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The Alpha Man
DESTINATION: GREECE
ATTRACTIONS: THE ACROPOLIS, THE ISLANDS -- AND ALEXIS THEODOROU
Zoe had been told that Greek men's attitudes could be rather traditional, but Alexis Theodorou's ideas were positively archaic. Especially when it came to Sofia, his younger sister. As Sofia's companion, Zoe couldn't help but be appalled by Alexis's possessiveness. As a woman, she couldn't help but be intrigued...
ATTRACTIONS: THE ACROPOLIS, THE ISLANDS -- AND ALEXIS THEODOROU
Zoe had been told that Greek men's attitudes could be rather traditional, but Alexis Theodorou's ideas were positively archaic. Especially when it came to Sofia, his younger sister. As Sofia's companion, Zoe couldn't help but be appalled by Alexis's possessiveness. As a woman, she couldn't help but be intrigued...
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Kay Thorpe
181 books65 followersKay Thorpe was born on 1935 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. An avid reader from the time when words on paper began to make sense, she developed a lively imagination of her own, making up stories for the entertainment of her young friends. After leaving school, she tried a variety of jobs, including dental nursing, and a spell in the Women's Royal Airforce from which she emerged knowing a whole lot more about life - if only as an observer.
In 1960, she married with Tony, but didn't begin thinking about trying her hand at writing for a living until she gave up work some four years later to have a baby, John. Having read Mills & Boon novels herself, and done some market research in the local library asking readers what it was they particularly liked about the books, she decided to aim for a particular market, and was fortunate to have her very first, completed manuscript accepted - The Last of the Mallorys, published in 1968. Since then she has written over seventy five books, which doesn't begin to compare with the output of some Mills & Boon authors, but still leaves her wondering where all those words came from.
Sometimes, she finds she has become two different people: the writer at her happiest when involved in the world of books and authors; and the housewife, turning her hands to the everyday needs of husband and son. Once in a while, she finds it difficult to step from one role to the other. She likes cooking, for instance, but she finds that it can be an irritating interruption when she's preoccupied with work on a novel, so the quality of her efforts in the kitchen tend to be a little erratic. She says, "As my husband once remarked, my writing gives life a fascinating element of uncertainly: one day a perfect coq au vin, the next day a couple of burned chops!"
Luckily Kay has daily professional help with her housework, and that leaves her time to indulge in her hobbies. Like many other Mills & Boon authors, she admits to being a voracious consumer of books, a quality she shares with her readers. She likes music and horseback riding, which she does in the countryside near her home. But her favorite hobby is travel - especially to places that will make good settings for her books.
Kay now lives on the outskirts of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, along with husband, Tony, and a huge tabby cat called Mad Max, her one son having flown the coop. Some day she'll think about retiring, but not yet awhile.
In 1960, she married with Tony, but didn't begin thinking about trying her hand at writing for a living until she gave up work some four years later to have a baby, John. Having read Mills & Boon novels herself, and done some market research in the local library asking readers what it was they particularly liked about the books, she decided to aim for a particular market, and was fortunate to have her very first, completed manuscript accepted - The Last of the Mallorys, published in 1968. Since then she has written over seventy five books, which doesn't begin to compare with the output of some Mills & Boon authors, but still leaves her wondering where all those words came from.
Sometimes, she finds she has become two different people: the writer at her happiest when involved in the world of books and authors; and the housewife, turning her hands to the everyday needs of husband and son. Once in a while, she finds it difficult to step from one role to the other. She likes cooking, for instance, but she finds that it can be an irritating interruption when she's preoccupied with work on a novel, so the quality of her efforts in the kitchen tend to be a little erratic. She says, "As my husband once remarked, my writing gives life a fascinating element of uncertainly: one day a perfect coq au vin, the next day a couple of burned chops!"
Luckily Kay has daily professional help with her housework, and that leaves her time to indulge in her hobbies. Like many other Mills & Boon authors, she admits to being a voracious consumer of books, a quality she shares with her readers. She likes music and horseback riding, which she does in the countryside near her home. But her favorite hobby is travel - especially to places that will make good settings for her books.
