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The Kouros Marriage Revenge
When Greek shipping magnate Alexandros Kouros wed Kallie Demarchis, media photos showed them madly in love. But behind the happy scenes lay a different story….
Love had nothing to do with it; Kallie had married Alex to save her family's business. He'd have great pleasure taking revenge—for the mistake that had destroyed their youth— when he took her as his arranged bride!
Love had nothing to do with it; Kallie had married Alex to save her family's business. He'd have great pleasure taking revenge—for the mistake that had destroyed their youth— when he took her as his arranged bride!
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 7, 2007
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Abby Green
979 books601 followersAbby Green spent her teens reading Mills & Boon romances. She then spent many years working in the Film and TV industry as an Assistant Director. One day while standing outside an actor's trailer in the rain, she thought: "there has to be more than this". So she sent off a partial to Mills & Boon. After numerous rewrites, they accepted her first book and an author was born.
She lives in Dublin, Ireland and you can find out more here www.abby-green.com
She lives in Dublin, Ireland and you can find out more here www.abby-green.com
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September 7, 2021
2 Stars
This was super meh...and that's really all I have to say about it.
This was super meh...and that's really all I have to say about it.
December 27, 2017
Inadvertent re-read: still a two star for the anemic revenge scenario and the premise. Heroine was 17 and set up by her cousin who hacked her email. Why she was still protecting her cousins seven years later made no sense.
This felt a little . . . generic to me. The premise: hero bumps into heroine and decides he desires her and to spice things up he’ll force her into marriage for revenge because she ruined his life seven years before. He’s life is fine now, btw. He’s offering marriage so he can inherit a shipping line he doesn’t need and they’ll divorce as soon as he’s tired of her.
The heroine is worried the hero won’t give her uncle a loan, so she agrees. Plus she feels guilty about the innocent kiss and the email her cousin sent from her account that ruined his life.
The email discussion of the hero’s adolescent hopes and dreams just didn’t seem to be something that would ruin someone’s life, but AG says so and the narrative of revenge-by-orgasm commences.
That they were in Greece or Paris didn’t seem to matter since they were in bed for most of the page time with intervals of not talking during restaurant meals and drives. The heroine does have a couple of panic attacks ( in between orgasms) to remind the reader and the hero that this isn’t a real relationship and that the revenge is hurting her.
Once they’re back from their honeymoon the hero starts worrying about the heroine’s workload and makes her dinner and draws her a bath and does nurturing alpha stuff. This scares him so he initiates divorce proceedings.
Yeah – in the last chapter they clear the air and then they have one last black moment with the hasty divorce papers.
Some reviewers didn’t think he grovelled enough – but it didn’t seem like he did anything all that bad – he did marry her and give her orgasms and made her dinner – not really the stuff of revenge.
This felt a little . . . generic to me. The premise: hero bumps into heroine and decides he desires her and to spice things up he’ll force her into marriage for revenge because she ruined his life seven years before. He’s life is fine now, btw. He’s offering marriage so he can inherit a shipping line he doesn’t need and they’ll divorce as soon as he’s tired of her.
The heroine is worried the hero won’t give her uncle a loan, so she agrees. Plus she feels guilty about the innocent kiss and the email her cousin sent from her account that ruined his life.
The email discussion of the hero’s adolescent hopes and dreams just didn’t seem to be something that would ruin someone’s life, but AG says so and the narrative of revenge-by-orgasm commences.
That they were in Greece or Paris didn’t seem to matter since they were in bed for most of the page time with intervals of not talking during restaurant meals and drives. The heroine does have a couple of panic attacks ( in between orgasms) to remind the reader and the hero that this isn’t a real relationship and that the revenge is hurting her.
Once they’re back from their honeymoon the hero starts worrying about the heroine’s workload and makes her dinner and draws her a bath and does nurturing alpha stuff. This scares him so he initiates divorce proceedings.
Yeah – in the last chapter they clear the air and then they have one last black moment with the hasty divorce papers.
Some reviewers didn’t think he grovelled enough – but it didn’t seem like he did anything all that bad – he did marry her and give her orgasms and made her dinner – not really the stuff of revenge.
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March 15, 2015
I needed an escape into romance land,
I wanted lots of HEAs,…yes….
I wanted gorgeous heroes and fabulous heroines …and who does that better than….
