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Notorious Greeks #2
A las órdenes del griego
«Yo siempre consigo lo que quiero… y te quiero a ti».
Ganar millones y acostarse con mujeres hermosas no podía hacer que Bastien Zikos olvidase el lustroso pelo negro y los desafiantes ojos azul zafiro de Delilah Moore.
De modo que estaba dispuesto a hacer lo que tuviese que hacer para conseguir que la única mujer que lo había rechazado volviese con él. Si Delilah quería salvar la fallida empresa de su padre, debería acceder a sus demandas: ser su amante, ponerse sus diamantes y esperarlo en la cama.
Pero ¿qué haría el exigente magnate cuando descubriese que su rebelde amante era virgen?
Ganar millones y acostarse con mujeres hermosas no podía hacer que Bastien Zikos olvidase el lustroso pelo negro y los desafiantes ojos azul zafiro de Delilah Moore.
De modo que estaba dispuesto a hacer lo que tuviese que hacer para conseguir que la única mujer que lo había rechazado volviese con él. Si Delilah quería salvar la fallida empresa de su padre, debería acceder a sus demandas: ser su amante, ponerse sus diamantes y esperarlo en la cama.
Pero ¿qué haría el exigente magnate cuando descubriese que su rebelde amante era virgen?
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First published August 13, 2015
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Lynne Graham
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Lynne Graham was born on July 30, 1956 of Irish-Scottish parentage. She has livedin Northern Ireland all her life. She grew up in a seaside village with herbrother. She learnt to read at the age of 3, and haven't stopped since then.
Lynne first met her husband when she was 14. At 15, she wrote her firstbook, but it was rejected everywhere. Lynne married after she completed adegree at Edinburgh University. She started writing again when she was athome with her first child. It took several attempts before she sold herfirst book in 1987 and the delight of seeing that first book for sale in thelocal newsagents has never been forgotten. Now, there are over 10 million ofher books in print worldwide.
Lynne always wanted a large family and has five children. Her eldest and heronly natural child is 19 and currently at university. Her other fourchildren, who are every bit as dear to her heart, are adopted. She has two9-year-olds adopted from Sri Lanka and a 5- and a 3-year-old adopted fromGuatemala. In Lynne's home, there is a rich and diverse cultural mix, whichadds a whole extra dimension of interest and discovery to family life. Thefamily lives in a country house surrounded by a woodland garden, which iswonderfully private. The family has two pets. Thomas, a very large andaffectionate black cat, bosses the dog and hunts rabbits. The dog is Daisy,an adorable but not very bright white West Highland terrier, who loves beingchased by the cat. At night, dog and cat sleep together in front of thekitchen stove. Lynne loves gardening, cooking, collects everything from oldtoys to rock specimens and is crazy about every aspect of Christmas.
Lynne Graham was born on July 30, 1956 of Irish-Scottish parentage. She has livedin Northern Ireland all her life. She grew up in a seaside village with herbrother. She learnt to read at the age of 3, and haven't stopped since then.
Lynne first met her husband when she was 14. At 15, she wrote her firstbook, but it was rejected everywhere. Lynne married after she completed adegree at Edinburgh University. She started writing again when she was athome with her first child. It took several attempts before she sold herfirst book in 1987 and the delight of seeing that first book for sale in thelocal newsagents has never been forgotten. Now, there are over 10 million ofher books in print worldwide.
Lynne always wanted a large family and has five children. Her eldest and heronly natural child is 19 and currently at university. Her other fourchildren, who are every bit as dear to her heart, are adopted. She has two9-year-olds adopted from Sri Lanka and a 5- and a 3-year-old adopted fromGuatemala. In Lynne's home, there is a rich and diverse cultural mix, whichadds a whole extra dimension of interest and discovery to family life. Thefamily lives in a country house surrounded by a woodland garden, which iswonderfully private. The family has two pets. Thomas, a very large andaffectionate black cat, bosses the dog and hunts rabbits. The dog is Daisy,an adorable but not very bright white West Highland terrier, who loves beingchased by the cat. At night, dog and cat sleep together in front of thekitchen stove. Lynne loves gardening, cooking, collects everything from oldtoys to rock specimens and is crazy about every aspect of Christmas.
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February 27, 2022
Nah, I'm totally not rating this book 2 stars because it sucks. I rate it 2 stars solely based on the fact that I'm mad jealous that no man, not yet 😏, has ever told me
"I want to see you in diamonds"
one second before putting the said diamonds right in front of me. 🥲
P.S. I'm contemplating creating a shelf titled "pity blowjob". Not her sucking him off after hearing his screams during the nightmare. 🌚🌝
To be honest, the sex scenes in this book were absolutely horrific: he gets her off by working magic on her clitoris and then he kinda pounds a few times. Their passionate sex ends here. 🤝🏻
The descriptions were generally lackluster, considering that the guy had been craving to get her between the sheets for two years? Man, I wanna believe you so bad, but I have my doubts —👅
Too much fingerwork makes Jack a dull boy, or whatever says the proverb.
This book should have made amends for the most basic, abysmally clichéd blackmail plot ever!! But it didn't. WHY? 👺👺👺
"I want to see you in diamonds"
one second before putting the said diamonds right in front of me. 🥲
P.S. I'm contemplating creating a shelf titled "pity blowjob". Not her sucking him off after hearing his screams during the nightmare. 🌚🌝
To be honest, the sex scenes in this book were absolutely horrific: he gets her off by working magic on her clitoris and then he kinda pounds a few times. Their passionate sex ends here. 🤝🏻
The descriptions were generally lackluster, considering that the guy had been craving to get her between the sheets for two years? Man, I wanna believe you so bad, but I have my doubts —👅
Too much fingerwork makes Jack a dull boy, or whatever says the proverb.
