The Surgeon's Chosen Wife by Fiona Lowe

Title: The Surgeon’s Chosen Wife

Author: Fiona Lowe

Line: Mills and Boon Medical Romance

Release month: March 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

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City surgeon…single mum

Struggling to adjust to life as a single mother, GP Sarah Rigby is intrigued by her new neighbour, guarded hot-shot surgeon Ryan Harrison. Sarah knows Ryan is struggling to overcome the effects of an accident, and although deeply hesitant of entering a relationship, she and her young son Sam resolve to show Ryan how to live again.

They’re thrown together to save lives, and the soaring temperatures of the Australian summer mirror the heat fizzing between them – until Ryan cannot deny his desire to be part of the family he’s grown to love…or his desire to make Sarah his bride…

Review:

In her latest Medical Romance, Fiona Lowe sweeps her readers off to the beautiful town of Yakkabura in Queensland in this emotional tale which will tug at your heartstrings and bring a tear to your eye!

GP Sarah Rigby is busy looking after her Sam and working every hour God sends at her health clinic – she’s certainly got no time from romance - so why is she so intrigued by the sudden reappearance of Ryan Harrison? As teenagers they had shared a passionate kiss but he’d left town and she’d never seen him again – and now he’s back recovering from an accident and trying to sell his childhood home to finance his life back in Melbourne.

Despite the fact that a lot of time has passed since that brief kiss, Sarah is still attracted to Ryan, but with a young child to look after, a busy professional life and Ryan’s apathy towards Yakkabura, she knows that a future with him is out of question.

But as fate throws Ryan and Sarah into close proximity, Ryan begins to realise that Yakkabura does have its attractions and that Sarah is the first woman who’s ever captured his heart and made him feel alive. But will Ryan be able to resist the lure of Melbourne or will he realise that home is where the heart is?

Fiona Lowe just keeps getting better and better. Her books resonate with her readers because they are about real people with real problems, but they still have got that touch of romantic fantasy which make them simply irresistible. Fiona Lowe is a writer I know I can always rely on to deliver the goods and in The Surgeon’s Chosen Wife she certainly delivers! A touching story about getting a second chance at love and life, her storytelling prowess will hold you spellbound and her characters leap off the pages and come alive instantly.

The Surgeon’s Chosen Wife is the perfect novel to lose yourself into and one which you can’t afford to miss!

Reviewed By: Julie

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The Sicilian's Marriage Arrangement by Lucy Monroe

Title: The Sicilian's Marriage Arrangement

Author: Lucy Monroe

Line: Modern

Release month: UK -Feb 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

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Hope Bishop is stunned when darkly sexy Sicilian tycoon Luciano di Valerio proposes marriage. Brought up by her wealthy but distant grandfather, she is used to fading into the background and being ignored.

But Luciano's sensual lovemaking makes her feel vibrantly alive. Hope falls in love with her husband and is blissfully happy—until she discovers that Luciano ruthlessly married her…for convenience!

Review:

The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is to love and be loved in return. ~ From "Unforgettable with Love" by Natalie Cole

A strong alpha, a young girl who for years loved this sexy Italian! Blackmailed into marriage! Secrets! Passion! How much better can it get? Again, another Lucy Monroe book I couldn't put down once I began. This is such a powerful and intense love story.

Hope Bishop had been raised without parents and by her wealthy grandfather who only had time for his business and business associates. For Hope, life was very lonely and as she matured and first set eyes on the sexy millionaire Luciano de Valerio she was smitten. For years she had loved this man from afar and when he turns up at a New Years Eve party and kisses her at midnight, she’s sure of her love for this man.

Luciano iis not only handsome and wealthy, he’s a successful businessman. He is very loyal to his family and family business so when Hope’s grandfather approaches him with a deal, a deal to get his families business back by marrying his granddaughter, what choice does he have? Luciano thinks Hope is sweet, loving and tender and that she will make him a wonderful Sicilian wife but he doesn’t count on the attraction between them. Lucy takes this attraction and makes it a dance, a dance and journey you won’t want to miss.

I wonder how many women have had crushes or loved for years without that person realizing it?.. If you had the chance and someone could make it possible, what would be your choice?

