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Constantine's Defiant Mistress
HOUSEKEEPER --- AT THE GREEK'S BECK AND CALL!
Constantine Karantinos is Greek through and through! When he learns he has an heir he'll do anything to claim him. Even if he finds it hard to remember bedding Laura --- she was nothing more than a mousy little waitress! Maybe if he were to have her again, it would refresh his memory ...
Now that Constantine has summoned Laura to Greece, she's more stubborn than he recalls. Determined to pay her way as housekeeper, by day she insists on cooking and cleaning. However, by night Constantine demands she fulfill her bedroom duties ...
Constantine Karantinos is Greek through and through! When he learns he has an heir he'll do anything to claim him. Even if he finds it hard to remember bedding Laura --- she was nothing more than a mousy little waitress! Maybe if he were to have her again, it would refresh his memory ...
Now that Constantine has summoned Laura to Greece, she's more stubborn than he recalls. Determined to pay her way as housekeeper, by day she insists on cooking and cleaning. However, by night Constantine demands she fulfill her bedroom duties ...
186 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2009
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Sharon Kendrick
1,235 books454 followersI was told off as a child for making up stories—little did I know that one day I’d earn my living by writing them!
To the horror of my parents, I left school at sixteen and held a bewildering variety of jobs: I was a London DJ (in the now-trendy Primrose Hill), a decorator and a singer. After that I became a cook, a photographer and, eventually, a nurse. I waitressed in the south of France, drove an ambulance in Australia, saw lots of beautiful sights but could never settle down. Everywhere I went I felt like a square peg—until one day I started writing again and then everything just fell into place. I felt like Cinderella must have when the glass slipper fit!
Today, I have the best job in the world, writing passionate romances for Harlequin. I like writing stories which are sexy and fast-paced, yet packed full of emotion—stories that readers will identify with, laugh and cry along with.
My interests are many and varied—chocolate and music, fresh flowers and bubble baths, films, cooking and trying to keep my home from looking burglarized! Simple pleasures—you can’t beat them!
I live in Winchester, one of the most stunning cities in the world, but don’t take my word for it—come see for yourself! I regularly visit London and Paris. Oh, and I love hearing from my readers all over the world…so I think it’s over to you!
To the horror of my parents, I left school at sixteen and held a bewildering variety of jobs: I was a London DJ (in the now-trendy Primrose Hill), a decorator and a singer. After that I became a cook, a photographer and, eventually, a nurse. I waitressed in the south of France, drove an ambulance in Australia, saw lots of beautiful sights but could never settle down. Everywhere I went I felt like a square peg—until one day I started writing again and then everything just fell into place. I felt like Cinderella must have when the glass slipper fit!
Today, I have the best job in the world, writing passionate romances for Harlequin. I like writing stories which are sexy and fast-paced, yet packed full of emotion—stories that readers will identify with, laugh and cry along with.
My interests are many and varied—chocolate and music, fresh flowers and bubble baths, films, cooking and trying to keep my home from looking burglarized! Simple pleasures—you can’t beat them!
I live in Winchester, one of the most stunning cities in the world, but don’t take my word for it—come see for yourself! I regularly visit London and Paris. Oh, and I love hearing from my readers all over the world…so I think it’s over to you!
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April 22, 2020
Heroine is vanilla pudding.
Hero is a Sunday brunch ice statue.
Phoned in HP that meets the requirements of an HP romance with none of the sizzle.
ONS + superhero level sperm = Seven year old secret baby
Hero doesn’t remember the heroine.
He inner monologues that she waited seven years to alert him to their son because his billion euro company was having a record year. Yeah, right.
Heroine refuses his proposal twice because …I don’t know why. Oh yeah, she loves him.
Heroine talks the hero into letting her pretend to be a maid as it will make it easier for their son to transition with a new father. That's a new one.
Hero is shut down because his father loved his mother too much so he now has issues.
The heroine rolls over every time the hero looks at her coldly.
Heroine relishes being a poor doormat. Not only doesn't she take her new clothes back to England, but leaves her son's toys. Poor kid.
