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Soldiers of Fortune #2
The Tender Stranger
Realizing the on-edge lifestyle he has always lead is not the one for intriguing but straitlaced Dani St. Clair, mercenary Eric Van Meer follows his conscience and proposes marriage in the most dangerous challenge his heart has ever faced. Reprint.
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1985
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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December 26, 2018
Drive-by-review of this surprisingly sweet (until the hijackers show up) category with a solider of fortune hero and a bookshop owner heroine. They meet on a plane to Mexico where our “frumpy,” romance-novel-carrying heroine is determined to have an adventure.
The hero is intrigued by her and has to keep changing his opinion of her until he sees her big breasts in a swimsuit. By then he’s smitten and proposes marriage.
They marry and have a grand time until the hero thwarts a group of hijackers on their homeward bound plane. Heroine realizes he’s a mercenary and decides she can’t live with that uncertainty.
It’s a bit of manufactured angst, but it’s fun to see how they resolve it. And resolve it they do. There are other soldier of fortune buddies who have their own stories, for yet another DP series.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest Not a lot of hair!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it’s blonde. No good handfuls, alas.
Breast Description big and beautiful.
Cigarettes check.
Alcohol No
Town Descriptions Travelogue of Acapulco(?)
Gardenia Scent Hero was too overwhelmed by her breasts to notice.
LOL detail Hero made his ownlight saber knife for protection. He has to retrieve it from the stomach of one of the hijackers.
The hero is intrigued by her and has to keep changing his opinion of her until he sees her big breasts in a swimsuit. By then he’s smitten and proposes marriage.
They marry and have a grand time until the hero thwarts a group of hijackers on their homeward bound plane. Heroine realizes he’s a mercenary and decides she can’t live with that uncertainty.
It’s a bit of manufactured angst, but it’s fun to see how they resolve it. And resolve it they do. There are other soldier of fortune buddies who have their own stories, for yet another DP series.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest Not a lot of hair!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it’s blonde. No good handfuls, alas.
Breast Description big and beautiful.
Cigarettes check.
Alcohol No
Town Descriptions Travelogue of Acapulco(?)
Gardenia Scent Hero was too overwhelmed by her breasts to notice.
LOL detail Hero made his own
August 4, 2013
Oh my God. Oh. My. God. :') How I love Diana Palmer!!! God, this lady is...she is...wow. I'm speechless. Diana Palmer is one hell of an author. I don't care what others say about her, I don't care if her writing is cheesy, I don't care if I'm being shallow about this, but I fuckin' love Diana Palmer. She gives you exactly what you want. I love the twisting angst and emotion in her stories, and I love how the heroines are sweet and innocent. I love how the heroes are such asses, and when the time comes, magic at grovelling. I love all the love and pain and sweet angst her stories cause. *sigh* God, I love her. I've said it before and I'll say it again, there's no other author like this woman.
Now let's get to the book. It was a really sweet, angsty read and I delighted in every minute of it. There wasn't much I disliked about this book; I didn't like the exotic setting and their quick wedding. And I'd have liked it better if the *ahem* had taken place after their marriage.
The heroine, Dani was not a typical Diana Palmer heroine - she was older (26), did not have blonde hair and she was a bit large on front side. Diana's heroines are usually small. But she was a sweetheart, innocent and trusting, just like all her other heroines are. This is why I love her so much, dammit :') I liked how she loved the hero but was independent. I loved how she left him when she came to know of his profession. This one was a heroine with a backbone. And I love sweet, innocent heroines who have backbones even more :') And, as usual, I was on her side the entire time. (I still loved Dutch hopelessly though.)
We move onto Dutch now. He was a non-typical Palmer hero as well - he was blonde! And he wasn't hairy either. But I loved him, and I loved the faint scars on his face. I'm a sucker for a less-than-perfect hero <3 DAMMIT I WISH I HAD MY .GIF IMAGES. But, once again, he was completely Diana Palmer in his asshole-ness. I love how in her books, big, strong men who have stopped feeling a long time ago are brought to their knees with their love for a single woman. And that is exactly what happened in this book, even though Dutch tried to resist it. I loved how he was so caring and considerate about Dani when she was pregnant, *sigh* Diana Palmer heroes...
