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Le secret d'une nuit de passion
Une nuit, une seule, au cours de laquelle elle a cédé à l’attirance irrésistible qu’elle éprouvait pour un inconnu… et la voilà enceinte ! Sous le choc, Grace ne sait comment réagir. Cacher à Leo sa paternité ne serait pas juste, elle le sait. Mais, malgré l’alchimie parfaite qui a opéré entre eux ce soir-là, Grace le connaît à peine. Tout ce qu’elle sait, c’est qu’un tel imprévu risque de fortement contrarier l’avenir tout tracé de ce séduisant homme d’affaires. Car aujourd’hui Leo Zikos est fiancé à une belle héritière censée lui assurer un avenir professionnel florissant…
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First published July 9, 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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June 16, 2023
***4.5 Stars***
I absolutely love this book and have already read it fourteen times. It just seems I can't get enough! I'm drawn to it like Leo is drawn to Grace. This is a book I highly recommend.
Leo Zikos has been engaged to his childhood friend, Marina, for three years. It's a business-only arrangement pure and simple and neither is in love with the other. They had an agreement that they would both continue to discreetly see others as there has been no intimacy between them. A very odd relationship to this American gal but maybe not so much in other countries. He is left cold and detached by this union-to-be and has a night out, visiting his friend and business partner at their new club.
Grace, our heroine, is a med student with another year left to go. She was expected to accompany her cousin on a holiday to Turkey. She had been taken in by her aunt and uncle after her mother passed away and they treat her like a slave, denying her the privileges their daughter has. While in Turkey her cousin hooked up with a guy and Grace was expected to sleep in the hotel lobby. She decided to dress up and go to a club one evening while her cousin was with her temporary lover.
This same evening Leo went to the club he and his partner owned and when he laid eyes on the beauty that was one floor below him he was gobsmacked. The attraction was immediate and he had to meet her. Grace was a virgin and was determined to rid herself of that obnoxious moniker. She spent the evening with Leo and they ended up on his yacht and shared the master suite. They had a malfunction with the condom and now Leo awaits word from her whether she is pregnant or not. ( I didn't catch this until my twentieth read through!!) The hero had been celibate for a good while. We don't know exactly how long but long enough that he cannot remember his last encounter. He was a man-whore in his younger days and got around quite a lot. But at the beginning of this story he tells us he is NOT a ONS kind of guy (any more,) like he was when he was younger. He has monogamous affairs.
Wow! I loved this book. It's a great read and the sequel that features his illegitimate brother is as well.
I know there are quite a few who didn't care for it for various reasons. I would like to touch on a couple of those. Some say Leo cheated on Marina (but no one, that I read, accused Marina of cheating on him...a bit male-biased there) but they had an agreement about being with others before their marriage because they didn't love each other, really didn't see each other all that often. Their engagement was in name only more for status and a business deal and they had never been intimate. Leo had always placed her strictly in the friend zone to Marina's dismay.
Marina, in the past, had been in love with Leo but he never returned her feelings. She was now involved with a gentleman who had an ill wife that had been in a sanitarium or nursing home and no longer recognized her husband or children. She would never recovery. Marina was in agreement that Leo could be with whomever he chose until the wedding. Then, there is Grace and her willingness to give up her child for adoption, but her mind quickly changed once she found out Leo wanted to be in the baby's life. If you read it closely and watch how her mind changes it's somewhat obvious, at least to me, that she had made a hasty decision. Since Grace was in her final year of Med School with no one to help with the care and raising of her baby she didn't know if she could be enough for her child in the same way her own mother was not near enough to raise her. She was alone in the world...completely, except for one single friend. Grace had suffered with a horrible mother and her father was not in the picture so she certainly didn't want that for her child.
Grace thought almost anything would be a better life for her child than how she was raised and treated with a mother who was a drug addict and refused to work and if she did it was immediately spent on drugs. And then there was the father whom her mother convinced her walked away and deserted them. It hurt her to think her child would endure what she had. I think at this point she was not recognizing any of this emotionally, but factually, because she shut down her emotions for the time being like she did most of her life. I think the child began to become more real for her after Leo showed up. She was no longer alone and he was definitely financially stable. So most of the situations she was so concerned with were no longer issues. Just my two cents. That is my viewpoint on her pregnancy situation. You may not agree but that is my take on it. It just wasn't real to her, yet.
I absolutely love this book and have already read it fourteen times. It just seems I can't get enough! I'm drawn to it like Leo is drawn to Grace. This is a book I highly recommend.
Leo Zikos has been engaged to his childhood friend, Marina, for three years. It's a business-only arrangement pure and simple and neither is in love with the other. They had an agreement that they would both continue to discreetly see others as there has been no intimacy between them. A very odd relationship to this American gal but maybe not so much in other countries. He is left cold and detached by this union-to-be and has a night out, visiting his friend and business partner at their new club.
Grace, our heroine, is a med student with another year left to go. She was expected to accompany her cousin on a holiday to Turkey. She had been taken in by her aunt and uncle after her mother passed away and they treat her like a slave, denying her the privileges their daughter has. While in Turkey her cousin hooked up with a guy and Grace was expected to sleep in the hotel lobby. She decided to dress up and go to a club one evening while her cousin was with her temporary lover.
This same evening Leo went to the club he and his partner owned and when he laid eyes on the beauty that was one floor below him he was gobsmacked. The attraction was immediate and he had to meet her. Grace was a virgin and was determined to rid herself of that obnoxious moniker. She spent the evening with Leo and they ended up on his yacht and shared the master suite. They had a malfunction with the condom and now Leo awaits word from her whether she is pregnant or not. ( I didn't catch this until my twentieth read through!!) The hero had been celibate for a good while. We don't know exactly how long but long enough that he cannot remember his last encounter. He was a man-whore in his younger days and got around quite a lot. But at the beginning of this story he tells us he is NOT a ONS kind of guy (any more,) like he was when he was younger. He has monogamous affairs.
Wow! I loved this book. It's a great read and the sequel that features his illegitimate brother is as well.
I know there are quite a few who didn't care for it for various reasons. I would like to touch on a couple of those. Some say Leo cheated on Marina (but no one, that I read, accused Marina of cheating on him...a bit male-biased there) but they had an agreement about being with others before their marriage because they didn't love each other, really didn't see each other all that often. Their engagement was in name only more for status and a business deal and they had never been intimate. Leo had always placed her strictly in the friend zone to Marina's dismay.
Marina, in the past, had been in love with Leo but he never returned her feelings. She was now involved with a gentleman who had an ill wife that had been in a sanitarium or nursing home and no longer recognized her husband or children. She would never recovery. Marina was in agreement that Leo could be with whomever he chose until the wedding. Then, there is Grace and her willingness to give up her child for adoption, but her mind quickly changed once she found out Leo wanted to be in the baby's life. If you read it closely and watch how her mind changes it's somewhat obvious, at least to me, that she had made a hasty decision. Since Grace was in her final year of Med School with no one to help with the care and raising of her baby she didn't know if she could be enough for her child in the same way her own mother was not near enough to raise her. She was alone in the world...completely, except for one single friend. Grace had suffered with a horrible mother and her father was not in the picture so she certainly didn't want that for her child.
Grace thought almost anything would be a better life for her child than how she was raised and treated with a mother who was a drug addict and refused to work and if she did it was immediately spent on drugs. And then there was the father whom her mother convinced her walked away and deserted them. It hurt her to think her child would endure what she had. I think at this point she was not recognizing any of this emotionally, but factually, because she shut down her emotions for the time being like she did most of her life. I think the child began to become more real for her after Leo showed up. She was no longer alone and he was definitely financially stable. So most of the situations she was so concerned with were no longer issues. Just my two cents. That is my viewpoint on her pregnancy situation. You may not agree but that is my take on it. It just wasn't real to her, yet.
January 15, 2025
The beginning of Lynne Graham's The Greek Demands His Heir was funny. h is a nerd girl studying to become a doctor. H was Pepe le piewwww in human form.
This is a low-angst Harlequin with a hero who is more beta than alpha, a smart and funny heroine, and though there is some OW-OM drama, it is not the kind that makes you want to bash either of their faces in with your Kindle.
The ending and especially the epilogue was all sugar coated rainbows and unicorns. I am sure most readers who are not as cynical as me will absolutely love it.