Not once until the hero gets mushy at the end did I see a spark, a connection other than sex between these two.
I can buy a cold hero if he feels betrayed, needs revenge, but give me something that shows why either one would fall for each other.
Hero is a Sunday brunch ice statue.
Phoned in HP that meets the requirements of an HP romance with none of the sizzle.
ONS + superhero level sperm = Seven year old secret baby
Hero doesn’t remember the heroine.
He inner monologues that she waited seven years to alert him to their son because his billion euro company was having a record year. Yeah, right.
Heroine refuses his proposal twice because …I don’t know why. Oh yeah, she loves him.
Heroine talks the hero into letting her pretend to be a maid as it will make it easier for their son to transition with a new father. That's a new one.
Hero is shut down because his father loved his mother too much so he now has issues.
The heroine rolls over every time the hero looks at her coldly.
Heroine relishes being a poor doormat. Not only doesn't she take her new clothes back to England, but leaves her son's toys. Poor kid.
Not once until the hero gets mushy at the end did I see a spark, a connection other than sex between these two.
I can buy a cold hero if he feels betrayed, needs revenge, but give me something that shows why either one would fall for each other.
February 5, 2016
Things I didn't like:
1. She's not even his mistress - what's up with HQN titles OMG. They make us romance readers look so trashy and superficial -.-
2. H is too snobby
3. The narrative describing every single move + belonging of the heroine as 'cheap' pissed me off
4. Character development of the son wasn't done well, nor was the relationship. The child was more like a side-theme instead of a major one, used just for the sake of the trope.
Things I liked:
1. Sharon Kendrick, because, well, she's old school and gives me what I look for in a romance (asshole H, loads of angst, sweet, old-school cheesiness)
2. The heroine - even if I did think she should have stood up more for herself
3. The angsty sex (obviously)
1. She's not even his mistress - what's up with HQN titles OMG. They make us romance readers look so trashy and superficial -.-
2. H is too snobby
3. The narrative describing every single move + belonging of the heroine as 'cheap' pissed me off
4. Character development of the son wasn't done well, nor was the relationship. The child was more like a side-theme instead of a major one, used just for the sake of the trope.
Things I liked:
1. Sharon Kendrick, because, well, she's old school and gives me what I look for in a romance (asshole H, loads of angst, sweet, old-school cheesiness)
2. The heroine - even if I did think she should have stood up more for herself
3. The angsty sex (obviously)
October 2, 2023
Another playboy who finds out he has a son seven years after a one night stand. She did everything she could to try and reach him but he never got the message. She sees he is going to marry and shows up at the party. But he's not getting married. he is actually getting rid of his gorgeous Swedish supermodel because she was playing games with him. She gets into his suite and tells him and of course he is ready to be a Father. And he kind of remembers her. Kind of. Just gross. He bullies her and tries to get her to marry but she refuses. Then she proposes to be a maid at his home so he could meet his son. Its a farce but he wants her and she wants him and marriage bells!
January 21, 2016
Esta novela de Sharon Kendrick mejoró sólo al final. El durante fue con ganas de estampar a la heroína contra una pared, porque podés querer a un hombre y hacerlo todo para estar con él, te aplaudo por perseverante. Lo que no tolero es que ella sea la única que se hace cargo de todo cuando él no hizo nada. No la ayudó con su embarazo a pesar de que ella fue la que contactó con él a través de siete años para decirle que esperaba un hijo suyo y luego se lava las manos diciendo "no fue mi culpa". Es más, ni siquiera la recuerda cuando la ve haciendo de camarera en una fiesta para acercarse a él y usar una última oportunidad para hablarle de que tuvieron un hijo juntos.
Otra historia con "la protección falló aunque la usaron". BLEH. Muy héroe griego, pero por favor, fijate que el anticonceptivo no venga pinchado y/o vencido, porque un embarazo es lo menos que podés agarrarte si tenés estos deslices. No les creo.
Le pongo tres estrellas porque al final la historia me cerró bastante bien. Él se pasó de tarado, pero al terminar la novela remontó un poco.
