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The blackmail affair As a teenager, Adrien was infatuated with Chay Haddon, and she was devastated when her family banished him, claiming he'd betrayed their trust. Chay disappeared vowing revenge . . . Adrien is shocked when years later, the tables are turned and she finds herself at Chay's mercy. Now rich and devastatingly handsome, he's the only one who can save her from scandal. But he has a price: he'll help her, but only if her becomes his mistress!
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Sara Craven
493 books266 followersAnne Bushell was born on October 1938 in South Devon, England, just before World War II and grew up in a house crammed with books. She was always a voracious reader, some of her all-time favorites books are: "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, "Middlemarch" by George Eliot, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell and "The Code of the Woosters" by P. G. Wodehouse.
She worked as journalist at the Paignton Observer, but after her marriage, she moved to the north of England, where she worked as teacher. After she returned to journalism, she joined the Middlesbrough Writers' Group, where she met other romance writer Mildred Grieveson (Anne Mather). She started to wrote romance, and she had her first novel "Garden of Dreams" accepted by Mills & Boon in 1975, she published her work under the pseudonym of Sara Craven. In 2010 she became chairman of the Southern Writers' Conference, and the next year was elected the twenty-six Chairman (2011–2013) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Divorced twice, Annie lives in Somerset, South West England, and shares her home with a West Highland white terrier called Bertie Wooster. In her house, she had several thousand books, and an amazing video collection. When she's not writing, she enjoys watching very old films, listening to music, going to the theatre, and eating in good restaurants. She also likes to travel in Europe, to inspire her romances, especially in France, Greece and Italy where many of her novels are set. Since the birth of her twin grandchildren, she is also a regular visitor to New York City, where the little tots live. In 1997, she was the overall winner of the BBC's Mastermind, winning the last final presented by Magnus Magnusson.
She worked as journalist at the Paignton Observer, but after her marriage, she moved to the north of England, where she worked as teacher. After she returned to journalism, she joined the Middlesbrough Writers' Group, where she met other romance writer Mildred Grieveson (Anne Mather). She started to wrote romance, and she had her first novel "Garden of Dreams" accepted by Mills & Boon in 1975, she published her work under the pseudonym of Sara Craven. In 2010 she became chairman of the Southern Writers' Conference, and the next year was elected the twenty-six Chairman (2011–2013) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Divorced twice, Annie lives in Somerset, South West England, and shares her home with a West Highland white terrier called Bertie Wooster. In her house, she had several thousand books, and an amazing video collection. When she's not writing, she enjoys watching very old films, listening to music, going to the theatre, and eating in good restaurants. She also likes to travel in Europe, to inspire her romances, especially in France, Greece and Italy where many of her novels are set. Since the birth of her twin grandchildren, she is also a regular visitor to New York City, where the little tots live. In 1997, she was the overall winner of the BBC's Mastermind, winning the last final presented by Magnus Magnusson.
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November 24, 2019
Unfortunately H was not cruel and not as angsty as other SC's book. 3,5 stars
September 1, 2017
This one had a vintage feel to it - one sex scene that didn't turn out so well - and lots of interesting backstory and character development. H/h were childhood friends. He was the son of the housekeeper of a manor house. And the h lived nearby.
All that changed when the heir to the manor (OM) showed up and made mischief. The hero was sent away to boarding school for his supposed crimes. When he returned for the h's 18th birthday, he was accused of stealing her garnet pendant (by the OM) and the head of the manor house fired his mother and sent them both packing.
The heroine has very bad memories of the hero and has tried to block him from her mind. In the seven years since the trauma of her 18th birthday, she has become an interior designer working out of her old home that her parent's left her after they died. She has taken on a single mom to help her with the sewing and the two of them are doing well. When the heir to the manor moves back, he hires to heroine to re-do the house. He also starts romancing her with promises of marriage. This is to keep her sweet while she goes into to debt to all the tradesmen to renovate the manor. There is no contract since it's to be for their personal use after the wedding.
The hero shows up the day the checks start bouncing. Seems the heir to the manor has impregnated a rich Portuguese woman and her daddy is sending them to Brazil in disgrace after the shotgun wedding. The heir has sold the house to the hero's company and has no plans to pay the heroine's personal debts.
The angst during this is delicious as the heroine realizes the extent of the betrayal and how the hero is there to witness her humiliation. The hero isn't gloating though and isn't seeking revenge - he tells the heroine he'll pay those debts if she becomes his mistress. He feels they have unfinished business and he's always wanted the heroine.
Heroine turns him down, but then realizes that not only will she go bankrupt, but the local tradespeople and her single mom friend as well. Heroine gets drunk and then calls his hotel to accept. Hero turns up to dry her out and take her out to dinner.
