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The Change in Di Navarra's Plan
The Change in Di Navarra's Plan
The scent of success
Holly Craig once naively gave in to the practiced charms of playboy Drago Di Navarra…but now she'll prove he's met his match!
Drago never forgot the girl who betrayed him. But when he uncovers the secret she's been hiding, all of his carefully laid plans will unravel!
Unnoticed and Untouched
Putting the personal in PA!
Gold diggers are an occupational hazard for Lorenzo D'Angeli. So he extends his PA's job description to cover evening events!
Renzo loses his cool when he sees his formerly frumpy PA dressed to kill…but Faith Black knows this playboy well—she'll guard her heart fiercely!
The scent of success
Holly Craig once naively gave in to the practiced charms of playboy Drago Di Navarra…but now she'll prove he's met his match!
Drago never forgot the girl who betrayed him. But when he uncovers the secret she's been hiding, all of his carefully laid plans will unravel!
Unnoticed and Untouched
Putting the personal in PA!
Gold diggers are an occupational hazard for Lorenzo D'Angeli. So he extends his PA's job description to cover evening events!
Renzo loses his cool when he sees his formerly frumpy PA dressed to kill…but Faith Black knows this playboy well—she'll guard her heart fiercely!
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Lynn Raye Harris
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July 15, 2019
Reread. Second time around, I didn't like it as much as the first time reading it.
Wow, really good story line! Really enjoy this Harlequin Present. Was drawn in right away and read it in one sitting. Highly recommended!
Wow, really good story line! Really enjoy this Harlequin Present. Was drawn in right away and read it in one sitting. Highly recommended!
July 16, 2019
Cruel hero alert! Yup. A bona fide cruel hero – but not of the old skool, alas. Those vintage cruel heroes didn’t have an excuse for cruelty. They just were. This hero has a point of view and a terrible backstory, so he ends up looking more neurotic than cruel by the end of the story when he’s publicly begging the fed-up heroine to return to him.
I wanted him to grovel for:
1. Assuming the just-off-the- plane heroine from Louisiana was the new model for his perfume ad campaign
2. For deciding to seduce her, knowing she was naïve and unsure
3. For kicking her out the next day after she explained the mix up and that she wanted him to buy her perfume formula.
4. For directing his secretary to screen his phone calls and correspondence from her
5. For forgetting all about her for a year until he runs into her again while she is waitressing at a casino
6. For believing a virgin went from his bed to another man’s within days to conceive a child
7. For coming up with an asinine contract to have the heroine model again
8. For not bothering to smell her perfume samples
9. For threatening to take her son away when he found out the truth
10. For making everything about him and his mommy issues.
What he groveled for:
Feeling unlovable and thinking the heroine was like his mother. Heroine had to assure him he was lovable and . . . bleh.
What a disappointing ending. Hero (and heroine for that matter) never admitted just how reprehensible his behavior was to the heroine when they first met, or to his date when he ran into the heroine again, or his date at the charity ball. None of those ladies were OWs – they just had the bad luck to interact with this dude.
Heroine was an idiot to lie to him about her son – so hero does have standing for being angry and not trusting her. It all evens out at the end, I suppose. Still, if you’re craving a cruel hero, I think you’ll be satisfied with this one.
I wanted him to grovel for:
1. Assuming the just-off-the- plane heroine from Louisiana was the new model for his perfume ad campaign
2. For deciding to seduce her, knowing she was naïve and unsure
3. For kicking her out the next day after she explained the mix up and that she wanted him to buy her perfume formula.
4. For directing his secretary to screen his phone calls and correspondence from her
5. For forgetting all about her for a year until he runs into her again while she is waitressing at a casino
6. For believing a virgin went from his bed to another man’s within days to conceive a child
7. For coming up with an asinine contract to have the heroine model again
8. For not bothering to smell her perfume samples
9. For threatening to take her son away when he found out the truth
10. For making everything about him and his mommy issues.
What he groveled for:
Feeling unlovable and thinking the heroine was like his mother. Heroine had to assure him he was lovable and . . . bleh.
What a disappointing ending. Hero (and heroine for that matter) never admitted just how reprehensible his behavior was to the heroine when they first met, or to his date when he ran into the heroine again, or his date at the charity ball. None of those ladies were OWs – they just had the bad luck to interact with this dude.
Heroine was an idiot to lie to him about her son – so hero does have standing for being angry and not trusting her. It all evens out at the end, I suppose. Still, if you’re craving a cruel hero, I think you’ll be satisfied with this one.
