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Asking for Trouble
The real thing
Serina hasn't seen Aaron Kingsley for eleven years, but she hasn't forgotten him. When they meet again, it's clear that what had begun as a schoolgirl crush has blossomed into a mature adult love. He shares the attraction, but all he's offering her now is a temporary, going-nowhere affair.
What angers her most is that she's tempted to agree. She's not about to turn her back on a chance to make her dreams come true. Unfortunately, a man poisoned by a bad marriage hardly makes the perfect Prince Charming.
Serina hasn't seen Aaron Kingsley for eleven years, but she hasn't forgotten him. When they meet again, it's clear that what had begun as a schoolgirl crush has blossomed into a mature adult love. He shares the attraction, but all he's offering her now is a temporary, going-nowhere affair.
What angers her most is that she's tempted to agree. She's not about to turn her back on a chance to make her dreams come true. Unfortunately, a man poisoned by a bad marriage hardly makes the perfect Prince Charming.
188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 8, 1991
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Miranda Lee
816 books237 followersMaureen Mary was born on 1945 at Port Macquarie, a popular seaside town on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the youngest of four children. Her sister was the novelist Wendy Brennan (Emma Darcy). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. When Miranda was ten, her father was transferred to Gosford, another coastal town in the countryside, much closer to Sydney. After leaving her convent school, she briefly studied the cello before moving to Sydney, where she embraced the emerging world of computers. Her career as a programmer ended after she married, had three daughters and bought a small acreage in a semi-rural community. Following this, she attempted greyhound training, as well as horse and goat breeding, but was left dissatisfied.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
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February 28, 2018
Re Asking for Trouble - Miranda Lee gives us an almost real world HP with a fairy tale ending in this one. She also firmly cements the replacement of Treacherous Body Syndrome instead of Forced Seduction as one of the foundation tropes for the Pillars of HPlandia in the last book of December 1993.
This story features a 29 yr old bombshell h who developed at a very early age. Because she looks like the kinda woman who is a little on the sultry sleazy side and HPlandia is nothing without judging on appearances, this h has had a very hard time of it.
She has been harassed and propositioned for over 15 yrs, mainly cause of the 'boys will be boys to women who look like sex toys' mentality that exists even today. The h's physical development and subsequent negative attention has had a real impact on her life.
Her own conservative, staid father blamed her for her looks and started treating her like a tart in training. He severely restricted her movements growing up and the one time she was allowed to participate in the usual teenage social outing, she was attacked. The H was the one who saved her from the attacking intentions of two teen-aged boys, but the father blamed the h for inciting them.
A few years later, the h went on a co-ed group trip and her father found out about it. He then kicked her out of the family permanently, until he died. This messed up the h's opportunity for schooling, so she has been doing a variety of jobs to pay the bills ever since and getting a lot of practical life experience along the way.
The h did have one previous lover for about a year and he really seemed to see her as a person, but all the seeing her as a real person couldn't overcome the h's utter indifference to the man in bed. She tried hard and she cared for him, but he just did not make her motor crank and in the end it was kinder for her to move on and encourage the ex lover to do so as well. She recently found out he was getting married. The h has two older brothers too, but they are carbon copies of the attitudes of her father and they treat her like dirt just as her father did.
The h wants to at least pretend to be a family, but after her mother dies, the wealthy brothers insist the family home be sold when the h wants to live there - it is the only home she has known and she wanted a little time to root. The brother's compound the h's hurt when she was planning to spend Christmas with them and both brothers and their wives ditch her for a cruise instead.
So the h is at a loose end for the holidays and working as a bar maid when the H makes his reappearance in her life after eleven years. The H is six or seven years older than the h and she had a massive teen crush on him.
In his younger days the H was an Iron man triathlete winner, he married at 19 when he got his girlfriend preggers. The h never did more than crush on him from afar really, but he was the only guy she ever met who makes her hormones stand up and sing the Hallelujah Chorus.
So when the H wanders into her bar and gives her the usual barfly come on, the h is disappointed that even married teen heartthrobs have feet of clay. It doesn't seem to matter to her treacherous lower regions, the H still has that old black mojo. But the h has a lot more self-confidence and experience in warding off predators and she manages to keep her feelings in check.
Then she finds out the H is a widower and her senses are starting to ramp up. The H makes arrangements to come check out the h's family home, he needs to buy a house in the area for him and his daughter and the h's home has always been a nice one- she is living there until it sells.
This of course leads to the H and h getting closer and the h is fighting a desperate battle between her hormones, her heart and her mind. It is obvious the H is player, he freely declares he is only in it for the pump and dump and even more obvious that the h should run the other way, as she wants marriage and children, but she just can't seem to help herself and she desperately wants to feel the lurve force mojo intimately.
Over the course of the H and h getting to know each other in preparation to start their affair, the h meets the H's sister and his daughter and she gets along with both, after the first impressions are overcome. The h also meets the H's business partner's and the H's tarty tramp assumptions about her head on.
There are several amusing instances where the H or his business partner assume she is a blonde bimbo and she shows them up to be utter jackasses. They all soon learn to respect the h as more than just a t-shirt rack and the h eventually decides to take a chance on swinging the lurve club with the H. He really, really turns her on and she has fallen in love all over again.
The H isn't in anything for the love, his marriage was a nightmare of jealousy and his wife was one of those clingy controlling neurotics who even sent their daughter to boarding school so she would be the only focus of attention for the H. When the H had an accident and couldn't do triathlete competitions anymore, she rejoiced.
Then when the H had a enough and was ready for a custody battle and divorce, the wife was diagnosed with very late stage cancer with only weeks to live. The woman had known she was ill for a few years, but she was so worried that chemo and treatment would ruin her looks and the H wouldn't want her anymore, that she had rather kept her looks and died instead. Needless to say the H isn't looking for anything permanent any time soon after that. His wife has only been dead a year.
So the h starts the very physical affair with the H. She is hoping that by being the exact opposite of his wife, the H will realize that not all women are obsessive neurotics and maybe he will give a permanent relationship a chance.
Things don't work out that way when the h's diaphragm is too small and she ends up preggers. Because the h knows the H will think it is his dead wife's entrapment scenario all over again, she leaves him.
The h uses the reason that the H is too possessive and too jealous and won't even take her out in public for fear other men will look at her and she can't handle that kind of imprisonment. The h adds that the H had been trying to make her into a kept woman by getting her an apartment and supporting her, but that kind of dependency is a little too close to prostitution to the h, so she gracefully declines his financial support and tells him she needs to move on.
Then she goes 500 miles away, to the Gold Coast and has a mini reconciliation with her brothers. They realize that she wasn't being a witch to them and she realizes that they are sorry for treating her like a tart and that they have some personal problems too. The brother's also give her their part of the sale of the family home money to buy a flat, cause they are already rich, and buy her a car, as neither brother thinks that pregger ladies should be riding around on mini bikes.