Final verdict: Not bad!
This is a low-angst Harlequin with a hero who is more beta than alpha, a smart and funny heroine, and though there is some OW-OM drama, it is not the kind that makes you want to bash either of their faces in with your Kindle.
The ending and especially the epilogue was all sugar coated rainbows and unicorns. I am sure most readers who are not as cynical as me will absolutely love it.
Final verdict: Not bad!
July 26, 2015
Lynne Graham is an automatic buy for me…I have read dozens of her books which I have really liked….but her latest was just such a ….HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!!
I suppose one could say that this story is about Cinderella meeting her Prince Charming…a trope that I normally like…except that this Cinderella as something more like…
Grace Donovan aka Cinderella has always been the outsider with her family that took her in when her mother died. Overworked and overlooked, she’s managed to survive and due to her being brainy is about to complete her medical degree.
Forced to join her awful cousin on a Greek island holiday, she of course finds herself on a super yacht, with a super gorgeous billionaire who is having his last night of sex flings before he marries his best friend!!! Hello, yes, he has a very open relationship with his fiancée. Grace agrees to a one night stand so she can get “rid” of her virginity!!! She is after all 25 years old!!!! And why not with a rich tycoon!!!!
So, off she goes back home after a night of sex….not that sexy really because the condom breaks!!!! Yikes!!!
Now pregnant, kicked out of home by her wicked aunt, is found by the hero, Leo, who has been trying to contact her to find out if she’s pregnant. When he tracks her down, she tells him that she’s thinking about giving up the baby for adoption because it’s going to interfere with her studies!!! Leo, give this woman a huge miss…….she’s a stupid and idiotic person..yes, I know you like her red hair and green eyes….but she’s not a nice person. Believe me!!!!
By now, I am so not into this…I ‘m thinking I want to slap some sense into her!!!!
Leo, marry Marina, you’re ex fiancée and best friend….believe me she’s a better bet!!! In fact, Marina was the only secondary character I liked…..Leo was a bit better than Grace but I just wished he had a bit more sense.
I didn’t feel any emotional connection between Grace & Leo and found it hard to accept that everything would end happily ever after for him.!
Not one of my favorites by this author and certainly not a keeper!!!
July 27, 2015
I liked this one a lot. For once an h who was willing to make a different choice than insta marriage and parenthood. I thought adoption was a very valid consideration, given her circumstances. LG went above par with this lady and I was pretty happy that the h was assertive, but within HPlandia h diameters.
I thought the h was too nice to her aunt, but that is an LG idiosyncrasy I just put up with. I loved, loved, loved how she told the H he was a cheating rat bastard (even though she was sorta wrong) and was not all over marrying him even though she sorta liked him. I loved how she laid it all out for the H when she thought she miscarried, for once an LG h says exactly everything that should be said in a situation like that.
I liked how the H had to keep checking himself to not do stupid things around the h and had to apologize about his actions, repeatedly. I like how the H finally figured out he was and idiot and I like how he tried hard to get back in with the h.
I did not like the ex-fiancee, no matter how helpful, cause srsly what kind of skank goes to a pregnant woman the H wants to marry and offers her money to leave and have an abortion and "quit messing up everyone's lives" when she herself did not really want to marry the H. Tacky, but the h was gracious about it - however that friendship needs to go, the sooner the better.
All in all a very good LG with some really great h moments and I liked the H too, he really wasn't a jerk at all -but he was kinda dumb sometimes.
I thought the h was too nice to her aunt, but that is an LG idiosyncrasy I just put up with. I loved, loved, loved how she told the H he was a cheating rat bastard (even though she was sorta wrong) and was not all over marrying him even though she sorta liked him. I loved how she laid it all out for the H when she thought she miscarried, for once an LG h says exactly everything that should be said in a situation like that.
I liked how the H had to keep checking himself to not do stupid things around the h and had to apologize about his actions, repeatedly. I like how the H finally figured out he was and idiot and I like how he tried hard to get back in with the h.
I did not like the ex-fiancee, no matter how helpful, cause srsly what kind of skank goes to a pregnant woman the H wants to marry and offers her money to leave and have an abortion and "quit messing up everyone's lives" when she herself did not really want to marry the H. Tacky, but the h was gracious about it - however that friendship needs to go, the sooner the better.
All in all a very good LG with some really great h moments and I liked the H too, he really wasn't a jerk at all -but he was kinda dumb sometimes.
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May 12, 2018
Kind of a phone it in LG with the exception of the surprisingly strong heroine.
H and h are immediately attracted to each other, and, bless my boots, if the heroine doesn't clinically, well mentally clinically while body is overwhelmed with lust, to throw her virginity away with the gorgeous H. Added bonus, she gets a place to sleep since her bitchy, selfish cousin has made her sleep in the lobby for the past three night while she shacks up with her own fellow.
Passion ensues. She's a virgin with a hero with a broken condom and said hero has alpha-romero Greek tycoon sperm.
The H has a broken engagement with a surprisingly nice ex-fiancee/OW, daddy/half-brother issues, shut-down tycoon feelings.
What's different is the heroine. She pops the hero's balloon more than one time which basically tells me that, one, I am a big fat hypocrite, as the heroine is pretty strong and makes it clear she COULD live without the hero. And, two, I kind of adore LG's Scotty, voluptuous heroines especially when the create havoc in the H's life.
For a Greek tycoon hero in HarleyLand, he's a pretty nice guy. He doesn't slut shame her, he doesn't call her a gold digger, and he respects her. What's wrong with him?
There are some insufferable relatives, specifically the H's aunt by marriage and the need-to-be-dead cousin. I guess wallowing in the knowledge that they will NEVER be invited to any one of the Greek H's many, many abodes will have to be enough.
It was definitely enjoyable, but I felt like this was the poor man's LG even thought it is Lynne Graham.
Reminds me of Joan Collins.... the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor
H and h are immediately attracted to each other, and, bless my boots, if the heroine doesn't clinically, well mentally clinically while body is overwhelmed with lust, to throw her virginity away with the gorgeous H. Added bonus, she gets a place to sleep since her bitchy, selfish cousin has made her sleep in the lobby for the past three night while she shacks up with her own fellow.
Passion ensues. She's a virgin with a hero with a broken condom and said hero has alpha-romero Greek tycoon sperm.
The H has a broken engagement with a surprisingly nice ex-fiancee/OW, daddy/half-brother issues, shut-down tycoon feelings.
What's different is the heroine. She pops the hero's balloon more than one time which basically tells me that, one, I am a big fat hypocrite, as the heroine is pretty strong and makes it clear she COULD live without the hero. And, two, I kind of adore LG's Scotty, voluptuous heroines especially when the create havoc in the H's life.
For a Greek tycoon hero in HarleyLand, he's a pretty nice guy. He doesn't slut shame her, he doesn't call her a gold digger, and he respects her. What's wrong with him?
There are some insufferable relatives, specifically the H's aunt by marriage and the need-to-be-dead cousin. I guess wallowing in the knowledge that they will NEVER be invited to any one of the Greek H's many, many abodes will have to be enough.
It was definitely enjoyable, but I felt like this was the poor man's LG even thought it is Lynne Graham.
Reminds me of Joan Collins.... the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor
April 8, 2018
So what EXACTLY happened to the wedding ring situation???
SOMEONE, ANYONE, FUCKING EXPLAIN TO ME THE LACK OF WEDDING RING'S RESOLUTION AND HOW THE DENSE HERO DIDN’T STILL GET IT?
And WHY was it swept under the metaphorical rug.
HOW would he feel if SHE denied to wear his ring?
And scratch all that, WHY WAS THAT FUCKING NOT RESOLVED?
2 stars simply because of that, because it detracted from my enjoyment!
SOMEONE, ANYONE, FUCKING EXPLAIN TO ME THE LACK OF WEDDING RING'S RESOLUTION AND HOW THE DENSE HERO DIDN’T STILL GET IT?
And WHY was it swept under the metaphorical rug.
HOW would he feel if SHE denied to wear his ring?
And scratch all that, WHY WAS THAT FUCKING NOT RESOLVED?
2 stars simply because of that, because it detracted from my enjoyment!
