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Cage of Ice
She had to deceive the man she loved
When a kidnapping threat endangered her pregnant sister, Domino Graham agreed to act as a decoy. In her brother-in-law's remote Austrian chalet, Domino would hide out under guard, posing as the countess.
Forced to endure nerve-racking boredom, Domino tried to get to know her guards. But their leader, Ace Edwards, treated her with a coldness that was hard to understand.
Once Domino had penetrated his chilling contempt she fell in love with Ace. If only she could tell him the truth--that he wasn't longing for another man's wife.
When a kidnapping threat endangered her pregnant sister, Domino Graham agreed to act as a decoy. In her brother-in-law's remote Austrian chalet, Domino would hide out under guard, posing as the countess.
Forced to endure nerve-racking boredom, Domino tried to get to know her guards. But their leader, Ace Edwards, treated her with a coldness that was hard to understand.
Once Domino had penetrated his chilling contempt she fell in love with Ace. If only she could tell him the truth--that he wasn't longing for another man's wife.
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Sally Wentworth
106 books93 followersDoreen was born on 1936 or 1937 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She married Donald Alfred Hornsblow, with whom she has a son Keith, in 1968. The family lived in Braughing, England.
Doreen began her publishing career at a Fleet Street newspaper in London, where she thrived in the hectic atmosphere. She started writing after attending an evening class and sold her first novel to Mills & Boon in 1977, she published her novels under the pseudonym Sally Wentworth. Her novels were principally set in Great Britain or in exotic places like Canary Islands or Greece. Her first works are stand-alone novels, but in 1990s, she decided to create her first series. In 1991, she wrote a book in two parts about the Barclay twins and their great love, and in 1995, she wrote the Ties of Passion Trilogy about the Brodey family, that have money, looks, style, everything... except love.
Doreen was an accounts clerk at Associated Newspapers Ltd. in London, England, and accounts clerk at Consumers' Association in Hertford, England. In 1985, she was the founding chair of the Hertford Association of National Trust Members, and named its life president. She also collected knife rests and she was member of The Knife Rest Collectors Club.
Doreen Hornsblow died from cancer on 30 August 2001, at 64 years of age.
Doreen began her publishing career at a Fleet Street newspaper in London, where she thrived in the hectic atmosphere. She started writing after attending an evening class and sold her first novel to Mills & Boon in 1977, she published her novels under the pseudonym Sally Wentworth. Her novels were principally set in Great Britain or in exotic places like Canary Islands or Greece. Her first works are stand-alone novels, but in 1990s, she decided to create her first series. In 1991, she wrote a book in two parts about the Barclay twins and their great love, and in 1995, she wrote the Ties of Passion Trilogy about the Brodey family, that have money, looks, style, everything... except love.
Doreen was an accounts clerk at Associated Newspapers Ltd. in London, England, and accounts clerk at Consumers' Association in Hertford, England. In 1985, she was the founding chair of the Hertford Association of National Trust Members, and named its life president. She also collected knife rests and she was member of The Knife Rest Collectors Club.
Doreen Hornsblow died from cancer on 30 August 2001, at 64 years of age.
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April 19, 2022
Heroine Domino Graham’s pregnant, married sister Delphine, is threatened with kidnapping. Domino takes Delphine’s place until the danger is over. While staying at her sister’s Austrian chalet she meets the man that is to be her bodyguard, Ace Edwards. Sparks fly when they are together, but how can Domino show her attraction to Ace when she is pretending to be the married Delphine?
I sometimes enjoy a forbidden kind of romance so I found this one interesting. I liked the cold, remote ski chalet setting, and the tension that kept building between Domino and Ace… Domino not being able to tell Ace who she really is, and Ace, thinking Domino is a married woman, but being attracted to her. Domino had some TSTL (too stupid to live) moments, and the hero was quite abrupt and cranky at times, but this was still a very entertaining read.
I sometimes enjoy a forbidden kind of romance so I found this one interesting. I liked the cold, remote ski chalet setting, and the tension that kept building between Domino and Ace… Domino not being able to tell Ace who she really is, and Ace, thinking Domino is a married woman, but being attracted to her. Domino had some TSTL (too stupid to live) moments, and the hero was quite abrupt and cranky at times, but this was still a very entertaining read.
