The Boss's Demand by Jennifer Lewis

Title: The Boss's Demand

Author: Jennifer Lewis

Line: Silhouette Desire

Release month North America/ & UK: July 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

“If you’re having my child, you will marry me”.
Powerful oil tycoon Elan Al Mansur never wanted Sara Daly as his new assistant. Her lush curves and alluring scent would only prove a distraction to what mattered most to him: business. But one night in the desert Elan gave in to his desires, seducing the woman he'd sworn never to touch.Four months later, his secretary revealed she was carrying his baby. Suddenly the stern businessman discovered he didn't want Sara gone at all. But would she agree to her boss's demand that she become his wife?
Review:

If you like reading “boardroom” stories with happy endings then this is the book for you. The Boss's Demand is a simmering and at times, painful love story which will take you on a steamy and sensual journey.

The book begins on a sour note as Elan Al Mansur is telling his Human Resource Director that she must fire his newly hired personal assistant. And why one might ask? Because she is young, attractive and he only wants an older PA because the young women he has employed in the past are after him and his millions.

Sara Daly has a lot to prove to herself and her family. She has taken the responsibility to pay off the hospital debt her mother’s illness strapped her family with and she’s determined to become a success in the oil industry. She has worked long a hard to get her degree in business and geology and no stubborn boss is going to take that away from her let alone fire her on her first day of the job.

You will witness this stubborn woman proving herself not only to her boss, but to the entire company. However, she is strongly attracted to Elan and one evening she succumbs to his charm and charisma and becomes intimate with him. They both realize the mistake and try to get back to business on a professional level. Sara pushes herself to “painful” lengths to prove she is worthy and a professional in the industry.

What Sara is not aware of in the beginning is that Elan needs no one due to his past life with his family. At a young age he is cruelly removed from his family by a heartless and cruel father. What Elan does not like are his feelings of protectiveness and lust for Sara.
Jennifer's characters are both strong in similar yet different ways. The Boss’s Demand was a wonderful debut book and a very enjoyable read and yet sad at times as Elan was an extremely lonely man. It took Sara’s gentleness to heal him because she saw the man himself, not the man of wealth and power.

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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Did You Know that Jennifer Lewis has lived on both sides of the Atlantic and worked in media and the arts before she grew bold enough to put pen to paper? In 2005 she was a finalist in the prestigious Golden Heart contest and in 2006 she sold her first book to Silhouette Desire. Jennifer lives in New York with her family. For more information, visit her website

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Tempting by Susan Mallery

Title: Tempting

Author: Susan Mallery

Line: HQN

Release month: North America, UK and Australia: July

The S-Factor: Sizzling and simmering

Back-Blurb:

After three romantic flame-outs in a year and a restaurant career going nowhere, Dani Buchanan needs a fresh start. She goes looking for her biological father, but never expects to find a senator running for president. As his long-lost "love child," Dani could seriously derail the election—something his handsome campaign manager Alex Canfield isn't going to let happen. Dani isn't about to let Alex run her life, no matter how tempting she finds him—and Alex isn't going to allow Dani to melt his cynicism, no matter how close he has to get. The last thing either of them wants is love, especially with scandals brewing and family trouble on the way. But Dani and Alex are forced to trust each other, and when trust turns to passion, the potential for disaster is only a tabloid scandal away.

Review:

Tempting was just that from the moment Dani Buchanan entered the Senator’s office to find out if he was her biological father. What she didn’t expect was to run head on into the handsome and sexy Alex Canfield, the Senator’s adoptive son. Dani’s luck with men during the past few years was a disaster……a failed marriage, a cheating and lying married man; she was his victim, and then meeting an ex-priest, what a mess. So Dani decided she would swear off men and would concentrate on her new job and finding out if Senator Canfield was her biological father.

The only way to describe this book was an emotional one for me and the end of Susan Mallery’s incredible Buchanan family series. The past books sum up my thoughts, Delicious, Irresistible and Sizzling. In each former book you meet Dani’s strong and callous Grandmother Gloria and her three brothers, Cal, Walker and Reid all of whom are involved in Buchanan Enterprises and run a chain of restaurants, a coffee company and a sports bar.