So - I am on a Mills & Boon rereading marathon!!!
The Kouros Marriage Revenge by Abby Green has all of those things.
Greek shipping billionaire Alexandros Kouros and Kallie Demarchis had been friends until the night that he believed she had betrayed him, causing his world to implode.
Seven years later they meet unexpectedly in Paris. He has never forgiven her and sees an opportunity to take revenge on her. Kallie has never forgotten or stopped loving him and when she’s forced to marry Alexandros to save her family from ruin, she sees an opportunity to make things right with him.
Why it took so long for her to tell him the truth of that horrible night is beyond me! Look, loyalty to family and friends is good…but not at the cost of your happiness and love!!!!!
There were some times that I wanted to slap his head….
How much more revenge does he want……did he not see the real Kallie that he first met those years ago….could she have ever betrayed him like that???
The settings are vividly described…so beautifully written….you want to go there too….….Athens
and magical Paris, where Alexandros & Kallie are “reunited” after seven long years
This is quite an emotional and powerful story, well-written and unforgettable.
December 25, 2016
Idk something was off here.
The usual revenge drama with an enforced moc. Of course he only wanted revenge sex and the marriage was only for some will business. Very timely and convenient! *eyeroll*
The h was too emotionally labile and kept going off the rails too often. Not my idea of a good angst. I prefer them to either lash out some or remain stoic in the face of excessive ass-hattery.
The H was as cold and unrelenting as the tundra. I don’t like all the sex in the book to happen when the mcs/H remain in the this-is-only-ever-sex mindframe. It can start that way but has to change at some point for me to accept it.
Grovel was barely passable.
Epilogue was sweet though.
The usual revenge drama with an enforced moc. Of course he only wanted revenge sex and the marriage was only for some will business. Very timely and convenient! *eyeroll*
The h was too emotionally labile and kept going off the rails too often. Not my idea of a good angst. I prefer them to either lash out some or remain stoic in the face of excessive ass-hattery.
The H was as cold and unrelenting as the tundra. I don’t like all the sex in the book to happen when the mcs/H remain in the this-is-only-ever-sex mindframe. It can start that way but has to change at some point for me to accept it.
Grovel was barely passable.
Epilogue was sweet though.
April 9, 2014
This revenge HP didn't really do it for me. Honestly, it just wasn't crazy enough. For one thing, the hero actually had reason for being angry with the heroine. She was innocent, of course, but there was some damning evidence against her. And she, out of loyalty to her shrewish cousin, didn't tell him the full truth. That kind of took away that self-righteous sense of pleasure I get when the H finds out how wrooooong he was.
I like/want a revenge novel to be full of wtf'ery. For whatever bizarre reason, I'm highly entertained by the OTT vengeful Greek tycoon. This guy was a Greek tycoon, but he wasn't too OTT. Not by HP standards. Here's my take, with spoilers.
I like/want a revenge novel to be full of wtf'ery. For whatever bizarre reason, I'm highly entertained by the OTT vengeful Greek tycoon. This guy was a Greek tycoon, but he wasn't too OTT. Not by HP standards. Here's my take, with spoilers.
September 28, 2018
I really liked this upon re-read. When she was 17 she kissed the hero and told him she loved him but he was announcing his engagement to someone else and plus she was too you and he pushed her away. They were never together but they had grown up in the same area. Someone took a picture of it and sent it to the paper with her email address and the engagement was broken. He blamed her and hated her and thought she destroyed his life. Six years later he sees her at a party, while he is with his current mistress who he wants to dump, and doesn't realize it is the heroine. She finds out he's there and tries to leave but she runs into him he eventually recognizes her and then his evil plan of revenge is born. I really don't like how mean he was too her and he was going to marry and then divorce her. She got pregnant on accident. And the usual angst ensues. She was not a virgin either. She was thinking that she was pretty inexperienced but not a virgin, and that hopefully he wouldn't want her. Wrong! He did. Cute epilogue and made me go aaah. That is why I upped it one star.
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October 21, 2018
I had high hopes for this book... and now I’m pissed!
Mild spoliers ahead:
It’s all because of weak heroine. She was a quivering mess who doesn’t know how to control her body. She was also a masochist. The only thing I liked about her was she wasn’t a virgin.. oh and she was career minded (somewhat) and a workaholic.