The plotline was good with no evil OW and I liked the side-characters very much. Even though I never completed Gabby and JD's story, this book makes me want to go back and read it. A really good read.
Now let's get to the book. It was a really sweet, angsty read and I delighted in every minute of it. There wasn't much I disliked about this book; I didn't like the exotic setting and their quick wedding. And I'd have liked it better if the *ahem* had taken place after their marriage.
The heroine, Dani was not a typical Diana Palmer heroine - she was older (26), did not have blonde hair and she was a bit large on front side. Diana's heroines are usually small. But she was a sweetheart, innocent and trusting, just like all her other heroines are. This is why I love her so much, dammit :') I liked how she loved the hero but was independent. I loved how she left him when she came to know of his profession. This one was a heroine with a backbone. And I love sweet, innocent heroines who have backbones even more :') And, as usual, I was on her side the entire time. (I still loved Dutch hopelessly though.)
We move onto Dutch now. He was a non-typical Palmer hero as well - he was blonde! And he wasn't hairy either. But I loved him, and I loved the faint scars on his face. I'm a sucker for a less-than-perfect hero <3 DAMMIT I WISH I HAD MY .GIF IMAGES. But, once again, he was completely Diana Palmer in his asshole-ness. I love how in her books, big, strong men who have stopped feeling a long time ago are brought to their knees with their love for a single woman. And that is exactly what happened in this book, even though Dutch tried to resist it. I loved how he was so caring and considerate about Dani when she was pregnant, *sigh* Diana Palmer heroes...
The plotline was good with no evil OW and I liked the side-characters very much. Even though I never completed Gabby and JD's story, this book makes me want to go back and read it. A really good read.
July 13, 2016
A quick sweet read...with one of DP's nicer Hs. A real hot alpha merc types, big and blonde with it!
Conversely I dint like the h and her over squeamishness.
Conversely I dint like the h and her over squeamishness.
February 26, 2019
He was really tender, for a DP’s hero of course. ;)
December 2, 2016
MILD SPOILERS AHEAD PLEASE PROCEED WITH CARE
Guess women get pregnant on their own in this book or at least that's what the hero would have you believe. This guys really should not have had kids if he felt that way.
He even wanted a vasectomy so he would never have a child and he tells her this AFTER they get married. That's very extreme here!
Not my favorite by Diana Palmer! Not even close but it's not the worst I have read by her either.
I did not care how she simply accepted being poorly treated.
Honestly, just put up with his crap.
Holiday affairs are never a good way to start a lasting relationship.
This is the clear message in this book.
However, at least he did not call her a whore and leave her holding the baby, right?
Yeah, but maybe it would have been better cause he was an cold bastard the whole of the book.
At the end he pulls a "....watching that baby being born was the most exciting thing I've ever done; next to loving you," out of his ass.
Wow! Really "that" baby!!!
He has such a way with words. Not!
Just a typical self centre egotist of the 1980 and spineless heroine who lets it all happen!
Guess women get pregnant on their own in this book or at least that's what the hero would have you believe. This guys really should not have had kids if he felt that way.
He even wanted a vasectomy so he would never have a child and he tells her this AFTER they get married. That's very extreme here!
Not my favorite by Diana Palmer! Not even close but it's not the worst I have read by her either.
I did not care how she simply accepted being poorly treated.
Honestly, just put up with his crap.
Holiday affairs are never a good way to start a lasting relationship.
This is the clear message in this book.
However, at least he did not call her a whore and leave her holding the baby, right?
Yeah, but maybe it would have been better cause he was an cold bastard the whole of the book.
At the end he pulls a "....watching that baby being born was the most exciting thing I've ever done; next to loving you," out of his ass.
Wow! Really "that" baby!!!
He has such a way with words. Not!
Just a typical self centre egotist of the 1980 and spineless heroine who lets it all happen!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 21, 2018
Surprisingly NOT horrible for a Diana Palmer. Absolutely no OW drama and the insults spewed by the hero are limited to "frump." Sadly, this won't make it to the Gloriously Bad Hall of Fame. It won't even get a nomination.
