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Night of Possession
She lost herself in his eyes.
The last thing Lisa Maynard wanted on her holiday in the exotic Canary Islands was the company of a handsome stranger, so she kept her distance.
Her cool demeanor hid her bitter disappointment in love from even her closest friends. But some magnetic power of Alexander Cameron's unmasked the vulnerable woman Lisa really was.
Yet it was only when Zander turned to walk away that she realized how deeply she cared... and that she knew the secrets of his heart as surely as he knew hers.
The last thing Lisa Maynard wanted on her holiday in the exotic Canary Islands was the company of a handsome stranger, so she kept her distance.
Her cool demeanor hid her bitter disappointment in love from even her closest friends. But some magnetic power of Alexander Cameron's unmasked the vulnerable woman Lisa really was.
Yet it was only when Zander turned to walk away that she realized how deeply she cared... and that she knew the secrets of his heart as surely as he knew hers.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Lilian Peake
132 books69 followersLilian Margaret Peake was born on 25 May 1924 in London, England, UK. During the World War II, she moved to the countryside.
Her early ambition was to be a journalist, and she ended up working at various newspapers and magazines around England. She also married and started a family, and eventually she decided start to writing romance novels. She wrote over 65 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1971 to 1996 as Lilian Peake.
Lilian passed away in 27 May 1997.
Her early ambition was to be a journalist, and she ended up working at various newspapers and magazines around England. She also married and started a family, and eventually she decided start to writing romance novels. She wrote over 65 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1971 to 1996 as Lilian Peake.
Lilian passed away in 27 May 1997.
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April 13, 2019
This was awesomely, OTT crazy and super entertaining !
Recently, I've been very bored with books that feature modern "nice", well adjusted and well behaved characters. So, I remembered that I'd not read a really trainwrecky, old school disaster harlequin in a few months.
Obviously, Lilian Peake is the top of my list when I get the urge for some WTF angst. LP is guaranteed to provide:
1. A H who's a super jerk but with just enough weird manly sex appeal to keep me reading, while I feel guilty pleasure for enjoying this so much. LOL.
2. A heroine who pulls and pushes at him, while alternating between martyrdom and being the quintessential doormat.
3. The most ridiculous, mind boggling, WTF soap opera worthy plot twist that seemed destined to keep these lovers apart.
Yes ! This is a fantastic trainwreck that's not for the faint of heart or for the "safe" reader. This is for when you're so damned bored of the same old "sweet, nice and inoffensive" that you're ready for a break.
Make no mistake: these MC's leave a lot to be desired. Ordinarily, I would give this just 2 stars because it's not really romantic in the traditional sense. But I needed to read something that's old school and entertaining.
This provided that entertaining diversion. My aunt gave me this paperback years ago and I never read it because I needed to be in the right mood for the wreckiness.
What's so wrecky about this novel ?
1. The Scottish tycoon H is engaged ( platonically ) to this neurotic, manipulative and vindictive woman named Corinne. He's not, and never has been, in love with her. They've never had sex. Corinne used to be engaged to his brother, Hamish.
2. Zander, the H, is a martyr because he only proposed to Corinne after Hamish dumped her. Hamish was indirectly responsible for her paralysis. The manipulative Corinne used the H's sense of family honour to emotionally blackmail him into this farcical platonic engagement. Corinne uses her disability as a weapon to manipulate the H and bully everyone around her. She's a very unlikable character.
3. The MC's met in the Canary Islands where Zander refrains from telling Lisa ( the heroine ) that he's an engaged man and that he owns the civil engineering firm, that employs her, back in London.
4. They fall in love during a few short days but no promises are made. The H was a real selfish bastard for playing with the emotions of the heroine when he knows he has to return to his platonic farcical engagement with his malevolent fiancee.
Everything gets worse when Lisa discovers that he's the boss. In the tradition of a stereotypical Lilian Peake asshat H, Zander demands that she works as his secretary.
The heroine is filled with self loathing, because she knows he's engaged, but she still wants to be near him. He's equally incapable of staying away from her.
Soon enough, she meets the neurotic Corinne and that woman takes pleasure in demeaning her with snobbish comments. At this juncture, my own vindictive nature kicked in and I stopped feeling sorry for the Corinne.
The OTT drama is heightened by the entrance of a blackmailing wannabe OM called Reg. He has secret photos, taken in the Canary Islands, of the MC's kissing. He uses the photos to blackmail Lisa into dating him.
The heroine is aware, by this time, that the narcissistic Corinne is emotionally fragile and might become even more unhinged if she learns about the photos.