Dani you’ll learn is the only family member other than her sister-in-law Penny in having a career with Buchanan Enterprises. The others are blackmailed by their “nasty” grandmother Gloria into helping save the business and when Gloria becomes seriously ill, they all rise to the cause and pitch in to help out Cal takes over the Waterfront Restaurant, Walker runs the corporation, Reid moves into to the mansion to help out with Gloria and her recovery. However, Dani is hurt that all of her years trying to impress her Grandmother have been for nothing. In the end when Gloria strikes out and tells Dani, she’s not really a Buchanan and that her mother had an affair and she was the product of it, she’s plain and simply devastated.

Of course, she takes stock in her life, swears off men, begins a new job in a new restaurant and sets out to find out who she is with her brothers and sister-in-laws giving her the love and support she needs. During this “discovery” time, her Grandmother realizes with the help of her nurse that she needs to appreciate her family and Gloria rises to the cause, by making amends with her grandsons, their wives and makes strides to mend her relationship with her granddaughter, Dani. The bond these two women form will make you weep!

Tempting is about family, trust, temptation, healing and the power of love. But most of all about family and discovery! I applaud Susan Mallery on her very powerful series, one I will long remember!

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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The Spaniard's Blackmailed Bride by Trish Morey

Title: The Spaniard's Blackmailed Bride

Author: Trish Morey

Line: Presents/Modern

Release month : North America and UK: July

The S-Factor: Sizzling

Back-Blurb:

Blackmailed into marriage to save her family, Briar Davenport aims to remain a virgin bride - for she despises her husband, Diablo Barrentes! But the sexy Spaniard's possessive touch sets her body on fire, making Briar abandon all her resolve and reason!

Despite the pleasure Diablo brings to her in the bedroom, theirs can never be anything but a marriage of convenience born out of revenge - or can it? As secrets are gradually revealed, Briar may come to realize that with Diablo it is better the devil you know...


Review:
Trish Morey amazes me each time I read one of her stories and this time is no exception. The Spaniard’s Blackmailed Bride is full of punch, power and passion and will have you reaching for a box of tissues.

Briar Davenport has no choice but to marry Diablo Barrentes to save her parents dignity, status and fortune. For if she does not marry Diablo, they will all be living on the streets, no longer living in Sydney’s elite society and the life they’ve been accustom to having for generations.

At times, this was a difficult book to read as you could not miss the attraction Briar felt for Diablo, how he could with just one look or slight touch ignite and melt her heart. But even more so was the inner fight Diablo felt each time he was near Briar and how he tried to shield himself from the emotion she stirred in him.

Briar’s feelings and honour bound behaviour for family was extremely moving. However, as she gets to truly know Diablo those feelings and conflicting emotions for her new husband and then her feelings for her family……well let’s just say you will feel the power of it all!

A marriage of convenience through blackmail? You’ll just have to read it to find out! Lust, attraction, all rolled into one and two unforgettable personalities….the devil himself, Diablo and the proud and stubborn Briar. Thanks Trish Morey for this story so full of attraction and passion.

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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For The Sheikh's Pleasure by Annie West

Title: For The Sheikh's Pleasure

Author: Annie West

Line: Modern/Presents

Release month: / UK /July 2007 and North America August 2007

The S-Factor: Sizzling!

Back-Blurb:

Will she surrender to the Sheikh? Rosalie Winters is a challenge: beautiful and aloof, she doesn't engage in the games of flirtation and seduction that Sheikh Arik Kareem Ben Hassan expects from women, and she lacks their sophistication and guile. Which makes him want her all the more? But Arik knows that to get her he has to take things slowly. Rosalie is shy, even withdrawn, as though something has changed her.

However, Arik also knows that once she's at his command Rosalie will open up to receive the loving that only he can give her...

Review:

Annie West has yet again written another powerful love story. This is Annie’s second sheikh book and is set on a beautiful desert coast.

In the Sheikh’s Ransomed Bride (Annie’s first sheikh book) the reader learns that she has a sister Belle who is now the reigning queen of Q’roum and this book focuses on her sister, Rosalie Winter’s visit, along with her niece and mother. Rosalie one learns has come to Q’roum to celebrate her nephew’s birthday. Rosalie has a past, one she cannot escape and while on this visit her family offers to watch her daughter so she can relax and try her hand in a talent lost to her……drawing and painting.

