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Proud Revenge, Passionate Wedlock
Wedlock -- for revenge or pleasure?
Untamable conquistador blood runs fiercly through Miguel Gutierrez's veins. He's conquered the business world to make billions, built his luxury hacienda -- he owns all he can see... But the one thing he can't buy is his wife's love.
Miguel is a proud and passionate man. He has vowed to honour Allegra to his dying day. But now that promise has changed. Miguel will make her regret her callous disregard of their marriage vows. He will not let her go -- not until he's had his revenge.
Untamable conquistador blood runs fiercly through Miguel Gutierrez's veins. He's conquered the business world to make billions, built his luxury hacienda -- he owns all he can see... But the one thing he can't buy is his wife's love.
Miguel is a proud and passionate man. He has vowed to honour Allegra to his dying day. But now that promise has changed. Miguel will make her regret her callous disregard of their marriage vows. He will not let her go -- not until he's had his revenge.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
About the author
Janette Kenny
105 books46 followersJanette's dream of being published came true in 2006 when Kensington Publishing acquired her first western historical romance, One Real Cowboy. Since then she's written five more western historical romances, and emotionally intense novels for Harlequin Presents.
Now the award winning author is expanding her career into hybrid publishing and will see the release of her first indie romantic suspense novel late 2014.
Janette lives the country life with her real life hero. She invites you to visit her website for details about upcoming novels, events and giveaways, friend her on Facebook, follow her tweets on Twitter, or visit her website at JanetteKenny.com
Now the award winning author is expanding her career into hybrid publishing and will see the release of her first indie romantic suspense novel late 2014.
Janette lives the country life with her real life hero. She invites you to visit her website for details about upcoming novels, events and giveaways, friend her on Facebook, follow her tweets on Twitter, or visit her website at JanetteKenny.com
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November 27, 2017
This was a four star read for the angst, but some of the plot threads weren't tied off as tightly as I would like (Like what happened with her uncle? Did he lie on purpose or was he duped, too? ) and we don't see the villains brought to justice.
So - there was a lot going on here. It's a second chance story set in the Yucatan. The heroine has been in a sanitarium in England for six months following two surgeries to repair internal damage from a car accident. She also has amnesia concerning the events around her car accident that killed her infant daughter. The hero has not visited or contacted her at all.
The heroine goes to her beach house (that she owned before marrying the hero) and discovers him there. She then realizes that he thinks she was having an affair with her bodyguard (one month after giving birth - right), that she stole all of the family jewels and that she has been hanging out with a new lover ever since.
The rest of the story is the heroine unraveling what really caused her accident and what lies his mother and her uncle told to keep them apart. There is also a side story of human trafficking and the plight of the Mayan people in that part of the world.
Early in the story the heroine wonders if the hero was cheating on her with the daughter of a business associate. Turns out they were an item five years before but he never cheated on the heroine - he was just a bad husband who couldn't communicate and spent too much time away on business.
I appreciated this setting and the angst both of them felt for their baby's death. The scene at the grave was crushingly sad.
So - there was a lot going on here. It's a second chance story set in the Yucatan. The heroine has been in a sanitarium in England for six months following two surgeries to repair internal damage from a car accident. She also has amnesia concerning the events around her car accident that killed her infant daughter. The hero has not visited or contacted her at all.
The heroine goes to her beach house (that she owned before marrying the hero) and discovers him there. She then realizes that he thinks she was having an affair with her bodyguard (one month after giving birth - right), that she stole all of the family jewels and that she has been hanging out with a new lover ever since.
The rest of the story is the heroine unraveling what really caused her accident and what lies his mother and her uncle told to keep them apart. There is also a side story of human trafficking and the plight of the Mayan people in that part of the world.
Early in the story the heroine wonders if the hero was cheating on her with the daughter of a business associate. Turns out they were an item five years before but he never cheated on the heroine - he was just a bad husband who couldn't communicate and spent too much time away on business.
