A Woman To Belong To - Fiona Lowe

Title: A Woman to Belong To
Author: Fiona Lowe
Line: Mills and Boon Medical Romance
Release month: October/November 2007
The S-Factor: Simmering
Back-Blurb:

Proposal under the Eastern sun…

To Dr Tom Bracken, working in the Far East is about more than setting up a healthcare agency. He’s come to cleanse his heart by dedicating himself to his patients.

When Nurse Bec Monahan arrives on his doorstep, he thinks she’s just another nurse. But something about her beautiful violet eyes and the secrets they hide intrigues him…

Gradually, as they work together amongst the lush valleys, high mountains and stunning lagoons, Tom realises that Bec holds the key to his guarded heart – finally he has found a woman to belong to.

Review:

Fiona Lowe’s latest Medical romance, A Woman to Belong To, is a dramatic and moving tale that is impossible to put down and difficult to forget. Set in Vietnam and teeming with warmth, compassion and emotion, this is a wonderful romantic tale written by an outstanding writer of romantic fiction.

Bec Monahan has decided to leave her native Australia behind and to use the legacy her father left her to give the people of Vietnam a better life. But Eurasian doctor Dr. Tom Bracken is not exactly thrilled with her idea for Bec isn’t the first Westerner to come to Vietnam full of romantic ideas only to leave them in the lurch when the going gets tough.

But Bec is determined to prove Tom wrong and before long the two of them are working side by side alleviating the medical problems of the Vietnamese and with fate keen to throw them in close proximity together, Tom and Bec realize that they are falling in love.

But a relationship is out of the question for Tom is more preoccupied with finding the truth about his past than he is with planning his future with Bec.

Will Tom lose the only woman who is capable of making him happy? Or will his past demons destroy his sole chance at happiness with the woman he loves?

A Woman to Belong To is a beguiling romance which deserves a place on every romance reader’s keeper shelves. Tender, passionate, emotional and totally absorbing, Fiona Lowe’s wonderful novel will touch your heart, move you to tears and hold you spellbound from the first page till the last.

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Seduced For The Inheritance by Jennifer Lewis

Title: Seduced For The Inheritance

Author: Jennifer Lewis

Line: Silhouette Desire

Release month USA/Canada/UK / Australia: Oct 2007

The S-Factor: Sizzling and Simmering

Back-Blurb:

How long could she deny him?

She was the cook's plain-Jane daughter.

He was the estate owner's privileged son. Now Anna's beloved mother and Reynaldo DeLeon's wealthy father were gone, their clandestine affair exposed. In addition, Anna, who had secretly loved the gorgeous DeLeon heir, suddenly owned a piece of his family's estate. Which Reynaldo wanted back at any cost? He upped his price with every no that came from Anna's lips. Until her lips could refuse him no longer—

Review:

Blown away is the only way to describe my feelings about this book. If you love passion, intrigue, spitfire heroines, and family secrets then you will love Seduced for the Inheritance.

Anna Marcus has returned to her deceased mother’s home to pack up her personal belongings. It has been sometime since she had been home as she finished college, married, divorced and bankrupt due to her cheating husband. It’s painful for Anna….the loss of her mother, being broke and to return to the place where she will probably see the man she loved so many years ago, Naldo DeLeon.

Of course, she runs into him and learns that his father passed away a few weeks after her mother. The reader will learn the DeLeon’s for generations owned acres of orange groves, many holdings, an estate and were among Florida’s most respected of high society. Renaldo DeLeon is not only powerful, rich and handsome he is stubborn, set in tradition and does not want his family secrets exposed at any price. He wants everything and is willing to do whatever it takes to get it all!

At the reading of the DeLeon will, Anna learns she is now the owner of her mother’s cottage, surrounding land, heirloom jewelry and more. She receives a shock upon learning her mother and Robert DeLeon were involved and in love for years. Letty Marcus had been the family cook at the DeLeon estate. She also learns because of her mother’s recipes the DeLeon’s retail business has increased many times over. Of course, the jewelry and recipe book and the fact they have helped to improve the family fortune are not mentioned to Anna. Now add to the mix Naldo’s sister who wants some of the estate, a fire, and to top it off a scandal! This book is so hot sparks fly off the page.

There is a lot of bitterness in the storyline…..Naldo knows the true reason behind his mother’s death, and is suffering greatly at the loss of his father and has emotional issues with his sister. The DeLeon family name he would live and would die for instead of a family scandal. Now on his doorstep is the spirited Anna who is angry to learn about the affair. Anna is angry that her mother was good enough to sleep with but not to marry so she has decided to fight the DeLeon's and stay.

This was such a wonderful love story, so powerful and passionate. Just like the DeLeon orange trees in the groves “strong…..it’s was in their nature to heal and recover.” As Anna learned, “as heirs to a legacy of passion…..for the land and for each other….that nothing could destroy”. Bravo Jennifer Lewis on this incredible story!