Each day, Rosalie goes to the beach to swim and draw and while there reflects on her past of why she can no longer paint. For years, she has been haunted by an event which happened in college where her drink was “doctored” and she was raped and the incident resulted in a pregnancy and the birth of her lovely daughter. On one particular morning, she sees this handsome man riding on the beach along with his Arabian horses. She is mesmerized by their beauty and power along with their handsome and virile rider. Their owner is Arik, who is bored and frustrated from a leg injury, and has been watching Rosalie from afar. It is his plan to meet her and in the end, begin an affair. After days of letting her draw the horses and the man himself, he realizes that Rosalie is timid and a little shy and that he will have to be patient to win her in the end. He proposes that he show her the sights of his city. In the end, for Rosalie it is a loosing battle and she surrenders to his charms trying to guard her heart. What she fears happens and she falls deeply for Arik full well knowing that he will never commit. He is a man who’s proud, arrogant and always gets his own way. In order to protect herself from further heartbreak, she leaves without a goodbye. Arik is furious when he can’t find her and he doesn’t count on how deeply he feels for her until she’s gone.

What Rosalie does not know is that Arik and the King (her brother-in-law) are related so when he shows up at the birthday celebration for the young Prince it’s a shock to say the least and tensions rise!

For the Sheikh’s Pleasure is truly a magical story full of passion, tenderness and discovery for both Rosalie and Arik.

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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The Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride by Sandra Marton

Title: The Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride

Author: Sandra Marton

Line: Harlequin Presents

Release month; North America: April 2007 UK: June 2007

The S-Factor: Sizzling, Simmering and very Sexy!

Back-Blurb:

He had to have her, from the moment he saw her. No names, no strings, no seeing her ever again…….

It was payday for Prince Nicolo Barbieri. The Italian aristocrat's negotiations to take over Manhattan's SCB bank were about to bear fruit. But he wasn't expecting Aimee Black, granddaughter of the bank's current owner—who was pregnant with Nicolo's baby!

Nicolo felt duty bound to marry Aimee and give his child his name. But Aimee had other ideas about surrendering herself to this arrogant foreigner, who surely didn't love her!

Review:
Amazing is the only way to describe The Italian’s Pregnant Bride. From the very moment, I began reading Nicolo and Aimee’s story I knew I was in for an exceptional read. The emotion, passion and attraction these two people feel for each other will have you burning the midnight hours away as I promise you will not be able to put this book down.

This is the first book in Sandra’s Billionaire Brides trilogy and if every male character is as charismatic as Nicolo, then the reader is in for sensational entertainment. You get a glance of each of this European princes’ and find they are old school friends, all wealthy, talented, sinfully handsome and have no interest in marriage.

Both of these characters so very dynamic, especially Aimee Black, who one learns later is the granddaughter to James Black the very man Nicolo is to meet later that week.


Nicolo is on a mission to add a New York bank to his empire, which he felt, would be his crown jewel. Therefore, he has travelled to Manhattan to meet with James Black. On his way his hotel, he literally bumps into a stunning woman who is so “prickly” and bad tempered that he kisses her in order to silence her…..had he gone mad? Later, he runs into her at a “private club” owned by a friend and shares an evening of passion with this mystery woman. She flees in the morning and he has absolutely no idea of her identity. Aimee has haunted him because of her insults and not accepting his apology. As he gets to know her he admires her defiance, her passion, her determination, fire and courage.

As luck would have it, he sees her again at the bank meeting and a bomb is dropped on both of them……James Black wants a union, a marriage if the sale is to go though. On top of everything else, Aimee learns she is carrying Nicolo’s child, a result of their night of passion. Of course being the strong alpha male he demands that they marry to give his heir the

Aimee lost her parents at a young age, had never felt loved by her grandfather who raised her upon her parents death. She had always tried to prove herself and was in hopes of someday being promoted to the top to replace her grandfather at the helm of the privately owned and prestigious bank Stafford-Coleridge-Black. Aimee appears to be a strong person but underneath she was lonely and my heart ached for her especially when she realized she had left herself behind and began to ponder what she might have been……

This is where their journey begins….it’s such an unbelievable rollercoaster ride it will have you crying, your heart thumping and anxious to learn more about these two wonderful people. Sandra Marton has yet again, written a beautiful and entertaining story and for me, it will go on my top ten list for 2007.