Reviewed by: Marilyn

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The Greek's Convenient Mistress by Annie West

Title: The Greek's Convenient Mistress

Author: Annie West

Line: Modern /Sexy/ Presents

Release month: Jan/Feb/TBC 2007

The S-Factor: Sizzling & Simmering

Back-Blurb:

A handsome Greek millionaire, a little girl who needs help...Sophie can't say no...!
Sophie Paterson is shocked when Costas Palamidis turns up on her Sydney doorstep. Costas's wife is dead, and his precious little girl's life is in grave danger - Sophie is the only person who can help...even if it means returning to the long-lost family who turned their backs on her...

Costas wastes no time in moving Sophie into his luxurious Greek villa. She struggles to fight the explosive attraction that fizzes between them while they also battle to save Eleni's life. When their forced proximity leads to a night of unforgettable passion, Sophie has to make a choice: aware that Costas's priority will only ever be his daughter, she can leave the man she has fallen in love with...or stay, knowing she will never be more than the Greek's mistress!"

Review:

This book absolutely consumed me from the very beginning to the end……. that’s how incredible it was…….powerful, so intense it absolutely made me breathless. Riveting, emotional, sad, just a wonderful story, not only about love, but also about healing hearts, healing an extremely ill child and mending family hurts and old wounds. But most important about finding peace, joy and love!

Costa’s made Sophie feel like a tart. He didn’t want nor need her, well he actually did need her, and he needed her bone marrow for a transplant in order to heal his sick child. However, this beautiful young woman was related to his deceased wife and reminded him of her and her inability to be a good wife and mother. Despite all of this, both Costa’s and Sophie were attracted to each other both by body and soul. Whenever he was near, she felt alive and despite herself, she still wanted him. Lust and Sex? Of course and Sophie knew where she stood and in the end could not resist him.

For Costa’s he fought his attraction for Sophie every inch of the way. He was always in control and tried not to weaken. In the end, he acts on his attraction and does he feel he’s taking advantage of her? Absolutely not! He can’t help himself, can’t trust himself and his attraction. He’s afraid to trust, to believe.To say anymore would ruin the story for the reader. But let me just say this, first and foremost, Annie West again pens another wonderful love story set on a lovely isle in Greece. She again delivers and entertains her reader’s with a powerful and intense reading experience. I promise, you won’t be sorry reading the Greek’s Convenient Mistress.

Reviewed by: Marilyn

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Breathless! by Trish Wylie

Title: Breathless!

Author: Trish Wylie

Line: Mills and Boon Modern Extra/ Sexy Sensation

Release month: Feb/March 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

Just one night would take her breath away!

Rory Flanaghan is every girl’s dream: tall, toned and so, so sexy. On leave from his dangerous overseas job, he’s helping out at the gym he owns. When writer Cara Sheehan starts one-to-one sessions with Rory, exercise takes on a whole new meaning! He leaves her with a sensual awareness she’s never let herself feel before…

Rory can’t understand why this beautiful, feisty woman has a problem with her image, and he knows he can teach Cara what she’s capable of… As things get really personal, Rory shows Cara that just one kiss, just one touch…just one night…will leave her breathless…!

Review:

Cara Sheehan needs to lose weight – fast! Her best friend’s wedding is coming up and for once in her life she doesn’t want to be the dumpy one in the corner – especially as the best man is her ex-boyfriend Niall. With the wedding fast approaching, Cara decides to enrol in a gym and the first person she walks into as soon as she sets foot inside the gym is the gorgeous part owner Rory Flanaghan, who is on leave from his dangerous job as a soldier on the front line.

Rory can’t understand why a woman as gorgeous as Cara should need to lose weight. She’s funny, feisty, intelligent and has curves in all the right places. But, Rory decides to give Cara a helping hand and suddenly, the word exercise soon begins to take on a whole new delicious meaning as they find themselves indulging in one to one sessions.

But time is running out for Rory for in a few weeks’ time he has to return to the front line, but this time Rory finds himself strangely reluctant to leave because for the first time in his life, he’s found himself falling head over heels in love.

Trish Wylie blends wicked humour, marvelous characters, intense emotion and powerful romance into a wonderfully engrossing romantic tale which will leave you Breathless!

