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Hunted #3
The Right Bride
High-powered businessman Cameron Shaw doesn't believe in love—until he falls head over heels for beautiful, passionate, and intensely private Martina. She's perfect in so many ways, immediately bonding with his little girl. Martina could be his future bride and a delightful stepmother … if only Cameron weren't blinded by his belief that Shelly, the gold-digging woman he's promised to marry, is pregnant with his child.
No matter how much his friends protest his upcoming marriage to Shelly, Cameron knows he has a duty to his children, so he's determined to see it through.
Will he find out in time that Shelly's lying and Marti's the one who's actually carrying his child? It'll come down to the day of his wedding. After choosing Shelly over Marti at every turn, will he convince Marti she's his world and the only woman he wants?
No matter how much his friends protest his upcoming marriage to Shelly, Cameron knows he has a duty to his children, so he's determined to see it through.
Will he find out in time that Shelly's lying and Marti's the one who's actually carrying his child? It'll come down to the day of his wedding. After choosing Shelly over Marti at every turn, will he convince Marti she's his world and the only woman he wants?
416 pages, ebook
First published April 28, 2013
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Jennifer Ryan
50 books1,884 followersJennifer Ryan, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Hunted and McBrides Series, writes romantic suspense and contemporary small-town romances.
Jennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. When she isn’t writing a book, she’s reading one. Her obsession with both is often revealed in the state of her home, and how late dinner is to the table. When she finally leaves those fictional worlds, you’ll find her in the garden, playing in the dirt and daydreaming about people who live only in her head, until she puts them on paper.
Please visit her website at www.jennifer-ryan.com for information about upcoming releases.
Jennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. When she isn’t writing a book, she’s reading one. Her obsession with both is often revealed in the state of her home, and how late dinner is to the table. When she finally leaves those fictional worlds, you’ll find her in the garden, playing in the dirt and daydreaming about people who live only in her head, until she puts them on paper.
Please visit her website at www.jennifer-ryan.com for information about upcoming releases.
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May 19, 2013
Originally published at Reading Reality
An idiot, a gold digger and a doormat walk into a bar...
That should be the start of a really bad joke. It’s also the plot of this train-wreck of a book, The Right Bride by Jennifer Ryan. I say train-wreck also in the classic definition of train-wreck, you know something awful is happening, but you still participate in the “gazer-block”. I couldn’t put the damn thing down, in spite of how much I kept talking back to the characters in my head.
Usually with expletives.
Cameron Shaw is supposed to be a hot-shot business executive. He’s considered to be a smart guy. Really. Having a fling with lying, manipulative gold-digging Shelly because she looks a teensy bit like his dead wife is one thing, but taking it half a second past fling is beyond stupid.
Believing for a nanosecond that she might be pregnant is sheer idiocy, especially when she keeps knocking back martinis. And Cosmopolitans. And tequila.
Martina Fairchild is the perfect woman for Cam, except that he meets her after Shelly makes her baby announcement. Marti really does like all the things that Shelly pretends to like. Even more important, Marti is the one who is genuinely like Cam’s first wife the way it counts, on the inside.
And the real kicker: Cam’s daughter Emma loves Marti, but she’s downright afraid of Shelly, and with good reason. But does Cameron get a clue? No.
Even worse, Marti lays herself down, literally as well as figuratively for the idiot. While Shelly snags Cam in an engagement with her pretend pregnancy, Marti goes and gets herself really knocked up by the man after they bond over taking care of Emma.
Emma is innocent in this whole arrangement, but the grown-ups, not so much. The angst factor was beyond belief. Along with the melodrama. Marti and Cam also share a dying friend who is trying to beat Cam with a clue-by-four before his end.
Bring on the tissues. Cue the violins. Cam and Marti are both supposed to have been smarter than this. Five-year-old Emma must be the business brains in the Shaw family after all.
Escape Rating D+: I never thought there would be a use for a D+ grade, but this book is it. I wanted to scream at these people, page after page after page. But I kept on reading, at least partially because I couldn’t believe that these supposedly intelligent people got themselves into this mess. I think I wanted Marti to grow a spine and walk away.
All of Cam’s friends told him, over and over, that Shelly was a lying witch out for his money, and he refused to believe them. I’m not sure the adults in this story actually deserved their happy ending, but little Emma sure suffered enough to earn hers.
An idiot, a gold digger and a doormat walk into a bar...
That should be the start of a really bad joke. It’s also the plot of this train-wreck of a book, The Right Bride by Jennifer Ryan. I say train-wreck also in the classic definition of train-wreck, you know something awful is happening, but you still participate in the “gazer-block”. I couldn’t put the damn thing down, in spite of how much I kept talking back to the characters in my head.
Usually with expletives.
Cameron Shaw is supposed to be a hot-shot business executive. He’s considered to be a smart guy. Really. Having a fling with lying, manipulative gold-digging Shelly because she looks a teensy bit like his dead wife is one thing, but taking it half a second past fling is beyond stupid.
Believing for a nanosecond that she might be pregnant is sheer idiocy, especially when she keeps knocking back martinis. And Cosmopolitans. And tequila.
Martina Fairchild is the perfect woman for Cam, except that he meets her after Shelly makes her baby announcement. Marti really does like all the things that Shelly pretends to like. Even more important, Marti is the one who is genuinely like Cam’s first wife the way it counts, on the inside.
And the real kicker: Cam’s daughter Emma loves Marti, but she’s downright afraid of Shelly, and with good reason. But does Cameron get a clue? No.
Even worse, Marti lays herself down, literally as well as figuratively for the idiot. While Shelly snags Cam in an engagement with her pretend pregnancy, Marti goes and gets herself really knocked up by the man after they bond over taking care of Emma.
Emma is innocent in this whole arrangement, but the grown-ups, not so much. The angst factor was beyond belief. Along with the melodrama. Marti and Cam also share a dying friend who is trying to beat Cam with a clue-by-four before his end.
Bring on the tissues. Cue the violins. Cam and Marti are both supposed to have been smarter than this. Five-year-old Emma must be the business brains in the Shaw family after all.
Escape Rating D+: I never thought there would be a use for a D+ grade, but this book is it. I wanted to scream at these people, page after page after page. But I kept on reading, at least partially because I couldn’t believe that these supposedly intelligent people got themselves into this mess. I think I wanted Marti to grow a spine and walk away.
All of Cam’s friends told him, over and over, that Shelly was a lying witch out for his money, and he refused to believe them. I’m not sure the adults in this story actually deserved their happy ending, but little Emma sure suffered enough to earn hers.
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May 26, 2013DNF
Because I only read about 25% of this book, I'm not going to rate it. My review contains no spoilers, just my thoughts about why it didn't work for me, and isn't meant to discourage anyone from reading this book.
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After reading and only somewhat enjoying the first book in series, then reading and really enjoying the second book, I was definitely looking forward to reading The Right Bride, the third book in Jennifer Ryan’s The Hunted series. Sadly, it really didn’t work for me.