I will remember this one for the hero and heroine thwarting a hijacking as plausibly as in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger :D
I will remember this one for the hero and heroine thwarting a hijacking as plausibly as in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger :D
December 20, 2018
First book by this author, and I liked it; although it took me some time to get used to the H. H Dutch is a mercenary (read: all American with Dutch ancestry action hero and I kept imagining Jean Claude Van Damme as the H while reading this.) with a difficult past and a natural distrust of women and starts off labelling the h as 'frump'. He even has the gall to wonder how a 'frump' could show him the door when she wants to break off their relationship. Then of course there was the incessant smoking around the very pregnant Danielle that made me cringe. I just really wanted to get in there and snatch the cigarette away from him and stub it out. lol. But he had many redeeming qualities as well which only became evident in the latter half of the story.
Danielle was your average mousy M&B h with a sad backstory and a heart of gold. Avid romance reader who is horrified at the thought of being married to a soldier of fortune but gives in pretty easily and quickly when he refuses to give her the divorce she asked for.
Sweet story but not particularly remarkable. Don't mind reading more from this author.
Danielle was your average mousy M&B h with a sad backstory and a heart of gold. Avid romance reader who is horrified at the thought of being married to a soldier of fortune but gives in pretty easily and quickly when he refuses to give her the divorce she asked for.
Sweet story but not particularly remarkable. Don't mind reading more from this author.
April 1, 2017
Book two in Soldiers of Fortune series is the sweet love story of Dutch and Dani.
Eric, also known as Dutch, an off duty mercenary who meets the shy librarian Dani on a 4 day vacation.
A whirlwind romance leads to a swift wedding, while Dani is swept off her feet and married impromptu to him.
But as the future is being pondered upon, Dani realizes Dutch is hiding parts of himself and a hijacking exposes his true profession to her.
Mild angst, but our hero can't stay away from the heroine- and that leads to some confessions and a HEA.
Satisfying read.
Safe
3.75/5
Eric, also known as Dutch, an off duty mercenary who meets the shy librarian Dani on a 4 day vacation.
A whirlwind romance leads to a swift wedding, while Dani is swept off her feet and married impromptu to him.
But as the future is being pondered upon, Dani realizes Dutch is hiding parts of himself and a hijacking exposes his true profession to her.
Mild angst, but our hero can't stay away from the heroine- and that leads to some confessions and a HEA.
Satisfying read.
Safe
3.75/5
December 22, 2013
Mercenary soldier with commitment issues meets sweet innocent bookworm and sparks fly. They get married but when she finds out what his real job is she abandons him, returns home and asks for a divorce. On top of that she finds out she is pregnant as well....
Adored the heroine once again. Independent, with spirit and a heart of gold, a typical DP heroine. Hero was hard but vulnerable and I liked how smitten he was with Dani!
Adored the heroine once again. Independent, with spirit and a heart of gold, a typical DP heroine. Hero was hard but vulnerable and I liked how smitten he was with Dani!
October 21, 2019
One of DP's few blond H's .... and while he was portrayed as a jerk, I actually liked him from the beginning ... he had his reasons and he really was not a jerk to the h ... well, not a lot and she is not a doormat ... she does show her spirit ...
Enjoyed myself a lot while re-reading it ...
Enjoyed myself a lot while re-reading it ...
December 14, 2016
Dani the frump and Eric aka Dutch. I was drawn to this early DP book like a moth to a flame. Maybe it was my low expectations, but I ended up loving it. I was thinking I'd just read the first bit and then maybe skip to the last chapter, but I found myself sucked in and couldn't put it down. Who knew!?
Anyhow, Dani meets Dutch on a plane to her first vacation outside the US. His inner thoughts about the 'frumpy' chick sitting next to him were judgmental and just mean. I was thinking, 'Ok here we go, the 80's dickhead H stereotype'. In a lot of ways he was just that. But the book is a slow evolution from 'that', to a man in tears at the thought of his wife being seriously injured.
