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The Disgraced Copelands #1
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Solo le quedaba una cosa con la que negociar: su cuerpo
Gracias al escándalo financiero protagonizado por su padre, Morgan Copeland pasó de ser la reina de la prensa rosa americana a caer en desgracia de la noche a la mañana.
Aferrándose a la última pizca de orgullo que le quedaba, buscó la ayuda del marido al que un día había abandonado, sabiendo que para convencer al implacable Drakon Xanthis tendría que ponerse de rodillas y suplicar.
Al principio no fue más que la mujer florero del magnate griego, pero la explosiva pasión que surgiría entre ellos iba a sorprenderles a los dos…
Gracias al escándalo financiero protagonizado por su padre, Morgan Copeland pasó de ser la reina de la prensa rosa americana a caer en desgracia de la noche a la mañana.
Aferrándose a la última pizca de orgullo que le quedaba, buscó la ayuda del marido al que un día había abandonado, sabiendo que para convencer al implacable Drakon Xanthis tendría que ponerse de rodillas y suplicar.
Al principio no fue más que la mujer florero del magnate griego, pero la explosiva pasión que surgiría entre ellos iba a sorprenderles a los dos…
148 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 26, 2013
About the author
Jane Porter
588 books2,063 followersBorn in Visalia, California, I'm a small town girl at heart. I love central California's golden foothills, oak trees, and the miles of farmland. In my mind, there's nothing sweeter in the world than the heady fragrance of orange blossoms on a sultry summer night.
As a little girl I spent hours on my bed, staring out the window, dreaming of far off places, fearless knights, and happy-ever-after endings. In my imagination I was never the geeky bookworm with the thick coke-bottle glasses, but a princess, a magical fairy, a Joan-of-Arc crusader.
My parents fed my imagination by taking our family to Europe for a year when I was thirteen. The year away changed me (I wasn't a geek for once!) and overseas I discovered a huge and wonderful world with different cultures and customs. I loved everything about Europe, but felt especially passionate about Italy and those gorgeous Italian men (no wonder my first very Presents hero was Italian).
I confess, after that incredible year in Europe, the travel bug bit, and bit hard. I spent much of my high school and college years abroad, studying in South Africa, Japan and Ireland. South Africa remains a country of my heart, the people, the land and politics complex and heart-wrenching.
After my years of traveling and studying I had to settle down and earn a living. With my Bachelors degree from UCLA in American Studies, a program that combines American literature and American history, I've worked in sales and marketing, as well as a director of a non-profit foundation. Later I earned my Masters in Writing from the University of San Francisco and taught jr. high and high school English.
I now live in Seattle and Hawaii with my three sons. I never mind a rainy day, either, because that's when I sit at my desk and write stories about far-away places, fascinating people, and most importantly of all, love. I like a story with a happy ending. We all do.
As a little girl I spent hours on my bed, staring out the window, dreaming of far off places, fearless knights, and happy-ever-after endings. In my imagination I was never the geeky bookworm with the thick coke-bottle glasses, but a princess, a magical fairy, a Joan-of-Arc crusader.
My parents fed my imagination by taking our family to Europe for a year when I was thirteen. The year away changed me (I wasn't a geek for once!) and overseas I discovered a huge and wonderful world with different cultures and customs. I loved everything about Europe, but felt especially passionate about Italy and those gorgeous Italian men (no wonder my first very Presents hero was Italian).
I confess, after that incredible year in Europe, the travel bug bit, and bit hard. I spent much of my high school and college years abroad, studying in South Africa, Japan and Ireland. South Africa remains a country of my heart, the people, the land and politics complex and heart-wrenching.
After my years of traveling and studying I had to settle down and earn a living. With my Bachelors degree from UCLA in American Studies, a program that combines American literature and American history, I've worked in sales and marketing, as well as a director of a non-profit foundation. Later I earned my Masters in Writing from the University of San Francisco and taught jr. high and high school English.
I now live in Seattle and Hawaii with my three sons. I never mind a rainy day, either, because that's when I sit at my desk and write stories about far-away places, fascinating people, and most importantly of all, love. I like a story with a happy ending. We all do.
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July 20, 2018
Intense second chance story of an H/h who were deeply in love, but couldn't communicate. The hero was afraid of emotional intimacy and could only show his love through sex. When he started working 14 hour days and not talking to the heroine, her mental health deteriorated.
When she left him, she ended up in a mental hospital and the hero almost bankrupted himself.
None of this backstory is clear until halfway through the story. The H/h have been separated for five years (both were celibate during that separation - it's emphasized several times). The heroine returns to the site of their honeymoon villa to beg the hero for help and money in rescuing her father who has been captured by Somali pirates. Her father was part of a Ponzi scheme and he cost a lot of people a lot of money, so the heroine has no where else to turn. Once the hero agrees, the H/h begin to finally talk about their marriage and what went wrong.
I liked the romance in this. The hero was an intense guy and absolutely loyal to the heroine. Heroine had\s issues and should probably go back to counseling to help maintain that HEA. There was too much about the pirates and the other characters who are going to be in the next books in the series. The father's kidnapping thread was not tied off and was left for the sequel. I found that annoying.
