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Mistress by Arrangement
A CONVENIENT AFFAIR?
Nikos Alessandros needed a social hostess and he'd decided that beautiful, sophisticated Michelle would be the perfect companion -- temporarily. For Michelle, their pretend affair would certainly help her escape the suitable marriage she was being pressured into...
But Nikos was formidably sexy and Michelle found it hard to control her powerful attraction to this arrogant stranger. If she agreed to be his mistress by arrangement, could she stop pretense turning into reality?
Nikos Alessandros needed a social hostess and he'd decided that beautiful, sophisticated Michelle would be the perfect companion -- temporarily. For Michelle, their pretend affair would certainly help her escape the suitable marriage she was being pressured into...
But Nikos was formidably sexy and Michelle found it hard to control her powerful attraction to this arrogant stranger. If she agreed to be his mistress by arrangement, could she stop pretense turning into reality?
185 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
About the author
Helen Bianchin
387 books231 followersHelen Shirley was born on February 20 1939 in New Zealand, where she grew up, an only child possessed by a vivid imagination and a love for reading. She wrote stories for amusement in her early teenage years, and when she left leaving school, she took a secretarial job at a father-and-son legal firm.
At age twenty-one Helen joined a girlfriend and embarked on a working holiday in Australia, travelling via cruise ship from Auckland to Melbourne. Alas, no shipboard romance, as she spent all four days in her cabin suffering from sea-sickness! After fifteen months working in Melbourne, Helen and her friend bought a vehicle and took three months to drive the length and breadth of Australia, choosing to work in Cairns in order to fund the final leg of our journey to Sydney.
It was in Cairns that Helen met her future husband, Danilo Bianchin, an Italian immigrant from Treviso. He was a tobacco sharefarmer from the tobacco farming community of Mareeba. His English was pitiful, and her command of Italian was nil. Six months later they married, and Helen was flung into cooking for up to nine tobacco pickers, stringing tobacco, feeding 200 chickens, a few turkeys, ducks... plus killing, cleaning and cooking the same! Her knowledge of Italian improved, and there were hilarious moments in retrospect. Some of what she endured was cooking on a wood-burning stove, having no running hot water, a primitive shower and toilet facilities, washing uniforms for two soccer teams during the soccer season... floods, horrendous hailstone damage to tobacco crops, hardship, and the stillbirth of their first child. Then, to their joy, Helen's daughter, Lucia, was born. Three years later the couple returned to New Zealand, where they settled for sixteen years. During those early years, they added two sons, Angelo and Peter, to the family.
With multiple anecdotes of farm life in an Italian community to friends, the idea of writing a book occurred. A romance, set on a tobacco farm in Australia's far north, Queensland, featuring an Italian hero. Helen says, "the background was authentic, believe me!" However the hero was rich and owned the farm artistic license! It took her a year to complete a passable manuscript, typed on a portable typewriter at the dining room table. That first effort was deemed too short with insufficient detail. Helen rewrote it. This time it was considered too long with too much extraneous detail. She revised, then sent it to London. Four months later she received a telegram from Alan Boon (Mills & Boon) to say they intended to publish and a contract would be sent in the mail. It was the most wonderful news!
Helen wrote ten more books while living in New Zealand, then in 1981, her family resettled in Australia, on Queensland's Gold Coast. She has since published twenty-five more books. Today, with computer technology, the mechanics of writing are much easier. However, the writing process doesn't change. Helen says that she's having a good day if she can achieve 5 good pages, which she is likely to change, edit and rewrite the following day.
She loves creating characters, giving them life and providing a situation where their emotions are tested and love wins out. For her, the greatest praise is for a reader to say they couldn't put the book down... then Helen knows that she has achieved what she set out to do -- "create a moving enjoyable story which holds the reader entertained from beginning to end."
Helen's hobbies are tennis, table-tennis, judo, reading. She loves movies, and leads an active social life.