The middle kinds of sags as the heroine relives her resentments against the hero and throws "housekeeper's son" at him one too many times. The hero doesn't force her - and in fact withdraws to his own room during the first night together in the manor house. Heroine goes to him and that's when the hero realizes he has been given a virgin sacrifice, something he didn't want. The heroine thinks she's being rejected yet again. Hero thinks he's being noble.
The evil heir shows up to congratulate the heroine for landing on her feet and to make more mischief. (He left a message for the hero so that he could see him kissing the heroine). It works. Hero is jealous and suspicious of the heroine all over again and tells her to leave after an important weekend with VIP guests.
One of the VIP guests is the hero's mother (the housekeeper!). Seems she and the lord of the manor were an item for years. The lord's wife was in a nursing home with a degenerative disease. The hero was the illegitimate son of the lord of the manor. The lord couldn't leave the manor house to the H because the wife's relatives were blackmailing him into leaving it to their evil son (OM). When the hero was sent away for what the evil heir to the manor had done, he went to an exclusive boarding school. He knew his exile was unfair, but he kept the family secrets. Same with the garnet pendant, which was actually a ruby and was his gift to the heroine. When the lord of the manor "fired" his housekeeper, he just moved her to Spain where he lived with her until his wife died and then he died.
Now that the heroine has the facts, she realizes how blind she has been and how she conflated the hero with the OM in her memory for years. It was a coping mechanism for dealing with her acute disappointment of the hero. She confesses this to the hero, he in turn grovels nicely for forcing her to be his mistress. He realizes he's approached it all wrong. He really has been carrying the torch for her all of this time. He feels terrible her first time wasn't that great. They will get married ASAP and rectify that. HEA
This one was good, with a vintage feel - although there were plot holes. Like why did the hero stay away for so long? And why did the secret not come out when the wife died? Also justice was not done with the evil heir to the manor. (OM) Hopefully he'll contract malaria or some other horrible jungle disease and won't have a PJ heroine around to sponge him down.
The single mom and her son were interesting side characters. The hero's passion for the heroine was very evident. The heroine had a huge blind spot, but was no shrinking violet. A solid Sara Craven story.
All that changed when the heir to the manor (OM) showed up and made mischief. The hero was sent away to boarding school for his supposed crimes. When he returned for the h's 18th birthday, he was accused of stealing her garnet pendant (by the OM) and the head of the manor house fired his mother and sent them both packing.
The heroine has very bad memories of the hero and has tried to block him from her mind. In the seven years since the trauma of her 18th birthday, she has become an interior designer working out of her old home that her parent's left her after they died. She has taken on a single mom to help her with the sewing and the two of them are doing well. When the heir to the manor moves back, he hires to heroine to re-do the house. He also starts romancing her with promises of marriage. This is to keep her sweet while she goes into to debt to all the tradesmen to renovate the manor. There is no contract since it's to be for their personal use after the wedding.
The hero shows up the day the checks start bouncing. Seems the heir to the manor has impregnated a rich Portuguese woman and her daddy is sending them to Brazil in disgrace after the shotgun wedding. The heir has sold the house to the hero's company and has no plans to pay the heroine's personal debts.
The angst during this is delicious as the heroine realizes the extent of the betrayal and how the hero is there to witness her humiliation. The hero isn't gloating though and isn't seeking revenge - he tells the heroine he'll pay those debts if she becomes his mistress. He feels they have unfinished business and he's always wanted the heroine.
Heroine turns him down, but then realizes that not only will she go bankrupt, but the local tradespeople and her single mom friend as well. Heroine gets drunk and then calls his hotel to accept. Hero turns up to dry her out and take her out to dinner.
The middle kinds of sags as the heroine relives her resentments against the hero and throws "housekeeper's son" at him one too many times. The hero doesn't force her - and in fact withdraws to his own room during the first night together in the manor house. Heroine goes to him and that's when the hero realizes he has been given a virgin sacrifice, something he didn't want. The heroine thinks she's being rejected yet again. Hero thinks he's being noble.
The evil heir shows up to congratulate the heroine for landing on her feet and to make more mischief. (He left a message for the hero so that he could see him kissing the heroine). It works. Hero is jealous and suspicious of the heroine all over again and tells her to leave after an important weekend with VIP guests.
One of the VIP guests is the hero's mother (the housekeeper!). Seems she and the lord of the manor were an item for years. The lord's wife was in a nursing home with a degenerative disease. The hero was the illegitimate son of the lord of the manor. The lord couldn't leave the manor house to the H because the wife's relatives were blackmailing him into leaving it to their evil son (OM). When the hero was sent away for what the evil heir to the manor had done, he went to an exclusive boarding school. He knew his exile was unfair, but he kept the family secrets. Same with the garnet pendant, which was actually a ruby and was his gift to the heroine. When the lord of the manor "fired" his housekeeper, he just moved her to Spain where he lived with her until his wife died and then he died.