Otra historia con "la protección falló aunque la usaron". BLEH. Muy héroe griego, pero por favor, fijate que el anticonceptivo no venga pinchado y/o vencido, porque un embarazo es lo menos que podés agarrarte si tenés estos deslices. No les creo.
Le pongo tres estrellas porque al final la historia me cerró bastante bien. Él se pasó de tarado, pero al terminar la novela remontó un poco.
July 21, 2020
Just feel railroaded. I think more aptly this feeling’s called ‘wtf’. Stupidest book I can recall in my reading history.
h has a son with an alpha Greek billionaire. The son is now seven and said man is tying the knot with some OW. Finally it crashes on the h to tell the H that he has a son. The h is obviously living a hand to mouth situation. Sounds like an opportunist to the reader but she pretends damn well to convince you otherwise.
They agree on the most incredulously ludicrous arrangement possible for the H to meet his son. I’d have to really have lost my brain for reading till the end of the book.
Couldn’t stand Laura for the life of me. Such a wilting dead bore of a woman. Very granny vibes from the h. She also hasn’t had sex since her one nighter (where she got pregnant) with the H. Her holiness was a deadly pill to swallow given her needy ways. I will stop typing now. I can’t justify my dislike for the h in words.
h has a son with an alpha Greek billionaire. The son is now seven and said man is tying the knot with some OW. Finally it crashes on the h to tell the H that he has a son. The h is obviously living a hand to mouth situation. Sounds like an opportunist to the reader but she pretends damn well to convince you otherwise.
They agree on the most incredulously ludicrous arrangement possible for the H to meet his son. I’d have to really have lost my brain for reading till the end of the book.
Couldn’t stand Laura for the life of me. Such a wilting dead bore of a woman. Very granny vibes from the h. She also hasn’t had sex since her one nighter (where she got pregnant) with the H. Her holiness was a deadly pill to swallow given her needy ways. I will stop typing now. I can’t justify my dislike for the h in words.
February 14, 2012
I had no idea what the hero saw in this heroine. She looked washed out and old for her age from having a hard life, and the hero didn't even think twice about her after taking her virginity in the past. At first I was enjoying the story because it didn't seem like the run of the mill. It had a jerk of an hero that I wanted to see get taken down a notch by the heroine, but I didn't see one thing about the doormat heroine that I could believe would have made the hero fall for her, so I lost interest at about 60% and couldn't have cared less about them getting together, so I gave up. The heroine was way too dull for the hero and there was no way in "H" "E" double hockey sticks that I was gonna believe that he loved her in the end! Say yes to library ebooks, best thing since diet coke!
September 23, 2017
You know I couldn't tell if the heroine was deemed attractive or not...there seemed to be some ambiguity then moments of clarity.
This book was your typical of its genre with a twist that I enjoyed...the heroine didn't seem to be as much of a pushover as these heroines can be.
At the same time, she had sex with this guy afer he'd flat out told her that she was here as the hired help (a deal they made for the son to come out there under the guise of the mother taking a job in his home) and to not forget her place.
At this point, he would have been cut off indefinitely.
This book was your typical of its genre with a twist that I enjoyed...the heroine didn't seem to be as much of a pushover as these heroines can be.
At the same time, she had sex with this guy afer he'd flat out told her that she was here as the hired help (a deal they made for the son to come out there under the guise of the mother taking a job in his home) and to not forget her place.
At this point, he would have been cut off indefinitely.
June 22, 2015
Very middle of the road secret baby book. Not bad but not great. I didn't enjoy the hero not really remembering the heroine. It did have the element that I like in secret baby books. The heroine had tried to contact the hero but wasn't able to because he was so rich and she couldn't get through his security etc. I like there to be a decent reason for the secret baby.
So readable and enjoyable but probably not ever a reread
So readable and enjoyable but probably not ever a reread
August 21, 2018
Location: Somewhere in Greece
Laura fell in love with Constantine after spending one memorable (for her) night with him. She gave him her virginity and he gave her a baby boy, Alex.