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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The Italian's Defiant Mistress by India Grey

Title: The Italian's Defiant Mistress

Author: India Grey

Line: M&B Modern/Harlequin Presents

Release Date: North America October 2007 UK / Australia July 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

The Italian billionaire's inexperienced mistress Eve Middlemiss has come to Florence desperate for information. And only darkly good-looking multimillionaire Raphael di Lazaro, heir to the Lazaro Fashion House, holds the answers she's searching for. Surrounded by glamour and decadence, Eve is totally out of her depth - until she realizes she is the one Raphael wants!
If becoming the Italian's mistress is what it takes to find out the truth about her family, Eve realizes she must feign the sophistication and experience she's sure Raphael is accustomed to - but that means making herself available to his every desire...

Review:

The Italian’s Defiant Mistress is India Grey’s debut book and it is smashing! Set in Florence and Venice it is full of fashion, glitz, glamour, celebrities and it is very exciting and alluring. Eve Middlemiss was on an assignment for a fashion magazine but more than that, she is on a mission to find out and expose the person who provided her twin sister with drugs and caused her death. Her assignment is to follow a supermodel and in doing so ends up on the runway herself. As she’s nervous and inexperienced she’s told to focus on something while she traverses the runway and she sees a tall, dark and handsome man who she’s immediately drawn to who ends up being Raphael.

Raphael di Lazaro and his half brother Luca are heirs to the di Lazaro fashion house. Raphael’s mission is to expose his brother Luca for what he is…..a “user” and supplier of drugs to models. Raphael has an axe to grind with Luca as his one time girlfriend left him, went to Luca, ended up an addict, and almost died. He is determined not to let his brother ruin or end another model’s life.

Eve is determined as well that she will expose a di Lazaro and make him pay for ending her sister’s life. She believes the responsible person is Raphael because she learns he has been spending some time in Columbia. Later that evening Eve meets up with both men at a party. When Raphael sees Eve with his brother, he feels honour bound to protect her so he grabs and kisses her senseless and boy do the sparks fly. Later he tries to send her home but the spirited and determined Eve refuses.

Eve and Raphael’s journey is passionate, painful and in the end full of sorrow. When Eve discovers she is in love with him and by chance sees Raphael meeting with his ex-girlfriend she misunderstands and flees. The pain she endures upon returning home and then having to reappear in Italy to testify against Luca di Lazaro will break your heart.

This story was an amazing look into the lives of celebrities and fashion models and reminds me so much of what’s now going on in the lives of young actors and in the music industry all over the world. It is certainly a lesson as to how destructive drugs can be in a person life. Then there is the important lesson of how things are not always as they look and how misunderstood and untrusting we can be of those, we love.

I sincerely and thoroughly enjoyed India Grey’s first romance book The Italian’s Defiant Mistress and I personally look forward to reading many more of her entertaining stories.

Reviewed By: Marilyn

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One Special Night by Margaret McDonagh

Title: One Special Night…

Author: Margaret McDonagh

Line: Mills and Boon Medical Romance

Release month: August 2007

The S-Factor:Sweet

Back-Blurb:

A brief encounter…

Dr Cameron Kincaid is captivated by the beautiful woman he meets on a train – and this chance encounter leads to one tender, passionate night.

The day after the night before, Dr Ginger O’Neill cannot believe she let her emotions rule her head. She has discovered that the reason for their journey will tear them apart. Ginger desperately needs funding to continue helping her patients – the very same funding that Cameron wants for his…

At odds professionally, in lust personally, can these two dedicated doctors find a way to follow their hearts…?

Strathlochan Hospital Sexy Scottish doctors, dedicated to working in a remote and rugged landscape

Review:

Margaret McDonagh is an outstanding writer of romantic fiction whose wonderful Medical Romances are all on my keeper shelf and her fourth release, One Special Night…, set in the Scottish hospital of Strathlochan, is an engrossing tale that will have you eagerly anticipating the next release by this talented author!

Dr Cameron Kincaid was instantly drawn to a beautiful blonde woman he met on the train to London, but when he found out that the woman he cannot get out of his head is none other than his direct competition for funding which he desperately needs for his patients, Cameron decides to try his best to get her out of his mind.

