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One Intimate Night
WORKING TOGETHER ... AND SLEEPING TOGETHER?
Piers's relationship with Georgia was strictly business --- pure and simple. This should have made their living under the same roof a relatively straightforward affair.
But, somehow, Piers couldn't stop her from stealing into his thoughts. He wasn't a man to act on impulse. He had managed to resist her --- so far! And then one intimate night, business became steamy pleasure ...
Piers's relationship with Georgia was strictly business --- pure and simple. This should have made their living under the same roof a relatively straightforward affair.
But, somehow, Piers couldn't stop her from stealing into his thoughts. He wasn't a man to act on impulse. He had managed to resist her --- so far! And then one intimate night, business became steamy pleasure ...
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First published November 5, 1999
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Penny Jordan
1,125 books668 followersPenelope Jones Halsall
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
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March 31, 2023
A super cute story and something a bit different for a Harlequin Presents. I absolutely loved that the dog (the adorable and mischievous English Setter Ben), had such a major role in this. He completely stole the show and the book. A really fun read.
June 4, 2019
Fluffy fun. The story is really about Ben, a very smart setter who resists his training and has some wild adventures (he's in the back seat when the hero's car is stolen). There are two side romances. The H/h and the elderly colonel and the hero's godmother. (owner of Ben)
Heroine is a newbie veterinarian who runs dog training courses. She knows in her heart that Ben is too much dog for the hero's godmother, but she ends up always defending him when the hero suggests he needs a firmer hand.
The hero invites the heroine to spend three weeks in his godmother's house to train the dog. Godmother is off on a cruise and hero is dog-sitting and looking for a house in the area. (He chooses the family farmhouse with the heroine in mind.)
By the end of the story, Ben is finally trained, the heroine finally clues in that the hero is *not* Ben's or her "enemy" and that hero is as crazy about her as she is about him. The epilogue with Ben's new trick is especially cute.
Heroine is a newbie veterinarian who runs dog training courses. She knows in her heart that Ben is too much dog for the hero's godmother, but she ends up always defending him when the hero suggests he needs a firmer hand.
The hero invites the heroine to spend three weeks in his godmother's house to train the dog. Godmother is off on a cruise and hero is dog-sitting and looking for a house in the area. (He chooses the family farmhouse with the heroine in mind.)
By the end of the story, Ben is finally trained, the heroine finally clues in that the hero is *not* Ben's or her "enemy" and that hero is as crazy about her as she is about him. The epilogue with Ben's new trick is especially cute.
February 19, 2019
Oh my! I have a new TOP 10 FAVORITE HP. This book is adorable!!!!!!!!!!!
Heroine: Young vet who is super sweet and is a real champion for a difficult dog.
Hero: champion for his elderly godmother and is very no-nonsense.
Penny Jordan creates a charming and picturesque town, and I'm ready to live there! With gardens and cottages and quirky villagers.
This book includes a lot of my favorite things...
*Heroine is a vet/science person, also heart of gold and very kind
*Hero is sexy, a bit grumpy, loyal, has a hidden heart of gold
*Older couple in love (side story)
*Lots of animals, including dog training class!
*The main dog is adorbs, and even gets his own POV a few times!
*Not too much angst
*No irritating misunderstandings
*The dog has a heroic moment! SQUEEEEE!
*Lots of good sexual tension between H/h
This book is almost 100% perfect for me. I think I'll re-read it again today. Hee hee!
Grade: A++++++++++
Heroine: Young vet who is super sweet and is a real champion for a difficult dog.
Hero: champion for his elderly godmother and is very no-nonsense.
Penny Jordan creates a charming and picturesque town, and I'm ready to live there! With gardens and cottages and quirky villagers.
This book includes a lot of my favorite things...
*Heroine is a vet/science person, also heart of gold and very kind
*Hero is sexy, a bit grumpy, loyal, has a hidden heart of gold
*Older couple in love (side story)
*Lots of animals, including dog training class!
*The main dog is adorbs, and even gets his own POV a few times!
*Not too much angst
*No irritating misunderstandings
*The dog has a heroic moment! SQUEEEEE!
*Lots of good sexual tension between H/h
This book is almost 100% perfect for me. I think I'll re-read it again today. Hee hee!
Grade: A++++++++++
October 25, 2021
"One Intimate Night" is the story of Ben, the dog. Ok yeah, also Georgia and Piers.
The book revolves around a naughty and intelligent Setter dog called Ben, who becomes a bone of contention between the annoyed hero and loving heroine. She's a vet, him a businessman. They meet because of his aunt adopting Ben, and then circumstances lead to him being a temporary carer, and her having to train him. Loads of miscommunications and almost sex moments between the bantering leads, but the highlight was definitely the inner monologues of the sausage and shoe loving doggo.
He overshadowed everyone and all the stars for him!
Safe
4/5
The book revolves around a naughty and intelligent Setter dog called Ben, who becomes a bone of contention between the annoyed hero and loving heroine. She's a vet, him a businessman. They meet because of his aunt adopting Ben, and then circumstances lead to him being a temporary carer, and her having to train him. Loads of miscommunications and almost sex moments between the bantering leads, but the highlight was definitely the inner monologues of the sausage and shoe loving doggo.
