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الرجال لا يجلبون سوى الأحزان وتحطم القلب!... هذا كان شعار كوري التي خَبِرت الألم والتعاسة في الحب، فاعتبرت العمل وحده هو الأمان... ولكن ما هو رأي رئيسها في العمل؟
-الحب غير موجو يا كوري كما جعلنا الشعراء نعتقد، إنه لا يعدو أن يكون اسماً لمشاعر أخرى، الحب مجرد غطاء...
كانت صدمة هائلة لكوري... هذا الرجل لا يعرف معنى كلمة حب!
وما كان لهذا أن يهزّ علاقة العمل بينها وبين رئيسها، لو لم يكن ماكس هانتر يؤمن أن الأقوال يجب أن تقترن دائماً بالأفعال، وهكذا سجنها في قصره حتى يقنعها بوجهة نظره.
-الحب غير موجو يا كوري كما جعلنا الشعراء نعتقد، إنه لا يعدو أن يكون اسماً لمشاعر أخرى، الحب مجرد غطاء...
كانت صدمة هائلة لكوري... هذا الرجل لا يعرف معنى كلمة حب!
وما كان لهذا أن يهزّ علاقة العمل بينها وبين رئيسها، لو لم يكن ماكس هانتر يؤمن أن الأقوال يجب أن تقترن دائماً بالأفعال، وهكذا سجنها في قصره حتى يقنعها بوجهة نظره.
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 28, 1999
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About the author
Helen Brooks
406 books119 followersRita Bradshaw was born on 1949 in Northampton, England, where she was educated as a good Christian. She met Clive, her husband, at the age of 16 andnow the magic is still there. They have three lovely children, Cara, Faye, and Benjamin, and have always had a menagerie of animals in the house, which at the present is confined to two endearing and very comical dogs who would make a great double act on TV! The children, friends, and pets all keep the house buzzing and the food cupboards empty but Helen wouldn't have it any other way. She still lives today in Northampton with her family. Although having enjoyed some wonderful holidays abroad she has never been tempted to live anywhere else, although she rather likes the idea of a holiday home close to the sea one day.
Being a committed Christian and fervent animal lover she finds spare time is always at a premium, but long walks in the countryside with her husband and dogs, meals out followed by the cinema or theatre, reading, swimming, and having friends over for dinner are all fitted in somehow. She also enjoys sitting in her wonderfully therapeutic, rambling old garden in the sun with a glass of red wine, (under the guise of resting while thinking of course!)
For years, she was a secretary. She began writing in 1990 as she approached that milestone of a birthday 40! She realized her two teenage ambitions (writing a novel and learning to drive) had been lost amid babies and hectic family life, so set about resurrecting them.
Her first novel was for Mills and Boon and was accepted after one rewrite in 1992 as Helen Brooks, and she passed her driving test (the former was a joy and the latter an unmitigated nightmare!) She has written 50 novels as well as several sagas as Rita Bradshaw.
Since becoming a full-time writer she has found her occupation one of pure joy and often surprised when her characters develop a mind of their own but she loves exploring what makes people tick and finds the old adage "truth is stranger than fiction" to be absolutely true. She would love to hear from any readers care of Mills & Boon.
Being a committed Christian and fervent animal lover she finds spare time is always at a premium, but long walks in the countryside with her husband and dogs, meals out followed by the cinema or theatre, reading, swimming, and having friends over for dinner are all fitted in somehow. She also enjoys sitting in her wonderfully therapeutic, rambling old garden in the sun with a glass of red wine, (under the guise of resting while thinking of course!)
For years, she was a secretary. She began writing in 1990 as she approached that milestone of a birthday 40! She realized her two teenage ambitions (writing a novel and learning to drive) had been lost amid babies and hectic family life, so set about resurrecting them.
Her first novel was for Mills and Boon and was accepted after one rewrite in 1992 as Helen Brooks, and she passed her driving test (the former was a joy and the latter an unmitigated nightmare!) She has written 50 novels as well as several sagas as Rita Bradshaw.
Since becoming a full-time writer she has found her occupation one of pure joy and often surprised when her characters develop a mind of their own but she loves exploring what makes people tick and finds the old adage "truth is stranger than fiction" to be absolutely true. She would love to hear from any readers care of Mills & Boon.
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June 26, 2024
He banged his fiancee's big fat skanky cow sister days after he mistakenly believed his fiancee had cheated on him.