September 23, 2022
Lynne Graham has always been an auto-buy, auto-read, auto-anything for me. But with this book, I was disappointed. It was meh and not the story it could have been. After reading just a few chapters, I wanted this book to end because I didn't want to read any more TSTL moments from them. They weren't the type of hero/heroine you want to root for.
January 7, 2016
Heroine is a virgin medical student. Hero is in an "open" engagement. OW has history with both half brothers. Story was a little thin, but I liked it better once I read the second book in the series. Say 2 and a half stars. Not a fan of one night stands, so that might have affected my enjoyment.
July 27, 2015
3.5*** read on this LG book.Not really a review,just my thoughts on this one :)
I love LG,everyone knows I love LG,but there comes a time when loves leads to like.This is the case with this little novel.LG's heroines are always on the quirky side ,I love that.This heroine,for the most part, I did not love.Why you say,it is because she rubbed me the wrong way.She was a cold one this heroine,nothing likable to really redeem her in my
eyes.
I get that with her childhood,her Mom dying at a young age then going off to live with the relatives and being treated as second class would play havoc with anyone,but she came acro
ss as cold and just so matter of fact.When she had thouughts to give her baby up for adoption,I felt her resoning were sound,but then again,her baby daddy is a billionaire,why did she even think of adopting out,made no sense,at this point of the book,the hero did not know of the pregnancy.Thank goodness,the hero put her mind to rest on that score.I did feel sorry for her when she thought that she had lost her baby,but then again,she pushed the hero away like he did not lose a baby himself.( Baby lived).
I did like the hero. Typical alpha,clueless,yes,I'm too sexy for my skin type of LG hero which she excells at.
Overall,I did enjoy the book,would have liked a better heroine ,someone softer.
I love LG,everyone knows I love LG,but there comes a time when loves leads to like.This is the case with this little novel.LG's heroines are always on the quirky side ,I love that.This heroine,for the most part, I did not love.Why you say,it is because she rubbed me the wrong way.She was a cold one this heroine,nothing likable to really redeem her in my
eyes.
I get that with her childhood,her Mom dying at a young age then going off to live with the relatives and being treated as second class would play havoc with anyone,but she came acro
ss as cold and just so matter of fact.When she had thouughts to give her baby up for adoption,I felt her resoning were sound,but then again,her baby daddy is a billionaire,why did she even think of adopting out,made no sense,at this point of the book,the hero did not know of the pregnancy.Thank goodness,the hero put her mind to rest on that score.I did feel sorry for her when she thought that she had lost her baby,but then again,she pushed the hero away like he did not lose a baby himself.( Baby lived).
I did like the hero. Typical alpha,clueless,yes,I'm too sexy for my skin type of LG hero which she excells at.
Overall,I did enjoy the book,would have liked a better heroine ,someone softer.
July 2, 2015
I just cant warm up to a heroine who so easily wants to give her child up for adoption and calls it a stupid mistake. Also the writing was not engaging plot was kind of boring and contrived.
June 15, 2016
I liked Grace until
After that I didn't care much for her, I actually started liking Marina more than her :/
After that I didn't care much for her, I actually started liking Marina more than her :/
August 21, 2015
An enjoyable read that although does not set the pages on fire is a good solid romance with Grace and Leo having to overcome their own obstacles to ensure their future. Still worth a read.
January 20, 2017
Crazy cheesy!!! I liked it a whole bunch and I really liked how the main girl character, Grace was no pushover. She was spunky.
July 9, 2015
Lynne Graham is my number 1 fetish author. My fave HP author of all time.
That said, I'm a bit disappointed with this book.
I found it too slow in the first half of the book. 5 chapters, in fact (the book has 9 chapters). Since chapter 6, the story really starts to flow with a good rhythm and became more interesting. The scenes were good and coherent and the photography was flawless.
The way LG is very careful with the details --the SIM card thing and Grace's reunion with her father are the best examples of that-- is still perfect on this story, but she didn't offered nothing new with this book. As a huge LG fan, I expected more of her and she didn't reached the goal she established with her bibliography.
That said, I'm a bit disappointed with this book.
I found it too slow in the first half of the book. 5 chapters, in fact (the book has 9 chapters). Since chapter 6, the story really starts to flow with a good rhythm and became more interesting. The scenes were good and coherent and the photography was flawless.
The way LG is very careful with the details --the SIM card thing and Grace's reunion with her father are the best examples of that-- is still perfect on this story, but she didn't offered nothing new with this book. As a huge LG fan, I expected more of her and she didn't reached the goal she established with her bibliography.
August 22, 2015
I usually enjoy LG's books - this one not so much, sort of boring and I started skipping the writing where there was no dialog - which seemed to be too much for my tastes. Just didn't get that happy, warm, fuzzy feeling with this book.
dnf
June 2, 2022DNF @ 70% - boring. I don’t read Harlequins for woke placid no-drama reads. The h is too independent, the H is too low-emotion. The OW is a saint. Meh
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June 23, 2016
I liked that the heroine had a backbone and didn't just roll over for the hero. I feel like Lynne Graham is one author who is listening to the anti wimp grumbling that goes on in GRs reviews. I really appreciate that. On the other hand, there wasn't much conflict in this one. It seemed like not a whole bunch happened and I was a bit surprised when it was over.
January 29, 2025
Re-read an still 4 stars!
May 7, 2021
The hero was engaged (It was a business Deal). There was no relationship with his fiance. The fiance was having an affair with a married man and that's when the hero meets the heroine and the story move forward with ONS and pregnancy. So, the hero decided to marry her instead.
The hero needs two/three lessons because as you know all LG heroes needed it badly. I liked the heroine, She was bold. Compare to other LG romance this one was on the lesser side of the angsty.
Safety Issue: The hero was celibate for three years before meeting the heroine. The heroine was a virgin obviously. Both of them were celibate during their separation time.
The hero needs two/three lessons because as you know all LG heroes needed it badly. I liked the heroine, She was bold. Compare to other LG romance this one was on the lesser side of the angsty.
Safety Issue: The hero was celibate for three years before meeting the heroine. The heroine was a virgin obviously. Both of them were celibate during their separation time.
June 6, 2017
Nothing to get excited about - average HP. H in a convenient engagement with a childhood friend arranged for dynastic purposes. They both agree to go separate ways until married. Fiancée has affair with a married man and causes a minor scandal. H goes off to party at his new night club and falls into insta-lust with h from afar. The Cinderella virginal h agrees to a ONS with H and the condom breaks. H gets her name in case of lasting consequences. The lasting consequences are realized and H "blackmails" h into MOC. h planned to give up child for adoption to continue her medical studies. 2.5 rounded stars.
March 8, 2024
dear lord, this is awful. I DNFd at 50%
Leo (Greek billionaire) is engaged to a woman he has no romantic interest in, and she feels the same. They currently sleep with other people during their engagement. Grace (virgin, annoying as f*ck twat, med student) is the outcast in her family. Being orphaned, she's taken in by her aunt and uncle who treat her like garbage in comparison to their own daughter. When she's forced on vaca, she spies Leo at a nightclub. There's somewhat of an attraction between them, but nothing hot and fiery. She returns to his yacht where he punches her V-card. It's all very clinical and they share NO romantic feelings or passion with each other. I'm surprised either of them even got off. Well the condom breaks and she ends up pregnant. She wants to give the baby up for adoption and doesn't even feel like he should have any claim to the baby. Duh - HE'S THE FUCKING FATHER! Who does that??? He wants the baby and decides they should get married. Not that either of them have feelings for the other. She doesn't agree, but after much argument she does decide to move in with him for now.
The entire thing is just dumb. There's just no desire for either of them to be with one another. Again, Grace annoyed me so much.
In conclusion, I hated it.
Leo (Greek billionaire) is engaged to a woman he has no romantic interest in, and she feels the same. They currently sleep with other people during their engagement. Grace (virgin, annoying as f*ck twat, med student) is the outcast in her family. Being orphaned, she's taken in by her aunt and uncle who treat her like garbage in comparison to their own daughter. When she's forced on vaca, she spies Leo at a nightclub. There's somewhat of an attraction between them, but nothing hot and fiery. She returns to his yacht where he punches her V-card. It's all very clinical and they share NO romantic feelings or passion with each other. I'm surprised either of them even got off. Well the condom breaks and she ends up pregnant. She wants to give the baby up for adoption and doesn't even feel like he should have any claim to the baby. Duh - HE'S THE FUCKING FATHER! Who does that??? He wants the baby and decides they should get married. Not that either of them have feelings for the other. She doesn't agree, but after much argument she does decide to move in with him for now.