Kay now lives on the outskirts of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, along with husband, Tony, and a huge tabby cat called Mad Max, her one son having flown the coop. Some day she'll think about retiring, but not yet awhile.
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March 16, 2018
Re The Alpha Man - or Kay Thorpe's travelogue of Greece under the guise of a little romance.
KT loves Greece, there is big Author's note at the beginning of this to let us know. So in homage to the great travelogue romance writers of the past, HPlandia gives us Postcards From Europe a mini-series that continues the mission of HPlandia to give us love and romance in exotic locations.
(Interestingly, there are no new writers in this year long series, or any writers that can't write the old skool travelogue well- which means the author list is all old skool multi published but not necessarily top tier HP veterans. Violet Winspear probably would have been the leading lady for multiple books in this one. Sadly in HPlandia time it has been almost five years since she left us for the Universal Library Reference Desk - where I am sure she rules with supreme grace and takes regular holidays to her favorite locations. )
So this one has a 23 yr old h who is hired by a Greek lady married to an Englishman to be a companion to the woman's sheltered 18 yr old Good Greek girl sister - who lives with the Alpha Domineering Standard (ADS) HP H Greek brother.
(KT does old skool Greek HP Tropes all the way with this one, even the relative fast lurve mojo event is all KT old skool style - tho unlike The Man From Tripoli where the H and h lurve it up in chapter one, the H and h in this one don't immediately marry - he just proposes.)
The contract will be for a year and the h's job is to give a little worldly polish to the young 18 yr old - who was pretty much raised in secluded isolation even after her very traditional father died and the ADS Greek H took over. So we are hangin' by the pool in Greece when the story opens.
The H shows up unexpectedly and the h finds out that her presence wasn't actually requested by him. Much to her chagrin, she finds out that the older sister in England took the initiative to get her sister out of the repressed Greek Business Merger Virgin sacrifice mold and hired the h behind her ADS Brother's back.
There are some debates about the h staying on for the remainder of her contract, but the GG sister's appeal and the ADS H's interest in the h's curves and feisty mouth win the day and the h is allowed to stay for a trial period, (meaning until the ADS H can examine those curves up close and personal.)
We get some nice Athens travelogue and a chance for the H to show his jealous nature when the h and the GG sis make friends with a nice English young man over to work in a travel agency. There is also lots of conversation about wild English ways and conservative Greek traditions, KT does her usual modern h vs caveman H verbal baitings.
Then she and the H promptly give into the Lurve Mojo Force and passionate clubbings ensue. As per the Usual HP Greek Standard Old Skool Trope, the h is a virgin and the H proposes marriage just in case his bun rises in her oven.
The h decides she is in love and tentatively accepts the proposal. Thus kicking off the travelogue as the H, the GG sister, the older sister and her English banker husband and the h all sail around on the H's yacht and visit various locations with the relevant tour guide information.
There is the usual OW, the standard haughty Greek heiress that everyone assures the h would be a much better match for the H. Throwing the h into the standard HP paroxysm's of doubt and despair that the H is only using her for a 'pillow friend' and is not serious about marriage.
The h fights fire with fire tho and ends up making friends with some Englishmen who pretend to be stranded and hitch a lift on the H's yacht. The h inadvertently offers them a free lift to meet their standby flight when they get delayed, inciting the H's jealousy and then inciting it more when she flaunts in front of them with a skimpy swimsuit.
The h is not baking any little buns and the remarks about the OW have put her off her stride, so when the H demands that she ditch the skimpy swim wear and act like a proper Greek fiancee, the h decides it is time to end the farce and makes a move to go home. She is sure her love is unrequited and she has to wonder if she really wants to be hooked up with such a repressive caveman or make her home in Greece anyways.
The h is on her way out the door when the H stops her, he just can't let her go and they both declare their mutual love for each other. The engagement is back on and we get a little epilogue three years later.