He wouldn't believe the fiancee despite all her protestations. He dumped her very publically with maximum humiliation. And, as mentioned, he took up with her sister like the next day.
So the fiancee killed herself.
And the cow sister finally confessed, in a short-lived fit of remorse, that she had been the one to deliberately set up the malicious, false cheating rumor against her own, innocent sister.
The lesson he got from that was...
Don't shoot first and ask questions later? No.
Get your ego in check before you hurt someone? Nope.
If you truly love someone, trust is automatically a part of it? Negative.
Don't bang your fiancee's sister no matter what you think happened ? I'm afraid not.
No, the only moral Mr. Aesop 2.0 learnt from his mistake was DON'T TRUST LOVE (and bang as many chicks as you can while you're at it).
Wtf!!! HB is seriously asking us to consider this pus-filled pimple on two legs as the hero of this piece HHHUUURRRRLLLL :~{
He wouldn't believe the fiancee despite all her protestations. He dumped her very publically with maximum humiliation. And, as mentioned, he took up with her sister like the next day.
So the fiancee killed herself.
And the cow sister finally confessed, in a short-lived fit of remorse, that she had been the one to deliberately set up the malicious, false cheating rumor against her own, innocent sister.
The lesson he got from that was...
Don't shoot first and ask questions later? No.
Get your ego in check before you hurt someone? Nope.
If you truly love someone, trust is automatically a part of it? Negative.
Don't bang your fiancee's sister no matter what you think happened ? I'm afraid not.
No, the only moral Mr. Aesop 2.0 learnt from his mistake was DON'T TRUST LOVE (and bang as many chicks as you can while you're at it).
Wtf!!! HB is seriously asking us to consider this pus-filled pimple on two legs as the hero of this piece HHHUUURRRRLLLL :~{
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August 16, 2020
Oh my, what was I thinking? From 4 stars, to 2 stars, to now, 1 star. He was just one little pampered boy who wanted his toys when he wanted them, and she was pathetic. I was so embarrassed, I had to take down my original review.
With the Me Too movement, Mills and Boon should really look closely at some of these older HPs and take them off the market. This book would definitely be first in line.
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I'm downgrading this from 4 stars to 2 stars.....This didn't stand up to the test of time. Not sure why I felt the way I did because this time around, neither H/h were anything to write home about.
She was just too downtrodden. Yeah, she "stuck" to her guns, eventually. I also didn't get the sense that she fell in love with the man, but rather the image. It was all about the package; a good-looking, wealthy, successful man. Frankly, there really wasn't anything more to him.
Funny note: Her father warns him to stay away from her. Dad saw through him in a nano-second. That's another indictment of character. I see a life of misery.
With the Me Too movement, Mills and Boon should really look closely at some of these older HPs and take them off the market. This book would definitely be first in line.
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I'm downgrading this from 4 stars to 2 stars.....This didn't stand up to the test of time. Not sure why I felt the way I did because this time around, neither H/h were anything to write home about.
She was just too downtrodden. Yeah, she "stuck" to her guns, eventually. I also didn't get the sense that she fell in love with the man, but rather the image. It was all about the package; a good-looking, wealthy, successful man. Frankly, there really wasn't anything more to him.
Funny note: Her father warns him to stay away from her. Dad saw through him in a nano-second. That's another indictment of character. I see a life of misery.
November 11, 2018
Esta autora hace heroínas por demás de gatafloras. He dicho.
El protagonista las ama desde el primer momento en que las ve, pero ellas son las que encuentran mil excusas estúpidas para no estar: un secreto, no poder ser madre, haber sufrido un desengaño... todo lo hacen un drama que si el héroe no fuera lo suficientemente fuerte y decidido en su amor, le pegaría una patada y a otra cosa mariposa, a buscarse otra mina menos histérica.
El protagonista las ama desde el primer momento en que las ve, pero ellas son las que encuentran mil excusas estúpidas para no estar: un secreto, no poder ser madre, haber sufrido un desengaño... todo lo hacen un drama que si el héroe no fuera lo suficientemente fuerte y decidido en su amor, le pegaría una patada y a otra cosa mariposa, a buscarse otra mina menos histérica.
March 31, 2017
Boss in a million. Took a million hours to read. I generally like Helen Brooks but there was something about the characters in this book that I didn't warm up to. The heroine has so many internal monologues and i found her reactions to the attractiveness of her boss, cringe worthy.
The H was the usual playboy type and though he didn't act like too much of a jerk towards the heroine, I was disgusted when I found out how cruel he had treated his ex-fiancée. I kept thinking, 'honey if he had treated someone he had claimed to have loved in this manner, he'd do the same to you'.
