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Greek's Temporary "I Do"
Their marriage ruse becomes all too real when desire and passion break free! Dive into this all-new Greek groom swap romance by Pippa Roscoe. This union…wasn’t supposed to last! For CEO Helena Hadden, saying “I do” to Leonidas Liassidis is the only way to save the charity that means everything to her. And while her attraction to the Greek has always been undeniable, their past means that this marriage will remain purely convenient… Leo has learned the hard way to trust nobody. Standing at the altar with Helena is simply a decision that will safely secure the success of his business. Yet the kiss that binds them as husband and wife is accompanied by a bolt of dangerous desire…From Harlequin Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.Read all the The Greek Groom Swap Book 1: The Forbidden Greek by Michelle SmartBook 2: Greek's Temporary "I Do" by Pippa Roscoe
199 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 25, 2024
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Pippa Roscoe
344 books52 followersPippa Roscoe writes sexy romances for Harlequin Mills & Boon and loves every happy ending in each of her books. With a major coffee addiction and a mild not-so-secret crisp eating compulsion – she spends her days fantasising about extraordinary romances, exotic locations and true love against all odds.
After graduating with a degree and a masters from Goldsmiths University, Pippa spent four years working on the BBC medical drama Holby City. After switching industries to publishing and spending five years as an editor working with incredible colleagues and inspirational authors, she finally decided to follow her own dream of writing and swapped London for Norfolk.
In her spare time she looks longingly at the countryside which she promises to roam, if she can drag herself away from her computer for long enough. She prefers to write outside in the sunshine, but during the winter is consigned to the kitchen – the warmest room in the cottage!
She can’t remember a time when she wasn’t dreaming about gorgeous brooding alpha heroes and sympathetic innocent heroines. Totally her mother’s fault of course – she gave Pippa her first romance to read at the age of seven! Pippa is inconceivably happy that she gets to share those daydreams with you all.
After graduating with a degree and a masters from Goldsmiths University, Pippa spent four years working on the BBC medical drama Holby City. After switching industries to publishing and spending five years as an editor working with incredible colleagues and inspirational authors, she finally decided to follow her own dream of writing and swapped London for Norfolk.
In her spare time she looks longingly at the countryside which she promises to roam, if she can drag herself away from her computer for long enough. She prefers to write outside in the sunshine, but during the winter is consigned to the kitchen – the warmest room in the cottage!
She can’t remember a time when she wasn’t dreaming about gorgeous brooding alpha heroes and sympathetic innocent heroines. Totally her mother’s fault of course – she gave Pippa her first romance to read at the age of seven! Pippa is inconceivably happy that she gets to share those daydreams with you all.
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June 20, 2024
I am very partial to a Greek hero and Pippa Roscoe never disappoints me I loved Leonidas so much, will he stand up to the task that is asked of him by his estranged twin brother, how will he cope being with Helena after all of this time and everything that has happened between the two families?
Helena Hadden is CEO of a charity and she is in desperate need to make things right and her only way out marry and receive her inheritance, her good friend Leander Liassidis agrees to marry her but when she arrives at the church it is not Leander but his twin brother Leo, the brother that Helena had huge crush on as a teenager before he broke her heart.
Leo finds it very hard to trust these days after his twin brother left when they were eighteen and then another friend nearly destroyed the company that meant so much to him and now his brother has sent a message, please be me what is this all about but he steps up and now he finds himself married or is he to the beautiful Helena.
This is a fabulous story it is sensual and moving as Leo and Helena finally open up about their pasts and feel the love that sparks between them, but will what they have done go terrible wrong when the press finds out or will they overcome all and find the love they both deserve?
I do highly recommend this one to any romance reader who loves a sensual, romantic and emotional romance with an awesome hero and heroine. I loved this one.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
Helena Hadden is CEO of a charity and she is in desperate need to make things right and her only way out marry and receive her inheritance, her good friend Leander Liassidis agrees to marry her but when she arrives at the church it is not Leander but his twin brother Leo, the brother that Helena had huge crush on as a teenager before he broke her heart.
Leo finds it very hard to trust these days after his twin brother left when they were eighteen and then another friend nearly destroyed the company that meant so much to him and now his brother has sent a message, please be me what is this all about but he steps up and now he finds himself married or is he to the beautiful Helena.