The h and H are married, they have one son and another on the way. The H is still his Alpha Domineering Self and the h is still a very feisty verbal debating kind of girl. They love each other and the GG sis is also married, but for love not for business and we leave them all being happy and thriving for the rosy sunset standard HPlandia HEA.
This series also features a nice little guidebook portion about famous locations in the story at the end of each book, (Athens and Greece for this one,) and we get the valuable information that there are 1,425 islands in Greek waters - more than enough for all the Greek HP H's to have their own and not have to double-park their yachts.
This is a nice little HP outing. Nothing major happens and the plot is pretty standard, but the travelogue is nice and I recommend this for all those who loved the old skool travelogue romances of the 1970's with a little modern 1990's update - or for those who just can't get enough of the favorite Alpha Domineering Standard Greek HP H.
KT loves Greece, there is big Author's note at the beginning of this to let us know. So in homage to the great travelogue romance writers of the past, HPlandia gives us Postcards From Europe a mini-series that continues the mission of HPlandia to give us love and romance in exotic locations.
(Interestingly, there are no new writers in this year long series, or any writers that can't write the old skool travelogue well- which means the author list is all old skool multi published but not necessarily top tier HP veterans. Violet Winspear probably would have been the leading lady for multiple books in this one. Sadly in HPlandia time it has been almost five years since she left us for the Universal Library Reference Desk - where I am sure she rules with supreme grace and takes regular holidays to her favorite locations. )
So this one has a 23 yr old h who is hired by a Greek lady married to an Englishman to be a companion to the woman's sheltered 18 yr old Good Greek girl sister - who lives with the Alpha Domineering Standard (ADS) HP H Greek brother.
(KT does old skool Greek HP Tropes all the way with this one, even the relative fast lurve mojo event is all KT old skool style - tho unlike The Man From Tripoli where the H and h lurve it up in chapter one, the H and h in this one don't immediately marry - he just proposes.)
The contract will be for a year and the h's job is to give a little worldly polish to the young 18 yr old - who was pretty much raised in secluded isolation even after her very traditional father died and the ADS Greek H took over. So we are hangin' by the pool in Greece when the story opens.
The H shows up unexpectedly and the h finds out that her presence wasn't actually requested by him. Much to her chagrin, she finds out that the older sister in England took the initiative to get her sister out of the repressed Greek Business Merger Virgin sacrifice mold and hired the h behind her ADS Brother's back.
There are some debates about the h staying on for the remainder of her contract, but the GG sister's appeal and the ADS H's interest in the h's curves and feisty mouth win the day and the h is allowed to stay for a trial period, (meaning until the ADS H can examine those curves up close and personal.)
We get some nice Athens travelogue and a chance for the H to show his jealous nature when the h and the GG sis make friends with a nice English young man over to work in a travel agency. There is also lots of conversation about wild English ways and conservative Greek traditions, KT does her usual modern h vs caveman H verbal baitings.
Then she and the H promptly give into the Lurve Mojo Force and passionate clubbings ensue. As per the Usual HP Greek Standard Old Skool Trope, the h is a virgin and the H proposes marriage just in case his bun rises in her oven.
The h decides she is in love and tentatively accepts the proposal. Thus kicking off the travelogue as the H, the GG sister, the older sister and her English banker husband and the h all sail around on the H's yacht and visit various locations with the relevant tour guide information.
There is the usual OW, the standard haughty Greek heiress that everyone assures the h would be a much better match for the H. Throwing the h into the standard HP paroxysm's of doubt and despair that the H is only using her for a 'pillow friend' and is not serious about marriage.
The h fights fire with fire tho and ends up making friends with some Englishmen who pretend to be stranded and hitch a lift on the H's yacht. The h inadvertently offers them a free lift to meet their standby flight when they get delayed, inciting the H's jealousy and then inciting it more when she flaunts in front of them with a skimpy swimsuit.
The h is not baking any little buns and the remarks about the OW have put her off her stride, so when the H demands that she ditch the skimpy swim wear and act like a proper Greek fiancee, the h decides it is time to end the farce and makes a move to go home. She is sure her love is unrequited and she has to wonder if she really wants to be hooked up with such a repressive caveman or make her home in Greece anyways.