Three months go by and the h is having a mopey moment and wondering when she should tell the H he is a father. The H had a bigger mopey moment apparently, cause he tracks the h down and gives a really, really good grovel about what an idiot he was and how he loves her and wants to marry her and wants to have children with her.
The h declares 'SNAP' and tells him she loves him back and their son will be along in about 24 weeks. The H is overjoyed and buys the entire bar a drink, cause it is a great day to win your girl and a mini H. The two of them go off to be in love for the wedding, the baby's birth and for the perpetual rosy sunset glow HEA.
This one was well done and really is the definitive work on the Treacherous Body Syndrome trope. HPlandia is changin' with the times and forced seduction - while never completely erased as long as Charlotte Lamb and Sara Craven are still in the line up- is definitely reserved for the older authors who have the back list to pull it off.
It also establishes HP h's as having more agency. They are no longer acted up on by external forces alone. Yes, our lovely HP H's have no intentions of stopping their blackmail or their tart shaming to defend their fragile little hearts, but for the first time the h is now really the architect of her own destruction or her own HEA.
It isn't until this h learns to confront the misogynistic views of those around her in a forthright but non-confrontational way that she finds the courage to take the risk to win her love and show others who she really is. Ostensibly the H is the more damaged one in this story, but really it is the h who grows and shines and in a very HPlandia way, paves the way for a more enlightened, non-doormat HP h.
Reading this 25 yrs after it is written makes it hard to understand just how liberating this h really was for the times. SHE is the one who decides to take the chance that the H will see her as more than a quick moment of love and she is the one who really fights to put past hurts and assumptions about her aside and be who she truly is -irregardless of how others judge her, she knows what she wants and she goes for it.
This book was one of the most definitive in providing a direction for future HPlandia h's to grow. So while she may seem to be the same ole accepting quivering HP h hoping to change a cold H's heart through the warmth of her love, (this is HPlandia and we have h melty backbone standards after all,) she is the one who chose to risk it all and live with consequences.
That is a bold choice for HP heroine agency and strikingly forward moving direction for the ladies of the HP'verse and that makes this one a very good day's outing in the annals of HPlandia.
Read this one because you must, to truly understand the whys and wherefores of just what these h's are going for when they can't seem to control their overwhelming passions for the H in future books.
It isn't that the HP h cannot control herself, it that the new black in HPlandia is for an h to accept that she has to take the risk of passion to win her heart's desire - she has to actively participate in the HP lurve Mojo Force process. So while it seems to be an act of submission, in a very real way these new HP h's are taking the reins.
The H isn't forcing the h into an act of physical subjugation and thus the h must conjoin with him to save herself from social stigmatization and ostracization and validate her love. The re-envisioned HP h is choosing to make her own choice to feed her passions and of course since this is HPlandia, it is going to lead to sex and the h is using that sex as the expression of her love. The HP H is no longer forcing the HP h to love him, she has got there on her own and now wants to express it.
It may seem to be a minor difference, but the consequences are major - for future readers and for the very bedrock of the HP line. This book clarifies and cements the future direction for all the subsequent HP h's who are now becoming active agents in their quests for an HP HEA and that puts this book on the HP required reading list for anyone who wants to understand the convoluted workings of the vast universe that is HPlandia.
This story features a 29 yr old bombshell h who developed at a very early age. Because she looks like the kinda woman who is a little on the sultry sleazy side and HPlandia is nothing without judging on appearances, this h has had a very hard time of it.
She has been harassed and propositioned for over 15 yrs, mainly cause of the 'boys will be boys to women who look like sex toys' mentality that exists even today. The h's physical development and subsequent negative attention has had a real impact on her life.
Her own conservative, staid father blamed her for her looks and started treating her like a tart in training. He severely restricted her movements growing up and the one time she was allowed to participate in the usual teenage social outing, she was attacked. The H was the one who saved her from the attacking intentions of two teen-aged boys, but the father blamed the h for inciting them.
A few years later, the h went on a co-ed group trip and her father found out about it. He then kicked her out of the family permanently, until he died. This messed up the h's opportunity for schooling, so she has been doing a variety of jobs to pay the bills ever since and getting a lot of practical life experience along the way.
The h did have one previous lover for about a year and he really seemed to see her as a person, but all the seeing her as a real person couldn't overcome the h's utter indifference to the man in bed. She tried hard and she cared for him, but he just did not make her motor crank and in the end it was kinder for her to move on and encourage the ex lover to do so as well. She recently found out he was getting married. The h has two older brothers too, but they are carbon copies of the attitudes of her father and they treat her like dirt just as her father did.
The h wants to at least pretend to be a family, but after her mother dies, the wealthy brothers insist the family home be sold when the h wants to live there - it is the only home she has known and she wanted a little time to root. The brother's compound the h's hurt when she was planning to spend Christmas with them and both brothers and their wives ditch her for a cruise instead.
So the h is at a loose end for the holidays and working as a bar maid when the H makes his reappearance in her life after eleven years. The H is six or seven years older than the h and she had a massive teen crush on him.
In his younger days the H was an Iron man triathlete winner, he married at 19 when he got his girlfriend preggers. The h never did more than crush on him from afar really, but he was the only guy she ever met who makes her hormones stand up and sing the Hallelujah Chorus.
So when the H wanders into her bar and gives her the usual barfly come on, the h is disappointed that even married teen heartthrobs have feet of clay. It doesn't seem to matter to her treacherous lower regions, the H still has that old black mojo. But the h has a lot more self-confidence and experience in warding off predators and she manages to keep her feelings in check.
Then she finds out the H is a widower and her senses are starting to ramp up. The H makes arrangements to come check out the h's family home, he needs to buy a house in the area for him and his daughter and the h's home has always been a nice one- she is living there until it sells.
This of course leads to the H and h getting closer and the h is fighting a desperate battle between her hormones, her heart and her mind. It is obvious the H is player, he freely declares he is only in it for the pump and dump and even more obvious that the h should run the other way, as she wants marriage and children, but she just can't seem to help herself and she desperately wants to feel the lurve force mojo intimately.
Over the course of the H and h getting to know each other in preparation to start their affair, the h meets the H's sister and his daughter and she gets along with both, after the first impressions are overcome. The h also meets the H's business partner's and the H's tarty tramp assumptions about her head on.
There are several amusing instances where the H or his business partner assume she is a blonde bimbo and she shows them up to be utter jackasses. They all soon learn to respect the h as more than just a t-shirt rack and the h eventually decides to take a chance on swinging the lurve club with the H. He really, really turns her on and she has fallen in love all over again.
The H isn't in anything for the love, his marriage was a nightmare of jealousy and his wife was one of those clingy controlling neurotics who even sent their daughter to boarding school so she would be the only focus of attention for the H. When the H had an accident and couldn't do triathlete competitions anymore, she rejoiced.