This book should have made amends for the most basic, abysmally clichéd blackmail plot ever!! But it didn't. WHY? 👺👺👺
May 31, 2017
2 - 2.5 Stars
I had high hopes that this would be a solid guilty pleasure Harlequin read. The premise was promising - I'm a sucker for the blackmailed relationship lol - and it really started off strong before totally flaggain't.
The could book could have been strong if not for the fact that everything was waaaaay too rushed and the changes in the character's emotions way too sudden.
This book needed to be about a hundred pages longer to achieve the ending it failed to make me believe.
I had high hopes that this would be a solid guilty pleasure Harlequin read. The premise was promising - I'm a sucker for the blackmailed relationship lol - and it really started off strong before totally flaggain't.
The could book could have been strong if not for the fact that everything was waaaaay too rushed and the changes in the character's emotions way too sudden.
This book needed to be about a hundred pages longer to achieve the ending it failed to make me believe.
August 8, 2015
There is a reason that Lynne Graham is one of my favorite HP authors,and this lovely book is proof in point.I loved these two mismatched characters.Bastian,so typical of a LG hero,you cannot help but like him ,man whore ways and all.He was totally possessive of Liliah and poor sod did not have a clue as to where these feelings were comming from.Liliah,perfect match for our hero,she was bright,spunky,and I adored her character.
Loved the Provence setting,very well described,I could smell the lavender and just see the charming stone villages.
This was definitely the better book in this duet.
4.75***
Loved the Provence setting,very well described,I could smell the lavender and just see the charming stone villages.
This was definitely the better book in this duet.
4.75***
September 1, 2015
Not having much luck with the latest two books I've read by Lynne Graham, who has been one of my favorite Mills & Boon authors.
This is the 2nd book in her Notorious Greeks duet..the 1st one being the story of the one brother, Leo Zikos...https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... which I actually was so not mad about..
This is the other brother, Bastien's story...and it was also one of those I was so not mad about.
I found the hero to be totally OTT..the whole "You will do what I say....when I say, what I say" was really not something I liked.
The heroine...well...let me not say anything else but that ....she was such a twit when it came to dear old Bastien!!!!!
I am sure that there are other readers who will like this book...but me....not so much!!!!!!
I did like the Provence setting though!!!!!
Please Lynne Graham....can we get another awesome book from you soon??????
This is the 2nd book in her Notorious Greeks duet..the 1st one being the story of the one brother, Leo Zikos...https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... which I actually was so not mad about..
This is the other brother, Bastien's story...and it was also one of those I was so not mad about.
I found the hero to be totally OTT..the whole "You will do what I say....when I say, what I say" was really not something I liked.
The heroine...well...let me not say anything else but that ....she was such a twit when it came to dear old Bastien!!!!!
I am sure that there are other readers who will like this book...but me....not so much!!!!!!
I did like the Provence setting though!!!!!
Please Lynne Graham....can we get another awesome book from you soon??????
August 3, 2015
Greek womanizer tycoon is blackmailing heroine who rejected him a few years ago into becoming his mistress. Heroine accepts so as to save her father's company and as his mistress she discovers that Bastien is a complex man and that she is in danger of losing her heart to him.
I liked the first half of the book but I especially loved the second part. I loved their marriage, Delilah's pregnancy, hero's sadness over the baby his ex girlfriend aborted and how Delilah defended him and confronted Marina. She was an innocent but feisty and likable heroine!
I liked the first half of the book but I especially loved the second part. I loved their marriage, Delilah's pregnancy, hero's sadness over the baby his ex girlfriend aborted and how Delilah defended him and confronted Marina. She was an innocent but feisty and likable heroine!
September 26, 2016
Ay caramba! The Greek H just blackmailed the virginal h into an affair to save her father's business, but he denies he is sleazy. No, not sleazy.
And it's no, no nay never no more will I play the wild rover, but I will be a pimp.
She's a martyr. All this malarkey, and I'm still giving it 3 stars. Sigh...
Update:
Okay, the H's arrogance is of the charts, but I'm going to give him a pass because he is off the charts sexy, and that's saying something since he is fictional after all. The h has a spine and has a nice throw down that puts him in his place although he won't/can't admit it to her.
Update 2:
Okay, never mind. The H has sex with the h without a condom and immediately goes into damage control. His proposal does not so much include a bended knee and roses, but a pronouncement that he has had one girlfriend terminate a pregnancy and he's not going to have another one. Heck, they can always get divorced if she's not pregnant. Ah, the romance.
Final points:
The h is besotted with the heroine, but he is definitely a cake and eat it too kinda guy. Their MOC ceremony is as unromantic as it could get although she does get a new dress for it. They run into an ex-bedmate who's all over the H. He doesn't disclose they are married as why should he, she may not be pregnant after all. Then he gets mopey that she didn't wear blue garters and embrace some girly bridal traditions. Make your mind up!
Sorry, LG readers, this book barely makes the three point scale due to capello di testa di mister, oops - that's Italian, I mean mister kapélo kólo and his arrogance. Unlike many of LG's other bamboozled heroes, he never quite redeems himself in my eyes. Sorry, but your mommy/daddy abandonment issues aren't getting you out of it this time, dude.
The heroine is nice and spunky, and can hold her own as much as a girl can in Harley-Land.
And it's no, no nay never no more will I play the wild rover, but I will be a pimp.
She's a martyr. All this malarkey, and I'm still giving it 3 stars. Sigh...
Update:
Okay, the H's arrogance is of the charts, but I'm going to give him a pass because he is off the charts sexy, and that's saying something since he is fictional after all. The h has a spine and has a nice throw down that puts him in his place although he won't/can't admit it to her.
Update 2:
Okay, never mind. The H has sex with the h without a condom and immediately goes into damage control. His proposal does not so much include a bended knee and roses, but a pronouncement that he has had one girlfriend terminate a pregnancy and he's not going to have another one. Heck, they can always get divorced if she's not pregnant. Ah, the romance.
