Passados turbulentos (Sabrina Livro 1564)

by Maggie Cox

Aquele playboy encontrara a sua cara-metade?

Hal Treverne, produtor musical de grande sucesso e famoso pelo seu inconformismo, não estava à altura da sua reputação de ter muita sorte. Preso a uma cadeira de rodas depois de um acidente de esqui, estava furioso.

Sobretudo porque deveria ter conseguido levar Kit para a cama, a mulher que cuidava dele, e tê-la tirado da cabeça. Obrigado a depender dela, não podia escapar da sua presença embriagadora.

Até que percebeu o desejo ardente que se ocultava por trás da sua fachada de eficiência profissional. Desencadear a paixão de Kit era um desafio que encantaria o arrogante Hal.

Genres: Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance

155 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2013

About the author

Maggie Cox loved to write almost as soon as she learned to read. Her favorite occupation was daydreaming and making up stories in her head, and this particular pastime has stayed with her through all the years of growing up, starting work, marrying and raising a family. No matter what was going on in her life, whether joy, happiness, struggle or disappointment, she'd go to bed each night and lose herself in her imagination. Through all the years of her secretarial career she kept on filling exercise books and the "joy oh joy" her word processor with her writing, never showing anyone what she wrote and basically keeping her stories for her own enjoyment alone.

It wasn't until she met her second husband and the "love of her life" that she was persuaded to start sharing those stories with a publisher. She settled on Mills & Boon (Harlequin) as she had loved romance novels since she was a teenager and read at least one or two paperbacks a week. After several rejections, the letters that were sent back from the publisher started to become more and more positive and encouraging, and in July 2002 she sold her first book A Passionate Protector. Since then she has continued written.

The fact that she is being published is truly a dream come true; however, each book she writes is still a journey in "courage and hope," and a quest to learn and grow and be "the best writer she can." Her advice to aspiring authors is: "Don't give up at the first hurdle, or even the second, third or fourth, but keep on keeping on until your dream is realized because if you are truly passionate about writing and learning the craft, as Paulo Coehlo states in his book The Alchemist: "The Universe will conspire to help you make it a reality."

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 1 out of 5]

I usually adore this author but this was an awful read. Plot was boring, there was no chemistry between the H/h, characters were one dimensional and I don't like my heroines having such a shady past like sleeping with a married man.

[Samantha Millicent · Rating 1 out of 5]

I struggled with this book. It just didn't grab me. By page 47 I almost put it down and didn't finish it, but I kept hoping it would get better. The hero was super snarky and I just didn't get how the heroine could be attracted to him. Okay he was in pain, but gracious he was a pain. I found the dialogue between them sparse (and trite) with lots of introspection. Their internal conflicts for not getting into a relationship - how original, his mother had left when he was a kid and her mother had been used by countless men (oh, and she'd lost her virginity in a one night stand to a married man). The conflicts seemed cardboard, and the characters weren't shaped in an emotional way because of them. Suddenly within an afternoon or so of having met her, he decided maybe he should have a permanent relationship and she might fit the bill????? Seriously?? I didn't buy the attraction - again, contrived. I have read other books by this author, and can't remember having such a ho-hum reaction. Very, very disappointing.

[Catalina Riveras · Rating 1 out of 5]

Though it seemed untenable , I loved it.

[More Books Than Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring and the instant decision that h is perfect wife material is asinine.

[Harlequin Books]

"Cox's tale is a heartening opposites-attract romance set in swank surroundings. The paradoxical co-stars are an improbably perfect fit, and their lovemaking is explosive". (RT Book Reviews) rated 4 stars

[Tia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was alright but I didn't quite feel the passion between hero and heroine.

[Ada · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gusto pero no me encanto, no sé siento que algo falto.

[Chantal Venter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most delightful books I have ever read.