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They're not the marrying kind—more the Do NOT Take Home to Mom kind. But these three brothers are about to meet the tempting women who have what it takes to tame their inner bad boys...
RAND: After tragedy struck six years ago, Rand buried what was left of his heart. But Phoebe Garrison isn't giving up, and she's got an enticing deal: the coveted deed to property his company needs in exchange for one hot week in her bed. It's an offer even the brooding Rand can't refuse. Now, as every hunger is explored, every secret revealed, Rand knows he'll need more than one week to indulge his fantasies with this amazing woman...
With these bad boys, you may kiss the bride is only the beginning...
Originally published March 2005 within the 3 Brides For 3 Bad Boys trade paperback anthology and February 2008 mass market paperback for Kensington Brava.
RAND: After tragedy struck six years ago, Rand buried what was left of his heart. But Phoebe Garrison isn't giving up, and she's got an enticing deal: the coveted deed to property his company needs in exchange for one hot week in her bed. It's an offer even the brooding Rand can't refuse. Now, as every hunger is explored, every secret revealed, Rand knows he'll need more than one week to indulge his fantasies with this amazing woman...
With these bad boys, you may kiss the bride is only the beginning...
Originally published March 2005 within the 3 Brides For 3 Bad Boys trade paperback anthology and February 2008 mass market paperback for Kensington Brava.
100 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2005
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Lucy Monroe
652 books1,621 followersI write spicy romance books that end in an HEA. Contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance…I write it all. The two things my books all have in common is lots of emotion and spice. Last year, I fell in love with a new subgenre: mafia romance. Since I write what I love to read, I started a new standalone series, Syndicate Rules where you’ll meet over the top alpha heroes in the Italian and Greek mafias as well as the Irish mob. There are arranged marriages, forced marriages, enemies to lovers, stalkers, forced proximity and lots of mafia intrigue. Morally gray is my new favorite color.
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I’ve been published a while and most of my 90+ books have hit the Nielson Bookscan bestseller list, a few ended up on the USA Today bestseller list and some even hit national bestseller lists in the UK and Australia. My books have been translated into numerous languages and are for sale in dozens of countries around the world. I’ve won awards and been published with most of the big houses in New York, but my greatest achievement is touching readers’ hearts. When I hear from a reader who got caught up in one of my books, I know I’m doing what I’m meant to do.
I love writing emotionally deep stories with snappy dialogue and solid plots. I’m more grateful than I’ll ever be able to express that so many readers have taken my stories into their hearts and put my books on their reread and keeper shelves.
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I’ve been published a while and most of my 90+ books have hit the Nielson Bookscan bestseller list, a few ended up on the USA Today bestseller list and some even hit national bestseller lists in the UK and Australia. My books have been translated into numerous languages and are for sale in dozens of countries around the world. I’ve won awards and been published with most of the big houses in New York, but my greatest achievement is touching readers’ hearts. When I hear from a reader who got caught up in one of my books, I know I’m doing what I’m meant to do.
I love writing emotionally deep stories with snappy dialogue and solid plots. I’m more grateful than I’ll ever be able to express that so many readers have taken my stories into their hearts and put my books on their reread and keeper shelves.
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February 1, 2020
"Rand" is the story of Phoebe and Rand.
A sexy short story in which our h, who has yearned for the widower H for long finally gets a chance of an intimate weekend with him by unknowingly expressing her intentions in an auction. Their relationship is then complicated by her history with his half brother, and his hatred for the same. Minimal amount of drama later, they find their HEA.
Pretty enjoyable with a likable h and a brooding H.
SWE
3/5
A sexy short story in which our h, who has yearned for the widower H for long finally gets a chance of an intimate weekend with him by unknowingly expressing her intentions in an auction. Their relationship is then complicated by her history with his half brother, and his hatred for the same. Minimal amount of drama later, they find their HEA.
Pretty enjoyable with a likable h and a brooding H.