Reviewed By: Julie


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Crowned: An Ordinary Girl by Natasha Oakley

Title: Crowned: An Ordinary Girl

Author: Natasha Oakley

Line: Romance

Release month : February 2007

The S-Factor:Sweet

Back-Blurb:

Wedding – by Royal Command!

The Andovarian royal family is in mourning after the untimely death of the King. An urgent summons orders the return of the heir – His Serene Highness Crown Prince Sebastian II…

Just as Seb had caught a glimpse of what normal life could be, he was forced to do his duty. Accepting the crown meant leaving the most precious gift he’d ever had – the love of an ordinary girl…

Now, years on, Marianne Chambers is visiting Andovaria. Seb has been given the second chance he’s always longed for. But can he fight tradition and crown Marianne as his very own princess?

Review:

Moving, emotional and absolutely impossible to put down, Crowned: An Ordinary Girl is another wonderful romantic novel by one of Mills and Boon’s fastest rising stars –Natasha Oakley.

Ten years ago, Marianne Chambers was just an eighteen year old student who fell in love for the first time with a fellow undergraduate, the Austrian Sebastian Rodier. However, Marianne’s hopes for a future with Sebastian were dashed when he disappeared from her life – and then she opened a newspaper and realized that the boy she thought was an ordinary guy was in fact a Prince!

Now, Sebastian is back into her life and Marianne realizes that her feelings for him haven’t changed – if anything they are stronger than ever! But, Marianne soon realizes that Sebastian’s every move is scrutinized and his every word talked about. Is she willing to live with this or risk losing him a second time?

Natasha Oakley meshes intense emotional impact, poignant romance, heartwarming drama and vividly drawn characters into an engrossing story which you will not easily forget! Charming, spellbinding and sensitive, Crowned: An Ordinary Girl is perfect romantic escapism!

Reviewed By: Julie

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Meant-To-Be Mother - Ally Blake

Title: Meant-To-Be Mother

Author: Ally Blake

Line: Romance

Release month: January 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-Blurb:

The homecoming bride-to-be

Single father James Dillon has dedicated his life to his young son... Yet when a beautiful, stylish stranger appears on his doorstep he can't ignore the magnetism between them - nor the happiness he sees in his son when she's around.

Siena Capuletti didn't mean to fall in love. Her homecoming was only meant to be fleeting. But now, as she spends time with gorgeous James and his adorable son, she knows that she's lost her heart to them. But the mistakes of her past are still ruling her head...

Is she the jet-set career girl she's convinced herself she should be... or the bride and mother that she was clearly meant to be...?

Review:

I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this story. Each and every character in this book is meaningful, from Rick, Siena's elder brother, to Kane, the hero's son. All of them have issues that they need to deal with, and each of them need Siena as much as she needs them.

Ally Blake takes Siena and James on an exhilarating emotional ride that leaves both them and the reader breathless. This is a wonderful feel-good story. It's got everything that the new Romance line has fast become renowned for - warmth, humour, romance, and emotion.

Ally Blake will have the reader laughing-out-loud at some points, while reaching for the tissues at others. Perfect!

Reviewed by: Sue

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Driving Him Wild by Julie Cohen

Title: Driving Him Wild

Author: Julie Cohen

Line: Mills and Boon Modern Extra

Release month: Feb 2007

The S-Factor:Simmering

Back-Blurb:

Destination: desire

When smart-mouthed New York City cab driver Zoe Drake finds a tall, dark and brooding man on her doorstep, she doesn’t know what to think – does he want something, or has Christmas come early this year?

Nick Giroux is looking for his long-lost father – not a new-found woman! But there’s something about him that makes Zoe let down her ice-cool defences. She’ll use her profession to drive Nick to Maine…

…and maybe drive him wild on the way!

Review:

Julie Cohen’s Driving Him Wild is the latest Modern Romance Extra by this extremely talented writer whose books never fail to tickle the funny bone and to tug at the heartstrings!

Nick Giroux is determined to find the father who walked out on him sixteen years ago and when he finds out that he’s got some kind of connection with New Yorker Xenia Drake, he leaves his life in Maine to confront the man who had abandoned him. However, Nick is in for a disappointment for Xenia has just died and living in her apartment is her great niece Zoe.