The entire thing is just dumb. There's just no desire for either of them to be with one another. Again, Grace annoyed me so much.
In conclusion, I hated it.
September 26, 2018
This maybe against popular opinion, and I do understand why especially with a little bit of controversy in the plot line, but I really did love this book especially the delved deeper and deeper into the stories and the characters. It had all the elements that I love from and expect from a romance. It had intensity. It had drama. It had angst. There were misunderstandings galore, which lead to a lot of hurt feelings along the way. It had passion. It had romance. It was sexy. It was emotional. There were some tender moments between Leo and Grace that I really enjoyed seeing. I loved seeing their relationship develop over the course of the book. I loved seeing their intimacy deepen throughout the book. I enjoyed seeing their feelings for each other grow and grow and really see them fall in love. There were also heartbreaking moments as well especially near the end when something major happened and basically Leo put it all out there his need to be closer to Grace and basically being pushed away because she feared that he no longer wanted her. It just showed how far they came. Just it was exactly the experience that I want when reading a romance. It was a really good journey to go on with Leo and Grace.
The ironic thing of it all was that I was expecting to love it as much as I did especially with the setup that was controversial like I said above. At first it took me aback that Leo was engaged in the begging and planned on marrying his fiancée in the next few months and didn’t seem like he had any intention of breaking it off. This was going to be a bone of contention for me, as well as I figured play a huge role in the romance between Leo and Grace especially for the fact that Leo told Grace he was single, which wasn’t exactly true. Under no circumstances, is cheating okay for me in romance by any stretch of the imagination, and I could understand why people wouldn’t like it and be turned off by it. I was too, at first because I just don’t like that in my reading life, and I definitely do not excuse what Leo did regarding lying to Grace about it, or the fact that he was in fact officially engaged, however there were some extenuating circumstances that made it a little bit easier to swallow. For one, Leo never had a dating/intimate relationship with his fiancée and were more friends who made an arrangement in order to please parents. There was no lust or love between the two of them. Nothing happened between them aside from a friendship. They never even kissed, but they thought by announcing their engagement with the intentions of marrying someday was the best option for both of them believing they would be the perfect partners in life. And number two, Leo and his fiancée both agreed to live separate lives until the time when they would finally walk down the aisle. Granted they did set a date before he met Grace, but basically aside from occasional meetings here and there, they weren’t in each other’s lives. And lastly, she was having intimate relationships with other people as well, and Leo knew about that as did she know about his intimate relationships. It was no surprise to her. It didn’t bother her. It was what they agreed to and they both accepted the deal and never really saw this as cheating. It was just part of their arrangement and nothing more. The point was that both their eyes were opened and never had any illusions about what it was, so there was no a technical betrayal in this relationship, but it caused a whole lot drama later on.
When he entered this arrangement with his fiancée, Leo intended to be fully in control of that situation and his marriage to her. He didn’t want love or passion to come anywhere in his marriage, and he was happy with that. Until Grace walked into the picture then all bets were off. As soon as he saw her, it was like being struck by lightning in a way he never felt before. He felt a draw to her, and he knew he had to have her even if she made him feel out of control, and the same could be said for Grace.
The way the club scene was written was so vivid and descriptive that I felt like I was practically there. I could hear the beat of the music. The pounding of hearts as Leo and Grace’s eyes met for the first time. That pull that they had to each other was very clear and I could almost see in my mind’s eye this tether between them that was pulling them closer and closer together. The sparks were there and just leapt off the pages. They had this immediate, intense connection from the get go, which I could feel. They may have only admitted that it was physical, but it was so much more than that.
Usually I need a little more development before characters hit the sheets together and not just do the deed the first night they met, but in this case it worked. They met. The connection was instant, and they decided to explore their insane chemistry together that very first night. I think reason I wasn’t bothered by this was the way it was written, even in that short span of time I could feel the anticipation between them build and build and just consume them where they couldn’t ignore it. The connection was there, and it was so much more than physical that it made it easier to swallow that they were going to the deed so early in the book. There was lots of flirting and banter going on. That scene where she taught him to dance was beyond sexy and very sensual as well that just how much pull they did have towards each other. And I also loved her seeing her push his buttons, he never had that experience before and it was to see him off his game a little bit. And that kiss scene was bone melting that I knew that they were going to go up in flames very quickly if they didn’t do something soon.
And their love scenes definitely didn’t disappoint. They were scorching. As soon as they touched they went up into flames, but beyond that there was something happening between them that they needed that connection not only of body but mind too. As hot as it was, there were feelings there. Sweet moments of caring between them as they pleasured each other and just enjoyed being together. They just needed each other. The most intense love scene was the wedding night love scene because at this point feelings were very much involved on both sides even if they weren’t voiced, but what was most beautiful about that scene was the aftermath. Up to that point, Leo would pull away and push her away after they were finished with their erotic loving and basically leave her there alone just feeling very empty and not really connected to him, so before he could do that on their wedding night again, Grace was the one that pulled away, and Leo didn’t take to kindly too that. He wanted that closeness and intimacy with her in the aftermath. He wanted to hold her. Just be close in a way he never had been close to anyone before. He wanted that with Grace, and what was beautiful about that moment was just seeing how much he wanted it and craved it with Grace and how empty it felt when she did pull away from him. Just him having that realization really showed how important she was to him and how much he was falling in love with her.
There was also another moment in the book where it was very clear that he was in love with her was when she pushed him away during a tragic event that happened in the book. It was very heartbreaking because it was obvious that he wanted to be there for her and be close to her, but she pushed him away. His need to stay with her and support her was just a very touching and sweet moment that really showed how much he had changed and his feelings had changed over the course of the book. Just inner dialogue there was very heartbreaking and very clear his need to be with her was paramount to her. It was a beautiful scene as it was a heartbreaking scene. it was also the turning point in the book where the feelings they had for each other were very clear.
I just loved seeing all the sweet moments between them. The caring gestures that they both did in order to show their feelings without words being spoken. They had some romantic scenes too that were outside the bedroom and that’s really were the sweetness and tenderness came into play. It was truly a show of them falling in love with each other, and that was very beautiful. They really became closer during those moments.
Not to say that their relationship didn’t have obstacles to go through because they did, and it was a lot. It wasn’t just external forces but internal forces as they tried so hard not to fall deeper and deeper in love with each other, but feeling became very prominent on both sides. Grace acknowledged it sooner to herself, and she believed he would never love her so she kept her feelings to herself so there was that conflict there, and he was fighting his feelings as well. But they also had to overcome other things too like the fact that he was engaged and her pregnancy, which wasn’t an easy road to go down, but what was great about that was that created all types of delicious angst and intensity along the way, which I loved. It just kept the story moving forward and made me really engaged where I didn’t want to put it down for a second. It was that gut wrenching romance that I love reading.
And there were other gut wrenching things that happened along way. In fact there was quite a bit that happened in this book in such a short of time, but it never felt overwhelming or too much, but it had the perfect balance in the story between issues they had as a couple and as individuals. It just made the story that much more interesting and engaging going forward. I was sucked in by it all and I was totally invested in their story as I read obstacle after obstacle come their way that they had to fight through in order to get their happily ever after. It was a struggle, but that was what made it all the more satisfying in the end when they did get there.
I could go on and on about this story, and I had so many feels while reading this book. I loved how many feels I had. I wish I could to words the experience that I had while reading this book, but all I can really come up with was that I absolutely loved it, and for so many different reasons. I didn’t think I was going to especially with Leo being engaged, but I got over it once the story got into it more. it was a juicy one. It delved some deeply beneath the surface that it made it feel so complex and interesting. There were so many different angles to this story without it being overwhelming or too much. It was just part of the complex love story that was Grace and Leo. I loved them together. I loved seeing them develop that closeness and intimacy between them the further they went along in the book. I loved all the soft moments. I loved the hard ones that they had to endure in order to get to that happy place they needed to be. I loved the passion between the two of them that was very intense, sexy and emotional. The angst was amazing and really pulled the story further and just got me because I love me some angst. I was very much invested in this story. Just there was so much to love once I got whole Leo being engaged thing. They just pulled me into their world and their love story. The book really did it for me giving me the feels, the intensity and the angst that I really love.