The former I was glad because hero wasn’t celibate after meeting heroine or in this case they grew up as friends, so after heroine kissed him and professed her love. His rejection of 17 year old heroine was painful to read.
When they met again after 7 years, I hated that she had to meet him with his current mistress in tow. And the hero was very cruel. He was ruthless in his behavior towards her. I hated it and the way story progressed. The villain..don’t get me start on THAT. No comeuppance for villain and no groveling from hero, a match made in HP land!
What continuously grated on my last nerve was the audacity of heroine to take all the blame on herself. Oh you poor martyr you!!!
If you like angst, drama and cruel heroes then I wholeheartedly RECOMMEND this.
Mild spoliers ahead:
It’s all because of weak heroine. She was a quivering mess who doesn’t know how to control her body. She was also a masochist. The only thing I liked about her was she wasn’t a virgin.. oh and she was career minded (somewhat) and a workaholic.
The former I was glad because hero wasn’t celibate after meeting heroine or in this case they grew up as friends, so after heroine kissed him and professed her love. His rejection of 17 year old heroine was painful to read.
When they met again after 7 years, I hated that she had to meet him with his current mistress in tow. And the hero was very cruel. He was ruthless in his behavior towards her. I hated it and the way story progressed. The villain..don’t get me start on THAT. No comeuppance for villain and no groveling from hero, a match made in HP land!
What continuously grated on my last nerve was the audacity of heroine to take all the blame on herself. Oh you poor martyr you!!!
If you like angst, drama and cruel heroes then I wholeheartedly RECOMMEND this.
November 14, 2008
The Kouros Marriage Revenge will have you sitting on the edge of your seat with a box of tissues burning the midnight oil. You absolutely will not want to put this book down until you have finished this powerful and moving journey in forgiveness and love.
It’s seven years later and Alexandros Kurous and Kallie Demarchis run into each other at a party in Paris. At first, he does not recognize Kallie but is definitely attracted to her in ways no other woman has touched him. When he realizes who she is and that he has the power in his hands to ruin her family he eventually comes up with a plan of revenge……she will wed him, he will take what he can physically from her and then turn her out, exacting seven years of revenge.
Seven long years ago, his young friend betrayed Alexandros for on the eve of his engagement to a shipping magnates daughter, Kallie declared her love for him, kissed him and he rejected her. The every next morning pictures appeared in the paper of them kissing sent by per personal email and his engagement was called off. If this was not bad enough her family who he adored told him they never wanted to see him again. His shipping deal fell through, his inner most secrets revealed and only through hard work was he about to get his shipping business back on track becoming one of the most successful in the world.
Abby Green has portrayed a dark “alpha” in Greek Alexandros Kouros. There are times you will want to slap him for his desire not only for revenge but also because he is using his newly acquired wife of convenience in the most hurtful of ways, strictly for his pleasure. Therefore, in the end when the tables are turned and he actually begins to “feel” you pray for them it is not too late.
Kallie Demarchis has blossomed into a beautiful and talented businesswoman. When she literally bumps into Alexandros her world tilts; all she can think of it getting away. However, she learns her Uncle needs Alexandros financial help and is blackmailed into marrying him, knowing that he plans to take his revenge physically and in the end, cast her off and divorce her. At times, this story was painful to read, to watch and feel her suffer, unable to control her love and physical desire for him. And in the end feel her need to end the marriage before she shattered!
I congratulate Abby Green on this extremely moving, intense and powerful love story……Alexandros and Kallie will long be remembered by this reader
Book Description:
He would take revenge by taking her as his bride…
It was the society wedding of the year! When Greek shipping magnate Alexandros Kouros wed Kallie Demarchis, press pictures showed a couple who were madly in love – but behind the glamorous, happy scenes lay a very different story…
Love had nothing to do with it; Kallie knew she had no choice if she wanted to save her family’s business. She also knew that Alex would have sweet revenge for the mistake that had shattered both their pasts when he took her as his arranged bride…
It’s seven years later and Alexandros Kurous and Kallie Demarchis run into each other at a party in Paris. At first, he does not recognize Kallie but is definitely attracted to her in ways no other woman has touched him. When he realizes who she is and that he has the power in his hands to ruin her family he eventually comes up with a plan of revenge……she will wed him, he will take what he can physically from her and then turn her out, exacting seven years of revenge.