At age twenty-one Helen joined a girlfriend and embarked on a working holiday in Australia, travelling via cruise ship from Auckland to Melbourne. Alas, no shipboard romance, as she spent all four days in her cabin suffering from sea-sickness! After fifteen months working in Melbourne, Helen and her friend bought a vehicle and took three months to drive the length and breadth of Australia, choosing to work in Cairns in order to fund the final leg of our journey to Sydney.
It was in Cairns that Helen met her future husband, Danilo Bianchin, an Italian immigrant from Treviso. He was a tobacco sharefarmer from the tobacco farming community of Mareeba. His English was pitiful, and her command of Italian was nil. Six months later they married, and Helen was flung into cooking for up to nine tobacco pickers, stringing tobacco, feeding 200 chickens, a few turkeys, ducks... plus killing, cleaning and cooking the same! Her knowledge of Italian improved, and there were hilarious moments in retrospect. Some of what she endured was cooking on a wood-burning stove, having no running hot water, a primitive shower and toilet facilities, washing uniforms for two soccer teams during the soccer season... floods, horrendous hailstone damage to tobacco crops, hardship, and the stillbirth of their first child. Then, to their joy, Helen's daughter, Lucia, was born. Three years later the couple returned to New Zealand, where they settled for sixteen years. During those early years, they added two sons, Angelo and Peter, to the family.
With multiple anecdotes of farm life in an Italian community to friends, the idea of writing a book occurred. A romance, set on a tobacco farm in Australia's far north, Queensland, featuring an Italian hero. Helen says, "the background was authentic, believe me!" However the hero was rich and owned the farm artistic license! It took her a year to complete a passable manuscript, typed on a portable typewriter at the dining room table. That first effort was deemed too short with insufficient detail. Helen rewrote it. This time it was considered too long with too much extraneous detail. She revised, then sent it to London. Four months later she received a telegram from Alan Boon (Mills & Boon) to say they intended to publish and a contract would be sent in the mail. It was the most wonderful news!
Helen wrote ten more books while living in New Zealand, then in 1981, her family resettled in Australia, on Queensland's Gold Coast. She has since published twenty-five more books. Today, with computer technology, the mechanics of writing are much easier. However, the writing process doesn't change. Helen says that she's having a good day if she can achieve 5 good pages, which she is likely to change, edit and rewrite the following day.
She loves creating characters, giving them life and providing a situation where their emotions are tested and love wins out. For her, the greatest praise is for a reader to say they couldn't put the book down... then Helen knows that she has achieved what she set out to do -- "create a moving enjoyable story which holds the reader entertained from beginning to end."
Helen's hobbies are tennis, table-tennis, judo, reading. She loves movies, and leads an active social life.
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May 20, 2019
Re Mistress by Arrangement - Helen Bianchin mixes it up with a stalkerific evil OM, PLUS she throws in an OW who doesn't want to be stopped by a black hole, in this little high society adventure.
Contrary to the standard HB HP outing, there was a slightly lower shower count than usual-HB is minding the water conservation rules. But we get a lot of clothes changes, some coffee and the standard HB prescribed amount of High Society events and shopping, this one takes place over the course of a week.
The h and H meet when the h is at some society party and trying to evade the matchmaking attempts of the OM, his parents and HER parents. It isn't that her parents want to marry her off to anyone in particular, it is just that her mother doesn't understand any other way of life other than married socialite.
The h doesn't like the OM, he is domineering, controlling and very gropey - she has her own art gallery in partnership with a male art school friend and she doesn't care what her parents or his parents or the OM thinks -she just isn't interested.
The OM is getting more demanding and grabby and in walks the H. He is also domineering, controlling and grabby - but he is super rich, super hot and Greek - plus he makes the h's toes tingle, so him grabbing her and hauling her off is okay.
The OM gets angry that a more uber Alpha guy is stealing his chosen stalking target away. Initially, the H cozens up to the h by enlisting her services as his fake girlfriend to ward off the widow of his dead BFF, who thinks the H will make a delightful second marriage target.