Then when the H had a enough and was ready for a custody battle and divorce, the wife was diagnosed with very late stage cancer with only weeks to live. The woman had known she was ill for a few years, but she was so worried that chemo and treatment would ruin her looks and the H wouldn't want her anymore, that she had rather kept her looks and died instead. Needless to say the H isn't looking for anything permanent any time soon after that. His wife has only been dead a year.
So the h starts the very physical affair with the H. She is hoping that by being the exact opposite of his wife, the H will realize that not all women are obsessive neurotics and maybe he will give a permanent relationship a chance.
Things don't work out that way when the h's diaphragm is too small and she ends up preggers. Because the h knows the H will think it is his dead wife's entrapment scenario all over again, she leaves him.
The h uses the reason that the H is too possessive and too jealous and won't even take her out in public for fear other men will look at her and she can't handle that kind of imprisonment. The h adds that the H had been trying to make her into a kept woman by getting her an apartment and supporting her, but that kind of dependency is a little too close to prostitution to the h, so she gracefully declines his financial support and tells him she needs to move on.
Then she goes 500 miles away, to the Gold Coast and has a mini reconciliation with her brothers. They realize that she wasn't being a witch to them and she realizes that they are sorry for treating her like a tart and that they have some personal problems too. The brother's also give her their part of the sale of the family home money to buy a flat, cause they are already rich, and buy her a car, as neither brother thinks that pregger ladies should be riding around on mini bikes.
Three months go by and the h is having a mopey moment and wondering when she should tell the H he is a father. The H had a bigger mopey moment apparently, cause he tracks the h down and gives a really, really good grovel about what an idiot he was and how he loves her and wants to marry her and wants to have children with her.
The h declares 'SNAP' and tells him she loves him back and their son will be along in about 24 weeks. The H is overjoyed and buys the entire bar a drink, cause it is a great day to win your girl and a mini H. The two of them go off to be in love for the wedding, the baby's birth and for the perpetual rosy sunset glow HEA.
This one was well done and really is the definitive work on the Treacherous Body Syndrome trope. HPlandia is changin' with the times and forced seduction - while never completely erased as long as Charlotte Lamb and Sara Craven are still in the line up- is definitely reserved for the older authors who have the back list to pull it off.
It also establishes HP h's as having more agency. They are no longer acted up on by external forces alone. Yes, our lovely HP H's have no intentions of stopping their blackmail or their tart shaming to defend their fragile little hearts, but for the first time the h is now really the architect of her own destruction or her own HEA.
It isn't until this h learns to confront the misogynistic views of those around her in a forthright but non-confrontational way that she finds the courage to take the risk to win her love and show others who she really is. Ostensibly the H is the more damaged one in this story, but really it is the h who grows and shines and in a very HPlandia way, paves the way for a more enlightened, non-doormat HP h.
Reading this 25 yrs after it is written makes it hard to understand just how liberating this h really was for the times. SHE is the one who decides to take the chance that the H will see her as more than a quick moment of love and she is the one who really fights to put past hurts and assumptions about her aside and be who she truly is -irregardless of how others judge her, she knows what she wants and she goes for it.
This book was one of the most definitive in providing a direction for future HPlandia h's to grow. So while she may seem to be the same ole accepting quivering HP h hoping to change a cold H's heart through the warmth of her love, (this is HPlandia and we have h melty backbone standards after all,) she is the one who chose to risk it all and live with consequences.
That is a bold choice for HP heroine agency and strikingly forward moving direction for the ladies of the HP'verse and that makes this one a very good day's outing in the annals of HPlandia.
Read this one because you must, to truly understand the whys and wherefores of just what these h's are going for when they can't seem to control their overwhelming passions for the H in future books.
It isn't that the HP h cannot control herself, it that the new black in HPlandia is for an h to accept that she has to take the risk of passion to win her heart's desire - she has to actively participate in the HP lurve Mojo Force process. So while it seems to be an act of submission, in a very real way these new HP h's are taking the reins.
The H isn't forcing the h into an act of physical subjugation and thus the h must conjoin with him to save herself from social stigmatization and ostracization and validate her love. The re-envisioned HP h is choosing to make her own choice to feed her passions and of course since this is HPlandia, it is going to lead to sex and the h is using that sex as the expression of her love. The HP H is no longer forcing the HP h to love him, she has got there on her own and now wants to express it.
It may seem to be a minor difference, but the consequences are major - for future readers and for the very bedrock of the HP line. This book clarifies and cements the future direction for all the subsequent HP h's who are now becoming active agents in their quests for an HP HEA and that puts this book on the HP required reading list for anyone who wants to understand the convoluted workings of the vast universe that is HPlandia.
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November 1, 2019
File this under "problems I will never have." Heroine is so hot, so bombshell beautiful that men are instantly attracted to her and think the worst of her morals. Even her father and brothers couldn't see beyond how men panted after her - so they treated her with zero respect.
I think that's my problem with this story - heroine *expects* to be treated with zero respect. She is infinitely patient with the hero's condescending view of her, with his jealousy, with his ambivalence. Expecting bad behavior because of beauty is just as cringey and self-defeating as an overweight woman/older woman/handicapped woman/you name the group/ expecting to be dismissed, labeled and marginalized.
So I didn't really see the heroine as empowered. I admire that she learned how to navigate a terrible environment each day. But she certainly isn't a change agent.
Hero was no prize at all. His jealousy was toxic. I don't see how he will be decent husband and father until he gets some counselling. This was certainly a case of be happy the heroine is happy.
I'm glad Boogenhagen explained this storyline within the context of what was happening in romancelandia at the time. That helps my appreciation of the story, but I walked away more depressed about the heroine's (and the hero's pretty daughter's) lot in life than anything.
I think that's my problem with this story - heroine *expects* to be treated with zero respect. She is infinitely patient with the hero's condescending view of her, with his jealousy, with his ambivalence. Expecting bad behavior because of beauty is just as cringey and self-defeating as an overweight woman/older woman/handicapped woman/you name the group/ expecting to be dismissed, labeled and marginalized.
So I didn't really see the heroine as empowered. I admire that she learned how to navigate a terrible environment each day. But she certainly isn't a change agent.
Hero was no prize at all. His jealousy was toxic. I don't see how he will be decent husband and father until he gets some counselling. This was certainly a case of be happy the heroine is happy.
I'm glad Boogenhagen explained this storyline within the context of what was happening in romancelandia at the time. That helps my appreciation of the story, but I walked away more depressed about the heroine's (and the hero's pretty daughter's) lot in life than anything.
April 27, 2022
On re-read my rating stays the same.
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I'm not sure I understand all the rave reviews on this one.
Frankly, I thought it was a huge waste of time and insulting to the female gender. The heroine was an idiot who confused love with lust. I really disliked that she was a victim of her body and that the entire book (or at least every other page) was about how men just leered at her.
When she was involved in a real relationship with a man that truly loved her, she found that she was frigid. Yet she meets jerk hero, and within minutes her sexual drive goes into overdrive and she falls into bed with him. Even though, he is insulting and offers her money like a prostitute, she still "lurves" him so. Which was surprising, because he really was just an oversized jerk wad. Don't even get me started on his partner, there was another gem of mankind.