Another amazing book by the wonderful Lynne Graham. I rarely go wrong with her stories so it shouldn’t be a surprise that I loved this book as much as I did. Will be rereading this one again sometime in the future.
I do recommend this Harlequin Presents and book of lovers of really angst and drama filled romance, but I will say that give the book a chance even though Leo technically is engaged in the beginning of story because it is worth it and once you understand the circumstances behind it then it’s a little easier to swallow. It might be hard at first, but once get there you will see it’s worth the read.
The ironic thing of it all was that I was expecting to love it as much as I did especially with the setup that was controversial like I said above. At first it took me aback that Leo was engaged in the begging and planned on marrying his fiancée in the next few months and didn’t seem like he had any intention of breaking it off. This was going to be a bone of contention for me, as well as I figured play a huge role in the romance between Leo and Grace especially for the fact that Leo told Grace he was single, which wasn’t exactly true. Under no circumstances, is cheating okay for me in romance by any stretch of the imagination, and I could understand why people wouldn’t like it and be turned off by it. I was too, at first because I just don’t like that in my reading life, and I definitely do not excuse what Leo did regarding lying to Grace about it, or the fact that he was in fact officially engaged, however there were some extenuating circumstances that made it a little bit easier to swallow. For one, Leo never had a dating/intimate relationship with his fiancée and were more friends who made an arrangement in order to please parents. There was no lust or love between the two of them. Nothing happened between them aside from a friendship. They never even kissed, but they thought by announcing their engagement with the intentions of marrying someday was the best option for both of them believing they would be the perfect partners in life. And number two, Leo and his fiancée both agreed to live separate lives until the time when they would finally walk down the aisle. Granted they did set a date before he met Grace, but basically aside from occasional meetings here and there, they weren’t in each other’s lives. And lastly, she was having intimate relationships with other people as well, and Leo knew about that as did she know about his intimate relationships. It was no surprise to her. It didn’t bother her. It was what they agreed to and they both accepted the deal and never really saw this as cheating. It was just part of their arrangement and nothing more. The point was that both their eyes were opened and never had any illusions about what it was, so there was no a technical betrayal in this relationship, but it caused a whole lot drama later on.
When he entered this arrangement with his fiancée, Leo intended to be fully in control of that situation and his marriage to her. He didn’t want love or passion to come anywhere in his marriage, and he was happy with that. Until Grace walked into the picture then all bets were off. As soon as he saw her, it was like being struck by lightning in a way he never felt before. He felt a draw to her, and he knew he had to have her even if she made him feel out of control, and the same could be said for Grace.
The way the club scene was written was so vivid and descriptive that I felt like I was practically there. I could hear the beat of the music. The pounding of hearts as Leo and Grace’s eyes met for the first time. That pull that they had to each other was very clear and I could almost see in my mind’s eye this tether between them that was pulling them closer and closer together. The sparks were there and just leapt off the pages. They had this immediate, intense connection from the get go, which I could feel. They may have only admitted that it was physical, but it was so much more than that.
Usually I need a little more development before characters hit the sheets together and not just do the deed the first night they met, but in this case it worked. They met. The connection was instant, and they decided to explore their insane chemistry together that very first night. I think reason I wasn’t bothered by this was the way it was written, even in that short span of time I could feel the anticipation between them build and build and just consume them where they couldn’t ignore it. The connection was there, and it was so much more than physical that it made it easier to swallow that they were going to the deed so early in the book. There was lots of flirting and banter going on. That scene where she taught him to dance was beyond sexy and very sensual as well that just how much pull they did have towards each other. And I also loved her seeing her push his buttons, he never had that experience before and it was to see him off his game a little bit. And that kiss scene was bone melting that I knew that they were going to go up in flames very quickly if they didn’t do something soon.
And their love scenes definitely didn’t disappoint. They were scorching. As soon as they touched they went up into flames, but beyond that there was something happening between them that they needed that connection not only of body but mind too. As hot as it was, there were feelings there. Sweet moments of caring between them as they pleasured each other and just enjoyed being together. They just needed each other. The most intense love scene was the wedding night love scene because at this point feelings were very much involved on both sides even if they weren’t voiced, but what was most beautiful about that scene was the aftermath. Up to that point, Leo would pull away and push her away after they were finished with their erotic loving and basically leave her there alone just feeling very empty and not really connected to him, so before he could do that on their wedding night again, Grace was the one that pulled away, and Leo didn’t take to kindly too that. He wanted that closeness and intimacy with her in the aftermath. He wanted to hold her. Just be close in a way he never had been close to anyone before. He wanted that with Grace, and what was beautiful about that moment was just seeing how much he wanted it and craved it with Grace and how empty it felt when she did pull away from him. Just him having that realization really showed how important she was to him and how much he was falling in love with her.
There was also another moment in the book where it was very clear that he was in love with her was when she pushed him away during a tragic event that happened in the book. It was very heartbreaking because it was obvious that he wanted to be there for her and be close to her, but she pushed him away. His need to stay with her and support her was just a very touching and sweet moment that really showed how much he had changed and his feelings had changed over the course of the book. Just inner dialogue there was very heartbreaking and very clear his need to be with her was paramount to her. It was a beautiful scene as it was a heartbreaking scene. it was also the turning point in the book where the feelings they had for each other were very clear.
I just loved seeing all the sweet moments between them. The caring gestures that they both did in order to show their feelings without words being spoken. They had some romantic scenes too that were outside the bedroom and that’s really were the sweetness and tenderness came into play. It was truly a show of them falling in love with each other, and that was very beautiful. They really became closer during those moments.
Not to say that their relationship didn’t have obstacles to go through because they did, and it was a lot. It wasn’t just external forces but internal forces as they tried so hard not to fall deeper and deeper in love with each other, but feeling became very prominent on both sides. Grace acknowledged it sooner to herself, and she believed he would never love her so she kept her feelings to herself so there was that conflict there, and he was fighting his feelings as well. But they also had to overcome other things too like the fact that he was engaged and her pregnancy, which wasn’t an easy road to go down, but what was great about that was that created all types of delicious angst and intensity along the way, which I loved. It just kept the story moving forward and made me really engaged where I didn’t want to put it down for a second. It was that gut wrenching romance that I love reading.
And there were other gut wrenching things that happened along way. In fact there was quite a bit that happened in this book in such a short of time, but it never felt overwhelming or too much, but it had the perfect balance in the story between issues they had as a couple and as individuals. It just made the story that much more interesting and engaging going forward. I was sucked in by it all and I was totally invested in their story as I read obstacle after obstacle come their way that they had to fight through in order to get their happily ever after. It was a struggle, but that was what made it all the more satisfying in the end when they did get there.
I could go on and on about this story, and I had so many feels while reading this book. I loved how many feels I had. I wish I could to words the experience that I had while reading this book, but all I can really come up with was that I absolutely loved it, and for so many different reasons. I didn’t think I was going to especially with Leo being engaged, but I got over it once the story got into it more. it was a juicy one. It delved some deeply beneath the surface that it made it feel so complex and interesting. There were so many different angles to this story without it being overwhelming or too much. It was just part of the complex love story that was Grace and Leo. I loved them together. I loved seeing them develop that closeness and intimacy between them the further they went along in the book. I loved all the soft moments. I loved the hard ones that they had to endure in order to get to that happy place they needed to be. I loved the passion between the two of them that was very intense, sexy and emotional. The angst was amazing and really pulled the story further and just got me because I love me some angst. I was very much invested in this story. Just there was so much to love once I got whole Leo being engaged thing. They just pulled me into their world and their love story. The book really did it for me giving me the feels, the intensity and the angst that I really love.
Another amazing book by the wonderful Lynne Graham. I rarely go wrong with her stories so it shouldn’t be a surprise that I loved this book as much as I did. Will be rereading this one again sometime in the future.
