What do you think?
Rate this book
Impossible Situation
The man was unscrupulous
And he'd won. Tamara's late father had left his renowned jewelry company to Kiel Kramer--not to her! And Kiel had wasted no time in seizing complete control.
He'd always been a thorn in Tamara's side--but now it appeared that the business wasn't to be their only battleground. For Kiel seemed to have designs on Tamara herself. It was as if he wanted to add her to his growing collections.
Tamara had no intention of letting Kiel storm her defenses . . . but would she be strong enough to withstand the onslaught of his passionate seduction?
And he'd won. Tamara's late father had left his renowned jewelry company to Kiel Kramer--not to her! And Kiel had wasted no time in seizing complete control.
He'd always been a thorn in Tamara's side--but now it appeared that the business wasn't to be their only battleground. For Kiel seemed to have designs on Tamara herself. It was as if he wanted to add her to his growing collections.
Tamara had no intention of letting Kiel storm her defenses . . . but would she be strong enough to withstand the onslaught of his passionate seduction?
- GenresHarlequin RomanceRomance
188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 1991
About the author
Margaret Mayo
348 books46 followersThere is more than one author with this name
For Children's writer see Margaret Mayo
Jessica R. Mayo was born on February 7, 1936 in Staffordshire, England, and has remained within the county all of her life. It was never her ambition to become a writer, although she always loved reading, even to the extent of reading comics out loud to her twin brother when she was eight years old. In fact her only writing experience was in letters to various pen pals around the world. She unfortunately lost touch with them now and often wonders whether any of them have ever discovered that her chatty letters were the forerunner to her writing career.
She left school to become a secretary, taking a break to have her two children, Adrian and Tina. Once they were at school she started back to work and planned to further her career by becoming a bi-lingual secretary. Unfortunately she couldn't speak any languages other than her native English, so she began evening classes. It was at this time that she got the idea for a romantic short story - to this day she doesn't know where the idea came from or why, but she thanks her lucky stars because it kick-started her career. Margaret, and her mother before her, had always read Mills & Boon romances, and to actually be writing one excited her beyond measure.
'My life began at forty' is another one of her favourite sayings - because that is when her first book was published - two and a half years after she first set pen to paper (that first book was written long before she felt confident enough to send it off).Having those books accepted was the happiest and most exciting day of her life. She waltzed her husband around the room and their two children thought they'd gone mad, until they were told the good news.
Her first two submitted novels were accepted simultaneously, and now she has over sixty-five to her credit. When she looks at them lined up on her bookshelf she wonders how she has managed to write all those millions of words. She is a hopeless romantic who loves writing. She falls in love with every one of her heroes and likes to boast about how many 'love affairs' she's had.
Margaret gets so immersed in her writing that one day - before she made writing her full-time career and did most of her writing at the office (!!) - her daughter phoned to ask whether she could come and meet her out of work. Margaret told her not to be silly because it was foggy. Her daughter said 'But it's sunny here.' And when Margaret looked out of the window the sun was shining. Her hero and heroine were lost out in a sea of fog!
Before she became a successful author Margaret was extremely shy and found it difficult to talk to strangers. For research purposes she forced herself to speak to people from all walks of life and now says her shyness has gone forever - to a certain degree. She is still happier pouring her thoughts out on paper.
Copied from Fantastic Fiction
For Children's writer see Margaret Mayo
Jessica R. Mayo was born on February 7, 1936 in Staffordshire, England, and has remained within the county all of her life. It was never her ambition to become a writer, although she always loved reading, even to the extent of reading comics out loud to her twin brother when she was eight years old. In fact her only writing experience was in letters to various pen pals around the world. She unfortunately lost touch with them now and often wonders whether any of them have ever discovered that her chatty letters were the forerunner to her writing career.
She left school to become a secretary, taking a break to have her two children, Adrian and Tina. Once they were at school she started back to work and planned to further her career by becoming a bi-lingual secretary. Unfortunately she couldn't speak any languages other than her native English, so she began evening classes. It was at this time that she got the idea for a romantic short story - to this day she doesn't know where the idea came from or why, but she thanks her lucky stars because it kick-started her career. Margaret, and her mother before her, had always read Mills & Boon romances, and to actually be writing one excited her beyond measure.