Nick has never known a woman quite like Zoe and as passions ignite between the two, they realise that maybe the time has come for them to let down their defences and embrace their future – together!

Julie Cohen blends charming characters, sexy romance, hilarious one liners, sizzling chemistry and powerful emotion into a love story which you will not want to put down. Julie Cohen is one of Mills and Boon’s fastest rising stars and her books are not to be missed!

Reviewed By: Julie

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The Santorini Bride by Anne McAllister

Title: The Santorini Bride

Author: Anne McAllister

Line: Harlequin Presents/Modern Romance

Release month: Feb 2007

The S-Factor:Simmering

Back-Blurb:

The Greek’s chosen wife

Nowhere could be more perfect than the breathtaking island of Santorini to fall in love – but its whispering winds, azure seas and innate tranquillity belie the blazing passion the island evokes in all who arrive on its idyllic shores…

Heiress Martha Antonides is stunned when she arrives at her ancestral family home on the Greek island of Santorini – to find that the villa has been taken over by billionaire Theo Savas… Forced together, they indulge in a scorchingly hot affair. But Theo Savas will never marry. Martha knows she must leave, but her heart and body will not obey her head. Mistress or wife – she’s Theo’s for the taking!

Review:

Martha Antonides is absolutely furious when she finds her boyfriend in the shower with another woman! Shocked, hurt and livid, she empties her savings account and books a one way ticket to Greece to the island of Santorini where her parents have had a holiday home for generations.

However, the last thing Martha is expecting is to find a stranger living in her house – a gorgeous stranger whom a magazine declared as the world’s sexiest sailor! Theo Savas is not only drop dead gorgeous, but he’s also a billionaire and what’s more thanks to her feckless father, he now owns their home on Santorini!

With no job, no money and with no inclination to go home whatsoever, Martha decides that she’s not going anywhere and if Theo doesn’t want her living with him – tough! But what Martha hasn’t counted on is the fact that under the sizzling Mediterranean sun, passion will flare and before Martha knows it she finds herself pregnant with the Greek billionaire’s baby!

The Santorini Bride features two lively characters that are so vividly drawn that you feel as if they are in the room with you, steamy love scenes, passionate romance, delicious humor and wonderful emotional intensity.

In The Santorini Bride, Anne McAllister blends all the passion, drama and emotion which we’ve come to expect from Harlequin Presents/M&B Modern with charm, wit and laugh out lines.

Charming, romantic and absolutely hilarious, The Santorini Bride is a novel which you can’t afford to miss!

Reviewed by: Julie

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The Valentine Bride by Liz Fielding

Title: The Valentine Bride

Author: Liz Fielding

Line: Harlequin/Mills and Boon Romance

Release month: Feb 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-Blurb:

How can she begin again when her whole life’s been a lie?

Louise Valentine’s just been offered a job… Max Valentine wants to use her PR expertise to help save the family business. Since discovering she was adopted Louise is feeling less than charitable towards the Valentines…

But family loyalty wins, and sparks fly as she and Max work together. There’s always been something between them, though Max has always been strictly off limits. Now they’re both falling hard and fast – but will the past stand in the way of this special Valentine wedding…?

Review:
The Valentine Bride, the final installment in The Brides of Bella Lucia, is a wonderfully engrossing romantic novel written by one of the finest writers of category romance writing today – Liz Fielding!

Louise and Max Valentine have been attracted to one another ever since they were teenagers, but as they were both raised to think that they were cousins they never could act on their attraction – until now! Louise has just discovered the truth about her parentage and she’s furious that she’s been lied to for all these years and that she’s never been told that she’s adopted.

Refusing to have anything whatsoever to do with the Valentine family and the Bella Lucia business, she sets up her own PR business and vows never to speak to a Valentine again – until her childhood crush, Max, comes knocking on her door asking for her PR expertise.

Louise’s first instinct is to refuse, but when she finally accepts, little does she know that her old childhood feelings are about to resurface and that she’s going to be falling in love with Max, hook, line and sinker all over again.