When she left him, she ended up in a mental hospital and the hero almost bankrupted himself.
None of this backstory is clear until halfway through the story. The H/h have been separated for five years (both were celibate during that separation - it's emphasized several times). The heroine returns to the site of their honeymoon villa to beg the hero for help and money in rescuing her father who has been captured by Somali pirates. Her father was part of a Ponzi scheme and he cost a lot of people a lot of money, so the heroine has no where else to turn. Once the hero agrees, the H/h begin to finally talk about their marriage and what went wrong.
I liked the romance in this. The hero was an intense guy and absolutely loyal to the heroine. Heroine had\s issues and should probably go back to counseling to help maintain that HEA. There was too much about the pirates and the other characters who are going to be in the next books in the series. The father's kidnapping thread was not tied off and was left for the sequel. I found that annoying.
July 21, 2018
Weeelll, the Captain and I had several consults over the course of this and it isn't horrible. It just takes way, way too long to get to the main reasons for the five year separation and the activities going on in between.
Plus, I was definitely on the h's side regarding the OW - the H's Vice President who saved his company when he spiraled into a wreck over his marital failure. She stepped up, but then her expected reward was to be paid in quality intimate time with the H.
This is an issue for me, cause one of the h's main complaints is that he talked to his OW more than he talked to her. JP did a great job on describing what that was like for the h, the H would come home and it was total silence. If she tried to talk about things, she was was either mocked or ignored or humored. Then the OW would show up and the H would go off and chat with her for half the night.
The OW openly displaying such contempt for her employer's wife bothered me quite a bit too. I am not amused when an employee thinks they boss the boss and the assistant clearly felt comfortable doing that, which calls into question the H's alpha H'yness.
In my book when are giving to another person what you deny your spouse and then tell the spouse that she is being unreasonable, you have just been unfaithful. It isn't your definition that counts in this area, it is how your spouse feels and their standards that counts.
He failed by miles and miles and tho he fired the woman in the end, I see this as being an ongoing problem that he doesn't have a great solution for.
For the h's part, well she was a mess and she was a coward and while I felt bad for her, she succumbed awfully quick to the Lurve Club Mojo - especially for a woman who insisted that she needed talking and conversation more than bedroom domination.
So which is it, she wants to talk or she want a Transcendent Purple Passion moment? This h changed her mind so fast I got whiplash.
I did buy the HEA in the end tho and I think going forward he will treat her like the delicate fragile flower she wants to be, so it all ends well and I consider this to be a better offering from JP than her other ones.
Plus, I was definitely on the h's side regarding the OW - the H's Vice President who saved his company when he spiraled into a wreck over his marital failure. She stepped up, but then her expected reward was to be paid in quality intimate time with the H.
This is an issue for me, cause one of the h's main complaints is that he talked to his OW more than he talked to her. JP did a great job on describing what that was like for the h, the H would come home and it was total silence. If she tried to talk about things, she was was either mocked or ignored or humored. Then the OW would show up and the H would go off and chat with her for half the night.
The OW openly displaying such contempt for her employer's wife bothered me quite a bit too. I am not amused when an employee thinks they boss the boss and the assistant clearly felt comfortable doing that, which calls into question the H's alpha H'yness.
In my book when are giving to another person what you deny your spouse and then tell the spouse that she is being unreasonable, you have just been unfaithful. It isn't your definition that counts in this area, it is how your spouse feels and their standards that counts.
He failed by miles and miles and tho he fired the woman in the end, I see this as being an ongoing problem that he doesn't have a great solution for.
For the h's part, well she was a mess and she was a coward and while I felt bad for her, she succumbed awfully quick to the Lurve Club Mojo - especially for a woman who insisted that she needed talking and conversation more than bedroom domination.
So which is it, she wants to talk or she want a Transcendent Purple Passion moment? This h changed her mind so fast I got whiplash.
I did buy the HEA in the end tho and I think going forward he will treat her like the delicate fragile flower she wants to be, so it all ends well and I consider this to be a better offering from JP than her other ones.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 20, 2022
This was unexpected.
It deals with trauma and I must admit it deals with it very well.
I was surprised, in a positive way.
Not many authors- and not only HP authors- deals with psychological issues and trauma with a satisfying knowledge of it, so I'm always interested when an author, and one I didn't know, has such a good approach to it.
The heroine is a sensitive and emotional creature, her parents divorced and she remained with her father, who was a good man but not a very sensible one, so he let other people trick him into some not very clean business. She is very attached to her father even if he, with his carelessness, caused many innocent people to lose their money.
The heroine married the hero some years ago, she was young and innocent and thought he was in love with her.
They had the most wonderful honeymoon, he was a very passionate lover and very kind with her too, sadly when they came back he became more and more distant and seemed to be aware of her only when he wanted sex.
She tried in every way to reach him emotionally but he never let her.
He stayed at work until very late and when he was home he didn't even talk to her.
So she began to feel like a sex toy and to hate sex with him.
She started to suffer from depression.
Eventually she left him.
Unable to understand why her husband didn't love her, and scarred by her mother's early rejection, the heroine suffered with severe depression and anorexia, until she was hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic.