He overshadowed everyone and all the stars for him!
Safe
4/5
January 2, 2021
The title and blurb are misleading but romance and dog lovers alike should enjoy this cute, lighthearted book. I really liked the hero Piers and the dog Ben, who played a very strong supporting role. Georgia the heroine, on the other hand, grated on my nerves at times because she jumped to so many wrong conclusions about Piers, and as a result was kind of b*tchy to him as well.
December 2, 2018
3.5 Stars
This book is all about Ben, the English Setter. He stole the show and won my heart.
Yeah, there’s an h and a H who have their issues to work through before their HEA, but Ben. He’s the star of this show.
He got into tons of trouble at the beginning of the book. He got dognapped when a car was stolen. He got shot at. He saved a kid’s life. He was the only character that showed real growth. I’m in love with Ben. He’s sweet, charming, mischievous, and adorable. Don’t try to resist him, it’s impossible.
This book is all about Ben, the English Setter. He stole the show and won my heart.
Yeah, there’s an h and a H who have their issues to work through before their HEA, but Ben. He’s the star of this show.
He got into tons of trouble at the beginning of the book. He got dognapped when a car was stolen. He got shot at. He saved a kid’s life. He was the only character that showed real growth. I’m in love with Ben. He’s sweet, charming, mischievous, and adorable. Don’t try to resist him, it’s impossible.
March 7, 2015
the dog was so endearing! i absolutely loved him! the title was wrong! it was not about one intimate night but about the dog. these two actually fell in love while training ben to be a domestic dog. original story!
April 27, 2020
She is a Vet
WORKING TOGETHER ... to train the dog
Piers's relationship with Georgia was strictly business --- pure and simple. This should have made their living under the same roof a relatively straightforward affair.
But, somehow, Piers couldn't stop her from stealing into his thoughts. He wasn't a man to act on impulse. He had managed to resist her --- so far! And then one intimate night, business became steamy pleasure .
WORKING TOGETHER ... to train the dog
Piers's relationship with Georgia was strictly business --- pure and simple. This should have made their living under the same roof a relatively straightforward affair.
But, somehow, Piers couldn't stop her from stealing into his thoughts. He wasn't a man to act on impulse. He had managed to resist her --- so far! And then one intimate night, business became steamy pleasure .
July 27, 2018
You are a clever dog Ben.......
May 16, 2013
This Penny Jordan novel marks a distinct improvement on the last one I read ("Woman to Wed") which was just awful. This one is definitely a return to form, with her heroine, Georgia, being satisfyingly feisty and strong-minded and the hero, Piers, being if not quite as sexy as some of Jordan's heroes, at least he is quite a well-rounded character. There's a disparity in their ages - Georgia is the youthful newly-qualified vet, which must put her in her mid-twenties some time and he's the forty-year-old career-driven IT programmer. The pair are united over his Godmother's unruly dog (surely the best character in the book, an English setter named "Ben").
The blossoming romance element of the story is a real strength in this book - sometimes it's just all sex and then suddenly in chapter ten they realise they love each other - this is not a fault in this book. There's a real sense of their developing comradeship and friendship as well as mutual attraction. Consider: "As he'd leant across the table Georgia had been able to see where the sunlight left a soft gold trail on his bare forearm, and she'd had the most ridiculous urge to reach out and touch him there." The sense of burgeoning tenderness between the characters is very well done and there is a real feeling that when the couple do ultimately attain their inevitable happy ending, that it is well-deserved.
The "one intimate night" of the title is actually spent as a guest in someone else's house whilst Piers and Georgia look for the dog, which Piers has managed to lose, despite promising his Godmother he'd look after it whilst she was away. The couple then get swept away with shall we say "other concerns" leaving it to a local scout troop to find the dog for them. Yes, this is the usual ridiculous Mills and Boon fare, but Piers in losing the dog shows his humanity to the reader (Jordan male heroes tend to be usually too forbidding and controlling to ever let the reader get close).
I enjoyed reading this immensely - it's a little bit different again, and emphasises what a strong author for Mills and Boon Jordan was. Within the confines of such a strict formula to write within, she still manages to surprise the reader. Fabulous.
The blossoming romance element of the story is a real strength in this book - sometimes it's just all sex and then suddenly in chapter ten they realise they love each other - this is not a fault in this book. There's a real sense of their developing comradeship and friendship as well as mutual attraction. Consider: "As he'd leant across the table Georgia had been able to see where the sunlight left a soft gold trail on his bare forearm, and she'd had the most ridiculous urge to reach out and touch him there." The sense of burgeoning tenderness between the characters is very well done and there is a real feeling that when the couple do ultimately attain their inevitable happy ending, that it is well-deserved.