June 14, 2011
The things we do for love!
Domino is in a tough situation. She falls in love with her bodyguard, who believes she's a married woman, and she can't tell him that she's merely pretending to be her sister, who is in hiding. She has to fight her intense feelings for this compelling, strong man who has claimed her heart, because she could put her pregnant sister in jeopardy if she reveals her secret. Yeah, that's intense.
Cage of Ice presents a scenario like this and it's done in such a way that I couldn't stop reading. Domino is a good person, and she's not selfish enough to go after her own needs, even if she loves Ace so badly it's hard to keep him at a distance. I felt for her and for Ace too. Although Ace acts like he despises Domino at first, it's because he feels that instant lightning strike for her. He loves her and he knows he can't have her, because: 1)she's married, 2)she's his package that he's been hired to protect, 3)his past taught him that rich girls will only bring him to ruin. But Domino (who he knows as Delphine) is not a woman he can ignore or avoid. I loved the fact that Ace was upfront about his feelings for Domino early in this book. He told Domino that he loved her, and that he'd make it work out for them to be together. I did feel conflicted because I hate cheating, and from his standpoint, it was cheating. But it was clear that wasn't a casual thing for him to get around either. I could feel how Domino was torn in two different directions, between her loyalty to her family and to her love and intense feelings for Ace. I hurt for her when she had to push him away and make him think she was a soulless, promiscuous tart who was just playing with his feelings so he'd back off. I was glad that Ace saw deeper and searched for more in this woman he had come to love.
Sally Wentworth does an excellent job of building the tension here. Domino is literally caged in, both physically and emotionally. Stuck in a chateau with her guards, due to bad weather, and the fact that she had to keep a low profile so that the possible kidnappers couldn't make a grab at her, and because they weren't supposed to be there. On top of that is the emotional storm that her bodyguard makes her feel.
Although these kind of storylines tie me into a knot because I want the couple to be able to be together and happy, I also relish the tension and the suspense of having to keep reading to see how things will be resolved. And Ms. Wentworth sustained that practically to the last few pages. My reward for persevering was an ending that was so sweet and precious.
Although Ace was the tough, sometimes cruel hero, I really liked him. I could understand why he came on so hard, and I loved that he was a man of action instead of a born into privilege hero. I liked Domino a lot too. She really put her life and her heart on the line for love of her sister, and that spoke to me. I think Domino and Ace really deserved their happy ending, and I'm glad they got it.
This book is darn close to perfect, so I give it 4.5 stars.
Domino is in a tough situation. She falls in love with her bodyguard, who believes she's a married woman, and she can't tell him that she's merely pretending to be her sister, who is in hiding. She has to fight her intense feelings for this compelling, strong man who has claimed her heart, because she could put her pregnant sister in jeopardy if she reveals her secret. Yeah, that's intense.
Cage of Ice presents a scenario like this and it's done in such a way that I couldn't stop reading. Domino is a good person, and she's not selfish enough to go after her own needs, even if she loves Ace so badly it's hard to keep him at a distance. I felt for her and for Ace too. Although Ace acts like he despises Domino at first, it's because he feels that instant lightning strike for her. He loves her and he knows he can't have her, because: 1)she's married, 2)she's his package that he's been hired to protect, 3)his past taught him that rich girls will only bring him to ruin. But Domino (who he knows as Delphine) is not a woman he can ignore or avoid. I loved the fact that Ace was upfront about his feelings for Domino early in this book. He told Domino that he loved her, and that he'd make it work out for them to be together. I did feel conflicted because I hate cheating, and from his standpoint, it was cheating. But it was clear that wasn't a casual thing for him to get around either. I could feel how Domino was torn in two different directions, between her loyalty to her family and to her love and intense feelings for Ace. I hurt for her when she had to push him away and make him think she was a soulless, promiscuous tart who was just playing with his feelings so he'd back off. I was glad that Ace saw deeper and searched for more in this woman he had come to love.
Sally Wentworth does an excellent job of building the tension here. Domino is literally caged in, both physically and emotionally. Stuck in a chateau with her guards, due to bad weather, and the fact that she had to keep a low profile so that the possible kidnappers couldn't make a grab at her, and because they weren't supposed to be there. On top of that is the emotional storm that her bodyguard makes her feel.