They have a whirlwind affair, where she goes from 'frumpy' to 'gotta have her but she's a virgin, so I better marry her'. This is a man in his mid thirties (about a decade older than her) who you'd think would be more logical. Perhaps he was already a little in love with her? (or probably just thinking with his 'little head'). But he claims he can never love again after the way his (now deceased) despicable wife treated him, and the desperate measures she drove him to.... Yes, it's one of those 'woe is me cause a chick hurt my wittle feelings, and now I hate all women', heroes. But hey, I kinda like that if it's done right ; )
The stereotypical woman hater. He hasn't even been with a woman in over a year!
Yet here he is marrying a mousy little book shop owner. Things were sweet until the return plane trip, when truths he neglected to tell her come out. Truths she can't be married to. They part on bitter words, and of course she discovers that she's preggers. This is a harlequin after all ; )
But Dutch comes back and there's a lot of back and forth, push/pull, that was well done, instead of annoying. I can't say Dutch is my fave H, but I did find the ending pretty cute and romantic.
Anyhow, Dani meets Dutch on a plane to her first vacation outside the US. His inner thoughts about the 'frumpy' chick sitting next to him were judgmental and just mean. I was thinking, 'Ok here we go, the 80's dickhead H stereotype'. In a lot of ways he was just that. But the book is a slow evolution from 'that', to a man in tears at the thought of his wife being seriously injured.
They have a whirlwind affair, where she goes from 'frumpy' to 'gotta have her but she's a virgin, so I better marry her'. This is a man in his mid thirties (about a decade older than her) who you'd think would be more logical. Perhaps he was already a little in love with her? (or probably just thinking with his 'little head'). But he claims he can never love again after the way his (now deceased) despicable wife treated him, and the desperate measures she drove him to.... Yes, it's one of those 'woe is me cause a chick hurt my wittle feelings, and now I hate all women', heroes. But hey, I kinda like that if it's done right ; )
The stereotypical woman hater. He hasn't even been with a woman in over a year!
Yet here he is marrying a mousy little book shop owner. Things were sweet until the return plane trip, when truths he neglected to tell her come out. Truths she can't be married to. They part on bitter words, and of course she discovers that she's preggers. This is a harlequin after all ; )
But Dutch comes back and there's a lot of back and forth, push/pull, that was well done, instead of annoying. I can't say Dutch is my fave H, but I did find the ending pretty cute and romantic.
January 5, 2025
I have no idea why my original review was not saved! Grrr GoodReads!
This was full of 1980s romance ridiculousness and also sexy and extremely tender in some moments. There's a reason Diana Palmer has been successful for so long. I was up late reading this and I can't wait to dive into more of her backlist. Dani and Eric were absolutely perfect.
This was full of 1980s romance ridiculousness and also sexy and extremely tender in some moments. There's a reason Diana Palmer has been successful for so long. I was up late reading this and I can't wait to dive into more of her backlist. Dani and Eric were absolutely perfect.
April 22, 2019
Oh shit, just the quick steamy read I wanted
misc-romance
November 13, 2024Tiny little harlequin about a frumpy bookstore owner and a mercenary who meet on vacation.
Nothing to write home about. Had some fun pregnancy angst.
Nothing to write home about. Had some fun pregnancy angst.
January 9, 2015
Update: Re-read in January 2015
February 26, 2021
Pero que locas vacaciones, si que estuvo divertido, pero que terquedad en serio...
December 31, 2018
I guess it's just the Soldiers of Fortune thing that bores me senseless.
November 9, 2013
What a story. If I went to Mexico and didn't meet Eric, I'm so gonna sue Diana Palmer. :)))
Even though the storyline's a bit unrealistic to me, I'm still enjoyed reading this book. Very typical Diana Palmer yet I can't get enough of it.
Even though the storyline's a bit unrealistic to me, I'm still enjoyed reading this book. Very typical Diana Palmer yet I can't get enough of it.
August 19, 2014
I really like the boy. The hero wasn't harsh and nor the book was packed with angst. However, the pace of the story is comfortable and I like how strong the heroine is knowing what she wants from her marriage. Both characters are very likeable.
February 17, 2015
Adorei os personagens, os diálogos. Simplesmente perfeito
February 17, 2015
Li a primeira versão, publicada em 1985. Simplesmente perfeito!