I just couldn't sympathize.
The H was the usual playboy type and though he didn't act like too much of a jerk towards the heroine, I was disgusted when I found out how cruel he had treated his ex-fiancée. I kept thinking, 'honey if he had treated someone he had claimed to have loved in this manner, he'd do the same to you'.
I just couldn't sympathize.
May 5, 2014
A nice read....love how she sticks to her guns and doesn't give into him to have a meanless affair. She goes away and decides to forget him and to live her life. Gutsy gal. Not a real passionate read but full of emotion.
September 21, 2019
These weren't characters so much as they were collections of contradictory impulses with little self-control and even less self-awareness. The woman did eventually tell the dude bro fuck off but took him back quick as a doormat
March 30, 2019
3.5 stars
October 25, 2018
Surprisingly strong for what it is. I think it helps that this is old-school Harlequin Presents, meaning the hero and heroine don't actually do the deed: the heroine is able to actually retain that resolution that dating or sleeping with the emotionally-stunted "I don't believe in love" hero would be a bad idea. It's told entirely from the heroine's perspective, also, which I think is useful, because a lot of the emotional journey happens on the hero's part and he has to go all the way from emotionally stunted promiscuous man-child to acceptable romantic partner, and part of this journey involves continuing to date other women even after meeting the heroine.
July 22, 2025
Tedious. The H is completely illuminated by his actions last chapter. She is bridesmaid at her old boyfriend’s wedding (who does that??) and H forces her to go with him for a while, neglect her wedding role, because he needs to talk to her and can’t wait the 3 hours or so. Entitled jerk. Selfish. Her old boyfriend’s a cad, poor girl can’t pick them.
August 24, 2023
كوري السكرتيرة بعدما تهرب من بلدتها تجنبا لاحتكاكها بفيفيان حبيب الطفولة وتحضيرات عرسه من أخرى تصطدم مع رئيس مغوي يحاول دفعها بعيدا عن مبادئها.
رجل لا يرى أن هناك ما يسمى حبا وأنها محض أوهام ومبررات تخلقها المرأة لتضفي الشرعية على رغباتها.
النهاية أتت سريعة وفيها بعض من عدم المنطقية.
رجل لا يرى أن هناك ما يسمى حبا وأنها محض أوهام ومبررات تخلقها المرأة لتضفي الشرعية على رغباتها.
النهاية أتت سريعة وفيها بعض من عدم المنطقية.
August 4, 2023
Bare 3, decidedly average.
April 4, 2025
He did a pretty shitty thing in his past. But the angst/pining are pretty good.
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May 17, 2016رجل أقوى من الحب
الرجال لا يجلبون سوى الأحزان وتحطم القلب!... هذا كان شعار كوري التي خَبِرت الألم والتعاسة في الحب، فاعتبرت العمل وحده هو الأمان... ولكن ما هو رأي رئيسها في العمل؟
-الحب غير موجو يا كوري كما جعلنا الشعراء نعتقد، إنه لا يعدو أن يكون اسماً لمشاعر أخرى، الحب مجرد غطاء...
كانت صدمة هائلة لكوري... هذا الرجل لا يعرف معنى كلمة حب!
وما كان لهذا أن يهزّ علاقة العمل بينها وبين رئيسها، لو لم يكن ماكس هانتر يؤمن أن الأقوال يجب أن تقترن دائماً بالأفعال، وهكذا سجنها في قصره حتى يقنعها بوجهة نظره.
الرجال لا يجلبون سوى الأحزان وتحطم القلب!... هذا كان شعار كوري التي خَبِرت الألم والتعاسة في الحب، فاعتبرت العمل وحده هو الأمان... ولكن ما هو رأي رئيسها في العمل؟
-الحب غير موجو يا كوري كما جعلنا الشعراء نعتقد، إنه لا يعدو أن يكون اسماً لمشاعر أخرى، الحب مجرد غطاء...
كانت صدمة هائلة لكوري... هذا الرجل لا يعرف معنى كلمة حب!
وما كان لهذا أن يهزّ علاقة العمل بينها وبين رئيسها، لو لم يكن ماكس هانتر يؤمن أن الأقوال يجب أن تقترن دائماً بالأفعال، وهكذا سجنها في قصره حتى يقنعها بوجهة نظره.
September 5, 2011
Maybe an A-, but this was a fantastic book.
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