Final points:
The h is besotted with the heroine, but he is definitely a cake and eat it too kinda guy. Their MOC ceremony is as unromantic as it could get although she does get a new dress for it. They run into an ex-bedmate who's all over the H. He doesn't disclose they are married as why should he, she may not be pregnant after all. Then he gets mopey that she didn't wear blue garters and embrace some girly bridal traditions. Make your mind up!
Sorry, LG readers, this book barely makes the three point scale due to capello di testa di mister, oops - that's Italian, I mean mister kapélo kólo and his arrogance. Unlike many of LG's other bamboozled heroes, he never quite redeems himself in my eyes. Sorry, but your mommy/daddy abandonment issues aren't getting you out of it this time, dude.
The heroine is nice and spunky, and can hold her own as much as a girl can in Harley-Land.
May 22, 2020
Hero is half brother to Greek Demands Hero. Has been obsessed with heroine for two years after she turned him down. Buys father's business, blackmails heroine into an affair. There is a cute dog. Will OW get her own book?
June 7, 2017
I do have to say that I like how Delilah told Marina off - that woman was pure skank and even though the H was all huffy about it, Marina did need to be told where to go.
I was missing the Gobsmacked tho - it just isn't LG without that word.
I was missing the Gobsmacked tho - it just isn't LG without that word.
March 11, 2021
I am frustrated with this book. I don't know how to rate it. I found the hero's single-minded focus on getting his hands on heroine and making her his (while constantly fighting his feelings for her) riveting and endearing. But then LG had to ruin it for me by taking the same turn in plot as in her previous books. I am tired of the same old, same old plot
I love LG's alpha heroes and virgin heroines but please give us a different theme/plot. How about Beauty and the Beast theme, friends to lovers, tycoon heroine theme, ... Anything else but the same old, same old.
First half 5*, second half 0*.
I love LG's alpha heroes and virgin heroines but please give us a different theme/plot. How about Beauty and the Beast theme, friends to lovers, tycoon heroine theme, ... Anything else but the same old, same old.
First half 5*, second half 0*.
March 11, 2021
2.5 stars. This book has good and bad elements, but ultimately the bad was just too much to make the story truly enjoyable.
This story is about Delilah and Bastien, who met two years prior to the start of this book. She rejected him and he became obsessed with getting her in his bed. In the two year separation he figures out a way to buy her father’s company so he can hold that over her head. He also sleeps with tons of OW while the heroine remains a virgin and only goes on a couple of dates with some guy who was using her. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
The good part of this story was that the hero was really committed to being with the heroine. He basically was relentless until he got her in his grasp. This can also be considered bad though, since he treats her like a prostitute and backs her into a corner to get his way at every turn. The heroine called him out on his bs several times but her arguments were always so half-assed that she may as well have just kept her mouth shut. This book is yet another cast of the couple running into the multiple women that he’s been with, women propositioning him at every turn, etc. It gets old AF.
To me, this one is SWE, I just couldn’t ignore how much of a manwhore he was, since it was mentioned every 3 minutes. He also went out and tried to find OW to sleep with after his agreement with the h had already started. Heroine virgin.
This story is about Delilah and Bastien, who met two years prior to the start of this book. She rejected him and he became obsessed with getting her in his bed. In the two year separation he figures out a way to buy her father’s company so he can hold that over her head. He also sleeps with tons of OW while the heroine remains a virgin and only goes on a couple of dates with some guy who was using her. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
The good part of this story was that the hero was really committed to being with the heroine. He basically was relentless until he got her in his grasp. This can also be considered bad though, since he treats her like a prostitute and backs her into a corner to get his way at every turn. The heroine called him out on his bs several times but her arguments were always so half-assed that she may as well have just kept her mouth shut. This book is yet another cast of the couple running into the multiple women that he’s been with, women propositioning him at every turn, etc. It gets old AF.
To me, this one is SWE, I just couldn’t ignore how much of a manwhore he was, since it was mentioned every 3 minutes. He also went out and tried to find OW to sleep with after his agreement with the h had already started. Heroine virgin.
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December 3, 2022
Additional reread November 29, 2022
To add to he original review, though the smack down is stellar, the follow up falls short. The ex’s storyline is left hanging, it needed some level of closure.
Reread 7/21/2021
Liked more on the reread. Her smack down of his ex was stellar and deserved.
To add to he original review, though the smack down is stellar, the follow up falls short. The ex’s storyline is left hanging, it needed some level of closure.
Reread 7/21/2021
Liked more on the reread. Her smack down of his ex was stellar and deserved.
April 1, 2024
This "Notorious Greek" series by Lynne Graham is a hoot. The Greek Commands His Mistress picks up where we left off with the first volume in the series, The Greek demands his heir. We get to know the story behind Bastien Zikos, the illegitimate half brother of the H from the first volume. He is a manwhore with a big chip on his shoulder against his "legitimate" family and against women in general.
Used to disposing of his mistresses like used Kleenex, he gets quite the shock when he meets his match in the aptly named Delilah, who doesn't suffer fools gladly, and is no doormat. I absolutely loved her and the many dressing downs she gave to the H. Their exchanges were seriously laugh-out-loud worthy. I love that the author kept her strong til the end, and even the transformative power of love blah blah blah was not potent enough to melt her spine (even if it did melt some of her lady parts).
Despite all the OW drama, insecurities, and callous treatment of her, H was neither a cheat nor a big fat jerk as far as Harlequins Hs go. I really liked him too. The author harped a BIT MUCH on his "supermodel" good looks and his background story had the requisite Mommy Issues that could explain his later awful behavior with women but whatever. I guess that's par for the course in characterizing these toxic Harlequin heroes :-)
Overall, this was a great, entertaining read.
Used to disposing of his mistresses like used Kleenex, he gets quite the shock when he meets his match in the aptly named Delilah, who doesn't suffer fools gladly, and is no doormat. I absolutely loved her and the many dressing downs she gave to the H. Their exchanges were seriously laugh-out-loud worthy. I love that the author kept her strong til the end, and even the transformative power of love blah blah blah was not potent enough to melt her spine (even if it did melt some of her lady parts).