There's a lot of crazy, jealous and possessive tantrums thrown by Zander, who slut shames Lisa for dating Reg. Eventually, Reg grows tired of the heroine's coldness and reveals the photos to Corinne.
Now, this is the part that disappointed me a lot ! I could've happily given this novel 4 stars if the H hadn't wussed out like a total wimp and gave into Corinne's continued emotional blackmail.
He and the heroine end up having sex out in the woods and it's clear that he loves her. Lilian Peake even goes the extra mile and allow the H to quote romantic Robert Burns poetry while seducing the heroine. But, his stupid sense of family honour won out when Corinne made him promise to stick by her - even though their marriage will never be consummated.
The author threw in the most ridiculous deus ex machina with an unbelievable and super convenient plot twist: Hamish gets into a car accident, which makes Corinne realize that she's suddenly brave enough to go beg him to take her back ! She also decides to have some kind of revolutionary surgery that'll enable her to walk again.
If that hadn't happened, the MC's would've never ended up together. The H would've continued to be a pathetic martyr, prostrating himself at the altar of Corinne's selfishness.
So, I doubt most of my Goodreads friends will enjoy this. But, it certainly spiced up my afternoon and that's why I'm giving it 3 stars. Sometimes I need to read books like this just to break the monotony from the same old... same old...
Safety: The heroine is basically the OW since the H is engaged for 98% of the story. The H was never intimate with his fiancee but there were a couple of occasions where she ( fiancee ) kissed him in front of the heroine, in an effort to stake her claim. It's obvious that the OW didn't love the H but merely felt he owed it to her to marry her, after his brother had dumped her. The wannabe OM tried some forceful seduction on the heroine but she got away from him, before he could do more harm.
Recently, I've been very bored with books that feature modern "nice", well adjusted and well behaved characters. So, I remembered that I'd not read a really trainwrecky, old school disaster harlequin in a few months.
Obviously, Lilian Peake is the top of my list when I get the urge for some WTF angst. LP is guaranteed to provide:
1. A H who's a super jerk but with just enough weird manly sex appeal to keep me reading, while I feel guilty pleasure for enjoying this so much. LOL.
2. A heroine who pulls and pushes at him, while alternating between martyrdom and being the quintessential doormat.
3. The most ridiculous, mind boggling, WTF soap opera worthy plot twist that seemed destined to keep these lovers apart.
Yes ! This is a fantastic trainwreck that's not for the faint of heart or for the "safe" reader. This is for when you're so damned bored of the same old "sweet, nice and inoffensive" that you're ready for a break.
Make no mistake: these MC's leave a lot to be desired. Ordinarily, I would give this just 2 stars because it's not really romantic in the traditional sense. But I needed to read something that's old school and entertaining.
This provided that entertaining diversion. My aunt gave me this paperback years ago and I never read it because I needed to be in the right mood for the wreckiness.
What's so wrecky about this novel ?
1. The Scottish tycoon H is engaged ( platonically ) to this neurotic, manipulative and vindictive woman named Corinne. He's not, and never has been, in love with her. They've never had sex. Corinne used to be engaged to his brother, Hamish.
2. Zander, the H, is a martyr because he only proposed to Corinne after Hamish dumped her. Hamish was indirectly responsible for her paralysis. The manipulative Corinne used the H's sense of family honour to emotionally blackmail him into this farcical platonic engagement. Corinne uses her disability as a weapon to manipulate the H and bully everyone around her. She's a very unlikable character.
3. The MC's met in the Canary Islands where Zander refrains from telling Lisa ( the heroine ) that he's an engaged man and that he owns the civil engineering firm, that employs her, back in London.
4. They fall in love during a few short days but no promises are made. The H was a real selfish bastard for playing with the emotions of the heroine when he knows he has to return to his platonic farcical engagement with his malevolent fiancee.
Everything gets worse when Lisa discovers that he's the boss. In the tradition of a stereotypical Lilian Peake asshat H, Zander demands that she works as his secretary.
The heroine is filled with self loathing, because she knows he's engaged, but she still wants to be near him. He's equally incapable of staying away from her.
Soon enough, she meets the neurotic Corinne and that woman takes pleasure in demeaning her with snobbish comments. At this juncture, my own vindictive nature kicked in and I stopped feeling sorry for the Corinne.
The OTT drama is heightened by the entrance of a blackmailing wannabe OM called Reg. He has secret photos, taken in the Canary Islands, of the MC's kissing. He uses the photos to blackmail Lisa into dating him.
The heroine is aware, by this time, that the narcissistic Corinne is emotionally fragile and might become even more unhinged if she learns about the photos.
