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Deception
The battered sign changed her life
"Housekeeper wanted," Thea read, amused. Who would want such a job in the middle of the Scottish wilds?
Yet, surprisingly, Thea soon found herself running the household at Drumlarig and nursing its surly owner, Logan Murray. When in the delirium of illness, Logan mistook her for his dead wife and kissed her passionately, Thea thought she would flee.
But it wasn't the end of her dealings with Logan -- in fact, it was only the beginning...
"Housekeeper wanted," Thea read, amused. Who would want such a job in the middle of the Scottish wilds?
Yet, surprisingly, Thea soon found herself running the household at Drumlarig and nursing its surly owner, Logan Murray. When in the delirium of illness, Logan mistook her for his dead wife and kissed her passionately, Thea thought she would flee.
But it wasn't the end of her dealings with Logan -- in fact, it was only the beginning...
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1981
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104 books75 followersMargaret Pargeter was a popular writer of 50 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1975 to 1986.
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February 9, 2019
Nice, satisfying, swift read with a sweetheart heroine and a my-way-or-the-highway stern, asshat Hero. BUT he doesn't hit her nor pull the old horny-virgin-equals-slut shaming routine. Well done, MP!
It starts off with Thea, our orphan heroine, staring at a broken-down, faded sign leading to a dilapidated farmhouse advertising for rooms and a housekeeper. She has just left London, after a heart-breaking affair where she found out her boyfriend was with her only for her inheritance and also cheated on her.
She is ready for a drastic change of scenery and remembered her mother telling her of a Scottish family who took her in when she was a young widow pregnant with Thea. She had told Thea that if she ever found herself at crossroads in her life, to look them up as they would never turn her away.
So she trudges up, drenched from the rain and knocks on the door which opens to, of all things, a young boy named Jamie. Now this little trooper stole my heart from the get-go and I almost wish Pargeter gave him equal page time with the MCs.
He informs her gravely that the sign for rooms is outdated and has to turn her away. She persists and is astounded to learn that the boy is pretty much left to his own devices and is trying to take care of a very sick father.
She needs shelter from the rain and cannot conceive of turning her back on a child but he is afraid of his father's understandable wrath in letting in a stranger so she tells him she has nursing experience (she doesn't) and can help if she's allowed to stay the night.
Thea forms an instant bond with Jamie and has a strange sense of homecoming when she's in the house. She decides she wants a long-term shot at that housekeeping gig but first... she has to deal with a Scottish tyrant who hurls her across the room when she tries to sooth his fevered brow, tumbles her into bed in the midst of a delirium thinking she's his ex-wife, challenges her assertion that she's fit for the job all the while vehemently denying that he is a sick man.
It's entertaining to see Thea trying to wear Logan, the H, down till he realizes he has little choice but to let her stay. Thea tells another white lie that she is just a very young-looking 30-year-old waif, knowing he would never hire her otherwise.
She has zero knowledge of running a household or managing a meagre budget (Logan is not exactly the wealthiest Scot in town, quite the opposite) but tries to use what she had observed during her sheltered and privileged life to figure things out. She is no spoilt heiress and I liked how MP showed her resourcefulness, generosity, her growing relationship with Jamie and Logan's grudging acceptance of her in their lives.
Thea has to prove her mettle when Logan's lovely mum shows up for Christmas, not to mention handle a crusty old family servant who alternately criticises her or rats to the H about Thea's curiosity about his personal life. Both women reminisce about how they use to take care of a child with hair like Thea's, who used to follow Logan around when he was a lad.
But Thea never lets on about her true identity, nor her well-to-do background or why she left London. It's nothing earth-shattering. She's tired of people wanting to be with her for her social status and her money, and wants a fresh start where people judge her based on her own merits.
But each of her little deceptions as it is uncovered, is a trigger for Logan who hates liars.
Logan is hoping mad when he first discovers her real age (she's 20). But he recovers and proposes a marriage of convenience as it is inappropriate at her age to be a live-in full-time help to an unmarried man.