Seven long years ago, his young friend betrayed Alexandros for on the eve of his engagement to a shipping magnates daughter, Kallie declared her love for him, kissed him and he rejected her. The every next morning pictures appeared in the paper of them kissing sent by per personal email and his engagement was called off. If this was not bad enough her family who he adored told him they never wanted to see him again. His shipping deal fell through, his inner most secrets revealed and only through hard work was he about to get his shipping business back on track becoming one of the most successful in the world.
Abby Green has portrayed a dark “alpha” in Greek Alexandros Kouros. There are times you will want to slap him for his desire not only for revenge but also because he is using his newly acquired wife of convenience in the most hurtful of ways, strictly for his pleasure. Therefore, in the end when the tables are turned and he actually begins to “feel” you pray for them it is not too late.
Kallie Demarchis has blossomed into a beautiful and talented businesswoman. When she literally bumps into Alexandros her world tilts; all she can think of it getting away. However, she learns her Uncle needs Alexandros financial help and is blackmailed into marrying him, knowing that he plans to take his revenge physically and in the end, cast her off and divorce her. At times, this story was painful to read, to watch and feel her suffer, unable to control her love and physical desire for him. And in the end feel her need to end the marriage before she shattered!
I congratulate Abby Green on this extremely moving, intense and powerful love story……Alexandros and Kallie will long be remembered by this reader
Book Description:
He would take revenge by taking her as his bride…
It was the society wedding of the year! When Greek shipping magnate Alexandros Kouros wed Kallie Demarchis, press pictures showed a couple who were madly in love – but behind the glamorous, happy scenes lay a very different story…
Love had nothing to do with it; Kallie knew she had no choice if she wanted to save her family’s business. She also knew that Alex would have sweet revenge for the mistake that had shattered both their pasts when he took her as his arranged bride…
November 12, 2015
Le puse dos estrellas porque taan malo no estuvo. Sólo realmente malo se merece una estrella según mis estándares.
Es un libro de venganza que simplemente le quedó grande a Abby Green. Como si nunca hubiera recordado que era una trama de "la venganza será terrible". El protagonista, Alexandros Kouros, no llega a ser querible, ni deseable, ni nada. Me lo quisieron vender como un macho alfa y nada que ver. Macho es Vito Corleone, no nos equivoquemos ;D. Kallie Demarchis es una heroína infumable que no te cae bien y no te hace sentir simpatía por ella. En el fondo, una como lectora reconoce que este estilo de personajes femeninos son una mierd4 :D. ¿Por qué el héroe va a enamorarse de una protagonista que le arruinó la vida? "Sólo tenía diecisiete años, no sabía lo que hacía al contarle tus secretos a una prima obsesionada contigo". Las pelot4s. Sí sabías, pero sos muy caprichosa y no te importa. Hasta hoy, tres días después de terminar la novela, no sé qué fue lo que lo "enamoró" de Kallie. Sinceramente, si no leen este libro no pierden nada.
Es un libro de venganza que simplemente le quedó grande a Abby Green. Como si nunca hubiera recordado que era una trama de "la venganza será terrible". El protagonista, Alexandros Kouros, no llega a ser querible, ni deseable, ni nada. Me lo quisieron vender como un macho alfa y nada que ver. Macho es Vito Corleone, no nos equivoquemos ;D. Kallie Demarchis es una heroína infumable que no te cae bien y no te hace sentir simpatía por ella. En el fondo, una como lectora reconoce que este estilo de personajes femeninos son una mierd4 :D. ¿Por qué el héroe va a enamorarse de una protagonista que le arruinó la vida? "Sólo tenía diecisiete años, no sabía lo que hacía al contarle tus secretos a una prima obsesionada contigo". Las pelot4s. Sí sabías, pero sos muy caprichosa y no te importa. Hasta hoy, tres días después de terminar la novela, no sé qué fue lo que lo "enamoró" de Kallie. Sinceramente, si no leen este libro no pierden nada.
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October 11, 2011
Abby Green really has a formula going, but it's a formula I happen to like -- H thinks h has done something awful, but wants her and decides to "get revenge" and have her. But H can't help feeling tenderly toward h, and also something happens to h that makes H take care of her at some point. Then all is disclosed and there's a HEA. Regardless of the formula, I like the emotion and angst, and how you can see that the H can't help but care for the h, even when he thinks badly of her.