Dr Ginger O Neill cannot believe that the first man she’s been attracted to for a long time is the one man who could cost her the project which means the world to her. Yet, despite knowing that she should give Cameron a wide berth, she finds herself unable to resist him…

Margaret McDonagh will make her readers cry with this intensely emotional romantic tale that sparkles with richly drawn characters, vivid medical scenarios and poignant romance which will tug at your heartstrings!

Reviewed by: Julie

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The Italian GP's Bride - Kate Hardy

Title: The Italian GP's Bride

Author: Kate Hardy

Line: Medical

Release month: August 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

Dr de Luca's proposal

Orlando de Luca is the archetypal Italian - smooth, handsome and charming! His dedicated professionalism is only matched by his playboy bachelor ways...until he meets his new colleague Eleanor Forrest. Ellie is only in Italy to find her family, not to embark on an affair, yet the chemistry between them is hard to deny. So when Ellie becomes a patient herself, she finds the only person she wants to rely on is the dashing Dr de Luca.

Everyone thinks he's a gorgeous bachelor - really, he's a husband in the making!

Review:

This story begins with the drama of an external conflict on an airborne flight. It's through this medical emergency that Ellie and Orlando meet for the first time in their professional capacitie

Kate Hardy swiftly emerges the reader into the lives of both the hero and heroine in this powerful and emotional story. Her story telling skills will have you on the edge of your seat as the subsequent personal and medical dramas of Ellie and Orlando unfold.

This is another well researched book that serves to be informative without being overpowering - both within the story's historical setting of Pompeii and the medical scenarios that arise. Kate Hardy creates an evocative sense of empathy with all the issues she addresses in this, another fab read from one of Harlequin Mills & Boon's most prolific authors.

Reviewed by: Sue

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His Cinderella Bride - Annie Burrows

Title: His Cinderella Bride

Author: Annie Burrows

Line: Historical

Release month: September 2007

The S-Factor: Sizzling

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Beggar maid...

Jasper Challinor, Marquis of Lensborough, was appalled! Who was this redheaded, badly dressed waif in his aristocratic host’s dining room? And why in the world was the proud Marquis so drawn to her?

Wealthy lady!

Lord Lensborough was a man well used to getting exactly what he wanted – and he wanted Hester! Convinced that she was a poor relation, the noble lord was about to receive the shock of his life...from a lady who would break all his very proper rules!

Review:

Annie Burrows’ debut historical novel for Harlequin Mills & Boon is a lusty and enthralling tale of love and life in Regency England. The hero of His Cinderella Bride is a wealthy aristocrat on the look-out for a wife – and, in shades of Jane Eyre, he meets her in a country lane in inclement weather, although I don’t remember a scene where Jane fell into a ditch full of muddy water!

After this inauspicious opening, we meet the book’s heroine, Hester, a similarly wealthy woman who hides under the disguise of a poor servant. Soon enough Annie Burrows transports us into a world of mistaken identities, evil, would-be rapists, illegitimate gypsy children, carriage rides, tavern brawls and London society. It’s all utterly charming and engaging, and the author’s conjuring up of an early 19^th century atmosphere is very well done.

The book’s strength lies in the characterisation of the hero and heroine. Annie Burrows wisely keeps the focus on these two characters throughout and there’s never any unnecessary diversion to take away from the central romance plot. The dialogue is rich and full of passion and the romantic scenes are understated and heart-warming, everything you could wish from a category romance.

His Cinderella Bride is a brilliant piece of writing and a story I enjoyed and identified with from beginning to end. Annie Burrows is an accomplished writer and I look forward to seeing more of her work on the strength of this book.

Reviewed by: Gray

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The Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride by Sandra Marton

Title: The Italian Prince’s Pregnant Bride

Author: Sandra Marton

Line: Harlequin Presents

Release month:August 2007

The S-Factor:Simmering

Back-Blurb:

It was payday for Prince Nicolo Barbieri. The Italian aristocrat's negotiations to take over Manhattan's SCB bank were about to bear fruit. But he wasn't expecting Aimee Black, granddaughter of the bank's current owner—who was pregnant with Nicolo's baby! Nicolo felt duty bound to marry Aimee and give his child his name. But Aimee had other ideas about surrendering herself to this arrogant foreigner, who surely didn't love her!