Liz Fielding is a wonderful writer whose stories never fail to keep me engrossed from beginning to end and The Valentine Bride is no exception! Louise is a fiery, stubborn yet vulnerable heroine whom I just adored and Max is simply gorgeous!

The Valentine Bride is charming, gripping and heartwarming and you’ll be eagerly turning the pages of this book late into the night and counting the days until Liz Fielding’s next novel!

Reviewed By: Julie

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The Santorini Bride - Anne McAllister

Title: The Santorini Bride

Author: Anne McAllister

Line: Presents / Modern

Release month: Feb 07

The S-Factor: Sweet & Sizzling!

Back-Blurb:

Nowhere could be more perfect than the breathtaking island of Santorini to fall in love – but its whispering winds, azure seas and innate tranquility belie the blazing passion the island evokes in all who arrive on its idyllic shores…

Heiress Martha Antonides is stunned when she arrives at her ancestral family home on the Greek island of Santorini – to find that the villa has been taken over by billionaire Theo Savas… Forced together, they indulge in a scorchingly hot affair. But Theo Savas will never marry. Martha knows she must leave, but her heart and body will not obey her head. Mistress or wife – she’s Theo’s for the taking!

Review:

Again, Anne McAllister has penned a wonderful story, the second in a Greek family series; however, The Santorini Bride is a stand alone book. It's a passionate and a very sweet story in finding love by two strong and spirited people, Theo Savas and Martha Antonides.

In April 2006 Anne's book The Antonides Marriage Deal debuted and the reader is introduced to the Antonides and Savas family. The head of the Antonides family has not only wagered his Santorini family home in Greece but also a major share of his ship building business in the USA.

In the Santorini Bride, you are introduced to Martha Antonides who is running away from her cheating boyfriend to Greece to heal her wounds. Then throw into the mix, sexy Theo Savas who is hiding out at his newly family’s acquired Greek retreat to hide from women and the press as he was named the world's sexist sailor. Theo doesn’t “do relationships” nor does he commit; instead he goes from one relationship to another. Why? Theo at one time was married and hurt badly so he plays the field and when Martha arrives on his doorstep in Greece, he wants to send her packing. Want sparks; well you'll get them and then some!

Martha being a strong willed woman will have none of it and firmly plants herself into Theo’s life. When Theo’s interfering mother sends two beautiful models to Santorini, Theo decides he needs Martha to play the part of his girlfriend and little does either of them realize how attracted they have become to each other. However, Theo gets cold feet and leaves Greece to think about his life and then again runs into Martha at the Savas/Antonides wedding of their respective siblings. Boy, does Theo get a surprise…..Martha is pregnant with his child. Martha makes it very clear that she doesn’t need Theo in her life nor require marriage. So she leaves and goes West to live alone with her dog “Ted” but not for long as Theo follows her with a plan to convince Martha to marry him. This is probably my favorite part of the book……..Theo being attentive, patient, kind and loving. Plain and simply, it’s a lovely love story.

I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoyed The Santorini Bride. Anne McAllister never disappoints her readers and this book is an exceptional example. I look forward to many more stories involving both of these interesting and powerful Greeks.

Reviewed by: Marilyn

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The Greek's Virgin - Trish Morey

Title: The Greek's Virgin

Author: Trish Morey

Line: Presents / Modern / Sexy

Release month: USA & Canada - Jan 07 / UK & AUS - Feb 07

The S-Factor: Sizzling!

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When Alexander Koutoufides seduced the young Saskia Prentice it was for revenge! Now she is back and Alex decides to finish what he started…for pleasure!

Saskia cannot forgive the sexy Greek who nearly stole her innocence, or forget the stormy passion they shared! She knows Alex wants her, his ruthless reputation confirms that he will have her. The only uncertainty is…how long can she resist him?

Review:

Again, Trish Morey has written an incredible love story. It's passionate, hot, intense and extremely entertaining. There are absolutely no words to describe how emotional and fabulous this story has been penned by this author.How can one man be so stubborn? How can one jump to conclusions and not know the facts? Well one hot Greek by the name of Alex has played havoc with the beautiful and talented Saskia and on top of everything, he has taken her virginity.