There the doctors told her that she was dependant to her husband to the point of addiction and that she had to stay away from him.
During this period the hero tried to get in touch with her but her family prevented him because they were really worried for her health. She never knew and thought her husband simply was tired of her and had let her go.
Not an easy story.
Actually the hero loved her very much, but had his personal childhood trauma to deal with, and his only way to express his feelings was to have sex with her. Sex which was sometimes very imaginative, making the heroine feel disconfortable because she thought he didn't love her.
He wasn't able to communicate with her in any other level. The lack of communication was the reason of their separation.
Both were very much in love with each other, and they both suffered very much when they were separated.
The hero suffered from depression himself and almost lost his business, and lost much money of her father's monkey business.
The heroine goes back to the hero because she needs money to rescue her father who's been kidnapped by some pirats somewhere in Africa.
The hero wants her back.
They will have to talk about what happened to them during their marriage and during their separation.
Both have a choc when they learn how much the other suffered during their separation.
The hero here was really one of the most besotted hero in all hp world, he was damaged by a dysfunctional childhood and wasn't able to express his feelings but he really loved the heroine beyond measure.
The heroine too was in love with the hero and thought he didn't love her at all, and she tried and tried and eventually she was hurt because she coulnd't emotionally reach him.
Her life was in danger and he didn't even know.
I loved how the hero helped her save her father, even if the man really didn't deserve being saved.
I also could understand why the heroine tried to save her father, a man who basically cheated thousands of people and then run away to avoid being prosecuted.
He was the only parent who cared for her, the only person who cared for her and she couldn't let him down.
The hero wasn't cruel, he was embittered and thought she didn't love him, he didn't know what happened to her and when he did he really made it up to her.
There's also a would be ow who is of course his PA but the hero was too besotted with the heroine to even notice another woman even during their separation. This really endeared him to me.
This book is really angsty and dark, it is not an easy book but a really interesting one.
If you love besotted alpha heroes who are also hot and really devoted and faithful this one is for you.
It deals with trauma and I must admit it deals with it very well.
I was surprised, in a positive way.
Not many authors- and not only HP authors- deals with psychological issues and trauma with a satisfying knowledge of it, so I'm always interested when an author, and one I didn't know, has such a good approach to it.
The heroine is a sensitive and emotional creature, her parents divorced and she remained with her father, who was a good man but not a very sensible one, so he let other people trick him into some not very clean business. She is very attached to her father even if he, with his carelessness, caused many innocent people to lose their money.
The heroine married the hero some years ago, she was young and innocent and thought he was in love with her.
They had the most wonderful honeymoon, he was a very passionate lover and very kind with her too, sadly when they came back he became more and more distant and seemed to be aware of her only when he wanted sex.
She tried in every way to reach him emotionally but he never let her.
He stayed at work until very late and when he was home he didn't even talk to her.
So she began to feel like a sex toy and to hate sex with him.
She started to suffer from depression.
Eventually she left him.
Unable to understand why her husband didn't love her, and scarred by her mother's early rejection, the heroine suffered with severe depression and anorexia, until she was hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic.
There the doctors told her that she was dependant to her husband to the point of addiction and that she had to stay away from him.
During this period the hero tried to get in touch with her but her family prevented him because they were really worried for her health. She never knew and thought her husband simply was tired of her and had let her go.
Not an easy story.
Actually the hero loved her very much, but had his personal childhood trauma to deal with, and his only way to express his feelings was to have sex with her. Sex which was sometimes very imaginative, making the heroine feel disconfortable because she thought he didn't love her.
He wasn't able to communicate with her in any other level. The lack of communication was the reason of their separation.
Both were very much in love with each other, and they both suffered very much when they were separated.
The hero suffered from depression himself and almost lost his business, and lost much money of her father's monkey business.
The heroine goes back to the hero because she needs money to rescue her father who's been kidnapped by some pirats somewhere in Africa.
The hero wants her back.
They will have to talk about what happened to them during their marriage and during their separation.
Both have a choc when they learn how much the other suffered during their separation.
The hero here was really one of the most besotted hero in all hp world, he was damaged by a dysfunctional childhood and wasn't able to express his feelings but he really loved the heroine beyond measure.
The heroine too was in love with the hero and thought he didn't love her at all, and she tried and tried and eventually she was hurt because she coulnd't emotionally reach him.
Her life was in danger and he didn't even know.
I loved how the hero helped her save her father, even if the man really didn't deserve being saved.
I also could understand why the heroine tried to save her father, a man who basically cheated thousands of people and then run away to avoid being prosecuted.
He was the only parent who cared for her, the only person who cared for her and she couldn't let him down.
The hero wasn't cruel, he was embittered and thought she didn't love him, he didn't know what happened to her and when he did he really made it up to her.
There's also a would be ow who is of course his PA but the hero was too besotted with the heroine to even notice another woman even during their separation. This really endeared him to me.
This book is really angsty and dark, it is not an easy book but a really interesting one.
If you love besotted alpha heroes who are also hot and really devoted and faithful this one is for you.