Review:
The inimitable Sandra Marton is back with a fabulous new trilogy featuring three gorgeous European princes who find themselves doing the unthinkable – falling in love. The first title in the new Billionaire’s Brides mini-series, The Italian Prince’s Pregnant Bride, is an intense romantic tale that will keep you riveted until the final page.

Aimee Black is absolutely furious when her grandfather refuses to hand over the reins of his beloved Stafford Coleridge Bank for the simple reason that she’s a female. She’s so angry that on leaving his office, she can’t see for her rage and walks straight into the arms of a gorgeous Italian prince who cannot get the feisty American out of his mind.

When Prince Nicolo Barbieri tracks her down, their attraction is so intense that they end up making love – and before long, Aimee is pregnant with the Italian prince’s baby.

Nicolo proposes a marriage of convenience for the sake of their baby – even though Aimee cannot help wishing that their marriage was the real thing.

The always fabulous Sandra Marton will enchant and captivate her readers with The Italian Prince’s Pregnant Bride. Her two characters leap off the pages and the novel’s intoxicating blend of passion, drama and emotion make this book another classic read by this hugely talented author.

Reviewed: Julie

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The Return of the Rebel by Trish Wylie

Title: The Return of the Rebel

Author: Trish Wylie

Line: Mills and Boon Modern Romance Extra

Release month: July 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

The bad-boy billionaire is back!

Connor Flanaghan had always been out of her league. He was strong, gorgeous, and his charm was legendary! As a naïve teenager Shannon could only gaze from the sidelines…as the love of her life stared straight past her.

Now Shannon is all grown up, in control of her life, and she’s left the past and her crush behind…or so she thinks.

Connor has just walked in through her door, but the lazy smile is gone, replaced by a ruthless glint in his eye – the bad-boy billionaire is back, and he’s better than ever!

Review:

Trish Wylie’s latest Modern Romance Extra, The Return of the Rebel, is a sexy, sassy and sophisticated tale that is vintage Trish Wylie!

When Shannon was a teenager she had given her virginity – and her heart – to gorgeous bad boy Connor Flanaghan, but after that one night of passion she fled Ireland and went to America to try and heal her broken heart – and hide a painful secret from all of her friends. On her return to Ireland, Shannon was gave her heart and soul to a group of elderly people she looked after whilst trying her best to forget about Connor – until he turns up and threatens to close the building which means so much to Shannon and the elderly residents who have come to regard the building as a home.

Connor is still as gorgeous as ever and the attraction between him and Shannon still sizzles, but is she willing to risk getting her heart broken all over again?

Feel-good romance does not get any better than this! Trish Wylie blends humour, passion, romance, emotion and drama in an unforgettable tale which will steal readers’ hearts and make them laugh and cry.

The Return of the Rebel is an unmissable romance written by a wonderful storyteller whose novels are in a class of their own!

Reviewed By: Julie

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Bride of the Emerald Isle by Trish Wylie

Title: Bride of the Emerald Isle

Author: Trish Wylie

Line: Mills and Boon Romance

Release month ( North America/ UK - Australia): July - September 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-Blurb:

On the Irish Isle of Valentia wisps of cloud hang low in the air, and a rugged figure appears through the hazy mist – the man that Keelin O’Donnell has been searching for without ever realising it.

Garrett Kincaid can help beautiful stranger Keelin unlock the secrets of her past. But he can’t give her his heart – he knows Keelin’s life lies elsewhere.
Only the essence of the Emerald Isle is capturing Keelin, drawing her in and giving her the courage to claim a future. A future that belongs to this man.

Review:

Set in the beautiful Irish isle of Valentia, Bride of the Emerald Isle is a spellbinding romance that will tug at your heartstrings and keep you enthralled from the first page till the final full stop.

City girl Keelin has left Dublin behind for the rural island of Valentia to find answers to questions which have haunted her for her entire life. She’s certainly not expecting to fall in love or to have her heart stolen, but one glance at Garrett Kincaid walking through the mist and Keelin finds herself unable to get the gorgeous Irishman out of her mind.

But a relationship with Garrett is out of the question for not only is Garrett tied to the countryside and to his teenage daughter and elderly father, but he also may hold the key to her past – which could jeopardize her future…

Poignant, tender, moving, engrossing and wonderfully romantic, Bride of the Emerald Isle is category romance at its absolute best!