SWE
3/5
July 24, 2018
Reviewed for THC Reviews
"4.5 stars" Rand (aka “A Deal Is a Deal”) is the first in a trilogy of connected novellas about three half-brothers. This one features Rand, the oldest of the three, as the hero. Although the specifics aren’t mentioned, he lost his wife and child six years ago, and ever since then, he’s had his heart locked up tight. He still goes out with women and even sleeps with them from time to time, when the need for physical release becomes too great, but he has no intention of ever falling in love again. His heroine, Phoebe, was engaged to Rand’s brother, Carter, but it ended four years ago. After that, she became close friends with Rand, and ever since, her feelings for him, both physical and emotional, have gradually been growing until she’d give anything for just a week in his bed. When she accidentally blurts out that fact at a charity event they’re both attending and he overhears her, he offers to fulfill her fantasy in exchange for the deed to an island she owns that has a rich lithium deposit he needs for his business.
I really liked Phoebe, because she’s the perfect mix of sweet and sassy. She tends to speak her mind, but she’s also one of those seemingly rare, modern-day virgins, and there’s no one she wants to introduce her to the pleasures of the flesh but Rand. She’s tired of just being friends and wants so much more from him. Even though she knows he’s kept his heart off limits, she can’t help hoping that maybe he’ll open it up for her. Rand is an intensely sexy alpha male. Most of the time I liked him. He’s an excellent lover and takes good care of Phoebe, but he has a few moments where he says things that border on cruel and made me want to smack him. It was at those times, I found myself wishing he’d dial back on the alpha a little, but overall he showed enough gentleness and vulnerability to stay in my good graces.
With this being a short novella, things move rapidly between our hero and heroine. It all takes place in the span of only one week, but I wasn’t overly bothered by that. Rand and Phoebe's long-standing friendship played into their emotional connection a lot. Phoebe was totally in love with Rand before the story even started, and while Rand fought it for a bit, I could tell from the start that he knew Phoebe was a keeper and not one of the loose women he usually tended to go for. It’s one of the reasons he’d kept their relationship friends-only up to that point. The love scenes are smokin’ hot, and there’s a decent little plot for a novella, with Rand and Carter both vying for the rights to Phoebe's island, as well as Carter trying to mend the troubled relationship with his brother. So overall, Rand was a really fun story. It was originally published under the title “A Deal Is a Deal” along with its two companion novellas in the anthology, 3 Brides for 3 Bad Boys but it has since been republished as a stand-alone ebook, simply titled Rand.
"4.5 stars" Rand (aka “A Deal Is a Deal”) is the first in a trilogy of connected novellas about three half-brothers. This one features Rand, the oldest of the three, as the hero. Although the specifics aren’t mentioned, he lost his wife and child six years ago, and ever since then, he’s had his heart locked up tight. He still goes out with women and even sleeps with them from time to time, when the need for physical release becomes too great, but he has no intention of ever falling in love again. His heroine, Phoebe, was engaged to Rand’s brother, Carter, but it ended four years ago. After that, she became close friends with Rand, and ever since, her feelings for him, both physical and emotional, have gradually been growing until she’d give anything for just a week in his bed. When she accidentally blurts out that fact at a charity event they’re both attending and he overhears her, he offers to fulfill her fantasy in exchange for the deed to an island she owns that has a rich lithium deposit he needs for his business.
I really liked Phoebe, because she’s the perfect mix of sweet and sassy. She tends to speak her mind, but she’s also one of those seemingly rare, modern-day virgins, and there’s no one she wants to introduce her to the pleasures of the flesh but Rand. She’s tired of just being friends and wants so much more from him. Even though she knows he’s kept his heart off limits, she can’t help hoping that maybe he’ll open it up for her. Rand is an intensely sexy alpha male. Most of the time I liked him. He’s an excellent lover and takes good care of Phoebe, but he has a few moments where he says things that border on cruel and made me want to smack him. It was at those times, I found myself wishing he’d dial back on the alpha a little, but overall he showed enough gentleness and vulnerability to stay in my good graces.