I appreciated this setting and the angst both of them felt for their baby's death. The scene at the grave was crushingly sad.
May 14, 2021
Revenge plot that sort of petered out as the truth unfolded. Sad backstory that overshadowed the entire story.
June 11, 2017
"Orgullosa venganza, apasionado matrimonio"
April 8, 2012
Six months ago Allegra was involved in a car accident which resulted in the death of her 1 month old daughter. Her husband Miguel believes that she had the accident while leaving him for another man and that she has been on holiday with her lover since then (not even bothering to attend their daughter's funeral). The truth is, Allegra was seriously injured in the accident and has been in hospital.
I approached this book with trepidation, sure that I would hate it based on the reviews I read on Amazon. I believe the negative reviews were all based on a line said by Miguel. When Allegra asks him if he brings his women to her beach house he replies, "Occasionally." I'm not convinced that he was cheating on her though. It's clear that he was angry at her question, and was trying to hurt her. Later on in the novel he makes it clear to the reader that he has never broken his vow of fidelity to Allegra, though he feels he has failed to keep his vows to love and protect her. In fact we only have 1 confirmed lover which was a relationship that ended years before their marriage. I guess the question is whether or not he still considered himself married after he thought Allegra had been unfaithful to him. The question is never resolved, and I would have liked it if he had admitted to lying to her about the women. Still, this alleged infidelity was not a deal breaker for me, because I'm not convinced it actually happened.
Putting aside the question of infidelity, I'm still not sure whether I liked this book. Miguel's mother and Allegra's uncle deliberately lie to them in an effort to break up the marriage. Interfering relatives is one thing, but to be so obviously malicious is hard to believe. Miguel himself was not particularly likeable. He is somewhat redeemed in my eyes by his own admission of guilt with regards to his neglect of Allegra during her pregnancy, but he pretty much spends the whole book trying to deny his feelings for her and keep her at arm's length, only to suddenly declare his love for her at the end. His declaration was so out of the blue, it just wasn't believable. It seemed like the author suddenly realised she was running out of pages and it was time for the big confession to make everything all right.
Finally, a big thumbs down from me for the cheesy pregnancy epilogue. As soon as I read that Allegra couldn't have children, I feared this happening. You know this is going to happen as soon as you see phrases like "highly unlikely to ever have children" instead of the heroine being straight out infertile.
I approached this book with trepidation, sure that I would hate it based on the reviews I read on Amazon. I believe the negative reviews were all based on a line said by Miguel. When Allegra asks him if he brings his women to her beach house he replies, "Occasionally." I'm not convinced that he was cheating on her though. It's clear that he was angry at her question, and was trying to hurt her. Later on in the novel he makes it clear to the reader that he has never broken his vow of fidelity to Allegra, though he feels he has failed to keep his vows to love and protect her. In fact we only have 1 confirmed lover which was a relationship that ended years before their marriage. I guess the question is whether or not he still considered himself married after he thought Allegra had been unfaithful to him. The question is never resolved, and I would have liked it if he had admitted to lying to her about the women. Still, this alleged infidelity was not a deal breaker for me, because I'm not convinced it actually happened.
Putting aside the question of infidelity, I'm still not sure whether I liked this book. Miguel's mother and Allegra's uncle deliberately lie to them in an effort to break up the marriage. Interfering relatives is one thing, but to be so obviously malicious is hard to believe. Miguel himself was not particularly likeable. He is somewhat redeemed in my eyes by his own admission of guilt with regards to his neglect of Allegra during her pregnancy, but he pretty much spends the whole book trying to deny his feelings for her and keep her at arm's length, only to suddenly declare his love for her at the end. His declaration was so out of the blue, it just wasn't believable. It seemed like the author suddenly realised she was running out of pages and it was time for the big confession to make everything all right.