'My life began at forty' is another one of her favourite sayings - because that is when her first book was published - two and a half years after she first set pen to paper (that first book was written long before she felt confident enough to send it off).Having those books accepted was the happiest and most exciting day of her life. She waltzed her husband around the room and their two children thought they'd gone mad, until they were told the good news.
Her first two submitted novels were accepted simultaneously, and now she has over sixty-five to her credit. When she looks at them lined up on her bookshelf she wonders how she has managed to write all those millions of words. She is a hopeless romantic who loves writing. She falls in love with every one of her heroes and likes to boast about how many 'love affairs' she's had.
Margaret gets so immersed in her writing that one day - before she made writing her full-time career and did most of her writing at the office (!!) - her daughter phoned to ask whether she could come and meet her out of work. Margaret told her not to be silly because it was foggy. Her daughter said 'But it's sunny here.' And when Margaret looked out of the window the sun was shining. Her hero and heroine were lost out in a sea of fog!
Before she became a successful author Margaret was extremely shy and found it difficult to talk to strangers. For research purposes she forced herself to speak to people from all walks of life and now says her shyness has gone forever - to a certain degree. She is still happier pouring her thoughts out on paper.
Copied from Fantastic Fiction
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
November 28, 2011
Pity there is a barrier but he helped to erect the barrier by blaming her all these years for his sister's death. He is constantly blaming her: when he discovers the truth, when discovers she is a virgin, for not trusting him, fighting him, destroying his life, for forcing him to take something from her, for not revealing the truth. . . blame, blame, blame. The character of Sam NEVER fully explained. Jealousy indeed, why would he want her to be jealous? He blames her for so much why would he even care? Patti, Tamara's friend, seems to fluctuate from liking him to not liking him, knows how Tamara feels and yet pushes her towards him.
All these two did was fight. Never felt the love. Felt the hate though as well as the jealousy and the defeatist attitude of both of them. Kiel doesn't deny a relationship with Sam and he never fully explains about her. Plus you have her acting as though there is more to it than there could be. Who should Tamara believe a guy who admits he hates her or the girl that claims to be his girlfriend and seems to know things about her that no one but Kiel knew? Kiel had promised Tamara's father that he would take care of Tamara but her father never knew how much he hated her!
Kiel gets a little physical with her - releasing her with a savage gesture that sent her to her knees in the grass when she compared him to another man that tried to force himself on her. No apologies from Kiel and no gentlemanly behavior either. Why in the world does Tamara go to Kiel's party just because he invited her friend Patti? Isn't Patti a grown up? Can't she go with her boyfriend without Tamara? Too many questions left unanswered for me. He is always condemning her. Never seems to trust her, respect her or anything. Not love more like a controlling need to dominate and be dominated. Respects her as a designer thought, just not as a person. One can see him turning abusive the way he turns on her after sex. She should have stopped him but she didn't want to. Never shares nothing with her gets mad because she doesn't think well of him. He doesn't like people that cast aspersions - um doesn't he?
Kiel tells Tamara that she doesn't give a damn about whose feelings she hurts - didn't he hurt her feelings after sex what about that? Kiel wanted Tamara to divulge things to him while he refused to share with her, in fact he would get angry when she withheld things from him. She apologizes to him and he says there is usually a reason for jealousy but won't admit he loves her until she says she loves him. It's as though he has suddenly changed with her declarations of love. There were never even any inklings of this before. Lust yes, HATE - oh yeah, game playing too, but love . . . nope!
All these two did was fight. Never felt the love. Felt the hate though as well as the jealousy and the defeatist attitude of both of them. Kiel doesn't deny a relationship with Sam and he never fully explains about her. Plus you have her acting as though there is more to it than there could be. Who should Tamara believe a guy who admits he hates her or the girl that claims to be his girlfriend and seems to know things about her that no one but Kiel knew? Kiel had promised Tamara's father that he would take care of Tamara but her father never knew how much he hated her!