This is a fabulous story it is sensual and moving as Leo and Helena finally open up about their pasts and feel the love that sparks between them, but will what they have done go terrible wrong when the press finds out or will they overcome all and find the love they both deserve?
I do highly recommend this one to any romance reader who loves a sensual, romantic and emotional romance with an awesome hero and heroine. I loved this one.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
June 15, 2024
ARC provided by Author and Booksprout I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I like the premise of the story but had a few problems. One of them was when Helena overhearing the discussion between Leo and his girlfriend. It didn't work for me. I understand she was young but to let it change the entire trejectory of the relationships was kinda over the top.
I would have liked more time with their relationship evolving after the wedding, it all seemed to quick and compacted. Especially since there was nothing there for years between them really.
And if you enjoy explicit sex scene's this had it. I skimmed. Sorry but I am getting tired of some romances being more about the sex then the romance, heart and emotion of the couple. My own personal opinion. So don't mind me.
I wanted more romance, relationship building between the two before.
I found the announcement Helena made and Leo arriving during that time sweet.
And the epilogue was good.
I enjoy this author's books, but occasionally they are a miss for me personally.
I like the premise of the story but had a few problems. One of them was when Helena overhearing the discussion between Leo and his girlfriend. It didn't work for me. I understand she was young but to let it change the entire trejectory of the relationships was kinda over the top.
I would have liked more time with their relationship evolving after the wedding, it all seemed to quick and compacted. Especially since there was nothing there for years between them really.
And if you enjoy explicit sex scene's this had it. I skimmed. Sorry but I am getting tired of some romances being more about the sex then the romance, heart and emotion of the couple. My own personal opinion. So don't mind me.
I wanted more romance, relationship building between the two before.
I found the announcement Helena made and Leo arriving during that time sweet.
And the epilogue was good.
I enjoy this author's books, but occasionally they are a miss for me personally.
July 15, 2024
3,5 stars!
June 15, 2024
I received a copy of this book via Booksprout in return for my honest review.
I struggled to relate to the heroine who was unsympathetic several times. I think this was due to the conflict foundation of an overheard conversation 11 years' ago when she was 15, which didn't really work for me.
I struggled to relate to the heroine who was unsympathetic several times. I think this was due to the conflict foundation of an overheard conversation 11 years' ago when she was 15, which didn't really work for me.
June 14, 2024
3.5 stars.
FULL REVIEW IN Aisha's Book World
Incendia CEO Helena Haddon needs the charity to survive its upcoming financial review, following the theft by its previous director. She needs money to cover the stolen amount, and she has her father’s inheritance to do it. The catch? Her inheritance has a stipulation to access to it: she has to be 28 years old or get married, whatever happens first. Helena couldn’t wait two more years to get said inheritance so she plans to marry her friend Leander Liassidis. A marriage of convenience, of course. But in the last moment Leander realizes he couldn’t do it and dissapears. Yet he doesn’t leave Helena at the altar; Leander sends Leonidas “Leo” Liassidis, his estranged twin, to cover him! Now that Helena and Leo have to be alone in a private island to spend their “honeymoon” to keep the charade, what will happen when their attraction explodes?
This book has both successes and failures. The way Ms. Roscoe developed the twins’ relationship through Leo’s perspective is magnificent and fills the blanks Leander’s story left. Another thing that I need to say is, was it really necessary the gallery scene? It gives me enough cringe for life. That scene is the beginning of that switch in the plot I mentioned before, going from being romance-oriented to being sexually oriented. Anyway, I can live without that gallery scene, thank you very much.
As for Helena and Leo's romance? At some point in the plot, I felt that the romance takes a backseat, with the sexual aspects of the couple being the axis of the relationship, instead of Helena and Leo’s love. And then you try to convince me that they star the biggest love story in romance books ever as we go towards the end? I don’t know, Rick…
This author is a magnificent writer, but this isn’t one of her best books. That said, I liked Helena and Leo’s story. Overall, the book is easy to read, compliments the first book of the duet and has a nice storytelling. It’s well written, with perfect transitions between scenes. It isn’t a perfect book but has a convincing storyline without loose ends, responding questions from both books in the duet.