There's a lot of crazy, jealous and possessive tantrums thrown by Zander, who slut shames Lisa for dating Reg. Eventually, Reg grows tired of the heroine's coldness and reveals the photos to Corinne.
Now, this is the part that disappointed me a lot ! I could've happily given this novel 4 stars if the H hadn't wussed out like a total wimp and gave into Corinne's continued emotional blackmail.
He and the heroine end up having sex out in the woods and it's clear that he loves her. Lilian Peake even goes the extra mile and allow the H to quote romantic Robert Burns poetry while seducing the heroine. But, his stupid sense of family honour won out when Corinne made him promise to stick by her - even though their marriage will never be consummated.
The author threw in the most ridiculous deus ex machina with an unbelievable and super convenient plot twist: Hamish gets into a car accident, which makes Corinne realize that she's suddenly brave enough to go beg him to take her back ! She also decides to have some kind of revolutionary surgery that'll enable her to walk again.
If that hadn't happened, the MC's would've never ended up together. The H would've continued to be a pathetic martyr, prostrating himself at the altar of Corinne's selfishness.
So, I doubt most of my Goodreads friends will enjoy this. But, it certainly spiced up my afternoon and that's why I'm giving it 3 stars. Sometimes I need to read books like this just to break the monotony from the same old... same old...
Safety: The heroine is basically the OW since the H is engaged for 98% of the story. The H was never intimate with his fiancee but there were a couple of occasions where she ( fiancee ) kissed him in front of the heroine, in an effort to stake her claim. It's obvious that the OW didn't love the H but merely felt he owed it to her to marry her, after his brother had dumped her. The wannabe OM tried some forceful seduction on the heroine but she got away from him, before he could do more harm.
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October 28, 2018
I can’t handle this book. I can’t. I just...
Lisa ends up a third wheel on her friends’ honeymoon in the Canary Islands. It all makes sense: Lisa and her flatmate Myra had booked a double vacation with their boyfriends. When Lisa’s boyfriend dumped her and cancelled his portion of the trip, Lisa offered to back out, too. Myra & Myra’s bf were all, “no! You have to go” (why??). Then, after the trip was paid for, Myra suddenly married her bf. So now Lisa is on their honeymoon, where she gets picked up by some guy with a beard who quotes Robert Burns at her and whispers unromantic things like “Love is an emotion you and I do not discuss.”
Of course, Lisa’s holiday romance feelings quickly get out of hand and the night before Mr Beard is scheduled to leave, she’s begging him to make love to her. He refuses, nattering on about how he won’t take her innocence and there could be consequences. Really, it was not at all surprising that after their creepy pseudo-courtship, they spent a creepy sexless night in bed.
The next morning, Mr Beard’s creepy friend reveals to Lisa that Mr Beard has already left.
*speechless*
I mean, technically, the heroine was the OW. But inasmuch as was also the OW, she got her comeuppance by ending up with someone who had treated her so badly in the past.
The hero was a jerk. And the “best friend” was the WORST FRIEND EVER.
Lisa ends up a third wheel on her friends’ honeymoon in the Canary Islands. It all makes sense: Lisa and her flatmate Myra had booked a double vacation with their boyfriends. When Lisa’s boyfriend dumped her and cancelled his portion of the trip, Lisa offered to back out, too. Myra & Myra’s bf were all, “no! You have to go” (why??). Then, after the trip was paid for, Myra suddenly married her bf. So now Lisa is on their honeymoon, where she gets picked up by some guy with a beard who quotes Robert Burns at her and whispers unromantic things like “Love is an emotion you and I do not discuss.”
Of course, Lisa’s holiday romance feelings quickly get out of hand and the night before Mr Beard is scheduled to leave, she’s begging him to make love to her. He refuses, nattering on about how he won’t take her innocence and there could be consequences. Really, it was not at all surprising that after their creepy pseudo-courtship, they spent a creepy sexless night in bed.
The next morning, Mr Beard’s creepy friend reveals to Lisa that Mr Beard has already left.
*speechless*
I mean, technically, the heroine was the OW. But inasmuch as was also the OW, she got her comeuppance by ending up with someone who had treated her so badly in the past.
The hero was a jerk. And the “best friend” was the WORST FRIEND EVER.
December 17, 2017
بحر الهوى
روايات احلام
10
الكاتبة: ليليان بيك
الملخص:
كانت عيناه تلاحقانها. . . تتبعانها أينما حلت. زملاؤه ينادونه بالرئيس, يدعي بأنه يجوب العالم على غير هدى, وهي حائرة في امره, تبحث عن حقيقة الرجل المختبئ خلف مظهره.
