldn't marry such an abusive pig.
That's where the runaway bride trope comes into play, because she escapes from her home, dressed in her wedding gown, on the morning of the wedding. The H rescues her and offers her a safe haven. And, like a true gallant protector, he ensures that Percy's arrested and charged and he also assists her father by investing in the family pub.
She agrees to model for his painting and to also act as his fake fiancée, at his twin brother's wedding.
Some additional drama ( related to the H's dead stalker sister in law ) is thrown in, at this juncture and somehow the romance itself got a little lost in the midst of it all.
This could've been at least a 4 star reading experience, for me, if I'd felt that there was an intense emotional connection between the MC's. Somehow, that critical aspect of the story got bogged down by all the other drama. However, there's a lovely epilogue where the MC's are expecting twin daughters and are already proud parents of a 2 year old son.
The villain, Percy, got his comeuppance and was neither seen nor heard from, again.
Safety: No OW and the heroine had never been intimate with her vomit inducing fiancé, Percy. Plus, both MC's are celibate during their short 2 week separation.
Enjoyable but not fabulous.
LG is my favourite HP author, based on her entire collection of work, but, like all writers, it's fair to say that occasionally, she produces a novel that's just merely average.
I haven't rated/reviewed them all on Goodreads, but I've read Lynne Graham's entire backlist and unfortunately, this one doesn't come close to her best.
After getting off to a strong start, with an awesome premise/storyline combo that immediately pulled me in, the novel started to wane a bit during the second half, due mainly to the following factors:
📍 I started to lose interest in the MC's romantic storyline because I just wasn't feeling that connection between them. Other plot related issues were emphasized, to the detriment of the MC's budding relationship.
📍 Lynne G's storytelling seemed rather perfunctory in the second half of the story, as if ( and I hate to say this because she's my fav HPlandia author ) she was in a rush to wrap up the novel. But she managed to salvage it with the reconcilation scene and the sweet epilogue, which is a testament to her skill as a veteran of HPlandia, who knows what her core fanbase loves.
📍 The consummation of the MC's relationship wasn't exactly exciting. That too seemed somewhat mechanical. As a fan who's read all of her books, I know that she's written sex scenes that are more superb, emotionally satisfying and intensely seductive.
📍 The H, Ruy, could be substituted for any number of her recent heroes. We're told that he's a hedge fund billionaire with a talent for portraiture. But that didn't quite make him unique, because he reminded me of a few of her recent heroes, even down to his dark golden eyes. 95% of LG's heroes share this trait. Lol. However, the heroine was a more unique creation. Suzy was definitely different from LG's recent heroines.
This is the H, Ruy:
This is the heroine, Suzy:
Outline and Assessment of the story/plot:
The Runaway Bride trope is the basis for this novel's storyline. Suzy, the heroine, has been blackmailed/bullied by Percy: a sexagenarian businessman in her small town. He's a lecherous, seedy and shady businessman, who ought to be thrown over a steep cliff that ends in a river of donkey diarrhea, but Suzy's dad owes him 💷50 000.
The H, who's bought a house in the district, is entranced by Suzy's ethereal beauty, when he sees her dancing in his nieces' recital at the local town assembly. He decides immediately, that she's the perfect subject for his next painting.
She thinks he's joking because she doesn't know that he's a billionaire, so she laughs at the offer and is more concerned about her upcoming wedding to the odious Percy. Percy realizes that the H is attracted to Suzy and behaves like an uncouth buffoon.
Despite her hatred and loathing for Percy, the heroine is determined to go ahead with the wedding because she doesn't want her dad to lose his pub. But Percy, like all uncontrollable and jealous bullies, couldn't hold his temper in check and ended up beating the heroine because he'd seen her talking to the H.
This opened her eyes to the severity of her situation and she finally realized that she couldn't marry such an abusive pig.
That's where the runaway bride trope comes into play, because she escapes from her home, dressed in her wedding gown, on the morning of the wedding. The H rescues her and offers her a safe haven. And, like a true gallant protector, he ensures that Percy's arrested and charged and he also assists her father by investing in the family pub.
She agrees to model for his painting and to also act as his fake fiancée, at his twin brother's wedding.