I think I am done with harley's for a while. I have read all the really good ones out there.
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I'm not sure I understand all the rave reviews on this one.
Frankly, I thought it was a huge waste of time and insulting to the female gender. The heroine was an idiot who confused love with lust. I really disliked that she was a victim of her body and that the entire book (or at least every other page) was about how men just leered at her.
When she was involved in a real relationship with a man that truly loved her, she found that she was frigid. Yet she meets jerk hero, and within minutes her sexual drive goes into overdrive and she falls into bed with him. Even though, he is insulting and offers her money like a prostitute, she still "lurves" him so. Which was surprising, because he really was just an oversized jerk wad. Don't even get me started on his partner, there was another gem of mankind.
I think I am done with harley's for a while. I have read all the really good ones out there.
November 3, 2019
The hero was not sexy enough and I was tired of reading how the heroine was assaulted every time she went out cause she is sooooo hot and beautiful! So boring! DNF!
July 18, 2022
I don’t know, I mean, the book is not that bad but it could have been much better if the author hadn’t based all the story on the beauty of the heroine.
It seems almost medieval, where men placed all the blame of their lust on the women, saying they tempt men with their looks.
So the heroine is damned because she’s beautiful.
Seriously?
In Australia and in 1993?
All the men in her life thinks she’s a ho because she’s so gorgeous and it’s her fault if she attracts men???
Her father, her brothers and all other men hero included???
No no no!
The men here not only try to have sex with her but also treat her as a ho.
This is so very wrong and also very unlikely because in real life nobody would say such awful things to her just because she happens to be pretty.
The hero has known her since she was a teenager, he was older and married too young because his girlfriend was pregnant. He saw the heroine when she was only 17 and he was already married.
Now he’s a widower and meets the heroine again.
He immediately tries to have sex with her, just tacky, implying that a girl like her is easy.
Then he apologizes and tells her that no, he doesn’t want a ons and is also willing to know her.
He shows her around for some days, behaving like a big asshole and blaming her because oms are hitting on her, instead of being kind and protective.
And then he tells her that he doesn’t want marriage or children but only an affair.
He tries repeatedly to treat her as a mistress and the heroine of course falls in love with her.
Why? But why????
Jeez how much I hated her.
He was all the time treating her like a bimbo, and a promiscuous one, and she is in love with him?
I wish she left him dry.
Sadly they become lovers and she settles for what little he has to offer.
Then she unexpectedly finds out she’s pregnant.
Oh those Uber fertile heroes! She was on contraception but clearly it didn’t work.
And now what does she do?
She dumps the hero telling him he’s to jealous and leaves. Because he doesn’t want children and she doesn’t want to marry him because he must.
Thank god the bastard after some months goes back to her and is all I love you want to marry you and have children with you mode so all is well in the end.
Meh.
I definitely didn’t like this hero one bit, he was a pig and treated the heroine as a dumb object without feelings until the end.
I understand he had a bad marriage but this doesn’t mean that your partner has to accept every shit you dish out.
Sadly she did, and I really didn’t like this heroine so very different from ML usual heroines that are strong feisty and would never accept to be treated this way.
Not very satisfied with this book.
It seems almost medieval, where men placed all the blame of their lust on the women, saying they tempt men with their looks.
So the heroine is damned because she’s beautiful.
Seriously?
In Australia and in 1993?
All the men in her life thinks she’s a ho because she’s so gorgeous and it’s her fault if she attracts men???
Her father, her brothers and all other men hero included???
No no no!
The men here not only try to have sex with her but also treat her as a ho.
This is so very wrong and also very unlikely because in real life nobody would say such awful things to her just because she happens to be pretty.
The hero has known her since she was a teenager, he was older and married too young because his girlfriend was pregnant. He saw the heroine when she was only 17 and he was already married.
Now he’s a widower and meets the heroine again.
He immediately tries to have sex with her, just tacky, implying that a girl like her is easy.
Then he apologizes and tells her that no, he doesn’t want a ons and is also willing to know her.
He shows her around for some days, behaving like a big asshole and blaming her because oms are hitting on her, instead of being kind and protective.
And then he tells her that he doesn’t want marriage or children but only an affair.
He tries repeatedly to treat her as a mistress and the heroine of course falls in love with her.
Why? But why????
Jeez how much I hated her.
He was all the time treating her like a bimbo, and a promiscuous one, and she is in love with him?
I wish she left him dry.
Sadly they become lovers and she settles for what little he has to offer.
Then she unexpectedly finds out she’s pregnant.
Oh those Uber fertile heroes! She was on contraception but clearly it didn’t work.
And now what does she do?
She dumps the hero telling him he’s to jealous and leaves. Because he doesn’t want children and she doesn’t want to marry him because he must.
Thank god the bastard after some months goes back to her and is all I love you want to marry you and have children with you mode so all is well in the end.
Meh.
I definitely didn’t like this hero one bit, he was a pig and treated the heroine as a dumb object without feelings until the end.
I understand he had a bad marriage but this doesn’t mean that your partner has to accept every shit you dish out.
Sadly she did, and I really didn’t like this heroine so very different from ML usual heroines that are strong feisty and would never accept to be treated this way.
Not very satisfied with this book.
March 3, 2025
If I had to hear about this woman’s amazing rack and hot bod one more time… 🙄😵💫🤣🤣
I managed to finish - so I didn’t HATE it, but I was pretty bored with their dynamics. Her “independence” felt contrived and eyerolly - too “not like other girls” (before it was a whole *thing*) for me. The whole anti-jealous/possessive theme made for a boring read. I didn’t like that his only real jealousy was over her banging body, which he viewed as an object apart from the woman.
Anyway, this set up was outside of my personal preferences (nearly 30, experienced, sexually aggressive heroine, dead wife trope, etc - I was really hoping for a surprise virgin scenario, but alas, no dice 🤡) but I found it compelling enough to finish, so it gets 3-stars. 🤷🏼♀️
If you’re a vintage harlequin fan, check out boogenhagen’s review for a very interesting analysis for why this is a book to check out even if it ain’t your thing either.
I managed to finish - so I didn’t HATE it, but I was pretty bored with their dynamics. Her “independence” felt contrived and eyerolly - too “not like other girls” (before it was a whole *thing*) for me. The whole anti-jealous/possessive theme made for a boring read. I didn’t like that his only real jealousy was over her banging body, which he viewed as an object apart from the woman.
Anyway, this set up was outside of my personal preferences (nearly 30, experienced, sexually aggressive heroine, dead wife trope, etc - I was really hoping for a surprise virgin scenario, but alas, no dice 🤡) but I found it compelling enough to finish, so it gets 3-stars. 🤷🏼♀️
If you’re a vintage harlequin fan, check out boogenhagen’s review for a very interesting analysis for why this is a book to check out even if it ain’t your thing either.