Although these kind of storylines tie me into a knot because I want the couple to be able to be together and happy, I also relish the tension and the suspense of having to keep reading to see how things will be resolved. And Ms. Wentworth sustained that practically to the last few pages. My reward for persevering was an ending that was so sweet and precious.
Although Ace was the tough, sometimes cruel hero, I really liked him. I could understand why he came on so hard, and I loved that he was a man of action instead of a born into privilege hero. I liked Domino a lot too. She really put her life and her heart on the line for love of her sister, and that spoke to me. I think Domino and Ace really deserved their happy ending, and I'm glad they got it.
This book is darn close to perfect, so I give it 4.5 stars.
June 10, 2016
Re Cage of Ice - this is the more lighthearted side of Sally Wentworth, as you can see by the H and h's names sounding like they should be running gaming tables - Domino and Ace.
They meet when the h's pregger twin sister is being threatened by kidnapping from her very wealthy aristocratic husband's rival business competitors. For some reason the whole family thinks it is a fine idear to make the h the kidnapper's target instead of trained decoy for the pregger lady. I think the thinking was if something happens, it will be okay - they have a spare after all.
So the h and a security team move to the twin sis's husband's secluded chalet, while the twin goes into deep hiding. Why everyone couldn't just go into seclusion until the sis's hubby had eliminated the threat is never really explained well and would have ruined the story, so just go with it.
Anyhowse, the H is the chief security guy and he is not nice at all to the h. He seems to have some sort of issue with rich witches, but as the weeks run on and the h is really just an adorable scatty person wandering around the chalet, the H's attitude changes significantly.
He falls in love with the ephemeral h and true to HP rules, the h falls right back. This presents a problem as the H now wants the h for his own and he spends considerable time trying to convince the h that she needs to leave her hubby for him. He may not be as rich as the hubby, but he loooveess her soooo much and he would be much better suited to her passionate outbursts.
The h can't explain of course, she is under an Oath Of Total Secrecy and if she tells the truth, the sis's hubby is likely to kill her. (Not really, I don't think, but the hubby was by far the most Alpha dude of this group and really sorta the overbearing brother in law type that is easy to just totally dislike. ) This inability to explain the true situation and the angst of lying to her one true lurve, gives the h lots of page time for internal fretting and angst and the H has lots of time to find new ways to convince the h she needs to be with him.
Then finally the sis's hubby decrees the threat is neutralized and rips the h away before she can explain what happened to the H. (This too seemed a bit improbable given the h's deep lurve and unwillingness to usually follow orders, but again just go with it - the really good part is coming up.)
Finally the h manages to get over her pining enough to get the sis's hubby to take a break in his business schedule to track down the H and bring him to the h, so she can tell him she isn't married and they can have some fun hiding the lurve club.
The H gets to the vast family mansion and the h and sis's hubby explains, but instead of dragging her off by her hair to the new family lair, the H just gets a constipated look on his face and walks away. The h, in a torment of confusion, takes off after the H and threatens to follow him around all day, dodging various flower and trinket sellers, if he doesn't talk to her and then grab her by her hair to haul her off.
The H doesn't look very impressed by this, and he explains that he is a wee bit irkolated at the high handedness of her family and maybe he just doesn't want her anymore anyways. So the h has to use serious war tactics now and threatens to start removing her clothes in the street of he doesn't do his cavemanly job and carry her off. The H tells her to go right ahead and kicks back against a convenient lamp post to watch.
The h explains that she would do this better to music and that the H will have to pay any fines she incurs as she has no money on her and then proceeds to strip in the road. She gets to flashing the tops of her pantyhose (apparently sans underwear,) in the dress removal process, when the H scoops her and her discarded garments off and carries her to his manly lair where passionate loving and the big HEA ensues.
This one was fast, cute and pretty tightly constructed in story line, as basically it is a locked room romance. The focus is all on the intensity between the H and h and their developing feelings as they have to stay tied to one small location. The street stripping has to be the weirdest Grand Gesture in all of HPlandia, but the h was scatty enough to carry it off and it seemed to work the for the H. Give this one a go when you need some HPlandia angst relief or just want to explore the lighter side of SW.
They meet when the h's pregger twin sister is being threatened by kidnapping from her very wealthy aristocratic husband's rival business competitors. For some reason the whole family thinks it is a fine idear to make the h the kidnapper's target instead of trained decoy for the pregger lady. I think the thinking was if something happens, it will be okay - they have a spare after all.