I do recommend this Harlequin Presents and book of lovers of really angst and drama filled romance, but I will say that give the book a chance even though Leo technically is engaged in the beginning of story because it is worth it and once you understand the circumstances behind it then it’s a little easier to swallow. It might be hard at first, but once get there you will see it’s worth the read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 20, 2015
No le puse jamás una estrella a Lynne Graham. He leído casi todos sus libros y sé a ciencia cierta que los últimos han sido los peores. Una persona que haya comenzado a leerla hace poco tal vez no se da cuenta de lo mucho que ha decaído LG al hacer sus historias. Primero, repitiendo historias que no funcionan tan bien como antes, y segundo, repitiendo fórmulas viejas con algunos elementos actuales que chocan y no cuajan y te hacen sentir nostalgia de sus antiguas novelas.
Ella es una de mis autoras favoritas de Harlequin y no sólo por cuestiones emotivas como me pasa con Sharon Kendrick, que me gusta no tanto por cómo escribe sino porque fue la primera autora de Harlequin que releí hasta el hartazgo. Lynne me encanta porque sus historias son excelentes y sus protagonistas inigualables.
Lástima que esta y sus últimas novelitas no estén a la altura. Espero que el otro título de esta saga se deje leer y no aburra como este.
Ella es una de mis autoras favoritas de Harlequin y no sólo por cuestiones emotivas como me pasa con Sharon Kendrick, que me gusta no tanto por cómo escribe sino porque fue la primera autora de Harlequin que releí hasta el hartazgo. Lynne me encanta porque sus historias son excelentes y sus protagonistas inigualables.
Lástima que esta y sus últimas novelitas no estén a la altura. Espero que el otro título de esta saga se deje leer y no aburra como este.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 1, 2015
The Greek Demands His Heir has a hookup beginning. This trope I find difficult to like because it takes a talented author to make a hookup evolve into love. LG manages to do this right.
Now with the negatives. The heroine- too practical. Willing to give up baby for adoption without telling hero. Really didn't like that. The epilogue...normally I love these but this one I didn't care for after reading how much time the heroine devoted to her work while neglecting her baby. A child needs a mother not a nanny. Way too much feminist fantasy for me.
One last thing, the hero proposing again soooo romantic. One of the most memerable things in this book.
Now with the negatives. The heroine- too practical. Willing to give up baby for adoption without telling hero. Really didn't like that. The epilogue...normally I love these but this one I didn't care for after reading how much time the heroine devoted to her work while neglecting her baby. A child needs a mother not a nanny. Way too much feminist fantasy for me.
One last thing, the hero proposing again soooo romantic. One of the most memerable things in this book.
August 4, 2015
H was sweet and lovable. Cannot say the same of h. Even at the end, I did not feel that Grace was in love with Leo.
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November 8, 2015Como comenzar esto y no sentirme mal, porque Lynne Graham es mi autora querida, adorada y favorita.
Si tuviera que elegir palabras para definir esta historia diría cosas como: decepcionante, irreconocible, molesta, nefasta...
¿Qué le ocurrió a la sra. Graham aquí? Porque parece, como bien dice una de las reseñas, que no tuvo tiempo y llamó a una de sus compañeras de Harlequin para que le escribieran la historia.
Yo no la reconozco. O sea, entiendo que un autor puede tener mejores o peores novelas, sobresalientes o por el contrario flojas, pero aquí no se trata de eso. Nop. Se trata que me vende como algo "normal" cosas que anteriormente nunca ha apoyado. Es como el que cuestiona/critica algo pero luego va y lo hace.
Si algo me ha gustado siempre de LG son sus personajes. Me gustan los valores sólidos que tienen muchas de sus heroínas. Me gusta que a difernecia de muchas otras, no me venda la virginidad como si fuera un tumor que hay que extirpar cómo, dónde y cuánto antes. Me gustan sus héroes alphas, dominantes, con sus máscaras frías y arrogantes. Unos héroes que si quieren algo van a por ello sin que nada ni nadie los detenga...
¿Y qué hay en este libro de todo eso?
Yo os lo diré: Na-da. NADA.
Leo Zikos es un intento lamentable de macho alpha. Mucho ruido y pocas nueces. No tiene chispa y ni siquiera posee la malicia a la que nos tiene acostumbradas LG. Eso hace que las escenas con posible potencial queden en nada. Muertas. Sosas. Para mi Leo es un felpudo con mucha paciencia para soportar a una niñata berrinchosa y sus discursos hipócritas de moralidad y de mujer que-no-necesita-a-un-hombre. Alguien con mucha afición por comer las sobras y babas del hermanastro. Hablo por la ex prometida, Marina. Bastien Zikos, al parecer, la conocía muuuuuy intimamente... Pero Marina, que le va la marcha, en esa relación abierta que tiene con Leo hasta la boda, en vez de liarse con alguien soltero (como debería ser) ella lo hace con un hombre casado que-es-más-bueno... Pero, para Leo, el que su prometida se vaya acostando con hombres casados, por lo visto, no es un problema.
Marina... Grace... Está claro que Leo Felpudini es un auténtico desastre escogiendo mujeres xD
Luego tenemos a Grace Donovan... (Respiro hondo una vez... Dos veces...) Esta heroína es para echarle de comer a parte. En mi vida imaginé que la sra. Graham escribiera a un personaje tan sumamente tonto, berinchoso y con principios y valores tan "grandes" como los de una hormiga. Esta mujer, que se atreve a dar discursos de integridad, ve horrible tomarse la pildora del día después, pero, ooohhh, no le parece tan mala idea dar a su hijo en adopción. Y todavía la niñata egoista prefiere regalar a su hijo al último mono de la feria antes que dárselo a un padre que SÍ lo quiere. La mujer independiente y fuerte (Tos) es muy mujer para berrinches pero no para estudiar y trabajar y mantener un hijo CON 25 AÑOS. Osea, es un insulto para muchas madres solteras, incluso mucho más jóvenes que esta tarada, que han tenido los ovarios suficientes para salir adelante con un hijo a cargo. ¿Para qué mierdas no se toma la pildora del día después? ¿Para salir con esto? Pero a la mujer independiente y fuerte (Ataque de tos) se le olvidó el discurso pseudo feminista en cuánto tuvo en las manos una tarjeta de crédito de... ¿De quién era? ... Ah, sí, de Leo Zikos, el hombre al que ladraba y acusaba hasta por respirar. Ahí ya no le importó taaanto agachar la cabeza y acceder. Lastima que cediera tan rápido por una tarjeta pero no así para quedarse con su hijo. Ya ni mencionemos su graaaan sacrificio a la humidad, entregando su virginidad cómo estudio cientifico.... ¡JAJAJA! ¿En serio, me toman el pelo?
La novela es un total y completo despropósito de principio a fin. Tiene, por momentos, pequeños destellos de LG, pero son tan puntuales y diminutos que pasan casi desapercidos o no logran borrar lo desastrozo del resto.
Yo terminé la novela con la sensación de que si Leo acaba con ella es solo para conservar a su hijo. Que si estos dos fueran una pareja real no les daba de duración ni dos teledarios juntos. Leo pensó: Naaaa... de lo malo, malo, voy a escoger lo menos malo... Pero como estaba la cosa jodida, debió finalmente echarlo a las canicas y salió Grace.
La próxima vez que la sra. Graham quiera innovarse, por favor, que lo haga pero sin tirar por el lodo su esencia y dando algo, de verdad, que se aleje de la "modernidad" y amoralidad a la que Harlequin nos tiene acostumbradas en los últimos tiempos. Porque para leer inmaduros incapaces de afrontar las cosas, desesperados por buscar el camino más llano y plano, pues creo que ya hay baaaaastantes autores donde elegir.
Aún así, confío que esto haya sido solo una piedra en el camino de Lynne Graham y en la siguiente, y en las que lleguen después, vuelva de nuevo a cautivarme. Ella es mi reina en Harlequin, y pese a hacerme pasar un mal trago con este libro, la seguiré teniendo en lo alto, en el primer puesto... A no ser que este sea el inicio de un cambio radical de 360º como han hecho muchas otras autoras en Harlequin. Ruego para que no sea así xD
Y bueno, algunas pensarán que soy muy fatalista, pero supongo que al ser mi autora favorita y luego de leer toooodo lo que ha escrito, de saber en qué se caracteriza y de lo que se ha vanagloriado (en el buen sentido esto último), no puedo pasarle por alto cosas como las de esta novela. Siento que ha traicionado todo lo que durante años trató de transmitirme con sus novelas xD
Si tuviera que elegir palabras para definir esta historia diría cosas como: decepcionante, irreconocible, molesta, nefasta...