Finally, a big thumbs down from me for the cheesy pregnancy epilogue. As soon as I read that Allegra couldn't have children, I feared this happening. You know this is going to happen as soon as you see phrases like "highly unlikely to ever have children" instead of the heroine being straight out infertile.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 12, 2012
Miguel-Allegra both deeply love each other,Miguel has never confessed his love he has always kept it to himself,the story stars with Allegra coming to Beach house from there on we come to know what happened,it was full of angst and tension but as story progressed we get to know both were played by the villain,due to lack of communication and trust the third person took advantage of it,said so many vile things about them and they blindly went on believing everything.
Still i can excuse it cause they both were going through so much but then the question "Whether Miguel cheat on her"was not cleared,when Allegra asks "Did he brought his woman here"he says "Occasionally" but it was clear he said it in anger but would have liked it if it was said from Miguel that he said that in anger.Also it was revealed he had only one other lover who was way before his marriage to Allegra,so i am taking it Miguel did not break his marriage vows.
Miguel's love confession was so out of the blue,through the story both are figuring lies told to them,who all played them and then suddenly out of the blue Miguel declares his love and HEA.
Also Allegra was told now she can never have children but at the end after two surgeries she has a 2 month old son,why could'nt they have adopted it instead of conceiving it:(
Overall okay read for me,few things were not cleared out which spoiled it for me.
Still i can excuse it cause they both were going through so much but then the question "Whether Miguel cheat on her"was not cleared,when Allegra asks "Did he brought his woman here"he says "Occasionally" but it was clear he said it in anger but would have liked it if it was said from Miguel that he said that in anger.Also it was revealed he had only one other lover who was way before his marriage to Allegra,so i am taking it Miguel did not break his marriage vows.
Miguel's love confession was so out of the blue,through the story both are figuring lies told to them,who all played them and then suddenly out of the blue Miguel declares his love and HEA.
Also Allegra was told now she can never have children but at the end after two surgeries she has a 2 month old son,why could'nt they have adopted it instead of conceiving it:(
Overall okay read for me,few things were not cleared out which spoiled it for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 26, 2012
This book was based on lies and a horrible tragedy that has consequences for everyone involved. If you want to read a harlequin dealing with high emotions and loss, this is the book for you to read. I was amazed that a loss of a child would destroy a family due to lies and the death of the hero and heroines daughter but it had. The book goes through the motions with them and eventually find out that they have both been played.
September 18, 2023
Too depressing, and annoying hero, why doesn’t he just listen to her!
June 5, 2019
This is my first read by Janette Kenny. And first Harlequin based in Mexico. Proud Revenge, Passionate Wedlock is a story about Allegra Vandohrn and Miguel Gutierrez. Allegra's back in Cancún, to seek closure. Her one-month-old baby girl - Cristobel - died, and her husband blames her for it. In her beach house, where she met Miguel for the first time two years back and came to the decision not to go ahead with her marriage to the English doctor. So soon after the accident she and her daughter were in, which killed her daughter, she has a gap in her memory and - doctors orders - she isn't strong enough to face it all, face the grief. But she wants closure. Enters Miguel, seeing Allegra after six long months, burning with rage and a thirst for revenge. Revenge for deserting him and for the death of his daughter by running away with her lover - the bodyguard he had hired for her.
The book starts on a bleak but angtsy note. The author brings out the emotions of the characters perfectly. Her Uncle Loring and his madre, who's out of the picture till much later, seem to be the culprit, feeding fake stories spiced with gossip about each to the other. While Miguel believes she was with her lover, she was actually in a private sanitarium, recovering from the accident. And from the trauma of losing her child and the ability to conceive. He has many other charges against her, and hence the passionate hate. While her select memories are yet to come back, Miguel's mother lashes out at her behind his back. Miguel, on the other hand, continues to judge Allegra based on his past and prejudices. They come together again, share the sadness, anger, pain at what they couldn't prevent and what all they lost, of what could have been.
When his heritage, his lineage was revealed at the end, it was quite the surprise, and I wasn't expecting that. This is a romance, and I was expecting something very sinister, more than what the author showed here. Ha! For all the wrongs that were listed, where's the justice? The ending left too much to be desired.