The h is on her way out the door when the H stops her, he just can't let her go and they both declare their mutual love for each other. The engagement is back on and we get a little epilogue three years later.
The h and H are married, they have one son and another on the way. The H is still his Alpha Domineering Self and the h is still a very feisty verbal debating kind of girl. They love each other and the GG sis is also married, but for love not for business and we leave them all being happy and thriving for the rosy sunset standard HPlandia HEA.
This series also features a nice little guidebook portion about famous locations in the story at the end of each book, (Athens and Greece for this one,) and we get the valuable information that there are 1,425 islands in Greek waters - more than enough for all the Greek HP H's to have their own and not have to double-park their yachts.
This is a nice little HP outing. Nothing major happens and the plot is pretty standard, but the travelogue is nice and I recommend this for all those who loved the old skool travelogue romances of the 1970's with a little modern 1990's update - or for those who just can't get enough of the favorite Alpha Domineering Standard Greek HP H.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 17, 2018
I am very happy to announce that the H in this novel is not a cheater ! After reading about this author's penchant for writing about cheating manwhores, I was pleasantly surprised to actually like Alexis, the H in this novel. He is a bit stuffy and boorish while being extremely old fashioned vis a vis gender roles, but he was quite nice to the heroine Zoe. Part of me wondered if Kay Thorpe was so focused on writing about all the lovely wonders of Greece, that she somehow forgot to make her H a cheating manwhore. Alexis and Zoe started off on the wrong foot but their inevitable attraction for each other soon broke down all barriers.
Zoe was hired by the H's older sister Christa, to work as a paid companion for the younger teenage sister Sofia. At first Alexis had not been fond of a "liberated" Englishwoman being his baby sister's new bff but he allowed Zoe to keep her job when he saw how much of a positive influence she was having on Sofia. The MC's ended up having sex quite early in the novel and Alexis is stunned to learn that Zoe is a virgin. That pushes all of his traditional, possessive alpha buttons and soon he is the one who is pressing her to marry him. Ostensibly, it's a proposal that is made because he didn't use a condom and wants to do the right thing should she end up being pregnant. He later admits that he used it as a reason to make her accept his proposal. Alexis was a healthy mixture of alpha and beta qualities and I was charmed by his old fashioned notions of chivalry, even though his double standards were a bit galling at times.
Zoe was a nice, independent and likable heroine even if she did get on my nerves towards the end of the story with the stupid little childish things she did. I hated how she made dumb lapses in judgement and forgot simple lessons in social etiquette. One instance of the latter had occurred when they were all on a cruise on Alexis' yacht and Zoe took it upon herself to offer hospitality to 2 stranded and ungrateful young Englishmen. I just wanted to kick her because she wasn't yet married to Alexis and here she was extending an invitation that wasn't, according to conventional standards of social etiquette, hers to give. This stupid choice of hers almost led to the break up of her relationship with Alexis, after she started spending all her time on board with the 2 Englishmen. One of them kept flirting with her and she should have made a greater effort to put him in his place. She only did that after she had seen how pissed Alexis was becoming. I have to admit that I am not a fan of individuals who have such little respect for their partners/fiances/spouses that they would behave in such a manner. There IS such a thing as being TOO friendly with the opposite sex - especially when one's other half is liable to misinterpret the situation.
I admired the way Alexis behaved though. He did get angry with her for her thoughtless behaviour but he didn't allow their argument to lead to a break up. He stopped her from leaving him by opening up the lines of communication. I was shocked because this kind of normal behaviour is unexpected from a Kay Thorpe H. There was also a wannabe OW called Leda and it is fair to make the cheesy comment that she was hoping for Alexis to be her own swan. Leda was a non factor because Alexis didn't seem interested in her and she only appeared once in the story. The epilogue was also very sugary and cute because it is set 3 years in the future. The MC's have a 2 yr old son called Andreas and Zoe is pregnant with a baby girl.