Reviewed By: Julie

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The Italian's Wife by Sunset by Lucy Gordon

Title: The Italian’s Wife by Sunset

Author: Lucy Gordon

Line: Harlequin Romance

Release month: North America and UK August 2007

The S Factor: Sweet

Back-cover blurb:

Intelligent, sensible Della Hadley should've known better than to embark on an affair with a playboy Italian six years her junior, but vibrant and sexy Carlo Rinucci was just too hard to resist....

Della knows that a fiery passion so quick to ignite should be fast to die out, despite Carlo's vow that their love is forever. But Carlo is Italian through and through, and determined to win his woman and make Della his bride before the sun sets on their affair.

Review:

Della is thirty-six years old. A big shot television producer with her own production company, a brilliant reputation and low expectations of men.

When she needs a serious expert to front her latest TV series her assistant comes up with Carlo Rinucci — a thirty year old, shaggy-haired archeologist with striking good looks and a wicked grin. Determined not to be misled by his youthful looks Della travels to Naples to assess him in person.

Exhilarating, passionate, charming, Carlos more than lives up to his promise — both professionally and personally. He is equally fascinated by Della and they swiftly plunge into an affair.

Despite his Jack-the-lad image, Carlos wants a forever relationship, whereas Della, seeing the age difference as a huge barrier to long-term happiness, can’t give him the commitment he craves.

But underneath Carlo’s boyish charm lies a steely core. For the first time in his life he finds himself having to fight for what he wants. Can Della dig into herself to find the same courage?

Lucy Gordon’s fast-paced romance novel is both sad and uplifting, A charming, emotional, lump-in-the-throat read which grips your attention right up to the final page. I strongly recommend it.

Reviewed by: Janet

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The Roman's Virgin Mistress by Michelle Styles

Title: The Roman’s Virgin Mistress

Author: Michelle Styles

Line: Mills and Boon Historical Romance

Release month: July 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

Scandalous!

Silvana Junia knows what the gossips say about her – and doesn’t care! Until a mysterious, dangerous stranger rescues her from the sea, and she’s instantly drawn to him. Notorious!

Lucius Aurelius Fortis is rich and respected. But his playboy past could come back to haunt him if he cannot resist his attraction to beautiful Silvana. And in the hot sun of Baiae their every move is watched…

Outrageous!

Tempted beyond endurance, Silvana will become his mistress. But she has one last shocking secret…which will change everything between them!

Review:
Escape into a world of passion, intrigue, drama and decadence in the latest historical romance set in Ancient Rome by Michelle Styles, The Roman’s Virgin Mistress.

Silvana Junia is well aware that the gossips at the luxurious resort of Baiae regard her as a trollop – and she doesn’t care a single jot! She’s more concerned with ensuring that her younger brother Crispus furthers his career and that her uncle curbs his excessive spending. But when Lucius Aurelius Fortis comes to town Silvana finds herself drawn to this enigmatic stranger.

Initially, Lucius does not want anything to do with Silvana, but when he finds himself unable to resist her, he kisses her and proposes that she becomes his mistress…

Michelle Styles’ historical romances are simply terrific! The Roman’s Virgin Mistress is a spellbinding tale that vividly evokes the past and that is laden with intense sensuality, dramatic emotion, heart warming drama and poignant romance.

Reviewed by: Julie


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Count Giovanni's Virgin by Christina Hollis

Title: Count Giovanni’s Virgin

Author: Christina Hollis

Line: Mills and Boon Modern Romance

Release month ( North America/ UK / Australia): July 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:

Taken for pleasure, married for baby!

When shy virgin Katie Carter is summoned to renovate a sumptuous Tuscan villa, she thinks only of her passion for design. Little does she realise that the enigmatic owner, Count Giovanni Amato, will stir up emotions she’s long kept buried.
Giovanni is going to have her, and she knows she won’t be able to resist. But the Count has two unbroken rules…there’s no room for a wife in his life. And definitely no child!

So what will the brooding, aristocratic billionaire do when he finds out that Katie is carrying his heir?

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They’re tall, dark…and ready to marry!

Review:

Christina Hollis’ second novel for Mills and Boon Modern Romance, Count Giovanni’s Virgin, is absolutely terrific! Richly sensual, highly evocative and absolutely breathtaking, Christina Hollis is a writer who is destined to become one of M&B’s most popular authors.

