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The Reluctant Grooms #3
Designs On Love
Always the seamstress, never the bride...
Bridal-gown designer Devon Fleming yearned for more. She was especially tired of being a "good girl" and dating respectable, boring men. Then daring, sexy foreign correspondent Tristan Parrish stormed into her life. Devon told herself that her designs on him were purely physical, but she knew she was lying....
Globe-trotting Tristan Parrish lived for the here and now. He thrived on conflict, on being in the midst of fast-breaking stories--and to hell with commitment! So why was he drawn to quiet, self-assured Devon Fleming? She believed in forever. Could he convince her to throw caution to the wind and take a chance on him?
Bridal-gown designer Devon Fleming yearned for more. She was especially tired of being a "good girl" and dating respectable, boring men. Then daring, sexy foreign correspondent Tristan Parrish stormed into her life. Devon told herself that her designs on him were purely physical, but she knew she was lying....
Globe-trotting Tristan Parrish lived for the here and now. He thrived on conflict, on being in the midst of fast-breaking stories--and to hell with commitment! So why was he drawn to quiet, self-assured Devon Fleming? She believed in forever. Could he convince her to throw caution to the wind and take a chance on him?
221 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1992
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Gina Wilkins
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Gina Wilkins sold her first book to Harlequin in 1987, and has been writing full-time ever since, publishing more than 90 books for Harlequin/Silhouette. Her books are translated into 20 languages. A lifelong resident of central Arkansas, she attended Arkansas State University, obtaining a degree in journalism. She pursued careers in advertising and human resource development before achieving her lifelong goal of becoming a published writer. The bestselling author is a four-time winner of the prestigious Maggie Award for Excellence sponsored by the Georgia Romance Writers, and has won several awards from the reviewers of Romantic Times magazine. She was a recent nominee for a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times.
A member of Romance Writers of America, Diamond State Romance Authors and Novelists, Inc., she is a past president of Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas. She is a frequent speaker at writers’ conferences, civic organizations and in middle and senior high schools, where she focuses on literacy and goal setting.
Gina and John, her husband of more than 30 years, have raised three “extraordinary” children, two daughters and a son, all pursuing careers in science and medicine.
Gina Wilkins sold her first book to Harlequin in 1987, and has been writing full-time ever since, publishing more than 90 books for Harlequin/Silhouette. Her books are translated into 20 languages. A lifelong resident of central Arkansas, she attended Arkansas State University, obtaining a degree in journalism. She pursued careers in advertising and human resource development before achieving her lifelong goal of becoming a published writer. The bestselling author is a four-time winner of the prestigious Maggie Award for Excellence sponsored by the Georgia Romance Writers, and has won several awards from the reviewers of Romantic Times magazine. She was a recent nominee for a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times.
A member of Romance Writers of America, Diamond State Romance Authors and Novelists, Inc., she is a past president of Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas. She is a frequent speaker at writers’ conferences, civic organizations and in middle and senior high schools, where she focuses on literacy and goal setting.
Gina and John, her husband of more than 30 years, have raised three “extraordinary” children, two daughters and a son, all pursuing careers in science and medicine.
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February 9, 2025
I needed something exceedingly light as a break so found this when I was in the basement doing laundry. It fit the bill and was a fast but dated read as it was written in 1992. Served the purpose for why it was chosen and was a decent escape.
January 17, 2025
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July 27, 2014
Okay - according to the GoodReads dates, this review likely looks like a contender for the Longest Time Taken to Read a HQ Novel Ever. Full disclosure - I read the prologue to this a year ago, during a major Spring Clean, during which I purged a ton of paperbacks. This got boxed up, and I erroneously thought I had accidentally shipped it off without reading it. Fishing through the paperbacks in preparation for another purge, I recognized this cover (thanks to my GR page!), and decided I should finally finish it, in an effort to weed my ridiculously long Currently Reading list.
I'm really glad I did. Absolutely, enjoyably "generic" (in the good sense of the word, meaning a perfect genre piece) - a sweetly sensual romance, a nice, quick read, and enjoyable characters. Happily, there's not too much junk about dress making in here (something I feared from reading the description), and the hero is thoroughly delightful. The plot is simple, quick and sigh-inducing.
A word about the description/series/title - this book has very little "man hunting" in it, thankfully. I found the description of "Reluctant Grooms" off-putting, as billionaires running away from man-hungry, love-obsessed females like startled gazelles really isn't my thing. This book is much, much better than I was lead to believe from the title/series theme. It's a mature, sweet love story, the classic kind.
This one's going back into the "keep for re-read" box. I'm glad I didn't release it back into the wild; it was an excellent cause of romantic sighs on a chilly Sunday afternoon for this genre fan.
I'm really glad I did. Absolutely, enjoyably "generic" (in the good sense of the word, meaning a perfect genre piece) - a sweetly sensual romance, a nice, quick read, and enjoyable characters. Happily, there's not too much junk about dress making in here (something I feared from reading the description), and the hero is thoroughly delightful. The plot is simple, quick and sigh-inducing.
A word about the description/series/title - this book has very little "man hunting" in it, thankfully. I found the description of "Reluctant Grooms" off-putting, as billionaires running away from man-hungry, love-obsessed females like startled gazelles really isn't my thing. This book is much, much better than I was lead to believe from the title/series theme. It's a mature, sweet love story, the classic kind.
This one's going back into the "keep for re-read" box. I'm glad I didn't release it back into the wild; it was an excellent cause of romantic sighs on a chilly Sunday afternoon for this genre fan.
January 19, 2008
A fun little jaunt through a traditional romance novel storyline, but with the slight twist that the man (Our Hero) has been in love from the start and has been wooing the woman and trying to do the right thing for their relationship, and it's the woman who screws things all to hell by being all faux-macho about the relationship and talking trash to her sister. Sadly, the man's mysterious, tragic past is summed up in a single paragraph at the end of the story, which seems like poor planning on the part of the author.
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