As one begins their journey, you will learn that this couple not only have a business and family history, but a personal history…..one that was ended abruptly 10 years earlier when Alex’s emotion and revenge were directed at Saskia for transgressions he believed her father enacted against his sister, Marla.

Now years later, Saskia is trying to take care of her father who is ill and short of funds. To do this she must earn a promotion by doing a profile on Alex Koutoufides and compete against a fellow co-worker. Will Alex comply? Only if he gets his way and can save his sister Marla from the press and the spotlight and Alex will do anything to protect her……even agreeing to the profile and using Saskia to divert the press. Yes and Alex, this stubborn and blind Alpha surprises everyone by announcing that they are getting married in order to divert the press from his sister…..hoping that she’ll get her act together, heal and find herself.

As their story enfolds you will find yourself weeping, clenching your fists, wanting to throw items, shake the handsome Alex, yell……it’s so full of emotion and such a wonderful storyline, you won’t be able to put this particular book down…..I promise! You will absolutely adore and weep both for Sasika and Marla. I’m hopeful that Trish will write Marla and Jake’s book…..please?

Since Trish began writing, I’ve enjoyed every book written but this one is exceptional and a real winner!

Reviewed by: Marilyn

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The Italian Billionaire's Virgin - Christina Hollis

Title: The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin

Author: Christina Hollis

Line: Mills and Boon Modern Romance

Release month: Jan 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

An innocent for the taking…

When he finds out that Contessa Larissa Alfere-Tiziano has inherited a ruined Tuscan palace, gorgeous, ruthless, Italian property magnate Antonio Michaeli-Isola is determined to reclaim his birthright and make the palazzo his own! And if that means seducing and then discarding the beautiful, spoilt Contessa…then he will.

But Rissa is keeping up a pretence that her title has forced upon her. Though Antonio thinks she’s no better than a gold-digging adventuress, in reality the vulnerable virgin is struggling to make ends meet. As she gives him her innocence, will Antonio realise his misapprehension…before it’s too late?

Review:

The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin is a fantastic debut novel by Christina Hollis. Romantic, moving and engrossing, The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin is an unmissable tale which no Mills and Boon Modern Romance reader should miss!

Italian property magnate Antonio Michaeli-Isola is absolutely furious when he sees the Contessa Larissa Alfere-Tiziano move into the ruined Tuscan palazzo which is his birthright. How dare such a vapid gold digging bimbo take away the home he’s coveted ever since he was a child? Antonio vows to take back what is rightfully his and he decides to seduce and marry Larissa and then dump her once he gets his hand on the palazzo.

However, when Antonio meets Larissa, he realizes that she’s anything but the shallow air head he thought her to be and he soon realizes that he wants her in his bed and by his side as his wife – for life!

The Italian Billionaire’ s Virgin is a fantastic page-turner written by an up and coming star of the genre! Christina Hollis has created two wonderful characters which leap off the pages and which will live in the reader’s mind long after the last page is turned.

The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin is a wonderful tale that has got it all – a sexy Latin hero, a resolute heroine, steamy romance, powerful emotion and a narrative which will eagerly keep you turning the pages late into the night!

Reviewed by: Julie

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Did you know that Christina Hollis was inspired to set The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin in Tuscan after spending a holiday in Tuscany? To find out more why not visit her Website...

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Project: Parenthood - Trish Wylie

Title: Project Parenthood

Author: Trish Wylie

Line: Romance

Release month: November 2006

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-Blurb:

She hid from love, but it found her anyway...

Teagan Delaney has made sure that she's too busy for love...too busy to get hurt! But when she has to become stand-in mom to her sister's tiny kids and enlists the help of her gorgeous neighbor, Brendan McNamara, the rules Teagan has lived by begin to crumble...

Brendan has already proved with ease that he's perfect father material, and, as his newfound family quickly nestles its way into his heart, he has to show Teagan that they can be the perfect family, too.

Review:

This story is full of emotion and both Teagan and Brendan become real people to the reader. This book took me rather a long time to read (even for me!) and I've now realised why - it's one of those stories you don't want to end!