The "one intimate night" of the title is actually spent as a guest in someone else's house whilst Piers and Georgia look for the dog, which Piers has managed to lose, despite promising his Godmother he'd look after it whilst she was away. The couple then get swept away with shall we say "other concerns" leaving it to a local scout troop to find the dog for them. Yes, this is the usual ridiculous Mills and Boon fare, but Piers in losing the dog shows his humanity to the reader (Jordan male heroes tend to be usually too forbidding and controlling to ever let the reader get close).
I enjoyed reading this immensely - it's a little bit different again, and emphasises what a strong author for Mills and Boon Jordan was. Within the confines of such a strict formula to write within, she still manages to surprise the reader. Fabulous.
October 4, 2020
Dog Heaven 🐕
This is one of my favourite stories by Penny Jordan. I have reread it many times.
A sweet story featuring the heroine vet Georgia and the hero Piers, an IT professional. The dog Ben, belonging to Piers godmother, is simply adorable. He causes havoc wherever he goes.
Piers is planning to buy a house where his godmother lives and his parents are concerned that dog Ben is too much for an elderly lady. Piers soon agrees with them when he pays a visit to his godmother and see's Ben in action. Offering to take Ben to a dog training class, which Georgia is leading, it becomes obvious Ben needs a different owner. There is an instant attraction between Georgia and Piers. Georgia informs Piers that it is unfair for Ben to have too many owners, as the last owner couldn't really cope with him either. Piers set's Georgia a challenge to train Ben for the sake of his godmother.
A delightfully written romance told well by Jordan. You cannot love Ben. Piers is sexy and thoughtful, and Georgia is so kind and sweet. It contains a good build-up of sexual tension with the bedroom door open 🔥
Highly recommended ❤
This is one of my favourite stories by Penny Jordan. I have reread it many times.
A sweet story featuring the heroine vet Georgia and the hero Piers, an IT professional. The dog Ben, belonging to Piers godmother, is simply adorable. He causes havoc wherever he goes.
Piers is planning to buy a house where his godmother lives and his parents are concerned that dog Ben is too much for an elderly lady. Piers soon agrees with them when he pays a visit to his godmother and see's Ben in action. Offering to take Ben to a dog training class, which Georgia is leading, it becomes obvious Ben needs a different owner. There is an instant attraction between Georgia and Piers. Georgia informs Piers that it is unfair for Ben to have too many owners, as the last owner couldn't really cope with him either. Piers set's Georgia a challenge to train Ben for the sake of his godmother.
A delightfully written romance told well by Jordan. You cannot love Ben. Piers is sexy and thoughtful, and Georgia is so kind and sweet. It contains a good build-up of sexual tension with the bedroom door open 🔥
Highly recommended ❤
March 21, 2016
3.5
Ok, just so you know, I have almost always loved what I read by Penny Jordan. That said, I alternated between really liking this story to being really annoyed with it. Georgia, our heroine, is a veterinarian. She loves what she does, loves animals and is a good person. She's also young and relatively inexperienced (which is an M.O. for a Ms. Jordan heroine). Piers is, of course, all Alpha male and generally doesn't have anything to do with people like Ginger. They both annoyed me sometimes, and other times I thought they were great.
The real character to love in this story is Ben. The dog. I was surprised when I was reading because Ms. Jordan wrote from the POV of Georgia, Piers and Ben. It was Cute. Not amazing, but certainly cute. I'm a cat person, so I'm not sure whether I would have liked it more if Ben had been a cat.
Ok, just so you know, I have almost always loved what I read by Penny Jordan. That said, I alternated between really liking this story to being really annoyed with it. Georgia, our heroine, is a veterinarian. She loves what she does, loves animals and is a good person. She's also young and relatively inexperienced (which is an M.O. for a Ms. Jordan heroine). Piers is, of course, all Alpha male and generally doesn't have anything to do with people like Ginger. They both annoyed me sometimes, and other times I thought they were great.
The real character to love in this story is Ben. The dog. I was surprised when I was reading because Ms. Jordan wrote from the POV of Georgia, Piers and Ben. It was Cute. Not amazing, but certainly cute. I'm a cat person, so I'm not sure whether I would have liked it more if Ben had been a cat.
October 25, 2021
The story is mostly about the dog Ben. He is the dog of the H’s godmother. The dog is disliked by the H and liked by the h.
One day the H’s car gets stolen with the dog on the backseat of the car. So the dog is missing for several days.
What annoys me in this book, is that the h and H already on the first night that the dog is missing, have sex for the first time. And for a lot of times.
They have sex so often that you start to wonder if the life of the dog even matters to them. She’s not a virgin, which I also didn’t like.
I would have given it one star, but I give it two stars for the cute dog.
One day the H’s car gets stolen with the dog on the backseat of the car. So the dog is missing for several days.
What annoys me in this book, is that the h and H already on the first night that the dog is missing, have sex for the first time. And for a lot of times.
They have sex so often that you start to wonder if the life of the dog even matters to them. She’s not a virgin, which I also didn’t like.
I would have given it one star, but I give it two stars for the cute dog.
January 3, 2017
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January 10, 2023Its more fun and engoyable novel. About naught dog how make H and h in love even they dont have one thing to share expt naughy dog.love it even i dont like anemal or any pet.
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