He makes it clear he does not believe in love but the marriage will be real, not in name only and he will be faithful. She gets a roof over her head and respectability since she has no home and no money.
By now, she has fallen in love with him and realizes if she reveals her posh London address and hefty bank account, he will throw her out, so with much anxiety (and idiocy), she agrees.
During their honeymoon in London,
Thea does the usual Pargeter heroine thing of pining and wasting to bits.( Just once, I’d like to see a Pargeter heroine open the fridge and look for a solution to her problem in there as I do.)
She becomes numb and starts to plan a life without him, to go to university and have a career in child-minding. But one day she receives a frantic call from Logan.
This is Pargeter how I like her, with the sweet heroine, the dickhead Hero and enough drama to keep it interesting. Enjoyed it especially since I’m confident Jamie, unlike his father, will become a gallant future HP Hero :)
Safety issues:
He does put a hand around her throat threateninglyly but no squeezing. Found him mild compared to other Pargeter Heros but another reviewer said she'll never read Pargeter again because he was too cruel. And... that's relativity for you :-)
Mild, negligible OW drama and Dead wife's ghost is well and truly laid to rest despite his delirium
It starts off with Thea, our orphan heroine, staring at a broken-down, faded sign leading to a dilapidated farmhouse advertising for rooms and a housekeeper. She has just left London, after a heart-breaking affair where she found out her boyfriend was with her only for her inheritance and also cheated on her.
She is ready for a drastic change of scenery and remembered her mother telling her of a Scottish family who took her in when she was a young widow pregnant with Thea. She had told Thea that if she ever found herself at crossroads in her life, to look them up as they would never turn her away.
So she trudges up, drenched from the rain and knocks on the door which opens to, of all things, a young boy named Jamie. Now this little trooper stole my heart from the get-go and I almost wish Pargeter gave him equal page time with the MCs.
He informs her gravely that the sign for rooms is outdated and has to turn her away. She persists and is astounded to learn that the boy is pretty much left to his own devices and is trying to take care of a very sick father.
She needs shelter from the rain and cannot conceive of turning her back on a child but he is afraid of his father's understandable wrath in letting in a stranger so she tells him she has nursing experience (she doesn't) and can help if she's allowed to stay the night.
Thea forms an instant bond with Jamie and has a strange sense of homecoming when she's in the house. She decides she wants a long-term shot at that housekeeping gig but first... she has to deal with a Scottish tyrant who hurls her across the room when she tries to sooth his fevered brow, tumbles her into bed in the midst of a delirium thinking she's his ex-wife, challenges her assertion that she's fit for the job all the while vehemently denying that he is a sick man.
It's entertaining to see Thea trying to wear Logan, the H, down till he realizes he has little choice but to let her stay. Thea tells another white lie that she is just a very young-looking 30-year-old waif, knowing he would never hire her otherwise.
She has zero knowledge of running a household or managing a meagre budget (Logan is not exactly the wealthiest Scot in town, quite the opposite) but tries to use what she had observed during her sheltered and privileged life to figure things out. She is no spoilt heiress and I liked how MP showed her resourcefulness, generosity, her growing relationship with Jamie and Logan's grudging acceptance of her in their lives.
Thea has to prove her mettle when Logan's lovely mum shows up for Christmas, not to mention handle a crusty old family servant who alternately criticises her or rats to the H about Thea's curiosity about his personal life. Both women reminisce about how they use to take care of a child with hair like Thea's, who used to follow Logan around when he was a lad.
But Thea never lets on about her true identity, nor her well-to-do background or why she left London. It's nothing earth-shattering. She's tired of people wanting to be with her for her social status and her money, and wants a fresh start where people judge her based on her own merits.
But each of her little deceptions as it is uncovered, is a trigger for Logan who hates liars.
Logan is hoping mad when he first discovers her real age (she's 20). But he recovers and proposes a marriage of convenience as it is inappropriate at her age to be a live-in full-time help to an unmarried man.