ARC given by Pippa Roscoe via Booksprout. Thanks for your trust.
FULL REVIEW IN Aisha's Book World
Incendia CEO Helena Haddon needs the charity to survive its upcoming financial review, following the theft by its previous director. She needs money to cover the stolen amount, and she has her father’s inheritance to do it. The catch? Her inheritance has a stipulation to access to it: she has to be 28 years old or get married, whatever happens first. Helena couldn’t wait two more years to get said inheritance so she plans to marry her friend Leander Liassidis. A marriage of convenience, of course. But in the last moment Leander realizes he couldn’t do it and dissapears. Yet he doesn’t leave Helena at the altar; Leander sends Leonidas “Leo” Liassidis, his estranged twin, to cover him! Now that Helena and Leo have to be alone in a private island to spend their “honeymoon” to keep the charade, what will happen when their attraction explodes?
This book has both successes and failures. The way Ms. Roscoe developed the twins’ relationship through Leo’s perspective is magnificent and fills the blanks Leander’s story left. Another thing that I need to say is, was it really necessary the gallery scene? It gives me enough cringe for life. That scene is the beginning of that switch in the plot I mentioned before, going from being romance-oriented to being sexually oriented. Anyway, I can live without that gallery scene, thank you very much.
As for Helena and Leo's romance? At some point in the plot, I felt that the romance takes a backseat, with the sexual aspects of the couple being the axis of the relationship, instead of Helena and Leo’s love. And then you try to convince me that they star the biggest love story in romance books ever as we go towards the end? I don’t know, Rick…
This author is a magnificent writer, but this isn’t one of her best books. That said, I liked Helena and Leo’s story. Overall, the book is easy to read, compliments the first book of the duet and has a nice storytelling. It’s well written, with perfect transitions between scenes. It isn’t a perfect book but has a convincing storyline without loose ends, responding questions from both books in the duet.
ARC given by Pippa Roscoe via Booksprout. Thanks for your trust.
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May 24, 20244 Stars!
A Tropetastic twin swap read from Pippa Roscoe, Greek Billionaire Twin Brothers, a heiress in a bind, and a marriage of convenience that was supposed to be friends helping each other out, but then turns into an emotional roller-coaster of smouldering temptation, when the aloof, grumpy twin is the one who actually turns up at the wedding.
Plenty of feels, lots of sexual tension, and a likeable couple spending time in glamourous places doing all the things you'd expect the jet-set to do. Winner!
ARC generously provided by the author via Booksprout, in exchange for the above honest review.
A Tropetastic twin swap read from Pippa Roscoe, Greek Billionaire Twin Brothers, a heiress in a bind, and a marriage of convenience that was supposed to be friends helping each other out, but then turns into an emotional roller-coaster of smouldering temptation, when the aloof, grumpy twin is the one who actually turns up at the wedding.
Plenty of feels, lots of sexual tension, and a likeable couple spending time in glamourous places doing all the things you'd expect the jet-set to do. Winner!
ARC generously provided by the author via Booksprout, in exchange for the above honest review.
June 14, 2024
Pippa Roscoe's latest Harlequin Presents novel, Greek's Temporary 'I Do' is a captivating marriage of convenience tale you do not want to miss.
Marriage was the only option CEO Helena Hadden had to save the charity that means the world to her. She has married her groom, Greek billionaire Leonidas Lassidas purely for the sake of convenience, but it doesn't take long for sparks to start flying - especially as Helena has been drawn to Leonidas for years...
Life had taught Leo to give everyone a wide berth and to keep his heart firmly under lock and key. He might now be a married man, but his arrangement with Helena is merely a business transaction and is completely and utterly devoid of feeling and emotion - until an incendiary kiss turns everything upside down.
Wil Leo and Helena's fake marriage become the real thing? Or will secrets and insecurities end up tearing them both apart forever?