I really enjoyed Kay Thorpe's depiction of the beauty, attractions, food, music, customs and culture of Greece. This is one of the few novels set in Greece where there's a lot of focus on the country's customs, food and culture. Kay T even described the traditional Easter celebrations in some depth. I am still wondering if KT wrote this herself or if she paid someone else to do it. That's because there was so little angst and absolutely no cheating ! If I had to make one complaint it would be that the H had not been at least 6 ft. tall. He was only about 5 ft 10 inches tall ( and that was a HUGE disappointment for me personally ) but I shall still include him in my "sexy hot hero" book shelf because he was handsome and had a good body.
Zoe was hired by the H's older sister Christa, to work as a paid companion for the younger teenage sister Sofia. At first Alexis had not been fond of a "liberated" Englishwoman being his baby sister's new bff but he allowed Zoe to keep her job when he saw how much of a positive influence she was having on Sofia. The MC's ended up having sex quite early in the novel and Alexis is stunned to learn that Zoe is a virgin. That pushes all of his traditional, possessive alpha buttons and soon he is the one who is pressing her to marry him. Ostensibly, it's a proposal that is made because he didn't use a condom and wants to do the right thing should she end up being pregnant. He later admits that he used it as a reason to make her accept his proposal. Alexis was a healthy mixture of alpha and beta qualities and I was charmed by his old fashioned notions of chivalry, even though his double standards were a bit galling at times.
Zoe was a nice, independent and likable heroine even if she did get on my nerves towards the end of the story with the stupid little childish things she did. I hated how she made dumb lapses in judgement and forgot simple lessons in social etiquette. One instance of the latter had occurred when they were all on a cruise on Alexis' yacht and Zoe took it upon herself to offer hospitality to 2 stranded and ungrateful young Englishmen. I just wanted to kick her because she wasn't yet married to Alexis and here she was extending an invitation that wasn't, according to conventional standards of social etiquette, hers to give. This stupid choice of hers almost led to the break up of her relationship with Alexis, after she started spending all her time on board with the 2 Englishmen. One of them kept flirting with her and she should have made a greater effort to put him in his place. She only did that after she had seen how pissed Alexis was becoming. I have to admit that I am not a fan of individuals who have such little respect for their partners/fiances/spouses that they would behave in such a manner. There IS such a thing as being TOO friendly with the opposite sex - especially when one's other half is liable to misinterpret the situation.
I admired the way Alexis behaved though. He did get angry with her for her thoughtless behaviour but he didn't allow their argument to lead to a break up. He stopped her from leaving him by opening up the lines of communication. I was shocked because this kind of normal behaviour is unexpected from a Kay Thorpe H. There was also a wannabe OW called Leda and it is fair to make the cheesy comment that she was hoping for Alexis to be her own swan. Leda was a non factor because Alexis didn't seem interested in her and she only appeared once in the story. The epilogue was also very sugary and cute because it is set 3 years in the future. The MC's have a 2 yr old son called Andreas and Zoe is pregnant with a baby girl.
I really enjoyed Kay Thorpe's depiction of the beauty, attractions, food, music, customs and culture of Greece. This is one of the few novels set in Greece where there's a lot of focus on the country's customs, food and culture. Kay T even described the traditional Easter celebrations in some depth. I am still wondering if KT wrote this herself or if she paid someone else to do it. That's because there was so little angst and absolutely no cheating ! If I had to make one complaint it would be that the H had not been at least 6 ft. tall. He was only about 5 ft 10 inches tall ( and that was a HUGE disappointment for me personally ) but I shall still include him in my "sexy hot hero" book shelf because he was handsome and had a good body.
February 2, 2023
This H is very much in love. Everyone notices it (so romantic that he doesn’t hide his feelings for her) and they tell her, but she doesn’t see it.
I like how passionate and determined he is. He only has eyes for her. And after an argument with her, he is the one trying to mend things.
I like how passionate and determined he is. He only has eyes for her. And after an argument with her, he is the one trying to mend things.