So the h and a security team move to the twin sis's husband's secluded chalet, while the twin goes into deep hiding. Why everyone couldn't just go into seclusion until the sis's hubby had eliminated the threat is never really explained well and would have ruined the story, so just go with it.
Anyhowse, the H is the chief security guy and he is not nice at all to the h. He seems to have some sort of issue with rich witches, but as the weeks run on and the h is really just an adorable scatty person wandering around the chalet, the H's attitude changes significantly.
He falls in love with the ephemeral h and true to HP rules, the h falls right back. This presents a problem as the H now wants the h for his own and he spends considerable time trying to convince the h that she needs to leave her hubby for him. He may not be as rich as the hubby, but he loooveess her soooo much and he would be much better suited to her passionate outbursts.
The h can't explain of course, she is under an Oath Of Total Secrecy and if she tells the truth, the sis's hubby is likely to kill her. (Not really, I don't think, but the hubby was by far the most Alpha dude of this group and really sorta the overbearing brother in law type that is easy to just totally dislike. ) This inability to explain the true situation and the angst of lying to her one true lurve, gives the h lots of page time for internal fretting and angst and the H has lots of time to find new ways to convince the h she needs to be with him.
Then finally the sis's hubby decrees the threat is neutralized and rips the h away before she can explain what happened to the H. (This too seemed a bit improbable given the h's deep lurve and unwillingness to usually follow orders, but again just go with it - the really good part is coming up.)
Finally the h manages to get over her pining enough to get the sis's hubby to take a break in his business schedule to track down the H and bring him to the h, so she can tell him she isn't married and they can have some fun hiding the lurve club.
The H gets to the vast family mansion and the h and sis's hubby explains, but instead of dragging her off by her hair to the new family lair, the H just gets a constipated look on his face and walks away. The h, in a torment of confusion, takes off after the H and threatens to follow him around all day, dodging various flower and trinket sellers, if he doesn't talk to her and then grab her by her hair to haul her off.
The H doesn't look very impressed by this, and he explains that he is a wee bit irkolated at the high handedness of her family and maybe he just doesn't want her anymore anyways. So the h has to use serious war tactics now and threatens to start removing her clothes in the street of he doesn't do his cavemanly job and carry her off. The H tells her to go right ahead and kicks back against a convenient lamp post to watch.
The h explains that she would do this better to music and that the H will have to pay any fines she incurs as she has no money on her and then proceeds to strip in the road. She gets to flashing the tops of her pantyhose (apparently sans underwear,) in the dress removal process, when the H scoops her and her discarded garments off and carries her to his manly lair where passionate loving and the big HEA ensues.
This one was fast, cute and pretty tightly constructed in story line, as basically it is a locked room romance. The focus is all on the intensity between the H and h and their developing feelings as they have to stay tied to one small location. The street stripping has to be the weirdest Grand Gesture in all of HPlandia, but the h was scatty enough to carry it off and it seemed to work the for the H. Give this one a go when you need some HPlandia angst relief or just want to explore the lighter side of SW.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 16, 2010
I read this one hoping for a lot since SW is the author of one of my all time favorite HPs, The Judas Kiss. This one might not be quite that much but it was really good. The hero, Ace, tried so hard not to fall for Domino since she was pretending to be her married sister (foiling a kidnapping plot) but alas could not hold out against her. Once he decided to love her he was all in. I liked that once he made up his mind that he loved her he tried hard to convince her to leave her 'husband' for him. That sounds callous but I think the thing that made it workable is that he was convinced from her actions that she hadn't ever loved her 'husband' and that what they had together was more important than the money and social standing that she was supposedly receiving in her 'marriage.' He forgave her waffling as she tried to keep her secret over and over. A lot of passion and angst. She was a strong character not doormatty at all.
September 18, 2019
I just have to say WOW!Don`t think i have ever read a Harlequin Romance where the hero is a Bodyguard..and a very sexy one in "Cage of Ice".
Sally Wentworth delivers a excellent and passionate romance all girls wish for and in this case it was just so Romantic!The story flows through well and we easily sympathisize with the heroine Domino Graham,who has to be guarded against persons who wants her sister ill,and the worst thing is that she pretends to be her sister!