April 14, 2013
I strongly suspect there's an editing or file transfer error in this book, because there are two sections that only make sense if you reverse them. First we see Drakon realizing that he had been wrong to believe his new wife would be okay on her own and that he had been pushing her away, just as she accused him of; next we see him asking her yet again why she couldn't have just gone shopping and amused herself with the house when they were married.
Unfortunately, even making that mental reversal, the story is kind of a mess. The beginning, in which Drakon and Morgan are reunited after five years apart, is strong: he had fought hard to get her back, and his anguish when he realizes that she's only returned because she needs money is palpable. I was touched by his repeated comment, when Morgan wonders why he'd help her since she'd left him -- "But I hadn't left you."
But then the emotional power got lost in too many weird subplots. There's Morgan's jealousy about Drakon's female assistant (and I really disliked how that played out. .) There's some implausible stuff about Morgan's mental health. There's Morgan being all freaked out and conflicted about Drakon's dominance in bed. (Oh E.L. James, what have you wrought?) And because Morgan's father has been kidnapped, there's a lot of info-dumping about maritime piracy.
The story can't seem to decide what it's about. I liked Drakon for his sincere feelings and faithfulness, and I enjoyed the parts about Morgan's jewelry making, which was inspired by the exotic places they'd been together and their turbulent relationship. But it felt like the story was trying to break out of the usual category formula while still being forced to follow it, so we wound up with everything but the kitchen sink.
Unfortunately, even making that mental reversal, the story is kind of a mess. The beginning, in which Drakon and Morgan are reunited after five years apart, is strong: he had fought hard to get her back, and his anguish when he realizes that she's only returned because she needs money is palpable. I was touched by his repeated comment, when Morgan wonders why he'd help her since she'd left him -- "But I hadn't left you."
But then the emotional power got lost in too many weird subplots. There's Morgan's jealousy about Drakon's female assistant (and I really disliked how that played out. .) There's some implausible stuff about Morgan's mental health. There's Morgan being all freaked out and conflicted about Drakon's dominance in bed. (Oh E.L. James, what have you wrought?) And because Morgan's father has been kidnapped, there's a lot of info-dumping about maritime piracy.
The story can't seem to decide what it's about. I liked Drakon for his sincere feelings and faithfulness, and I enjoyed the parts about Morgan's jewelry making, which was inspired by the exotic places they'd been together and their turbulent relationship. But it felt like the story was trying to break out of the usual category formula while still being forced to follow it, so we wound up with everything but the kitchen sink.
May 20, 2013
Angsty read , felt for these two characters.Just goes to show that communication is very important in a relationship.
Loved the fact that the hero made a vow not to shave his beard off or cut his hair till his wife returned to him.And not once did he go to another woman,he remained faithful for five and a half years.
Loved the fact that the hero made a vow not to shave his beard off or cut his hair till his wife returned to him.And not once did he go to another woman,he remained faithful for five and a half years.
March 29, 2013
If it’s written by Jane Porter, I know without a doubt that I am going to the book. I have read most if not all of her Mills & Boon/Harlequin books and I just love her stories and characters.
The Fallen Greek Wife, which I discovered is the 1st book in her new “The Disgraced Copelands" series (over the moon knowing I am going to get more…..) is a beautiful and at times dark and edgy, sexy love story with two mc’s that just ripped your heart to pieces as you discover how broken and sad both are.
I tried not giving away too much of the story so if you don't want to know more...STOP HERE....SPOILERS MAY BE AHEAD!!!!!
Morgan, a beautiful and messed up, fallen from grace American socialite had married Drakon, a seductive and amazing Greek shipping billionaire 6 years previously, and after a year of marriage, ran away and disappeared from his life until she was forced to go to him, begging for his help in getting her father back from the pirates who had kidnapped him in Somalia and how demand a ransom before his release.
Underneath the gloss and polish, Morgan is truly broken. Deceived by her family and ostracized by all around her, she’s bravely struggling to pick up the pieces in her life and most importantly how she has never stopped loving her husband and now seeing the true person he really is and not what he thought in the beginning. Having to go through a very traumatic time in her life and being able to stand up and gaining strength and belief in herself is very admirable and by the end of this book I realized how much I could understand and engaged with her.
I totally adored Drakon. On the surface, devoid of emotion but underneath is a man with heart, passion and the capability to love deeply, something he has repressed all his life because of what he was taught as a child by his mother. Never need anyone in your life!!!!! I loved having is POV as well as Morgan’s as it gives us an insight into his real and true emotions rather than what he shows the world.
She leaned forward, her gaze locking with his.”Why did you marry me, Drakon?”
“Because I wanted you. You were made for me. Meant for me.”
“What did you like about me?”
“Everything.”
“That’s not true.”
“It is true. I loved your beauty, your intelligence, your warmth, your passion, your smile, your laugh.”
“But you know that,” he added brusquely.
“No,” she said equally rough, “I didn’t know that. I had no idea why you cared about me, or if you even cared for me-“
“How can you say such a thing?”
“Because you never talked to me!” she cried. “After our honeymoon ended, you disappeared.”