June 28, 2023
Oh my, this is one Dp where the hero is actually a very decent person. How can it be? The story is quite simple and even if the hero is a mercenary soldier, there’s a part where he helps capturing some terrorists but it was only a few pages and it was ok for me.
He and the heroine meet during a holiday and get married in a couple of weeks. Too fast and without really knowing each other. He had a bad experience because the woman he had an affair years before had a termination and he’s scared of pregnancy, so he doesn’t want children.
The heroine is quite ok with it, she’s a frumpy (the word is repeated ad nauseam through all the book) bookkeeper and she’s happy she found a hunk available, and she’s contented with having the hero with her. Sadly the hero doesn’t want to stay at home and wants to keep jumping around the world saving people and when he tells the heroine what he actually does, she wants a divorce. So, not even a may December marriage, more a 1-15 marriage where 1 and 15 are the dates of the month they stayed together.
The hero leaves her and goes to his next assignment, he can’t refuse since he already accepted before knowing her.
The heroine gets back to her life but she’s quite happy because she finds out she’s pregnant. She doesn’t plan to tell the hero, knowing what he thinks of children.
But he comes back because he wants to ask her to stay married. Unfortunately when he sees she’s pregnant he’s horrified and the heroine doesn’t bat a lid, she tells him to go on with divorce, because she doesn’t want him anymore snd he doesn’t need to worry about the child, she’s got money enough and she’s happy to take care of it by herself.
This was a heroine that, despite her being a spinster, is no doormat at all, she’s not hopelessly in love with the hero and has pride and dignity. Hooray.
The hero is conflicted but soon understands he loves the heroine and he’s not so scared of the child.
Actually he thinks the child would be a good idea, so in a couple of days he becomes the perfect family man, leaving his dangerous work behind and wanting children with his wife.
Wow.
The angst level was not high, but I enjoyed it because the heroine was brave and strong (remember this is DP) and the hero was not cruel, only very traumatized. And actually he never resents the heroine for being pregnant since he was the one who didn’t take so much care with prevention, and that is new.
No womanizer, the hero doesn’t have women after meeting the heroine and I appreciated it too.
He and the heroine meet during a holiday and get married in a couple of weeks. Too fast and without really knowing each other. He had a bad experience because the woman he had an affair years before had a termination and he’s scared of pregnancy, so he doesn’t want children.
The heroine is quite ok with it, she’s a frumpy (the word is repeated ad nauseam through all the book) bookkeeper and she’s happy she found a hunk available, and she’s contented with having the hero with her. Sadly the hero doesn’t want to stay at home and wants to keep jumping around the world saving people and when he tells the heroine what he actually does, she wants a divorce. So, not even a may December marriage, more a 1-15 marriage where 1 and 15 are the dates of the month they stayed together.
The hero leaves her and goes to his next assignment, he can’t refuse since he already accepted before knowing her.
The heroine gets back to her life but she’s quite happy because she finds out she’s pregnant. She doesn’t plan to tell the hero, knowing what he thinks of children.
But he comes back because he wants to ask her to stay married. Unfortunately when he sees she’s pregnant he’s horrified and the heroine doesn’t bat a lid, she tells him to go on with divorce, because she doesn’t want him anymore snd he doesn’t need to worry about the child, she’s got money enough and she’s happy to take care of it by herself.
This was a heroine that, despite her being a spinster, is no doormat at all, she’s not hopelessly in love with the hero and has pride and dignity. Hooray.
The hero is conflicted but soon understands he loves the heroine and he’s not so scared of the child.
Actually he thinks the child would be a good idea, so in a couple of days he becomes the perfect family man, leaving his dangerous work behind and wanting children with his wife.
Wow.
The angst level was not high, but I enjoyed it because the heroine was brave and strong (remember this is DP) and the hero was not cruel, only very traumatized. And actually he never resents the heroine for being pregnant since he was the one who didn’t take so much care with prevention, and that is new.
No womanizer, the hero doesn’t have women after meeting the heroine and I appreciated it too.