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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The Greek Prince's Chosen Wife by Sandra Marton

Title: The Greek Prince's Chosen Wife

Author: Sandra Marton

Line: Harlequin Presents/ M&B Modern

Release month USA/Canada: Sept UK / Aus: Aug

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

Ivy Madison claims she's pregnant with Prince Damian Aristedes' baby, but he's never even met her! Is she just another gold digger, exploiting his wish for a son and heir?

But Ivy is expecting Damian's child—as a surrogate mother! The arrogant Greek is furious, but he's not about to let Ivy go. After all, he missed the pleasure of bedding her to conceive his baby….

Review:

The Greek Prince’s Chosen wife is the second book in Sandra Marton’s Billionaires’ Brides series and it is magnificent! It begins in such a “fierce” manner, with all kinds of interesting twists and turns.

Damian has been in a perpetual bad mood for months because his past mistress had lied and cheated. She went so far as to tell him she was pregnant not once but twice with his baby and now, she is dead. Therefore, when he sees a stunning woman emerge from a taxi he is taken back. It’s been months since he’s been with a woman and this beauty catches his eye.

Later on one learns this stunning woman is Ivy Madison and she is expecting his child and is the stepsister of his conniving past lover Kay. However, how can this be? He has never slept with Ivy so how can she be carrying his child and future heir? Damian sees Ivy as another conniving woman out to get him and his money but he turns the tables when he demands she return to Greece with him so he can watch over her pregnancy and make sure she doesn’t pull a fast one.

This proud Greek is just that…..proud, handsome, rich and stubborn and is determined he will win the battle and have his son. What he doesn’t count on is Ivy, this sweet, haunted and beautiful woman will reach something deep inside him and touch his heart.

This is such a lovely story especially in the final chapters. For starting out so forcefully, it’s ending is beautiful. Again, Sandra Marton has penned another emotional and passionate story in The Greek Prince’s Chosen Wife

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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Marriage at circle M by Donna Alward

Title: Marriage at Circle M

Author: Donna Alward

Line: M&B Romance/ Harlequin romance

Release month: September 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-Blurb:

Secrets are hard to keep in a small town...

But Grace Lundquist is determined to hide her pain. Hardworking, pretty and always cheerful, she’s the town's sweetheart. Everybody loves her...

Mike Gardner can see right through Grace's act. And, try as she might to keep the strong, gorgeous rancher out of her business, Grace can't douse the spark between them. Except she will never be able to give him the one thing he really needs – a family to call his own.

But all this cowboy wants is Grace in his arms...

Review:

Mike and Grace dated as teenagers. Until he left town with no explanations. Determined to show him that someone cared about her as he didn’t, she married another man.

Now Grace is divorced, and her sexy, old flame is back, determined to make up for the past and prove she can trust him to stay. As much as she wants to be with him, Grace knows that friendship is her only option. If Mike were to discover the secret that led to the break up of her marriage, he’d put all thoughts of romance behind him and be gone for good. A compelling reason to keep him at arm’s length. So while he’s determined to win her back, she is equally determined to prove, to both him and herself, that he’s completely resistible.

A poignant, heartrending story about romancing and healing. You’ll love strong, protective Mike and cheerful, independent Grace — and wonder how these two can ever reach a happy ending.

An emotional read, that belongs on your must-buy list for September.

Reviewed By: Janet

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The Boss's Wife for A Week by Anne McAllister

Title: The Boss’s Wife for A Week

Author: Anne McAllister

Line: Mills and Boon Modern Romance

Release month: September 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

Busy tycoon seeks wife. Must be available for one week’s employment…

In order to secure a lucrative contract, Spence Tyack needed a wife for a week. A wife he could court in public, and share a bed with in private. But who could he find to fulfil this special position? Certainly not his buttoned-down, demure secretary, Sadie Morrissey, who organised his life as well as she did his files.
But Spence was in for a couple of big surprises.

It seemed his personal assistant was ready to step into the role – and not only was she sensible in the boardroom, she was sensual in the bedroom!

Review:

The Boss’s Wife for A Week is in an intensely passionate and hilariously funny romance written by a master of the genre Anne McAllister!

Spence Tyack is just about to land a lucrative contract which could earn him millions. But there’s a catch – in order to do so he needs a wife and although the last thing Spence wants is to get married, he cannot afford to let this deal slip through his fingers. But who is going to agree to be his convenient wife?

Step forward Sadie Morrissey his efficient office manager who has worked for Spence since high school. Spence has always thought of Sadie as his PA and his childhood friend’s kid sister, but soon Spence begins to see her in a whole new light...

But will Spence’s demons from the past come to haunt him and prevent him from embracing his future?

Anne McAllister never fails to deliver fast paced romances that always touch the heart and tickle the funny bone and The Boss’s Wife for a Week is no exception! Featuring a gorgeous hero and a delightfully sassy heroine, The Boss’s Wife for A Week blends dramatic emotion, witty repartee, hilarious one-liners and steamy romance and it is a book which you must not miss!

Reviewed By: Julie

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