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His Pregnancy Ultimatum (Expecting!)
Mia Fredrickson has no idea what possessed her to share the bed of a complete stranger. Her handsome lover turns out to be Greek tycoon Nikolos Karedes, and when he discovers Mia's secret he "insists" they marry. But Mia refuses!
However, as far as Nikolos is concerned, Mia's resistance is only temporary. He will have again what he enjoyed before--Mia--using his exceptional seductive skills to place her at his mercy!
However, as far as Nikolos is concerned, Mia's resistance is only temporary. He will have again what he enjoyed before--Mia--using his exceptional seductive skills to place her at his mercy!
145 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2010
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Helen Bianchin
380 books229 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 30, 2013
This book didn't make sense at all. The hero was a flawless dream man who treated the heroine like a queen yet she avoided him like the plague with no reason whatsoever. I thought the author would explain us why but she never did. Other than that nothing happened. Most boring Harlequin ever.
October 20, 2018
I adored this sweet sensual story. The MC’s chemistry was off the chart.
Hero wasn’t a womanizer or a rude A**hole. He was caring,persistent, knew his mind and strongly, steadily courted the heroine. He was also an alpha. Heroine was a strong independent woman. Even though At times her resistance irritated me , it also gained my respect.
This was very low on angst level so if you are looking for drama and twists, this is not the apt book.
The contrast between hero and heroine’s family was well written.
Epilogue was so sweet.
Recommended.
Hero wasn’t a womanizer or a rude A**hole. He was caring,persistent, knew his mind and strongly, steadily courted the heroine. He was also an alpha. Heroine was a strong independent woman. Even though At times her resistance irritated me , it also gained my respect.
This was very low on angst level so if you are looking for drama and twists, this is not the apt book.
The contrast between hero and heroine’s family was well written.
Epilogue was so sweet.
Recommended.
August 31, 2018
"His Pregnancy Ultimatum" is the story of Mia and Nikolos.
Super efficent and nerdy Mia has a one night stand with a enigmatic stranger- during which a condom bursts and three months later, there are consequences!
While visiting her sister Alice, she decides to accompany her best friend Cris to a traditional Greek family dinner, only to come face to face with the aforementioned stranger Nikolos, who is also Cris's older brother.
Soon Nikolos learns about the pregnancy, and plans to be part of its and the mother's life. But Mia has no interest in being Nikolos's wife, and soon a stalky ex from his past starts showing up everywhere they go. Can they both find their happy ending?
A low angst romance with a stubborn heroine, a sweet but alpha hero, a crazy sabotaging ex and some mild family drama. There was minimal sex, and the reason why Mia denied Nikolos throughout the book was never made clear! She liked him, but she didnt want to be with him? We never got to get into either of their minds, and that's why I was left feeling unsatisfied.
Safe
2/5
Super efficent and nerdy Mia has a one night stand with a enigmatic stranger- during which a condom bursts and three months later, there are consequences!
While visiting her sister Alice, she decides to accompany her best friend Cris to a traditional Greek family dinner, only to come face to face with the aforementioned stranger Nikolos, who is also Cris's older brother.
Soon Nikolos learns about the pregnancy, and plans to be part of its and the mother's life. But Mia has no interest in being Nikolos's wife, and soon a stalky ex from his past starts showing up everywhere they go. Can they both find their happy ending?
A low angst romance with a stubborn heroine, a sweet but alpha hero, a crazy sabotaging ex and some mild family drama. There was minimal sex, and the reason why Mia denied Nikolos throughout the book was never made clear! She liked him, but she didnt want to be with him? We never got to get into either of their minds, and that's why I was left feeling unsatisfied.
Safe
2/5
November 25, 2021
HAIKU BOOK REVIEW: His Pregnancy Ultimatum, by Helen Bianchin
Black belt heroine
sadly does not get to chop
up Other Woman.
Black belt heroine
sadly does not get to chop
up Other Woman.