Now that the heroine has the facts, she realizes how blind she has been and how she conflated the hero with the OM in her memory for years. It was a coping mechanism for dealing with her acute disappointment of the hero. She confesses this to the hero, he in turn grovels nicely for forcing her to be his mistress. He realizes he's approached it all wrong. He really has been carrying the torch for her all of this time. He feels terrible her first time wasn't that great. They will get married ASAP and rectify that. HEA
This one was good, with a vintage feel - although there were plot holes. Like why did the hero stay away for so long? And why did the secret not come out when the wife died? Also justice was not done with the evil heir to the manor. (OM) Hopefully he'll contract malaria or some other horrible jungle disease and won't have a PJ heroine around to sponge him down.
The single mom and her son were interesting side characters. The hero's passion for the heroine was very evident. The heroine had a huge blind spot, but was no shrinking violet. A solid Sara Craven story.
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August 27, 2015
Heroine was in love with her fiance, who was a major jerk, until almost the end of the book. She was also a snob I couldn't warm up to her. I don't know what hero saw in her.
November 20, 2019
An enjoyable, bittersweet love story about childhood friends torn apart by misunderstandings and betrayals. I just wished the author had explained why Chay stayed away for seven long years. I found it hard to believe in the depth and sincerity of Chay's feelings for Adrien since he'd been absent for that length of time. Then he supposedly went crazy after he'd discovered she was in a relationship with the other man? Duh! That's what happens when you leave your woman unattended for so long.
Sara Craven may have shortchanged me on the depth of Chay's emotions, but she didn't hold back on Adrien's. I could feel the angst and betrayal she felt. Adrien did act like a bitch to Chay at first. However, I felt the author successfully redeemed her, revealing that beneath the contempt lay a woman who truly loved Chay.
I loved the twist to Chay's story and his surprise for Adrien when she was a teenager. The fact that it was foiled—and Adrien none the wiser—made it bittersweet. Not to mention that unnecessarily long separation!
Sara Craven may have shortchanged me on the depth of Chay's emotions, but she didn't hold back on Adrien's. I could feel the angst and betrayal she felt. Adrien did act like a bitch to Chay at first. However, I felt the author successfully redeemed her, revealing that beneath the contempt lay a woman who truly loved Chay.
I loved the twist to Chay's story and his surprise for Adrien when she was a teenager. The fact that it was foiled—and Adrien none the wiser—made it bittersweet. Not to mention that unnecessarily long separation!
December 16, 2018
A passionate love story.
Recommended.
Recommended.
November 13, 2017
Leído en Oct 2011
Algo malosa para ser honesta!!
MISTERIO FAMILIAR
De adolescente, Adrien estuvo enamorada de Chay Haddon, y se quedó destrozada cuando su familia lo obligó a marcharse alegando que había traicionado su confianza. Chay desapareció con la promesa de que se vengaría...
Se quedó asombrada cuando años más tarde las tornas cambiaron y se encontró a merced de Chay. Rico y terriblemente atractivo, era el único que podía salvarla del escándalo. Pero tenía un precio: ¡la ayudaría sólo si se convertía en su amante!
Algo malosa para ser honesta!!
MISTERIO FAMILIAR
De adolescente, Adrien estuvo enamorada de Chay Haddon, y se quedó destrozada cuando su familia lo obligó a marcharse alegando que había traicionado su confianza. Chay desapareció con la promesa de que se vengaría...
Se quedó asombrada cuando años más tarde las tornas cambiaron y se encontró a merced de Chay. Rico y terriblemente atractivo, era el único que podía salvarla del escándalo. Pero tenía un precio: ¡la ayudaría sólo si se convertía en su amante!
August 22, 2019
The blackmail affair As a teenager, Adrien was infatuated with Chay Haddon, and she was devastated when her family banished him, claiming he'd betrayed their trust. Chay disappeared vowing revenge . . . Adrien is shocked when years later, the tables are turned and she finds herself at Chay's mercy. Now rich and devastatingly handsome, he's the only one who can save her from scandal. But he has a price: he'll help her, but only if her becomes his mistress!
August 27, 2015
3.5 stars.
A fun angsty read.
But since it only told Addie's point of view, I felt like Addie was struggling alone to overcome the obstacles of this romance, and Chay was just came strutting, seducing and sulking until the final reveal.
A fun angsty read.
But since it only told Addie's point of view, I felt like Addie was struggling alone to overcome the obstacles of this romance, and Chay was just came strutting, seducing and sulking until the final reveal.