Seven years later, she learns that Constantine is throwing a huge gala in London and is planning to her engaged to his gorgeous model girlfriend. Laura panics and realizes that this is her best chance to tell him that he has a son. So she does what all the heroines in hplandia do and she finds a way to get close to him to tell him the truth.
Well, he’s not happy about the truth. Demands proof. Is just downright nasty. Eventually gives in, accepts the boy is his and coldly proposes marriage. Cause nothing says marry me like I dislike you but you had my baby, so marry me.
When he gets turned down *gasp!*, he takes mother and child to Greece to see his old, ailing father and present the next generation to him. The h pretends to be a cleaner in his father’s house because she didn’t want to show up as just his baby mama. I still don’t understand that reasoning.
There’s lots of sex, lots of angst, lots of opportunity to smack the H upside his arrogant, obnoxious head. I enjoyed the ridiculousness of the story and was glad the tiny, fragile looking h made the big alpha male humble himself.
Laura fell in love with Constantine after spending one memorable (for her) night with him. She gave him her virginity and he gave her a baby boy, Alex.
Seven years later, she learns that Constantine is throwing a huge gala in London and is planning to her engaged to his gorgeous model girlfriend. Laura panics and realizes that this is her best chance to tell him that he has a son. So she does what all the heroines in hplandia do and she finds a way to get close to him to tell him the truth.
Well, he’s not happy about the truth. Demands proof. Is just downright nasty. Eventually gives in, accepts the boy is his and coldly proposes marriage. Cause nothing says marry me like I dislike you but you had my baby, so marry me.
When he gets turned down *gasp!*, he takes mother and child to Greece to see his old, ailing father and present the next generation to him. The h pretends to be a cleaner in his father’s house because she didn’t want to show up as just his baby mama. I still don’t understand that reasoning.
There’s lots of sex, lots of angst, lots of opportunity to smack the H upside his arrogant, obnoxious head. I enjoyed the ridiculousness of the story and was glad the tiny, fragile looking h made the big alpha male humble himself.
January 15, 2023
Awalnya penasaran karena nama tokoh Constantine, ternyata aku sangat menyukai nya
June 25, 2019
Long ago in the 1970s, romance novels used to be like this. With an arrogant, ruthless, and all round a**hole who insults the heroine for an hour, none stop, then kisses her, not because he likes her, but because he wants to prove to her that he's master.
And she is such a prize doormat that instead of telling him where to go, just melts as soon as he touches her 'traitorous body'.
Puh-leeze
One difference, in the 1970s, there was no explicit sexual content. But in this book, the arrogant Greek tycoon starts to grope her very intimately indeed.
In the street,
Outside a tourist hotel in a seaside town.
Really????
I couldn't read any more, it was making me angry and sick in equal measures.
And she is such a prize doormat that instead of telling him where to go, just melts as soon as he touches her 'traitorous body'.
Puh-leeze
One difference, in the 1970s, there was no explicit sexual content. But in this book, the arrogant Greek tycoon starts to grope her very intimately indeed.
In the street,
Outside a tourist hotel in a seaside town.
Really????
I couldn't read any more, it was making me angry and sick in equal measures.
January 24, 2016
Steamy love story full of passion but don't read this if you don't like cruel alpha heroes.
August 5, 2022
Curiosamente esta es una de las novelas de griegos que más me ha cerrado.
No es la que más me ha emocionado porque no tira de los típicos romances intensones pero super destructivos.
El protagonista es un CEO de manual, pero hasta yo veo coherente cómo reacciona cuando se entera que tiene un hijo de 6 años. No podía ser el galán perfecto en ese momento y, aunque era un imbécil de manual, se abrió a Laura muy fácil y a su hijo también. Le costó darse cuenta pero vale, que le voltearon la vida en medio minuto.
Ella era demasiado impulsiva y una romántica empedernida y yo también por más que me lo esconda a mí misma. También habría soñado con el reencuentro y el amor y toda esa basura que Laura y yo sabíamos era un cuento de hadas, aún así lo vivió con entereza y supo de qué hilo pendía el rencor del padre de su hijo.