He makes it clear he does not believe in love but the marriage will be real, not in name only and he will be faithful. She gets a roof over her head and respectability since she has no home and no money.
By now, she has fallen in love with him and realizes if she reveals her posh London address and hefty bank account, he will throw her out, so with much anxiety (and idiocy), she agrees.
During their honeymoon in London,
Thea does the usual Pargeter heroine thing of pining and wasting to bits.( Just once, I’d like to see a Pargeter heroine open the fridge and look for a solution to her problem in there as I do.)
She becomes numb and starts to plan a life without him, to go to university and have a career in child-minding. But one day she receives a frantic call from Logan.
This is Pargeter how I like her, with the sweet heroine, the dickhead Hero and enough drama to keep it interesting. Enjoyed it especially since I’m confident Jamie, unlike his father, will become a gallant future HP Hero :)
Safety issues:
He does put a hand around her throat threateninglyly but no squeezing. Found him mild compared to other Pargeter Heros but another reviewer said she'll never read Pargeter again because he was too cruel. And... that's relativity for you :-)
Mild, negligible OW drama and Dead wife's ghost is well and truly laid to rest despite his delirium
April 4, 2019
I ended up liking this even though the heroine is a lying liar who lies. (See title) She didn’t mean to lie about:
*her age (20)
*or why she was on the road in the rain to Hero’s Highland estate (she was born there after they took in her pregnant mother when her husband died in a car accident)
*or that she is not a penniless orphan (she’s a wealthy heiress after her grandmother’s death)
So why did she lie? Well that hairy hunk of a man who was in bed with a bout of Malaria scrambled her mind. From the moment the widower hero’s son opened the door, the heroine was drawn to the family. The first night she sponged the hero down and kept the fire going, only to be thrown across the room for efforts. But heroine just couldn’t quit him – or the boy who really was endearing.
There is also an elderly servant who is kind of Greek chorus making comments at inappropriate times.
The heroine has decided she wants to help this family because they helped her mother. She becomes a surprisingly competent housekeeper (although she sneaks money out her bank account to buy better groceries for meals) All the Christmas preparations were fun to read about and hero’s mother was a pleasant surprise.
Suffice it to say, gradually the heroine’s lies come to light and the hero is angry at all of them. But their longest estrangement comes after they are happily married for three days. By the time the H has calmed down, the heroine has frozen her heart against him. MP kept the angst going right until the bitter end.
Sandra’s review has all the details.
I liked this H/h together. The heroine was young, but she made a good team with the increasingly besotted hero. I do like competent heroines – even if they love wading through icy streams in the dead of winter. Seriously, this heroine was always caught in rain or flood waters.
There’s no OW to speak of. The hero is not cruel – just exasperated at times. So MP- lite.
*her age (20)
*or why she was on the road in the rain to Hero’s Highland estate (she was born there after they took in her pregnant mother when her husband died in a car accident)
*or that she is not a penniless orphan (she’s a wealthy heiress after her grandmother’s death)
So why did she lie? Well that hairy hunk of a man who was in bed with a bout of Malaria scrambled her mind. From the moment the widower hero’s son opened the door, the heroine was drawn to the family. The first night she sponged the hero down and kept the fire going, only to be thrown across the room for efforts. But heroine just couldn’t quit him – or the boy who really was endearing.
There is also an elderly servant who is kind of Greek chorus making comments at inappropriate times.
The heroine has decided she wants to help this family because they helped her mother. She becomes a surprisingly competent housekeeper (although she sneaks money out her bank account to buy better groceries for meals) All the Christmas preparations were fun to read about and hero’s mother was a pleasant surprise.
Suffice it to say, gradually the heroine’s lies come to light and the hero is angry at all of them. But their longest estrangement comes after they are happily married for three days. By the time the H has calmed down, the heroine has frozen her heart against him. MP kept the angst going right until the bitter end.
Sandra’s review has all the details.