In all this she meets the bodyguards leader Ace Edwards (i LOVE the name) who seems to hate her but the chemistry sizzles between them and grows to something they both cannot deny.
Ace and Domino have become on of my favourites couple ever!Just love their romance!Of both of them i actually felt more sorry for Ace who happened to fall in love with a married woman he had to protect.Him being mean to her was because he wanted to hide and fight his feelings.Oh his desire and love was so CLEAR even to the heroine,loved that.Even when she broke his heart,did he still try to find something good in her,and he still loves her even when he thought the worst of her.I love that he are so honest about his love..Love the romantic-scenes when he makes her swear that she loves him and not her husband and that she will leave her husband and come to him.JUST LOVE HIM!A crazily in love hero are always the best ones!
The angst was YUMMY and i just longed for Domino to put Ace out of misery.The cute ending..just made the whole story so perfect-this is a must read for Romance fans!
2019.04.04 Re-read
Sally Wentworth delivers a excellent and passionate romance all girls wish for and in this case it was just so Romantic!The story flows through well and we easily sympathisize with the heroine Domino Graham,who has to be guarded against persons who wants her sister ill,and the worst thing is that she pretends to be her sister!
In all this she meets the bodyguards leader Ace Edwards (i LOVE the name) who seems to hate her but the chemistry sizzles between them and grows to something they both cannot deny.
Ace and Domino have become on of my favourites couple ever!Just love their romance!Of both of them i actually felt more sorry for Ace who happened to fall in love with a married woman he had to protect.Him being mean to her was because he wanted to hide and fight his feelings.Oh his desire and love was so CLEAR even to the heroine,loved that.Even when she broke his heart,did he still try to find something good in her,and he still loves her even when he thought the worst of her.I love that he are so honest about his love..Love the romantic-scenes when he makes her swear that she loves him and not her husband and that she will leave her husband and come to him.JUST LOVE HIM!A crazily in love hero are always the best ones!
The angst was YUMMY and i just longed for Domino to put Ace out of misery.The cute ending..just made the whole story so perfect-this is a must read for Romance fans!
2019.04.04 Re-read
May 12, 2014
Outside of the Judas Kiss, I don't think this author is for me. Or maybe, I just wasn't in the right mood, but I didn't care for this one at all.
These two just drove me batshite crazy, but not in a good way. I've seen ten year olds act with more sense and maturity. The author's "Big Misunderstanding" was just one other absurd obstacle that didn't make sense.
I also never felt their love. This was all about lust and their waffling back and forth just had me gritting my teeth.
These two just drove me batshite crazy, but not in a good way. I've seen ten year olds act with more sense and maturity. The author's "Big Misunderstanding" was just one other absurd obstacle that didn't make sense.
I also never felt their love. This was all about lust and their waffling back and forth just had me gritting my teeth.
March 28, 2016
Heroine's pregnant sister is in danger so heroine decides to pose as her. It is decided she will move for a few days to a remote Austrian chalet. There she falls in love with her security guard and he is crazy about her too but poor man he thinks she is a married woman and she can't tell him the truth.
Cute read. Loved the angst, the sexual tension and the funny ending.
Cute read. Loved the angst, the sexual tension and the funny ending.
March 31, 2019
"Cage of Ice" is the story of Domino and Ace.
A rather sweet but complex love story, this one has deception, desire, passion and a satisfying resolution.
Our h has an older sister who's married to a billionaire Count. When a business decision leads to a threat on the life of the pregnant Contessa, the Count asks our h to pretend to be her sister, being guarded on a secluded cabin while her sister is whisked away to safety. She agrees, and it is there she meets the grumpy hero, who is her bodyguard along with his two colleges. They both experience intense attraction- but with a moral dilemma- the H thinks the h is married, the h is under promise of secrecy to hide the truth. They banter, have fiery kisses, and almost give into their carnal desires..until their scruples intervene.
A pretty good love story where both the characters struggle with their sexual magnetism, keep pushing each other away- only to be drawn like moth to flame, and ultimately end up together.
Perhaps the funniest moment is when the h threatens to strip in public, unless the H accepts her love, LOL.
Safe
3.5/5
A rather sweet but complex love story, this one has deception, desire, passion and a satisfying resolution.