Qué digo, me gustó. No le doy cinco estrellas porque la declaración le faltó punch y las emociones no las tuve a flor de piel que es lo que me pasa con los harlequin. <3
No es la que más me ha emocionado porque no tira de los típicos romances intensones pero super destructivos.
El protagonista es un CEO de manual, pero hasta yo veo coherente cómo reacciona cuando se entera que tiene un hijo de 6 años. No podía ser el galán perfecto en ese momento y, aunque era un imbécil de manual, se abrió a Laura muy fácil y a su hijo también. Le costó darse cuenta pero vale, que le voltearon la vida en medio minuto.
Ella era demasiado impulsiva y una romántica empedernida y yo también por más que me lo esconda a mí misma. También habría soñado con el reencuentro y el amor y toda esa basura que Laura y yo sabíamos era un cuento de hadas, aún así lo vivió con entereza y supo de qué hilo pendía el rencor del padre de su hijo.
Qué digo, me gustó. No le doy cinco estrellas porque la declaración le faltó punch y las emociones no las tuve a flor de piel que es lo que me pasa con los harlequin. <3
January 7, 2023
If it was possible to rate this in negative stars I would. The H was absolute garbage. The h was an unbearably obnoxious martyr.
The h was a virgin who had a ONS and became pregnant despite the condom.
H treated her like she was worse than trash the entire book and h took it with no protest even continuing their sexual relationship.
H did not remember her. He was a walking STD banging any available woman who stopped moving long enough to fuck for 7 years while h was completely celibate. Gross. Gross. Gross.
The h was a virgin who had a ONS and became pregnant despite the condom.
H treated her like she was worse than trash the entire book and h took it with no protest even continuing their sexual relationship.
H did not remember her. He was a walking STD banging any available woman who stopped moving long enough to fuck for 7 years while h was completely celibate. Gross. Gross. Gross.
February 6, 2022
Gosh - what a disappointment. I am left wondering if SK actually wrote this since it lacks any of the hallmark traits which make her books so irresistible!
This was a cold, uninspiring story with cold, unengaging characters, a plot line which lacked credibility and with barely any romance in it.
Constantine has to be one of the coldest and most miserable heroes I’ve come across in the Mills and Boon world. Whilst Laura is the most boring, weakest, old woman of a heroine ever. I’ve rarely disliked a woman more!
The fact that Constantine never came back for Laura and seven years later didn’t even remember her, was a total turn off for me. I like it when the h/H first encounter is impactful for both. To simply be forgotten, is too awful and hurtful for words.
The fact that Laura clung to her servile, inferior persona for so long was also a total turn-off.
Her proposal that she pretend to be a servant in Greece rather than be publicly acknowledged as Alex ‘s mother made absolutely no sense whatsoever. It was indeed beyond ridiculous, and by this time I was so fed up of this TSTL heroine that I was actually pleased when she felt so uncomfortable serving her son, Constantine and his father their meal instead of being seated with them. She’d wanted to be a servant and she deserved to feel bad about such a ridiculous idea.
The fact that she was indeed insisting that they all lived a total lie whilst in Greece didn’t seem to bother her at all. The way she succumbed to Constantine’s magic penis felt utterly unreal. Unlike so many of SK’s books where the sexual tension is palpable and real, I just didn’t feel it here.
Despite the continual sex, there was never any feeling of real romance or emotion between Constantine and Laura.
The ending, with Constantine turning up and announcing he loved her felt unreal and sadly left me cold.
I really dislike stories whether heroin constantly puts her self down, feels unworthy and inferior to all around her and resists all attempts to show herself equal to anybody and everybody. Sadly this book was filled with Laura doing exactly this on almost every page. It also showed her absolute inability to control her own urges and say no to Constantine.
As for Constantine, apart from his obvious love for his son, there seems little to like about him, and the sex scenes were disappointing and did little to develop the romance.
I am sorry to be so critical because SK is a really good writer and when she’s on form, I absolutely love her books. That’s why I’m disappointed with this one because it doesn’t match her usual high standards.
BTW - the cover and the title are totally out of sync with the story and Laura. Do those who choose cover/title ever read the book?