I liked this H/h together. The heroine was young, but she made a good team with the increasingly besotted hero. I do like competent heroines – even if they love wading through icy streams in the dead of winter. Seriously, this heroine was always caught in rain or flood waters.
There’s no OW to speak of. The hero is not cruel – just exasperated at times. So MP- lite.
May 13, 2019
Both MCs are horrible;
She was incredibly angelicly silly but liar.
He was cruel but so besotted.
Lots of angst and OTT drama.
While writing this review, I increased my rating from 4 to 4,5 stars. Lol
She was incredibly angelicly silly but liar.
He was cruel but so besotted.
Lots of angst and OTT drama.
While writing this review, I increased my rating from 4 to 4,5 stars. Lol
June 27, 2019
I waffled a bit on the rating for this because the Hero was just so horrible! (But in a really good HQ way). The title refers to the lies the h tells the H and boy are there consequences.
Thea arrives at the H estate because it's a place where she spent her childhood and she needs a place that feels like a sanctuary and a refuge. When she gets there, Logan (The H) is sick with a malaria fever with only his young son to care for him so the h pushes up her sleeves and tries to nurse him through his fever. When he wakes up he is a complete and utter a$$ to a stranger who really did help him. Thus we begin with all the lies. (She lies about her age, she lies about her experience as a housekeeper, she lies about her purpose in being there, she lies about the fact that she is actually a wealthy heiress). He is such a rude jerk that she tries to mitigate that by telling these lies so she can stay and she loves his son Jamie. Plus she is super attracted to him natch.
You know they're going to spend time together, fight some more, the H will continue to be horrible and the h will take it, they get married and then the truth comes out and the H is furious! He says some more horrible things and leaves her sobbing in her London flat before the minimal apology and HEA.I
Sometimes these books are so fun to read, just for the mental battle going on inside my head where I'm raging against the H and h and waiting for what's next. For example:
It may not sound like I liked this book, but it was such a train wreck that I really enjoyed myself. The rant is half the fun in this story but the love story was nice and the h could stand her ground with the H on occasion. The resolution was a little fast, but in the end I did love these H/h and wanted them to be happy.
Thea arrives at the H estate because it's a place where she spent her childhood and she needs a place that feels like a sanctuary and a refuge. When she gets there, Logan (The H) is sick with a malaria fever with only his young son to care for him so the h pushes up her sleeves and tries to nurse him through his fever. When he wakes up he is a complete and utter a$$ to a stranger who really did help him. Thus we begin with all the lies. (She lies about her age, she lies about her experience as a housekeeper, she lies about her purpose in being there, she lies about the fact that she is actually a wealthy heiress). He is such a rude jerk that she tries to mitigate that by telling these lies so she can stay and she loves his son Jamie. Plus she is super attracted to him natch.
You know they're going to spend time together, fight some more, the H will continue to be horrible and the h will take it, they get married and then the truth comes out and the H is furious! He says some more horrible things and leaves her sobbing in her London flat before the minimal apology and HEA.I
Sometimes these books are so fun to read, just for the mental battle going on inside my head where I'm raging against the H and h and waiting for what's next. For example:
It may not sound like I liked this book, but it was such a train wreck that I really enjoyed myself. The rant is half the fun in this story but the love story was nice and the h could stand her ground with the H on occasion. The resolution was a little fast, but in the end I did love these H/h and wanted them to be happy.
June 16, 2020
"Deception" is the story of Thea and Logan.
Our heroine is an orphaned heiress who escapes a deceitful man courting her and goes on a whim to Drumlarig, Scotland. Trapped in a storm, she seeks shelter at a home where she realizes that a housekeeper is wanted. Taking up the employment temporarily, she befriends the young son, and nurses the grumpy owner back to health from his throes of delirium and fever. Soon she realizes the mean hero is not just arrogant, but also cynical. But as this is an old school HQN, she falls in love with him, still hiding many secrets- not just about her age, but also her finances..