December 6, 2020
Dani goes to Mexico for her first vacation where she meets Dutch (Eric) on the plane. He is not impressed with her but he cannot seem to get her out of his mind. The more time he spends with her, the more he thinks about her. Changing his opinion of her, he marries her then she discovers his profession and she knows she is not the kind to stay at home waiting for him. What will happen?
I love Diana Palmer's books. This is my second time reading this one (the first time was back in the 80's.) I remembered the basic story so it was like coming home to a friend. I liked Dani. She is just herself but she gets under Eric's skin. She asks for nothing but he finds himself ready to give her everything. Misunderstandings arise and he has to decide how far he will go to keep Dani in his life.
I loved this book and this series. I love the jaded mercenary/innocent virgin trope. This is one that is well worth the read.
I love Diana Palmer's books. This is my second time reading this one (the first time was back in the 80's.) I remembered the basic story so it was like coming home to a friend. I liked Dani. She is just herself but she gets under Eric's skin. She asks for nothing but he finds himself ready to give her everything. Misunderstandings arise and he has to decide how far he will go to keep Dani in his life.
I loved this book and this series. I love the jaded mercenary/innocent virgin trope. This is one that is well worth the read.
May 26, 2018
Eric ( Dutch ) & Dani
I trully enjoyed this book. Both characters are likeable and you can't help but rut for them. This is the story of Dani, a innocence and trusting book store owner and Eric, a mercenary soldier. They meet in a plane, sitting side by side on their way to a holiday. The sexual attraction between them is felt straight away an in a moment of lust they marry. I loved Dutch. He is your typical alpha male but he treated her with so much kindness and pacient. I love that she dumps him as soon as she finds out he profession, leaving him... speechless. Kkkk. This really was a entertaining story and I highly recommend it
I trully enjoyed this book. Both characters are likeable and you can't help but rut for them. This is the story of Dani, a innocence and trusting book store owner and Eric, a mercenary soldier. They meet in a plane, sitting side by side on their way to a holiday. The sexual attraction between them is felt straight away an in a moment of lust they marry. I loved Dutch. He is your typical alpha male but he treated her with so much kindness and pacient. I love that she dumps him as soon as she finds out he profession, leaving him... speechless. Kkkk. This really was a entertaining story and I highly recommend it
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July 11, 2021A bit surprised at Diana Palmer's hero - this one = a blond.
And the heroine = a plump (though I couldn't detect her being so, well maybe a bit heavier than her usually thin, stick figured ones) and ahem, well endowed at the front).
This was an easy short story with not much angst. The beginning was a bit far fetched but hey, it's a fiction, right? Anyone can get married within 2 days of meeting someone new.
And the hero, Eric, was the nicest man of all the DP novels I've read so far. He's normal. Hahaha.
Anyways, this was a sweet story which I finished in just a bit.
And the heroine = a plump (though I couldn't detect her being so, well maybe a bit heavier than her usually thin, stick figured ones) and ahem, well endowed at the front).
This was an easy short story with not much angst. The beginning was a bit far fetched but hey, it's a fiction, right? Anyone can get married within 2 days of meeting someone new.
And the hero, Eric, was the nicest man of all the DP novels I've read so far. He's normal. Hahaha.
Anyways, this was a sweet story which I finished in just a bit.
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May 23, 2020Realizing the on-edge lifestyle he has always lead is not the one for intriguing but straitlaced Dani St. Clair, mercenary Eric Van Meer follows his conscience and proposes marriage in the most dangerous challenge his heart has ever faced
September 21, 2017
This is one of Diana Palmers best books. I can see so much with the imagery and feel the tension. I want to laugh and cry and strangle someone. It is a fast read and well worth your time.
May 30, 2018
Great
I really enjoyed this book. It was full of action and adventure with only a tad bit of violence. I knew the happy ending would come but it seemed to be almost too late.
I really enjoyed this book. It was full of action and adventure with only a tad bit of violence. I knew the happy ending would come but it seemed to be almost too late.
August 23, 2018
They had a lot of sex, got married and returned from vacation to reality. Love finally showed up. It was dreadful.
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February 20, 2019
1 star for Dani's character and 1 star for Dutch's character but where is the story🤔? There is nothing new which we have not read before 😐
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