Teagan is a delightful heroine and I loved everything about her character.. Brendan was gorgeous and I loved his loyalty and the way he looked out for the children especially when Teagan was under pressure. It was wonderful to watch Teagan growing warmer to both the children and, eventually, Brendan.

Reviewed by: Sue

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Married Under the Mistletoe - Linda Goodnight

Title: Married Under the Mistletoe

Author: Linda Goodnight

Line: Romance

Release month: November 2006

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back Blurb:

Needed: a man to trust

When Daniel Stephens finds out who his real father is, he also learns that he's part of the famous Valentine dynasty. He's not convinced that he fits into their world... until he meets beautiful Bella Lucia manager Stephanie Ellison and is captivated by her feisty yet vulnerable spirit...

Stephanie has surround herself with barriers to protect her from her devastating past. Now she's slowly warming to Daniel's gentle charm. This really could be a Christmas to remember - but first Daniel must show Stephanie that she can't hide behind her fears for ever...

Review:

Married Under the Mistletoe is the fifth in The Brides of Bella Lucia series and in many ways is the most emotional yet.

Stephanie has every reason to be an ice-maiden yet I found myself warming to her from the beginning. Daniel is a roguish barbarian, who becomes sexier by the second as he falls in love with not just Stephanie but his new-found family.

Linda Goodnight's prose is vibrant throughout and she makes each and every setting come alive. My particular favourite were the scenes Stephanie and Daniel shared along the bank of the river Thames. Linda Goodnight captures the essence of this city in a way I didn't know was possible.

There is a serious note to this book, yet as horrific as the scars are that Stephanie has, they never overshadow the romance even though they are powerful enough. This book is both a delight and a weepy, culminating in a read I will never forget.

Reviewed by: Sue

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Did you know that Linda Goodnight once lost her home and all her posessions to a twister when she was a child? Yes it's true! To find out more why not visit her Website ...

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Chosen As The Frenchman's Bride - Abby Green

Title: Chosen As The Frenchman's Bride

Author: Abby Green

Line: Modern/Presents

Release month: USA: April 1, 2007/ UK January 2007

The S-Factor: Sizzling!

Back-Blurb:
Being swept off her feet by a tall, bronzed Frenchman isn't on Jane Vaughan's holiday list of things to do. But Xavier Salgado-Lezille isn't a man a girl can say no to easily. Especially when he comes complete with a chateau on his own island!Jane tries to play it cool, but she's inexperienced, out of the depth, and a virgin. Falling in love isn't part of the plan...neither is discovering she's pregnant once she's home and the affair is over.Now Xavier knows she's carrying his child, and he wants an heir. Jane has been chosen as his bride!

Review:
CHOSEN AS THE FRENCHMAN’S BRIDE is a fabulous debut novel by author Abby Green. It’s a prime example of passion like no other……and from the moment Jane and Xavier literally bump into each other the air around them sizzles. Abby’s strong alpha Xavier is everything a Presents novel should portray…… power, wealth, strength, good looks, passion, tenderness all of it.

Jane Vaughan is alone on holiday and by mistake boards a boat heading towards an exclusive island. Once she arrives she is forced to stay and make arrangements for a room. Then he appears and she’s captivated, in fact they are both captivated. With just a simple dance and then a picnic the next day, it’s evident to both of them their journey is just beginning.

When Xavier realizes he must pursue Jane and see where this sensual pull will lead, he asks her to stay at his estate for the three week duration of her holiday and she agrees and falls in love. When it’s time to leave he asks her to stay as his mistress. Of course Abby knows he has the power to destroy her and so with dignity in tack she leaves and returns home. In later weeks, she realizes she is carrying his child and must tell him the news. Upon learning he is about to become a father he insists they marry in order to give him his heir and satisfy his need for her.

Abby Green’s characters simply reach out and grab you. If your reading experience is anything like mine you won’t be able to put this book down. Throughout this entire story, I felt Jane’s pain. She was so overcome with lust, joy and completely swept away…. I wept! Theirs is such a stormy journey in finding love and trust; at times it will break your heart. And so to Abby Green, congratulations for such a beautiful debut, CHOSEN AS THE FRENCHMAN’S BRIDE is one I will long remember!

Reviewed by: Marilyn

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