February 19, 2021
It's been a while since the last time I've read a book from Ms. Abby Green, and as usual, I enjoyed it despite its overly used plot!
May 9, 2013
Thought it was boring and flat!
November 21, 2017
Just did the review of another Abby Green book Forgiven, but not forgotten? While reading that book I was reminded of this book that I'd read some years back, because the premise in both books were somewhat similar even if the execution varied slightly.
This book started well, but somewhere in the middle it fell flat. I guess because Kallie took loyalty to her conniving cousin too far and wouldn't tell Andreas about what her cousin had done - that, she'd instigated seventeen year old Kallie, who was in love with Alexandros, to go kiss him while withholding from her the news that he was about to announce his engagement to another woman then photographing the two kissing and sending it to the press from Kallie's email because of which he was vilified in the press bringing an end to his engagement as well as abused and slapped by Kallie's parents, who were more family to him than his own family. Now, her cousin, who is married, has mental issues and fragile health and Kallie thinks Alexandros is such a monster that he'd go after her cousin in spite of her fragile health.
Because of this, Alexandros continues to distrust her and so amid the hot steamy sex, there was this underlying anger and guilt between the two until Alexandros called a truce and started doing stuff for her like visiting her at her place of work, preparing a bath and meal for her while waiting for her to get home and thinking to get her pregnant to keep her by his side, which finally scared him, considering he'd married her to get over his lust for her while at the same time to fulfill a stipulation to get hold of his uncle's shares.
Nevertheless, in spite of that heavy angst between the two, it was still a nice read. The epilogue too, in the end, was very sweet.
This book started well, but somewhere in the middle it fell flat. I guess because Kallie took loyalty to her conniving cousin too far and wouldn't tell Andreas about what her cousin had done - that, she'd instigated seventeen year old Kallie, who was in love with Alexandros, to go kiss him while withholding from her the news that he was about to announce his engagement to another woman then photographing the two kissing and sending it to the press from Kallie's email because of which he was vilified in the press bringing an end to his engagement as well as abused and slapped by Kallie's parents, who were more family to him than his own family. Now, her cousin, who is married, has mental issues and fragile health and Kallie thinks Alexandros is such a monster that he'd go after her cousin in spite of her fragile health.
Because of this, Alexandros continues to distrust her and so amid the hot steamy sex, there was this underlying anger and guilt between the two until Alexandros called a truce and started doing stuff for her like visiting her at her place of work, preparing a bath and meal for her while waiting for her to get home and thinking to get her pregnant to keep her by his side, which finally scared him, considering he'd married her to get over his lust for her while at the same time to fulfill a stipulation to get hold of his uncle's shares.
Nevertheless, in spite of that heavy angst between the two, it was still a nice read. The epilogue too, in the end, was very sweet.
April 28, 2019
💤💤💤
I was so bored! This was my first time reading Abby Green which doesn't bode well for our future together. The prose and narrative execution lacked excitement.
Neither protagonists were that compelling either: Kallie seemed weak, while Alex was an unexciting hero whose repeated threats felt more comical than insidious. They also talked A LOT about what had happened in the past or what would happen in the future. All in the "tell-vs.-show" type of dialogue that is so sleep-inducing to me. Even the sex scenes lacked steam. The final straw was the very sappy and mushy declaration of love at the end.
Who knows, I might try another book by Abby Green though. Maybe this was just a fluke. *fingers crossed*
I was so bored! This was my first time reading Abby Green which doesn't bode well for our future together. The prose and narrative execution lacked excitement.
Neither protagonists were that compelling either: Kallie seemed weak, while Alex was an unexciting hero whose repeated threats felt more comical than insidious. They also talked A LOT about what had happened in the past or what would happen in the future. All in the "tell-vs.-show" type of dialogue that is so sleep-inducing to me. Even the sex scenes lacked steam. The final straw was the very sappy and mushy declaration of love at the end.
Who knows, I might try another book by Abby Green though. Maybe this was just a fluke. *fingers crossed*
May 14, 2012
I thought this was well done. Some of the plot did not seem plausible, and at times I think the heroine was a bit too much of a pushover...but all in all a fun read by Abby Green.
December 26, 2016
Gold digging H's are sooo not my thing.
