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Private Dancer
Terri is a career woman with a secret part-time job as an exotic dancer. Her colorful act is so convincing that Mark Denton accuses her of being a shameless gold-digger who's seduced his nephew into an impulsive engagement! Mark wants Terri out of his nephew's life--and he's prepared to offer her a generous bribe. With family troubles of her own, Terri accepts the money, though she had no romantic interest in anyone! But when Mark discovers her deception, he wants revenge. He wants Terri as his private dancer.
- GenresHarlequin RomanceRomance
288 pages, Hardcover
Published July 1, 1996
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February 3, 2018
Heroine is moonlighting as a belly dancer (with a fake stage name and wig) to earn money for her mother's bone marrow transplant. Hero has been dispatched to pay off a belly dancer to not marry his 20 year-old nephew. Hero makes the offer and heroine raises it to the amount she will need to pay the hospital, plus living expenses.
A week later the hero realizes that his nephew has moved on from the belly dancer and that he just wasted 400,000 dollars. His lawyer advises him that he doesn't have a legal leg to stand on, but they send a letter to the belly dancer demanding the money back. The heroine, who was an economics major, knows that they have no legal standing, but she wants to pay off her debt. She sends 20,000 dollars back under her stage name and promises to send 100 a month until it is paid off.
Meanwhile, the heroine, who is a loan officer for the state of California, moves into a new condo with a roommate and is glad to give up her belly dancing job. She meets the hero again at a party and hopes he doesn't recognize her without the wig. He does recognize her, but he plays along that they just met.
And that is the central conflict. He has thoughts of revenge and she has guilt as they start a courtship of sorts. Hero is a journalist and has contacts to investigate a loan that the heroine authorized that turned out to be a con. But it never goes anywhere and the hero falls for her against his judgment. Heroine has the same problem and doesn't know how to spill the beans.
The roommate is amusing. She is full of New Age wisdom in visualizing outcomes, numerology, astrology and various other positive thinking philosophies. It fit in well with the frothy tone of the story.
A week later the hero realizes that his nephew has moved on from the belly dancer and that he just wasted 400,000 dollars. His lawyer advises him that he doesn't have a legal leg to stand on, but they send a letter to the belly dancer demanding the money back. The heroine, who was an economics major, knows that they have no legal standing, but she wants to pay off her debt. She sends 20,000 dollars back under her stage name and promises to send 100 a month until it is paid off.
Meanwhile, the heroine, who is a loan officer for the state of California, moves into a new condo with a roommate and is glad to give up her belly dancing job. She meets the hero again at a party and hopes he doesn't recognize her without the wig. He does recognize her, but he plays along that they just met.
And that is the central conflict. He has thoughts of revenge and she has guilt as they start a courtship of sorts. Hero is a journalist and has contacts to investigate a loan that the heroine authorized that turned out to be a con. But it never goes anywhere and the hero falls for her against his judgment. Heroine has the same problem and doesn't know how to spill the beans.
The roommate is amusing. She is full of New Age wisdom in visualizing outcomes, numerology, astrology and various other positive thinking philosophies. It fit in well with the frothy tone of the story.
April 12, 2021
The writing wasn’t bad but I found it a bit amateur? Therefore, it painted the hero & heroine rather immature than grown. There can be less rambling thoughts too. The word “damn” was slightly overused, I believe. The plot was fun but DNF.
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