October 8, 2017
Okay I just reread this for some crazy reason and I had to rerate it. It was better than one star for sure. I think I forgot most of it and concentrated on the whole non celibacy thing and that is normally a deal breaker for me. Big time deal breaker. But in rereading I realize they only had one night together before he threw her out. They didn't really know each other. I think he overreacted in the morning when he found her perfume kit and he knew he was her first lover so I don't get why he went so unforgiving on her and so mean. And I really hate that she had no other men during the separation but he had numerous women, he even had one with him the night they met again. And he kicked her to the curb wihthout a second thought too. I just hate that premise. Yet I would not want her to be with bunches of men just to even it out. It really is just hard for me to accept that. He really did love her in the end. He made that big gesture on the train which was romantic and I bought it. But he was definitely hard to like most of the time. He just blew her dreams off like they weren't important. He was going to take the baby away. She tried to contact him to tell him about the baby but she couldn't get through. She sent him a letter. She didn't have money to go there so I understood that and I think he would have too if it hadn't been for his mom. I just don't know. I am glad they had the epilogue and I am glad I reread it but I still have reservations about it.
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November 3, 2013
Whew! I almost gave up on Harlequin Presents cause they are getting worse and worse but Lynn Raye Harris saved the day again. Such a talented new author!
Drago is a gorgeous Italian playboy who mistakes aspiring perfumer Holly for a model and spends the night with her. When he realizes Holly slept with him in order to sell her fragrances he refuses to listen to her and throws her out.
One year later Drago sees Holly at the casino where she works and decides he wants her face on his new campaign. Holly who is struggling to bring up her baby boy alone accepts and they travel to Italy. But Drago is a hard ruthless man and Holly fears of Drago's reaction when he finds out he is Nicky's father.
LRH writing is as sensual, intense, and alpha-male as ever. The romance was passionate, sexy and always center to the story! I love that the heroine was a nice somewhat naive person, but she also would stand up for herself and would do anything for her baby. Drago was a great alpha hero whose darkness and pain only made him more appealing. Little Nickolas was adorable and there was a cute epilogue as well!
Drago is a gorgeous Italian playboy who mistakes aspiring perfumer Holly for a model and spends the night with her. When he realizes Holly slept with him in order to sell her fragrances he refuses to listen to her and throws her out.
One year later Drago sees Holly at the casino where she works and decides he wants her face on his new campaign. Holly who is struggling to bring up her baby boy alone accepts and they travel to Italy. But Drago is a hard ruthless man and Holly fears of Drago's reaction when he finds out he is Nicky's father.
LRH writing is as sensual, intense, and alpha-male as ever. The romance was passionate, sexy and always center to the story! I love that the heroine was a nice somewhat naive person, but she also would stand up for herself and would do anything for her baby. Drago was a great alpha hero whose darkness and pain only made him more appealing. Little Nickolas was adorable and there was a cute epilogue as well!
July 22, 2020
***3.75 Stars***
This is a story I moderately liked. The hero was pretty harsh and suspicious of all women and even most men.
He had a rough childhood and apparently a pretty poor mother. A woman who thought more of pleasing herself than settling down to raise her son. She used him as a pawn to get money from his dead father's family and used it on herself. So now the son believes every woman on the planet is just like good ole mom. This man is in his thirties yet he couldn't differentiate between his mother, other mothers, and women in general so he trusted no one. Let me tell you, that got boring because there was so much repetition in his thought process that it really slowed the story down.
The ending was good but was too little too late for me.
This is a story I moderately liked. The hero was pretty harsh and suspicious of all women and even most men.
He had a rough childhood and apparently a pretty poor mother. A woman who thought more of pleasing herself than settling down to raise her son. She used him as a pawn to get money from his dead father's family and used it on herself. So now the son believes every woman on the planet is just like good ole mom. This man is in his thirties yet he couldn't differentiate between his mother, other mothers, and women in general so he trusted no one. Let me tell you, that got boring because there was so much repetition in his thought process that it really slowed the story down.
The ending was good but was too little too late for me.
September 10, 2015
I didn't like the book. At the end I didn't believe these two love each other. The hero was a jerk towards the heroine most of the entire book. I didn't feel him passionate and sexy. I didn't feel the chemistry between them.
