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A Single Demand
A Single Demand by Margaret Allison released on Feb 08, 2005 is available now for purchase.
192 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2005
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Margaret Allison
31 books5 followersCheryl Guttridge grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, and received a degree in political science from the University of Michigan. A romantic at heart, she never pursued a career in politics. Instead, she immediately tossed her diploma in a drawer and went in search of love and adventure.
She found work as a professional actress and model and traveled the country, appearing in an eclectic mix of B-list TV shows, commercials, movies and auto shows. Eventually, she landed a job at National Geographic Television in Washington, D.C., writing video box copy and titling films. It was there that sje finally realized what she wanted to do when she grew up: write.
After short, unprofitable stints as a poet, a playwright and a screenwriter, a teacher told her to write what she knew. She immediately began writing a romance. In 1996, she sold that first novel as part of a three-book deal as Margaret Allison and never looked back. Now, she writes as Cheryl Klam.
Cheryl lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and two daughters. She firmly believes that love conquers all and never tires of hearing stories that support her theory.
She found work as a professional actress and model and traveled the country, appearing in an eclectic mix of B-list TV shows, commercials, movies and auto shows. Eventually, she landed a job at National Geographic Television in Washington, D.C., writing video box copy and titling films. It was there that sje finally realized what she wanted to do when she grew up: write.
After short, unprofitable stints as a poet, a playwright and a screenwriter, a teacher told her to write what she knew. She immediately began writing a romance. In 1996, she sold that first novel as part of a three-book deal as Margaret Allison and never looked back. Now, she writes as Cheryl Klam.
Cheryl lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and two daughters. She firmly believes that love conquers all and never tires of hearing stories that support her theory.
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August 15, 2019
A pleasant surprise.
I found both main characters very realistic and their story is really emotional.
A hardworking/strong/intelligent heroine who abandoned her youth dreams to support her family and her small town people is about to lose her job because of a takeover by a ruthless billionaire - guess whom she is meeting at a bar and is suddenly attracted to?
Sudden passion and misunderstanding - I know it sounds the same old story but it is told with ability and there are really some emotional/tearjerking moments.
Loved it.
I found both main characters very realistic and their story is really emotional.
A hardworking/strong/intelligent heroine who abandoned her youth dreams to support her family and her small town people is about to lose her job because of a takeover by a ruthless billionaire - guess whom she is meeting at a bar and is suddenly attracted to?
Sudden passion and misunderstanding - I know it sounds the same old story but it is told with ability and there are really some emotional/tearjerking moments.
Loved it.
January 31, 2012
I really did enjoy this book a lot. I loved the characters: their sizzling chemistry & development... And let's not forget that partially this book is set in the Bahamas. It was a perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's day.
March 10, 2020
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November 5, 2015
Cassie is spending her last dollars on fancy drinks at a bar on the beach in the Bahamas, and trying to work out how she can initiate some flirty with the sexy bar man. She’s pretty miserable, because she has no money and came to the Bahamas to try to meet Hunter Axon, the evil corporate raider dark lord about to buy up the Mill where she works as a weaver. Evil Hunter Axon will make all the employees redundant with generous severance packages, will move production off shore to China, and in doing so will cause the destruction of Cassie’s small town, plus probably a whole bunch of small Chinese children will sew their fingers together in the horrible sweatshops that are part of Evil Hunter’s future plans.
Not, of course, that sweatshops are even a gleam in this book’s eye, because I think the rulers of Romancelandia like to pretend we don’t realise that they exist there, too. Also, I’ve noticed that activist heroines are a bit of a rarity in 21st century romance. I’m sure there were more of them in the 90s. Not that I was terribly nice about them then, anyway, because activist heroines tend to be so cheerless and militant about it, and the hero is always, steady on, is this some hormones? If I impregnate you, will that even you out a bit? And then all my buttons are pushed, about how women are never taken seriously and treated with respect, even in romance books written for and by women, and I need to go read some dark serial killer stuff to get it all back in perspective.
When the sexy barman makes his move, Cassie’s amendable. They don’t do names, and they go for a walk along the beach and do some flirting, and then the barman takes her onto a boat (oh he’s such a kidder, this isn’t his boat, sexy bar men don’t make that kind of cash), and make sweet passionate love all night long. Cassie doesn’t seem to have any hang ups about sleeping in a strange bed where probably neither of them belong. Nor does she have any hang ups about surrendering her virginity to a nameless stranger.
Who she leaves sleeping the next morning when she jets back home. This book has a strange way of making travel between the Bahamas and the small town where Cassie lives in NY state seem the equivalent of ducking down the shops for a carton of (lactose free) milk and a loaf of (5 ancient grains gluten free) bread.
There may just be enough time on the flight for a slight twinge of regret in the lady parts over how she’s never going to see him again, but since she’s never had to negotiate with her lady parts, she just tells them to keep it quiet.
Anyway, her lady parts can’t complain too much, because about time they got some action. Cassie had been engaged for years to the owner of the Mill where she works, until he dumped her for a corporate scheming hussy. Cassie ultimately wasn’t that cut up about being dumped because the fiancé turned out to be an idiot. He couldn’t run the mill properly, so now the mill’s going bankrupt and getting bought out by Evil Hunter.
Back home, Cassie is about to go into the employee meeting with Evil Hunter, when the scheming corporate hussy who stole her fiancé drops by to be vaguely threatening about everyone’s jobs, and show off about how she now owns Cassie’s man.
Cassie is too polite to be all ‘yeah, good luck he’s turned into a useless mouth breather, and now I’ve had actual good sex, I’m pretty sure he’d be terrible at it,’ but that’s certainly all implied in her eye-rolling whatever response.