June 2, 2013
Until now I hadn’t paid much attention to Kay Thorpe’s usual patterns when writing, but this time I couldn’t avoid being aware that this story has many similarities with the one in Virgin Mistress, a book of this same author I reviewed a few days ago.
The heroine was again an Englishwoman taking care of a girl younger than her. But this time, she was a paid companion, not the girl’s elder half-sister. And another similarity: exotic setting. This time Greece. The other one the Caribbean.
And we have again another Hero that would like not to give in to his attraction to heroine, but he cannot help himself.
But although there are many points in common in the two stories, I can say I was not bored and didn’t find the story repetitive, because Kay Thorpe, in spite of the similarities, was telling a different story, even giving a more imaginative development in this story’s progress.
So I gave 4 Stars to Virgin Mistress and I give 4,5 Stars to this one.
The heroine was again an Englishwoman taking care of a girl younger than her. But this time, she was a paid companion, not the girl’s elder half-sister. And another similarity: exotic setting. This time Greece. The other one the Caribbean.
And we have again another Hero that would like not to give in to his attraction to heroine, but he cannot help himself.
But although there are many points in common in the two stories, I can say I was not bored and didn’t find the story repetitive, because Kay Thorpe, in spite of the similarities, was telling a different story, even giving a more imaginative development in this story’s progress.
So I gave 4 Stars to Virgin Mistress and I give 4,5 Stars to this one.
July 25, 2013
It felt a bit too contrived and neither the hero or heroine were very likable.
April 28, 2020
Wow. I just looked closer at this cover and think the heroine on it looks like she's 17 years old. Not too far of, as Zoe is actually 23 years old in this one. She's from the UK and was hired (by an older sister living in the UK) to act as a companion to the actual 17-year-old, Sophie, who has been living under the domineering thumb of her conservative and misogynist older brother, Alexis. Zoe thinks Alexis was informed of the hiring and doesn't expect him to be furious when he arrives home after a week on business to find his sister cavorting with a liberal foreigner who makes the claim that women have every right to sexual freedom as men. This puts ideas about her promiscuity into his head, so he lets her stay on, hoping to get her into bed. Well, Zoe is pretty darn attracted to Alexis and so, despite some initial resistance to his heavy seduction techniques, she gives in and hands over her V-card...which horrifies Alexis because he realizes he's just broken his own code of honor and now must marry her. But Zoe isn't so sure she wants to marry Alexis, even though she loves him quite desperately. But he's determined...and very possessive and very jealous. As they travel the Greek isles on a wonderfully descriptive vacation, Zoe must decide if she can deal with Alexis's controlling behavior and his lack of love for her in order to strive for a lifetime with her dream man.
I pretty much loved the descriptions of the Greek isles. I also really adored Zoe as a heroine. Although she has tendencies to melt into a puddle of goo and forget her resolve in the sexual moment, she is absolutely a spitfire when it comes to speaking her mind and holding Alexis' feet to the fire. If there was a woman I believed could have survived a life trying to curb Alexis's misogyny and arrogance and actually persevered through it - it's this heroine. She had some weak moments, and granted, there's still the goo melting when the hormones get going, but outside of that, she doesn't take shit from Alexis. And I love that she was prepared to leave him completely when he acted the asshole (and still wasn't fessing up to the love) - I did not however appreciate the apology for wearing the bikini that made Alexis so jealous...though her intentions were a bit on the childish side, so I'll let that one slide.
On the other hand, I had a lot more trouble warming up to Alexis. He's your typical alpha-douchebag...he's not cruel or malicious, but he thinks the world revolves around him and the heroine is probably the first to tell him different (though secretly she believes it). There's his typical conservative belief that because he thought she wasn't a virgin, she was fair game...and if he'd known she wasn't, he never would have touched her. He doesn't accept her "no" in the mental sense, choosing instead to believe what her body tells him. And he twice seduces her out of sleep in order to have sex with her (which she wants in the moment but might not have wanted if she'd been awake first). On top of that, the heroine falls in to love with Alexis so fast (after so little positive interaction) that it didn't quite feel authentic. And even as she's waxing poetic about her love for him throughout the story, I couldn't quite figure out what the appeal was. He wasn't as bad as some HPlandia heroes, but he could have been a lot more appealing.