November 30, 2014
this was really good, i love an infatuated hero when i see one! chay was madly in love wid adrien and wud be willing to go to any extent to have her! i wish der had been more sex though. they did it only the once and chay did not want to repeat the experience as he had hurt her unintentionally, bcoz he did not doubt she was a virgin. the end was wacky at best, the revelations were a bit too far-fetched for my tastes.
February 16, 2012
4.5 stars. This one was really good -- I love reunion stories where the hero has been in love since childhood. Half a star off for not quite enough romantic action, I think this was published in 2003 and I expect a little more action in a recent HP. But overall, an enjoyable read.
July 25, 2020
The primary romance is excellent with enough ups and downs and slow awakenings to make it believable. The strongest point is author's use of minor characters to show the heroine as a caring, dedicated, responsible person. That characters is at odds with how she readily believed the nonsense about Chay.
December 25, 2021
The Sara Craven I Love
Revenge? Check. Passion? Check. Deception? Of course. Two idiots stumbling around each other and being very annoying! You betcha!
Everything I love and hate about Sara Craven is here.
Revenge? Check. Passion? Check. Deception? Of course. Two idiots stumbling around each other and being very annoying! You betcha!
Everything I love and hate about Sara Craven is here.
November 14, 2019
Romantic reality
February 13, 2022
Want to give four stars but the story felt short so three stars.loved the hero very sweet.
March 6, 2022
Really liked this book! Loved the hero!
February 14, 2023
They were apart for 7 years. That’s too long.
June 15, 2012
Suprisingly great! I loved the hero and his unexplained presence. He seemed so ruthless in the beginning, and was in his pursuit of Adrian.
Poor Adrian the girl was just confused her whole life wasn't she?
However I think and explanation from those around her would of been nice.It definitely would of saved this couple a lot of heartbreak and lost years. But then where would the story and interest be eh? This was a very satisfying romance. I will definitely look at others by this author.
Poor Adrian the girl was just confused her whole life wasn't she?
However I think and explanation from those around her would of been nice.It definitely would of saved this couple a lot of heartbreak and lost years. But then where would the story and interest be eh? This was a very satisfying romance. I will definitely look at others by this author.
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October 3, 2015من يطفئ الحنين؟:
سارة كريفن
قديماً اتهم كاي هادن بسرقة عقد أدريان بعد أن سرق قلبها! فتم طرده من منزل العائلة الذي أحتضنه و مرت السنين و عاد ابن الخادمة ثرياً وسيماً، متسلطاً فماذا يريد الآن؟
_انتظرت طويلاً كي تتمكن من الانتقام مني بعد أن تسببت في إبعادك طيلة تلك السنوات يا كاي ! ليتك دخلت السجن !
- السجن فقط ؟ ظننتك تفضلين لي جهنم ! لكن بعد أن استولى كاي هادن على كل شي ، كان مصيرها هي السجن إلا إذا قبلت بشروطه
سارة كريفن
قديماً اتهم كاي هادن بسرقة عقد أدريان بعد أن سرق قلبها! فتم طرده من منزل العائلة الذي أحتضنه و مرت السنين و عاد ابن الخادمة ثرياً وسيماً، متسلطاً فماذا يريد الآن؟
_انتظرت طويلاً كي تتمكن من الانتقام مني بعد أن تسببت في إبعادك طيلة تلك السنوات يا كاي ! ليتك دخلت السجن !
- السجن فقط ؟ ظننتك تفضلين لي جهنم ! لكن بعد أن استولى كاي هادن على كل شي ، كان مصيرها هي السجن إلا إذا قبلت بشروطه
August 10, 2018
روايات أحلام 204
من يطفئ الحنين، سارة كريفن
i think Chay is a real gentleman, his behaviors toward Adrien were very smooth and gentle, despite how cruel, cold and angry Adrien was, but he never got angry on her, he was so patient and treated her very well, and stood by her side..
English title
"Mistress on Loan" by "Sara Craven"
من يطفئ الحنين، سارة كريفن
i think Chay is a real gentleman, his behaviors toward Adrien were very smooth and gentle, despite how cruel, cold and angry Adrien was, but he never got angry on her, he was so patient and treated her very well, and stood by her side..
English title
"Mistress on Loan" by "Sara Craven"
July 10, 2012
Maybe it's because I was bored and wanted something romantic or because I had not many options. A blackmail / mistress book. Hmmm... Lemme see... Average but good enough for some light reading while seeking some sleep.
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August 2, 2009B-
June 27, 2012
and... was she pregnant or not??-- thats the only thing i have to say... if thats was said i would have love it.
August 12, 2018
Love it
August 26, 2018
Rating 3.45 stars
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April 16, 2013كتاب في قمة الروعه
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January 2, 2019“I’m not a rapist [but] I intend to have sex with you against your will. Consciousness is preferred but not essential.”
Paraphrasing, but you get the idea.
Paraphrasing, but you get the idea.
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