April 22, 2019
3.75*
June 24, 2017
The problem with reading a much beloved author over 40 times is that their books begin to blend together. Plotlines get replayed. And replayed. And replayed.
Here in Miranda Lee’s “Asking for Trouble” we see a familiar Lee storyline: a sexually inexperienced woman who ironically looks like sex on legs and a hero who’s been burned in the past by a bad relationship and unwilling to commit. I don’t know if this is the fourth or fifth book where the couple watch “Out of Africa” on a romantic date. After a few passionate nights of sex, the heroine gets pregnant and it magically solves everything. Of course this is an HP and par for the course, but when it’s the same story over and over I wonder if I should take break from the writer for a while, so that when I read a new book I’d appreciate it more.
If I had read this one ten years ago, this would have new and exciting to me and it would have merited a 4. This isn’t a bad book, but since I’ve read at least a dozen better variations of the same exact story, just with different character names and descriptions, I didn't enjoy it this time.
Sorry, “Asking For a Trouble,” it’s not you it’s me.
2 ½ stars/ C-
Here in Miranda Lee’s “Asking for Trouble” we see a familiar Lee storyline: a sexually inexperienced woman who ironically looks like sex on legs and a hero who’s been burned in the past by a bad relationship and unwilling to commit. I don’t know if this is the fourth or fifth book where the couple watch “Out of Africa” on a romantic date. After a few passionate nights of sex, the heroine gets pregnant and it magically solves everything. Of course this is an HP and par for the course, but when it’s the same story over and over I wonder if I should take break from the writer for a while, so that when I read a new book I’d appreciate it more.
If I had read this one ten years ago, this would have new and exciting to me and it would have merited a 4. This isn’t a bad book, but since I’ve read at least a dozen better variations of the same exact story, just with different character names and descriptions, I didn't enjoy it this time.
Sorry, “Asking For a Trouble,” it’s not you it’s me.
2 ½ stars/ C-
August 26, 2019
To teda zase bylo Raisino utrpení. A ještě ke všemu je nelogická. Nechce se mi pátrat, jestli je nelogičnost dílem autorky, překladatelky nebo odpovědné redaktorky.
Největší hrdinčino trauma je, že ji všichni chtějí dostat do postele. Panečku.
Její myšlenkové pochody jsem nepobrala.
s. 93, 94 Přišla za hrdinou s vědomím, že bude sex, ale připadala si jako děvka, protože ví, že on ji jenom využije.
s. 95 Milovala ho tak, že byla ochotná mu dovolit, aby použil její tělo k ukojení svých potřeb, aniž jí cokoliv vrátí a aniž ho to jakkoliv zavazuje.
s. 99 Nedokázala mu odolat
s. 100 Dával jí pocítit svou touhu a lásku, ale i úctu. To bylo něco, co Serina potřebovala. Vědomí, že někdo používá jejího těla jako neživé věci k ukojení svých tužeb, ji dokázalo rychle a hluboko zranit. Pocit, že jí není dán prostor používat také vlastní inteligenci a projevovat své názory, ji trápil. Nechtěla být krásnou loutkou na hraní. Byla ženou a byla inteligentní člověkem.
Ženou možná byla. S tou inteligencí bych byla opatrná.
Pak se zachvěla země, dosud nikdy to nebylo tak výjimečné, oslovil ji „miláčku“, což v ní vzbudilo naději a v její duši se rozhostil mír (s. 104).
Na s. 105 jí hrdina přinesl snídani do postele. Ale nebyl tak něžný jako včera. Řekl jí miláčku, ale sotva při tom vůbec něco cítil. Je to cynik.
Žádná budoucnost, žádná láska. Snažil se jí prostě dokázat, jak lehké je udělat z ní poddajnou a pasivní ženu, a tím to skončilo? Měla jeho tělo, touhu, polibky, ale neměla skutečnou lásku, duši, myšlenky.
Kéž by.
Ale následuje hádka proč jako musí do práce.
s. 106, 107 Typicky mužské uvažování. Patrně nemá na víc a možná to není jeho chyba. I když ji hrdina chvilku ujišťuje, že ji chce znovu vidět, hrdinka si vede svou do doby, než jí připomene, že jí nic neslibovat a že je stejná jako ostatní. A tak ať si teda jde.
Z čehož se hrdinka rozněžní, protože je jasné, že tohle z něho udělala jeho bývalá žena. Copak mezi nimi bude stát navždy?
Ale ví, že to ona se stane nepostradatelnou ženou v jeho životě. Takže otočí a omluví se mu.
To hrdinu zlomí. Přesto jí zopakuje, že si ji nevezme.
To jako nechápe, že žena v jejím věku už musí plánovat budoucnost? Její sny jsou v troskách, ale nemíní se vzdát, protože on se teprve hledá. Všechno mu odkýve a zase skončí v pelechu.
Už mě ani nepřekvapilo, že po týdnu si je hrdinka jistá, že je těhotná. A jako barmanka si na to naordinuje whisky.
A přichází další „zápletka“.
- Nechci, abys mi koupil byt, protože nejsem žádná prostitutka.
- To vím, ale chci ti koupit byt. A zajímají mě tvé názory a sex.
- Tak to je jiná. Kup mi byt.
Nicméně po 17 dnech jí těhotenství potvrdí i doktor. A aby hrdina znovu netrpěl, opustí ho.
Když ji po 3 měsících najde, chce ji a chce s ní mít dítě. Je příjemně překvapený, že dítě už je na cestě. Za všechno může jeho kamarád mizera, který jí řekl, že hrdina nestojí o závazky. Na to ho snad nepotřebovala, když hrdina celou dobu nemluvil o ničem jiném.
Jestli ona zásadová hrdinka není jaksi už dva roky zadaná s Paulem (s. 17, 35).
kdyby se případně rozhodla, že se s ním rozejde (...) Mohla by mu to usnadnit tím, že opustí zaměstnání v hotelu, který Paulovi patří.
Sice to vypadá, že hrdinka chodí s Paulem a uvažuje, jestli se s ním rozejít, ale Paul se tam v podstatě nevyskytuje. Pouze na s. 76 mu pošle vánoční pohled.
Podle s. 5 pracuje jako „číšnice v restauraci“. A ještě je vedoucí oddělení (s. 45). A má spoustu jiných prací, přesto nemá problém zůstat s hrdinou x dní v pelíšku, a ještě se divit, že tento ji nemiluje dost na to, aby nechodil do práce.
Nedopočítala jsem se.
s. 6,7 Hrdince je 28, hrdinovi 34
Ona byla nemladší ze třídy, bylo jí pouhých dvanáct ... pro svou přítelkyni (...) brunetu ze své třídy. Bylo jí také šestnáct. Tedy jako hrdinovi? Ale tomu by mělo být 18.
s. 7 - Pak Naomi otěhotněla a sňatek následoval.
s. 10 V té doby bylo hrdince 17 a Aaron byl čerstvě šťastně ženatý. To by mu muselo být 23.