Our h has an older sister who's married to a billionaire Count. When a business decision leads to a threat on the life of the pregnant Contessa, the Count asks our h to pretend to be her sister, being guarded on a secluded cabin while her sister is whisked away to safety. She agrees, and it is there she meets the grumpy hero, who is her bodyguard along with his two colleges. They both experience intense attraction- but with a moral dilemma- the H thinks the h is married, the h is under promise of secrecy to hide the truth. They banter, have fiery kisses, and almost give into their carnal desires..until their scruples intervene.
A pretty good love story where both the characters struggle with their sexual magnetism, keep pushing each other away- only to be drawn like moth to flame, and ultimately end up together.
Perhaps the funniest moment is when the h threatens to strip in public, unless the H accepts her love, LOL.
Safe
3.5/5
April 3, 2016
Please keep in mind my rating is based on the Harlequin scale, lol. This is not the same scale in which I rate other books.
Cage of Ice is one of those wonderful Harlequins where everything is just fucked up because of a simple misunderstanding. It's also one of the older ones, so the main characters are very concerned with virtue and innocence and things like that. The word "slut" is used disparagingly, the hero makes some mention of the heroine needing to be "taught a lesson" and I bet if she were pregnant, she'd be swigging back the wine like it was her job. God, I love the old school romances.
Sally Wentworth wrote my all-time favourite Harlequin (The Judas Kiss) and I've read Cage of Ice a few times. It's hugely entertaining. Domino is pretending to be her sister, Delphine, who is at risk because of her husband's job. Delphine's pregnant, so she mustn't be worried AT ALL (bless her heart) and the fam is totes cool with putting Domino in danger, because why not. No fetus, no probs, amirite?
Domino goes to hide out (impersonating her sister) in the family's ultra chic Austrian chalet. Her brother-in-law (who is a legit Count) hires a bunch of dudes to protect his SiL and then leaves her to it. Of course she falls head over heels for the leader of the pack, an alpha male named Ace, who takes one look atDelphine Domino and needs to have her right then and there. He gets pissed off because she has the audacity to already be married, and then treats her like shit because of it. Natch, she's all for that because pain = love in old school romances.
Much, much drama ensues, they eventually recognize that they're meant to be and all's well that ends well, okay? One of the better Wentworth efforts - she's really talented at creating interesting plots to frame the sexual tension and romance.
Cage of Ice is one of those wonderful Harlequins where everything is just fucked up because of a simple misunderstanding. It's also one of the older ones, so the main characters are very concerned with virtue and innocence and things like that. The word "slut" is used disparagingly, the hero makes some mention of the heroine needing to be "taught a lesson" and I bet if she were pregnant, she'd be swigging back the wine like it was her job. God, I love the old school romances.
Sally Wentworth wrote my all-time favourite Harlequin (The Judas Kiss) and I've read Cage of Ice a few times. It's hugely entertaining. Domino is pretending to be her sister, Delphine, who is at risk because of her husband's job. Delphine's pregnant, so she mustn't be worried AT ALL (bless her heart) and the fam is totes cool with putting Domino in danger, because why not. No fetus, no probs, amirite?
Domino goes to hide out (impersonating her sister) in the family's ultra chic Austrian chalet. Her brother-in-law (who is a legit Count) hires a bunch of dudes to protect his SiL and then leaves her to it. Of course she falls head over heels for the leader of the pack, an alpha male named Ace, who takes one look at
Much, much drama ensues, they eventually recognize that they're meant to be and all's well that ends well, okay? One of the better Wentworth efforts - she's really talented at creating interesting plots to frame the sexual tension and romance.
November 21, 2012
This was a good one. Of course, the entire plot was full of holes and really there wasn't much justification for why the heroine didn't just tell the hero that she wasn't really married, but that sort of thing doesn't bother me. You also have to overlook the fact that the hero's behavior was pretty immoral, believing what he did. But, I still love a hero who can't help himself with the heroine, and this hero couldn't. So, four stars for a good, angsty read.
July 12, 2011
Really liked this story. The agony the hero, Ace, went through was intense and Domino went through the same with having to keep her secret from Ace. I loved the ending how, Domino got Ace to listen to her after the truth was revealed.
Great read.
Great read.