August 17, 2014
The Change in Di Navarra's Plan - Both hero, and heroine annoyed me. Holly and Drago shared one magical night together. Afterwards Drago kicked her out of his suite when he found out she wanted to show him her perfume samples. He thought she was just another gold digger. When Holly found out she was pregnant, she tried to call him. He never got her messages. She wrote him a letter that he never received. 3 months after the baby was born He saw her working in a casino. He gave her a ride home after work and offered her a job. she was staying with him for weeks, and couldn't tell him he was the father of her baby. He was so angry when he found out. If they could just be honest with one another, they would have had a solid relationship and foundation from the start. They both had to work hard to find the love that should have come easy. The book didn't have any action, and it didn't have anything that happened that made you hold your breath. Both grew up within the chapters of the book. The book had a good ending.
January 27, 2018
I read this book years ago and for some reason gave it a crap rating.
I re-read it today and had a completely different experience. I loved Holly. She is strong, spunky, and sassy. She didn’t let Draco get away with much.
Draco was a total ass ay the start of the book. Then he got lividly angry when he learned the truth about baby Nicky. But he got over his anger with some good ole lovin’. But it took a drastic measure from Holly to bring him to his knees. That train grovel was epic too!
I absolutely enjoyed my second read, and may come back to it in the future.
I re-read it today and had a completely different experience. I loved Holly. She is strong, spunky, and sassy. She didn’t let Draco get away with much.
Draco was a total ass ay the start of the book. Then he got lividly angry when he learned the truth about baby Nicky. But he got over his anger with some good ole lovin’. But it took a drastic measure from Holly to bring him to his knees. That train grovel was epic too!
I absolutely enjoyed my second read, and may come back to it in the future.
October 19, 2017
Iam happy
December 27, 2013
The Change in Di Navarra's Plan was a pleasant engaging read.
At first the heroine was a little irrational but I liked her.
The hero was uber wealthy, alpha type. I liked that.
Great drama and angst.
The last chapter, a bit cheesey.
I liked how the hero and heroine dealt with their issues.
At first the heroine was a little irrational but I liked her.
The hero was uber wealthy, alpha type. I liked that.
Great drama and angst.
The last chapter, a bit cheesey.
I liked how the hero and heroine dealt with their issues.
December 11, 2013
The Change in Di Navarra's Plan is a disappointing read, but Unnoticed and Untouched is perfect
I fell in love with Harlequin romances when I was about ten and it's a love affair that still continues. I got hooked on some books by Mary Burchell and Mary Wibberley that my eldest sister passed along to me and that was it - I had found the heroes and heroines that made my heart dream. Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden books were still favorites, but those romances took my imagination to exotic locales and provided me with wonderful daydreams of possible futures.
I continue to read and enjoy the Harlequin line and, of course, have favorite authors that I look for month to month. One favorite is American author Lynn Raye Harris, whose books are just the right mixture of elegant on the surface alpha heroes and smart heroines. That's why I was so pleased when she offered review copies of some of her two most recent books. I jumped at the chance to review these - and am glad I did (even after what you read below).
However, and I think you may have known there was a however in there, I have to say I was extremely disappointed in her new December Harlequin Presents' story, The Change in Di Navarra's Plan . It's not that the premise of the story was unsound, quite the opposite. I was immediately hooked by the idea of a parfumiere heroine and the cosmetic giant alpha hero, but once I began reading, I began cursing under my breath.
No, it's not the fact that the heroine is "discovered" as a model in an unlikely way. (I do believe in the impossible becoming possible. My almost sister-in-law who had recently returned from the Sorbonne was discovered by Eileen Ford on an escalator in Bloomingdales and became THE face of a major American cosmetics line.) It was because I really found the story so formulaic and predictable that it didn't seem worth the read. Plus the alpha hero, in my mind, was absolutely awful. I've never found myself rooting against a hero and heroine finding their happily-ever-after, but in this story I did.
If I hadn't been reviewing it, I think I would have stopped at the point where the heroine Holly re-encounters the "hero" Drago at the casino where she waitresses and smells the scent of recent sex on his over-enthusiastic companion. This is after her one-night only encounter with him a year ago, where she gave him her virginity and he tossed her out of his house with epithets for the flimsiest of possible betrayals. In the year since she had his baby, lost her home, and is reduced to living in squalor, while he goes from woman to woman and never thinks of her at all. Hmmm. quite the hero.