When Interior designer Katie Carter was asked to renovate the Tuscan Villa belonging to the enigmatic Count Giovanni Amato, she never thought that she would find herself falling for the Villa’s enigmatic owner or that she would be giving him her virginity.

Man of the world Giovanni knows that he should give shy virgin Katie a wide berth as to get involved with her would mean reopening old wounds which still haven’t healed properly. But he cannot resist Katie and when she announces that she’s expecting his baby, he proposes a marriage of convenience – even though he can’t help but wish that his marriage to Katie would be the real deal.

I love Christina Hollis’ books! Sexy, sensual, dramatic and engrossing, Count Giovanni’s Virgin is a fabulously passionate tale that will delight romance readers everywhere!

Reviewed by: Julie

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The French Doctor's Midwife Bride by Fiona Lowe

Title: The French Doctor’s Midwife Bride

Author: Fiona Lowe

Line: Mills and Boon Medical Romance

Release month ( North America/ UK / Australia): July 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-Blurb:
Her Mediterranean boss’s proposal!

Gorgeous French doctor Xavier Laurent arrives in the beautiful coastal town of Amaroo determined to live by his new rule – never mix work with pleasure. However, on meeting passionate community midwife Charlotte Buchanan, Xavier suddenly finds his resolution very hard to stick to!

Xavier has caused a stirring in Charlie’s heart – the well-and-truly-trampled-on heart she’s vowed never to open up again. But working together, delivering babies and saving tiny lives, has the power to melt even the strongest of resolves. And it’s not long before Xavier’s warm charm begins to work its magic…

Review:

Fiona Lowe is back with another entrancing Medical romance which will captivate you from the very first sentence – The French Doctor’s Midwife Bride.

When gorgeous French doctor Xavier Laurent found out that his fiancée had used him to further her own career, he decided to leave his native Cote d’Azur behind and to start afresh in the small Australian coastal town of Amaroo. Xavier vowed never to get involved with a colleague ever again – until his gaze fell upon the community midwife Charlotte Buchanan.

Charlotte finds herself drawn to Xavier even though he poses a threat to her work in the community. She knows that she should resist him. But as the two begin to work together, Xavier and Charlotte realize that they’ve fallen for one another, but is Xavier willing to give his heart to someone else?

The French Doctor’s Midwife Bride is another wonderful read by a writer who keeps getting better and better. Emotional, humorous, dramatic, poignant and absolutely unputdownable, The French Doctor’s Midwife Bride is spellbinding romance at its absolute best!

Reviewed by: Julie

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Break Up to Make Up by Fiona Harper

Title: Break Up to make up

Author: Fiona Harper

Line: Harlequin Romance/M&B Romance

Release month and release location: August 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-cover blurb: A rustic farmhouse, the warmth of a crackling fire, and breathtaking views of the countryside make the perfect setting for the most romantic evenings...

For Nick and Adele Hughes this idyllic evening for two is the last place either of them wants to be. Their marriage over, they never believed they could find their way back to each other. But, stranded in this picturesque cottage, Nick and Adele find they cannot resist the spark that has always fizzed between them.

As the twinkling firelight begins to work its magic, this couple discover the wonderful thing about breaking up is making up...

Review: Adele starts the story as a fiercely independent perfectionist, convinced she’s right about everything including the notion that her husband chose a once-in-a-lifetime job over her and the relationship has no future.

When he dive-bombs back into her life she’s adamant that no matter how much they care for each other or how strong the chemistry between them, she has to keep her heart safe from this man. Even if that means pushing for a divorce.

Nick has other ideas. He wants his wife back and is determined to break through her who-needs-men-stuff-em attitude and make her see that they were meant to be together.

But something happened during the time he spent away. Something that Nick doesn’t know about and Adele can’t bring herself to tell him. It will take more than Nick’s little boy charm to break through Adele’s proud barriers and regain her trust.

Break Up to Make Up is a fast paced, emotion packed read, filled with tension, longing and humour. I especially liked the big hairy spider, the descriptions of Super Adele (the heroine’s alter ego) and a bossy satellite navigation system with an attitude to rival Adele’s.

Harlequin Romance at its best. This book belongs on your must-read list.

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