A jeho dceři bude 16 (s. 52).
Takže hrdince je 12, hrdinovi 16 a věkový rozdíl mezi nimi je 6 let. Ale je mu 23 a je čerstvě ženatý. A podle s. 65 se ženil v 19.
Navíc má sestru, která je o 5 let starší než on. Takže by jí mělo být 39. (s. 41)
s. 43 Mezi ní a jejím manželem je velký věkový rozdíl .
Když jeho švagr otevře na s. 52 dveře, měl sice šedivé vlasy, ale byl asi pětatřicetiletý .
s. 6,7 jí bylo minulý týden dvacet osm
s. 45 Celých dvacet devět let doufala, že ve svém životě pozná skutečnou a opravdovou lásku.
To začala už před narozením?
s. 5 že zatímco on bude obědvat
s. 22 že Aaron zatím dojí svou večeři.
A o půl páté se sejdou s realitním agentem. Čas je zjevně relativní.
s. 39 V 6.52 je hrdinka nalíčená, oblečená a obutá.
Právě procházela kuchyní, když zazvonil zvonek u dveří. Byla si jistá, že bude přesný. Bylo sedm hodin. (...) Rozhlédla se, pak zastrčila štěteček na nehty zpátky do skleničky a pomalu vykročila ke dveřím.
To zvládla manikúru za 8 minut?
s. 57 dostala strašnou chuť vylít mu polévku na hlavu.
Jakou polévku? Tu snědenou?
s. 56 Snědli vynikající polévku a na talířích se ocitl křehký, voňavý stejk.
s. 160 zazpívala Tradicionál Advente Fidelis
Nemyslí tím Adeste Fidelis?
s. 87 odezl
uvozovky - s. 24, 29, 51, 53, 55, 57, 82 (2x), 106
čárka - s. 54
mě/mně - s. 152
Největší hrdinčino trauma je, že ji všichni chtějí dostat do postele. Panečku.
Její myšlenkové pochody jsem nepobrala.
s. 93, 94 Přišla za hrdinou s vědomím, že bude sex, ale připadala si jako děvka, protože ví, že on ji jenom využije.
s. 95 Milovala ho tak, že byla ochotná mu dovolit, aby použil její tělo k ukojení svých potřeb, aniž jí cokoliv vrátí a aniž ho to jakkoliv zavazuje.
s. 99 Nedokázala mu odolat
s. 100 Dával jí pocítit svou touhu a lásku, ale i úctu. To bylo něco, co Serina potřebovala. Vědomí, že někdo používá jejího těla jako neživé věci k ukojení svých tužeb, ji dokázalo rychle a hluboko zranit. Pocit, že jí není dán prostor používat také vlastní inteligenci a projevovat své názory, ji trápil. Nechtěla být krásnou loutkou na hraní. Byla ženou a byla inteligentní člověkem.
Ženou možná byla. S tou inteligencí bych byla opatrná.
Pak se zachvěla země, dosud nikdy to nebylo tak výjimečné, oslovil ji „miláčku“, což v ní vzbudilo naději a v její duši se rozhostil mír (s. 104).
Na s. 105 jí hrdina přinesl snídani do postele. Ale nebyl tak něžný jako včera. Řekl jí miláčku, ale sotva při tom vůbec něco cítil. Je to cynik.
Žádná budoucnost, žádná láska. Snažil se jí prostě dokázat, jak lehké je udělat z ní poddajnou a pasivní ženu, a tím to skončilo? Měla jeho tělo, touhu, polibky, ale neměla skutečnou lásku, duši, myšlenky.
Kéž by.
Ale následuje hádka proč jako musí do práce.
s. 106, 107 Typicky mužské uvažování. Patrně nemá na víc a možná to není jeho chyba. I když ji hrdina chvilku ujišťuje, že ji chce znovu vidět, hrdinka si vede svou do doby, než jí připomene, že jí nic neslibovat a že je stejná jako ostatní. A tak ať si teda jde.
Z čehož se hrdinka rozněžní, protože je jasné, že tohle z něho udělala jeho bývalá žena. Copak mezi nimi bude stát navždy?
Ale ví, že to ona se stane nepostradatelnou ženou v jeho životě. Takže otočí a omluví se mu.
To hrdinu zlomí. Přesto jí zopakuje, že si ji nevezme.
To jako nechápe, že žena v jejím věku už musí plánovat budoucnost? Její sny jsou v troskách, ale nemíní se vzdát, protože on se teprve hledá. Všechno mu odkýve a zase skončí v pelechu.
Už mě ani nepřekvapilo, že po týdnu si je hrdinka jistá, že je těhotná. A jako barmanka si na to naordinuje whisky.
A přichází další „zápletka“.
- Nechci, abys mi koupil byt, protože nejsem žádná prostitutka.
- To vím, ale chci ti koupit byt. A zajímají mě tvé názory a sex.
- Tak to je jiná. Kup mi byt.
Nicméně po 17 dnech jí těhotenství potvrdí i doktor. A aby hrdina znovu netrpěl, opustí ho.
Když ji po 3 měsících najde, chce ji a chce s ní mít dítě. Je příjemně překvapený, že dítě už je na cestě. Za všechno může jeho kamarád mizera, který jí řekl, že hrdina nestojí o závazky. Na to ho snad nepotřebovala, když hrdina celou dobu nemluvil o ničem jiném.
Jestli ona zásadová hrdinka není jaksi už dva roky zadaná s Paulem (s. 17, 35).
kdyby se případně rozhodla, že se s ním rozejde (...) Mohla by mu to usnadnit tím, že opustí zaměstnání v hotelu, který Paulovi patří.
Sice to vypadá, že hrdinka chodí s Paulem a uvažuje, jestli se s ním rozejít, ale Paul se tam v podstatě nevyskytuje. Pouze na s. 76 mu pošle vánoční pohled.
Podle s. 5 pracuje jako „číšnice v restauraci“. A ještě je vedoucí oddělení (s. 45). A má spoustu jiných prací, přesto nemá problém zůstat s hrdinou x dní v pelíšku, a ještě se divit, že tento ji nemiluje dost na to, aby nechodil do práce.
Nedopočítala jsem se.
s. 6,7 Hrdince je 28, hrdinovi 34
Ona byla nemladší ze třídy, bylo jí pouhých dvanáct ... pro svou přítelkyni (...) brunetu ze své třídy. Bylo jí také šestnáct. Tedy jako hrdinovi? Ale tomu by mělo být 18.
s. 7 - Pak Naomi otěhotněla a sňatek následoval.
s. 10 V té doby bylo hrdince 17 a Aaron byl čerstvě šťastně ženatý. To by mu muselo být 23.
A jeho dceři bude 16 (s. 52).
Takže hrdince je 12, hrdinovi 16 a věkový rozdíl mezi nimi je 6 let. Ale je mu 23 a je čerstvě ženatý. A podle s. 65 se ženil v 19.