Some additional drama ( related to the H's dead stalker sister in law ) is thrown in, at this juncture and somehow the romance itself got a little lost in the midst of it all.
This could've been at least a 4 star reading experience, for me, if I'd felt that there was an intense emotional connection between the MC's. Somehow, that critical aspect of the story got bogged down by all the other drama. However, there's a lovely epilogue where the MC's are expecting twin daughters and are already proud parents of a 2 year old son.
The villain, Percy, got his comeuppance and was neither seen nor heard from, again.
Safety: No OW and the heroine had never been intimate with her vomit inducing fiancé, Percy. Plus, both MC's are celibate during their short 2 week separation.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 23, 2021
In a word: boring.
Hero is an artist/billionaire who hangs around a backwater English village with no one knowing who he is. Heroine is a self-sacrificing virgin who is willing to marry an older bully of a man to save her father’s pub.
When bully assaults her the day before their wedding, she starts to have second thoughts.
Sigh
Heroine reporting her assault to the police and stridently pushing back on the hero who was trying to help her, was not that interesting or romantic. Not LG’s best.
This may be a ‘me’ problem. Potential readers should know that other, kinder reviewers include more details for a more informed decision.
Hero is an artist/billionaire who hangs around a backwater English village with no one knowing who he is. Heroine is a self-sacrificing virgin who is willing to marry an older bully of a man to save her father’s pub.
When bully assaults her the day before their wedding, she starts to have second thoughts.
Sigh
Heroine reporting her assault to the police and stridently pushing back on the hero who was trying to help her, was not that interesting or romantic. Not LG’s best.
This may be a ‘me’ problem. Potential readers should know that other, kinder reviewers include more details for a more informed decision.
May 12, 2021
4.5 stars.
LG delivered on this romance for me.
I would have liked a more "alpha" hero as this one was a really nice guy,but we can't have everything ,can we?
The heroine was a fiesty one and I enjoyed her dealings with the hero.
LG delivered on this romance for me.
I would have liked a more "alpha" hero as this one was a really nice guy,but we can't have everything ,can we?
The heroine was a fiesty one and I enjoyed her dealings with the hero.
September 25, 2021
A very average tepid-ish HP.
If not for her name up there (and a 6'4" golden eyed H) I'd never have pegged it as LG's work.
First, the temperamental h was overly snitty with the H who was only trying to help her. In fact was the only person who could have helped her - rescue her from the mess she and her father created for themselves. So, instead of a polite thanks, he only gets a few tongue lashings for his pains.
And later, the H behaves stupidly to prolong a non-story.
The H's brother and half-sister, and their stories in the bg, seem more intriguing.
If not for her name up there (and a 6'4" golden eyed H) I'd never have pegged it as LG's work.
First, the temperamental h was overly snitty with the H who was only trying to help her. In fact was the only person who could have helped her - rescue her from the mess she and her father created for themselves. So, instead of a polite thanks, he only gets a few tongue lashings for his pains.
And later, the H behaves stupidly to prolong a non-story.
The H's brother and half-sister, and their stories in the bg, seem more intriguing.
April 8, 2021
So sweet hero. Fortunately LG's writing still good even if it is not as splendid as older books.
April 7, 2021
Cute story 😍
Ruy was a good guy and Suzy was very sweet. He was fascinated with her from the start and it was very evident. I wanted them to have their happy ending. Plus I liked her biker boots just as much as Ruy did 🤪
What I loved the most about this book is Suzy's dad, which is why this book gets +1 star. We need more such good father-daughter relationship in HP. Usually its always about messed up parents and it has started to bore me.
Ruy was a good guy and Suzy was very sweet. He was fascinated with her from the start and it was very evident. I wanted them to have their happy ending. Plus I liked her biker boots just as much as Ruy did 🤪
What I loved the most about this book is Suzy's dad, which is why this book gets +1 star. We need more such good father-daughter relationship in HP. Usually its always about messed up parents and it has started to bore me.