High-powered businessman Cameron Shaw doesn't believe in love—until he falls head over heels for beautiful, passionate, and intensely private Martina. She's perfect in so many ways, immediately bonding with his little girl. Martina could be his future bride and a delightful stepmother … if only Cameron weren't blinded by his belief that Shelly, the gold-digging woman he's promised to marry, is pregnant with his child.As you can see, the storyline itself screams angst and drama, so I was expecting that in spades, but what I wasn’t expecting was to have absolutely no connection to the characters. I couldn’t get on-board with the H/h or their relationship. Cameron was foolish, gullible, and weak, but I'm supposed to believe he's a CEO, someone competent enough to run the multi-bjillion dollar Merrick International? The man we're supposed to believe Cameron is, and the man he really is just don't add up. From the start, Shelly manipulates him and uses him, makes him look like a moron, and this just doesn't fit with the "high powered businessman" he's supposed to be.
No matter how much his friends protest his upcoming marriage to Shelly, Cameron knows he has a duty to his children, so he's determined to see it through.
Will he find out in time that Shelly's lying and Marti's the one who's actually carrying his child? It'll come down to the day of his wedding. After choosing Shelly over Marti at every turn, will he convince Marti she's his world and the only woman he wants?
Writing young kids who are cute and interesting can be tough for any author, and I know some readers who do not like kids in their reading, period. Normally I enjoy them in this type of story, but I found Cameron's five year old daughter, Emma, to be so far out of the realm of five year old believability that I wanted to scream. Her words, thoughts and actions were supposed to be cute, but just didn't fit a five year old, in my opinion. Her character felt forced, and rather than being adorable, Emma struck me as obnoxious. The story would have been more enjoyable if the author had allowed her to be like a normal kid, and hadn't tried so hard to make her adorable.
And this from the cover blurb is actually the nail in this story's coffin:
No matter how much his friends protest his upcoming marriage to Shelly, Cameron knows he has a duty to his children, so he's determined to see it through.Under the right circumstances I can forgive a guy who's stupid, naive, gullible, clueless, obnoxious, and even a man-whore, but when he allows a woman he doesn't even care about to treat his daughter the way Shelly was treating Emma - that's it. I'm done. Fini, au revoir, hasta la vista, baby...
I’m just going to stop here because this is turning into a book bash and I don't like doing that. As I said, after reading book two, Lucky Like Us, I had such incredibly high hopes for this one, but honestly, I’m thoroughly disappointed and don't anticipate continuing the series.
PLEASE, if this sounds like the kind of story you normally enjoy, then definitely give it a try! Sometimes certain authors, for whatever reason, just don't work for me, and sadly, it seems that's the case with Ms. Ryan. But give her a try and decide for yourself. Who knows? You might really enjoy it!
This story was provided by Avon Books in exchange for an honest review.
September 9, 2017
Marti the martyr and Cameron the man who should be fixed so he can't procreate.
I read this a while ago and forgot to review... probably cause I was trying to erase it from my brain!!
Cameron has been a widower for years. He meets Marti and falls in love, but just as things look perfect, along comes his one and only fling (Shelly) since his wife's death claiming that she is pregnant with his kid. SOOOOooo of course he throws over Marti. It gets worse.... much worse.
Shelly is the worst sort of manipulative woman and takes every opportunity to make Marti look bad. Cameron, even knowing what Shelly is like, falls for it every time because he is a MORON. Then of course, Marti finds that she too is pregnant, but that doesn't change Cameron's stubborn decision to marry Shelly, a woman his daughter hates and even fears.
This was like the worst kind of harlequin, Good grief!!!!
EVERYONE tells him what a jack ass he is and that Shelly is a lying ho, but it was just NEVER ENDING.
By the time Cameron pulls his head out of his *ss, I was so done with him. So when he finally wants to grovel, he can't find her because it turns out he knows very little about her.
The ending was fun because everyone shoves Cameron's face in his idiocy. Then there's a big finale
I read this a while ago and forgot to review... probably cause I was trying to erase it from my brain!!
Cameron has been a widower for years. He meets Marti and falls in love, but just as things look perfect, along comes his one and only fling (Shelly) since his wife's death claiming that she is pregnant with his kid. SOOOOooo of course he throws over Marti. It gets worse.... much worse.
Shelly is the worst sort of manipulative woman and takes every opportunity to make Marti look bad. Cameron, even knowing what Shelly is like, falls for it every time because he is a MORON. Then of course, Marti finds that she too is pregnant, but that doesn't change Cameron's stubborn decision to marry Shelly, a woman his daughter hates and even fears.
This was like the worst kind of harlequin, Good grief!!!!
EVERYONE tells him what a jack ass he is and that Shelly is a lying ho, but it was just NEVER ENDING.
By the time Cameron pulls his head out of his *ss, I was so done with him. So when he finally wants to grovel, he can't find her because it turns out he knows very little about her.
The ending was fun because everyone shoves Cameron's face in his idiocy. Then there's a big finale
October 9, 2016
What happened? This author wrote two great romantic suspense books in this series and then this book with a stupid plot of a guy I'd never call a hero and a heroine that had no backbone when it came to him.
The plot was based on his wanting to do the right thing when the gold-digging girlfriend he wanted to break up with tells him she's pregnant with his baby.
He'd rather ignore his friends advice, ruin his 5 yr old daughter's and the heroine's lives all because he won't go to a single doctor's appointment or buy a home pregnancy test from a drug store. Too stupid to believe.
If his name was Forrest Gump or the girlfriend was a spell casting witch, I could have believed the plot.
Other than having a great daughter and not sleeping with the gold-digger girlfriend after meeting the heroine, I couldn't see what about him she fell in love with.
The plot was based on his wanting to do the right thing when the gold-digging girlfriend he wanted to break up with tells him she's pregnant with his baby.
He'd rather ignore his friends advice, ruin his 5 yr old daughter's and the heroine's lives all because he won't go to a single doctor's appointment or buy a home pregnancy test from a drug store. Too stupid to believe.
If his name was Forrest Gump or the girlfriend was a spell casting witch, I could have believed the plot.
Other than having a great daughter and not sleeping with the gold-digger girlfriend after meeting the heroine, I couldn't see what about him she fell in love with.
October 17, 2024
I’ve had my eye on this book for years but held off because it was like 6 bucks and didn’t have great reviews. The blurb pretty much sets up the entire plot. Cameron is a widowed single father not looking for love until he meets Martina. The two instantly connect, and she also instantly connects with his daughter. Unfortunately, his GF announces that she’s preggers, and he feels honor bound to marry her.