August 25, 2011
The heroine Mia returns home after university and breaks the news to her sister that she is pregnant, and she doesn't know the fathers name. Mia has always been very sensible so the news of her pregnancy, and the fact that she had a one night stand, comes as a big shock to both herself and her sister, but Mia knows that she wants the baby more than anything. An invitation to a friends home for dinner brings Mia face to face with Nikolos, the hero, whom is the man she spent her one wild night with and the baby's father. Nikolos is pleased to see Mia again, he searched for her after their night together and hasn't been able to forget her. When Mia tells him about the pregnancy he asks her to marry him but Mia refuses. Nikolos makes it clear that he will be a part of his child's life and takes time to get to know Mia. It's clear they are falling in love, but jealous would-be lovers and Mia's need for independence makes it difficult.
This is an enjoyable book with a beautifully crafted relationship that is both tender and passionate. I liked both characters and I feel that they are both believable. But, as with the last Helen Bianchin book I read, the pace of the book feels rather slow at times, and there isn't really much excitement. The whole stalker/crazy other woman plot is completely unnecessary, it just felt really flat and is quite frankly really lame. I think if your going to go down the stalker route then you need to go all out Glenn-Close-bunny-boiler style and have it as edge of your seat stuff, or else not bother. The book would have been better without it.
Overall, this is a warm and enjoyable romance.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
This is an enjoyable book with a beautifully crafted relationship that is both tender and passionate. I liked both characters and I feel that they are both believable. But, as with the last Helen Bianchin book I read, the pace of the book feels rather slow at times, and there isn't really much excitement. The whole stalker/crazy other woman plot is completely unnecessary, it just felt really flat and is quite frankly really lame. I think if your going to go down the stalker route then you need to go all out Glenn-Close-bunny-boiler style and have it as edge of your seat stuff, or else not bother. The book would have been better without it.
Overall, this is a warm and enjoyable romance.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
July 23, 2015
I thought this was going to be just another pregnancy / romance book, but it was so much more than that. I loved the close relationship that Mia shared with her sister, and nephew. It left me with a warm feeling of a close family. I laughed through the part of the story where Mia was telling her sister that she was pregnant. I won't go into details because I don't want to spoil it for you.
The passion between Mia, and Nikolos sizzled off the pages. All I can say is the chemistry was intense. If you enjoy a really good, well written romance, take the time to read this one. It won't disappoint you!
What I enjoyed about this book, is the Heroine is a strong willed, sensible, loving person. She does not just give into Nikolos. On the other hand Nikolos is a alpha, but he is not over powering. He was never mean. The poor man never saw love coming his way, until the night he met Mia. That night two life's were forever changed. Two souls found one another. I do believe the man would do anything for Mia.
Sample from chapter 1 - She couldn't bring herself to admit that what she'd initially damned as unbridled lust was something much deeper, more meaningful than just the slaking of physical need. It touched her heart, her soul, and captivated both on a level she hadn't dreamed possible. The child she carried represented part of that.
The passion between Mia, and Nikolos sizzled off the pages. All I can say is the chemistry was intense. If you enjoy a really good, well written romance, take the time to read this one. It won't disappoint you!
What I enjoyed about this book, is the Heroine is a strong willed, sensible, loving person. She does not just give into Nikolos. On the other hand Nikolos is a alpha, but he is not over powering. He was never mean. The poor man never saw love coming his way, until the night he met Mia. That night two life's were forever changed. Two souls found one another. I do believe the man would do anything for Mia.
Sample from chapter 1 - She couldn't bring herself to admit that what she'd initially damned as unbridled lust was something much deeper, more meaningful than just the slaking of physical need. It touched her heart, her soul, and captivated both on a level she hadn't dreamed possible. The child she carried represented part of that.
December 8, 2020
Come ON, Helen! You can do better than THAT! This book was so similar to Public Marriage, Private Secrets, for a five minute span (in the early morning hours) I could have sworn I was reading the B side of that book.
Billionaire businessman, a night of hot sex, and oops baby, the billionaire loves/needs the baby momma but can't tell her that so he decides to seduce her into marriage (or remarriage as in Public Marriage). He bullies her into getting his way (as they always do), the heroine is so vaginally gaga over the billionaire she can't form the word 'no' so she becomes the pregnant version of a wish-washy machine.
Seriously? The dude negotiations multi-million dollar contracts but he just CAN'T find the words to tell the heroine he loves her and doesn't just want to marry her for the baby? Give me a break!
Also, what the hell is wrong with the flip-flopping POVs? We go from the heroine's mind to the hero's mind without warning, and I found myself pausing to shift gears in my brain--only to shift them again when the POV changes again in the next paragraph.
Ugh. I finished the book because I'd already committed my insomniac brain to the cause. It was another book that scratched the itch but didn't satisfy it. I guess I need to stop reading Bianchin books.
Billionaire businessman, a night of hot sex, and oops baby, the billionaire loves/needs the baby momma but can't tell her that so he decides to seduce her into marriage (or remarriage as in Public Marriage). He bullies her into getting his way (as they always do), the heroine is so vaginally gaga over the billionaire she can't form the word 'no' so she becomes the pregnant version of a wish-washy machine.
Seriously? The dude negotiations multi-million dollar contracts but he just CAN'T find the words to tell the heroine he loves her and doesn't just want to marry her for the baby? Give me a break!
Also, what the hell is wrong with the flip-flopping POVs? We go from the heroine's mind to the hero's mind without warning, and I found myself pausing to shift gears in my brain--only to shift them again when the POV changes again in the next paragraph.
Ugh. I finished the book because I'd already committed my insomniac brain to the cause. It was another book that scratched the itch but didn't satisfy it. I guess I need to stop reading Bianchin books.
July 7, 2012
I didn't remember that I'd read this one (HB's books are all pretty similar!), and was so glad to find it! Same theme as in past HB books -- crazy ex stalker, resistant heroine, patient hero, etc. And it ended/wrapped up a little too quickly and neatly. But overall a sweet story.
July 30, 2012
I like Helen Bianchin's characters. She does tend to have recurring themes in her stories so it may be wise for a reader to spread the reading of her books out.
February 15, 2018
No bitch slaps here. One of her better efforts.
October 1, 2020
Okay, I'm realizing that Helen Bianchin writes the same book over and over again: hero and heroine are married, or get pregnant, or hook up somehow, and the hero knows she is the one (or is commitment-phobic but knows he wants to be with her) while the heroine, nobly but sensibly, wants to get on with her life knowing that the hero does not love/will never truly love her. In the meantime, there is a crazy lady who wants to get with the hero despite his total lack of interest in her, and some dude somewhere along the sleazy<-->dangerous spectrum who is after the heroine, and while the heroine is sensible enough to consistently share this information with the hero (who generally hires her a bodyguard, which she finds annoying), she does not pause to consider that perhaps she should have some more in-depth conversations with the hero along the lines of, "So you repeatedly propose marriage to me while showering me with burning kisses. Is this, perhaps, a sign of deeper feelings or do you do this with all your spouses/girlfriends/one-night stands?"
Anyway, this works fairly well when the heroine is an icy society princess but when she's Jane Average it's a little silly. This heroine is Jane Average and she's pregnant from a one-night stand so it's a little silly.
Anyway, this works fairly well when the heroine is an icy society princess but when she's Jane Average it's a little silly. This heroine is Jane Average and she's pregnant from a one-night stand so it's a little silly.
June 4, 2021
Mia Fredrickson has no idea what possessed her to share the bed of a complete stranger. Her handsome lover turns out to be Greek tycoon Nikolos Karedes, and when he discovers Mia's secret -- she's carrying the Greek tycoon's baby! -- he insists they marry. But Mia refuses!
However, as far as Nikolos is concerned, Mia's resistance is only temporary. He will have again what he enjoyed before -- Mia -- using his exceptional seductive skills to place her at his mercy!
Expecting! -- she's successful, sexy and pregnant!
However, as far as Nikolos is concerned, Mia's resistance is only temporary. He will have again what he enjoyed before -- Mia -- using his exceptional seductive skills to place her at his mercy!
Expecting! -- she's successful, sexy and pregnant!
June 28, 2015
I loved this book and it's a classic love/hate relationship. A headstrong woman who's found herself pregnant after a one night stand and she's trying to ignore the sexual attraction to the father-to-be.. and he's trying to win her trust and love the whole time! And don't forget the meddlesome sister trying to do whatever she can to throw the 2 parents-to-be together to make them fall in love! Gotta love it!
March 15, 2018
Beautiful pregnancy story.
Nick and mia's story was beautiful, I was quite happy when they caught the wicked witch of the West before she hurt mia or the baby. Keep up the good stories.
Nick and mia's story was beautiful, I was quite happy when they caught the wicked witch of the West before she hurt mia or the baby. Keep up the good stories.
July 10, 2018
Nice read. Not my favourite but I liked this book.