July 3, 2022
This was actually a very good HP for once. The heroine was spunky and the hero was so protective of her. He saved her from a marriage of convenience and he asks her to play the part of his fake fiance at his twin brothers wedding and he also wants to paint her. She is a sassy little thing and I loved them so much. There is one part I didn't like where the heroine doesn't act like the character she had been during the entire book and it made me a little mad at her. But the ending was beautiful and the epilogue was four years down the road and was very cute. No drama for the sake of drama here, no cheating and seriously a refreshing change for romance.
August 19, 2025
Review from 2/20/22:
4 stars
Low-angst, billionaire romance
Other than the beginning, where the 21-year-old heroine, Suzy, is determined to sell herself in marriage to a horrible, middle-aged man, to whom her father owes £50,000, in order to stop him from foreclosing on her father's pub, this novel is low angst. Both of the romantic protagonists are very likeable, and the plot is quite enjoyable.
In an unusual touch, though the 30-year-old hero, Ruy, is a billionaire investor who comes from old money in the Italian aristocracy, he is also a brilliant, successful portrait painter.
Best news of all--no accidental pregnancy! Yay! That's very, very rare in LG world.
Reread 8/18/25:
2.5 stars
I didn't like this book nearly as much during my second read. I got really tired of Suzy's constantly picking fights with Ruy as the entire source of romantic conflict. Basically, she cannot forgive Ruy for his billionaire status. Not because she is convinced that there is no ethical way for anyone to become and remain a billionaire in today's world. She despises him because she is self-righteously convinced that she absolutely would not have had sex with him if she'd known that he was rich before she blithely surrendered her virginity to him.
With every year that passes, as a jaded romance reader, I find I have less and less patience with the trope in billionaire romances that the FMC must unequivocally prove to the Croesus-rich MMC that money means absolutely nothing to her in order to "deserve" to be rewarded with marriage into a lifestyle of endless, hedonistic, conspicuous consumption. The inevitable, though unintentional, irony of this trope is this: if a woman truly enjoys a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle, existing as a billionaire's trophy wife would be anything but an HEA for her.
In addition, I'm really really tired of promiscuous MMCs. I am surprised that LG has written an MMC like that in this novel, because she has very rarely done that. Her billionaire MMCs typically have a mistress that they are faithful to until they move on to the next mistress. In contrast, Ruy has spent at least 15 years without a single committed relationship. His sexual history has consisted of countless, sleazy one-night stands. (He doesn't think they are sleazy, because, in his own estimation, he treats each temporary bed partner like a queen for a day, before callously dumping her.) But all that changes when, per the obnoxiously unrealistic "magical vagina" trope, he has sex with Suzy. Ruy is portrayed as instantly transforming into a man capable of contentedly committing to a monogamous marriage.
4 stars
Low-angst, billionaire romance
Other than the beginning, where the 21-year-old heroine, Suzy, is determined to sell herself in marriage to a horrible, middle-aged man, to whom her father owes £50,000, in order to stop him from foreclosing on her father's pub, this novel is low angst. Both of the romantic protagonists are very likeable, and the plot is quite enjoyable.
In an unusual touch, though the 30-year-old hero, Ruy, is a billionaire investor who comes from old money in the Italian aristocracy, he is also a brilliant, successful portrait painter.
Best news of all--no accidental pregnancy! Yay! That's very, very rare in LG world.
Reread 8/18/25:
2.5 stars
I didn't like this book nearly as much during my second read. I got really tired of Suzy's constantly picking fights with Ruy as the entire source of romantic conflict. Basically, she cannot forgive Ruy for his billionaire status. Not because she is convinced that there is no ethical way for anyone to become and remain a billionaire in today's world. She despises him because she is self-righteously convinced that she absolutely would not have had sex with him if she'd known that he was rich before she blithely surrendered her virginity to him.
With every year that passes, as a jaded romance reader, I find I have less and less patience with the trope in billionaire romances that the FMC must unequivocally prove to the Croesus-rich MMC that money means absolutely nothing to her in order to "deserve" to be rewarded with marriage into a lifestyle of endless, hedonistic, conspicuous consumption. The inevitable, though unintentional, irony of this trope is this: if a woman truly enjoys a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle, existing as a billionaire's trophy wife would be anything but an HEA for her.