May 25, 2016
Like Domino, I wanted to break free too. . . from this book, that is. I didn't feel the writing delivered an emotional or romantic story. Nor could I sympathize with characters who made their problems worse through questionable behavior: Domino often acted like a scatterbrain and Ace came off as a little immoral. I also felt they both could have resisted temptation better considering they'd just met. After all, they only had to wait a few days or weeks at most before attempting to consummate their lust, er, love which felt contrived and unconvincing.
This is the second book I've read by Sally Wentworth, with the first being Echoes of the Past which I really liked. She probably has more books to my liking (crossing my fingers), but this was a miss for me and definitely not the author's "ace in the hole."
This is the second book I've read by Sally Wentworth, with the first being Echoes of the Past which I really liked. She probably has more books to my liking (crossing my fingers), but this was a miss for me and definitely not the author's "ace in the hole."
March 8, 2018
The title of the novel was fitting, very apt -couped up in Swiss chalet Domino masquerades as her sister who is in danger with Ace her body guard. Ace falls in love with Domino but the truth about her identity holds her back from giving in to the love in order to protect her sister...
Loved this book💕
Loved this book💕
April 16, 2021
She had to deceive the man she loved
When a kidnapping threat endangered her pregnant sister, Domino Graham agreed to act as a decoy. In her brother-in-law's remote Austrian chalet, Domino would hide out under guard, posing as the countess.
Forced to endure nerve-racking boredom, Domino tried to get to know her guards. But their leader, Ace Edwards, treated her with a coldness that was hard to understand.
Once Domino had penetrated his chilling contempt she fell in love with Ace. If only she could tell him the truth--that he wasn't longing for another man's wife.
When a kidnapping threat endangered her pregnant sister, Domino Graham agreed to act as a decoy. In her brother-in-law's remote Austrian chalet, Domino would hide out under guard, posing as the countess.
Forced to endure nerve-racking boredom, Domino tried to get to know her guards. But their leader, Ace Edwards, treated her with a coldness that was hard to understand.
Once Domino had penetrated his chilling contempt she fell in love with Ace. If only she could tell him the truth--that he wasn't longing for another man's wife.
February 28, 2016
It was a cute read but a lot was left unsaid and I really wanted them to get together in the end. Poor guy was really tortured by the fact that he thought she was married. I loved it. Good read.
November 20, 2014
Poor hero, falling in love at first sight to who he thinks is a married woman. Poor heroine, not being able to reveal her big secret. But, then everything is fixed and they live happily ever after.
July 10, 2014
The idea was interesting but the book fell flat.
April 13, 2018
I’m a big fan of Sally Wentworth, though she has some doozies. This one is middle of the road. Actually, I don’t know how it got so many high ratings. The couple were both fools.
The heroine because she is attracted to the Hero, she flirts with him and gives in to temptation, all the while knowing that she is pretending to be her sister, a married woman. What a disservice to both her sister and brother in law.
The Hero is no better, he has been hired as a bodyguard by her “husband” to watch over the heroine but he treats her with contempt, because he is trying to fight his attraction to her! Huh, hello! She is your client! Not only that, it doesn’t take him long to give in to the attraction as well. Then he pursues the heroine and goes so far as to shout at her and try to break down her door, all within hearing distance of the other bodyguards. He isn’t even discreet about it.
Then finally they declare their love for each other, but the heroine has second thoughts after her brother in law speaks to her, so to fend off the Hero, the heroine tries to pretend she is a slut constantly having affairs and sleeping around on her husband!!! Why couldnt she have told the Hero that she would come to him after the kidnapping threat has been resolved? It would have been the truth and a bit more honourable. Eventually she figures out to do that, and they are all lovey dovey again. The other 2 bodyguards, friends of the Hero, just smile and tease them. What!! As far as they know, she is still the wife of their client!? No outrage, no sense of propriety, I couldn’t believe it.
As in all Harley’s they sort each other out in the end for another abrupt ending.
The heroine because she is attracted to the Hero, she flirts with him and gives in to temptation, all the while knowing that she is pretending to be her sister, a married woman. What a disservice to both her sister and brother in law.