We see how much pain and unhappiness one feels when two people are talking but not communicating with each other. Letting the person into their heads, their heart. And how clueless we go through life without realizing it.
How could two people who love each other so deeply not realize or see or feel it? Having one do or say or think what may be want the other one wants, says or thinks!!! It can only lead to destroying what they can’t see underneath all those emotions that slowly tears them apart.
And when they open up to each other, it’s damn heartbreaking and so uplifting. FINALLY!!! AT LAST!!! THEY TALKING!!!!!!! Why the hell did they not tell each other these things then? It would have saved such a lot of pain for both.
“You’re breaking my heart,” Morgan whispered.
“I was pathetic.”
“Pathetic? How could I find you, who sacrificed everything for me, pathetic?” She rose up on her knees. “You were a hero. You loved me. You fought for me. You were willing to sacrifice everything for me.”
“There is no one else for me, but you. You aren’t just my wife. You are my world.”
“And you are mine.”
“Why did you leave then?”
“I was honestly falling apart.”
“Why?”
“I loved you so much, it scared me. I’d never felt for anyone what I felt for you…but the feelings were so intense, it made me feel out of control. And then when we made love….what started to do something to my head. Played games with me, made me afraid.”
“Afraid? Why? How?”
“I had so little experience when we met you, and you had so much, and in bed you’re...hot. Erotic. Demanding. You make everything hot and erotic, too.”
“I demanded too much of you?”
“There were times I felt overwhelmed.”
The plot is really great and interesting and it’s an issue that is current and happens a lot but it’s the two mc’s that made this book for me. The character development is totally phenomenal as we get to see both of them unravel and break and slowly beginning to pick each other up.
And an incredible setting….Amalfi Coast is one of my favorite and loved places ever. The turquoise sea, the flowers, the food, the houses…..I wanted to go there again…this very minute!!!
I mentioned earlier that I felt this book had a bit of an edgier slant….okay, it got me thinking after reading some lines like these:
Their sex life had been hot. Explosive. Erotic.
Each time Morgan would protest, but he’d look at her from beneath his black lashes, his amber gaze, lazy, his full mouth curved, and he’d tell her how beautiful she was and how much he enjoyed looking at her, that it gave him so much pleasure to see her, and to have her trust him….
Obey him….
She hated those words, hated the element of dominance but it was part of the foreplay
“You were the boss, you were in control, dictating to me how it’d be. Strip, crawl, come –“
Was there a bit of light bsdm here? Maybe happening “off page” or was it just me having some wild thought? I mean this is Mills & Boon and surely this is one of those “taboo” thingies!!!!
There’s not exactly loads of page of sex in this book but those that are pretty hot and intense, and of course all those inner thoughts of both mc’s…were pretty hot too!!!!! So is there a tiny weenie bit of bondage or not????
Interesting and intriguing cover. Happy to see that the Mills & Boon Modern covers are getting a bit more exciting.
The two page epilogue leaves us with a snippet of the next book in this series and I can’t wait.
Fabulous beginning to getting more on the Copeland siblings and their stories.
The Fallen Greek Wife, which I discovered is the 1st book in her new “The Disgraced Copelands" series (over the moon knowing I am going to get more…..) is a beautiful and at times dark and edgy, sexy love story with two mc’s that just ripped your heart to pieces as you discover how broken and sad both are.
I tried not giving away too much of the story so if you don't want to know more...STOP HERE....SPOILERS MAY BE AHEAD!!!!!
Morgan, a beautiful and messed up, fallen from grace American socialite had married Drakon, a seductive and amazing Greek shipping billionaire 6 years previously, and after a year of marriage, ran away and disappeared from his life until she was forced to go to him, begging for his help in getting her father back from the pirates who had kidnapped him in Somalia and how demand a ransom before his release.
Underneath the gloss and polish, Morgan is truly broken. Deceived by her family and ostracized by all around her, she’s bravely struggling to pick up the pieces in her life and most importantly how she has never stopped loving her husband and now seeing the true person he really is and not what he thought in the beginning. Having to go through a very traumatic time in her life and being able to stand up and gaining strength and belief in herself is very admirable and by the end of this book I realized how much I could understand and engaged with her.
I totally adored Drakon. On the surface, devoid of emotion but underneath is a man with heart, passion and the capability to love deeply, something he has repressed all his life because of what he was taught as a child by his mother. Never need anyone in your life!!!!! I loved having is POV as well as Morgan’s as it gives us an insight into his real and true emotions rather than what he shows the world.
She leaned forward, her gaze locking with his.”Why did you marry me, Drakon?”
“Because I wanted you. You were made for me. Meant for me.”
“What did you like about me?”
“Everything.”
“That’s not true.”
“It is true. I loved your beauty, your intelligence, your warmth, your passion, your smile, your laugh.”
“But you know that,” he added brusquely.
“No,” she said equally rough, “I didn’t know that. I had no idea why you cared about me, or if you even cared for me-“
“How can you say such a thing?”
“Because you never talked to me!” she cried. “After our honeymoon ended, you disappeared.”
We see how much pain and unhappiness one feels when two people are talking but not communicating with each other. Letting the person into their heads, their heart. And how clueless we go through life without realizing it.