In addition, I'm really really tired of promiscuous MMCs. I am surprised that LG has written an MMC like that in this novel, because she has very rarely done that. Her billionaire MMCs typically have a mistress that they are faithful to until they move on to the next mistress. In contrast, Ruy has spent at least 15 years without a single committed relationship. His sexual history has consisted of countless, sleazy one-night stands. (He doesn't think they are sleazy, because, in his own estimation, he treats each temporary bed partner like a queen for a day, before callously dumping her.) But all that changes when, per the obnoxiously unrealistic "magical vagina" trope, he has sex with Suzy. Ruy is portrayed as instantly transforming into a man capable of contentedly committing to a monogamous marriage.
September 12, 2021
Sweet hero and heroine, but God I missed those cold-hearted jerk heroes.
did-not-finish
June 17, 2023DNF at 39%.
I kept reading even tho the heroine is naive and a bit dumb. I kept reading when she was a brat. But they're about to have sex after hardly knowing each other when shes in a very vulnerable place... and it makes me so uncomfortable.
She's just gotten out of an abusive and manipulative relationship. And she's shared her concerns with the hero that she doesn't want him to "buy" her. And yet, he just "invested" in her father's bar.
And now, without any discussion, he's seducing her? It feels very borderline. She was hit yesterday and had hypothermia. No discussion about what she wants physically? She has to have a whole conversation in her brain where she asks if she's comfortable with having sex with him. If they can't talk about it out loud, they shouldn't be having sex.
Also, the heroine was about to marry a man who was saying he would forgive a £50k loan he had of her father's. She would have married an abusive asshole instead of letting her dad go bankrupt for £50k!!!??? That's so dumb. Also, she had no guarantee this slimebag would actually follow through. And she's keeping it a secret from her dad. She was not the sharpest tool in the heroine toolbox.
I kept reading even tho the heroine is naive and a bit dumb. I kept reading when she was a brat. But they're about to have sex after hardly knowing each other when shes in a very vulnerable place... and it makes me so uncomfortable.
She's just gotten out of an abusive and manipulative relationship. And she's shared her concerns with the hero that she doesn't want him to "buy" her. And yet, he just "invested" in her father's bar.
And now, without any discussion, he's seducing her? It feels very borderline. She was hit yesterday and had hypothermia. No discussion about what she wants physically? She has to have a whole conversation in her brain where she asks if she's comfortable with having sex with him. If they can't talk about it out loud, they shouldn't be having sex.
Also, the heroine was about to marry a man who was saying he would forgive a £50k loan he had of her father's. She would have married an abusive asshole instead of letting her dad go bankrupt for £50k!!!??? That's so dumb. Also, she had no guarantee this slimebag would actually follow through. And she's keeping it a secret from her dad. She was not the sharpest tool in the heroine toolbox.
April 7, 2021
Who Wrote This Mess? Cause it wasn't Lynne Graham.
What a utter waste of everything.
Worse book by her I ever read! Makes me incredibly sad cause I adore her. ...
Just sad ... What The Frack Has Happened To Harlequin/Mills & Boon?
What a utter waste of everything.
Worse book by her I ever read! Makes me incredibly sad cause I adore her. ...
Just sad ... What The Frack Has Happened To Harlequin/Mills & Boon?
April 27, 2021
It was ok, he is a billionaire tycoon and a talented painter in his spare time, she’s a feisty redhead wearing combat boots. She’s marrying a bully to save her father’s pub but when the bully becomes dangerous and beats her she decides she can’t marry him and runs away. She ends in the hero’s property and he saves her from freezing. Passion flares and he asks her to be his model and to go with him to his brother’s marriage in Spain. They have a hot week in Spain and he’s clearly besotted. So she is. Then she hears an evil woman saying bad things about him and of course she believes her. Immediately. She and the hero part their ways and eventually he comes back to her and explains what really happened. Hea. The end. Not much angst here, some typical elements from LG such as a cold, commitment phobic hero, and a feisty and sometimes too argumentative heroine, here in the version with red hair and curvy body. The fact that she believes without any hint of doubt the words of a stranger woman who obviously doesn’t like her or the hero was really annoying, since the hero was really a nice person, who helped her whenever she needed and did not do anything to let her think he was a bad person. And he was the one to come back in the end. Whatever. The book was really short, it seems to me that those new hp books are shorter and shorter... ps: and where’s the dog????