The book starts on a bleak but angtsy note. The author brings out the emotions of the characters perfectly. Her Uncle Loring and his madre, who's out of the picture till much later, seem to be the culprit, feeding fake stories spiced with gossip about each to the other. While Miguel believes she was with her lover, she was actually in a private sanitarium, recovering from the accident. And from the trauma of losing her child and the ability to conceive. He has many other charges against her, and hence the passionate hate. While her select memories are yet to come back, Miguel's mother lashes out at her behind his back. Miguel, on the other hand, continues to judge Allegra based on his past and prejudices. They come together again, share the sadness, anger, pain at what they couldn't prevent and what all they lost, of what could have been.
When his heritage, his lineage was revealed at the end, it was quite the surprise, and I wasn't expecting that. This is a romance, and I was expecting something very sinister, more than what the author showed here. Ha! For all the wrongs that were listed, where's the justice? The ending left too much to be desired.
February 1, 2015
This was a strange one.
It had everything but the kitchen sink...Human trafficking, Amnesia, Secret missions, murder, Evil relatives, Stolen treasures, blackmail... It really straddled the line between your average HQ and the ridiculous OTT ones. I would have enjoyed it more if the author could have picked one, either stick with the realism of two people struggling after the death of a child, or go with the human trafficking gone bad(does it ever go good?) craziness but her vacillation between the two made the book less enjoyable
It also had some glaring plot errors
It had everything but the kitchen sink...Human trafficking, Amnesia, Secret missions, murder, Evil relatives, Stolen treasures, blackmail... It really straddled the line between your average HQ and the ridiculous OTT ones. I would have enjoyed it more if the author could have picked one, either stick with the realism of two people struggling after the death of a child, or go with the human trafficking gone bad(does it ever go good?) craziness but her vacillation between the two made the book less enjoyable
It also had some glaring plot errors
March 20, 2010
Tedious. Unfortunately, the author didn't make me feel the seething angst which is my main reason for reading M&B/Harlequins. Nor was it ever made clear, as far as I could see, that Miguel realised she hadn't cheated on him.
There are too many mistakes that I would have expected an editor to pick up, for example, 'I am not the type man who talks about his conquests with his wife' rather than 'type OF man'. Also, 'amanate' for 'amante'. But I could have lived with them if I'd actually cared whether the characters ended up together.
There are too many mistakes that I would have expected an editor to pick up, for example, 'I am not the type man who talks about his conquests with his wife' rather than 'type OF man'. Also, 'amanate' for 'amante'. But I could have lived with them if I'd actually cared whether the characters ended up together.
September 19, 2018
Meh.
No real comeuppance for evil characters. No real remorse or apology fromH. Even though he was played, he also fell easily for their lies and although his past was part of his easy manipulation, he still treated her like shit before the accident, abandoned her after the accident and was a complete arse.
Story was pretty average writing was just above average characters were ok, angst didn't really work.
Meh!
No real comeuppance for evil characters. No real remorse or apology fromH. Even though he was played, he also fell easily for their lies and although his past was part of his easy manipulation, he still treated her like shit before the accident, abandoned her after the accident and was a complete arse.
Story was pretty average writing was just above average characters were ok, angst didn't really work.
Meh!
September 5, 2023
No, definitely.
The plot is usual, evil relatives who try to separate the characters and an addiction of a criminal bodyguard who basically was trafficking in human lives and taking money from refugees.
The heroine was the hero’s mistress and got pregnant, he married but was detached and always working, because? At first it would seem he was trying not to love the heroine too much, afterwards it seems that he loved her but had business to do.
The heroine was ambushed by bodyguard and was seriously injured and for five months she was in a sanatorium.
Her lil daughter was killed in the accident.
Both his mother and her uncle tells the hero she was running away with her lover, the bodyguard and the mother il law even adds her two cents, that the heroine stole all the jewels.