November 23, 2018
Kallie Demarchis's older cousin Eleni is urging her to come out with her feelings for Alexandros Kouros while they are attending his party, at his house in Athens. Eleni is positive that he also has a soft spot for Kallie, who is seventeen and about to start college in England. 25-year-old Alexandros is now the head of Kouros Shipping, wealthy and loaded, after losing his father suddenly, two years back. She takes her heart out and offers it to Alexandros, confesses that she loves her, only to be rejected by him, saying that he is going to announce his engagement to a famous model, Pia Kyriapolous. Alexandros and Kallie are neighbours, and childhood friends. Her father is Greek while her mother English. The next morning, it all erupts when his engagement gets called off because their one clumsy kiss is splashed across the tabloids with lurid details. A supposed kiss and tell. But we all know who's to blame for that, don't we? Though you will feel pity for the antagonist later. But of course, our hero believes the heroine did it. And they break off all ties with each other.
The book then starts with a heartbreak, and a seven year gap, in Paris. At a party, Alexandros is smitten with a stranger, not realising that he knows her. Kallie, who is there to meet her uncle, knowing that he is there, wants to leave asap. With her parents dead, and her uncle doing business with Alexandros to save Demarchis Shipping, she doesn't want to face him. But of course, they come face-to-face. She runs a small Anglo-French PR firm now, which also bagged a best new small business award.
Alexandros is out for revenge though. Aptly titled, he seeks out Kallie and steamrollers her into marrying him in order to help her uncle with his business. She didn't know how much trouble her uncle was in. He already has a negative opinion about Kallie, and she doesn't correct him, but he does need a convenient wife. He throws insults at her every which way. But, she also can't help but needle him. He already has plans put in place for a quick marriage, a quickie honeymoon, and a quicker divorce.
He was more hurt by what he believed not only Kallie's deception, but her parents' desertion as well, because he considered them as his own. He had been born to selfish parents, the only son, much younger than his youngest sister, and totally neglected. At least they didn't jump onto a bed as soon as they found one. But, when they did, it was hot. I wonder where were the bodyguards who trailed them but seemed to vanish when they became intimate in public places, now imagining that was a bit hilarious, and embarassing.
Towards the end, Kallie discovers that she is pregnant. She becomes panicky, thinking of the strenous relationship she shares with Alexandros. And then Alexandros too drops a bomb after her revelation which cleared things up between them, and they lived HEA. It has one of the sweetest declarations of love. And a nice epilogue to round up the story.
P.S. I have read 7 of Abby Green's books till now, out of which The Spaniard's Marriage Bargain is an absolute favourite!
The book then starts with a heartbreak, and a seven year gap, in Paris. At a party, Alexandros is smitten with a stranger, not realising that he knows her. Kallie, who is there to meet her uncle, knowing that he is there, wants to leave asap. With her parents dead, and her uncle doing business with Alexandros to save Demarchis Shipping, she doesn't want to face him. But of course, they come face-to-face. She runs a small Anglo-French PR firm now, which also bagged a best new small business award.
Alexandros is out for revenge though. Aptly titled, he seeks out Kallie and steamrollers her into marrying him in order to help her uncle with his business. She didn't know how much trouble her uncle was in. He already has a negative opinion about Kallie, and she doesn't correct him, but he does need a convenient wife. He throws insults at her every which way. But, she also can't help but needle him. He already has plans put in place for a quick marriage, a quickie honeymoon, and a quicker divorce.
He was more hurt by what he believed not only Kallie's deception, but her parents' desertion as well, because he considered them as his own. He had been born to selfish parents, the only son, much younger than his youngest sister, and totally neglected. At least they didn't jump onto a bed as soon as they found one. But, when they did, it was hot. I wonder where were the bodyguards who trailed them but seemed to vanish when they became intimate in public places, now imagining that was a bit hilarious, and embarassing.
Towards the end, Kallie discovers that she is pregnant. She becomes panicky, thinking of the strenous relationship she shares with Alexandros. And then Alexandros too drops a bomb after her revelation which cleared things up between them, and they lived HEA. It has one of the sweetest declarations of love. And a nice epilogue to round up the story.
P.S. I have read 7 of Abby Green's books till now, out of which The Spaniard's Marriage Bargain is an absolute favourite!
September 2, 2022
I don’t like h’s who are mentally a mess. And he wasn’t cruel.