I had two issues that IMO killed the book
Bottom Line- It wasn’t great or terrible. The book was very unbalanced. At Odds vs. Happy. Gullible vs. Enlightened. Conflict vs. Resolution. The ending was too rushed, and we needed an epilogue. We deserved to see the OW receive more comeuppance after having to read her meddling the entire book. It was like a 99-1% ratio and that didn’t work for me. At the very least we should’ve been provided a future update of her miserable and possibly poor and maybe overweight since she was so obsessed with being a rich stick. It was VERY soapy/telenovela-esque and the craptastic vibes were fierce, so if you’re looking for anything other than drama-llama and were talking frustration fueled drama-llama supplied by the moronic H, don’t bother. It’s not romantic and the writing isn’t great, and there IS NO GROVELING, but the Ow does get some comeuppance and the H doesn’t double-dip. It’s currently on KU as I write this. (Oct 2024)
I had two issues that IMO killed the book
Bottom Line- It wasn’t great or terrible. The book was very unbalanced. At Odds vs. Happy. Gullible vs. Enlightened. Conflict vs. Resolution. The ending was too rushed, and we needed an epilogue. We deserved to see the OW receive more comeuppance after having to read her meddling the entire book. It was like a 99-1% ratio and that didn’t work for me. At the very least we should’ve been provided a future update of her miserable and possibly poor and maybe overweight since she was so obsessed with being a rich stick. It was VERY soapy/telenovela-esque and the craptastic vibes were fierce, so if you’re looking for anything other than drama-llama and were talking frustration fueled drama-llama supplied by the moronic H, don’t bother. It’s not romantic and the writing isn’t great, and there IS NO GROVELING, but the Ow does get some comeuppance and the H doesn’t double-dip. It’s currently on KU as I write this. (Oct 2024)
June 7, 2016
What a dissappointment! Not sure who I wanted to slap the most - him for being a stupid gullible ass, her for being so stupid and allowing him to continually treat her the way he did or the other woman who was such a bitch!
August 3, 2024
It was one of the most awful reading in a long time.
- disconnected. I couldn’t get the book together until a half of it. When the hero meets the heroine it looks like they’ve already met or they already know each other because they start talking like old friends which was weird.
-unlikely. The hero and the heroine only see each other a couple of times before they decide they fell in love with each other, btw, the hero is engaged and his fiancé is supposedly pregnant when they meet sooooo… how come the heroine lets herself fall in 3 days for a man who’s engaged and has a pregnant fiancee? Shoo shoo!
- cheating. The hero cheats on his preggo fiancé with the heroine twice, and he gets the heroine preggo too. All while not wanting to break up with his fiancé. What a lord.
- idiotic. When the woman he’s dating for some weeks tells him she’s preggo he doesn’t even take her to a joined appointment. He blindly trusts her and mind, he’s as rich as Croesus but he trusts this awful woman that tells him and shows him prices of paper. Won’t he go with her to a scan? No?
- worst hero in a long time. He has a relationship with a woman because she looks like his dead wife, she’s awful with his 5 yo daughter and almost drowns her, she tells him he preggo and even if he’s in love with the heroine he wants to marry her and even when the heroine tells him she’s pregnant to he doesn’t dump ow. When ow pushed pregnant heroine down the stairs telling she tried to push her down ( and this sounds like a trashy soap opera of the 80s) the hero shouts at the injured heroine and believes ow, and until the last he believes her ugly lies even if he never even liked her. No.
- worst heroine with the lowest self esteem ever. After the hero’s continual rejections and after he got her pregnant and preferred ow to her anyway, after he didn’t even pick her up when she was pushed by ow and he only wanted to marry ow, the heroine didn’t even make him grovel telling him she will always love him.
At this point in the story I was wondering like mad what the hell is there to love in such an awful man? Because the heroine is beautiful, talented, richer than him, an artist, she’s compassionate and kind to his daughter, what has the hero to be liked that until the last pages I couldn’t find one and I mean one quality for him like? He wasn’t even a good father because when ow basically drowned his daughter that was saved by the heroine he didn’t even wonder if he was doing the right thing marrying such a psycho.
I’m sorry this looks like an attempt from a teenager because honestly, there was no consistency, no logic, no sense at all in this awful mess.
He didn’t have sex with ow after meeting the heroine but honestly, with what he did o her, does it look like I care.
- disconnected. I couldn’t get the book together until a half of it. When the hero meets the heroine it looks like they’ve already met or they already know each other because they start talking like old friends which was weird.
-unlikely. The hero and the heroine only see each other a couple of times before they decide they fell in love with each other, btw, the hero is engaged and his fiancé is supposedly pregnant when they meet sooooo… how come the heroine lets herself fall in 3 days for a man who’s engaged and has a pregnant fiancee? Shoo shoo!
- cheating. The hero cheats on his preggo fiancé with the heroine twice, and he gets the heroine preggo too. All while not wanting to break up with his fiancé. What a lord.
- idiotic. When the woman he’s dating for some weeks tells him she’s preggo he doesn’t even take her to a joined appointment. He blindly trusts her and mind, he’s as rich as Croesus but he trusts this awful woman that tells him and shows him prices of paper. Won’t he go with her to a scan? No?
- worst hero in a long time. He has a relationship with a woman because she looks like his dead wife, she’s awful with his 5 yo daughter and almost drowns her, she tells him he preggo and even if he’s in love with the heroine he wants to marry her and even when the heroine tells him she’s pregnant to he doesn’t dump ow. When ow pushed pregnant heroine down the stairs telling she tried to push her down ( and this sounds like a trashy soap opera of the 80s) the hero shouts at the injured heroine and believes ow, and until the last he believes her ugly lies even if he never even liked her. No.
- worst heroine with the lowest self esteem ever. After the hero’s continual rejections and after he got her pregnant and preferred ow to her anyway, after he didn’t even pick her up when she was pushed by ow and he only wanted to marry ow, the heroine didn’t even make him grovel telling him she will always love him.
At this point in the story I was wondering like mad what the hell is there to love in such an awful man? Because the heroine is beautiful, talented, richer than him, an artist, she’s compassionate and kind to his daughter, what has the hero to be liked that until the last pages I couldn’t find one and I mean one quality for him like? He wasn’t even a good father because when ow basically drowned his daughter that was saved by the heroine he didn’t even wonder if he was doing the right thing marrying such a psycho.
I’m sorry this looks like an attempt from a teenager because honestly, there was no consistency, no logic, no sense at all in this awful mess.
He didn’t have sex with ow after meeting the heroine but honestly, with what he did o her, does it look like I care.
June 22, 2013
I read the book rant of this book on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. It was full of wtf-kery so of course I had to check it out from the library to read and everything the rant said was true and then some.
1. The hero is an idiot. His stupidity reminded me of the heroes of yesterday's bodice rippers minus the gleeful wallowing in debauchery and villainy. I can't remember which one it was but I think Joanna Lindsey wrote a romance where the hero has a mistress who keeps aborting his kids and and causes his wife to miscarry (I think) by pushing her down some stairs. He believes the mistress in everything and not the wife. Well this hero is that stupid.