The hero plans his revenge when she comes back to Mexico to visit her daughter grave.
It was all so sad. And honestly I understand that she felt neglected by the hero but mixing herself with refugees in a foreign dangerous country, well she was reckless.
The hero wants revenge and plans to have sex with her for one week then he would let her go.
She accepts, without much fuss, if she gave her a divorce.
They talk and they clear the air, they find out they were deceived by the people who were near them.
He has huge faults because he wasn’t even celibate during those five months when she was in hospital.
He blamed her for everything and never tried to look for her, it seems to me he didn’t actually care.
He could have found out the truth sooner.
Eventually all is well but the people responsible for their separation didn’t have a fair karma.
And she forgave him everything. The neglect, the mistrust, the cheating ( because he did cheat since they were married.)
Not one but two because there is also the matter of refugees and some other local issues that were almost more interesting that their story.
They both seem too cold and unemotional for the tragedy that happened.
The plot is usual, evil relatives who try to separate the characters and an addiction of a criminal bodyguard who basically was trafficking in human lives and taking money from refugees.
The heroine was the hero’s mistress and got pregnant, he married but was detached and always working, because? At first it would seem he was trying not to love the heroine too much, afterwards it seems that he loved her but had business to do.
The heroine was ambushed by bodyguard and was seriously injured and for five months she was in a sanatorium.
Her lil daughter was killed in the accident.
Both his mother and her uncle tells the hero she was running away with her lover, the bodyguard and the mother il law even adds her two cents, that the heroine stole all the jewels.
The hero plans his revenge when she comes back to Mexico to visit her daughter grave.
It was all so sad. And honestly I understand that she felt neglected by the hero but mixing herself with refugees in a foreign dangerous country, well she was reckless.
The hero wants revenge and plans to have sex with her for one week then he would let her go.
She accepts, without much fuss, if she gave her a divorce.
They talk and they clear the air, they find out they were deceived by the people who were near them.
He has huge faults because he wasn’t even celibate during those five months when she was in hospital.
He blamed her for everything and never tried to look for her, it seems to me he didn’t actually care.
He could have found out the truth sooner.
Eventually all is well but the people responsible for their separation didn’t have a fair karma.
And she forgave him everything. The neglect, the mistrust, the cheating ( because he did cheat since they were married.)
Not one but two because there is also the matter of refugees and some other local issues that were almost more interesting that their story.
They both seem too cold and unemotional for the tragedy that happened.
December 23, 2025
Allegra owns a beach house in Cancun, where she meets Miguel. They have a whirlwind romance and marry quickly. But as soon as the idyllic vacation is over, she discovers he was really a workaholic, and they rarely see each other. She spends all her time in their family hacienda with his mother, who hates her. Then she gets pregnant. They have a baby named Cristobel. Miguel is still never home after Cristobel was born, but he hires a bodyguard (Amando) to keep Allegra and the baby safe when he wasn't around. (He's a billionaire, it's Mexico, it's dangerous.)
One day, about six months ago, Allegra and Cristobel (a month old) were in a car wreck. Miguel never came to see about her, so her uncle takes over her care and sends her back to England to a care facility, since she had no reason to stay in Cancun. She was in a coma for 5 months. She eventually wakes up asking to see Cristobel, but Cristobel died in the accident. Allegra can't remember the accident, or much of the days around it. Her uncle explains to her that the accident was her fault.
Now she's well enough to leave the facility. She returns to Cancun to see Cristobel's grave, sell the beach house, and get a divorce from Miguel.
Miguel thinks Allegra was having an affair with her bodyguard (Amando), and that she became reckless and caused the accident that killed their baby. She was left unharmed and able to go back to England, totally carefree, with Amando. This is what Allegra's uncle told him. Miguel doesn't know she's been recuperating from amnesia and surgery in a care facility. He thinks if she had been seriously injured, her uncle or his mother would have told him. He hasn't divorced her because staying married will help in his revenge plot against her. (She might have amnesia about the accident, but she knows she wasn't having an affair.)
