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Calender Mistress #3
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May has spent most of her life looking after her sisters and helping to run the family business - and she's determined not to let anyone take her home and livelihood! Especially not arrogant property tycoon Jude Marshall! However, deserving May has always been overlooked in the past - and now sexy, charming Jude is out to wine and dine her. May can't afford to let anyone get too close in case her secret is discovered - and anyway, surely Jude is the type of man to want a mistress, not a wife?
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First published May 1, 2004
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Carole Mortimer
1,301 books911 followersI have written almost 250 romance novels in contemporary and Regency.
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
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September 21, 2020
"The Deserving Mistress" is the story of May and Jude.
In the conclusion to this "not so mistress" trilogy, the oldest Calender girl faces off against the big bad construction tycoon we've heard about in the last few books.. well, not really.
He's supposed to be bossy and evil- he's not. She's supposed to be shy- she's not. They start the book by fighting- she doesn't want to sell, he wants to buy, a mysterious woman enters (the secret is very predictable), loads of drama and revelations happen and we realize the couple fell in love along the way.
The least interesting book of the series but not bad.
Meh.
Safe
2.5/5
In the conclusion to this "not so mistress" trilogy, the oldest Calender girl faces off against the big bad construction tycoon we've heard about in the last few books.. well, not really.
He's supposed to be bossy and evil- he's not. She's supposed to be shy- she's not. They start the book by fighting- she doesn't want to sell, he wants to buy, a mysterious woman enters (the secret is very predictable), loads of drama and revelations happen and we realize the couple fell in love along the way.
The least interesting book of the series but not bad.
Meh.
Safe
2.5/5
January 22, 2014
There are no words...
June 24, 2015
I can't review this book, because I didn't like it and yet I can't pinpoint what was wrong with it.
May, the eldest of the Calendar sisters (this is book 3 of a trilogy) is left alone on the family farm. Businessman Jude wants to buy the farm from the Calendar girls so he can develop the land, and is willing to play dirty to get it. First he sent his lawyer Max to make a deal - but Max ended up falling in love with January Calendar, the youngest sister. Then he sent Will, his architect, to make plans for a new building complex - but Will fell for March Calendar and gave up on the idea. Now Jude shows up in person to try and make a deal with May.
There are some huge plot holes, like the fact that neither Max nor Will seemed to care about their jobs after they fell in love - does love make people ignore the fact that they have a living to earn? But the only thing that I can concentrate on about this book is how exhausting it is to read. It's just totally...blah. Lots of anger and screaming emotion, none of which seems real to me. May and Jude both being angry and thoroughly irrational.
Normally I find it easy to say why I don't like a book; far easier than saying why I don't like one. Normally I have strong feelings, either positive or negative.
This book I just don't care enough to try and work it out. I'm exhausted. It's 180-some pages, I started it this afternoon, and I feel like I've been slogging away at it for weeks.
I'm done. And if the second one in this trilogy shows up (because I know it's around somewhere), I'll stick it in the back of a closet and forget about it for awhile.
May, the eldest of the Calendar sisters (this is book 3 of a trilogy) is left alone on the family farm. Businessman Jude wants to buy the farm from the Calendar girls so he can develop the land, and is willing to play dirty to get it. First he sent his lawyer Max to make a deal - but Max ended up falling in love with January Calendar, the youngest sister. Then he sent Will, his architect, to make plans for a new building complex - but Will fell for March Calendar and gave up on the idea. Now Jude shows up in person to try and make a deal with May.
There are some huge plot holes, like the fact that neither Max nor Will seemed to care about their jobs after they fell in love - does love make people ignore the fact that they have a living to earn? But the only thing that I can concentrate on about this book is how exhausting it is to read. It's just totally...blah. Lots of anger and screaming emotion, none of which seems real to me. May and Jude both being angry and thoroughly irrational.
Normally I find it easy to say why I don't like a book; far easier than saying why I don't like one. Normally I have strong feelings, either positive or negative.
This book I just don't care enough to try and work it out. I'm exhausted. It's 180-some pages, I started it this afternoon, and I feel like I've been slogging away at it for weeks.
I'm done. And if the second one in this trilogy shows up (because I know it's around somewhere), I'll stick it in the back of a closet and forget about it for awhile.
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August 26, 2014 حبيبي المغرور
لن ترضى أن تكون حبيبة فقط !