December 21, 2025
Feels like it is too sweet for an HP 😅
July 11, 2010
I didn't like any part of this story at all. At first it looked promising, but as per the title it's all about revenge. The redemption wasn't enough, Kallie has this misplaced loyalty and Alexandros took a long time before figuring everything out.
I thought somewhere along the way they would get to some kind of real truce, yes sometimes, but everything is frigid between them. Kallie's always wary of him, the author emphasized her discomfort around him and even when they're starting to feel comfortable in each other's company, they'll just shut it again. A simple reference to the past and another argument ignites. They have conflicts within themselves. Alexandros for example, thought he could just have a quickie marriage, get in, get off, get out, but was surprised how Kallie ignites his fires.
The only thing they're honest about is slaking their burning lust for each other. The storyline was weak, I felt heavy while reading it and it seemed the author just wrote the ending just to end it. There were a lot of potential, there's too much angst. I didn't like Kallie, too much hormones too much tears. She's crying almost half the time. Alexandros is an alpha male through and through, but one I didn't really appreciate.
They have their stories on how they came to be, but the ending just didn't do it for me. Everything's rushed.
I thought somewhere along the way they would get to some kind of real truce, yes sometimes, but everything is frigid between them. Kallie's always wary of him, the author emphasized her discomfort around him and even when they're starting to feel comfortable in each other's company, they'll just shut it again. A simple reference to the past and another argument ignites. They have conflicts within themselves. Alexandros for example, thought he could just have a quickie marriage, get in, get off, get out, but was surprised how Kallie ignites his fires.
The only thing they're honest about is slaking their burning lust for each other. The storyline was weak, I felt heavy while reading it and it seemed the author just wrote the ending just to end it. There were a lot of potential, there's too much angst. I didn't like Kallie, too much hormones too much tears. She's crying almost half the time. Alexandros is an alpha male through and through, but one I didn't really appreciate.
They have their stories on how they came to be, but the ending just didn't do it for me. Everything's rushed.
November 23, 2020
Alexandro's grandfather stated in his will that Alexandro had to marry within six months to receive his share of Kouros Shipping. It also stated if Alexandro did not marry, the share would be giving to the competition.
7 years ago, Kallie was 17, and had a crush on Alexando. She drank for the very first time, and kissed him. he was engaged to get married, and that very kiss broke apart his engagement. He has carried around resentment towards Kallie for the past 7 years. That resentment turned into passion throughout the story. He stated in the book, that he didn't hate her, that Hate is the other side of love. Both Hate, and Love are two very strong emotions, I think when they thought they hated, it was really love. Kallie's uncle needed a loan. Alexandro would give the loan, ONLY if Kallie agreed to marry him.
The book was suppose to be about revenge, but Alexandro was not a mean hero. He took care of Kallie when she had her panic attacks. He really has cared for her for a very long time. Just because you are mad at someone, does not mean that you stop caring. I really enjoyed this story.
7 years ago, Kallie was 17, and had a crush on Alexando. She drank for the very first time, and kissed him. he was engaged to get married, and that very kiss broke apart his engagement. He has carried around resentment towards Kallie for the past 7 years. That resentment turned into passion throughout the story. He stated in the book, that he didn't hate her, that Hate is the other side of love. Both Hate, and Love are two very strong emotions, I think when they thought they hated, it was really love. Kallie's uncle needed a loan. Alexandro would give the loan, ONLY if Kallie agreed to marry him.
The book was suppose to be about revenge, but Alexandro was not a mean hero. He took care of Kallie when she had her panic attacks. He really has cared for her for a very long time. Just because you are mad at someone, does not mean that you stop caring. I really enjoyed this story.
December 5, 2015
A very romantic story. I enjoyed the reading
January 27, 2012
Like to read Abby Green but not a great fan of her emotionally stunted hero in this one.
February 1, 2021
I skipped half of it. When heroine was 17 she kissed the H and told him she loved him. Hero was engaged. Someone took a shot of their kiss and the day after it was on all the newspaper, with some info about the H that were private. The engagement was important to H's family because it meant a merger with a big company that would have saved the H's family. Obviously the engagement is over, the h's family is angry, the H is angry with h. Years later H sees the h, wants to sleep with her but is still angry, and since he needs a wife to inherit a company he blackmails her to marriage. Yawn... She's still in love with him and she agrees to marry him to save her uncle's company. In the end the H understands that it was not her who sold the picture to the press, and she tells him it was her cousin. Oh yes, he says, I remember that she tried to seduce me before that night but I refused. All is clear. Love is in the air, and a baby too.