Navíc má sestru, která je o 5 let starší než on. Takže by jí mělo být 39. (s. 41)
s. 43 Mezi ní a jejím manželem je velký věkový rozdíl .
Když jeho švagr otevře na s. 52 dveře, měl sice šedivé vlasy, ale byl asi pětatřicetiletý .
s. 6,7 jí bylo minulý týden dvacet osm
s. 45 Celých dvacet devět let doufala, že ve svém životě pozná skutečnou a opravdovou lásku.
To začala už před narozením?
s. 5 že zatímco on bude obědvat
s. 22 že Aaron zatím dojí svou večeři.
A o půl páté se sejdou s realitním agentem. Čas je zjevně relativní.
s. 39 V 6.52 je hrdinka nalíčená, oblečená a obutá.
Právě procházela kuchyní, když zazvonil zvonek u dveří. Byla si jistá, že bude přesný. Bylo sedm hodin. (...) Rozhlédla se, pak zastrčila štěteček na nehty zpátky do skleničky a pomalu vykročila ke dveřím.
To zvládla manikúru za 8 minut?
s. 57 dostala strašnou chuť vylít mu polévku na hlavu.
Jakou polévku? Tu snědenou?
s. 56 Snědli vynikající polévku a na talířích se ocitl křehký, voňavý stejk.
s. 160 zazpívala Tradicionál Advente Fidelis
Nemyslí tím Adeste Fidelis?
s. 87 odezl
uvozovky - s. 24, 29, 51, 53, 55, 57, 82 (2x), 106
čárka - s. 54
mě/mně - s. 152
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 15, 2022
Boogenhagen's review pointed out that this book's h was still ahead of her time, so I bumped it up from 1 star to 2 stars, but that's all I'm willing to do.
The h has had a HORRIBLE first 28 years of life. Her dad favors his 2 sons only, she reaches puberty and gains an hourglass figure immediately, after which she is forbidden to go to any activities where boys may be present. He thinks she's got slut tendencies and 'asking for trouble' with that body. The one time she goes out to a teen disco she is assaulted in a closet and her dress ripped (the H rescues her and brings her home). The H, by the way, is a star athlete going steady with one girl since he was 16, gets her pregnant at 18, and marries her for the baby. The h has a major crush on the H, but he has never viewed the h with attraction until the book starts - during that time the h is banished from home for travelling in a group that had 2 boys alongside, since she is unable to afford college so spends the next 11 years doing bartending, labour work, etc.
The h is a curvy, blonde, blue eyed hottie - basically walking sex on legs. The H runs into her while on a business trip 11 years after they last met. He is struck with insta lust and bluntly asks her when she gets off work so he can 'take her out tonight'. Turns out his wife died of cancer an year ago and he has a 16 year old daughter who is at boarding school. He is 34 to her 28.
I found it hard to complete this book and kept waiting for the H to get his head out of his ass and stop saying shitty offensive things to the h but tbh he goes on and on until 90%. He assumes she doesn't know Jane Austen, Chopin, wine types, car repair - basically he gasps and stares wide eyed, VERY OBVIOUSLY, each time she reveals she's actually intelligent. He doesn't stop doing this but at least he eventually picks up facial cues and apologizes each time I guess. Another thing is that he makes it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper clear he is in it for the sex only, he spells it out for her multiple times: NO FALLING IN LOVE. NO MARRIAGE. NO BABIES. NOTHING. But the h has TBS so she believes that lurv and her magical duff will make him see ~the light~ and he will fall for her and marry her and they will live HEA.
Oh, don't forget the alternate-page HARRASMENT the h faces from the H, his partner, and any other organism with an XY hetero disposition. The H responds to all this by telling her she is flirting and asking for it, demanding she not speak to any male under 100, and stops taking her out where other men might look at her. The morning after they first make mind blowing love, he sees her talking to his partner and snarls that she probably would have been screwing the partner in 10 seconds if he hadn't come in. RED FLAG ALERT. LEAVE THIS GUY PLEASE. Also, how traumatic for her to hear all this poison again that her dad berated for?
The HEA is that the is expecting a surprise baby boy, the H comes back to plead, and I am just happy she finally got the love of her life cz seems like she never got over the crush she had on him when she was 12. Meh. Will def never read again. That man needs therapy.
The h has had a HORRIBLE first 28 years of life. Her dad favors his 2 sons only, she reaches puberty and gains an hourglass figure immediately, after which she is forbidden to go to any activities where boys may be present. He thinks she's got slut tendencies and 'asking for trouble' with that body. The one time she goes out to a teen disco she is assaulted in a closet and her dress ripped (the H rescues her and brings her home). The H, by the way, is a star athlete going steady with one girl since he was 16, gets her pregnant at 18, and marries her for the baby. The h has a major crush on the H, but he has never viewed the h with attraction until the book starts - during that time the h is banished from home for travelling in a group that had 2 boys alongside, since she is unable to afford college so spends the next 11 years doing bartending, labour work, etc.
The h is a curvy, blonde, blue eyed hottie - basically walking sex on legs. The H runs into her while on a business trip 11 years after they last met. He is struck with insta lust and bluntly asks her when she gets off work so he can 'take her out tonight'. Turns out his wife died of cancer an year ago and he has a 16 year old daughter who is at boarding school. He is 34 to her 28.
I found it hard to complete this book and kept waiting for the H to get his head out of his ass and stop saying shitty offensive things to the h but tbh he goes on and on until 90%. He assumes she doesn't know Jane Austen, Chopin, wine types, car repair - basically he gasps and stares wide eyed, VERY OBVIOUSLY, each time she reveals she's actually intelligent. He doesn't stop doing this but at least he eventually picks up facial cues and apologizes each time I guess. Another thing is that he makes it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper clear he is in it for the sex only, he spells it out for her multiple times: NO FALLING IN LOVE. NO MARRIAGE. NO BABIES. NOTHING. But the h has TBS so she believes that lurv and her magical duff will make him see ~the light~ and he will fall for her and marry her and they will live HEA.
Oh, don't forget the alternate-page HARRASMENT the h faces from the H, his partner, and any other organism with an XY hetero disposition. The H responds to all this by telling her she is flirting and asking for it, demanding she not speak to any male under 100, and stops taking her out where other men might look at her. The morning after they first make mind blowing love, he sees her talking to his partner and snarls that she probably would have been screwing the partner in 10 seconds if he hadn't come in. RED FLAG ALERT. LEAVE THIS GUY PLEASE. Also, how traumatic for her to hear all this poison again that her dad berated for?
The HEA is that the is expecting a surprise baby boy, the H comes back to plead, and I am just happy she finally got the love of her life cz seems like she never got over the crush she had on him when she was 12. Meh. Will def never read again. That man needs therapy.
December 3, 2022
نبذة:
من مراهقة بعيدة تلتقي سيرينا الشاب الذي أسرها قبل إحدى عشرة عاماً ليتغير مجرى حياتها المستقلة بشكل غير طبيعي.
