Billionaire on Her Doorstep

by Ally Blake

Billionaire Tom Campbell had to leave the city--it heldtoo many memories. Now he''s content with the pace oflife in the sleepy town of Sorrento, beachcombing andfishing in the deep blue sea. No complications.

Then he walks up to the doorstep of Maggie Bryce''sramshackle mansion, and he can see both are in need ofsome loving care. Maggie''s alluring mystique captures thebillionaire''s heart and he can''t let go....

Will Tom and Maggie find romance as the sunsets over Sorrento?

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 28, 2007

About the author

Australian romance author Ally Blake loves reading and strong coffee, porch swings and dappled sunshine, sparkly notebooks and soft, dark pencils.

She also adores writing love stories. Having sold over four million copies of her Harlequin Mills and Boon novels worldwide, she is living her dream.

Alongside one husband, three gloriously rambunctious kids, and too many animal companions to count, Ally lives and writes in the leafy western suburbs of Brisbane.

Find out more about Ally’s books at www.allyblake.com.

Reviews

[RJC · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad, a nice easy read.

[Linda Verhage · Rating 5 out of 5]

Een man uit duizenden

[Summer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maggie and Tom have both run from the big city to a somewhat sleepy town, and the reasons each ran away are the same reasons they fight the attraction growing between them as Tom, a billionaire working as a handyman, clears a path for Maggie from her home down to the beach.

I liked Maggie and Tom’s chemistry, there’s a feeling of kindness between them that I enjoyed, maybe even more so because I didn’t sense much kindness from two-thirds of Maggie’s friends, one of them seemed intent on throwing herself at Tom at every turn despite Maggie’s clear interest in him, and was all pouty about Maggie refusing to get back with a guy who impregnated someone else, I did not understand these women, or why anyone would consider their behavior friendship.

While more plot generally isn’t one of my demands, I tend to read much more for the characters, I did feel like from time to time this needed a little something more happening, but I very much liked all the insight into Maggie’s creative process, seeing her struggle with her painting and her creative and emotional breakthough, that was my favorite aspect of the book, it felt more poignant than the romance.

This is one of the author’s earlier books so her voice isn’t quite as sparkly and creative as I’ve come to love, though there are definitely traces of what her writing later grows into with some of the dialogue and in the occasional inventive description like, “she was so soft in the early days of their separation she’d felt as if the only thing keeping her upright was her clothes.” There’s a few lines like that throughout the book where I found myself thinking oh, that’s such a clever, different way to word that, and it’s exactly what I so appreciate about Ally Blake’s romances, even though they traffic in the same tropes as all the other romances out there, her writing style puts a unique spin on it.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is pretty good so far hasn't relied on the traditional smut to keep you reading... I can smell a plot twist coming up she keeps dropping hints about it I hope the payoff is a good one. Thought it would be really good for a cruising to
Mexico light summer read, I realized as I am reading it on the mainland there is NO time to read on a boat sailing the seas with thousands of drunks :D

[Meetu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book. I loved its simplicity and adherence of the characters to strong principles of right and wrong. There was a story but not a whole lot of chemistry between the two characters. Inspite of this i liked the book.

[Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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