The h is reluctant, because she doesn't tolerate just ANY rich guy grabbing her. But this H is SUPER HOT and the h just can't resist the lure of her Treacherous Body Syndrome. Especially when her mother, who has a fine sense of social status and finance, keeps issuing invitations to push the H and h together.
Then the rejected OM starts getting nasty and targeting the h for his unwanted attentions. The H knows his way around super lux boardrooms and around a few back alleys, so he insists that he and the h have to be in constant close contact, he is basically her personal body guard.
The h does her part to ward off his wanna be OW too and there are several little amusing social scenes complete with catty high society polite cat fight remarks. The H decides that the escalating OM needs to be sent upon his way and he get his minions to work behind the scenes to get both the OM and his parents socially banished from Australia.
Of course all this close and personal contact has led to major purple passion lurve club events between the H and h. So by the time the OM and his family are banished to Majorca and the OW finally gets it in her head that the H doesn't want his dead BFF's sloppy seconds, the h is worried that she is in love and will never see the H again - because their reasons for being together are now over.
But the H isn't letting a good thing go when he seizes it. He asks the h to stay with him and then tells her they should get married in two weeks, a day or two before Christmas, because he totally loves her.
The h worries about what her mum might say, but she loves the H just as much and the h's mother is so happy about her daughter's stratospheric status marital trophy, that she gets the very tasteful wedding done in double quick time and the H and h are spending a married Happy Christmas all lurved up and together for the very sweet HEA.
This one was cute and HB did a good job of mixing it up a bit. It is very HBish tho, so be prepared for lots of fashion and high society if you choose to go on this particular HB outing.
Contrary to the standard HB HP outing, there was a slightly lower shower count than usual-HB is minding the water conservation rules. But we get a lot of clothes changes, some coffee and the standard HB prescribed amount of High Society events and shopping, this one takes place over the course of a week.
The h and H meet when the h is at some society party and trying to evade the matchmaking attempts of the OM, his parents and HER parents. It isn't that her parents want to marry her off to anyone in particular, it is just that her mother doesn't understand any other way of life other than married socialite.
The h doesn't like the OM, he is domineering, controlling and very gropey - she has her own art gallery in partnership with a male art school friend and she doesn't care what her parents or his parents or the OM thinks -she just isn't interested.
The OM is getting more demanding and grabby and in walks the H. He is also domineering, controlling and grabby - but he is super rich, super hot and Greek - plus he makes the h's toes tingle, so him grabbing her and hauling her off is okay.
The OM gets angry that a more uber Alpha guy is stealing his chosen stalking target away. Initially, the H cozens up to the h by enlisting her services as his fake girlfriend to ward off the widow of his dead BFF, who thinks the H will make a delightful second marriage target.
The h is reluctant, because she doesn't tolerate just ANY rich guy grabbing her. But this H is SUPER HOT and the h just can't resist the lure of her Treacherous Body Syndrome. Especially when her mother, who has a fine sense of social status and finance, keeps issuing invitations to push the H and h together.
Then the rejected OM starts getting nasty and targeting the h for his unwanted attentions. The H knows his way around super lux boardrooms and around a few back alleys, so he insists that he and the h have to be in constant close contact, he is basically her personal body guard.
The h does her part to ward off his wanna be OW too and there are several little amusing social scenes complete with catty high society polite cat fight remarks. The H decides that the escalating OM needs to be sent upon his way and he get his minions to work behind the scenes to get both the OM and his parents socially banished from Australia.
Of course all this close and personal contact has led to major purple passion lurve club events between the H and h. So by the time the OM and his family are banished to Majorca and the OW finally gets it in her head that the H doesn't want his dead BFF's sloppy seconds, the h is worried that she is in love and will never see the H again - because their reasons for being together are now over.
But the H isn't letting a good thing go when he seizes it. He asks the h to stay with him and then tells her they should get married in two weeks, a day or two before Christmas, because he totally loves her.
The h worries about what her mum might say, but she loves the H just as much and the h's mother is so happy about her daughter's stratospheric status marital trophy, that she gets the very tasteful wedding done in double quick time and the H and h are spending a married Happy Christmas all lurved up and together for the very sweet HEA.
This one was cute and HB did a good job of mixing it up a bit. It is very HBish tho, so be prepared for lots of fashion and high society if you choose to go on this particular HB outing.
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April 26, 2019
Great premise of having h and H enter a "fake" romance to thwart both their respective psycho exes but unfortunately, the story turned out to be the blah-est ever.
May 31, 2019
This was a sweet, low-angst, sexy feel-good story. Nikos swept in and took over Michelle's life. But this girl's got spunk and backbone to spare. She's even well practiced in martial arts so she does very well fending off her attacker. Most of the book sees Michelle falling in love with Nikos with no clue what his feelings are. Is it all an act or could he be falling in love too? I really enjoyed this one.
There was a lot of descriptive food, parties and clothes. It made me realize that the socialite lifestyle would bore me to tears. Give me a quiet evening with a good book any day.
Safety
There was a lot of descriptive food, parties and clothes. It made me realize that the socialite lifestyle would bore me to tears. Give me a quiet evening with a good book any day.
Safety
October 12, 2012
I really like Helen Bianchin. She writes a great story that grips you from the first page, her Hero's are to die for, and her stories have a little bit of a different twist. Michelle is being stalked by an unwanted suitor...Nikos sees her at a party and comes to her rescue...and there the chemistry ignites. This is definitely a case of "knight in shining armor" and the supporting cast is just wonderful. My only reason for giving it 3 stars versus 4 is I didn't like the heroine. She seemed selfish, unappreciative and rather cold.
December 8, 2016
pretend affair + stalker + hero coveted by another woman + describes parties and clothes of the rich in detail
June 27, 2020
“Fight me, argue with me, but don’t turn your back and walk away. Ever.”
It’s not very often I come across a swoon-worthy HP hero, but Nikos Alessandro was fabulous. He’s gorgeous, considerate, an alpha w/out the asshole. I LOVED him!! Mistress by Arrangement is a sweet, low angst/feel good romance between Nikos and Michelle. Nikos meets Michelle at a party where she’s being manhandled by wannabe BF Jeremy; he proposes that she become his social companion for a few weeks to help w/ the Jeremy situation as well as a clingy widow (Saska) problem he’s having.
Michelle isn’t a peach; she’s not terrible, but not super easy to like either. She’s stubborn, and difficult, but was pretty laid back for being part of Australia’s upper crust. There’s a little bit of drama with Jeremy being a violent-ish stalker, and Saska’s meddling, but none cause major issues for the duo. I also didn’t love the “high society” descriptions and info, but my one complaint is that everything just ends pretty quickly… Poof… the problems go away then off to HEA-ville.
Bottom Line- "knight in shining armor" isn’t usually my jam, but I’m in a mushy type of mood, so I really enjoyed this one, but it might be too tame for those looking for OTT drama/angsty goodness.
It’s not very often I come across a swoon-worthy HP hero, but Nikos Alessandro was fabulous. He’s gorgeous, considerate, an alpha w/out the asshole. I LOVED him!! Mistress by Arrangement is a sweet, low angst/feel good romance between Nikos and Michelle. Nikos meets Michelle at a party where she’s being manhandled by wannabe BF Jeremy; he proposes that she become his social companion for a few weeks to help w/ the Jeremy situation as well as a clingy widow (Saska) problem he’s having.
Michelle isn’t a peach; she’s not terrible, but not super easy to like either. She’s stubborn, and difficult, but was pretty laid back for being part of Australia’s upper crust. There’s a little bit of drama with Jeremy being a violent-ish stalker, and Saska’s meddling, but none cause major issues for the duo. I also didn’t love the “high society” descriptions and info, but my one complaint is that everything just ends pretty quickly… Poof… the problems go away then off to HEA-ville.
Bottom Line- "knight in shining armor" isn’t usually my jam, but I’m in a mushy type of mood, so I really enjoyed this one, but it might be too tame for those looking for OTT drama/angsty goodness.
December 25, 2021
She is being stalked by a jealous ex-boyfriend. She breaks up with him at a party the night she meets the H. So she goes straight from his bed to the H?
Anyway, within 3 days she sleeps with the H. Of course a minute before she wraps her legs around his waist to let him carry her to the bedroom, she says that she doesn’t want to.
The next day she says to him that she doesn’t do this kind of things (🙄). Bla bla bla.
There’s no pursuit by the H, there’s no besotted H. They do have lots of sex.
The h isn’t a virgin. Already their first night together she is very active in bed and she returns all his sexual favours. She has a tattoo on her butt. She is sexually experienced. A very modern h.
It’s annoying that another reviewer here has indicated that there’s a virgin-h in this book. The h being a virgin, was one of the reasons I chose to read this HP. It was disappointing that it turns out she wasn’t.
I’ve read another reviewer here who had also read that same review that indicates the h was a virgin. And she was also very disappointed.
So please when anyone writes a review, make sure that the facts you give about a book are the truth. Facts are facts, not opinions.
Anyway, within 3 days she sleeps with the H. Of course a minute before she wraps her legs around his waist to let him carry her to the bedroom, she says that she doesn’t want to.
The next day she says to him that she doesn’t do this kind of things (🙄). Bla bla bla.
There’s no pursuit by the H, there’s no besotted H. They do have lots of sex.
The h isn’t a virgin. Already their first night together she is very active in bed and she returns all his sexual favours. She has a tattoo on her butt. She is sexually experienced. A very modern h.
It’s annoying that another reviewer here has indicated that there’s a virgin-h in this book. The h being a virgin, was one of the reasons I chose to read this HP. It was disappointing that it turns out she wasn’t.
I’ve read another reviewer here who had also read that same review that indicates the h was a virgin. And she was also very disappointed.
So please when anyone writes a review, make sure that the facts you give about a book are the truth. Facts are facts, not opinions.
June 15, 2019
This author has a formula that usually works for her, not all the time but often. This is one of those times it didn’t work IMO. When I’m reading any book I’m looking to connect with the characters and watch their relationship grow. Here the two main characters were very up their own asses IMO. their dialogue felt fake and littered with rhetoric. The heroine already has an issue with a man who thinks he has a claim to her, he’s becoming more of a problem, then to add to her troubles our hero appears and asks her to be his fake girlfriend so as to ward off the unwanted attention of a recently widowed woman who’s late husband was the hero’s best friend. I didn’t quite get why he needs help he’s an alpha male, ( who doesn’t seem to have any problems telling the heroine what to do) a high flying business man, yet he can’t tell this woman he’s not interested. Instead he leaves the heroine open to the OW’s nastiness adding to her problems. I felt no empathy with this tale,the characters are all self indulgent twats.
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January 1, 2018
Nikos Alessandros had asked Michelle to be his “hostess”, but just how far did that title extend? What he asked of her was unbelievable and Michelle refused to accede to his demands. She wouldn’t! Then why, oh why, did she truly want to be everything Nikos ever wanted and so much more?
Love is sometimes clothed within a game of hide and seek before flowering to its full magnificence. This is a good book to curl up with on a rainy afternoon.
Love is sometimes clothed within a game of hide and seek before flowering to its full magnificence. This is a good book to curl up with on a rainy afternoon.
February 19, 2020
This one’s on me. The story is entertaining, the hero fantastic—alpha but not OTT, the heroine annoyed the heck out of me.
June 19, 2018
3.5* 1999
The Gold Coast upper class society was the setting for this book.
That Jeremy was a creep right from the start, even his name is usually one I associate with a weak character! Michelle was too well brought up to tell him to keep his hands to himself but maybe that would have signalled to him she's not interested. Michelle's mother sounded terribly manipulative, using emotional blackmail all the time to get her daughter to do what she wanted. If Nikos had not been there to make them see Jeremy's true colours, I am sure some how her mother would have told Michelle Jeremy just loved her too much *puke*
It helped that the more successful and richer Nikos was there as a potential son-in-law!
Nikos was scarily direct...that first kiss he claimed from Michelle and pulling him against his arousal?! Wow he could have been arrested?! But then again he was used to women throwing themselves against him, so it'd never occur to him his attentions were unwelcome!
But alpha Nikos did swoop in to take charge when things with Jeremy went pear shaped, and it was funny how he used the flimsiest excuse to make Michelle date him. Though Saska the Widow was indeed competive and bitchy! Why Nikos couldn't tell her off I didn't know but he's not above using Saska to make Michelle jealous I'm sure!
Emilio was an interesting character, so often we get the stereotypes of the men in the arty farty world being gay. Here it was amusing for him to play the role and let people think what they wanted, but deep down he was one sharp businessman! He's a great friend though, helping to look after Michelle all this while.
It's written in Helen Bianchin's stilted style, filled with descriptions of the places, shopping, food and clothing! Oddly satisfying to read hehe!
The Gold Coast upper class society was the setting for this book.
That Jeremy was a creep right from the start, even his name is usually one I associate with a weak character! Michelle was too well brought up to tell him to keep his hands to himself but maybe that would have signalled to him she's not interested. Michelle's mother sounded terribly manipulative, using emotional blackmail all the time to get her daughter to do what she wanted. If Nikos had not been there to make them see Jeremy's true colours, I am sure some how her mother would have told Michelle Jeremy just loved her too much *puke*
It helped that the more successful and richer Nikos was there as a potential son-in-law!
Nikos was scarily direct...that first kiss he claimed from Michelle and pulling him against his arousal?! Wow he could have been arrested?! But then again he was used to women throwing themselves against him, so it'd never occur to him his attentions were unwelcome!
But alpha Nikos did swoop in to take charge when things with Jeremy went pear shaped, and it was funny how he used the flimsiest excuse to make Michelle date him. Though Saska the Widow was indeed competive and bitchy! Why Nikos couldn't tell her off I didn't know but he's not above using Saska to make Michelle jealous I'm sure!
Emilio was an interesting character, so often we get the stereotypes of the men in the arty farty world being gay. Here it was amusing for him to play the role and let people think what they wanted, but deep down he was one sharp businessman! He's a great friend though, helping to look after Michelle all this while.
It's written in Helen Bianchin's stilted style, filled with descriptions of the places, shopping, food and clothing! Oddly satisfying to read hehe!
October 5, 2017
Mistress by Arrangement
I'm typical Bianchin fashion this story evolves in the upper echelon of Australia's rich elites. When the heroine is being stalked the hero is right there to protect. Even though they have only known each other very recently. He has they added distractions of another woman staking claims. He needs h to shield him if unwanted attention. Will it be enough for a future together?
I'm typical Bianchin fashion this story evolves in the upper echelon of Australia's rich elites. When the heroine is being stalked the hero is right there to protect. Even though they have only known each other very recently. He has they added distractions of another woman staking claims. He needs h to shield him if unwanted attention. Will it be enough for a future together?
February 10, 2020
I did an extensive search. Heroine is 25, NON-Virgin. I could find no where anything to support another review that h was a virgin. If I'm mistaken, please let me know where it is suggested. I'm returning to Amazon for a refund. Disappointed 😞
August 3, 2018
Exciting.
December 11, 2020
Very choppy, not much plot, and rando villains with not a lot of conflict making. Skip.
October 29, 2024
An average read
November 28, 2024
It was OK
July 1, 2012
One of my 'go to' HP authors as she rarely disappoints. This book hooked me from the first page even though I was feeling ho-hum about the title and the premise. Nikos is a white knight, not an egotistical billionaire looking for a playmate. Very good read!