How could two people who love each other so deeply not realize or see or feel it? Having one do or say or think what may be want the other one wants, says or thinks!!! It can only lead to destroying what they can’t see underneath all those emotions that slowly tears them apart.
And when they open up to each other, it’s damn heartbreaking and so uplifting. FINALLY!!! AT LAST!!! THEY TALKING!!!!!!! Why the hell did they not tell each other these things then? It would have saved such a lot of pain for both.
“You’re breaking my heart,” Morgan whispered.
“I was pathetic.”
“Pathetic? How could I find you, who sacrificed everything for me, pathetic?” She rose up on her knees. “You were a hero. You loved me. You fought for me. You were willing to sacrifice everything for me.”
“There is no one else for me, but you. You aren’t just my wife. You are my world.”
“And you are mine.”
“Why did you leave then?”
“I was honestly falling apart.”
“Why?”
“I loved you so much, it scared me. I’d never felt for anyone what I felt for you…but the feelings were so intense, it made me feel out of control. And then when we made love….what started to do something to my head. Played games with me, made me afraid.”
“Afraid? Why? How?”
“I had so little experience when we met you, and you had so much, and in bed you’re...hot. Erotic. Demanding. You make everything hot and erotic, too.”
“I demanded too much of you?”
“There were times I felt overwhelmed.”
The plot is really great and interesting and it’s an issue that is current and happens a lot but it’s the two mc’s that made this book for me. The character development is totally phenomenal as we get to see both of them unravel and break and slowly beginning to pick each other up.
And an incredible setting….Amalfi Coast is one of my favorite and loved places ever. The turquoise sea, the flowers, the food, the houses…..I wanted to go there again…this very minute!!!
I mentioned earlier that I felt this book had a bit of an edgier slant….okay, it got me thinking after reading some lines like these:
Their sex life had been hot. Explosive. Erotic.
Each time Morgan would protest, but he’d look at her from beneath his black lashes, his amber gaze, lazy, his full mouth curved, and he’d tell her how beautiful she was and how much he enjoyed looking at her, that it gave him so much pleasure to see her, and to have her trust him….
Obey him….
She hated those words, hated the element of dominance but it was part of the foreplay
“You were the boss, you were in control, dictating to me how it’d be. Strip, crawl, come –“
Was there a bit of light bsdm here? Maybe happening “off page” or was it just me having some wild thought? I mean this is Mills & Boon and surely this is one of those “taboo” thingies!!!!
There’s not exactly loads of page of sex in this book but those that are pretty hot and intense, and of course all those inner thoughts of both mc’s…were pretty hot too!!!!! So is there a tiny weenie bit of bondage or not????
Interesting and intriguing cover. Happy to see that the Mills & Boon Modern covers are getting a bit more exciting.
The two page epilogue leaves us with a snippet of the next book in this series and I can’t wait.
Fabulous beginning to getting more on the Copeland siblings and their stories.
October 9, 2014
I'm going to be honest in here, I read just the first 2 chapters and couldn't take no more. I completely hated Morgan and it's a shame because I really liked Drakon and he was wasted on her. And the story? Way too confusing and not believable. 5 and a half years apart? Why didn't he talk to her when he finally found her 2 and a half years ago? Why didn't she tell him about her suspicions of adultery when he said he had been faithful to her the whole of their marriage? Why going back to him (if that was going to hurt her feelings ¬¬) for help to rescue her father when he told her to go to a firm for that? And that's just part of what I got from the two chapters I read, and those were two chapters too many. Personally I'll imagine Drakon will divorce Morgan and find a mentally stable and worthily woman and be happy
July 19, 2019
Nombres: Darkon & Morgan
Profesiones: Diseñadora de Joyas& Empresario Transporte Maritimo
Pais: Amalfi
Profesiones: Diseñadora de Joyas& Empresario Transporte Maritimo
Pais: Amalfi
October 1, 2023
2 ⭐⭐ - Meh!
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Salva pela Paixão (Harlequin Jessica Especial Livro 461)
por Jane Porter
Péssima tradução e revisão. Prejudica muito a leitura.
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Salva pela Paixão (Harlequin Jessica Especial Livro 461)
por Jane Porter
Péssima tradução e revisão. Prejudica muito a leitura.
March 19, 2021
Sorry! I normally love Jane Porter’s books but this was absolutely awful. Two books out of the entire series - (can 3 books be called a series?) have disappointed me, but this one perhaps more than the others.
The hero was fabulous even though he had flaws, and did not always handle things well. He loved the heroine and stayed faithful to her and even gave the loathsome father a billion dollars because he loved her so much. He stayed faithful to her.
I loathed the heroine on so many levels and I really hated the way Jane Porter has used mental health issues and the treatment of them to play into her plot without actually doing any justice whatsoever to people who suffers from mental health issues or professionals in the mental health field who treat folk with mental health issues. Seriously, she seemed to be describing practices that existed in the 19th century.
1. How on earth are we meant to believe that they would have been able to incarcerate Morgan because she had had a ‘breakdown’ (a word that is hardly ever used in the mental health field. I am not cognisant with the laws outside the UK - but it takes a lot to actually be able to do that here!