عندما عادت كاتي من عطلتها في جزر الباهاما, التقته من جديد, لكنها ودت لو أنها لم تواجه الحقيقة المؤلمة: أن الرجل الذي وهبته قلبها مختلف عن هذا الرجل المخادع القاسي كاختلاف الصيف و الشتاء.
فلماذا فعل بها ذلك؟ لماذا اوقعها في حبه دون رحمة او شفقة؟ خاصة أنه مرتبط بامراة اخرى لا يريد, على ما يبدو, ان يتخلى عنها.
روايات احلام
10
الكاتبة: ليليان بيك
الملخص:
كانت عيناه تلاحقانها. . . تتبعانها أينما حلت. زملاؤه ينادونه بالرئيس, يدعي بأنه يجوب العالم على غير هدى, وهي حائرة في امره, تبحث عن حقيقة الرجل المختبئ خلف مظهره.
عندما عادت كاتي من عطلتها في جزر الباهاما, التقته من جديد, لكنها ودت لو أنها لم تواجه الحقيقة المؤلمة: أن الرجل الذي وهبته قلبها مختلف عن هذا الرجل المخادع القاسي كاختلاف الصيف و الشتاء.
فلماذا فعل بها ذلك؟ لماذا اوقعها في حبه دون رحمة او شفقة؟ خاصة أنه مرتبط بامراة اخرى لا يريد, على ما يبدو, ان يتخلى عنها.
August 16, 2023
Dacă aș putea nota negativ o carte, asta ar fi printre primele. De când am luat înteleapta decizie de-a refuza să mai citesc cărți de la Stylished Et co. n-am mai pomenit așa ceva.
Este un exemplu cât Marele Zid Chinezesc de așa nu! și am așteptat pagină după pagină să apară mama fetii și să anunțe că biata copilă este bolnavă și total lipsită de discernământ. Da’ n-a venit nime și nici n-a fost vreo Candy camera.
Avem un el, mare jmecher, aflat in concediu. Bogat, stilat, parfumat, tot ce vreți voi.
Avem ș-o ea, tinerică, frumușică și cu tărâțe-n loc de minte. Aflată cu prietenii în concediu. Dar la ce prieteni are nici că-i mai trebuie dușmani.
Așa. Și el o vede pe ea, se amorezează nevoie mare și normal că și ea de el și gata-i buba. Dar cum el vrea să-și demonstreze aprecierile, că doară-i băiat de băiat, o umilește, o terfelește, o abuzează de-o zăpăcește iar ea… ghici. Să bată tobeleeee!!!! Știe c-o iubește și asta-i tot ce contează. La nicio zi după ce-a hărțuit-o pentru prima dată, fătuca noastră-i gata ca bateria și ne spune că așa mare-i iubirea că nu mai poate fără el.
Dar cum avem vreo trei sute de pagini de hai, du-te, lasă-mă, pa și mă doare inima de dorul tău, reușim într-un final să pricepem adâncimea sentimentelor. Că de profunzime nu văd de unde.
Aaaa, să nu uit, el este logodit și n-o poate părăsi. Fiincă. Dar după ce recunoaște față de fătucă c-a fost numa o aventură de-o vară ș-a și uitat-o, ea pleacă cu inima frântă și pletele-n vânt. Daaar ca norocu că n-a ajuns departe și el a prins-o din urmă că s-au iubit bine sub clar de lună și umbră de copac după care și-au redeclarat iubirea și acușica s-au și însurat.
Și gata. Și cartea și mințile mele.
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March 11, 2021She lost herself in his eyes.
The last thing Lisa Maynard wanted on her holiday in the exotic Canary Islands was the company of a handsome stranger, so she kept her distance.
Her cool demeanor hid her bitter disappointment in love from even her closest friends. But some magnetic power of Alexander Cameron's unmasked the vulnerable woman Lisa really was.
Yet it was only when Zander turned to walk away that she realized how deeply she cared... and that she knew the secrets of his heart as surely as he knew hers.
The last thing Lisa Maynard wanted on her holiday in the exotic Canary Islands was the company of a handsome stranger, so she kept her distance.
Her cool demeanor hid her bitter disappointment in love from even her closest friends. But some magnetic power of Alexander Cameron's unmasked the vulnerable woman Lisa really was.
Yet it was only when Zander turned to walk away that she realized how deeply she cared... and that she knew the secrets of his heart as surely as he knew hers.
June 21, 2019
What. The. Hell. Did I just read? Awful, backstabbing, cheating, lying characters. Every one of them. Can I please have some brain bleach and my two hours back?
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