2. The heroine saves an old dude from killing himself and becomes his friend. I can buy that the old dude didn't know her, but how is it that she didn't recognize him right away when he was a rival/friend/the only guy her dead grandfather respected when it seems like they talked business all the time?
3. I find it hard to believe that anyone in this day and age can go unrecognized in America, especially if they're considered the richest woman in California. While ordinary people may not recognize the heroine, I imagine that the circle of the 1% is pretty damn small and everyone knows everyone, especially if all their businesses are based in the same city.
4. The biggest problem I had with this book was that I didn't buy the romance. When did they fall in love? This romance was not presented as a case of love at first sight. They meet when the heroine and the old dude have dinner at the restaurant where the hero is introducing his daughter to his girlfriend of one month. There was a lot of telling that they loved each other and no showing. It felt more like they each liked the idea of what the other person could be to them rather than the person.
5. The heroine was a Mary Sue. There wasn't anything she couldn't do.
6. Much like the relationship between the hero and the heroine, I was puzzled by the instant friendship between the heroine and the friends of the hero; not so much by the fact that they liked her, but that they liked her enough to take her side over his. She hangs out with his guy friends once, and there is barely any interaction between her and the wives of the friends. At least not enough in my mind for them to take her side over a friend they've known for years.
This is the first book I've read by this author and probably my last.
1. The hero is an idiot. His stupidity reminded me of the heroes of yesterday's bodice rippers minus the gleeful wallowing in debauchery and villainy. I can't remember which one it was but I think Joanna Lindsey wrote a romance where the hero has a mistress who keeps aborting his kids and and causes his wife to miscarry (I think) by pushing her down some stairs. He believes the mistress in everything and not the wife. Well this hero is that stupid.
2. The heroine saves an old dude from killing himself and becomes his friend. I can buy that the old dude didn't know her, but how is it that she didn't recognize him right away when he was a rival/friend/the only guy her dead grandfather respected when it seems like they talked business all the time?
3. I find it hard to believe that anyone in this day and age can go unrecognized in America, especially if they're considered the richest woman in California. While ordinary people may not recognize the heroine, I imagine that the circle of the 1% is pretty damn small and everyone knows everyone, especially if all their businesses are based in the same city.
4. The biggest problem I had with this book was that I didn't buy the romance. When did they fall in love? This romance was not presented as a case of love at first sight. They meet when the heroine and the old dude have dinner at the restaurant where the hero is introducing his daughter to his girlfriend of one month. There was a lot of telling that they loved each other and no showing. It felt more like they each liked the idea of what the other person could be to them rather than the person.
5. The heroine was a Mary Sue. There wasn't anything she couldn't do.
6. Much like the relationship between the hero and the heroine, I was puzzled by the instant friendship between the heroine and the friends of the hero; not so much by the fact that they liked her, but that they liked her enough to take her side over his. She hangs out with his guy friends once, and there is barely any interaction between her and the wives of the friends. At least not enough in my mind for them to take her side over a friend they've known for years.
This is the first book I've read by this author and probably my last.
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October 7, 2023You know if I were going to be a gold-digger with a heart of stone and my mark had a kid, I'd learn to fake it. No, not that, fake liking the plot moppet who can see straight through to the evil inner core of the evil OW unlike her sweet but clueless father. I'd bone up on my American Girl's, Harry Potter, tadpole races, whatever.
Another tycoon that must have inherited his wealth.
Doesn't the guy on the cover look like a young Alec Baldwin?
Another tycoon that must have inherited his wealth.
Doesn't the guy on the cover look like a young Alec Baldwin?
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January 20, 2015I dont know what to say about this book I had to push myself really hard just to finish because I was so pissed off and annoyed with Cameron. If they had an award for the dumbest book character it would go to Cameron Shaw I could not fathom how he had so much faith in Shelly when he knew from the start she was a gold digger.He took her side over ppl he had known for years ppl he considered to be FAMILY. This book didnt have the same flow as the 2 previous books which actually had me thinking I had purchased a book with the same title but was written by a different author. This book just bummed out it wasnt what I expected but I truly hope the 4th installment in the series delivers because I was excited for it before reading this book now Im unsure if I should even bother.
May 2, 2013
I sincerely wanted to smack some sense into the hero with a good skillet to the head. Ridiculous.
October 12, 2013
Wow this book was sort of a mess. I liked it in parts. I hated it in parts. The hero was a complete and total idiot.
Cameron's wife passed away in childbirth leaving him to raise little Emma on his own. He is dating Shelly who is a selfish woman because she looks like his ex wife and he wants Emma to have a mom.
He meets Marti at a dinner with a mutual friend. Emma loves Marti from the start. And its love at first sight practically for Marti and Cameron. I was okay with that - some readers aren't but I think love can be something instantaneous. It could have been a sweet story really. Marti was well written in the beginning, Emma was adorable.
But, then the author chose to have Shelly pretend she is pregnant. Her proof is lab results. So, Cameron decides to marry her. Meanwhile he can't resist Marti so he sleeps with her. Now he is a cheating idiot on top of it. And Marti who I liked is now also a cheater.
Can the story get worse? Yes. An event happens that is staged by Shelly to make Marti look bad. And Cameron believes Shelly instead of the woman he is supposed to love. Complete asshole at this point in the story.
By the time he redeems himself in the end..it was so late. He does finally tell Shelly off and those pages were actually really good. But, there was definitely not nearly enough groveling to get Marti back. And she of course forgives him. Her character got weaker and weaker towards the end.
I will say this - it was refreshing to see a book written about a male widower who is not afraid to move on to another relationship as normally that is the main conflict in any romance I have read with this kind of trope. The falling in love in the beginning for Marti and Cameron was so good. But, unfortunately at about 50% of the book - Cameron was getting stupider every page I read. His blind belief in Shelly instead of Marti was really annoying.
Cameron's wife passed away in childbirth leaving him to raise little Emma on his own. He is dating Shelly who is a selfish woman because she looks like his ex wife and he wants Emma to have a mom.
He meets Marti at a dinner with a mutual friend. Emma loves Marti from the start. And its love at first sight practically for Marti and Cameron. I was okay with that - some readers aren't but I think love can be something instantaneous. It could have been a sweet story really. Marti was well written in the beginning, Emma was adorable.
But, then the author chose to have Shelly pretend she is pregnant. Her proof is lab results. So, Cameron decides to marry her. Meanwhile he can't resist Marti so he sleeps with her. Now he is a cheating idiot on top of it. And Marti who I liked is now also a cheater.
Can the story get worse? Yes. An event happens that is staged by Shelly to make Marti look bad. And Cameron believes Shelly instead of the woman he is supposed to love. Complete asshole at this point in the story.
By the time he redeems himself in the end..it was so late. He does finally tell Shelly off and those pages were actually really good. But, there was definitely not nearly enough groveling to get Marti back. And she of course forgives him. Her character got weaker and weaker towards the end.