Sizzling with heat, passion, temptation and intensity, Greek's Temporary 'I Do' is a superb Harlequin Presents novel from Pippa Roscoe aficionados of this line will devour in one go. Written with style and panache, Greek's Temporary 'I Do' is a steamy and seductive read from Pippa Roscoe perfect for Sharon Kendrick and Caitlin Crews fans.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Marriage was the only option CEO Helena Hadden had to save the charity that means the world to her. She has married her groom, Greek billionaire Leonidas Lassidas purely for the sake of convenience, but it doesn't take long for sparks to start flying - especially as Helena has been drawn to Leonidas for years...
Life had taught Leo to give everyone a wide berth and to keep his heart firmly under lock and key. He might now be a married man, but his arrangement with Helena is merely a business transaction and is completely and utterly devoid of feeling and emotion - until an incendiary kiss turns everything upside down.
Wil Leo and Helena's fake marriage become the real thing? Or will secrets and insecurities end up tearing them both apart forever?
Sizzling with heat, passion, temptation and intensity, Greek's Temporary 'I Do' is a superb Harlequin Presents novel from Pippa Roscoe aficionados of this line will devour in one go. Written with style and panache, Greek's Temporary 'I Do' is a steamy and seductive read from Pippa Roscoe perfect for Sharon Kendrick and Caitlin Crews fans.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 8, 2024
This is book two in The Greek Groom Swap series in The Mills and Boon Modern and it is Leo and Grace’s story. Leo and Grace have agreed to get married for business reasons only and it will also be temporary as Helena needed to get married for her inheritance to save the charity that means everything to her and Leo needs to get married to secure the success of his business and nothing more because trust is a big issue to him but what happens when everything between them including there marriage of convenience starts to feel so real which will bring so many complications into there lives that neither one are prepared for and doesn’t want in there lives. I really loved this story between Leo and Helena and everything that they had both gone through and also fought for what they both wanted in life and even though there are many ups and downs and things were definitely not plain sailing the outcome was just what I was hoping for. I recommend that you read this book and even though it is a quick read it certainly doesn’t take away from the enjoyment of this story and I can’t wait to read more books in the future.
June 14, 2024
A fated romance too good to pass up!
I fell in love with Helena who was marrying Leander, her best friend to access her monies to save the charity that saved her after her father’s passing despite having a crush on his twin, Leo growing up. To say Helena is surprised by who is standing at the alter is an understatement. I wanted to hate Leo who is all business, but there is a tenderness with his feelings for Helena even back in the day. What follows is the two reacquainting one another while Helena’s friend Kate goes in search of Leander on Leo’s plane. Will Leo realize there is more to life than work? Will the debacle of switched twin at the wedding be revealed? You have to read to find out!
I fell in love with Helena who was marrying Leander, her best friend to access her monies to save the charity that saved her after her father’s passing despite having a crush on his twin, Leo growing up. To say Helena is surprised by who is standing at the alter is an understatement. I wanted to hate Leo who is all business, but there is a tenderness with his feelings for Helena even back in the day. What follows is the two reacquainting one another while Helena’s friend Kate goes in search of Leander on Leo’s plane. Will Leo realize there is more to life than work? Will the debacle of switched twin at the wedding be revealed? You have to read to find out!
May 25, 2024
Greek's Temporary "I Do" is a standalone contemporary romance by Pippa Roscoe.
It is part of a duet with with Michelle Smart's The Forbidden Greek, where the other story is hinted it at quite heavily, but I would assume that both books can be read as a standalone. But in saying that, I am intrigued to discover the other couple's story.
Helena Hadden is a great heroine, she grew up the daughter of a millionaire businessman and grew up with her father's business partner's kids. But childhood ended brutally for her and now she had made herself. Helena is a CEO who is passionate about the charity she runs. But she needs money, so she needs her inheritance, and that leads her back to her childhood with Greek twins Leander and Leo. Leo has felt betrayal enough times since last seeing Helena, and he isn't about to trust her - even if he takes on the role to be her fake husband.
There is a lot of healing and trauma around all the excesses of this story. This book is your quintessential Harlequin wealthy Greek tycoon romance, and is such a guilty pleasure. This is a story wrapped with misunderstandings, childhood friendships, parental issues and unrequited love.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
It is part of a duet with with Michelle Smart's The Forbidden Greek, where the other story is hinted it at quite heavily, but I would assume that both books can be read as a standalone. But in saying that, I am intrigued to discover the other couple's story.
