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The Millionaire Boss's Reluctant Mistress
Aristocratic playboy surgeon Charles Radley is never out of the gossip columns—he's pictured each week with a different woman in tow. Sophie can't believe such an arrogant womanizer has been employed as her new boss! Badly hurt by men of his pedigree before, she doesn't trust the handsome millionaire. Yet red-hot sparks ignite between them….
For Charlie, Sophie's vulnerability and softness offer a refreshing change from society “it” girls. Sophie's reluctant to be seduced—but Charlie's determined to make her his very willing mistress!
For Charlie, Sophie's vulnerability and softness offer a refreshing change from society “it” girls. Sophie's reluctant to be seduced—but Charlie's determined to make her his very willing mistress!
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Kate Hardy
935 books263 followersKate Hardy is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Georgina Drake cozy crime series for Storm. Her novel 'Breakfast at Giovanni's' won the RNA Romance Prize in 2008, 'Bound by a Baby' won the RNA RoNA Rose in 2014 and ‘A Will, A Wish, A Wedding’ won the RNA Liberta Books Shorter Fiction award in 2021. She's been shortlisted six more times for the award, as well as for two Romantic Times awards.
She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, particularly if it's hands-on and means experimenting with cooking. Reviewers say that her books are full of warmth, heart and charm - and also that you'll learn something new and interesting from them!
Kate also writes bestselling local history books under the name of Pamela Brooks.
She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, particularly if it's hands-on and means experimenting with cooking. Reviewers say that her books are full of warmth, heart and charm - and also that you'll learn something new and interesting from them!
Kate also writes bestselling local history books under the name of Pamela Brooks.
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April 20, 2017The psychological treatment for trauma after abuse/rape/assault exists for a reason. Or else we all would have been referred to alpha HP hunks with magic Preens to cure our traumatised pass.
This is bullshit.
I rest my case.
End rant.
Over and out!
*********
To be fair, she DID see someone, so book should have been better than the others as it started taking realistic approach, however, at the end of the day, the magic p heals her completely!
This is bullshit.
I rest my case.
End rant.
Over and out!
*********
To be fair, she DID see someone, so book should have been better than the others as it started taking realistic approach, however, at the end of the day, the magic p heals her completely!
November 21, 2009
I'm pretty sure this is one of those Harlequin Presents that were originally published in the "Modern Heat" line: it's mostly a standard contemporary romance, though with a few odd little Presents-like touches here and there. It's a work romance--both the hero and the heroine are surgeons, though you'd never know it from the blurb--but he's also got a title and is bitter over the woman who done him wrong. The heroine also has some major ghosts to exorcise, including very nasty associations with upper-class men. There's a bit more info-dumping about injuries and surgical procedure than I found really interesting, but it's a nice read, with nice characters.
Edited to add: No, not "Modern Heat"--"Mills and Boon Medical Romance." That explains the more-than-I-wanted-to-know medical info.
Edited to add: No, not "Modern Heat"--"Mills and Boon Medical Romance." That explains the more-than-I-wanted-to-know medical info.
February 1, 2018
3.5 stars
August 1, 2015
This might be the worst titled mistress book I have ever seen.
1) Boss isn't a millionaire, or if he is, he's an extremely cash poor one. Which is repeatedly mentioned in the book.
2) They aren't even together for most of the book and don't sleep together for reasons until the very end.
3) Everything else.
1) Boss isn't a millionaire, or if he is, he's an extremely cash poor one. Which is repeatedly mentioned in the book.
2) They aren't even together for most of the book and don't sleep together for reasons until the very end.
3) Everything else.
August 13, 2023
I wasn't aware until I read the other reviews that the US edition of this book has a different, misleading, title (The Millionaire Boss's Reluctant Mistress, not Her Celebrity Surgeon) and blurb (Charlie's not a womaniser & he doesn't want her to be his mistress) and a 'clinch' cover, rather than Charlie in a white coat and stethoscope.
Registrar Dr Sophie Baron, who has a working class London background, is furious, convinced that the new Director of Surgery, Baron Rupert Charles Radley, old Etonian and plastic surgeon, has only been appointed for his title. Sophie despises the upper classes, having seen how they could get away with anything at university.
Charlie finds his title a burden. He's followed by the paparazzi. (This I find unlikely. According to my research, there are 426 hereditary barons in the UK, as well as 364 aristocrats of higher rank. You'd think the paps would have bigger fish to fry). His country estate, Weston, eats money. His shallow, self-centred mother lives there with her second husband. Everyone wants to be his friend, so they can say they're friends with the aristocracy. His cynical, womanising younger brother Seb tells Charlie, who has been badly hurt by a woman, that all women are gold-diggers.
Sophie and Charlie are reluctantly attracted to each other. After a difficult shift, she tells him what happened to her at med school but Seb's insinuations about Sophie start to work on Charlie's mind. He convinces himself that she has an ulterior motive and freezes her out. Then the paparazzi get photos of her...
Although Charlie has been hurt in the past, he knew how traumatised Sophie had been by her past. His thinking that she had used him and refusal to talk about it was unreasonable.
The medical cases, and ethical questions about them, are interesting.
Registrar Dr Sophie Baron, who has a working class London background, is furious, convinced that the new Director of Surgery, Baron Rupert Charles Radley, old Etonian and plastic surgeon, has only been appointed for his title. Sophie despises the upper classes, having seen how they could get away with anything at university.
Charlie finds his title a burden. He's followed by the paparazzi. (This I find unlikely. According to my research, there are 426 hereditary barons in the UK, as well as 364 aristocrats of higher rank. You'd think the paps would have bigger fish to fry). His country estate, Weston, eats money. His shallow, self-centred mother lives there with her second husband. Everyone wants to be his friend, so they can say they're friends with the aristocracy. His cynical, womanising younger brother Seb tells Charlie, who has been badly hurt by a woman, that all women are gold-diggers.
Sophie and Charlie are reluctantly attracted to each other. After a difficult shift, she tells him what happened to her at med school but Seb's insinuations about Sophie start to work on Charlie's mind. He convinces himself that she has an ulterior motive and freezes her out. Then the paparazzi get photos of her...
Although Charlie has been hurt in the past, he knew how traumatised Sophie had been by her past. His thinking that she had used him and refusal to talk about it was unreasonable.
The medical cases, and ethical questions about them, are interesting.
July 15, 2018
The title suggests a very different story than what was written. In fact, I almost skipped it because of the title. However, the millionaire boss was actually very sensitive, and he was not pushing Sophie to be his mistress.
Outside of my concern with the title, I enjoyed the story. Charlie was wonderful but human. Sophie was not remotely annoying to me.
Outside of my concern with the title, I enjoyed the story. Charlie was wonderful but human. Sophie was not remotely annoying to me.
April 27, 2020
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March 8, 2017
Wow he isn't a millionaire and she isn't his mistress? Not sure what is with the title of this book. It was just okay for me. The characters had a lot of baggage and spent most the book apart.
April 17, 2013
Why the hell did they change the title for the American edition?!? Very misleading. As is the flavor text. Good story, had way more depth than the blurb implies. Based on this I would definitely read this author again.
March 30, 2011
Could have done with a better title, but the book was good.
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July 27, 2011It was good.
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