¿Qué le ocurrió a la sra. Graham aquí? Porque parece, como bien dice una de las reseñas, que no tuvo tiempo y llamó a una de sus compañeras de Harlequin para que le escribieran la historia.
Yo no la reconozco. O sea, entiendo que un autor puede tener mejores o peores novelas, sobresalientes o por el contrario flojas, pero aquí no se trata de eso. Nop. Se trata que me vende como algo "normal" cosas que anteriormente nunca ha apoyado. Es como el que cuestiona/critica algo pero luego va y lo hace.
Si algo me ha gustado siempre de LG son sus personajes. Me gustan los valores sólidos que tienen muchas de sus heroínas. Me gusta que a difernecia de muchas otras, no me venda la virginidad como si fuera un tumor que hay que extirpar cómo, dónde y cuánto antes. Me gustan sus héroes alphas, dominantes, con sus máscaras frías y arrogantes. Unos héroes que si quieren algo van a por ello sin que nada ni nadie los detenga...
¿Y qué hay en este libro de todo eso?
Yo os lo diré: Na-da. NADA.
Leo Zikos es un intento lamentable de macho alpha. Mucho ruido y pocas nueces. No tiene chispa y ni siquiera posee la malicia a la que nos tiene acostumbradas LG. Eso hace que las escenas con posible potencial queden en nada. Muertas. Sosas. Para mi Leo es un felpudo con mucha paciencia para soportar a una niñata berrinchosa y sus discursos hipócritas de moralidad y de mujer que-no-necesita-a-un-hombre. Alguien con mucha afición por comer las sobras y babas del hermanastro. Hablo por la ex prometida, Marina. Bastien Zikos, al parecer, la conocía muuuuuy intimamente... Pero Marina, que le va la marcha, en esa relación abierta que tiene con Leo hasta la boda, en vez de liarse con alguien soltero (como debería ser) ella lo hace con un hombre casado que-es-más-bueno... Pero, para Leo, el que su prometida se vaya acostando con hombres casados, por lo visto, no es un problema.
Marina... Grace... Está claro que Leo Felpudini es un auténtico desastre escogiendo mujeres xD
Luego tenemos a Grace Donovan... (Respiro hondo una vez... Dos veces...) Esta heroína es para echarle de comer a parte. En mi vida imaginé que la sra. Graham escribiera a un personaje tan sumamente tonto, berinchoso y con principios y valores tan "grandes" como los de una hormiga. Esta mujer, que se atreve a dar discursos de integridad, ve horrible tomarse la pildora del día después, pero, ooohhh, no le parece tan mala idea dar a su hijo en adopción. Y todavía la niñata egoista prefiere regalar a su hijo al último mono de la feria antes que dárselo a un padre que SÍ lo quiere. La mujer independiente y fuerte (Tos) es muy mujer para berrinches pero no para estudiar y trabajar y mantener un hijo CON 25 AÑOS. Osea, es un insulto para muchas madres solteras, incluso mucho más jóvenes que esta tarada, que han tenido los ovarios suficientes para salir adelante con un hijo a cargo. ¿Para qué mierdas no se toma la pildora del día después? ¿Para salir con esto? Pero a la mujer independiente y fuerte (Ataque de tos) se le olvidó el discurso pseudo feminista en cuánto tuvo en las manos una tarjeta de crédito de... ¿De quién era? ... Ah, sí, de Leo Zikos, el hombre al que ladraba y acusaba hasta por respirar. Ahí ya no le importó taaanto agachar la cabeza y acceder. Lastima que cediera tan rápido por una tarjeta pero no así para quedarse con su hijo. Ya ni mencionemos su graaaan sacrificio a la humidad, entregando su virginidad cómo estudio cientifico.... ¡JAJAJA! ¿En serio, me toman el pelo?
La novela es un total y completo despropósito de principio a fin. Tiene, por momentos, pequeños destellos de LG, pero son tan puntuales y diminutos que pasan casi desapercidos o no logran borrar lo desastrozo del resto.
Yo terminé la novela con la sensación de que si Leo acaba con ella es solo para conservar a su hijo. Que si estos dos fueran una pareja real no les daba de duración ni dos teledarios juntos. Leo pensó: Naaaa... de lo malo, malo, voy a escoger lo menos malo... Pero como estaba la cosa jodida, debió finalmente echarlo a las canicas y salió Grace.
La próxima vez que la sra. Graham quiera innovarse, por favor, que lo haga pero sin tirar por el lodo su esencia y dando algo, de verdad, que se aleje de la "modernidad" y amoralidad a la que Harlequin nos tiene acostumbradas en los últimos tiempos. Porque para leer inmaduros incapaces de afrontar las cosas, desesperados por buscar el camino más llano y plano, pues creo que ya hay baaaaastantes autores donde elegir.
Aún así, confío que esto haya sido solo una piedra en el camino de Lynne Graham y en la siguiente, y en las que lleguen después, vuelva de nuevo a cautivarme. Ella es mi reina en Harlequin, y pese a hacerme pasar un mal trago con este libro, la seguiré teniendo en lo alto, en el primer puesto... A no ser que este sea el inicio de un cambio radical de 360º como han hecho muchas otras autoras en Harlequin. Ruego para que no sea así xD
Y bueno, algunas pensarán que soy muy fatalista, pero supongo que al ser mi autora favorita y luego de leer toooodo lo que ha escrito, de saber en qué se caracteriza y de lo que se ha vanagloriado (en el buen sentido esto último), no puedo pasarle por alto cosas como las de esta novela. Siento que ha traicionado todo lo que durante años trató de transmitirme con sus novelas xD
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August 23, 2015
2.5 Eh Stars
“If you’re pregnant, we definitely have a relationship,” he contradicted.
Grace wrinkled her nose. “Well, I am having your baby,” she conceded reluctantly. “But we don’t have to have any kind of a relationship!”
A one-night stand and a broken condom changed Grace and Leo’s life forever.
Lynne Graham’s newer works are not as fabulous as her earlier books, but this one isn’t so bad. It was a short, easy read with two characters who were somewhat likable. Leo has been in an open engagement for the past three years when he learns that his fiancée is causing a scandal by sleeping with a married man, while he’s been celibate. He see’s Grace at a nightclub and is immediately attracted. He turns on the charm and convinces her to go home with him.
Grace is a twenty-four year old virgin because she has never found a guy that made her want to change that situation, until she meets Leo. Their chemistry is immediate and she realizes this is the perfect person to have a one-night fling with. When a broken condom and three weeks later, two blue lines change her life, she finds herself homeless and in a quandary.
There really wasn’t anything new of fabulous about this story. The plot, like the characters are mediocre. I liked Grace and her strong sense of morals and conviction. Leo is an amusing character. He tries so hard to be the tough alpha, but Grace has his number and calls him out on his bull. They make an amusing read and kept me entertained enough that I finished the book in a relatively short time. In my opinion, this one can be a hit or miss. You won’t gain much from reading it, and you don’t lose out on anything if you chose not to read it. It’s just – Meh.
“If you’re pregnant, we definitely have a relationship,” he contradicted.
Grace wrinkled her nose. “Well, I am having your baby,” she conceded reluctantly. “But we don’t have to have any kind of a relationship!”
A one-night stand and a broken condom changed Grace and Leo’s life forever.
Lynne Graham’s newer works are not as fabulous as her earlier books, but this one isn’t so bad. It was a short, easy read with two characters who were somewhat likable. Leo has been in an open engagement for the past three years when he learns that his fiancée is causing a scandal by sleeping with a married man, while he’s been celibate. He see’s Grace at a nightclub and is immediately attracted. He turns on the charm and convinces her to go home with him.
Grace is a twenty-four year old virgin because she has never found a guy that made her want to change that situation, until she meets Leo. Their chemistry is immediate and she realizes this is the perfect person to have a one-night fling with. When a broken condom and three weeks later, two blue lines change her life, she finds herself homeless and in a quandary.