Despite all the OW drama, insecurities, and callous treatment of her, H was neither a cheat nor a big fat jerk as far as Harlequins Hs go. I really liked him too. The author harped a BIT MUCH on his "supermodel" good looks and his background story had the requisite Mommy Issues that could explain his later awful behavior with women but whatever. I guess that's par for the course in characterizing these toxic Harlequin heroes :-)
Overall, this was a great, entertaining read.
November 25, 2015
Después de los últimos títulos de Lynne, que fueron más de lo mismo o cada vez peor, creo que lanzó esta novelita para mostrarnos que puede volver a ser genial como siempre ^_^. La abrí con intención de ver si había descargado bien y me enganché hasta quedarme muy de madrugada leyendo. Los mejores rasgos de otros libros que he adorado leer están reunidos en este. Me despertó sonrisas y quedé encantada con los protagonistas. Él es de los mejores, ella tiene unas salidas realmente hilarantes pero muy a la manera de Lynne Graham, no hasta el punto de lo absurdo.
Lo único que me cayó un poquito mal fue la libertad con la que él habla de sus antiguos amoríos. La heroína no necesitaba tales detalles; a mí no me hace nada leerlos y es más, hasta los disfruto desde su POV, pero que él se lo admitiera tan abiertamente como si a la prota no le fuera ni viniera, sí me chocó un poco.
Igual, eso es lo de menos: gracias a Dios, tenemos a la antigua Lynne de nuevo entre nosotros :D.
Lo único que me cayó un poquito mal fue la libertad con la que él habla de sus antiguos amoríos. La heroína no necesitaba tales detalles; a mí no me hace nada leerlos y es más, hasta los disfruto desde su POV, pero que él se lo admitiera tan abiertamente como si a la prota no le fuera ni viniera, sí me chocó un poco.
Igual, eso es lo de menos: gracias a Dios, tenemos a la antigua Lynne de nuevo entre nosotros :D.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 14, 2017
this book had all the elements of romance from a cute jealous hero to a feisty heroine.the hero was very broken and untrustworthy because of his past but it was seen that he had strong feelings for the heroine.the only thing which really irked me was that he was a womaniser and was unapologetic about his past relations,had that not been the case this book would have been a 5 star!Also I didn't like that he shouted at the heroine towards the end for the OW.
August 17, 2016
Liked it a bunch!! Billionaire Alpha male meets and desperately becomes obsessed with willful virgin. Need I say more? Super cheesy (insert girly giggle). I did this as an audiobook and it didn't help that the narrator sounded like the Count from Sesame Street. Lol.
March 1, 2016
Enjoyable but not extremely memorable for me. Despite the blackmail angle there was not much angst.
April 28, 2023
This would’ve been a 5 star read if the hero had been faithful during separation. I get that sleazy STD trap heroes are the formula for most LG heroes, but putting SOME restraint on him would’ve been great. I also didn’t care for the moralizing in which his scumrat promiscuity is supposedly justified as totes ok, instead of the morally bankrupt, vile and pathological behavior that it is. (And no, I don’t give a fuck if that offends the degraded sensibilities of morons who mindlessly guzzle whatever perverse sick shit modern, PC, whore culture peddles to them. The opinions of ppl with the moral sensibilities of meth whores means less than a rats turd to me.)
And I really didn’t appreciate that the heroine is subjected to meeting two of his former cast-offs—it’s an insult to her and her dignity to face women he has once used.
However what i did like about the book is it had the cold, cruel hero I want. he was damaged and ruthless and utterly unrepentant in the measures he went to in order to secure the heroine as his. And once hes back in her life, hes completely OTT possessive caveman over her. GAHHHH, I loved it! It’s the only reason I keep coming back to LG.
I also liked that two of the 3 sex scenes had no condom use, which made my day. And the heroine was lovely. She was kind, generous and had a ladylike elegance about her that is sadly lacking in most romances these days.
Not safe. Hero is not celibate during separation. Heroine is a virgin and belongs only to her hero. No cheating once they’re together, no sharing. No real ow drama although heroine meets two of heroes former cum dumps. No abuse. HEA with epilogue
And I really didn’t appreciate that the heroine is subjected to meeting two of his former cast-offs—it’s an insult to her and her dignity to face women he has once used.
However what i did like about the book is it had the cold, cruel hero I want. he was damaged and ruthless and utterly unrepentant in the measures he went to in order to secure the heroine as his. And once hes back in her life, hes completely OTT possessive caveman over her. GAHHHH, I loved it! It’s the only reason I keep coming back to LG.
I also liked that two of the 3 sex scenes had no condom use, which made my day. And the heroine was lovely. She was kind, generous and had a ladylike elegance about her that is sadly lacking in most romances these days.
Not safe. Hero is not celibate during separation. Heroine is a virgin and belongs only to her hero. No cheating once they’re together, no sharing. No real ow drama although heroine meets two of heroes former cum dumps. No abuse. HEA with epilogue
January 28, 2024
‘I’ve probably been in love with you since you called me a man whore and slammed that door in my face two years ago...’ Bastien groaned. ‘I’ve certainly been pretty much obsessed with you ever since then.’
‘Obsessed while sleeping with other women?’ Lilah derided gently.
Too gently!
‘And I couldn’t settle for five minutes with any of them. Don’t blame me for that when you weren’t willing to take a chance on me back then.’
She didn’t but I am blaming him.
‘Obsessed while sleeping with other women?’ Lilah derided gently.
Too gently!
‘And I couldn’t settle for five minutes with any of them. Don’t blame me for that when you weren’t willing to take a chance on me back then.’
She didn’t but I am blaming him.
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August 6, 2015
As I said numerous times, Ms. Graham is my number 1 fetish author. That said, something's happening with her in her recent books.