أمضت ماي معظم حياتها ترعى أخواتها وتدير شؤون العائلة ...
وهي عازمة على ألا تدع أحدا يسرق منه منزلها وحياتها لا سيما المالك المغرور جود مارشال!
لكن جود لم يستطع أن يقاوم سحرها وعذوبتها فغروره اختفى بمجرد نظرة إليها .. وهو الآن يواجه تحديا هل ستصبح إحدى النساء اللواتي عبرن في حياته أو أنه سيرتبط بها إلى الأبد ؟
يريد شراء مزرعتها
لن ترضى أن تكون حبيبة فقط !
أمضت ماي معظم حياتها ترعى أخواتها وتدير شؤون العائلة ...
وهي عازمة على ألا تدع أحدا يسرق منه منزلها وحياتها لا سيما المالك المغرور جود مارشال!
لكن جود لم يستطع أن يقاوم سحرها وعذوبتها فغروره اختفى بمجرد نظرة إليها .. وهو الآن يواجه تحديا هل ستصبح إحدى النساء اللواتي عبرن في حياته أو أنه سيرتبط بها إلى الأبد ؟
يريد شراء مزرعتها
January 5, 2023
totally not up to par with carole mortimer's writing
November 23, 2016
Quyển này về VN dịch thành: Trang trại tình yêu. Hơi dài dòng và lặp lại khi sử dụng kiểu câu " A sẽ là người cuối cùng mà B sẽ yêu cầu giúp đỡ", ý kiểu: nếu A phải nhờ ai đó giúp đỡ thì B là người cuối cùng A nghĩ đến.
Cảm thấy có chút đồng cảm với nữ chính. Thiếu thốn tình cảm của người mẹ khiến cô trở nên phải cứng rắn hơn, luôn là người lí trí trong các chị em, cũng chính vì thế mà khiến cô mong manh, dễ vỡ lúc nào không hay.
Mạch truyện nhanh, quá chú tâm vào các cuộc đối thoại và miêu tả tâm lí nhân vật mà quên rằng cuộc sống của họ sau này ra sao.
Tên nhân vật thú vị. Mẹ: April, con gái cả: May, con gái thứ: March, con gái út: January.
Cảm thấy có chút đồng cảm với nữ chính. Thiếu thốn tình cảm của người mẹ khiến cô trở nên phải cứng rắn hơn, luôn là người lí trí trong các chị em, cũng chính vì thế mà khiến cô mong manh, dễ vỡ lúc nào không hay.
Mạch truyện nhanh, quá chú tâm vào các cuộc đối thoại và miêu tả tâm lí nhân vật mà quên rằng cuộc sống của họ sau này ra sao.
Tên nhân vật thú vị. Mẹ: April, con gái cả: May, con gái thứ: March, con gái út: January.
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June 2, 2020
For me the best of the Calender Sisters Series.
Synopsis:
May has spent most of her life looking after her sisters and helping to run the family business - and she's determined not to let anyone take her home and livelihood! Especially not arrogant property tycoon Jude Marshall! However, deserving May has always been overlooked in the past - and now sexy, charming Jude is out to wine and dine her. May can't afford to let anyone get too close in case her secret is discovered - and anyway, surely Jude is the type of man to want a mistress, not a wife?
Synopsis:
May has spent most of her life looking after her sisters and helping to run the family business - and she's determined not to let anyone take her home and livelihood! Especially not arrogant property tycoon Jude Marshall! However, deserving May has always been overlooked in the past - and now sexy, charming Jude is out to wine and dine her. May can't afford to let anyone get too close in case her secret is discovered - and anyway, surely Jude is the type of man to want a mistress, not a wife?
January 17, 2015
Những chương đầu quá chán và k hiểu nổi. Chỉ muốn vứt luôn sách vì nữ chính điên rồ khi luôn lảng tránh và bỏ đi.
Đọc tiếp mới hiểu nguyên nhân cô nàng.
Cái kết đơn giản, tầm thường. Kết như có cho xong 1 cuốn sách.
Đọc tiếp mới hiểu nguyên nhân cô nàng.
Cái kết đơn giản, tầm thường. Kết như có cho xong 1 cuốn sách.
June 26, 2012
J'ai jamais été une fan des double mariages mais là un triple mariage !!! Ca ne fait pas vraiment mariage à mon goût !
July 21, 2023
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