Actually, I kinda liked this book. The heroine was not just charitable, but also kind hearted and had backbone when she needed it. Yup, she was a wuss when it came to the hero and love- but she did stand up when the hero behaved like an ass. The hero was just unpleasant- I mean he barely acknowledges the heroine, doesn't give her a Christmas gift, doesn't invite her to parties as she's poor, slut shames her, throws her out of his life- only to call her back when his son needs her. If it wasn't for the heroine, I'd have rated this much lower. The May-December surprise/ reveal can be cute or creepy, depending on how you see it.
Safe
3/5
Our heroine is an orphaned heiress who escapes a deceitful man courting her and goes on a whim to Drumlarig, Scotland. Trapped in a storm, she seeks shelter at a home where she realizes that a housekeeper is wanted. Taking up the employment temporarily, she befriends the young son, and nurses the grumpy owner back to health from his throes of delirium and fever. Soon she realizes the mean hero is not just arrogant, but also cynical. But as this is an old school HQN, she falls in love with him, still hiding many secrets- not just about her age, but also her finances..
Actually, I kinda liked this book. The heroine was not just charitable, but also kind hearted and had backbone when she needed it. Yup, she was a wuss when it came to the hero and love- but she did stand up when the hero behaved like an ass. The hero was just unpleasant- I mean he barely acknowledges the heroine, doesn't give her a Christmas gift, doesn't invite her to parties as she's poor, slut shames her, throws her out of his life- only to call her back when his son needs her. If it wasn't for the heroine, I'd have rated this much lower. The May-December surprise/ reveal can be cute or creepy, depending on how you see it.
Safe
3/5
December 26, 2021
This one, to me, is a Pargeter must-read because it is so odd. Nothing makes sense about why she came there, or why she remained.Her feelings for the H are inexplicable -- by Pargeter's standards, he is not cruel or obsessed enough to be in love with her, and his personality can be boiled down to Sullen Hermit.
This is one I periodically re-read to see if maybe I missed the point. I haven't. It's just an odd bird of a book.
This is one I periodically re-read to see if maybe I missed the point. I haven't. It's just an odd bird of a book.
December 4, 2018
2+ Some aspects I really like others grate.
Heroine is lost with what to do in life, after losses of her mother and then her grandparents, and no desire to do anything with money she inherited. She returns to a manor home in Scotland with memories of it being the only place that felt like a loving home in life. As providence would have it, the manor home is seeking a housekeeper; she doesn't intend to apply but providence again gets her in the door and then the job, for the owner/hero is delirious with fever, and the only others living there are hero's young son and the old crone employee.
Heroine is at turns refreshing and admirable as she pitches in and tries valiantly to do a good job and is genuine toward the son and the hero while trying to find meaning and center (g00d) -- and then really eye-rollingly frustrating with how pushover and naive she continues to be (grates).
Hero rebuffs her, but is obviously interested and charmed by her and hates it but he isn't a total lout (g00d) -- though he assumes she 'got around' for survival and doesn't have a penny to her name, so he lets her remain but is also careless toward her and she allows it (grates).
Mostly because she piles deception on deception and then doesn't know how to get out of it.
Well, they end up convenience married, the honeymoon offers a glimpse into both being deep in love and how amazing things could be, then it all comes crashing down when her identity and wealth is revealed, and he's full of rage she lied to him (more layered than that, ofc, but his cold rage allows for no other interpretation in the moment).
The final pages of resolution leading to HEA are a treat, because he grovels and pines and is clearly HoH for her. She has the power in the dynamic now, and finds what she wants and gets it -- with explanations and apology from hero -- after being called back because the son has a broken leg and is desperate for her company (as is the hero). Definitely one of those old schools where the whole is much improved in takeaway thanks to the ending and all that pining wanting longing that comes to happy fruition.