This was a cold, uninspiring story with cold, unengaging characters, a plot line which lacked credibility and with barely any romance in it.
Constantine has to be one of the coldest and most miserable heroes I’ve come across in the Mills and Boon world. Whilst Laura is the most boring, weakest, old woman of a heroine ever. I’ve rarely disliked a woman more!
The fact that Constantine never came back for Laura and seven years later didn’t even remember her, was a total turn off for me. I like it when the h/H first encounter is impactful for both. To simply be forgotten, is too awful and hurtful for words.
The fact that Laura clung to her servile, inferior persona for so long was also a total turn-off.
Her proposal that she pretend to be a servant in Greece rather than be publicly acknowledged as Alex ‘s mother made absolutely no sense whatsoever. It was indeed beyond ridiculous, and by this time I was so fed up of this TSTL heroine that I was actually pleased when she felt so uncomfortable serving her son, Constantine and his father their meal instead of being seated with them. She’d wanted to be a servant and she deserved to feel bad about such a ridiculous idea.
The fact that she was indeed insisting that they all lived a total lie whilst in Greece didn’t seem to bother her at all. The way she succumbed to Constantine’s magic penis felt utterly unreal. Unlike so many of SK’s books where the sexual tension is palpable and real, I just didn’t feel it here.
Despite the continual sex, there was never any feeling of real romance or emotion between Constantine and Laura.
The ending, with Constantine turning up and announcing he loved her felt unreal and sadly left me cold.
I really dislike stories whether heroin constantly puts her self down, feels unworthy and inferior to all around her and resists all attempts to show herself equal to anybody and everybody. Sadly this book was filled with Laura doing exactly this on almost every page. It also showed her absolute inability to control her own urges and say no to Constantine.
As for Constantine, apart from his obvious love for his son, there seems little to like about him, and the sex scenes were disappointing and did little to develop the romance.
I am sorry to be so critical because SK is a really good writer and when she’s on form, I absolutely love her books. That’s why I’m disappointed with this one because it doesn’t match her usual high standards.
BTW - the cover and the title are totally out of sync with the story and Laura. Do those who choose cover/title ever read the book?
September 23, 2017
2 1/2 - I enjoyed this book but I just couldn't help thinking of the supposed "hero" as an arrogant, self-centered, crude, women-hating asshole and the "heroine" as a weak, pathetic, self-depricating wimp. He was horrible to her!!! He insulted her, belittled her, mocked her, and even enjoyed watching her serve him like a slave, and she just stood there and took it!!! And then let him screw her senseless over and over again. Don't get me wrong, I thought Constantine was hot. More than hot. Unbelievably sexy. But still, no man, no matter how handsome, rich, smart, successful, famous, or how good a father he is, NO MAN is worth the crap he put her through.
But she pissed me off almost as much by never seeing any fault in his actions. She kept thinking that he was just doing because he was upset or some other bullcrap answer like that. In the end i dont even think he really loved her, i think he just wanted so much because she was the mother of his son, gave him a huge hard-on, and was the only woman strong enough to ever deny him. For that, at least, I will give her points for.
Really the only big salvation in this book was the heat. Because, if I may say so myself, IT WAS HOT!!!!! Lol the sex was plentiful and delicious ;)
But she pissed me off almost as much by never seeing any fault in his actions. She kept thinking that he was just doing because he was upset or some other bullcrap answer like that. In the end i dont even think he really loved her, i think he just wanted so much because she was the mother of his son, gave him a huge hard-on, and was the only woman strong enough to ever deny him. For that, at least, I will give her points for.
Really the only big salvation in this book was the heat. Because, if I may say so myself, IT WAS HOT!!!!! Lol the sex was plentiful and delicious ;)
May 18, 2014
I enjoy book but I did think Constantine was a dick the whole way through. Not much goes on in book. Very quick sort of HEA. I think he should have grovel more.