The Hero is no better, he has been hired as a bodyguard by her “husband” to watch over the heroine but he treats her with contempt, because he is trying to fight his attraction to her! Huh, hello! She is your client! Not only that, it doesn’t take him long to give in to the attraction as well. Then he pursues the heroine and goes so far as to shout at her and try to break down her door, all within hearing distance of the other bodyguards. He isn’t even discreet about it.
Then finally they declare their love for each other, but the heroine has second thoughts after her brother in law speaks to her, so to fend off the Hero, the heroine tries to pretend she is a slut constantly having affairs and sleeping around on her husband!!! Why couldnt she have told the Hero that she would come to him after the kidnapping threat has been resolved? It would have been the truth and a bit more honourable. Eventually she figures out to do that, and they are all lovey dovey again. The other 2 bodyguards, friends of the Hero, just smile and tease them. What!! As far as they know, she is still the wife of their client!? No outrage, no sense of propriety, I couldn’t believe it.
As in all Harley’s they sort each other out in the end for another abrupt ending.
April 30, 2022
I only realized midway through that I had read this more than a decade ago. Lovely chemistry, and the isolated setting was just what I was in the mood for. The sizzle of attraction and the hint of taboo is one of my favorites. The poor H suffers a lot emotionally lol, and the h should have done a nice sweet grovel and seduction number, but I guess her aborted attempt to strip naked in Hyde park as penance works haha.
The H falls in love at first sight, poor sod, and spends the rest of the book trying his best not to show it but ending up kissing her grabbing her and caressing her in desperation. Lots of lovely make out sessions including near nudity groping but fade to black consummation in the end. h was a virgin 22 year old and the H was 35ish. HEA.
The H falls in love at first sight, poor sod, and spends the rest of the book trying his best not to show it but ending up kissing her grabbing her and caressing her in desperation. Lots of lovely make out sessions including near nudity groping but fade to black consummation in the end. h was a virgin 22 year old and the H was 35ish. HEA.
August 5, 2024
'If you don’t admit that you love and want to marry me, then I’m-I’m going to take all my clothes off right here in the street.'
The h's histrionics drove me up the wall.
The h is pretending to be her married sister to foil an attempted kidnapping. She falls into instant lust with her bodyguard, who starts chasing her around the chalet demanding that she divorces her rich ‘husband’ and loves him instead. No promises are made apart from ‘I love yous’.
And then he gets angry she didn't reveal her true identity after 2 WEEKS!!!
I'm not in the mood...
The h's histrionics drove me up the wall.
The h is pretending to be her married sister to foil an attempted kidnapping. She falls into instant lust with her bodyguard, who starts chasing her around the chalet demanding that she divorces her rich ‘husband’ and loves him instead. No promises are made apart from ‘I love yous’.
And then he gets angry she didn't reveal her true identity after 2 WEEKS!!!
I'm not in the mood...
March 19, 2021
He is very much in love, but I don’t know if she is.
And did she need to be so cruel to belittle him about his background? I think that when people say and do mean things, that must be who they are.
And did she need to be so cruel to belittle him about his background? I think that when people say and do mean things, that must be who they are.
March 13, 2024
Just ok. She's pretending to be her married sister in an Austrian chalet safe house and he's the bodyguard who lusts after her but is really angry cos she's married. Ace and Domino. I found it a bit dull and also found his sudden declaration of love a bit precipitate.
March 23, 2020
3.5 stars
July 21, 2024
2½ Stars
This book started off really well, and then it suddenly went all haywire. I'm glad Ace and Domino got their HEA, although their journey was rather bizarre.
This book started off really well, and then it suddenly went all haywire. I'm glad Ace and Domino got their HEA, although their journey was rather bizarre.
September 27, 2025
Love me a good Sally Wentworth book. :)
December 19, 2025
The romance was sooo nice, but it took so long! It dragged on! Could have done with a few more action scenes
January 21, 2025
Dreamy angst - the kind you try to prolong as you don't want it to finish. The heroine is quite perky and confident for 22, and the hero (35ish) is so smitten against his will (she is pretending to be her married sister) - SIGH.
Details of the novel in other reviews, but suffice it to say, this makes my top 10 all time M&B/Harle books as I LOVE a jealous, smitten hero with no OW in sight.
D R E A M Y.
Details of the novel in other reviews, but suffice it to say, this makes my top 10 all time M&B/Harle books as I LOVE a jealous, smitten hero with no OW in sight.
D R E A M Y.
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