I actually hoped that this was one time when some other hero would step in and knock this arrogant and quite unlikable character on his keister and sweep Holly away to true love, but no such luck. I know that people can change and evolve, but there is so little there there with both these characters that I just didn't care.
If this were the first Harlequin I'd ever read, I doubt I would have opened another. And that's just sad as Harris is a very talented author. That's why I was so glad that Harlequin bundled this with an older Presents, Unnoticed & Untouched by Lynn Raye Harris. This story was the perfect antidote to my bad mood and I fell in love with both the hero and heroine and rooted for their happily-ever-after.
So, would I recommend this book? Actually not. But perhaps you will purchase it to read just to see if I'm right or wrong in my conclusions. But in my opinion, please don't judge Harris by this book as her other stories are top notch entries in the Harlequin line and she is an author to watch.
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November 17, 2013
No, the hero's not exactly cheating literally. but yes, he had relationship with other women while between he first met heroine and met her for second.
I know that's not called cheating in reality, but that's the point I guess. that IS reality. and frankly, I don't read harlequin present for that. *shrug*
don't get it wrong, I'm really fine with hero/heroine have relationship with another while between as long as they don't have BIG HISTORY like creating a baby together at first chance.
anyway, it's pretty good book for your leisure time. enjoy :)
I know that's not called cheating in reality, but that's the point I guess. that IS reality. and frankly, I don't read harlequin present for that. *shrug*
don't get it wrong, I'm really fine with hero/heroine have relationship with another while between as long as they don't have BIG HISTORY like creating a baby together at first chance.
anyway, it's pretty good book for your leisure time. enjoy :)
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November 24, 2013
Decent, emotional and overall a great read. I was really impressed by this novel.
September 14, 2023
Well this was definitely a nice surprise. I really enjoyed this story which is a surprise because under normal circumstances I would have not read it. I hate one night stand trope, I do not care how magical his penis is nor how traitorous her body is, I can not see romance in one night stands, nor can I like the characters after that.
So there I was trapped in place for several hours with no access to the internet and I found this as a kindle sample so I started reading, got hooked then read the whole thing in one sitting once I was online again.
I liked them both, liked how things developed, liked their interaction and their dialogue. However I think the falling action after the climax was flat and the ending came way too soon.
The hero was fuming and threatening to take the kid from her, and to make her pay for keeping him a secrete. Then pufff nothing, never mentioned again as if nothing happened because all was solved by sex?! Yeah I did not like that, building for the climax page after page then giving us this was a disappoinment.
I think the story needed more, the ending came too soon, there was not enough time between these two to make their love more beleivable .The “ several weeks” thrown here and there did not serve its purpose .
That said, all in all it was a nice read, first time reading for this author and I will definitely check her other work.
So there I was trapped in place for several hours with no access to the internet and I found this as a kindle sample so I started reading, got hooked then read the whole thing in one sitting once I was online again.
I liked them both, liked how things developed, liked their interaction and their dialogue. However I think the falling action after the climax was flat and the ending came way too soon.
The hero was fuming and threatening to take the kid from her, and to make her pay for keeping him a secrete. Then pufff nothing, never mentioned again as if nothing happened because all was solved by sex?! Yeah I did not like that, building for the climax page after page then giving us this was a disappoinment.
I think the story needed more, the ending came too soon, there was not enough time between these two to make their love more beleivable .The “ several weeks” thrown here and there did not serve its purpose .
That said, all in all it was a nice read, first time reading for this author and I will definitely check her other work.
October 24, 2023
I like this heroine a lot. I feel for the hero, as you learn his history, and I appreciate that he does some growing up, but he really treats her terribly at the beginning, and continues to do so long after he should know better. I kept expecting him to try to track down the letter but finally came to the conclusion that in his heart he was so afraid what she said might be true -- and thereby shatter his current view of the world -- that he didn't dare. As he himself finally recognizes, he clung to his illusions long after he should have known better.
December 12, 2016
Angsty goodness! I enjoyed this book from start to finish.
February 16, 2014
First book: The sequence of events got me all hooked! Always makes you wonder what happens next and when is he going to find out that he's the baby-daddy. There are moments when it's flat though perhaps towards the end of the book. It's still quite a read.
2nd book: Such an easy read! It's about a boss who unexpectedly become drawn to his PA of 6 months. Renzo is a very sweet man who spent much of his life seeking for his estranged father's approval. He became a successful motorcross racer and has made his fortune like that. Faith, a minister's daughter has been estranged from her own family for 8 years. Both have had personal battles and together they learned to overcome their insecurities and fell in love in the process. I love the dialogues, I love how they made each other laugh and I love that finding their way to each other's heart came so naturally. The author did such a great job making it all interesting and real! The Lola touch is great too...who wouldn't like a pet loving billionaire hero huh? Great read imho.