September 30, 2022
2 stars
DNFed somewhere around the middle
I love me a good harlequin every now and then but that was a snoozefest for me.
I didn't feel the chemistry and it all happened too fast and they were sucking on each other's tonsils the next day after meeting.
Plus, Suzie was way too daft and annoying for my liking.
It wasn't the worst hence the 2 stars but it wasn't for me.
DNFed somewhere around the middle
I love me a good harlequin every now and then but that was a snoozefest for me.
I didn't feel the chemistry and it all happened too fast and they were sucking on each other's tonsils the next day after meeting.
Plus, Suzie was way too daft and annoying for my liking.
It wasn't the worst hence the 2 stars but it wasn't for me.
May 8, 2021
Usually I like this author, but not this time. I just didn’t like the heroine - at all. I came close to actively disliking her. And the hero was wooden with little spark. The The romance was cloying, sex scenes were boring and formulaic, and I just didn’t care by the time I finished. I disliked this one so much I threw it out.
October 11, 2021
I loved it !
I gave this book 5 stars. The characters were so right for each other. He taught her to trust and she taught him that it was alright to have fun. I did think her x deserved jail time instead of what he received, but still it was a good read. I love Lynn Graham's books.
I gave this book 5 stars. The characters were so right for each other. He taught her to trust and she taught him that it was alright to have fun. I did think her x deserved jail time instead of what he received, but still it was a good read. I love Lynn Graham's books.
June 18, 2022
CALIFICATION: 3.5 ESTRELLAS
Hace varios años no leia a esta autora, y por casualidad me encontre este libro y supe que era momento de volver a leer su pluma, y como siempre no defrauda. Una historia sencilla y rapida de leer, clicherosa y con uno de los cliches que mas me gusta "la prometida falsa".
en fin, espero poder volver a leerla pronto y no esperar tanto tiempo.
Hace varios años no leia a esta autora, y por casualidad me encontre este libro y supe que era momento de volver a leer su pluma, y como siempre no defrauda. Una historia sencilla y rapida de leer, clicherosa y con uno de los cliches que mas me gusta "la prometida falsa".
en fin, espero poder volver a leerla pronto y no esperar tanto tiempo.
May 29, 2023
This is a fun, entertaining read. I loved Rue and Suzy. They sparked from the start and I loved that she wasn’t a pushover. I enjoyed their romance and on page scenes. I especially loved that we got an epilogue and that it shows the couple in their HEA. This author never disappoints.
April 4, 2021
Not my favorite LG book. I am not a fan of a hero who is an artist I don't know why it's such a turn off for me lol
April 28, 2021
Ruy and Suzy meet when she took refuge in the old treehouse on her property after running away from her wedding.
July 14, 2021
I do not know what has happened to Ms. Graham I always loved her books and the last few it is like someone else is writing them and I am having trouble finishing them sad.
August 1, 2021
Did not like it, I didn't like either character really. Bugged me that heroine almost married the vile older man (only didn't because he hit her, which is good she had that much self respect). P.
October 14, 2021
Fun, sweet and tender. It’s enjoyable to watch the transformation of the characters.
October 30, 2022
Beautiful story
Another great piece from Lynne Graham, full of passion and drama, I love the older style writing. Look forward to the next story.
Another great piece from Lynne Graham, full of passion and drama, I love the older style writing. Look forward to the next story.
April 23, 2023
He was pretty cool, but the random inputs of Spanish kind of made me cringe… I liked that she tried not to get too attached until he finally realised he loved her ❤️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 31, 2021
I really enjoyed the adventure of The Ring the Spaniard Gave Her.
Lynne Graham has created a wonderfully feisty and enjoyable heroine with Suzy. I particularly loved the part Suzy ran away and Ruy found her up a tree. Ruy is a good guy, even though he comes across as arrogant and moody. He essentially rescues Suzy from a terrible marriage of convenience/blackmail. I really enjoyed Lynne’s vibe of small town, country pub, daughter trying to rescue her dad scenario. Ruy’s inner artist drives him to want to paint Suzy and it’s an interesting spin on the standard Presents Hero.