I will say this - it was refreshing to see a book written about a male widower who is not afraid to move on to another relationship as normally that is the main conflict in any romance I have read with this kind of trope. The falling in love in the beginning for Marti and Cameron was so good. But, unfortunately at about 50% of the book - Cameron was getting stupider every page I read. His blind belief in Shelly instead of Marti was really annoying.
February 5, 2020
I'm so torn up about this book. I really want to like this one, because it was really good written, and it was intriguing and angsty and very emotional. But towards the end the only emotion I felt were hatred, anger, confusion and "shoot-me-now" feelings. I can't believe our Hero Cameron could be so close minded, so dumb, so blind. Even for a man, he had to see the signs.
I was disgusted when he slept with her the first time and then dismissed her like a common lay. (The second time wasn't better). I felt so much for Mari and wished she would grow a backbone. Totally understandable that she was in love with his daughter, but somehow there are limits you just can't ignore. I wanted her to just go away from him, let him be, fall off the face of the earth and let him do his mistakes. He certainly would wake up all alone, given time. But no, our heroine stands her ground till the very end. And then she takes him back, like nothing ever happened.
Now I need to read a book with a real hero, who stands to his feelings and his women, just to shake of the feelings this story left me with. Need a Kristen Ashley Hero Alpa Male right this minute!
I was disgusted when he slept with her the first time and then dismissed her like a common lay. (The second time wasn't better). I felt so much for Mari and wished she would grow a backbone. Totally understandable that she was in love with his daughter, but somehow there are limits you just can't ignore. I wanted her to just go away from him, let him be, fall off the face of the earth and let him do his mistakes. He certainly would wake up all alone, given time. But no, our heroine stands her ground till the very end. And then she takes him back, like nothing ever happened.
Now I need to read a book with a real hero, who stands to his feelings and his women, just to shake of the feelings this story left me with. Need a Kristen Ashley Hero Alpa Male right this minute!
May 1, 2013
This book was ridiculous and you know it's bad when you roll your eyes to the point you have to stop reading because you are so annoyed by everything happening. It reminds me of an old school Harlequin Presents but poorly written. The characters here made no sense, specifically the hero who's involved with a heartless, one-dimensional woman who lies to him and treats everyone he knows, especially his five year old daughter he loves deeply like utter crap. His motives are confusing and he doesn't make any sense.
The hero's fiance is laughable because she's over the top mean and cruel to counteract the Mary Sue type heroine who's all that's good, gentle and wonderful.
Big pass on this one.
The hero's fiance is laughable because she's over the top mean and cruel to counteract the Mary Sue type heroine who's all that's good, gentle and wonderful.
Big pass on this one.
June 22, 2014
Throughout this book I hated cameron, his actions disgusted me.Really can he be a bigger dumba$$? For once i didn't want a happy ending, but we all know the story has to have a happy ending so its not surprising that the couple ended up together happily ever after. But I just can't believe Marti took Cameron back so easily after all the shit he put her through. He may be forgiven, but never forgotten and I would never had taken his sorry behind back. NOT IN THIS LIFETIME!
January 1, 2025
Well then, this was on special been on my maybe list for a while thought why not. Should have left it on the maybe list.
Surely it’s not just me who thinks that this book was just a little bit ridiculous. I mean surely no one is as stupid as the H? Add the way he treated the h, 88% of the book and bam you have a total jack a$$ that really shouldn’t be able to breath even in make believe land. He didn’t deserve happiness in fact he deserved to be stuck with that lame excuse for the ow and have her send him bankrupt.
Surely it’s not just me who thinks that this book was just a little bit ridiculous. I mean surely no one is as stupid as the H? Add the way he treated the h, 88% of the book and bam you have a total jack a$$ that really shouldn’t be able to breath even in make believe land. He didn’t deserve happiness in fact he deserved to be stuck with that lame excuse for the ow and have her send him bankrupt.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 22, 2024
Skimmed and dnf'd but did read betrayal and end. No rating and I didn't care for him at all and heroine was too perfect.
September 30, 2023
So I don’t know what to say about this book. It frustrated me to no end. I really wish Marti would have at least kissed the hell out of Tyler to get back at Cameron. Cameron had to have been the DUMBEST Hero I have ever read. Honestly it was ridiculous how stupid he was. Shelly should have been taken out of Marti’s house in handcuffs Marti should have made Cameron chase her around the world to find her after his colossal fuck ups with her.
The book was well written but I wish Marti wasn’t such a doormat. 🤷♀️
The book was well written but I wish Marti wasn’t such a doormat. 🤷♀️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 19, 2023
I couldn't find a single reason why she loved him. Cute daughter but that's the only redeeming quality.
This had one of the stoooopidest H I have ever came across and a spineless martyr h. She was begging him to choose her and all I could think was, 'Girl, why are you so desperate for this beta male?'
For the love of everything that's holy, leave him and enjoy your millions.
This had one of the stoooopidest H I have ever came across and a spineless martyr h. She was begging him to choose her and all I could think was, 'Girl, why are you so desperate for this beta male?'
For the love of everything that's holy, leave him and enjoy your millions.
June 5, 2013
This is most defiantly a 5 star book! The Author pinned a character that was a snob, and most of the time I wanted to reach through the pages and slap her. The author also pinned a beautiful lady inside and out that everyone loved. The Hero in the story was torn between the two. Shelly had lied and said she was pregnant with Cameron’s child. She knew if she trapped him, that Cameron was her ticket to easy street. She would never have to worry about money again. Cameron grew up without a father, and didn’t want his child to do the same. He vowed to marry Shelly, the lady he could never love so he could give his children both a mother and a father. He did fall in love with Marti. He loved the way he made Emma laugh, and smile. Emma was his 5 year old daughter in the story. All of Cameron’s friends also fell in love with Marti. They all told him the big mistake he was making. While reading, there were so many times, I wanted to reach through the pages and slap some sense into Cameron. The story also had a few life lessons pinned within the pages. George was a wonderful man. He had lived a long time. One of his dyeing wishes, he asked Marti to stay with him during his last days to keep an old man company. She did. In the end, she was one of the few that mourned his loss. Most of his family just wanted to know what they got after he died. Marti got the most beautiful gift of all. She had his friendship, and her memory’s to hold onto, and cherish.
Sample from chapter 23
“The only way to make this right is for you to let me go. Let me go, Cameron. I just can’t bear to watch you with her anymore.” “I can’t. Please don’t ask me to. You’re my every thought, my every hope, and my every dream. Seeing you and watching you with Emma is all I can ever have. It’s the only thing that makes this whole damn mess bearable. I can’t give that up. I can’t give you up.”
Sample from chapter 23
“The only way to make this right is for you to let me go. Let me go, Cameron. I just can’t bear to watch you with her anymore.” “I can’t. Please don’t ask me to. You’re my every thought, my every hope, and my every dream. Seeing you and watching you with Emma is all I can ever have. It’s the only thing that makes this whole damn mess bearable. I can’t give that up. I can’t give you up.”