There really wasn’t anything new of fabulous about this story. The plot, like the characters are mediocre. I liked Grace and her strong sense of morals and conviction. Leo is an amusing character. He tries so hard to be the tough alpha, but Grace has his number and calls him out on his bull. They make an amusing read and kept me entertained enough that I finished the book in a relatively short time. In my opinion, this one can be a hit or miss. You won’t gain much from reading it, and you don’t lose out on anything if you chose not to read it. It’s just – Meh.
June 6, 2015
Leo Zikos is engaged for a few years and planning to marry a convenient fiancée. Something his fiancée admits causes him to go out for his one last night of freedom. He meets Grace Donovan a medical student and their lives will never be the same. When she find out she is pregnant and he wants her to marry him, she becomes aware of his engagement so decides she will go it alone. That is not in Leo's plans he wants his child and heir. I am not giving away any more this wonderful story but to let readers know not to be turned off with his prior engagement as it was a beneficial engagement not a love match. A book not to miss as they find their way through what starts as attraction and how Leo who doesn't do love finds that some things in life are not planned and its great fun to see him fall. a great read
June 26, 2025
I read this for a challenge. Quick and easy read, fairly predictable
March 14, 2017
Lynne Graham is noted a TOP in my life as a reader of fetishes and romantic literature, and really breaks my heart to see that could spice up a story like this. I think, I think that what he did after being drugged by many medicines after some hard cold, because otherwise I‘d think that like many other authors have jumped on the bandwagon of the protagonists with nulles values.
I really disappointed the book from beginning to end and give it only 1 star out of consideration that is Mrs. Graham.If it was any other author, would be written down in my dark list. A real shame not to have enjoyed nothing of his book.
When I open a book by Lynne Graham I hope to find three things: A heroine with values and morals, a good plot and a sexy and desirable completely dominant.
Unfortunately this story has none of the three pillars on which our beloved author has accustomed us.
Let's start with… Grace Donovan. She’s a stupid woman, lacking in values, which you think virginity cancer and treats it as a medical procedure: "Oh, sacrificed for medicine and helping mankind." If she was a virgin at age 25, it’s, in my humble opinion, because she was too busy studying and working as making a sex life, but not because they considered it something beautiful or had a romantic ideal of womanhood a single man. She’s a complete cancer, is a disappointment. A woman going very globalized and independent, you can eat the world at the end of a career in medicine and is no more than a vague leaning thinking that the best option is to give your child up for adoption. Heat mother? Any! It’s understood that it does for its past, but does follow the same vicious circle? Yes. She also leaves her son to know what the future holds, then you pose as devoted mother and suffering because possibly miss. Women Yuck!
She is a vague and agreed first. A woman should not be called because denigrates those that are really, because it's nose to speak of moral character, when she has neither a hint. The first thing loves her New Life is CREDIT CARD allows you to buy expensive clothes. Because Miss realized who likes expensive clothes. A complete disgust of character.
Second, the plot. It’s not a new idea, even innovative. Quite the contrary, Mrs. Lynne Graham has many novels that deal with similar issues and has a style unique. TOTAL CLASS. This definitely below any other. Anyone. If I had to classify it would - 100 stars, that does not even deserve to be in a top 1000. And sorry to say, and this break my heart because she is my BEST, my FAVORITE author in the WORLD, but we must take the bull by the horns and accept that this He not once did well.
And in this novel I do not recognize it at all and I regret it enormously. But the book has no rhythm, no mischief in the dialogues. No fire between the players, or the plot. You do not feel the anxiety that the protagonists are left alone. Rather you pray that nothing happens worse than before. Its essence is there and appears under Chapter 6, but then, as if he had given any other author to write his story. As if the belly of this novel off-hire.
Now, Leo Zikos. LEO ISN’T AN ALPHA MALE. Until chapter blackmail, Leo goes unnoticed. Not only being a doormat of hysterical and childish Grace’s cries, but also being the cuckold of ex bride and he also collects leftover Bastian brother ... because. Oh, Marina slept with his brother! And with a married man! . Do me the favor!
Leo is another disappointment. No character, don't use your power and your presence to tell Grace that will not give your child up for adoption, period. On the contrary, he remains silent thinking that woman is not consistent with their actions. There is no fire in him; he is a character of great plenty. I repeat it; It is not an alpha male as Mrs. Lynne Graham has accustomed us. It is a puppet of the worst. Still he's grateful to her that his brother Bastien will not find it attractive when met at the wedding. I don't understand how Lynne Graham, after characters like Alexei or Blaze or Rafael, or.. like many others. Come now to do things like this.
I did not see a job caring for the author, even a spoiled child as his books are provided. I found it rather someone wrote it and she put her name without even editing. A real shame because he had a great desire to read this book, I hope that Bastien not disappoint me like this, because it is painful for a read that your favorite author, that to which you defended to the hilt of readers who ask write characters with mileage acquired, now do something like this. I hope, prayer, because this is not a precedent for future books.
Very, very sad story.
I really disappointed the book from beginning to end and give it only 1 star out of consideration that is Mrs. Graham.If it was any other author, would be written down in my dark list. A real shame not to have enjoyed nothing of his book.
When I open a book by Lynne Graham I hope to find three things: A heroine with values and morals, a good plot and a sexy and desirable completely dominant.
Unfortunately this story has none of the three pillars on which our beloved author has accustomed us.
Let's start with… Grace Donovan. She’s a stupid woman, lacking in values, which you think virginity cancer and treats it as a medical procedure: "Oh, sacrificed for medicine and helping mankind." If she was a virgin at age 25, it’s, in my humble opinion, because she was too busy studying and working as making a sex life, but not because they considered it something beautiful or had a romantic ideal of womanhood a single man. She’s a complete cancer, is a disappointment. A woman going very globalized and independent, you can eat the world at the end of a career in medicine and is no more than a vague leaning thinking that the best option is to give your child up for adoption. Heat mother? Any! It’s understood that it does for its past, but does follow the same vicious circle? Yes. She also leaves her son to know what the future holds, then you pose as devoted mother and suffering because possibly miss. Women Yuck!
She is a vague and agreed first. A woman should not be called because denigrates those that are really, because it's nose to speak of moral character, when she has neither a hint. The first thing loves her New Life is CREDIT CARD allows you to buy expensive clothes. Because Miss realized who likes expensive clothes. A complete disgust of character.
Second, the plot. It’s not a new idea, even innovative. Quite the contrary, Mrs. Lynne Graham has many novels that deal with similar issues and has a style unique. TOTAL CLASS. This definitely below any other. Anyone. If I had to classify it would - 100 stars, that does not even deserve to be in a top 1000. And sorry to say, and this break my heart because she is my BEST, my FAVORITE author in the WORLD, but we must take the bull by the horns and accept that this He not once did well.
And in this novel I do not recognize it at all and I regret it enormously. But the book has no rhythm, no mischief in the dialogues. No fire between the players, or the plot. You do not feel the anxiety that the protagonists are left alone. Rather you pray that nothing happens worse than before. Its essence is there and appears under Chapter 6, but then, as if he had given any other author to write his story. As if the belly of this novel off-hire.
Now, Leo Zikos. LEO ISN’T AN ALPHA MALE. Until chapter blackmail, Leo goes unnoticed. Not only being a doormat of hysterical and childish Grace’s cries, but also being the cuckold of ex bride and he also collects leftover Bastian brother ... because. Oh, Marina slept with his brother! And with a married man! . Do me the favor!
Leo is another disappointment. No character, don't use your power and your presence to tell Grace that will not give your child up for adoption, period. On the contrary, he remains silent thinking that woman is not consistent with their actions. There is no fire in him; he is a character of great plenty. I repeat it; It is not an alpha male as Mrs. Lynne Graham has accustomed us. It is a puppet of the worst. Still he's grateful to her that his brother Bastien will not find it attractive when met at the wedding. I don't understand how Lynne Graham, after characters like Alexei or Blaze or Rafael, or.. like many others. Come now to do things like this.
I did not see a job caring for the author, even a spoiled child as his books are provided. I found it rather someone wrote it and she put her name without even editing. A real shame because he had a great desire to read this book, I hope that Bastien not disappoint me like this, because it is painful for a read that your favorite author, that to which you defended to the hilt of readers who ask write characters with mileage acquired, now do something like this. I hope, prayer, because this is not a precedent for future books.
Very, very sad story.
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