A good epilogue rounds out a pretty much angst free story. I feel this fake-fiancee story has more of a Harlequin Romance vibe and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a light hearted read with some adventure and laughs on the path to true love. It doesn’t have the super dark and super angsty over the top emotion that drives the older Lynne Graham stories, but I really enjoyed it anyway.
Lynne Graham has created a wonderfully feisty and enjoyable heroine with Suzy. I particularly loved the part Suzy ran away and Ruy found her up a tree. Ruy is a good guy, even though he comes across as arrogant and moody. He essentially rescues Suzy from a terrible marriage of convenience/blackmail. I really enjoyed Lynne’s vibe of small town, country pub, daughter trying to rescue her dad scenario. Ruy’s inner artist drives him to want to paint Suzy and it’s an interesting spin on the standard Presents Hero.
A good epilogue rounds out a pretty much angst free story. I feel this fake-fiancee story has more of a Harlequin Romance vibe and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a light hearted read with some adventure and laughs on the path to true love. It doesn’t have the super dark and super angsty over the top emotion that drives the older Lynne Graham stories, but I really enjoyed it anyway.
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April 11, 2021Driven billionaire Ruy Valiente knows exactly what he needs to avoid scrutiny at a family wedding—a fake fiancée! When he rescues innocent Suzy Madderton from the clutches of a disastrous marriage, it’s obvious she’s perfect…
Accepting Ruy’s proposal creates a major problem for Suzy: their raging chemistry! The reclusive artist is all icy control to her impulsive emotion. He’s also the first man she’s ever fully trusted. And as Suzy uncovers the pain Ruy hides so fiercely, returning his temporary ring feels like the biggest challenge of all…
Accepting Ruy’s proposal creates a major problem for Suzy: their raging chemistry! The reclusive artist is all icy control to her impulsive emotion. He’s also the first man she’s ever fully trusted. And as Suzy uncovers the pain Ruy hides so fiercely, returning his temporary ring feels like the biggest challenge of all…
January 25, 2025
Sorry but it seems I either love this author’s books or I don’t - no in betweens.
A really ridiculous heroine who is prepared to marry a sixty year old lech because her Dad had got himself into a mess? Absolutely no! Nothing at all believable in that story. And then - she berates the guy who rescues her! Now there is always suspension of disbelief in a Mills and Boon but this required a degree of self delusion of which I am simply not capable!
A really ridiculous heroine who is prepared to marry a sixty year old lech because her Dad had got himself into a mess? Absolutely no! Nothing at all believable in that story. And then - she berates the guy who rescues her! Now there is always suspension of disbelief in a Mills and Boon but this required a degree of self delusion of which I am simply not capable!
September 12, 2022
A very good book
The h and H met at his nieces school function. She was engaged to an abusive man who blackmailed her into marriage. The H didn’t do relationships because of a past stalking incident. He wanted to paint her, unbeknownst to the world he was a brilliant and famous artist. Both were scared having a relationship but they were able to find their way to each other. Great epilogue.
The h and H met at his nieces school function. She was engaged to an abusive man who blackmailed her into marriage. The H didn’t do relationships because of a past stalking incident. He wanted to paint her, unbeknownst to the world he was a brilliant and famous artist. Both were scared having a relationship but they were able to find their way to each other. Great epilogue.
April 7, 2021
It's kind of boring still sweet though.
The heroine ran away from her abusive fiance, and the hero found her. They met a few times before and he was already attracted to her, and he also wanted to paint her.
The heroine ran away from her abusive fiance, and the hero found her. They met a few times before and he was already attracted to her, and he also wanted to paint her.
May 2, 2021
Avarage modern/presents story. It needed something different to make it more exciting.
Though I did like the heroines ability to see the situation as it was and not have her head in the clouds.
I listened to an audio version while following with a copy of the book at the same time 🎧 📖
Though I did like the heroines ability to see the situation as it was and not have her head in the clouds.
I listened to an audio version while following with a copy of the book at the same time 🎧 📖
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