A bit abrupt at the end-end once we have the entire truth out -- that heroine lived there as a child, her mother a housekeeper and the lady of the manor loving her almost as her own -- but it's fine. At least after being such a cad, the hero is raked over the coals and the heroine is allowed to find her desires and claim them, no longer lost in life. And clearly going to make an excellent new lady of the manor, true love for the hero, mom of all the kids, flower-arranging and delicious cooking and completely melting the ice around the hero's heart, at the remote estate.
Heroine is lost with what to do in life, after losses of her mother and then her grandparents, and no desire to do anything with money she inherited. She returns to a manor home in Scotland with memories of it being the only place that felt like a loving home in life. As providence would have it, the manor home is seeking a housekeeper; she doesn't intend to apply but providence again gets her in the door and then the job, for the owner/hero is delirious with fever, and the only others living there are hero's young son and the old crone employee.
Heroine is at turns refreshing and admirable as she pitches in and tries valiantly to do a good job and is genuine toward the son and the hero while trying to find meaning and center (g00d) -- and then really eye-rollingly frustrating with how pushover and naive she continues to be (grates).
Hero rebuffs her, but is obviously interested and charmed by her and hates it but he isn't a total lout (g00d) -- though he assumes she 'got around' for survival and doesn't have a penny to her name, so he lets her remain but is also careless toward her and she allows it (grates).
Mostly because she piles deception on deception and then doesn't know how to get out of it.
Well, they end up convenience married, the honeymoon offers a glimpse into both being deep in love and how amazing things could be, then it all comes crashing down when her identity and wealth is revealed, and he's full of rage she lied to him (more layered than that, ofc, but his cold rage allows for no other interpretation in the moment).
The final pages of resolution leading to HEA are a treat, because he grovels and pines and is clearly HoH for her. She has the power in the dynamic now, and finds what she wants and gets it -- with explanations and apology from hero -- after being called back because the son has a broken leg and is desperate for her company (as is the hero). Definitely one of those old schools where the whole is much improved in takeaway thanks to the ending and all that pining wanting longing that comes to happy fruition.
A bit abrupt at the end-end once we have the entire truth out -- that heroine lived there as a child, her mother a housekeeper and the lady of the manor loving her almost as her own -- but it's fine. At least after being such a cad, the hero is raked over the coals and the heroine is allowed to find her desires and claim them, no longer lost in life. And clearly going to make an excellent new lady of the manor, true love for the hero, mom of all the kids, flower-arranging and delicious cooking and completely melting the ice around the hero's heart, at the remote estate.
January 13, 2019
h is so sweet and loveable.
May 20, 2020
Not bad, but seemed very dated, with its innocent h (all trembling pink lips and "rain-washed" gray eyes and virginal qualms) and its laird-of-the-manor H. Good summaries below, so I won't break it down more, but very mild for MP--the H is only at 70 or so percent maximum asshattery fairly unpunishing and unhandsy for an MP alpha. The h is silly and lies for the slightest reasons, which is kind of amusing, but she seems just too young for the H (she is 20 to his 35 and seems even younger). While the H's rejection of the h, once he finds out about her DECEPTION, is pretty brutal, and it's nice to have an H suffer rejection for once (and he truly does suffer, when she appears to have fallen out of love because of the shock she suffered when he gave her the boot), it wasn't nearly angsty enough! I expect much worse from MP! The watered down version doesn't pack nearly enough wtfery for my tastes. ;-)
May 29, 2020
4 Stars
I read this book many years ago and I remember loving it, I liked how the heroine took care of the hero at the beginning and I was also surprised of what happened before the end, I was worried that it won't have a happy ending and hhis is probably why I spent many years after that reading the last chapters of a lot of books first to make sure of it having a HEA
I read this book many years ago and I remember loving it, I liked how the heroine took care of the hero at the beginning and I was also surprised of what happened before the end, I was worried that it won't have a happy ending and hhis is probably why I spent many years after that reading the last chapters of a lot of books first to make sure of it having a HEA
May 27, 2012
جميلة قرأتها مترجمة باسم "هذيان"
August 20, 2012
This was a good read compared to other 2 i have been reading.But still i won't be reading any other books by this author cause the Heroes are very cruel and h TSTL.