I pretty much loved the descriptions of the Greek isles. I also really adored Zoe as a heroine. Although she has tendencies to melt into a puddle of goo and forget her resolve in the sexual moment, she is absolutely a spitfire when it comes to speaking her mind and holding Alexis' feet to the fire. If there was a woman I believed could have survived a life trying to curb Alexis's misogyny and arrogance and actually persevered through it - it's this heroine. She had some weak moments, and granted, there's still the goo melting when the hormones get going, but outside of that, she doesn't take shit from Alexis. And I love that she was prepared to leave him completely when he acted the asshole (and still wasn't fessing up to the love) - I did not however appreciate the apology for wearing the bikini that made Alexis so jealous...though her intentions were a bit on the childish side, so I'll let that one slide.
On the other hand, I had a lot more trouble warming up to Alexis. He's your typical alpha-douchebag...he's not cruel or malicious, but he thinks the world revolves around him and the heroine is probably the first to tell him different (though secretly she believes it). There's his typical conservative belief that because he thought she wasn't a virgin, she was fair game...and if he'd known she wasn't, he never would have touched her. He doesn't accept her "no" in the mental sense, choosing instead to believe what her body tells him. And he twice seduces her out of sleep in order to have sex with her (which she wants in the moment but might not have wanted if she'd been awake first). On top of that, the heroine falls in to love with Alexis so fast (after so little positive interaction) that it didn't quite feel authentic. And even as she's waxing poetic about her love for him throughout the story, I couldn't quite figure out what the appeal was. He wasn't as bad as some HPlandia heroes, but he could have been a lot more appealing.
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July 28, 2022
H was a besotted alpha!
October 31, 2018
Meh... so boring, 50% travelogue and 50% bland romance. No story and nothing exciting happened.
Kay Thorpe has written better books than this.
Kay Thorpe has written better books than this.
February 26, 2017
The 23 year old heroin is hired to be a companion to 18 year old Sofia in Greece. Sofia’s big brother (who I assume is a kind of guardian) Is attracted to the h and they end up in bed together. He discovers she’s a virgin and, as this is HPlandia, she’s not on the pill so the H proposes. The h thinks they should wait and see if shes preggers first (turns out she’s not). But the H can't keep away from the h and they are discovered making out and the H announces their engagement. At this point the h is in love with the H (actually she was in love whit him after knowing him for tree days) but she thinks he’s only marrying her out of obligation and sex. Nothing noteworthy really happens after that. There's some jealousy and possessiveness from the H's side when she’s interacting with some fellow countrymen. Eventually everything resolves itself and HEA.
This is an ok read. If you like possessive Greek heroes, witch I do sometimes.
This is an ok read. If you like possessive Greek heroes, witch I do sometimes.
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September 24, 2012
Quite a romantic type read. Loved the confessions at the end and enjoyed the novel as a whole. At times though, it felt a bit boring to me. I hate saying that but there didn't seem to be enough action to keep me from loving the novel.
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February 11, 2019DESTINATION: GREECE
ATTRACTIONS: THE ACROPOLIS, THE ISLANDS -- AND ALEXIS THEODOROU
Zoe had been told that Greek men's attitudes could be rather traditional, but Alexis Theodorou's ideas were positively archaic. Especially when it came to Sofia, his younger sister. As Sofia's companion, Zoe couldn't help but be appalled by Alexis's possessiveness. As a woman, she couldn't help but be intrigued..
ATTRACTIONS: THE ACROPOLIS, THE ISLANDS -- AND ALEXIS THEODOROU
Zoe had been told that Greek men's attitudes could be rather traditional, but Alexis Theodorou's ideas were positively archaic. Especially when it came to Sofia, his younger sister. As Sofia's companion, Zoe couldn't help but be appalled by Alexis's possessiveness. As a woman, she couldn't help but be intrigued..
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