Honestly, I didn't like the H a billionaire crybaby that bored me to death, and I didn't like the heroine, a spineless woman who was always saying I'm sorry and married that stupid man to save her uncle's business. Neither of them was celibate during separation and he had a lover when he met the heroine. He was also rude and crass. Non alpha male at all.
Honestly, I didn't like the H a billionaire crybaby that bored me to death, and I didn't like the heroine, a spineless woman who was always saying I'm sorry and married that stupid man to save her uncle's business. Neither of them was celibate during separation and he had a lover when he met the heroine. He was also rude and crass. Non alpha male at all.
July 2, 2023
I'm on a Harlequin roll ...
This was up in my alley. Yes, it's got the regular Hero punishing the heroine trope, for something that she did 7 years ago, believing she was the conniving bitch he thought she was.
Same ol, same ol. But the difference between this and the majority of the Harlequins? The Hero, Alexandros, was no oppressing alpha Hero who forced the heroine - that made it so annoying. Nor was the heroine the type that would melt the minute the Hero as much as touched her. The heroine was a smart and successful woman - not a mere waitress!!! -, which I liked.
And the secret pregnancy at the end? Looooved it!!!
I'd recommend this to anyone who loved Harlequin books! A must read.
This was up in my alley. Yes, it's got the regular Hero punishing the heroine trope, for something that she did 7 years ago, believing she was the conniving bitch he thought she was.
Same ol, same ol. But the difference between this and the majority of the Harlequins? The Hero, Alexandros, was no oppressing alpha Hero who forced the heroine - that made it so annoying. Nor was the heroine the type that would melt the minute the Hero as much as touched her. The heroine was a smart and successful woman - not a mere waitress!!! -, which I liked.
And the secret pregnancy at the end? Looooved it!!!
I'd recommend this to anyone who loved Harlequin books! A must read.
January 25, 2025
Escogí La Boda del Año porque, a veces, necesito desconectarme de historias complicadas y disfrutar de algo más sencillo. Esta es una de esas novelas románticas perfectas para esos momentos. La historia de Kallie y Alexandros me atrapó desde el principio, aunque el matrimonio de conveniencia puede sonar como algo ya visto, tiene un toque apasionado que le da vida a la trama.
La conexión entre los personajes es real y, aunque es un romance sencillo, tiene su dosis de emoción.
Es justo lo que busco cuando quiero una lectura ligera pero que me mantenga entretenida y, sobre todo, con un toque de pasión que hace que todo se vuelva más interesante. Si bien la trama no es súper compleja, es esa simplicidad la que me permite disfrutarla sin pensar demasiado, solo dejarme llevar por la historia.
La conexión entre los personajes es real y, aunque es un romance sencillo, tiene su dosis de emoción.
Es justo lo que busco cuando quiero una lectura ligera pero que me mantenga entretenida y, sobre todo, con un toque de pasión que hace que todo se vuelva más interesante. Si bien la trama no es súper compleja, es esa simplicidad la que me permite disfrutarla sin pensar demasiado, solo dejarme llevar por la historia.
September 22, 2017
This book built up the plot really well then it all fell apart at the end. We had side characters we never saw. We had an antagonist that never got her come-upins. We had a hero who didn't deserve the hardworking and caring heroine. And all the couple's problems were neatly wrapped up in 3 pages. Lame and a shame.
April 6, 2020
it was hard to finish this book - i skipped a lot of chapters just to get to the end. i didn't like either alex & kallie. i hated what kallie's parents did to him. i hated how he still had a grudge after all those years when he saw kallie again. i hated how he forced kallie to marry him just for revenge. i hated how she still had emotions for him. it just wasn't type of storyline.
July 27, 2020
Not a bad story at all. Heroine was very naive and easily manipulated. Hero was emotionally suppressed and cold. Typical right? I do enjoy when the h is neither a doormat nor a shrew, has some positive character traits and shows that she can live on her own. I also enjoy watching the H begin to embrace his emotions and to eventually realize that love is a vital component with living.
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