So Cassie walks into the staff meeting and surprise! Her sexy barman one-night stand is Evil Hunter. She runs out, and Hunter follows, so they can have chats about how this is all very tricky, and by the way: running out after sex is Uncool. Running out when you’re about to address an all-staff meeting is also Uncool, but no one’s particularly bothered by how the dark lord seems to have suddenly got the runs.
And that’s how the rest of the book goes – Cassie attempting to prevent Hunter from working his evil corporate voodoo on her idyllic mill workplace, and Hunter implying that Cassie is far too talented to be ‘just a weaver’ but at the same time, not quite talented enough to run a big business. And both of them getting it on and trying to work out whether they can have a relationship since they both don’t think much about each other’s life choices.
Not, of course, that sweatshops are even a gleam in this book’s eye, because I think the rulers of Romancelandia like to pretend we don’t realise that they exist there, too. Also, I’ve noticed that activist heroines are a bit of a rarity in 21st century romance. I’m sure there were more of them in the 90s. Not that I was terribly nice about them then, anyway, because activist heroines tend to be so cheerless and militant about it, and the hero is always, steady on, is this some hormones? If I impregnate you, will that even you out a bit? And then all my buttons are pushed, about how women are never taken seriously and treated with respect, even in romance books written for and by women, and I need to go read some dark serial killer stuff to get it all back in perspective.
When the sexy barman makes his move, Cassie’s amendable. They don’t do names, and they go for a walk along the beach and do some flirting, and then the barman takes her onto a boat (oh he’s such a kidder, this isn’t his boat, sexy bar men don’t make that kind of cash), and make sweet passionate love all night long. Cassie doesn’t seem to have any hang ups about sleeping in a strange bed where probably neither of them belong. Nor does she have any hang ups about surrendering her virginity to a nameless stranger.
Who she leaves sleeping the next morning when she jets back home. This book has a strange way of making travel between the Bahamas and the small town where Cassie lives in NY state seem the equivalent of ducking down the shops for a carton of (lactose free) milk and a loaf of (5 ancient grains gluten free) bread.
There may just be enough time on the flight for a slight twinge of regret in the lady parts over how she’s never going to see him again, but since she’s never had to negotiate with her lady parts, she just tells them to keep it quiet.
Anyway, her lady parts can’t complain too much, because about time they got some action. Cassie had been engaged for years to the owner of the Mill where she works, until he dumped her for a corporate scheming hussy. Cassie ultimately wasn’t that cut up about being dumped because the fiancé turned out to be an idiot. He couldn’t run the mill properly, so now the mill’s going bankrupt and getting bought out by Evil Hunter.
Back home, Cassie is about to go into the employee meeting with Evil Hunter, when the scheming corporate hussy who stole her fiancé drops by to be vaguely threatening about everyone’s jobs, and show off about how she now owns Cassie’s man.
Cassie is too polite to be all ‘yeah, good luck he’s turned into a useless mouth breather, and now I’ve had actual good sex, I’m pretty sure he’d be terrible at it,’ but that’s certainly all implied in her eye-rolling whatever response.
So Cassie walks into the staff meeting and surprise! Her sexy barman one-night stand is Evil Hunter. She runs out, and Hunter follows, so they can have chats about how this is all very tricky, and by the way: running out after sex is Uncool. Running out when you’re about to address an all-staff meeting is also Uncool, but no one’s particularly bothered by how the dark lord seems to have suddenly got the runs.
And that’s how the rest of the book goes – Cassie attempting to prevent Hunter from working his evil corporate voodoo on her idyllic mill workplace, and Hunter implying that Cassie is far too talented to be ‘just a weaver’ but at the same time, not quite talented enough to run a big business. And both of them getting it on and trying to work out whether they can have a relationship since they both don’t think much about each other’s life choices.
February 28, 2012
Growing up and staying in her small hometown suited Cassie just fine, including taking pride in her job and aspiring to become a master weaver. Only her former fiance has decided to sell the family textile mill which will leave many families without work and put an end to a beautiful craft. So Cassie travels to the Bahamas to plead the workers cases to the new owner, but she's barred from seeing him. On the eve of her return to the US, she meets a handsome bartender and instantly feels a bond with him. They share a beautiful evening together, and Cassie leaves before he awakes, and before they learn each other's name. It's a shock for Cassie and her mysterious bartender when they meet again. Her one night lover turns out to be the new mill owner and he's determined to close the mill permanently.
This is a lovely story about two people on very different paths. Cassie is in love with the history and sense of family pride the mill represents not just to her but to the other families in her town. Hunter is a man who made his own fortune and had lost sight of his own youthful ideals. It takes Cassie's special guileless charm to soften Hunter's heart. Of course when you read Hunter's vow, "you make me want to be a better man", you know they'll live HEA! This is a love at first sight romance, though neither Cassie or Hunter were prepared to admit it! Sweet, sensual, -- a feel good read.
This is a lovely story about two people on very different paths. Cassie is in love with the history and sense of family pride the mill represents not just to her but to the other families in her town. Hunter is a man who made his own fortune and had lost sight of his own youthful ideals. It takes Cassie's special guileless charm to soften Hunter's heart. Of course when you read Hunter's vow, "you make me want to be a better man", you know they'll live HEA! This is a love at first sight romance, though neither Cassie or Hunter were prepared to admit it! Sweet, sensual, -- a feel good read.
November 3, 2016
I find this book really cute! It was a nice way of passing my time and what I enjoyed the most was that the Hero actually believed it was a coincidence how he met the heroine and not that she did some kind of huge plot to bed him and then suddenly meet him afterwards. That way the plot went smoothly and there were only doubts in the end as anyone would expect.
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