Kiel gets a little physical with her - releasing her with a savage gesture that sent her to her knees in the grass when she compared him to another man that tried to force himself on her. No apologies from Kiel and no gentlemanly behavior either. Why in the world does Tamara go to Kiel's party just because he invited her friend Patti? Isn't Patti a grown up? Can't she go with her boyfriend without Tamara? Too many questions left unanswered for me. He is always condemning her. Never seems to trust her, respect her or anything. Not love more like a controlling need to dominate and be dominated. Respects her as a designer thought, just not as a person. One can see him turning abusive the way he turns on her after sex. She should have stopped him but she didn't want to. Never shares nothing with her gets mad because she doesn't think well of him. He doesn't like people that cast aspersions - um doesn't he?
Kiel tells Tamara that she doesn't give a damn about whose feelings she hurts - didn't he hurt her feelings after sex what about that? Kiel wanted Tamara to divulge things to him while he refused to share with her, in fact he would get angry when she withheld things from him. She apologizes to him and he says there is usually a reason for jealousy but won't admit he loves her until she says she loves him. It's as though he has suddenly changed with her declarations of love. There were never even any inklings of this before. Lust yes, HATE - oh yeah, game playing too, but love . . . nope!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 29, 2015
4 stars
FINALLY a good Harlequin! It seems all year when I pick these up I am disappointed, it's a trend. This oldie was a lot of fun. It held high drama which is the main thing that attracts people to these in the first place, like a written soap opera. The back makes it sound typical in the drama department, but it's not. There are other major levels at play here. The obstacles are fierce, and I won't be spoiling anything but explaining some of plot which the back blurb left out:
Tamara is upset her father died and left the company to someone she never cared much for. That "someone" is Kiel, who she always felt her father liked more than her and helped raise. Kiel hates Tamara and plans to make her life miserable because he blames her for the death of his sister a year earlier in a car accident.
Yep, good guilty-pleasure kind of stuff. Plenty of tension and no, they don't let their hatred of each other override their judgment all the time for "chemistry" like some silly Harlequins. Their passion is more realistic and they hold back well. There's little sappiness and cheesiness for this kind of book. *Does reader cheer* The characters are likeable and have genuine reason to be at each others throats - a lot of the books make the reasons too flimsy and easy to toss away, not this one. Sex is rare but when it happens it's realistic and a bit hot. Both of the characters are well rounded.
It's a shame I don't have more Margaret Mayo books waiting around for me to try out :(
FINALLY a good Harlequin! It seems all year when I pick these up I am disappointed, it's a trend. This oldie was a lot of fun. It held high drama which is the main thing that attracts people to these in the first place, like a written soap opera. The back makes it sound typical in the drama department, but it's not. There are other major levels at play here. The obstacles are fierce, and I won't be spoiling anything but explaining some of plot which the back blurb left out:
Tamara is upset her father died and left the company to someone she never cared much for. That "someone" is Kiel, who she always felt her father liked more than her and helped raise. Kiel hates Tamara and plans to make her life miserable because he blames her for the death of his sister a year earlier in a car accident.
Yep, good guilty-pleasure kind of stuff. Plenty of tension and no, they don't let their hatred of each other override their judgment all the time for "chemistry" like some silly Harlequins. Their passion is more realistic and they hold back well. There's little sappiness and cheesiness for this kind of book. *Does reader cheer* The characters are likeable and have genuine reason to be at each others throats - a lot of the books make the reasons too flimsy and easy to toss away, not this one. Sex is rare but when it happens it's realistic and a bit hot. Both of the characters are well rounded.
It's a shame I don't have more Margaret Mayo books waiting around for me to try out :(
February 10, 2013
Decent oldie. The hero inherited the heroine's father's company which put her nose out of joint because she thought she was going to get it of course. The hero had a grudge against her because he thought she caused his sister's death. There was the usual fighting and sniping and such. It was a little OTT and the hero flipped out when It all worked out in the end.
May 18, 2016
This book is perfect!! I love it so much
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews