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To Tame a Wild Heart
Slade had been bored until Rebecca arrived...
Rebecca Wilder had more than arrived. She'd burst into the Manhattan boardroom of Cordell Enterprises, demanding Slade do something about the situation on his drought-stricken Australian cattle station.
One task accomplished, she was ready to return home and begin her real mission - she must produce an heir to save her own land. She had no time to waste.
Slade's decision to return with Rebecca disrupted her plans. And then he made an offer she couldn't refuse...
Rebecca Wilder had more than arrived. She'd burst into the Manhattan boardroom of Cordell Enterprises, demanding Slade do something about the situation on his drought-stricken Australian cattle station.
One task accomplished, she was ready to return home and begin her real mission - she must produce an heir to save her own land. She had no time to waste.
Slade's decision to return with Rebecca disrupted her plans. And then he made an offer she couldn't refuse...
186 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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Emma Darcy
640 books327 followersEmma Darcy is the pseudonym created by the married writing team of Wendy (1940-2020) and Frank Brennan (1936-1995). Their life journey has taken as many twists and turns as the characters in their stories, whose international popularity has resulted in over sixty-million book sales. With more than a hundred titles, Emma Darcy appeared regularly on the Waldenbooks bestseller lists in the U.S.A. and in the Nielson BookScan Top 100 chart in the U.K.
Wendy was born 28 November 1940 in Australia. Her sister was the novelist Maureen Mary (Miranda Lee). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. She obtained an Honours degree in Latin and initially worked as a high school English/French teacher. She married Frank Brennan, an Australian businessman born in 1936. She changed careers to computer programming before marriage and motherhood settled her into a community life. She was reputedly the first woman computer programmer in the southern hemisphere.
As voracious readers, the step to writing their own books seemed a natural progression and the challenge of creating exciting stories was soon highly addictive. They were published since 1983. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrotes books on her own. She lived in a beachside property on the central coast of New South Wales, and liked to travel extensively to research settings and increase her experience of places and people.
Wendy Brennan passed away on December 21, 2020. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and sister, writer Miranda Lee.
Wendy was born 28 November 1940 in Australia. Her sister was the novelist Maureen Mary (Miranda Lee). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. She obtained an Honours degree in Latin and initially worked as a high school English/French teacher. She married Frank Brennan, an Australian businessman born in 1936. She changed careers to computer programming before marriage and motherhood settled her into a community life. She was reputedly the first woman computer programmer in the southern hemisphere.
As voracious readers, the step to writing their own books seemed a natural progression and the challenge of creating exciting stories was soon highly addictive. They were published since 1983. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrotes books on her own. She lived in a beachside property on the central coast of New South Wales, and liked to travel extensively to research settings and increase her experience of places and people.
Wendy Brennan passed away on December 21, 2020. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and sister, writer Miranda Lee.
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September 27, 2017
RE To Tame A Wild Heart - Emma Darcy makes her bid for land conservation via an Australian Western Outback romance smack dab in the middle of HPlandia. ED channels a lot of shades of Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons from the movie The Big Country at the start of this one.
The book opens in the 36 yr old H's pov. He is the CEO and major shareholder of a multinational corporate conglomeration that was founded by his father when his grandfather discovered oil on his Texas ranch. The H is very dissatisfied and restless with his current lifestyle, he really wanted to live on his grandfather's ranch and be an astrophysicist, but the family legacy demanded and the H stepped up when his father died.
He is sitting in a board meeting being cynical about the yes men surrounding him when the 24yr old authoritative Australian h sweeps in and demands he do something about the excess cattle on the H's Australian cattle station that borders her own spread. It seems the h's land has the only reliable source of water for the three stations in the area and there has been a five year drought.
In a bid to try and force the h and her grandmother off their long held land, the H's managing executive has overstocked the cattle and is clashing with the h and the other cattle station owner, an Argentinian, because there is too many cattle to maintain water sustainability.
The h has been allowing the H's cattle access to her water but tempers are getting hot. The H's cattle are in danger of being slaughtered by the other cattle stations so that everyone can share the water. The H's executive claims that the h's land is heavily mortgaged and that the H's company is willing to buy her out. The h counters that they will never sell, no matter how high the mortgage gets and the H can't force her out because the Australian government won't allow foreclosure as cattle ranching is a protected industry. The h also explains that the H's land has no water rights and if the H doesn't get things sorted, she and the other station owner will.
The H is immediately attracted to the h and manages to maneuver her enough to be able to fly back to Australia with her and see things for himself. Unfortunately the h gets the news at the airport that her grandmother has passed away from a heart attack and the H knows that this news is just going to make the h even more antagonistic towards him. The h is as alpha as he is himself and tho he can tell she is attracted, he isn't sure she will want to succumb to his mighty mojo powers.
The h is devastated by her grandmother's death. The last five years have been incredibly hard for her. First there was the drought, then her grandfather died, then her helicopter pilot fiance became paralyzed in a wheelchair after saving her and her grandmother from a stampede and he called off the wedding and rejected her. Now her grandmother is dead and in the isolation of the Outback, the h doesn't have a lot of opportunities to socialize and create the next generation of cattle station owners. Plus the h still has some feeling for her former fiance, even tho he has become successful in business and totally rejects the Outback way of life, the h has a combination of remainder love and guilt and would still marry him. The H and h make it to Australia and as they are setting out for the Outback, the h's former fiance shows up.
The h, in her grief, begs him for a second chance at marriage, but the ex totally rejects her and the h finally acknowledges that he is just not interested now that he can't keep up with her. She is upset, but it is more about not having a partner to start children with than actually because she really misses the guy. The h realizes that the man she thought the former fiance was is not the man he is. However the H is still handy and the lurve mojo vibes are flowing, so who knows what opportunities might come up?
The H and h get to the h's station and there is a cattle massacre going on. The H's now former executive had wired the H's station staff to drive the cattle to the h's water and the h's Argentinian neighbor, who had some designs on the h himself, is out there shooting the cattle. The h makes everybody stop and go back to their own lands. Then she buries her grandmother and when the H wants to lurve her up, she asks him to make a child with her. The h doesn't believe the H wants her for more than anything other than a fling - and that is the impression the H initially gives, but the more the H gets to know her, the more fascinated he is.
The H and h do become lovers, tho the H believes the h is on birth control and she doesn't tell him otherwise. In a very dubious ethical choice that ED explains as partially fueled by grief, the h plots to have the H's baby without his express consent. They are lovers for a week and the h realizes that she is totally in love with the H, but that a marriage between them would never work as she won't leave her cattle station and he has a big city life to live. The H leaves to go back and reorganize his company and the h returns to her cattle station, she wants to start an Outback experience program for kids who have serious illnesses and may never get to see the wonders of the Outback and the H agrees to fund it.
Time passes and the h is doing her thing and the H is back in NYC doing his, when the h's Argentinian neighbor storms the H's NYC office and tells the H that the h is preggers and he needs to sort that out and make the h respectable again. The H rushes back to Australia to see the h and they argue, but the h refuses to marry him as she doesn't think the H is into cattle ranching for the long haul. The H sets out to prove her wrong and he moves in with the h and they run their respective cattle stations together. Then the rains finally come and the big drought is over as all the rivers and creeks start flooding.
The h is happy for the rain, but also happy that the floods mean the H can't leave. Then she goes into labor. She had promised the H that she would have her baby in the hospital instead of at home, but they are stuck and so the H has to deliver the baby. Fortunately, our H is truly a Renaissance man, cause he did midwife classes in his spare time. In really touching and finely wrought scene, the H and h deliver their daughter together. Afterwards the h declares her love for the H and she will split her life between the cattle station and NYC cause she finally believes him when he tells her he is committed.
The H proves that he is even more committed when he tells her that he is retired from the business world, he has appointed a CEO to take over and will only need occasional consults and he plans on living with the h on their combined stations and building an observatory and tracking their cattle via satellite for the HEA.
In a very rare author postscript, ED leaves a little note about how her hubby was kicked out of the delivery room when their kids were being born and so she wrote the daughter's birth scene to recreate the magic between two partners that a new life brings into the world.
This one was good and highly dramatic. Tho I did question the h's decisions regarding stealing the H's motillators for a baby making, ED writes well enough that the h is redeemable and overall this a great HPlandia outing and worth the read if the h's actions don't totally infuriate.
The book opens in the 36 yr old H's pov. He is the CEO and major shareholder of a multinational corporate conglomeration that was founded by his father when his grandfather discovered oil on his Texas ranch. The H is very dissatisfied and restless with his current lifestyle, he really wanted to live on his grandfather's ranch and be an astrophysicist, but the family legacy demanded and the H stepped up when his father died.
He is sitting in a board meeting being cynical about the yes men surrounding him when the 24yr old authoritative Australian h sweeps in and demands he do something about the excess cattle on the H's Australian cattle station that borders her own spread. It seems the h's land has the only reliable source of water for the three stations in the area and there has been a five year drought.
In a bid to try and force the h and her grandmother off their long held land, the H's managing executive has overstocked the cattle and is clashing with the h and the other cattle station owner, an Argentinian, because there is too many cattle to maintain water sustainability.
The h has been allowing the H's cattle access to her water but tempers are getting hot. The H's cattle are in danger of being slaughtered by the other cattle stations so that everyone can share the water. The H's executive claims that the h's land is heavily mortgaged and that the H's company is willing to buy her out. The h counters that they will never sell, no matter how high the mortgage gets and the H can't force her out because the Australian government won't allow foreclosure as cattle ranching is a protected industry. The h also explains that the H's land has no water rights and if the H doesn't get things sorted, she and the other station owner will.
The H is immediately attracted to the h and manages to maneuver her enough to be able to fly back to Australia with her and see things for himself. Unfortunately the h gets the news at the airport that her grandmother has passed away from a heart attack and the H knows that this news is just going to make the h even more antagonistic towards him. The h is as alpha as he is himself and tho he can tell she is attracted, he isn't sure she will want to succumb to his mighty mojo powers.
The h is devastated by her grandmother's death. The last five years have been incredibly hard for her. First there was the drought, then her grandfather died, then her helicopter pilot fiance became paralyzed in a wheelchair after saving her and her grandmother from a stampede and he called off the wedding and rejected her. Now her grandmother is dead and in the isolation of the Outback, the h doesn't have a lot of opportunities to socialize and create the next generation of cattle station owners. Plus the h still has some feeling for her former fiance, even tho he has become successful in business and totally rejects the Outback way of life, the h has a combination of remainder love and guilt and would still marry him. The H and h make it to Australia and as they are setting out for the Outback, the h's former fiance shows up.
The h, in her grief, begs him for a second chance at marriage, but the ex totally rejects her and the h finally acknowledges that he is just not interested now that he can't keep up with her. She is upset, but it is more about not having a partner to start children with than actually because she really misses the guy. The h realizes that the man she thought the former fiance was is not the man he is. However the H is still handy and the lurve mojo vibes are flowing, so who knows what opportunities might come up?
The H and h get to the h's station and there is a cattle massacre going on. The H's now former executive had wired the H's station staff to drive the cattle to the h's water and the h's Argentinian neighbor, who had some designs on the h himself, is out there shooting the cattle. The h makes everybody stop and go back to their own lands. Then she buries her grandmother and when the H wants to lurve her up, she asks him to make a child with her. The h doesn't believe the H wants her for more than anything other than a fling - and that is the impression the H initially gives, but the more the H gets to know her, the more fascinated he is.
The H and h do become lovers, tho the H believes the h is on birth control and she doesn't tell him otherwise. In a very dubious ethical choice that ED explains as partially fueled by grief, the h plots to have the H's baby without his express consent. They are lovers for a week and the h realizes that she is totally in love with the H, but that a marriage between them would never work as she won't leave her cattle station and he has a big city life to live. The H leaves to go back and reorganize his company and the h returns to her cattle station, she wants to start an Outback experience program for kids who have serious illnesses and may never get to see the wonders of the Outback and the H agrees to fund it.
Time passes and the h is doing her thing and the H is back in NYC doing his, when the h's Argentinian neighbor storms the H's NYC office and tells the H that the h is preggers and he needs to sort that out and make the h respectable again. The H rushes back to Australia to see the h and they argue, but the h refuses to marry him as she doesn't think the H is into cattle ranching for the long haul. The H sets out to prove her wrong and he moves in with the h and they run their respective cattle stations together. Then the rains finally come and the big drought is over as all the rivers and creeks start flooding.
The h is happy for the rain, but also happy that the floods mean the H can't leave. Then she goes into labor. She had promised the H that she would have her baby in the hospital instead of at home, but they are stuck and so the H has to deliver the baby. Fortunately, our H is truly a Renaissance man, cause he did midwife classes in his spare time. In really touching and finely wrought scene, the H and h deliver their daughter together. Afterwards the h declares her love for the H and she will split her life between the cattle station and NYC cause she finally believes him when he tells her he is committed.
The H proves that he is even more committed when he tells her that he is retired from the business world, he has appointed a CEO to take over and will only need occasional consults and he plans on living with the h on their combined stations and building an observatory and tracking their cattle via satellite for the HEA.
In a very rare author postscript, ED leaves a little note about how her hubby was kicked out of the delivery room when their kids were being born and so she wrote the daughter's birth scene to recreate the magic between two partners that a new life brings into the world.
This one was good and highly dramatic. Tho I did question the h's decisions regarding stealing the H's motillators for a baby making, ED writes well enough that the h is redeemable and overall this a great HPlandia outing and worth the read if the h's actions don't totally infuriate.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 7, 2017
Conflict-free story of a Texan Corporate CEO who falls for an Australian Outback station owner when she confronts him in his boardroom for having too many heads of cattle on his land to be sustainable. The hero realizes his people screwed up and from that moment he does pretty much everything he can to make it up the heroine.
Even the heroine realizes the hero has done all of the compromising in their relationship by the end of the story and I hope she'll be a little more giving as time goes by. He was a sweet Beta in Alpha clothing and she held the candle for the OM who rejected her for far too long. Same with the chip on her shoulder about "city people." That got real old real fast.
But if this hero is happy at the end, then I'm happy. He was a sweetie. Heroine - not so much.
Even the heroine realizes the hero has done all of the compromising in their relationship by the end of the story and I hope she'll be a little more giving as time goes by. He was a sweet Beta in Alpha clothing and she held the candle for the OM who rejected her for far too long. Same with the chip on her shoulder about "city people." That got real old real fast.
But if this hero is happy at the end, then I'm happy. He was a sweetie. Heroine - not so much.
July 1, 2012
I really liked this book. There were parts I was uncomfortable with but yet it still all seemed to work out. The H offered to give the h the child she desperately wanted with no strings attached. Then he seemed to step back and say lets spend time together and then if you still want to do this we will in a few months. Rebecca, the h, decides to go ahead with her mission to get pregnant not trusting that he will come back. She implies that she is on contraceptives.
Both the H/h are alpha personalities. They are both confident, assured and comfortable with being in charge of themselves and the empires they direct. His is a huge business empire in New York and hers is a huge cattle station in Australia. It doesn't appear that these two could possibly find a way to live a life together so Rebecca doesn't tell Slade that she is pregnant. Slade in the meantime is doing everything he can to make changes in his empire so he can come back at least for a few months. When he finds out Rebecca is pregnant everything changes. He's determined to find a way for them to be together forever.
I liked that there were no big misunderstandings, no OW, no silly conflicts. The total obstacle to their HEA was how they could merge their totally different lives. Neither seem willing to voice their love for each other. Slade fears that Rebecca still loves her first love and Rebecca doesn't want Slade to sacrifice his business responsibilities because she chose to get pregnant.
The eventual HEA is believable and wonderful. These two will be together forever.
Both the H/h are alpha personalities. They are both confident, assured and comfortable with being in charge of themselves and the empires they direct. His is a huge business empire in New York and hers is a huge cattle station in Australia. It doesn't appear that these two could possibly find a way to live a life together so Rebecca doesn't tell Slade that she is pregnant. Slade in the meantime is doing everything he can to make changes in his empire so he can come back at least for a few months. When he finds out Rebecca is pregnant everything changes. He's determined to find a way for them to be together forever.
I liked that there were no big misunderstandings, no OW, no silly conflicts. The total obstacle to their HEA was how they could merge their totally different lives. Neither seem willing to voice their love for each other. Slade fears that Rebecca still loves her first love and Rebecca doesn't want Slade to sacrifice his business responsibilities because she chose to get pregnant.
The eventual HEA is believable and wonderful. These two will be together forever.
January 11, 2019
"To Tame a Wild Heart" is the story of Rebecca and Slade.
This fierce romance has it all- a suave but bored businessman heroine, a cut throat ranching heroine, a conflict of interests, a desire for a baby, an ex hangover, loads of issues and a sweet HEA.
The book was rare as the first half was bad, and in the second half it improved dramatically. At first, the heroine is hung up on her ex, so much so that she begs him to marry her infront of the hero. Even after they bang, she still prefers the ex over the hero. The hero, on the other hand, has to fight for her affection and ultimately does win it.
The home birth scene was jarring, the ending was beautiful but this book definitely goes to the superior hero, as well as the maturity to which the couple ends up resolving their issues.
An overall average read.
Safe
2.5/5
This fierce romance has it all- a suave but bored businessman heroine, a cut throat ranching heroine, a conflict of interests, a desire for a baby, an ex hangover, loads of issues and a sweet HEA.
The book was rare as the first half was bad, and in the second half it improved dramatically. At first, the heroine is hung up on her ex, so much so that she begs him to marry her infront of the hero. Even after they bang, she still prefers the ex over the hero. The hero, on the other hand, has to fight for her affection and ultimately does win it.
The home birth scene was jarring, the ending was beautiful but this book definitely goes to the superior hero, as well as the maturity to which the couple ends up resolving their issues.
An overall average read.
Safe
2.5/5
October 28, 2019
I read this one sat on a plane winging its way over Africa after I got bored of watching movies and playing the general knowledge quizzes.
I liked the h for most of the book she had a backbone and went for what she wanted. However, she was naughty deceiving the H and getting pregnant without his knowledge when they had already discussed it so she loses a star for that. She is also a moper about her ex although he needed to spell it out to her more clearly that he had moved on sooner than he did.
The H was pretty awesome he moved heaven and earth to accommodate his woman. She’s lucky to have him.
I liked the h for most of the book she had a backbone and went for what she wanted. However, she was naughty deceiving the H and getting pregnant without his knowledge when they had already discussed it so she loses a star for that. She is also a moper about her ex although he needed to spell it out to her more clearly that he had moved on sooner than he did.
The H was pretty awesome he moved heaven and earth to accommodate his woman. She’s lucky to have him.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
dnf
October 3, 2010Notable for a heroine who has a homebirth, with the baby's father as midwife.
October 16, 2020
I’ve read a few books of Emma Darcy and I’ve come to the conclusion that her books are not my cup of tea.
I’m an old school Harlequin Presents reader. I’ve read these books from the early 80’s on, when the men were arrogant, dominant alpha males and the women were virginal.
The h is cold. The H is smitten and wants to give her everything. She gives nothing back.
I like the HP women to be virginal, she is not. She hardly knows him and she undresses herself to have sex with him before he has the chance to say Yes. I don’t like that. Too easy.
She wants to have a baby, but the man she had previously been with, can’t give that to her. So she has sex with the H who agrees to give her a baby when he comes back after three months. She pretends that she uses birth control. I don’t like that deceit.
After the sex she thinks about the man who she had been with. Although it is good thinking in the way that the H is better in bed than her previous guy, it still spoils the after-the-sex moment to be thinking about other men (or women) you have had sex with. After all, this is a HP book, you should be swept off your feet.
The H goes back to the city where he works. The h doesn’t tell him she is pregnant. A friend of her tells him that.
And so it goes on and on. The H keeps on giving and she gives nothing in return. Oh yeah, she gives her body.
The woman is cold and selfish. Does not give an inch to him. It’s her way or the highway. The H does all the sacrifices.
But because the H is so warm and tender, I give the book a star extra. I pity the poor H. He should find himself a better woman.
I don’t believe in a future for them. Whenever he will be tired of giving and giving and realizes her body may not be worth all that, he’ll get the hell away from her. Poor man.
I’m an old school Harlequin Presents reader. I’ve read these books from the early 80’s on, when the men were arrogant, dominant alpha males and the women were virginal.
The h is cold. The H is smitten and wants to give her everything. She gives nothing back.
I like the HP women to be virginal, she is not. She hardly knows him and she undresses herself to have sex with him before he has the chance to say Yes. I don’t like that. Too easy.
She wants to have a baby, but the man she had previously been with, can’t give that to her. So she has sex with the H who agrees to give her a baby when he comes back after three months. She pretends that she uses birth control. I don’t like that deceit.
After the sex she thinks about the man who she had been with. Although it is good thinking in the way that the H is better in bed than her previous guy, it still spoils the after-the-sex moment to be thinking about other men (or women) you have had sex with. After all, this is a HP book, you should be swept off your feet.
The H goes back to the city where he works. The h doesn’t tell him she is pregnant. A friend of her tells him that.
And so it goes on and on. The H keeps on giving and she gives nothing in return. Oh yeah, she gives her body.
The woman is cold and selfish. Does not give an inch to him. It’s her way or the highway. The H does all the sacrifices.
But because the H is so warm and tender, I give the book a star extra. I pity the poor H. He should find himself a better woman.
I don’t believe in a future for them. Whenever he will be tired of giving and giving and realizes her body may not be worth all that, he’ll get the hell away from her. Poor man.
February 21, 2020
What makes this book particularly appealing is how many gender role reversals there are, though being coated with ED's patented trope minimizing pragmatism dust they're fairly low angst:
the H, a New York based businessman is the fish out of water here. Though he did live on his grandfather's ranch for a while in his youth.
the h is the one who feels a compulsion to beget an heir in order to perpetuate the family name and property rights
the h is the queen of all she surveys and quashes dangerous situations with the power of her presence
the h is certain that the H isn't tough enough to handle the pressure and isolation of ranch life.
My understanding of HPlandia rules is that when an H believes this of an h the best way for her to prove herself is through menial chores, so I'm not really sure why Slade was able to avoid scrubbing outhouses here, though he did get saddle sores which must have been considered character building enough.
Slade has an unfortunate name but is a bit of a sweetheart really, with more emotional intelligence than is usual for an HP hero, he's almost beta except I imagine he'll be back in alpha form by the time those calluses on his arse develop. But it's Rebecca whose presence dominates here and in keeping with this role she also makes some big mistakes.
Because of Rebecca's toughness the scene where her disabled ex-fiance meets her at the airport when she arrives back from a trip to NY is particularly devastating and it was a good authorial decision to have the H present but in the background during it.
the H, a New York based businessman is the fish out of water here. Though he did live on his grandfather's ranch for a while in his youth.
the h is the one who feels a compulsion to beget an heir in order to perpetuate the family name and property rights
the h is the queen of all she surveys and quashes dangerous situations with the power of her presence
the h is certain that the H isn't tough enough to handle the pressure and isolation of ranch life.
My understanding of HPlandia rules is that when an H believes this of an h the best way for her to prove herself is through menial chores, so I'm not really sure why Slade was able to avoid scrubbing outhouses here, though he did get saddle sores which must have been considered character building enough.
Slade has an unfortunate name but is a bit of a sweetheart really, with more emotional intelligence than is usual for an HP hero, he's almost beta except I imagine he'll be back in alpha form by the time those calluses on his arse develop. But it's Rebecca whose presence dominates here and in keeping with this role she also makes some big mistakes.
Because of Rebecca's toughness the scene where her disabled ex-fiance meets her at the airport when she arrives back from a trip to NY is particularly devastating and it was a good authorial decision to have the H present but in the background during it.
September 7, 2011
To Tame a Wild Heart is the 34th romance novel by Emma Darcy. When Rebecca Wilder burst into Slade Cordell’s New York boardroom demanding he do something about the stock on his Queensland Cattle station, he was instantly lifted out of his boredom and attracted to this feisty Aussie lass. Once Rebecca was assured of action on the station neighbouring hers, she was ready to return home to take on her next task: producing an heir for her property. But her fiancé had rejected her, and when Slade decided to accompany her home to sort out the first problem in person, a solution to the second started to occur to Rebecca. But nothing could be permanent with Slade: she could never live away from Wildjanna, certainly not in New York, while the Australian outback was equally foreign to him. But maybe she had misjudged Slade…..? A delightful Aussie romance by Emma Darcy.
June 8, 2021
Slade had been bored until Rebecca arrived...
Rebecca Wilder had more than arrived. She'd burst into the Manhattan boardroom of Cordell Enterprises, demanding Slade do something about the situation on his drought-stricken Australian cattle station.
One task accomplished, she was ready to return home and begin her real mission - she must produce an heir to save her own land. She had no time to waste.
Slade's decision to return with Rebecca disrupted her plans. And then he made an offer she couldn't refuse...
Rebecca Wilder had more than arrived. She'd burst into the Manhattan boardroom of Cordell Enterprises, demanding Slade do something about the situation on his drought-stricken Australian cattle station.
One task accomplished, she was ready to return home and begin her real mission - she must produce an heir to save her own land. She had no time to waste.
Slade's decision to return with Rebecca disrupted her plans. And then he made an offer she couldn't refuse...
March 12, 2018
How to describe this book....very putdownable.
It wasn’t really bad, and it had an exciting start, and the storyline was okay, but I just couldn’t get invested in the characters. For some reason it was just very boring for me, I kept on putting it aside, so much so that it took months.
I only forced myself to finish it so it wouldn’t be on my “did not finish” pile.
It wasn’t really bad, and it had an exciting start, and the storyline was okay, but I just couldn’t get invested in the characters. For some reason it was just very boring for me, I kept on putting it aside, so much so that it took months.
I only forced myself to finish it so it wouldn’t be on my “did not finish” pile.
August 30, 2017
Muy linda. Slade es un hombre inolvidable.
September 21, 2022
There are some puzzling aspects of this novel. Slade Cordell made a bargain with Rebecca Wilder that if she gave him a week then he would father her child and she could take that child to her crippled ex fiancée to raise with him instead. Then Slade changed it after she agreed. That left her nothing in the bargain. It just didn’t make sense. Also, how does a strong and compelling CEO of a global enterprise end up being putty in Rebecca’s hands? She’s calling the shots and some of them aren’t the brightest.
Mentionable quip:
There was not the slightest waver in eye contact. A blistering challenge. Rock steady.
Mentionable quip:
There was not the slightest waver in eye contact. A blistering challenge. Rock steady.
July 15, 2015
Have you ever picked a book up off the shelf of somewhere you were staying got sucked in but later regretted it? That's about it. Pretty lame but it kept thinking about being halfway decent. Just a dumb romance that was squeaky clean and boring. Bleh!
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