Upon seeing each other at her beach house, they argue, and he keeps saying things about her lover, and she says she doesn't have a lover, which just makes him angrier. Miguel doesn't believe she was in a sanitarium. He proposes to bring her back to their hacienda and have a fling with her for the next week, then he will agree to an uncontested divorce. She's a horny cow so she agrees. (I wish there was some other reason she agreed, but that's really the reason.)
What is his revenge plan? To have her fall in love with him and then break her heart, like she did to him. To leave her with nothing. But he doesn't know that she's already mentally prepared for him to "love her and leave her." So it sounds like this revenge plan isn't really going to work.
Meanwhile, there's a hurricane headed for Cancun, and they need to evacuate the beach house and go to the family hacienda, the house she was leaving with her baby the day of the accident. Will her memories return if she goes back there? All she knows is that she is not looking forward to staying there, trapped with her JNMIL who hates her.
At the hacienda, during the storm, she and Miguel end up trapped in his boathouse, and she's so horny she finally tells him she has fertility problems so they can just go ahead and hate fuck in the boathouse.
She also tells him his mother knew about her injuries because his mother had gone to the hospital, but left before she woke up.
After the hurricane, they go out to the surrounding village and distribute water, and one of the people there tells Miguel she saw the "accident." A man purposefully rear ended the car, then opened the rear door, and presumably saw the baby was dead, and left Allegra there to die. Was it a kidnapper who ended up killing the baby he hoped to kidnap?
Now Miguel knows Allegra didn't cause the accident, but he still thinks she left the hacienda that day to run off with Amando, so Miguel still thinks she's unfaithful. She's not off the hook yet.
He tells her the real reason he was never home after the baby was born is because he was having another house built, so they could live in their own house together without JNMIL. But he had never bothered to tell her anything about it.
He finds some jewelry hidden, that his mother had claimed Allegra stole. He goes to confront his mom, who admits to lying to get rid of Allegra.
So Allegra and Miguel decide to try and rebuild the marriage.
IDK how I feel about this one. They barely got to know each other before marriage, and then Miguel was never around and never talked to her about anything after that, then they were separated after the accident. I just can't believe in their HEA.
And the story tries to deal with a lot of heavy topics like the Conquest, the aristocratic Spanish land ownership system in Latin American colonies, the rights of the indigenous, the racial issues of Spaniards, Indigenous, and Mestizo, etc. Too heavy for an HQ romance.
One day, about six months ago, Allegra and Cristobel (a month old) were in a car wreck. Miguel never came to see about her, so her uncle takes over her care and sends her back to England to a care facility, since she had no reason to stay in Cancun. She was in a coma for 5 months. She eventually wakes up asking to see Cristobel, but Cristobel died in the accident. Allegra can't remember the accident, or much of the days around it. Her uncle explains to her that the accident was her fault.
Now she's well enough to leave the facility. She returns to Cancun to see Cristobel's grave, sell the beach house, and get a divorce from Miguel.
Miguel thinks Allegra was having an affair with her bodyguard (Amando), and that she became reckless and caused the accident that killed their baby. She was left unharmed and able to go back to England, totally carefree, with Amando. This is what Allegra's uncle told him. Miguel doesn't know she's been recuperating from amnesia and surgery in a care facility. He thinks if she had been seriously injured, her uncle or his mother would have told him. He hasn't divorced her because staying married will help in his revenge plot against her. (She might have amnesia about the accident, but she knows she wasn't having an affair.)
Upon seeing each other at her beach house, they argue, and he keeps saying things about her lover, and she says she doesn't have a lover, which just makes him angrier. Miguel doesn't believe she was in a sanitarium. He proposes to bring her back to their hacienda and have a fling with her for the next week, then he will agree to an uncontested divorce. She's a horny cow so she agrees. (I wish there was some other reason she agreed, but that's really the reason.)
What is his revenge plan? To have her fall in love with him and then break her heart, like she did to him. To leave her with nothing. But he doesn't know that she's already mentally prepared for him to "love her and leave her." So it sounds like this revenge plan isn't really going to work.
Meanwhile, there's a hurricane headed for Cancun, and they need to evacuate the beach house and go to the family hacienda, the house she was leaving with her baby the day of the accident. Will her memories return if she goes back there? All she knows is that she is not looking forward to staying there, trapped with her JNMIL who hates her.
At the hacienda, during the storm, she and Miguel end up trapped in his boathouse, and she's so horny she finally tells him she has fertility problems so they can just go ahead and hate fuck in the boathouse.
She also tells him his mother knew about her injuries because his mother had gone to the hospital, but left before she woke up.
After the hurricane, they go out to the surrounding village and distribute water, and one of the people there tells Miguel she saw the "accident." A man purposefully rear ended the car, then opened the rear door, and presumably saw the baby was dead, and left Allegra there to die. Was it a kidnapper who ended up killing the baby he hoped to kidnap?
Now Miguel knows Allegra didn't cause the accident, but he still thinks she left the hacienda that day to run off with Amando, so Miguel still thinks she's unfaithful. She's not off the hook yet.
He tells her the real reason he was never home after the baby was born is because he was having another house built, so they could live in their own house together without JNMIL. But he had never bothered to tell her anything about it.
He finds some jewelry hidden, that his mother had claimed Allegra stole. He goes to confront his mom, who admits to lying to get rid of Allegra.
So Allegra and Miguel decide to try and rebuild the marriage.
IDK how I feel about this one. They barely got to know each other before marriage, and then Miguel was never around and never talked to her about anything after that, then they were separated after the accident. I just can't believe in their HEA.
And the story tries to deal with a lot of heavy topics like the Conquest, the aristocratic Spanish land ownership system in Latin American colonies, the rights of the indigenous, the racial issues of Spaniards, Indigenous, and Mestizo, etc. Too heavy for an HQ romance.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 5, 2022
Lots going on with interesting plot but author substituted explicit scenes for character development.
January 14, 2012
This may be the last of my Harlequin reviews for awhile, unless I decide to make another trip a local library that stocks these (not the library closest to me). I think I saved the best for last. After 6 months away, Allegra Vandhorn returns to the Yucatan to get closure on the events that ruined her marriage to billionaire Miguel Gutierrez. However Miguel has something else in mind when his English rose returns - vengeance. He's still angry at her sudden departure and tells her the only way he'll let her have her divorce is if she'll stay with him for a week and do whatever he asks.
Not surprisingly there's a lot more going on under the surface of this one. Quickly we realize that the couple split because of an accident that killed their only child. However each party has been told a drastically different version of events, and as they slowly uncover the truth, they discover that they may not have as many reasons to separate as they thought.
I loved all the tension in this one. Miguel and Allegra are still obviously attracted to each other, but thanks to the cracks that had already appeared in their marriage before the accident, it was easy for them to be misled by meddlers. I was glad that they not only found out the real story of what led up to the accident, but realized that they had to fix the problems they had been having months before the accident. Very satisfying.
Not surprisingly there's a lot more going on under the surface of this one. Quickly we realize that the couple split because of an accident that killed their only child. However each party has been told a drastically different version of events, and as they slowly uncover the truth, they discover that they may not have as many reasons to separate as they thought.
I loved all the tension in this one. Miguel and Allegra are still obviously attracted to each other, but thanks to the cracks that had already appeared in their marriage before the accident, it was easy for them to be misled by meddlers. I was glad that they not only found out the real story of what led up to the accident, but realized that they had to fix the problems they had been having months before the accident. Very satisfying.
August 10, 2014
WOW!!! d:)
WOW!!! d:)
I have circled this title for quite awhile, both intrigued by the reviews but put off by the reviews. Fully prepared to kick myself, I took the plunge. Wow, I wish I would have read it sooner! Warning... this isn't a light and fluffly read, It deals with tough subject matter such as the death of a child, the inability to conceive and SUPPOSED infidelity, (NO ONE CHEATED)! Additionally the MIL and uncle lied about key events. Here's the deal.... The h is crushed because her baby died in a car accident, she can't have more children and she believes her husband doesn't love her. The H is one ticked off hombre because he thinks his wife has left him and while fleeing to be with her lover,she has an accident that their daughter dies in. Clearly they have a lot of angst to deal with. The author did a great job of handling the subject matter and developing the characters. This story kept my attention and is a testament that life can be hard, people are flawed and change requires us to leave our comfort zone. I'm glad I ignored the negative reviews d:)
WOW!!! d:)
I have circled this title for quite awhile, both intrigued by the reviews but put off by the reviews. Fully prepared to kick myself, I took the plunge. Wow, I wish I would have read it sooner! Warning... this isn't a light and fluffly read, It deals with tough subject matter such as the death of a child, the inability to conceive and SUPPOSED infidelity, (NO ONE CHEATED)! Additionally the MIL and uncle lied about key events. Here's the deal.... The h is crushed because her baby died in a car accident, she can't have more children and she believes her husband doesn't love her. The H is one ticked off hombre because he thinks his wife has left him and while fleeing to be with her lover,she has an accident that their daughter dies in. Clearly they have a lot of angst to deal with. The author did a great job of handling the subject matter and developing the characters. This story kept my attention and is a testament that life can be hard, people are flawed and change requires us to leave our comfort zone. I'm glad I ignored the negative reviews d:)
August 19, 2016
Miguel e Allegra sono in un punto fermo. Hanno subito una tragedia e Allegra cerca di dimenticare partendo dove tutto è cominciato. Miguel fa una proposta indecente ad Allegra non capendo che la vera motivazione è che lui è ancora innamorato di lei e viceversa. La madre di Miguel, in realtà non la madre biologia, è una vera vipera... Sapevo che dietro il presunto furto di gioielli c'era lei. Il caso ha voluto che la bambola di porcellana che conteneva i gioielli si rompesse e rivelasse la verità. Non mi sarei stupita se dietro l'incidente di Allegra ci fosse lei. Libro bello, romantico e drammatico, mi ha saputo tenere incollata in poche ore! Sono stata felice di constatare che Allegra e Miguel alla fine sono riusciti ad avere un figlio e il loro futuro promette davvero bene ;) Un pò mi dispiace non sapere che fine abbia fatto il perfido Amando, ma si evince dall'ira di Miguel che non se la sarebbe cavata tanto bene. 5 stelle *-*
December 29, 2020
Untamable conquistador blood runs fiercly through Miguel Gutierrez's veins. He's conquered the business world to make billions, built his luxury hacienda -- he owns all he can see... But the one thing he can't buy is his wife's love. Miguel is a proud and passionate man. He has vowed to honour Allegra to his dying day. But now that promise has changed. Miguel will make her regret her callous disregard of their marriage vows. He will not let her go -- not until he's had his revenge
November 25, 2015
2.5
Esto es extraño, este libro tenia todo el drama para poder ser una historia en la cual realmente te interesaras, pero a medida que se iba desarrollando el libro, era imposible lograr entender, meterte en la piel de los personajes. Al final lo único que quería era terminar el libro, y no porque me gustará sino porque ya me tenía aburrida :(
Esto es extraño, este libro tenia todo el drama para poder ser una historia en la cual realmente te interesaras, pero a medida que se iba desarrollando el libro, era imposible lograr entender, meterte en la piel de los personajes. Al final lo único que quería era terminar el libro, y no porque me gustará sino porque ya me tenía aburrida :(
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March 25, 2019So the tragedy before the plot is too serious for how the couple reacts. The villains weren’t dealt with in the end. The hero never believed the heroine and only wanted to sleep with her. They had nothing in common but sex which is pointed out but ignored. Skip
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