Helena Hadden is a great heroine, she grew up the daughter of a millionaire businessman and grew up with her father's business partner's kids. But childhood ended brutally for her and now she had made herself. Helena is a CEO who is passionate about the charity she runs. But she needs money, so she needs her inheritance, and that leads her back to her childhood with Greek twins Leander and Leo. Leo has felt betrayal enough times since last seeing Helena, and he isn't about to trust her - even if he takes on the role to be her fake husband.
There is a lot of healing and trauma around all the excesses of this story. This book is your quintessential Harlequin wealthy Greek tycoon romance, and is such a guilty pleasure. This is a story wrapped with misunderstandings, childhood friendships, parental issues and unrequited love.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 8, 2024
Two and a half stars
I do like Pippa's writing, and her plots even more. She somehow manages to add original twists to romance tropes that you would think don't have any new opportunities.
So why didn't I love this one?
I think it was simple lack of sensible communication - the protagonists are supposed to be smart, super-rich, very attractive and they already know each other. Why can't they just talk! There are endless misapprehensions and mistakes and wrong turns and it all just gets too much work.
Thanks to Booksprout for the review copy.
I do like Pippa's writing, and her plots even more. She somehow manages to add original twists to romance tropes that you would think don't have any new opportunities.
So why didn't I love this one?
I think it was simple lack of sensible communication - the protagonists are supposed to be smart, super-rich, very attractive and they already know each other. Why can't they just talk! There are endless misapprehensions and mistakes and wrong turns and it all just gets too much work.
Thanks to Booksprout for the review copy.
May 24, 2024
Greek's Temporary I Do is part of The Greek Groom Swap duet featuring the twins Leander and Leo. Helena and Leo's story can easily be read as a standalone and is an entertaining second chance romance with a bit of drama and angst. It's a fairly short read with a HEA for the main couple and an epilogue that gives us a glimpse of the other couple's happy ending as well.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 4, 2024
Helena finds herself in a bind when Leander sends his twin to stand in for him at his wedding. Kate is furious because she needs to marry in order to get the shares her father left to sell them. Will Leo step in and marry her and will it lead them along the path to happiness. This story had me all caught up in Leo, Leander and Helena to see how it ends for them.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 19, 2024
This is the absolutely bonkers level of story telling I expect from a Harlequin Presents. Helena is a marvelous heroine, feminine but a CEO and businesswoman in her own right and Greek shipping magnate Leo Liassidis loves her for her brain and skills as well as her beauty. Bonus points for highlighting the orphan disease that killed her father. More Greek coastline, atmosphere, and sun than you vm a stuff a grape leaf with. I adored the whole ride!
April 5, 2025
I love a good Mills & Boon romance, and this was absolutely perfect. I loved Helena and Leo, and enjoyed the way they negotiated their way the way through the maze of confusion Leo's twin Leander had created for them. Greek sunshine, arguments, misunderstandings, and steamy scenes. Everything I want in to lose myself in on a sunny afternoon. Fab!
July 5, 2024
A sweet surprise that thrives on the unpredictable and plays around with the heart. Roscoe blends steamy with soulful and creates an irresistible heartache. Geek's Temporary 'I Do' steps away from the fairytale romance and paves it's own to way to love.
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July 1, 2025Fun ending
I got this book on Kindle Unlimited. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is the 2nd in a series and is a great conclusion. It reads well as a stand alone. Interesting characters, quick read. 3.5 star
I got this book on Kindle Unlimited. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is the 2nd in a series and is a great conclusion. It reads well as a stand alone. Interesting characters, quick read. 3.5 star
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June 1, 2024Contemporary Romance
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The Greek Groom Swap (Book #2)
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The Greek Groom Swap (Book #2)
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June 1, 2024Contemporary Romance
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The Greek Groom Swap (Book #2)
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The Greek Groom Swap (Book #2)
May 24, 2024
Greek's Temporary I Do is part of The Greek Groom Swap duet featuring the twins Leander and Leo. Helena and Leo's story can easily be read as a standalone and is an entertaining second chance romance with a bit of drama and angst. It's a fairly short read with a HEA for the main couple and an epilogue that gives us a glimpse of the other couple's happy ending as well.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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