May 21, 2020
Enjoyable first time around. A bit dated now in 21st century.
February 14, 2021
I have a sentimental attachment to this book because it belonged to my late mother and was one of the first romances I ever read. I've also been to that part of Scotland (beautiful, you should visit!) and remember standing on the platform of the railway station in Fort William, thinking about Thea and Logan.
Anyway, back to the book. The heroine is Thea, a young lady with no immediate family, who shows up unannounced to a bleak farmhouse in the Scottish highlands. It takes a while for her to properly meet Logan, the owner of the house and farm because he's delirious from a bout of malaria for a while. She bonds with Logan's son Jamie, who is a great kid. Logan turns out to be a more formidable proposition. He is a widower with a bad marriage in his past and has been embittered by some of the trials life threw at him. Will he and Thea find happiness? (It's a Mills & Boon novel, what do you think?)
The book is very much of its time but there is still a lot to like here. It'd make for an enjoyable Netflix movie I think.
Anyway, back to the book. The heroine is Thea, a young lady with no immediate family, who shows up unannounced to a bleak farmhouse in the Scottish highlands. It takes a while for her to properly meet Logan, the owner of the house and farm because he's delirious from a bout of malaria for a while. She bonds with Logan's son Jamie, who is a great kid. Logan turns out to be a more formidable proposition. He is a widower with a bad marriage in his past and has been embittered by some of the trials life threw at him. Will he and Thea find happiness? (It's a Mills & Boon novel, what do you think?)
The book is very much of its time but there is still a lot to like here. It'd make for an enjoyable Netflix movie I think.
April 28, 2020
The battered sign changed her life
"Housekeeper wanted," Thea read, amused. Who would want such a job in the middle of the Scottish wilds?
Yet, surprisingly, Thea soon found herself running the household at Drumlarig and nursing its surly owner, Logan Murray. When in the delirium of illness, Logan mistook her for his dead wife and kissed her passionately, Thea thought she would flee.
But it wasn't the end of her dealings with Logan -- in fact, it was only the beginning
"Housekeeper wanted," Thea read, amused. Who would want such a job in the middle of the Scottish wilds?
Yet, surprisingly, Thea soon found herself running the household at Drumlarig and nursing its surly owner, Logan Murray. When in the delirium of illness, Logan mistook her for his dead wife and kissed her passionately, Thea thought she would flee.
But it wasn't the end of her dealings with Logan -- in fact, it was only the beginning
August 1, 2021
Maybe it was the time period when the book was written, but I couldn't understand why the main character loved Logan. He was mean and hurtful to her through most of the book and she just accepted it.
May 6, 2018
I loved the story so much.
I prefer it in English more than in another language.
I prefer it in English more than in another language.
December 28, 2021
3.5 stars
April 16, 2023
3.5 for his behavior at the end
September 8, 2024
This train wreck of a romance wouldn’t have worked between the unhinged protagonists had this not happened in a vintage world of misogynistic universe. However, it was very much fun to read.
November 8, 2013
I think that is a nice book , its
enjoyable novel about love , its about
how lying is not good despite its
necessity in some cases ,The writer also
hints to the disadvantages of rushing to
judgment on others through what
happened with Thea in London as well as
when she went to Scotland .
I liked the easy and simple words used
by the author.I think that if this true
story happened both Thea and Logan divorce.
So because Thea naive and Logan bossy.
There is no homogeneity between the two characters.
enjoyable novel about love , its about
how lying is not good despite its
necessity in some cases ,The writer also
hints to the disadvantages of rushing to
judgment on others through what
happened with Thea in London as well as
when she went to Scotland .
I liked the easy and simple words used
by the author.I think that if this true
story happened both Thea and Logan divorce.
So because Thea naive and Logan bossy.
There is no homogeneity between the two characters.
February 17, 2017
he was ill and she didnt left him after all
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