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The Temptation Trap
The Charmer ...Ewen Fraser's rakish reputation went before him - Rosanna had read the newspapers, and could see with her own eyes his collection of girlfriends, past and present ...The Charmed ...But that didn't stop her falling for him - he was funny, tender, warm and sexy, and working closely with him was a joy ...The Trap ...Rosanna was tempted. Ewen was all that she'd ever wanted, but could she trust her instincts when they told her that Ewen, the infamous lover-and-leaver, had marriage at heart after all?
187 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1998
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About the author
Catherine George
445 books73 followersDeirdre Matthews was born in a village on the Welsh-English border, where the public library featured largely in her life. Her mother, who looked upon literature as a basic necessity of life, fervently encouraged her passion for reading, little knowing it would one day motivate her daughter into writing her first novel.
At 18, she met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and she have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of her early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time she lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So she did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982 as Catherine George, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where she and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
At 18, she met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and she have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of her early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time she lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So she did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982 as Catherine George, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where she and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
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March 12, 2022
H has no qualms going after h despite the fact that she was engaged to OM. It’s not even that he loved her and wanted her for himself. He made it clear that an affair was his goal, and marriage was off the table. He simply wanted a fling with the girl who was the descendant of the real life World War I heroine of his historical fiction novel.
h cheats on her fiance again and again. And again. And again. All the while playing the part of the "good girl." I especially loved that she “had to” make out with the hero when they both got stuck in an elevator to distract herself from her…claustrophobia 🤡
h cheats on her fiance again and again. And again. And again. All the while playing the part of the "good girl." I especially loved that she “had to” make out with the hero when they both got stuck in an elevator to distract herself from her…claustrophobia 🤡
September 5, 2014
Cheating makes me livid !! None of the characters seem to think that there's anything wrong with cheating .. Rosanna cheated on David .. David cheated on Rosanna and all was good .. the hero Ewen didn't even think that morally anything was wrong when he was chasing Rosanna even his book story shamelessly featured a heroine who had a baby from another man other than her husband .. named the kid after his real father and when her husband died ( who probably thought the kid was his) she ran into her lover one day by coincidence .. he finds out about his son and they get married and live happily ever after .. WTFriggin-Hell
September 18, 2019
The Charmer ...
Ewen Fraser's rakish reputation went before him - Rosanna had read the newspapers, and could see with her own eyes his collection of girlfriends, past and present ...
The Charmed ...
But that didn't stop her falling for him - he was funny, tender, warm and sexy, and working closely with him was a joy ...
The Trap ...
Rosanna was tempted. Ewen was all that she'd ever wanted, but could she trust her instincts when they told her that Ewen, the infamous lover-and-leaver, had marriage at heart after all?
Ewen Fraser's rakish reputation went before him - Rosanna had read the newspapers, and could see with her own eyes his collection of girlfriends, past and present ...
The Charmed ...
But that didn't stop her falling for him - he was funny, tender, warm and sexy, and working closely with him was a joy ...
The Trap ...
Rosanna was tempted. Ewen was all that she'd ever wanted, but could she trust her instincts when they told her that Ewen, the infamous lover-and-leaver, had marriage at heart after all?
August 18, 2024
DNF p. 36.
Now I have a rule - I give a book till page 50 and if I'm not feeling it I DNF. This one didn't make it that far.
Two unforgivable sins crop up from almost page one:
First - this book is boring. It's dull as dishwater. Two people sitting about reading letters from the war for the respective books they are researching/writing. This is seriously unfun to read about.
Second - the heroine is in a committed relationship, her fiancé is a doctor doing a temporary overseas placement in America - he phones her all the time, he writes her sweet letters, they are having a full sexual relationship when together and are promised to marry... the heroine is a CHEATER! No no no no no no! I don't cheer on cheaters, they are scum of the earth.
The book is a bout a boring cheater. No thanks. I read romance because I want to cheer the heroine on to a HEA, not to read about cheating scum. Hard DNF.
Now I have a rule - I give a book till page 50 and if I'm not feeling it I DNF. This one didn't make it that far.
Two unforgivable sins crop up from almost page one:
First - this book is boring. It's dull as dishwater. Two people sitting about reading letters from the war for the respective books they are researching/writing. This is seriously unfun to read about.
Second - the heroine is in a committed relationship, her fiancé is a doctor doing a temporary overseas placement in America - he phones her all the time, he writes her sweet letters, they are having a full sexual relationship when together and are promised to marry... the heroine is a CHEATER! No no no no no no! I don't cheer on cheaters, they are scum of the earth.
The book is a bout a boring cheater. No thanks. I read romance because I want to cheer the heroine on to a HEA, not to read about cheating scum. Hard DNF.
April 4, 2016
A good read.
Ewen really is a charming hunk....and he has left a trail of broken hearts behind him. When he meets Rosanna and their eyes connect......Bam! He knows she is the one but getting past her reserve and making her believe is going to be tough. A sexy charming character sometimes a bit arrogent and flawed making him more lovable.
Rosanna is smart and caring but in a relationship with a sexy doctor so of course she tries to resist Ewan. She felt that Bam! too and can't get him out of her mind....his past love life has been spread in the gossip rags and even if believing half is true.....which is a lot! It is hard to believe he is thinking marriage. I like how she fights their attraction and how she wants to tell the doctor in person.
They share a strong attraction that gets the best of them and of guilt and doubt weigh her down. A devious trick leaves her heart hurting and running for cover....feeling unwanted leaves him reeling with how to proceed.
Kind of a slow older nice read with some sweet attraction but not a lot of heat. Still well written and fun to read.
Ewen really is a charming hunk....and he has left a trail of broken hearts behind him. When he meets Rosanna and their eyes connect......Bam! He knows she is the one but getting past her reserve and making her believe is going to be tough. A sexy charming character sometimes a bit arrogent and flawed making him more lovable.
Rosanna is smart and caring but in a relationship with a sexy doctor so of course she tries to resist Ewan. She felt that Bam! too and can't get him out of her mind....his past love life has been spread in the gossip rags and even if believing half is true.....which is a lot! It is hard to believe he is thinking marriage. I like how she fights their attraction and how she wants to tell the doctor in person.
They share a strong attraction that gets the best of them and of guilt and doubt weigh her down. A devious trick leaves her heart hurting and running for cover....feeling unwanted leaves him reeling with how to proceed.
Kind of a slow older nice read with some sweet attraction but not a lot of heat. Still well written and fun to read.
July 3, 2015
3.5 stars.
Like other Catherine George 's books I've read so far, the conversations between characters were very engaging. That's what attracted me to her books most, the conversation flow and not too much description or narration.
I like the interaction between Rossana and Ewen, the sexual tension and the build up of their relationship show how they belong together.
And I'm glad Ewen gave happy ending to Rose and Harry's love story in his book.
Like other Catherine George 's books I've read so far, the conversations between characters were very engaging. That's what attracted me to her books most, the conversation flow and not too much description or narration.
I like the interaction between Rossana and Ewen, the sexual tension and the build up of their relationship show how they belong together.
And I'm glad Ewen gave happy ending to Rose and Harry's love story in his book.
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July 25, 2019DNF, I just got bored
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