رأيي:
الرومانسية في التسعينيات تعاني من مشكلة ما بالتأكيد، فالرجال لا ينظرون الا للنساء الجميلات واذا أرادوا أن أطرائهن ف انهم يستغلون أبشع الطرق للتعبير عن ذلك.
تفكير الرجال هنا سطحي جداً يركزون على جمال المظهر الخارجي فقط وعندما تواجهه البطلة بذلك يظهر وكأنه يحاول أختبارها فقط وأعتقد بإن هذا أكثر شيء مبتذل على الإطلاق!!
البطل يحاول فقط ممارسة علاقة جسدية مع البطلة! والمصيبة الكبرى فإن البطلة تحمل منه!
البطلة تظهر بمظهر ضعيف جداً وهذا الشيء مُستفز، أتوقع من الأدب ان يعالج ذلك الا أنني لم أراه هنا شيء من ذلك!!
الترجمة سيئة وهنالك حذف في الكتاب خاصة "حمل البطلة" غير مذكور منه اي شيء!!!
المترجم العربي جعل الرواية تبدو كفلم وردي بنهاية سعيدة ومناسبة لكل الأعمار بينما النسخة الأصلية ليست كذلك وهذا خطأ فادح من دار النشر :).
من مراهقة بعيدة تلتقي سيرينا الشاب الذي أسرها قبل إحدى عشرة عاماً ليتغير مجرى حياتها المستقلة بشكل غير طبيعي.
رأيي:
الرومانسية في التسعينيات تعاني من مشكلة ما بالتأكيد، فالرجال لا ينظرون الا للنساء الجميلات واذا أرادوا أن أطرائهن ف انهم يستغلون أبشع الطرق للتعبير عن ذلك.
تفكير الرجال هنا سطحي جداً يركزون على جمال المظهر الخارجي فقط وعندما تواجهه البطلة بذلك يظهر وكأنه يحاول أختبارها فقط وأعتقد بإن هذا أكثر شيء مبتذل على الإطلاق!!
البطل يحاول فقط ممارسة علاقة جسدية مع البطلة! والمصيبة الكبرى فإن البطلة تحمل منه!
البطلة تظهر بمظهر ضعيف جداً وهذا الشيء مُستفز، أتوقع من الأدب ان يعالج ذلك الا أنني لم أراه هنا شيء من ذلك!!
الترجمة سيئة وهنالك حذف في الكتاب خاصة "حمل البطلة" غير مذكور منه اي شيء!!!
المترجم العربي جعل الرواية تبدو كفلم وردي بنهاية سعيدة ومناسبة لكل الأعمار بينما النسخة الأصلية ليست كذلك وهذا خطأ فادح من دار النشر :).
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August 15, 2023
"Asking for Trouble" is the story of Serina and Aaron.
Heroine is a bug wuss with (depression) and insecurities. The only man she's ever loved returns to her life, and suddenly notices her. She knows he is bitter from a failed marriage, and doesnt want to be his plaything. However hero (big baby) is unable to understand the word no, and thus begins the tale of love between big bummer and miss insecurity.
The amount of leeway the hero got despite behaving like a donkey (synonym) repeatedly is insane. I'd not touch him with a ten inch pole, man is a walking red flag. Heroine just needed some affection.
Unsafe
1.5/5
Heroine is a bug wuss with (depression) and insecurities. The only man she's ever loved returns to her life, and suddenly notices her. She knows he is bitter from a failed marriage, and doesnt want to be his plaything. However hero (big baby) is unable to understand the word no, and thus begins the tale of love between big bummer and miss insecurity.
The amount of leeway the hero got despite behaving like a donkey (synonym) repeatedly is insane. I'd not touch him with a ten inch pole, man is a walking red flag. Heroine just needed some affection.
Unsafe
1.5/5
February 13, 2020
Well I think 4 stars is good. Possibly a five star story BUT.......... all of the males seem to look at Serina and think (or say) "a girl like you". How sad that a beautiful girl, who developed into a woman at a young age, had to put up with that kind of attitude from males - including her father and brothers. Even the other main character, Aaron, thought the same thing. Aaron had a hard time with his late wife but his attitude at times was "Yuck".
July 3, 2023
Nothing I enjoy more in the world than a dumb proud man groveling after he realizes he messed up. Thank you, Miranda.
June 4, 2011
It was a good read,liked the heroine a lot,as the time goes by she really grows and stands for herself,she is being treated badly by her family which was revealed later why and she had a crush on Aaron but never reveals her feelings when she sees him again after i guess 11 or 13 years she realises her crush had developed into love and now that she has got a chance she takes it , the hero after going through a horrible marriage he has sworn off marriage n commitments which our heroin knows but still she takes her second chance and finally she has her HEA
the bonding between Aaron's daughter Christine n heroine is great to read as well as rest of the family,and the dsecision she took was right n agree with her
Good read but not a keeper
Recommend it
the bonding between Aaron's daughter Christine n heroine is great to read as well as rest of the family,and the dsecision she took was right n agree with her
Good read but not a keeper
Recommend it
August 5, 2025
Passionate and steamy.
I really liked the heroine—she was strong and deeply emotional—but I found myself frustrated by how much of her energy was spent trying to give the hero another chance. She absolutely deserved love, loyalty, and respect, but it felt like she kept selling herself short for him, and that made me genuinely upset on her behalf.
That said, while I initially disliked the hero, he eventually grew on me. His development did win me over, even if I had my doubts at first.
One thing that didn’t sit well with me was the arc involving the heroine’s brothers. Their sudden transformation into “good guys” felt unearned. I really think they should’ve offered her a proper apology—it would have added depth and closure to their storyline.
I really liked the heroine—she was strong and deeply emotional—but I found myself frustrated by how much of her energy was spent trying to give the hero another chance. She absolutely deserved love, loyalty, and respect, but it felt like she kept selling herself short for him, and that made me genuinely upset on her behalf.
That said, while I initially disliked the hero, he eventually grew on me. His development did win me over, even if I had my doubts at first.
One thing that didn’t sit well with me was the arc involving the heroine’s brothers. Their sudden transformation into “good guys” felt unearned. I really think they should’ve offered her a proper apology—it would have added depth and closure to their storyline.
March 7, 2013
Asking For Trouble is the fifth stand-alone romance novel by Australian author, Miranda Lee. The last person Serina Marchmont wanted to see in the cocktail bar where she worked was Aaron Kingsley. After all, eleven years ago, infatuated with him, she had made a fool of herself. So when he asked her out, she was at a loss: wasn’t he still married to Naomi? A widower, he told her. But still, having anything to do with Aaron Kingsley was asking for trouble. This little romance is Miranda Lee at her best: realistic characters with a bit of depth, a good, if well-used plot, and a sweet ending. Charming.
October 11, 2011
Probably more like 4.5 stars. Really good read.
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