2. Being forced to believe her problems are caused by a toxic obsession with her husband? Seriously? This is supposed to be a professional,diagnosis?
3. Holding up as admirable the fact the heroine did not take tablets? Oh just let’s abandon any proven treatment which relies on help from drugs and only congratulate people who recover by dint of their own efforts. What a terribly old fashioned message!
When things get too much for Morgan, she just walks away from her husband without any communication. He tries to find her but her despicable parents intervene.
I think this could have been a great story if the mental health issues had been handled better. I know this is a genre romance from Mills and Boon, but this is too important an issue to mishandle it so badly.
The hero was fabulous even though he had flaws, and did not always handle things well. He loved the heroine and stayed faithful to her and even gave the loathsome father a billion dollars because he loved her so much. He stayed faithful to her.
I loathed the heroine on so many levels and I really hated the way Jane Porter has used mental health issues and the treatment of them to play into her plot without actually doing any justice whatsoever to people who suffers from mental health issues or professionals in the mental health field who treat folk with mental health issues. Seriously, she seemed to be describing practices that existed in the 19th century.
1. How on earth are we meant to believe that they would have been able to incarcerate Morgan because she had had a ‘breakdown’ (a word that is hardly ever used in the mental health field. I am not cognisant with the laws outside the UK - but it takes a lot to actually be able to do that here!
2. Being forced to believe her problems are caused by a toxic obsession with her husband? Seriously? This is supposed to be a professional,diagnosis?
3. Holding up as admirable the fact the heroine did not take tablets? Oh just let’s abandon any proven treatment which relies on help from drugs and only congratulate people who recover by dint of their own efforts. What a terribly old fashioned message!
When things get too much for Morgan, she just walks away from her husband without any communication. He tries to find her but her despicable parents intervene.
I think this could have been a great story if the mental health issues had been handled better. I know this is a genre romance from Mills and Boon, but this is too important an issue to mishandle it so badly.
July 21, 2018
Firstly I'd like to state how disappointed I am with the cover of the book. I wanted to see the H in all his bearded and lustrous locked glory complete with abs! Also when did he find time for a haircut? I know he shaved his beard off but how did I miss the hair cutting?
Anyway now I've got my cover disappointment out of the way let me move on to the story. I must be an awful person because I really hated the h she was such a total wuss. I mean where was her spine? She was the one who left her husband but then she just melted into a puddle and ended up having a total breakdown because she couldn't live without the man she left! Come on! Then she comes creeping back after 5 and a half years to tap up her husband for money because no one else would give it to her. Plus the money is for her criminal thieving dad.
I actually really liked the H he wasn't perfect and he buggered up his marriage because of family trauma when he was a kid but he NEVER gave up on her, he was celibate, he tried to hunt her down, he fell to pieces and nearly went bankrupt, still gave her con artist dad an extra billion dollars on top of $400million AND he grew Grizzly Adams hair and beard and what did he get? A woman who didn't try hard enough to fight for her man, because she was a spineless wuss.
This is the first time in history I think the OW deserved the man. She saved his ass and his business, she might have disliked the h but she wasn't god awful at any point and in fact just spoke home truths. In a different Version of this same story she could have been the h (capable and always there for the H while he is mugged off by the grasping neurotic first wife)
2 stars for the H and his silky locks of love and his manly man beard.
Anyway now I've got my cover disappointment out of the way let me move on to the story. I must be an awful person because I really hated the h she was such a total wuss. I mean where was her spine? She was the one who left her husband but then she just melted into a puddle and ended up having a total breakdown because she couldn't live without the man she left! Come on! Then she comes creeping back after 5 and a half years to tap up her husband for money because no one else would give it to her. Plus the money is for her criminal thieving dad.
I actually really liked the H he wasn't perfect and he buggered up his marriage because of family trauma when he was a kid but he NEVER gave up on her, he was celibate, he tried to hunt her down, he fell to pieces and nearly went bankrupt, still gave her con artist dad an extra billion dollars on top of $400million AND he grew Grizzly Adams hair and beard and what did he get? A woman who didn't try hard enough to fight for her man, because she was a spineless wuss.
This is the first time in history I think the OW deserved the man. She saved his ass and his business, she might have disliked the h but she wasn't god awful at any point and in fact just spoke home truths. In a different Version of this same story she could have been the h (capable and always there for the H while he is mugged off by the grasping neurotic first wife)
2 stars for the H and his silky locks of love and his manly man beard.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 30, 2019
Pues... sinceramente, no entendí muy bien qué llevó a Morgan a abandonar a Drakos.
Caché lo de sentirse de lado... pero al menos admitieron que su grave problema era la "falta de comunicación".
Entretenida para pasar el rato!!!
Caché lo de sentirse de lado... pero al menos admitieron que su grave problema era la "falta de comunicación".
Entretenida para pasar el rato!!!