Don't get me wrong. This book is really good. My problem with it is that it has some external influence.
Let me explain. Bastien is a man which was conceived by his mother on purpose to force her lover to abandon his wife and marry her. That didn't happened and Bastien paid the price. That sounds pretty good, but I read in LG's page the background of this book, and she added Jamie Dornan's photo as her inspiration creating Bastien... And maybe because he's portraying Fifty Shades of Grey's main character on the movie LG puts some of Christian Grey's personality in Bastien?? Am I the only one who saw those similarities??
Lilah, on the other hand, had some issues in her life. His father was unfaithful with her mother (something she shares with Bastien in some way), but he loves her and they have a good relationship. She is lovely (unlike, an thank God for that, Grace --book 1). Strong, determined, with high values and true to herself.
When Lilah meets Bastien, she fell in love immediately, but her heart was broken because he only wants sex. That made her reject him (cruelly, IMO). 2 years passed, and her father lost his company and was in a depression because of it. She founds out that Bastien bought the company and he still wants her, so he blackmailed Lilah: if you're my mistress, I'll restore things back in the company. She, of course, accepted, and that's where the story goes on...
The story is well developed and the chemistry between hero and heroine is perfect. I found the book a bit slow in the first 4 chapters, but the transitions between scenes was so prefect that didn't affect the story completely. The photography is marvelous and, as always, LG takes care in each and every detail she puts in the story. The best example is Bastien's relationship with Marina (I still found her a great character). The ending was a bit rushed but beautiful and idyllic.
In conclusion, a good book but there's something missing in it that didn't let it be memorable.
Don't get me wrong. This book is really good. My problem with it is that it has some external influence.
Let me explain. Bastien is a man which was conceived by his mother on purpose to force her lover to abandon his wife and marry her. That didn't happened and Bastien paid the price. That sounds pretty good, but I read in LG's page the background of this book, and she added Jamie Dornan's photo as her inspiration creating Bastien... And maybe because he's portraying Fifty Shades of Grey's main character on the movie LG puts some of Christian Grey's personality in Bastien?? Am I the only one who saw those similarities??
Lilah, on the other hand, had some issues in her life. His father was unfaithful with her mother (something she shares with Bastien in some way), but he loves her and they have a good relationship. She is lovely (unlike, an thank God for that, Grace --book 1). Strong, determined, with high values and true to herself.
When Lilah meets Bastien, she fell in love immediately, but her heart was broken because he only wants sex. That made her reject him (cruelly, IMO). 2 years passed, and her father lost his company and was in a depression because of it. She founds out that Bastien bought the company and he still wants her, so he blackmailed Lilah: if you're my mistress, I'll restore things back in the company. She, of course, accepted, and that's where the story goes on...
The story is well developed and the chemistry between hero and heroine is perfect. I found the book a bit slow in the first 4 chapters, but the transitions between scenes was so prefect that didn't affect the story completely. The photography is marvelous and, as always, LG takes care in each and every detail she puts in the story. The best example is Bastien's relationship with Marina (I still found her a great character). The ending was a bit rushed but beautiful and idyllic.
In conclusion, a good book but there's something missing in it that didn't let it be memorable.
October 25, 2019
If Harvey Weinstein is your idea of a romantic hero, you'll probably enjoy this more than I did.
Bastien Zikos is still smarting two years after Lilah Moore refused to sleep with him. So when her father's company goes bust, he swoops in to buy it - but only on the proviso that Lilah become his "mistress". If she says no, he'll sell out and her father and all the workers have no jobs. If she says yes, everybody gets their jobs back. It was just so, so odious. The blackmailed-into-sex trope is my least favourite trope in the "Modern" line, and this was a particularly disgusting, nauseating embodiment of it.
What Bastien is doing - making Lilah have sex with him so that she and many others can keep their jobs, is no different to what Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer et al have been rightly excoriated for. It's just....horrific! How could any woman find this romantic? All the sexual interludes that occur once Lilah has agreed to the blackmail reeked more of rape than love making. Sure, it's intimated that Lilah has intense feelings for Bastien, but this sort of uneven power dynamic cast an appalling, uneasy shadow over the proceedings. Her feelings aside, was Lilah ever really consenting?
I'm kind of appalled at myself that I gave this 2 stars, but I did like Lilah. She was not the wet rag that the heroines in this line often tend to be, nor is she overly melodramatic (I read The Sinful Art Of Revenge before this and the heroine did my head in with the overwrought way she handled everything.) I felt bad for her being stuck in a situation where she was effectively being repeatedly raped by the man she had feelings for.
I understand this came out in 2015, a couple of years before #metoo exploded, and I also get the fantasy of not having to work hard for a rich billionaire to be obsessed with you and win you at all costs. But the hero exchanging sex with the heroine with the threat that countless others, her father among them, will lose their jobs....just yuck, yuck, yuck. Bastien is a toad who belongs in jail.
Bastien Zikos is still smarting two years after Lilah Moore refused to sleep with him. So when her father's company goes bust, he swoops in to buy it - but only on the proviso that Lilah become his "mistress". If she says no, he'll sell out and her father and all the workers have no jobs. If she says yes, everybody gets their jobs back. It was just so, so odious. The blackmailed-into-sex trope is my least favourite trope in the "Modern" line, and this was a particularly disgusting, nauseating embodiment of it.
What Bastien is doing - making Lilah have sex with him so that she and many others can keep their jobs, is no different to what Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer et al have been rightly excoriated for. It's just....horrific! How could any woman find this romantic? All the sexual interludes that occur once Lilah has agreed to the blackmail reeked more of rape than love making. Sure, it's intimated that Lilah has intense feelings for Bastien, but this sort of uneven power dynamic cast an appalling, uneasy shadow over the proceedings. Her feelings aside, was Lilah ever really consenting?
I'm kind of appalled at myself that I gave this 2 stars, but I did like Lilah. She was not the wet rag that the heroines in this line often tend to be, nor is she overly melodramatic (I read The Sinful Art Of Revenge before this and the heroine did my head in with the overwrought way she handled everything.) I felt bad for her being stuck in a situation where she was effectively being repeatedly raped by the man she had feelings for.
I understand this came out in 2015, a couple of years before #metoo exploded, and I also get the fantasy of not having to work hard for a rich billionaire to be obsessed with you and win you at all costs. But the hero exchanging sex with the heroine with the threat that countless others, her father among them, will lose their jobs....just yuck, yuck, yuck. Bastien is a toad who belongs in jail.
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January 31, 2018I guess there’s probably a reason why I didn’t rate it, I’m not keen on finding the reason!
September 29, 2018
This book just didn’t do it for me. I just couldn’t get into this story and even found myself skimming around because that was the only way I could get through the book. I just didn’t connect to this story like other Lynne Graham books that I have read in the past, especially the ones that I have read of late, which were so good. There were things I really didn’t like, and there were a couple bright spots too, though less than I would have liked.
First off all, I couldn’t stand Bastien. He was such a pompous jerk with a lot of the arrogance and superiority to him there was just no way on earth I was gonna like the guy. Yes, he was like very many alpha males that I have read about with a lot of similar traits and characteristics, but unlike the other alpha males where I could get over the jerkiness and arrogance, I just couldn’t with Bastien. Just the way he came off was really a turn off and the way he treated Delilah was really demeaning and disrespectful that it was really get on his side on anything in the book. He was just too much and acted the way for a majority of the book that it was again a really big turn off for me.
Secondly, I really didn’t like Bastien and Delilah as a couple. I felt they had very little connection aside from a superficial way. They really only had going for them was they were hot between the sheets, but that was about it. They really didn’t connect any other way for a majority of the book. I just didn’t feel them as a couple. I couldn’t see them falling in love with each other. There just wasn’t that special pull there. All their focus was the bedroom action and not too much more. There was a little bit more emotional connection near the end, but for me it wasn’t enough for me to believe that they were genuinely in love with each other.
Conversely they did have some pretty hot bedroom scenes in the book, which was one of the bright spots in the entire book. That was when the two of them were the hottest together. There wasn’t a lot of emotional intimacy going on but their physical chemistry was certain there. They had some hot scenes, and that was where they showed the most promise out the entire book, but that wasn’t enough for me, but I did enjoy the love scenes and felt that was the closest they ever were even if it was just physical.
I also did like the fact that Delilah, even though she entered into a deal with Bastien of being his mistress in order to save her father’s job, that she didn’t take a lot of guff from Bastien and even stood up to him from time to time. That was where her fire was really shown in all its brilliant display. I was happy that she put him in his place from time to time and didn’t make it easy for him. I think she made it a little too easy for him in the end, and he definitely should have groveled a whole lot more especially after how he treated her because in my eyes he no where near redeemed himself, but she forgave him anyway. Overall though I did like her especially in comparison with Bastien.
They can’t all be winners, and there were couple things I did like about this book, but overall it wasn’t my favorite romance. From the very beginning I wasn’t feeling it, and that was due mostly to how Bastien came off. Yes, he had this tragic backstory and world of hurt, which was the reason that he acted like he did, but even still he was just off putting, and he really didn’t do anything to redeem himself in the end. I think if he did some grand gesture or acted more caring through the course of the book then his earlier behavior would have been easier to swallow, but he didn’t. The only time he was “caring” was during the bedroom scenes and that was more to due the fact that he was getting some instead actually feeling something towards Delilah. He was one of the biggest obstacles for why I didn’t care for this book. The other reason being that I didn’t like them as a couple. They just didn’t fit aside from in the bedroom. There was no real romance between them unless it was bedroom scene. There was lack of intimate scenes between them until the very end and by that time it was too late. Just they had no emotional connection or pull until the end, and that wasn’t enough for me. I needed more in order to be supportive of this romance, and I just wasn’t. I just didn’t like them as a couple. I gave this book a generous three stars just because there were a few highlights in that were few and far between. Those scenes made the it almost worthwhile to read, but for the most part I wasn’t not digging it at all.
First off all, I couldn’t stand Bastien. He was such a pompous jerk with a lot of the arrogance and superiority to him there was just no way on earth I was gonna like the guy. Yes, he was like very many alpha males that I have read about with a lot of similar traits and characteristics, but unlike the other alpha males where I could get over the jerkiness and arrogance, I just couldn’t with Bastien. Just the way he came off was really a turn off and the way he treated Delilah was really demeaning and disrespectful that it was really get on his side on anything in the book. He was just too much and acted the way for a majority of the book that it was again a really big turn off for me.
Secondly, I really didn’t like Bastien and Delilah as a couple. I felt they had very little connection aside from a superficial way. They really only had going for them was they were hot between the sheets, but that was about it. They really didn’t connect any other way for a majority of the book. I just didn’t feel them as a couple. I couldn’t see them falling in love with each other. There just wasn’t that special pull there. All their focus was the bedroom action and not too much more. There was a little bit more emotional connection near the end, but for me it wasn’t enough for me to believe that they were genuinely in love with each other.
Conversely they did have some pretty hot bedroom scenes in the book, which was one of the bright spots in the entire book. That was when the two of them were the hottest together. There wasn’t a lot of emotional intimacy going on but their physical chemistry was certain there. They had some hot scenes, and that was where they showed the most promise out the entire book, but that wasn’t enough for me, but I did enjoy the love scenes and felt that was the closest they ever were even if it was just physical.
I also did like the fact that Delilah, even though she entered into a deal with Bastien of being his mistress in order to save her father’s job, that she didn’t take a lot of guff from Bastien and even stood up to him from time to time. That was where her fire was really shown in all its brilliant display. I was happy that she put him in his place from time to time and didn’t make it easy for him. I think she made it a little too easy for him in the end, and he definitely should have groveled a whole lot more especially after how he treated her because in my eyes he no where near redeemed himself, but she forgave him anyway. Overall though I did like her especially in comparison with Bastien.
They can’t all be winners, and there were couple things I did like about this book, but overall it wasn’t my favorite romance. From the very beginning I wasn’t feeling it, and that was due mostly to how Bastien came off. Yes, he had this tragic backstory and world of hurt, which was the reason that he acted like he did, but even still he was just off putting, and he really didn’t do anything to redeem himself in the end. I think if he did some grand gesture or acted more caring through the course of the book then his earlier behavior would have been easier to swallow, but he didn’t. The only time he was “caring” was during the bedroom scenes and that was more to due the fact that he was getting some instead actually feeling something towards Delilah. He was one of the biggest obstacles for why I didn’t care for this book. The other reason being that I didn’t like them as a couple. They just didn’t fit aside from in the bedroom. There was no real romance between them unless it was bedroom scene. There was lack of intimate scenes between them until the very end and by that time it was too late. Just they had no emotional connection or pull until the end, and that wasn’t enough for me. I needed more in order to be supportive of this romance, and I just wasn’t. I just didn’t like them as a couple. I gave this book a generous three stars just because there were a few highlights in that were few and far between. Those scenes made the it almost worthwhile to read, but for the most part I wasn’t not digging it at all.
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October 21, 2015
The Greek Commands His Mistress is classic Lynne Graham. LG at her best is awesomely good and memorable.
Uber alpha hero blackmails heroine to be his mistress. He falls hard for her. Fights it. Love seeing that. Heroine, likeable strong manages the hero and he is bewildered that he still wants the heroine. Not to forget, the adorable pet that wraps the hero around his little paw.
Loved. Loved. Loved.
Uber alpha hero blackmails heroine to be his mistress. He falls hard for her. Fights it. Love seeing that. Heroine, likeable strong manages the hero and he is bewildered that he still wants the heroine. Not to forget, the adorable pet that wraps the hero around his little paw.
Loved. Loved. Loved.
December 13, 2017
This is a decent read and the continuation of the 'Notorious Greeks.' 'The Greek Commands His Mistress' focuses on Bastien Zikos, the illegitimate half-brother of Leo who was featured in Book One.
Bastien focuses on two things: making billions and bedding women, but it isn't enough to help him keep his mind off Delilah Moore. The only woman who has ever turned him down...a woman who didn't want him because of his arrogance, his power to destroy, and his history of being a ruthless playboy who carelessly beds and discards women with the snap of his fingers. He plots and schemes and finally blackmails her into becoming his mistress who he will lavish with jewels while her one and only job is to await him in bed and obey his every command. Really?
Delilah needs to save her father's business, her family's impending financial ruin, and the town that is being put out of work because of the business Bastien has purchased. He purposely set all of this up so he could eventually blackmail her into being with him. He comes up with a scheme and he knows it's impossible for Delilah to turn him down. If she does, the whole town, including her family, will be financially decimated.
What's a woman to do. She is in a pickle and Bas is hard to resist...at least for her. I would have preferred to do him some serious harm where it would hurt him the most!
I was not a fan of Bastien's and he was not nearly as redeemable as his half-brother, Leo, in the previous book. He was arrogant, cruel and full of himself with a grave mistrust of women. Whatever he wanted he went after and got...no matter what the cost. Unfortunately, I really never felt the love he professed to Delilah near the end. It was a very quick turn-around and not believable for this reader. Had we been privy to see some smaller changes along the way it would have been more believable. As it was it was brief, awkward, and unbelievable. By the end of the book, I still had no trust in him as far as other women were concerned. I struggled believing a man like him could or would ever be faithful.
Bastien focuses on two things: making billions and bedding women, but it isn't enough to help him keep his mind off Delilah Moore. The only woman who has ever turned him down...a woman who didn't want him because of his arrogance, his power to destroy, and his history of being a ruthless playboy who carelessly beds and discards women with the snap of his fingers. He plots and schemes and finally blackmails her into becoming his mistress who he will lavish with jewels while her one and only job is to await him in bed and obey his every command. Really?
Delilah needs to save her father's business, her family's impending financial ruin, and the town that is being put out of work because of the business Bastien has purchased. He purposely set all of this up so he could eventually blackmail her into being with him. He comes up with a scheme and he knows it's impossible for Delilah to turn him down. If she does, the whole town, including her family, will be financially decimated.
What's a woman to do. She is in a pickle and Bas is hard to resist...at least for her. I would have preferred to do him some serious harm where it would hurt him the most!
I was not a fan of Bastien's and he was not nearly as redeemable as his half-brother, Leo, in the previous book. He was arrogant, cruel and full of himself with a grave mistrust of women. Whatever he wanted he went after and got...no matter what the cost. Unfortunately, I really never felt the love he professed to Delilah near the end. It was a very quick turn-around and not believable for this reader. Had we been privy to see some smaller changes along the way it would have been more believable. As it was it was brief, awkward, and unbelievable. By the end of the book, I still had no trust in him as far as other women were concerned. I struggled believing a man like him could or would ever be faithful.
June 2, 2018
DNF about twenty pages in.
I'm all for alpha heroes, and I understand that nobody likes to be rejected, but being so burned about being turned down two years later...that's a bit weird.
It's not only weird, it's stalkerish and his entire thought process is rapey enough that I wanted to shoot him in the nuts.
I'm sorry to say this, but Bastien doesn't sound like a romance novel hero, he sounds like a rapist. And a stalker. And basically a horrible person that no self-respecting woman would touch with a stick.
The heroine, from the little I saw of her before I gave up on the book, is bright enough to understand that Bastien is an ass, and to want nothing to do with him. However, what eventually put me off enough to make me put the book down was the thread of fear that ran through her thoughts when she thought of him.
Lynne Graham's heroes are a bit hit-and-miss for me, to be honest. Some of them are perfectly nice people, and some of them are jerks who should be banned from the gene pool. This asshole is one of the latter.
I'm all for alpha heroes, and I understand that nobody likes to be rejected, but being so burned about being turned down two years later...that's a bit weird.
It's not only weird, it's stalkerish and his entire thought process is rapey enough that I wanted to shoot him in the nuts.
I'm sorry to say this, but Bastien doesn't sound like a romance novel hero, he sounds like a rapist. And a stalker. And basically a horrible person that no self-respecting woman would touch with a stick.
The heroine, from the little I saw of her before I gave up on the book, is bright enough to understand that Bastien is an ass, and to want nothing to do with him. However, what eventually put me off enough to make me put the book down was the thread of fear that ran through her thoughts when she thought of him.
Lynne Graham's heroes are a bit hit-and-miss for me, to be honest. Some of them are perfectly nice people, and some of them are jerks who should be banned from the gene pool. This asshole is one of the latter.
October 30, 2023
Seriously, I’m not sure which was the worst character her - the hero or the heroine. The hero blackmails the heroine into becoming his mistress because he wants her for sex. Unacceptable, gross and not at all romantic.
The heroine lets us know, not once, but innumerable times that she’s not the kind of girl who has a one night stand. She’s still a virgin. She’s got principles, has more pride in herself, couldn’t bring herself to be the kind of girl who simply enjoyed sex.
I thought for a minute that perhaps this book was written back in the 1950s but then saw it was 2015. What kinds of attitudes and behaviour is LG promoting by these characters?
She writes well, but her plots and characters are so predictable and repetitive ,and embody a set of attitudes - which are so old fashioned, and not the way most young women live their lives today.
Couldn’t she make her heroines a bit more experienced and aware, and her heroes less of an a-hole? And do LG’s heroines all have to be tiny!
Sorry but this was not my cup of tea.
The heroine lets us know, not once, but innumerable times that she’s not the kind of girl who has a one night stand. She’s still a virgin. She’s got principles, has more pride in herself, couldn’t bring herself to be the kind of girl who simply enjoyed sex.
I thought for a minute that perhaps this book was written back in the 1950s but then saw it was 2015. What kinds of attitudes and behaviour is LG promoting by these characters?
She writes well, but her plots and characters are so predictable and repetitive ,and embody a set of attitudes - which are so old fashioned, and not the way most young women live their lives today.
Couldn’t she make her heroines a bit more experienced and aware, and her heroes less of an a-hole? And do LG’s heroines all have to be tiny!
Sorry but this was not my cup of tea.
September 4, 2015
So I know the page count is the same but these new HPs are shorter. Font size can make a huge difference in the amount of story. This one suffered from being way too short. Really hardly anything happened. The hero started off being a giant ass. And never was forced to see the error of his ways. I didn't feel that the conflict was all that well crafted. Somehow at the end, I didn't really care about these characters. Just kind of meh.
Still Ms. Graham remains my favorite HP author so hoping for a winner next time.
Still Ms. Graham remains my favorite HP author so hoping for a winner next time.
December 7, 2015
Tengo algunas objeciones. El chantaje de Bastian es tan irreal. ¡Por Dios! Me pregunto cómo es posible que las autoras nos entreguen un protagonista posesivo sin razón y lo pinten como el hombre ideal. SIN EMBARGO, en medio de esta situación falsa, poco creíble y avergonzante, he disfrutado el romance. Muy sensual. Hay algunos tramos que parecen incompletos en la narración, pero me emocionó la novela.
May 2, 2021
Not much, ML blackmails FL and has so many issues in the past that has made him the jerk he is today. He was obsessively plotting to get the FL for 2 years and could not get her out of his head and yet keeping his pants zipped was the biggest challenge for him in that span. The FL had some backbone and even the ML was amazed towards the end that how could she end up loving him.
Overall a good past time but nothing impressionable.
Overall a good past time but nothing impressionable.
August 4, 2015
FOUR AND HALF STARS!!
Ok... I will be honest. When I first read in LG's post that Bastien is a womanizer, my face had a look of pure disdain. I hate such H and I read this book thinking I will not like it one bit. Bastien was a serious womanizer. He has had an affair with almost every woman appearing in the book!
But....*I am surprised I am writing this* Bastien was still very lovable. It was obvious he was in love with Delilah from the start. His every move confirmed it. He has his own issues just like any other Harlequin H's.
Delilah... My God, she was a very spirited, kind, modern girl who stood up to Bastien in every step. I simply loved her.
Delilah and Bastien made a very good couple and I really, really enjoyed reading their story.
LG has done a very good job with this book and the chemistry between the lead pair was awesome. What I loved the most was the part that in this book, the H realizes first that he loves the h (although the L word was not used, it is implied.) I also loved the cute scenes between Bastian and Skippy.. lol
The book lost the half star because, LG had set for herself a very high standard with some absolutely fabulous books like The Spanish Groom and this one lacked something in it to meet that.
Ok... I will be honest. When I first read in LG's post that Bastien is a womanizer, my face had a look of pure disdain. I hate such H and I read this book thinking I will not like it one bit. Bastien was a serious womanizer. He has had an affair with almost every woman appearing in the book!
But....*I am surprised I am writing this* Bastien was still very lovable. It was obvious he was in love with Delilah from the start. His every move confirmed it. He has his own issues just like any other Harlequin H's.
Delilah... My God, she was a very spirited, kind, modern girl who stood up to Bastien in every step. I simply loved her.
Delilah and Bastien made a very good couple and I really, really enjoyed reading their story.
LG has done a very good job with this book and the chemistry between the lead pair was awesome. What I loved the most was the part that in this book, the H realizes first that he loves the h (although the L word was not used, it is implied.) I also loved the cute scenes between Bastian and Skippy.. lol
The book lost the half star because, LG had set for herself a very high standard with some absolutely fabulous books like The Spanish Groom and this one lacked something in it to meet that.
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