March 9, 2022
The hero is a cold, priggish snob who sleeps with the heroine and never thinks of her again. He was a billionaire ship passing through the night and she was low class, per his internal thoughts. Seven years later, the heroine hears on the radio that the hero is in town and will be announcing his engagement and girlfriend decides she absolutely must tell him and potentially stop him from moving on with his life until he knows he's already a father. I was embarrassed for her that the hero had no recollection of who she was whereas she had been pining for him all those years. He must have a magical candy stick because she got no other licks in those seven years.
The book was fine but what I've discovered from Sharon Kendrick's books is that she likes writing very cold and unemotional male characters. Cold to the point where they're almost sociopaths. She likes writing heroines that are sweet, innocent, and misunderstood. The heroines are doormats who inevitably give in to an unequal marriage arrangement and the big conflict always occurs when the doormat heroine has had enough, stands up for herself and leaves the hero. The hero always thinks the heroine will return and cave and when she doesn't, does a 180 and suddenly isn't a complete robot anymore. HEA.
PS. SK has the worst male internal monologues. I've noticed it several times now that the male characters think things that are mean, perverted, and off putting. I don't enjoy super sexual and graphic depictions of the male characters' first impression of the heroines. Most of the male characters don't improve until the last 5% of the books.
The book was fine but what I've discovered from Sharon Kendrick's books is that she likes writing very cold and unemotional male characters. Cold to the point where they're almost sociopaths. She likes writing heroines that are sweet, innocent, and misunderstood. The heroines are doormats who inevitably give in to an unequal marriage arrangement and the big conflict always occurs when the doormat heroine has had enough, stands up for herself and leaves the hero. The hero always thinks the heroine will return and cave and when she doesn't, does a 180 and suddenly isn't a complete robot anymore. HEA.
PS. SK has the worst male internal monologues. I've noticed it several times now that the male characters think things that are mean, perverted, and off putting. I don't enjoy super sexual and graphic depictions of the male characters' first impression of the heroines. Most of the male characters don't improve until the last 5% of the books.
January 21, 2026
H was too contemptuous of the heroine except when he wanted to sleep with her, and even then he was still a snob. He was really irritating, always alluding to the fact that she was from a lower class, always harping to himself about her cheapness and her waitress status. In essence, he couldn’t believe he wanted her despite her “lowly demeanor”.
The heroine was too much of a good person and a nice girl. I wish she was slightly wicked to him. I don’t like manual labour of any kind and so I couldn’t get behind her decision to act as a housekeeper.
As I write this review, I’m realizing that he actually forgot about her after their one night stand because he didn’t care. Not because he had amnesia or anything. She was just that inconsequential to him.
Despite all these grievances, this is still a book I’d read again looool. Not for the love though because I doubt that he actually loves her, but for the steamy passion.
The heroine was too much of a good person and a nice girl. I wish she was slightly wicked to him. I don’t like manual labour of any kind and so I couldn’t get behind her decision to act as a housekeeper.
As I write this review, I’m realizing that he actually forgot about her after their one night stand because he didn’t care. Not because he had amnesia or anything. She was just that inconsequential to him.
Despite all these grievances, this is still a book I’d read again looool. Not for the love though because I doubt that he actually loves her, but for the steamy passion.
December 2, 2017
Diawal cerita gue kagum dengan heroine yang berusaha menembus 'benteng' hero untuk memberi tahu hasil ONS mereka. Bahkan sangking brengseknya si hero yang selalu ngehina kedudukan Laura bikin gue simpati.
Tapi konflik berkembang dan cerita jadi makin menyebalkan. Si Hero kerjanya hanya menayalahkan heroine, dan Heroine terlalu lemah untuk membantah bahkan terkesan pasrah. Beda banget sama sikap dia diawal. Endingnya bahkan makin menggelikan dengan begitu mudah melemparkan diri ke Constantine setelah semua perlakuan tidak menyenangkannya.
Tapi konflik berkembang dan cerita jadi makin menyebalkan. Si Hero kerjanya hanya menayalahkan heroine, dan Heroine terlalu lemah untuk membantah bahkan terkesan pasrah. Beda banget sama sikap dia diawal. Endingnya bahkan makin menggelikan dengan begitu mudah melemparkan diri ke Constantine setelah semua perlakuan tidak menyenangkannya.
