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Carville's Castle
Sylvia knew now that she had been a fool
When Lucas Carville offered his hand and his heart to Sylvia seven years ago, she rejected him brutally. Clearly, it had been a mistake.
Yet trying to convince Lucas that she really cared for him and not just the successful life-style he now had wouldn't be easy. Maybe there wouldn't be any point in trying to change his mind about her when he seemed more interested in the attractive Maureen.
And Maureen made it clear that she was certainly hoping to be his partner for both his business and his private life!
When Lucas Carville offered his hand and his heart to Sylvia seven years ago, she rejected him brutally. Clearly, it had been a mistake.
Yet trying to convince Lucas that she really cared for him and not just the successful life-style he now had wouldn't be easy. Maybe there wouldn't be any point in trying to change his mind about her when he seemed more interested in the attractive Maureen.
And Maureen made it clear that she was certainly hoping to be his partner for both his business and his private life!
- GenresHarlequin RomanceRomance
192 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1990
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About the author
Miriam Macgregor
76 books3 followers1912- 2001
Miriam MacGregor wrote several romances for Mills & Boon and Harlequin in the 1980's and 1990's. Her stories are mostly set in New Zealand.
She also wrote several well regarded non fiction books about New Zealand.
Mrs Macgregor was married twice. Rachel McAlpine states in The Passionate Pen that Mrs Macgregor moved to England in the 1990s to live with a daughter.
added information from The Passionate Pen, the back cover of Petticoat Pioneers & National Library New Zealand.
Miriam MacGregor wrote several romances for Mills & Boon and Harlequin in the 1980's and 1990's. Her stories are mostly set in New Zealand.
She also wrote several well regarded non fiction books about New Zealand.
Mrs Macgregor was married twice. Rachel McAlpine states in The Passionate Pen that Mrs Macgregor moved to England in the 1990s to live with a daughter.
added information from The Passionate Pen, the back cover of Petticoat Pioneers & National Library New Zealand.
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June 29, 2024
OW beats heroine on the head with a hairbrush and gets away with it?! Heroine gives her insta-forgiveness and hero lets her keep her job as his secretary. Seriously, wtf?!!!
April 22, 2020
I figured that considering that she turned him down years before, the H would twist the knife constantly. Instead it was this weird wrangling about whether the H would become business partners with the OW.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 15, 2017
I started to read this author after I found she was a friend of Essie Summers and her books are set in New Zealand usually in rural areas. She began her romance writing career as Essie was tapering off and it's clear by the higher heat level in these stories that she was prepared to go where Summers would not.
This one though is fairly mild. It's a reunion story which is my jam.
Seven years ago, fresh out of the prison of boarding school, seventeen year old Sylvia could think of nothing worse than tying herself down in marriage to serious, nerdy (before nerd was a thing) Lucas Carville. Instead she dated Brian, who worked at her father's business and was into having fun. Until she discovered he wasn't what she wanted and she left town.
Fast forward seven years and Sylvia has returned to help out her widowed mother who runs a boutique private nursing home and needs a new job. When the agency sends her to Carville's accounting firm, she is nervous and curious at the same time. (An Accountant hero...swoon.)
Lucas has grown up a lot since his rejection by the love of his life. He has matured into an attractive and sophisticated man of around thirty.
Who doesn't recognise her?
The story is set from Sylvia's point of view so we don't get his POV but it's clear, once he lets her know he does remember, that he remembers her very well.
As she learns more about Lucas and his past, Sylvia grows to love him. But he remains enigmatic with the occasional punishing kiss.
Things are complicated by the annoying Brian still hanging around and by Maureen, the personal assistant of Lucas who has ambitions. Lucas also has a matchmaking aunt who's machinations cause most of Sylvia's angst. Cos she likes the punishing kisses and isn't so sure about the enigmatic bit.
Overall a nice read with a satisfactory ending.
This one though is fairly mild. It's a reunion story which is my jam.
Seven years ago, fresh out of the prison of boarding school, seventeen year old Sylvia could think of nothing worse than tying herself down in marriage to serious, nerdy (before nerd was a thing) Lucas Carville. Instead she dated Brian, who worked at her father's business and was into having fun. Until she discovered he wasn't what she wanted and she left town.
Fast forward seven years and Sylvia has returned to help out her widowed mother who runs a boutique private nursing home and needs a new job. When the agency sends her to Carville's accounting firm, she is nervous and curious at the same time. (An Accountant hero...swoon.)
Lucas has grown up a lot since his rejection by the love of his life. He has matured into an attractive and sophisticated man of around thirty.
Who doesn't recognise her?
The story is set from Sylvia's point of view so we don't get his POV but it's clear, once he lets her know he does remember, that he remembers her very well.
As she learns more about Lucas and his past, Sylvia grows to love him. But he remains enigmatic with the occasional punishing kiss.
Things are complicated by the annoying Brian still hanging around and by Maureen, the personal assistant of Lucas who has ambitions. Lucas also has a matchmaking aunt who's machinations cause most of Sylvia's angst. Cos she likes the punishing kisses and isn't so sure about the enigmatic bit.
Overall a nice read with a satisfactory ending.
October 4, 2017
I really enjoy her books BUT I am always left up in the air at the end. Makes me laugh that the male is usually 8 years older than the female. The author also likes to use the phrase........Short Shrift. hahaha also there is a nasty female in the story. I love the fact that he is not a millionaire/billionaire business man or royalty but a Farmer/Polo player or Architect or Accountant. Google earth is wonderful for finding the places in her books.
July 20, 2024
Wow, this one was such a chore! Like literally. It opens up decent but quickly took a dip. Neither hero nor heroine was near interesting. The execution was boring. I have nothing against old people but this one has abundant of it. A good amount seems to revolve around older peeps?
The obliging heroine babysits seniors or something like that, perhaps helps out at some nursery home connected to her mom or a friend or something like that. I simply do not recall. I don’t know why the author thought that drudgery work will make an entertaining read for the most part, except shows us that the heroine is a not an ungrudging person. Of course, not to mention, the noble hero long keeps an older aunt living with him, too, so I guess they both proved compassionate and dutiful. Honorable human beings, I like but the story was simply too much lifelike and I needed something to escape reality not to remind me of my reality and impeding chores. I don’t even know how the heroine came to like the hero so soon and so much, without a proper foundation, when she had previously rejected him. Suddenly, it’s meet again and it’s tingling and feels and they better be kissing. Is that how life be? And love? A tad bit too casual and formulaic. And the time the hero asked her to give him an appreciative kiss was just too cringe! Why did she ever obliged the man? What a burden!
The obliging heroine babysits seniors or something like that, perhaps helps out at some nursery home connected to her mom or a friend or something like that. I simply do not recall. I don’t know why the author thought that drudgery work will make an entertaining read for the most part, except shows us that the heroine is a not an ungrudging person. Of course, not to mention, the noble hero long keeps an older aunt living with him, too, so I guess they both proved compassionate and dutiful. Honorable human beings, I like but the story was simply too much lifelike and I needed something to escape reality not to remind me of my reality and impeding chores. I don’t even know how the heroine came to like the hero so soon and so much, without a proper foundation, when she had previously rejected him. Suddenly, it’s meet again and it’s tingling and feels and they better be kissing. Is that how life be? And love? A tad bit too casual and formulaic. And the time the hero asked her to give him an appreciative kiss was just too cringe! Why did she ever obliged the man? What a burden!
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