2nd book: Such an easy read! It's about a boss who unexpectedly become drawn to his PA of 6 months. Renzo is a very sweet man who spent much of his life seeking for his estranged father's approval. He became a successful motorcross racer and has made his fortune like that. Faith, a minister's daughter has been estranged from her own family for 8 years. Both have had personal battles and together they learned to overcome their insecurities and fell in love in the process. I love the dialogues, I love how they made each other laugh and I love that finding their way to each other's heart came so naturally. The author did such a great job making it all interesting and real! The Lola touch is great too...who wouldn't like a pet loving billionaire hero huh? Great read imho.
February 15, 2014
Drago was an alpha hero who had a jaded view of everything and always made his own conclusions regarding everything. I understood that his cynical attitude was due to an unfortunate childhood incident but his mistreatment of the heroine at the beginning of the book took me a long time to warm up to him. Holly was a naive and innocent heroine who had to struggle a lot due to Drago and somehow his mistreatment made her remove her rose tinted glasses and face the world a with a stronger attitude.Read More
January 1, 2019
Es la segunda vez que leo este libro y me sigue pareciendo igual de pesado, el personaje femenino no esta mal, pero el masculino es totalmente insoportable, la historia es bastante común para una historia Harlequin así en esa área no mostró nada diferente, la descripción fue bastante poca y no me hizo sentir para nada ni en Nueva York ni en Italia ni en ningún lugar.
Termine el libro solo para darle una segunda oportunidad, pero no me dio ninguna sorpresa, hay historias mejores de la editorial Harlequin.
Termine el libro solo para darle una segunda oportunidad, pero no me dio ninguna sorpresa, hay historias mejores de la editorial Harlequin.
June 8, 2021
The scent of success
It’s been a long time since aspiring perfumer Holly Craig naively gave in to the practised charms and false promises of playboy Drago Di Navarra. Now, as the face of his next cosmetics campaign, Holly will prove she’s a more than worthy adversary for the intoxicating CEO…
On the surface Drago is the epitome of precision and power. Yet he is haunted by the memory of a seemingly innocent girl and the moment he discovered she was just like all the rest. But Drago’s about to uncover the secret Holly’s been hiding, and all of his carefully laid plans will come undone!
It’s been a long time since aspiring perfumer Holly Craig naively gave in to the practised charms and false promises of playboy Drago Di Navarra. Now, as the face of his next cosmetics campaign, Holly will prove she’s a more than worthy adversary for the intoxicating CEO…
On the surface Drago is the epitome of precision and power. Yet he is haunted by the memory of a seemingly innocent girl and the moment he discovered she was just like all the rest. But Drago’s about to uncover the secret Holly’s been hiding, and all of his carefully laid plans will come undone!
January 10, 2014
Oh now I really liked this and would say it's probably the best of M&B offerings this month. A breath of fresh air. There was something about Drago I totally adored. He was sexy as hell and in the end I thought him and Holly they made a fantastic couple. I haven't read one of Harris's books in a while so I'm definitely on the lookout for her next.
February 5, 2014
Another heartwarming second chance romance by Lynn Raye Harris. I love the chemistry between Drago and Holly. Never a boring moment between these two. Both are emotionally wounded and in need of someone to heal that hurt. This is one story that will stay with you long after you have read it. A winner!
November 23, 2013
why do people write public love declarations?!?! horrible. i give it 2stars for that without that i'd give it 4stars.
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December 29, 2014Received 4 1/2 stars at RT Book Reviews
December 13, 2013
Really enjoyed! Lynn Harris, is becoming an author I enjoy reading.
I read this one and Unnoticed and Untouched together
I read this one and Unnoticed and Untouched together
March 10, 2014
Sencilla, con el drama necesario y algunos momentos memorables
May 17, 2014
Secret baby trope but heroine doesn't tell hero even after they re-connect. He finally figures it out 2/3 into the book. I don't think I can read any more secret baby harlequin presents.
May 20, 2014
Estuvo lindo.
El detalle de la casa era obvio.
El detalle de la casa era obvio.
June 8, 2014
Loved it!
August 10, 2014
Fantastic - no other words needed.
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