February 22, 2025
Cheating = so this beta H is engaged to marry OW who claims to be pregnant, yet he just cannot help himself from panting after the h (emotionally and physically cheating with the h while engaged and determined to marry the OW).
h sees H with OW = h has to watch the H cater to and fawn all over the OW repeatedly
OW drama = OW lies constantly to the H, physically assaults the h who is actually pregnant at the time, threatens/terrorizes the H's daughter, etc.
Grovel = The H was probably the stupidest one I have ever come across. He treated the h like absolute sh*t constantly. How can such a "smart" and successful businessman can just blindly believe the OW with ZERO proof?? Literally EVERYONE in his life tells the H that OW is lying and the H refuses to believe them. STUPID!!! It gets so annoying and frustrating. So what was his grovel? Nothing. Literally a "sorry" and the H and H are all loved up. As many times as the H yelled at, condescended to, disregarded, demeaned, etc. the h and then to not do no grovel??!!
I felt like the angst was great, the OW drama was great, but the H was so weak and such an idiot with no grovel made me take away a star.
h sees H with OW = h has to watch the H cater to and fawn all over the OW repeatedly
OW drama = OW lies constantly to the H, physically assaults the h who is actually pregnant at the time, threatens/terrorizes the H's daughter, etc.
Grovel = The H was probably the stupidest one I have ever come across. He treated the h like absolute sh*t constantly. How can such a "smart" and successful businessman can just blindly believe the OW with ZERO proof?? Literally EVERYONE in his life tells the H that OW is lying and the H refuses to believe them. STUPID!!! It gets so annoying and frustrating. So what was his grovel? Nothing. Literally a "sorry" and the H and H are all loved up. As many times as the H yelled at, condescended to, disregarded, demeaned, etc. the h and then to not do no grovel??!!
I felt like the angst was great, the OW drama was great, but the H was so weak and such an idiot with no grovel made me take away a star.
March 19, 2023
Cameron Shaw was most certainly the dumbest smart man alive. He was the head of a million-dollar corporation and he could not see what was before his eyes. Martina was just too much for this one man to completely understand or even deserve. She was everything he wanted and needed in his life and he allowed his past to dictate his future. It takes a very near death experience for him to kinda open his eyes to what he was willing to lose for a lie.
May 21, 2021
Tough one to review because first, I love Jennifer Ryan's books. Second, as unbelievable as this story was I still couldn't help turning page after page thinking Cameron would eventually wise up. Alas, no. Not until the end of the book. The story just didn't have any credibility really so for that I must say not my favorite of the series.
April 26, 2013
Cameron is a man of prestige, wealth and power. Cameron has worked hard to get to where he is today. Growing up he didn't have much of a father figure, and when he later married his wife died right after his daughter Emma was born. Now five years later, Cameron knows that Emma will need a mother, and he needs a wife. His current girlfriend Shelley, is not someone who Emma connects to in any real way, and he has his doubts about their relationship. But when Shelley tells him that she is pregnant and insists on Cameron marrying her, he doesn't feel like he has much of a choice. He never grew up in a home where he had two loving parents, and wants to make sure that Emma gets what he never had. Then he meets Marti, who is sweet and compassionate and carefree...everything he ever could have hoped in a future spouse. Marti plays with his daughter and Emma responds to Marti in a way he has never seen. As the date to the wedding gets closer, when he should be spending time with his fiancee, he is spending it with Marti and Emma. Marti, knew from the first moment she met Cameron, that she wouldn't be able to help but to fall in love with him and his precious daughter. She knows that Shelley just wants Cameron for his wealth and nothing else. If circumstances were different she knows that she and Cameron could have something very special. But when Cameron continues to choose Shelley over Marti, she knows that he will break her heart soon if she doesn't let him go....forever.
It has been quite some time since I have read a contemporary, so I was a bit apprehensive, wondering how much I would enjoy the Right Bride. I have to say after reading it I have mixed feelings about it. It starts out with seeing both sides of the lives of Cameron and of Marti. We starts to see Cameron and Emma and the greediness of Shelley-who I really despise with a passion. We see even from the beginning that all she wants is Cameron's power and wealth, she has no caring toward Emma, and could care less about her well being. From the first page, you see how fake she really is. In the beginning I did like Cameron, he seemed to really genuinely care for his daughter. Marti, is passionate and truly cares about others. She has recently come home from traveling all over the world, she is a talented painter (even though no one knows it). Her grandmother taught her everything she knows, and now the one person in her family that truly cared about her has passed away. Marti believes that she has no one, until she meets a old man (who is like a second father to Cameron), and through a set of circumstances we see these two meet for the first time. Its basically love at first sight theme we have here. Marti deals with Emma so well, and there was a sense of love from the beginning. Even though in the beginning Marti knows that she and Cameron could never be together because he is engaged to another woman, there is still a powerful connection between the two. Marti is by far my favorite character of this story. She could be so endearing at times, and her emotions almost reach out the reader in a very real and viable way. Cameron, I had a really difficult time liking at any point of this book. I realized that his intentions were good and honorable, but in this modern day and age, is it really responsible to marry someone just because she is pregnant? I felt like he was a bit clueless about everything, and didn't see what was right before him...more so than most heroes. He never had faith in the one that truly cared about him and wanted him more than for his money. And dear sweet Emma, throughout the whole of this book, I fell in love with this little girl, who is sweet and innocent and only wants a mom that will really love her. There were multiple times that this story was so heart wrenching and almost broke my heart, it definitely kept me from putting it down, and it has been a while since I have had such a enthralling contemporary read that pulled at my heart strings so much. So I would recommend a box of tissues to anyone who wants to read this---you will need them.
Overall a emotional roller coaster of a read, but one that will make you fall in love as if it were the first time. A story of love and trust, and learning the importance of marrying the person for the right reasons, and not out of some sense of obligation. A heartbreaking romance that will steal your heart, a unforgettable read that will put you through a battle of emotions. Even though I didn't care for Cameron very much, there were many aspects of the story that I did enjoy quite a bit, so I would recommend it to any that like a strong and intense contemporary romance.
Favorite Quote
He kissed her gently and ran his hand over her face, mapping her beautiful features. her green eyes watched him, and in those eyes, he saw the world, his world.