August 7, 2018
Moody but kind of all over the place - the hero comes to the realization that the heroine was lonely and he neglected their marriage like four times, and then in the next scene they're arguing again over how he gave her everything she ever wanted and she had no reason to be unhappy. I also really hate the heroine's dark secret I also don't love the last-minute appearance of the Other Woman, or how she is dealt with - . Those two issues were enough for me to overlook the mood of the book - which was great, very moody and dark and dramatic in a way that category romances often strive for but rarely achieve without sliding across the cheese-line - and say it's a definite one-star.
October 8, 2017
I was really impressed by this book. The story and the way it is written is way above the usual Mills & Boon standard. Characters are well developed and the interaction between H and h is intense, almost explosive. Has to be one of the best books of this type I have read to date.
July 7, 2020
I completely understand why some people would not like this book, but I freaking loved it. We're all about the strong h these days that can do anything, but realistically there are a lot of people like the h out there that struggle with mental issues, just not to that dramatized effect usually. We're not all going to be women who are kicking ass, taking names and don't need a man. Although ironically, I am kind of like that but I could still appreciate her vulnerability. Was it classic HP OTT plots? Yep, sure is and that's probably why it was a satisfying read. Maybe I was just in the right mood for this, but I loved, loved, loved the H although I agree with another reviewer that there is probably a small editing issue in one area. He had just realized he hadn't been there for her emotionally and then the very next pages he turned it back on her. The chemistry was extra smoking hot, much more so than most HP books. I read this series out of order, but I liked this one the best. I wish that the brother had gotten his own book, but I guess it was not to be. This is going to get a favorites and re-read tag in my Calibre program.
November 19, 2018
This couple had MAJOR communication issues so it's no surprise their marriage failed. A very angsty read but confusing at the same time. The hero came to the realisation that he didn't treat his wife well but a few pages later it was like he forgot! Also, the heroine was not likeable at all. Honestly, their relationship seems very unhealthy and I think they were better of apart. Maybe I'm being over critical but I've really enjoyed other books by this author so I'm measuring her against herself.
April 30, 2020
In the last chapter, the H talks about giving a BILLION dollars to h's dad despite h leaving him as he loves her for all eternity. h's dad of course is in hiding after being involved in a ponzi scheme but h pulls in H for searching for her criminal dad! The OW actually helped H in the hopes of gaining his love and gets fired for her support as she snubs h who along with her family have literally drained H. Its like worse than any soap opera and the whole plot makes no sense whatsoever. Its like a bunch of gibberish put together by a randomizer.
June 27, 2017
Wow, I just could not find any like for the heroine. She gave up without even attempting to tell her husband they had a problem. Amazingly, the hero (husband) slept with NO ONE the entire time she was gone, 5 years I think. Everything I learned about the heroine's parents made me hate them. It seemed like the heroine was the only one out of her entire family who was still naively believing their dad was a somewhat good person.
April 4, 2026
I think the best way for me to put this is - after you've read a hp book where the hero was cruel to the heroine and now desperately need to read a book where the h gives the H whiplash, this is the one to go to.
July 3, 2017
I didn't like this one as much as the others in the series.
May 10, 2020
Leído en Enero 2014
Entretenida, para pasar el rato... pero en estas historias siempre es lo mismo así que no esperes que te sorprendan o sean inolvidables
Entretenida, para pasar el rato... pero en estas historias siempre es lo mismo así que no esperes que te sorprendan o sean inolvidables
July 12, 2020
This is okay, I suppose. Nothing special. I think the hero might be too sucker for the heroine as was the heroine. Not much new angst, they just solved their problems from the past in this book.
January 29, 2022
3.75***
April 7, 2023
Loved it. Jane never Disappoints. I'll definitely read all books in the series
March 22, 2014
I like hiw Drakon knew right off he loves his wife...but not knowing how to show it except with sex, his distancing from Morgan left her cold, especially when the passion run so hot between them. I really dislike Bronwyn and only right at the end do we find out what's her hold on Drakon...I do feel sad for her unrequited love. Morgan's head was messed up by her insecurities and Drakon did pull away ftom her. ..kudos to him for admitting it to her. I just felt if they had opened up more and communicated better the anguish and pain both went through was unnecessary. But Morgan needed to grow up and mature in a way...so both appreciate each other way more if they had muddled along and started a family. Now I want Logan and Rowan's story!
August 31, 2013
I love my alpha heroes with a little sensitivity but this is much not believable and vomit-inducing. not much story either. boy fell for virgin girl. married in haste bliss one month,honeymoon the real life intrudes, er- no. I don't buy it. basically they're both crazy inlove.as in real should be hospitalized crazy but the hero is a tortured cliche so he hides it and the heroinw can't take it for mere 5months!? she ran and unrealistically they never saw each other or talked in any wa for 5yrs. divorced battle was intense in court yet they managed not to meet or talk.
April 25, 2013
Kind of good book. Fantastic start poor middle (seemed to drag on) and a bit of hastily wound up ending. But overall a pleasant read.
March 23, 2014
For some reason I got out of reading these types of romance but this was really good. I loved the whole mental I'm crazy thing.
August 1, 2017
I recall this book. Or at least the title rings bells!!
Good book. Not too hot as it gave me hope but still nice.
Good book. Not too hot as it gave me hope but still nice.
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