October 3, 2020
The h and H have a one night stand. She becomes pregnant.
The h is tiring. She argues and contradicts him all the time and I don’t know why. I think nobody knows why. I think even the author doesn’t know why.
The H wants to be a dad for his unborn child. He wants them to marry. He is rich, handsome, sweet to her, good in bed. He buys her a car and he tells the whole world how important she and the child are to him.
Yet this h argues and argues. Basically she denies her unborn child to know his/her loving father and him/her have a life without ever having to worry about finances. And we adults all know how important money is in this world. Money opens doors.
But the H is so charming that I give this book 3 stars anyway, despite the annoying h.
The h is tiring. She argues and contradicts him all the time and I don’t know why. I think nobody knows why. I think even the author doesn’t know why.
The H wants to be a dad for his unborn child. He wants them to marry. He is rich, handsome, sweet to her, good in bed. He buys her a car and he tells the whole world how important she and the child are to him.
Yet this h argues and argues. Basically she denies her unborn child to know his/her loving father and him/her have a life without ever having to worry about finances. And we adults all know how important money is in this world. Money opens doors.
But the H is so charming that I give this book 3 stars anyway, despite the annoying h.
October 10, 2019
2 Stars.
So, we start with the heroine lamenting not knowing the father of her baby’s name to be able to tell him she’s pregnant and her child growing up without a father. Then she sees him again and she’s so hostile about having to tell him about the baby and heaven forbid she share her baby with its father, she’s going to do everything on her own and he can just forget he has a child. ...What?
So, we start with the heroine lamenting not knowing the father of her baby’s name to be able to tell him she’s pregnant and her child growing up without a father. Then she sees him again and she’s so hostile about having to tell him about the baby and heaven forbid she share her baby with its father, she’s going to do everything on her own and he can just forget he has a child. ...What?
August 15, 2019
4 stars
Enjoyed it so much.. The H was great, love him. The h was feisty and just my kind of heroine. But wished for more tho. Like the pregnancy became more involved in the story and have some scenes that shows her pregnancy journey but despite that it was great
Enjoyed it so much.. The H was great, love him. The h was feisty and just my kind of heroine. But wished for more tho. Like the pregnancy became more involved in the story and have some scenes that shows her pregnancy journey but despite that it was great
August 18, 2024
Mia's decision
Mia is pregnant but determined to remain independent. She turned down a proposal from Nikolos no sure the reasoning justifies a life long commitment.
This book is well written with a woman written as assured in her choices and strong in her resolve.
Mia is pregnant but determined to remain independent. She turned down a proposal from Nikolos no sure the reasoning justifies a life long commitment.
This book is well written with a woman written as assured in her choices and strong in her resolve.
November 30, 2020
Great Book
Absolutely one of my favorites! Wonderful story! Loved the story line and ending. Would definitely recommend reading this great book!
Absolutely one of my favorites! Wonderful story! Loved the story line and ending. Would definitely recommend reading this great book!
December 1, 2022
Nederlandse titel Een decemberliefde.
May 20, 2024
Very enjoyable and attention holding read.
July 18, 2024
I liked the book very much but I never reached the end. I would like to finish the book
September 28, 2013
This is a book.
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April 17, 2016
Bueno, primero, si no quieres que alguien se entere de algo no lo dices ni lo insinúas. En fin, como todos los libros de este tipo, la historia fue corta y siempre deja con ganas de algo más. le doy un 3.8
October 24, 2016
Love Always
Love the struggle for power between the couple. Mia is strong, independent and knows what she wants . Nic just wants Mia and his child. A battle of wills ensues and a little drama from someone who wants what they can't have makes this book a good read.
Love the struggle for power between the couple. Mia is strong, independent and knows what she wants . Nic just wants Mia and his child. A battle of wills ensues and a little drama from someone who wants what they can't have makes this book a good read.
October 28, 2012
Unas escenas divertidas y una prota con cerebro: buena lectura.
July 9, 2012
BEST BOOK EVER ! LOVE THE ROMANCE OF THIS BOOK, READ IT TWICE! <3
April 28, 2022
I fell in love Nikolos!!
December 28, 2012
Very mellow. The heroine and hero got what they deserved in the end and as well as the villain. I did like it but the whole very little conflict thing annoyed me a bit.
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