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The Millionaire's Rebellious Mistress
Alex Merrick is rich, handsome and one of the most successful property developers in the country. But to Sarah Carver the arrogant multimillionaire is her worst his business destroyed her family!
When Sarah gets the chance to take one of Alex's business deals away from him, she relishes her moment of triumph. But the glory doesn't last long—because the gorgeous Alex has an ace up his sleeve. He'll propose a deal Sarah just can't refuse—and make her his mistress as part of the bargain!
When Sarah gets the chance to take one of Alex's business deals away from him, she relishes her moment of triumph. But the glory doesn't last long—because the gorgeous Alex has an ace up his sleeve. He'll propose a deal Sarah just can't refuse—and make her his mistress as part of the bargain!
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Catherine George
443 books73 followersDeirdre Matthews was born in a village on the Welsh-English border, where the public library featured largely in her life. Her mother, who looked upon literature as a basic necessity of life, fervently encouraged her passion for reading, little knowing it would one day motivate her daughter into writing her first novel.
At 18, she met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and she have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of her early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time she lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So she did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982 as Catherine George, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where she and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
At 18, she met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and she have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of her early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time she lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So she did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982 as Catherine George, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where she and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
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March 26, 2018
Dumb title, okay story.
September 28, 2022
Tepid but readable. Whoever thought up title must have read a different book.
October 5, 2012
Pretty good just what I would call a skirmish of a little romance.
Some I don't like you, well maybe I'm falling in love with you, you don't trust me so I'm dumping you, hell I can't live without you romance.
Some I don't like you, well maybe I'm falling in love with you, you don't trust me so I'm dumping you, hell I can't live without you romance.
June 28, 2010
Barely rebellious, and hardly a mistress. Yes, it is very slow and what the hell, about property development (!), but I liked the buildup to the protagonists' relationship.
October 10, 2017
Fascinante
August 2, 2018
Reading more Harlequins as one does sometimes.
Want to read
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September 28, 2025
2.5 stars What was the person who titled this smoking.
December 5, 2017
Catherine e io non riusciamo proprio a ingranare. Una storia più noiosa non c’è. Lei lavora come un uomo, sistema immobili e poi li vende al riccone temendo che poi li distrugga per ampliare i suoi spazi… ma lui non lo fa. Esce con un tizio che alla fin fine le piace poco e il tizio numero 1 fa il geloso… ma poi? Boh? Meglio passare ad altro.
August 1, 2019
The summary is kind of misleading, making it sound way more melodramatic than it is. What the story actually is, however, is quite lovely. I especially appreciated the multiple times that the man sought consent before proceeding.
First of all, it was nice that the man actually worked for a living and not just in a billionaire financier sort of way. He actually knew how to do real work and he had an ethical business philosophy. His sexism, what little there was, was more selfishness of wanting more of the woman's time and not being used to having a partner who had her own goals and ambitions.
I liked how the woman had her own agenda, her own life goals and the skills and will to back it up. I liked that she did not let anyone derail her, even the guy she really liked. That meant a lot.
I felt that the conflicts they experienced and the slow build to them falling in love were all realistic and I enjoyed the journey to the happily ever after.
The one thing I didn't care for was the situation with the man's ex. But that's because of how strongly I feel about a person's right to abortion and how I would try to help even my worst enemy if they needed one. But that was literally the only problem I had with the entire book and it was relatively minor.
I just really enjoyed this. I wish more romances went this route.
First of all, it was nice that the man actually worked for a living and not just in a billionaire financier sort of way. He actually knew how to do real work and he had an ethical business philosophy. His sexism, what little there was, was more selfishness of wanting more of the woman's time and not being used to having a partner who had her own goals and ambitions.
I liked how the woman had her own agenda, her own life goals and the skills and will to back it up. I liked that she did not let anyone derail her, even the guy she really liked. That meant a lot.
I felt that the conflicts they experienced and the slow build to them falling in love were all realistic and I enjoyed the journey to the happily ever after.
The one thing I didn't care for was the situation with the man's ex. But that's because of how strongly I feel about a person's right to abortion and how I would try to help even my worst enemy if they needed one. But that was literally the only problem I had with the entire book and it was relatively minor.
I just really enjoyed this. I wish more romances went this route.
July 23, 2023
I really rather liked this one.
The h is orphaned and has an awesome godfather.
She grew up on building sites as it was her dads trade and wanted to follow into the family business. However dad was secretly ill and sold the business off a a bigger, badder construction company was in town "undercutting" them and eventually buying them out. Dad died and h blames them for this.
Cue some time later and shes bought some cottages to renovate and resell and they are wanted by the H who is part of the firm she thinks finished off her dad.
They meet in a fancy restaurant where she is dining with her godfather and h soon realises that he things shes his arm candy.
He can't believe the h can be an awesome builder but soon has to eat his words. He is also attracted to her from the first but she isn't as she hates him for what she thinks he has done.
When he finally wins her round and gets her to like him he immediately ruins it by demanding she spend all her time with him and that she should just roll over and be his slave regardless of her demanding job. The h is having none of it though and tells him to stick it. In the meantime an OM is causing mischief between the pair that leads to further animosity.
These 2 eventually sort it all out with a little interference from his mum for a marriage proposal and a HEA in building site bliss for these two.
The h is orphaned and has an awesome godfather.
She grew up on building sites as it was her dads trade and wanted to follow into the family business. However dad was secretly ill and sold the business off a a bigger, badder construction company was in town "undercutting" them and eventually buying them out. Dad died and h blames them for this.
Cue some time later and shes bought some cottages to renovate and resell and they are wanted by the H who is part of the firm she thinks finished off her dad.
They meet in a fancy restaurant where she is dining with her godfather and h soon realises that he things shes his arm candy.
He can't believe the h can be an awesome builder but soon has to eat his words. He is also attracted to her from the first but she isn't as she hates him for what she thinks he has done.
When he finally wins her round and gets her to like him he immediately ruins it by demanding she spend all her time with him and that she should just roll over and be his slave regardless of her demanding job. The h is having none of it though and tells him to stick it. In the meantime an OM is causing mischief between the pair that leads to further animosity.
These 2 eventually sort it all out with a little interference from his mum for a marriage proposal and a HEA in building site bliss for these two.
September 15, 2009
Yes i know, but i am enjoying this, in need of some books
May 8, 2010
IT WAS BOOOORRRIING! hated it...nothing exciting AT ALL
November 30, 2011
BORING... too much about "property development"
October 1, 2016
This is another book that didn't work out for me. I'm not sure if it was the prose, the narrative, or just the story as whole. Maybe even the main characters themselves.
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