October 16, 2022
Constantine is a misogynist and verbally abusive to Laura. Many of his remarks reflect rape culture. He also continues pushing for sex when Laura says no - arguing that since her body is aroused, she can't have really meant it. That is a recipe for sexual assault, even if it is not framed that way in the book. I honestly am confused as to what Laura sees in Constantine or why she keeps sleeping with him.
Anyway, definitely don't recommend. Many red flags. Unfortunately, many (though not all) of Sharon Kendrick's books are like this.
Anyway, definitely don't recommend. Many red flags. Unfortunately, many (though not all) of Sharon Kendrick's books are like this.
July 27, 2017
Sorry to say, but I'm so disappointed with this "Sharon Kendrick" novel. Heroine-nya terlalu menye-menye. Sama sekali ga bikin greget gue, terlalu mudah didominasi hero-nya dan begitu mudah jatuh kepelukan sang hero. Dan penerimaan "Alex" thd Constantine begitu mudah. Bukankah harusnya di kasih perlawanan dikit? Protes kenapa muncul baru sekarang? Setelah dia berumur 7 thn..maunya gue sih kyk gt
May 1, 2019
The hero is an arrogant Greek that I had a hard time liking for quite a while. He didn't remember the heroine and didn't treat her very well. The angst and chemistry between the two is fiery, but he sees and thinks she is beneath him. I enjoyed the book, but did have a hard time with the hero.
August 30, 2021
The first few chapters, before the heroine told the hero about their son, cringed me a lot. She was chasing him, and that makes her look pathetic. I love it overall, he was obviously thqt typical jerk hero, kinda creepy tho lmao. She was a good mother, and very independent.
October 15, 2017
Great
I enjoyed this so much that I finished it in one go, just couldn't put it down. A good storyline e and lovely chatacters !!
I enjoyed this so much that I finished it in one go, just couldn't put it down. A good storyline e and lovely chatacters !!
January 10, 2018
Se oli hyvä :)
August 3, 2019
Audible Romance Package
AUDIOBOOK: Read 2 August 2019
6hrs 7min
Narrator: Maggie Mash does a good enough job though needs work on her male voices, they sound like they are choking.
It was ok.
AUDIOBOOK: Read 2 August 2019
6hrs 7min
Narrator: Maggie Mash does a good enough job though needs work on her male voices, they sound like they are choking.
It was ok.
February 8, 2024
Very entertaining story, will definitely read again in the future.
September 25, 2020
He didn’t remember her from their ONS, which was disturbing.
She had initially/occasionally tried to tell him about their resulting son, but it was sad that he was seven years old and she probably could have tried harder...
On the other hand... He was beyond arrogant, judgmental, self-absorbed, and demeaning all the way through. Even at the end when he’s gearing up to say ‘I love you,’ he’s *still* thinking about her drab everyday clothing and that ‘it was inconceivable that such a woman had captured his heart.’
His inflated opinion of himself didn’t stop.
She fell into bed with him constantly, despite every harsh word he said. So, a lot of sex but it’d be difficult to say it was a romantic story.
Both of them cared very much about their child, which was a positive. The real HEA was probably the son’s... having both parents and a nice house on a Greek island.
Would’ve liked a better Epilogue with another baby.
She had initially/occasionally tried to tell him about their resulting son, but it was sad that he was seven years old and she probably could have tried harder...
On the other hand... He was beyond arrogant, judgmental, self-absorbed, and demeaning all the way through. Even at the end when he’s gearing up to say ‘I love you,’ he’s *still* thinking about her drab everyday clothing and that ‘it was inconceivable that such a woman had captured his heart.’
His inflated opinion of himself didn’t stop.
She fell into bed with him constantly, despite every harsh word he said. So, a lot of sex but it’d be difficult to say it was a romantic story.
Both of them cared very much about their child, which was a positive. The real HEA was probably the son’s... having both parents and a nice house on a Greek island.
Would’ve liked a better Epilogue with another baby.
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