It has been quite some time since I have read a contemporary, so I was a bit apprehensive, wondering how much I would enjoy the Right Bride. I have to say after reading it I have mixed feelings about it. It starts out with seeing both sides of the lives of Cameron and of Marti. We starts to see Cameron and Emma and the greediness of Shelley-who I really despise with a passion. We see even from the beginning that all she wants is Cameron's power and wealth, she has no caring toward Emma, and could care less about her well being. From the first page, you see how fake she really is. In the beginning I did like Cameron, he seemed to really genuinely care for his daughter. Marti, is passionate and truly cares about others. She has recently come home from traveling all over the world, she is a talented painter (even though no one knows it). Her grandmother taught her everything she knows, and now the one person in her family that truly cared about her has passed away. Marti believes that she has no one, until she meets a old man (who is like a second father to Cameron), and through a set of circumstances we see these two meet for the first time. Its basically love at first sight theme we have here. Marti deals with Emma so well, and there was a sense of love from the beginning. Even though in the beginning Marti knows that she and Cameron could never be together because he is engaged to another woman, there is still a powerful connection between the two. Marti is by far my favorite character of this story. She could be so endearing at times, and her emotions almost reach out the reader in a very real and viable way. Cameron, I had a really difficult time liking at any point of this book. I realized that his intentions were good and honorable, but in this modern day and age, is it really responsible to marry someone just because she is pregnant? I felt like he was a bit clueless about everything, and didn't see what was right before him...more so than most heroes. He never had faith in the one that truly cared about him and wanted him more than for his money. And dear sweet Emma, throughout the whole of this book, I fell in love with this little girl, who is sweet and innocent and only wants a mom that will really love her. There were multiple times that this story was so heart wrenching and almost broke my heart, it definitely kept me from putting it down, and it has been a while since I have had such a enthralling contemporary read that pulled at my heart strings so much. So I would recommend a box of tissues to anyone who wants to read this---you will need them.
Overall a emotional roller coaster of a read, but one that will make you fall in love as if it were the first time. A story of love and trust, and learning the importance of marrying the person for the right reasons, and not out of some sense of obligation. A heartbreaking romance that will steal your heart, a unforgettable read that will put you through a battle of emotions. Even though I didn't care for Cameron very much, there were many aspects of the story that I did enjoy quite a bit, so I would recommend it to any that like a strong and intense contemporary romance.
Favorite Quote
He kissed her gently and ran his hand over her face, mapping her beautiful features. her green eyes watched him, and in those eyes, he saw the world, his world.
August 2, 2013
No matter how much his friends protest his upcoming marriage to Shelly, Cameron knows he has a duty to his children, so he’s determined to see it through.
Will he find out in time that Shelly’s lying and Marti’s the one who’s actually carrying his child? It’ll come down to the day of his wedding. After choosing Shelly over Marti at every turn, will he convince Marti she’s his world and the only woman he wants?
He’s wealthy and powerful, at the top of his game and in the peak of his prowess as a man, yet he is lonely and always on the look-out for a woman who is a dead ringer for his dead wife. Well, much to his detriment, he finds her but soon learns she is nothing like his dead wife on the inside. Just as he gets ready to jettison her from his life, she announces she is pregnant, as much to rope him into marriage and give her access to his millions, as to cover up the discovery of her bulimia. Cameron Shaw is a tough negotiator and known throughout the international business community as a man who can hold his own. But in the face of Shelley’s announcement, he reverts into this silly, insecure, unreasonable, less-than-thoughtful man who lets her get away with anything. He’s essentially led around by the nose and won’t believe any of his friends when they point out that fact.
Enter Marti, a woman who is a world-class artist in her own right, a popular children’s author, and one of the directors of her own international business enterprise, but Cameron only knows her as simply Marti. His daughter loves her, states clearly and loudly that she wants Marti as a mother, but Cameron just seems to have gone deaf. And this three-way struggle: Marti’s love and desire to be a part of Cameron and Emma’s life and how that crashes into Shelley’s golden dreams of wealth, power and position plus Cameron’s seeming inability to see truth about either of these women is at the core of this story. It is a story that winds its way all the way through the novel and each time one of these characters crashes into the other it appears to become even more hopeless. Emma, the five-year-old daughter is caught in the middle.
Here’s my problem: on the one hand I am saying to myself, “Can’t Cameron simply take Shelley in hand and force her to pee on a pregnancy test stick? Wouldn’t it seem to be the first question anyone would ask in today’s world? Yet Cameron seems content to take Shelly’s word for everything. On the other hand, it is evident that Cameron is being chased around by a whole household of demons, at least emotionally speaking. There’s his mother’s refusal to tell him his father’s identity. He battles anger over an incomplete family structure all the time. There’s the guilt over his wife’s death, as if by getting her pregnant he killed her. There’s the guilt over raising Emma in an incomplete family, something he is hoping to remedy with the woman who claims to be pregnant with his child. So is he one of “the Hunted Ones?” It would seems he is not only “hunted” but haunted as well..
I don’t like it when really intelligent people act like they are brain dead, and I really get angry when good people perpetrate unbelievable hurt on others for some pretty silly reasons. Yet in this book the reader will see lots of that and unfortunately fiction/art imitates life. So on the one hand I get really angry and impatient with Cameron for his thoughtless actions and words, but on the other hand, I know that he is being eaten alive by his old angers and guilt. And all in all, maybe that’s the point of the novel. In the end, do we often perpetrate so much hurt against those we care about thoughtlessly by letting our insecurities drive us down life’s path? It’s worth considering. Many will become tired of Cameron’s wavering loyalties, his stubborn choices and hurtful way of handling issues as well as the people in his world. But again it begs the question of whether or not this fictional situation resembles reality far more often than we suppose.
Jennifer Ryan is a darn good writer and reading her work is a pleasure. This story bothered me a lot, but I give it a 4 out of 5 rating because I think it poses some important questions and forced me to consider how my thoughtless actions and words can bring so much pain in the lives of those important to me. It’s a book well worth reading. But it isn’t fluff nor is it an easy story to process.
I give it a rating of 4 out of 5.
This review was originally posted on Book Binge by Judith.
Will he find out in time that Shelly’s lying and Marti’s the one who’s actually carrying his child? It’ll come down to the day of his wedding. After choosing Shelly over Marti at every turn, will he convince Marti she’s his world and the only woman he wants?
He’s wealthy and powerful, at the top of his game and in the peak of his prowess as a man, yet he is lonely and always on the look-out for a woman who is a dead ringer for his dead wife. Well, much to his detriment, he finds her but soon learns she is nothing like his dead wife on the inside. Just as he gets ready to jettison her from his life, she announces she is pregnant, as much to rope him into marriage and give her access to his millions, as to cover up the discovery of her bulimia. Cameron Shaw is a tough negotiator and known throughout the international business community as a man who can hold his own. But in the face of Shelley’s announcement, he reverts into this silly, insecure, unreasonable, less-than-thoughtful man who lets her get away with anything. He’s essentially led around by the nose and won’t believe any of his friends when they point out that fact.
Enter Marti, a woman who is a world-class artist in her own right, a popular children’s author, and one of the directors of her own international business enterprise, but Cameron only knows her as simply Marti. His daughter loves her, states clearly and loudly that she wants Marti as a mother, but Cameron just seems to have gone deaf. And this three-way struggle: Marti’s love and desire to be a part of Cameron and Emma’s life and how that crashes into Shelley’s golden dreams of wealth, power and position plus Cameron’s seeming inability to see truth about either of these women is at the core of this story. It is a story that winds its way all the way through the novel and each time one of these characters crashes into the other it appears to become even more hopeless. Emma, the five-year-old daughter is caught in the middle.