With this being a short novella, things move rapidly between our hero and heroine. It all takes place in the span of only one week, but I wasn’t overly bothered by that. Rand and Phoebe's long-standing friendship played into their emotional connection a lot. Phoebe was totally in love with Rand before the story even started, and while Rand fought it for a bit, I could tell from the start that he knew Phoebe was a keeper and not one of the loose women he usually tended to go for. It’s one of the reasons he’d kept their relationship friends-only up to that point. The love scenes are smokin’ hot, and there’s a decent little plot for a novella, with Rand and Carter both vying for the rights to Phoebe's island, as well as Carter trying to mend the troubled relationship with his brother. So overall, Rand was a really fun story. It was originally published under the title “A Deal Is a Deal” along with its two companion novellas in the anthology, 3 Brides for 3 Bad Boys but it has since been republished as a stand-alone ebook, simply titled Rand.
October 11, 2024
The couple: Rand and Phoebe
Romance trope: friends to lovers
Series: 3 Brides for 3 Bad Boys
Length: 100 pages
Plot: Phoebe was once engaged to Rand's brother, but that didn't work out. She's over that and she wished that Rand would take her seriously as a romantic prospect. His heart, though, belongs to his dead wife and son, and all he's looking for is a little fun. Can Phoebe be satisfied with that? Can Rand?
Commentary: Quick read. I don't feel like I got a good handle on Rand's character. I would have loved a little more to understand how he really felt about his wife and child, but we were told, not shown. And I missed the part where he fell in love with Phoebe, it happened so fast.
Next book in the series: Carter
Romance trope: friends to lovers
Series: 3 Brides for 3 Bad Boys
Length: 100 pages
Plot: Phoebe was once engaged to Rand's brother, but that didn't work out. She's over that and she wished that Rand would take her seriously as a romantic prospect. His heart, though, belongs to his dead wife and son, and all he's looking for is a little fun. Can Phoebe be satisfied with that? Can Rand?
Commentary: Quick read. I don't feel like I got a good handle on Rand's character. I would have loved a little more to understand how he really felt about his wife and child, but we were told, not shown. And I missed the part where he fell in love with Phoebe, it happened so fast.
Next book in the series: Carter
December 15, 2023
I’ve read some of this author’s Mills and Boon novels and enjoyed them. But this is a pretty poor, very early novella which is nowhere near the standard she can achieve now.
It is really short, the characters are one dimensional, and the plotting is virtually non-existent. I was bored and DNF around half way. Not my cup of tea I’m afraid.
It is really short, the characters are one dimensional, and the plotting is virtually non-existent. I was bored and DNF around half way. Not my cup of tea I’m afraid.
August 27, 2024
One of the few Lucy Monroe books I was disappointed with. I felt that in some ways this book needed to be longer, expand on more of the issues of Rand (the man lost his wife and son and we just don't ever talk about it) There was a lot that wasn't talked about in this story. For such a short book, this really took me FOREVER to read. I read two other books while trying to get through this one.
August 10, 2019
Used to love her writp
Found this a bit boring. Good sex scenes but the whole theme is of the story I lackluster. Will finish the series
Found this a bit boring. Good sex scenes but the whole theme is of the story I lackluster. Will finish the series
October 2, 2015
I enjoyed this novella, but I felt it was rushed in places. I felt a lot of their back story was glossed over and because of this the relationship just felt a little too quick and convenient. It felt like there were bits missing - especially since they had already known each other for four years. What happened in those four years ? Why 'insta' love now ? I will be reading the stories about the other brothers however, as Lucy Monroe is a great author. Steamy romance scenes.
October 20, 2015
Oh my gosh! I loved this book from the first page...so much raw pain, passion and strong emotions that overcome a determined man's heart! Rand and Phoebe are beautiful in their love and their scorching lovemaking ain't bad either! This is going to be a totally exciting series!!
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