Synopsis from cover
A CONVENIENT AFFAIR?
Nikos Alessandros needed a social hostess and he'd decided that beautiful, sophisticated Michelle would be the perfect companion -- temporarily. For Michelle, their pretend affair would certainly help her escape the suitable marriage she was being pressured into...
But Nikos was formidably sexy and Michelle found it hard to control her powerful attraction to this arrogant stranger. If she agreed to be his mistress by arrangement, could she stop pretense turning into reality?
Synopsis from cover
A CONVENIENT AFFAIR?
Nikos Alessandros needed a social hostess and he'd decided that beautiful, sophisticated Michelle would be the perfect companion -- temporarily. For Michelle, their pretend affair would certainly help her escape the suitable marriage she was being pressured into...
But Nikos was formidably sexy and Michelle found it hard to control her powerful attraction to this arrogant stranger. If she agreed to be his mistress by arrangement, could she stop pretense turning into reality?
August 4, 2015
Nikos and Michelle met at a party. He saved her from an awkward situation, and he in return wanted her to pretend to be his lover and social hostess.
Michelle and Nikos had an instant attraction to each other. He was so wonderful with Michelle and he was very protective of her when she was having problems with her ex boyfriend, who just would not leave her in peace.
Well there was no pretending in this affair. They were both falling in love with each other, but didnt admit it until the very end of the book.
I highly recommend this book. Great reading and the hero was just amazing. Not your typical rich man who thinks all women are after his moeny. Quite the opposite.
Michelle and Nikos had an instant attraction to each other. He was so wonderful with Michelle and he was very protective of her when she was having problems with her ex boyfriend, who just would not leave her in peace.
Well there was no pretending in this affair. They were both falling in love with each other, but didnt admit it until the very end of the book.
I highly recommend this book. Great reading and the hero was just amazing. Not your typical rich man who thinks all women are after his moeny. Quite the opposite.
own-but-wont-read-or-wallbanger
March 13, 2018A convenient affair?
Nikos Alessandros needed a social hostess, and he'd decided that beautiful, sophisticated Michelle would be the perfect companion�temporarily. For Michelle, their pretend affair would certainly help her escape the suitable marriage she was being pressured into….
But Nikos was formidably sexy and Michelle found it hard to control her powerful attraction to this arrogant stranger. If she agreed to be his mistress by arrangement, could she stop pretense turning into reality?
Nikos Alessandros needed a social hostess, and he'd decided that beautiful, sophisticated Michelle would be the perfect companion�temporarily. For Michelle, their pretend affair would certainly help her escape the suitable marriage she was being pressured into….
But Nikos was formidably sexy and Michelle found it hard to control her powerful attraction to this arrogant stranger. If she agreed to be his mistress by arrangement, could she stop pretense turning into reality?
June 15, 2015
Božeeeeeeeeeee....! To byla taková číčovina...! Nemám slov... Chlap byl samé superlativum... Ženská nadržená jak stepní koza z něho... Přeskakovala sem odstavce... stránky.. a furt sem nebyla na konci! Pořád to nekončilo! :O A pak byl konec a po týdnu známosti se strašně milovali a vzali se. Happy end. Bleju velebnosti... Tak hroznou harlequinku sem snad nikdy nečetla.
June 16, 2011
Standard fare. Not much going on here, I'm afraid.
October 28, 2012
Otro más...
July 16, 2012
A true romance novel, one I enjoyed as a quick read when I was searching for a little romantic interlude between mysteries. Thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was.
September 30, 2013
I love everything Helen Bianchin writes!!!
June 13, 2021
Nikos Alessandros needed a distraction and he decided that Michelle would be the perfect companion.
November 18, 2015
The heroine of this one was a professional woman, not a green girl. That added to it, and a very sexy hero.
October 25, 2016
Una lettura davvero divertente e spiritosa, oltre che una lettura scorrevole e molto piacevole.
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