Here’s my problem: on the one hand I am saying to myself, “Can’t Cameron simply take Shelley in hand and force her to pee on a pregnancy test stick? Wouldn’t it seem to be the first question anyone would ask in today’s world? Yet Cameron seems content to take Shelly’s word for everything. On the other hand, it is evident that Cameron is being chased around by a whole household of demons, at least emotionally speaking. There’s his mother’s refusal to tell him his father’s identity. He battles anger over an incomplete family structure all the time. There’s the guilt over his wife’s death, as if by getting her pregnant he killed her. There’s the guilt over raising Emma in an incomplete family, something he is hoping to remedy with the woman who claims to be pregnant with his child. So is he one of “the Hunted Ones?” It would seems he is not only “hunted” but haunted as well..
I don’t like it when really intelligent people act like they are brain dead, and I really get angry when good people perpetrate unbelievable hurt on others for some pretty silly reasons. Yet in this book the reader will see lots of that and unfortunately fiction/art imitates life. So on the one hand I get really angry and impatient with Cameron for his thoughtless actions and words, but on the other hand, I know that he is being eaten alive by his old angers and guilt. And all in all, maybe that’s the point of the novel. In the end, do we often perpetrate so much hurt against those we care about thoughtlessly by letting our insecurities drive us down life’s path? It’s worth considering. Many will become tired of Cameron’s wavering loyalties, his stubborn choices and hurtful way of handling issues as well as the people in his world. But again it begs the question of whether or not this fictional situation resembles reality far more often than we suppose.
Jennifer Ryan is a darn good writer and reading her work is a pleasure. This story bothered me a lot, but I give it a 4 out of 5 rating because I think it poses some important questions and forced me to consider how my thoughtless actions and words can bring so much pain in the lives of those important to me. It’s a book well worth reading. But it isn’t fluff nor is it an easy story to process.
I give it a rating of 4 out of 5.
This review was originally posted on Book Binge by Judith.
December 11, 2023
Well Written
Well written but the H went too far for me. No grovel at all. If you love grovel skip this one.
Well written but the H went too far for me. No grovel at all. If you love grovel skip this one.
December 11, 2016
Para meu grande espanto, adorei este livro! É daquelas coisas estranhas porque o romance anda ali em volta, a enrolar por caminhos errados de que geralmente desgosto profundamente. Cameron foi um autêntico fraco - e burro, idiota! Shhheeeeshhhh... Como é que é possível ser tão tapado e não perceber que Shelly não estava grávida - quando toda a gente percebeu que ela mentia! Mais, a filha de 5 anos odiava Shelly - mas ele insiste em casar com ela por causa do bebé que não existe - só ele é que não percebe! E depois ainda não consegue resistir a Marti, a querida e doce Marti de quem toda a gente gosta - inclusive a filha - por quem reconhece estar apaixonado e a quem beija e... outras coisas - mas não desiste da ideia de casar com Shelly! É burro, ou não?
Mas eu adorei este livro! Achei uma doçura, deu-me muita alegria lê-lo.
E também é bastante diferente dos outros livros da série; aqui não há mortes (se bem que todos nós, leitores e personagens - com a exceção de Cameron, o burro idiota - gostaríamos que Shelly morresse), nem casos policiais, suspense ou mistério.
Mas eu adorei este livro! Achei uma doçura, deu-me muita alegria lê-lo.
E também é bastante diferente dos outros livros da série; aqui não há mortes (se bem que todos nós, leitores e personagens - com a exceção de Cameron, o burro idiota - gostaríamos que Shelly morresse), nem casos policiais, suspense ou mistério.
October 8, 2016
This book is by far the worst I've read by Jennifer Ryan and I think I'm on number 9 or 10. Cameron is a moron who can't get out of his own way. For someone who runs a large corporation, he is an idiot. Why is he the only one who believes Shelly in the face of all things telling him differently, including his own head? Why is Marti willing to put up with his crap and stupidity? She's young, but not stupid. Why don't Jack and Sam just beat some sense into Cameron, because I sure would like to! The whole concept of this story is ridiculous and I can't believe it went to print or that loyal readers are subjected to this drivel about characters that are very hard to like, let alone root for a happy ending. I can't believe this ending. Too much understanding on Marti's part and not enough "give 'em hell" for my tastes. I almost didn't want a happy ending because Cameron is such an idiot.
May 8, 2013
THIS WAS 3RD IN THE HUNTED SERIES, I'M DISSAPOINTED. THE BOOK WAS WELL WRITTEN BUT THE STORYLINE WAS YUCK! THE MAIN CHARACTER WAS ONE I REALLY LIKED WHEN FIRST INTRODUCED IN THE SERIES, CAMERON. IN THIS BOOK HE TURNED INTO A COMPLETE IDIOT, I REALLY DISLIKED HIM. HOW COULD A MAN RUNNING A GIANT CORPORATION BE SUCH A BOZO IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE. HE CONTINUALLY RUBBED HIS NECK, I WONDERED IF HE WOULD STOP MAYBE HIS BRAIN WOULD START FUNCTIONING. OMG! HE MADE ME SO ANGRY I COULDN'T ENJOY THE BOOK FOR HIS CONTINUED STUPIDITY. IF I WAS READING A PAPERBACK I WOULD HAVE HURLED IT ACROSS THE ROOM, NOT ONCE BUT SEVERAL TIMES. ARGH! THE ONLY THING I ENJOYED WAS THE EYE CANDY ON THE COVER OF THIS BOOK. WOW!! THAT FACE CAN MAKE YOU FORGET YOUR NAME, WHERE YOU LIVE AND YOUR HUSBANDS EXSISTENCE. SOOTHED MY NERVES . . . YEAH RIGHT!
November 6, 2014
I'm giving this book 1 stars only because I did manage to read it until the end.
I don't like the storyline, the hero and heroin. The storyline is like something that you would read in fanfiction. The hero is weak and stupid. I hate the heroin. The way I see it, the heroin is the other woman in this novel. So the heroin is rich, kind, love children etc.. but she is also judgemental, and like to think herself better than others. She calls the other woman liar when she doesn't have a prove. She intrudes in other people's life like it is her business. I don't buy their love.
The only thing I like is when the author write about Shelly's background. It give depth to Shelly's character.
Not my cup of tea.
I don't like the storyline, the hero and heroin. The storyline is like something that you would read in fanfiction. The hero is weak and stupid. I hate the heroin. The way I see it, the heroin is the other woman in this novel. So the heroin is rich, kind, love children etc.. but she is also judgemental, and like to think herself better than others. She calls the other woman liar when she doesn't have a prove. She intrudes in other people's life like it is her business. I don't buy their love.
The only thing I like is when the author write about Shelly's background. It give depth to Shelly's character.
Not my cup of tea.
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