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Claimed For The Greek's Child
The billionaire is back…
And he will legitimise his secret son!
Finding himself at Anna Moore’s door with a diamond ring is the least shocking part of ruthless Dimitri Kyrakiou’s day. Because learning about the consequences of their one spectacular night has floored him! To secure his heir Dimitri must make Anna his wife. But the only thing harder than convincing Anna to be his convenient bride is trying to ignore their red-hot attraction…!
193 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2019
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Pippa Roscoe
344 books52 followersPippa Roscoe writes sexy romances for Harlequin Mills & Boon and loves every happy ending in each of her books. With a major coffee addiction and a mild not-so-secret crisp eating compulsion – she spends her days fantasising about extraordinary romances, exotic locations and true love against all odds.
After graduating with a degree and a masters from Goldsmiths University, Pippa spent four years working on the BBC medical drama Holby City. After switching industries to publishing and spending five years as an editor working with incredible colleagues and inspirational authors, she finally decided to follow her own dream of writing and swapped London for Norfolk.
In her spare time she looks longingly at the countryside which she promises to roam, if she can drag herself away from her computer for long enough. She prefers to write outside in the sunshine, but during the winter is consigned to the kitchen – the warmest room in the cottage!
She can’t remember a time when she wasn’t dreaming about gorgeous brooding alpha heroes and sympathetic innocent heroines. Totally her mother’s fault of course – she gave Pippa her first romance to read at the age of seven! Pippa is inconceivably happy that she gets to share those daydreams with you all.
After graduating with a degree and a masters from Goldsmiths University, Pippa spent four years working on the BBC medical drama Holby City. After switching industries to publishing and spending five years as an editor working with incredible colleagues and inspirational authors, she finally decided to follow her own dream of writing and swapped London for Norfolk.
In her spare time she looks longingly at the countryside which she promises to roam, if she can drag herself away from her computer for long enough. She prefers to write outside in the sunshine, but during the winter is consigned to the kitchen – the warmest room in the cottage!
She can’t remember a time when she wasn’t dreaming about gorgeous brooding alpha heroes and sympathetic innocent heroines. Totally her mother’s fault of course – she gave Pippa her first romance to read at the age of seven! Pippa is inconceivably happy that she gets to share those daydreams with you all.
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February 5, 2019
3.5 stars.
A slow burn, second chance, secret baby romance with a twist !
A Greek H and a heroine who's half Irish and half Vietnamese;
MC's who've had to endure a lifetime of parental betrayal and rejection;
A H who is, for once, not vengeful after he learns about his secret daughter.
In this novel, our MC's separation occurred due to the H's wrongful imprisonment for a crime he didn't commit. The MC's hadn't been in a relationship when they first met. Dimitri, the H, had been in Ireland on a short visit when he had a chance meeting, and one night stand, with Anna. He'd already known that he would have to spend the next 2 years ( maximum ) in prison, when he spent the night with the heroine.
He'd made an agreement with the FBI, to spend those 2 years in jail while they worked to uncover the identity of the real culprit. It seemed rather extreme to me, especially since the FBI already suspected that he was innocent but this is HPlandia so I'm not gonna debate the point any further. His night with Anna had been the best in his life and he'd not wanted to leave her but he'd known that nothing could be done since the Americans were expecting him to turn himself in as soon as his jet landed at JFK airport.
During his 14 months in prison, Dimitri's fantasies about the night with Anna had sustained him and he built her up, in his mind, as the one positive and pure thing in his life:
He’d lived off the sounds of her pleasure, the cries of ecstasy and that first, single moment—the moment when he’d been shocked, and ever so secretly pleased, to find that she had been a virgin—he’d drawn it deep within him, hugged it to him and allowed it to get him through the worst of the time he’d spent in prison.
Unbeknownst to him, however, Anna had become pregnant and had given birth to his daughter Amalia. But, as always in HPlandia, external circumstances colluded to keep the MC's apart after the H was released, with his criminal record expunged, from prison:
1. His PA had told Anna that she was just one of many women who claimed to have given birth to his baby. This made her angry, jealous and bitter because she'd thought that their night was special. Anna hadn't known that a few greedy women had come out of the woodwork to make crazy paternity claims just because they thought that the H's lawyers would pay up, rather than to risk any further public scandal or investigation for their jailed billionaire client.
2. Her alcoholic mother, Mary Moore, contacted the PA and blackmailed him to give her 50 000 pounds ! When the H heard about this, he thought that Anna was an alcoholic, gold digger who was endangering the life of his child. This misunderstanding occurred because the heroine had been wearing a shirt with her mother's name tag on it the night he'd visited their bed and breakfast hostel. Dimitri actually thought that Anna's name was "Mary".
The MC's meet again when Dimitri returns with his lawyer to take the child away from the ( supposedly ) alcoholic and mercenary heroine. Unlike other HP's the misunderstanding isn't stretched out for a lengthy time, since Anna explains everything about the name tag mix up. The H's vengeful attitude disappears and he actually apologizes for the things he'd said to her the night before:
‘I also want to apologise,’ he pressed on. ‘Last night, I thought the worst. It was a combination of shock to discover that I was a father, and fear of just how much I had missed. Anna,’ he said, reaching out to take her hand in his, the rough, tanned skin caressing hers with surprising softness, ‘please, give me the chance to make up for my actions. I want the chance to make things right, to get to know my daughter—to get to know Amalia.’
Dimitri was a very likable alpha H, with quite a few beta characteristics to make him more appealing than the arrogant assholes in HPlandia, who never allow their heroines the opportunity to explain.
This is the H, Dimitri:
Dimitri filled the entire doorway, looking like the devil come to collect his dues. Tall, broad and mouthwatering.
And this is the heroine, Anna:
The moment he caught her large green eyes looking up at him he knew he was doomed.
This is their daughter, Amalia:
Things don't work out smoothly, though, because a conflict-free storyline would be very boring for any HPlandia romance. Dimitri messes up when he forces Anna to marry him and takes her away to his fabulous Greek island. Both MC's have a difficulty trusting each other but they eventually grow closer, start to communicate with each other and are finally at a good place in their relationship when the H discovers the identity of the person who'd framed him and let him rot in prison for 14 months.
It turned out to be none other than his own father !
He confronts his father and is emotionally wrecked when the old man reveals that he did it to save the H's legitimate half brother Manos. The half brother had done the actual stealing and the father had laid the paper trail to frame the H !
It's the peak of disillusionment for our H, who'd always felt like the second best since he was his father's illegitimate, unwanted son. His father even had the audacity to say that he did it because he knew that Dimitri was the stronger son who would be better able to survive in prison - unlike the drug addicted, whoremongering and profligate Manos. That was just insulting, cruel, awful, insensitive and hurtful for any dad to say to a son who had worked hard for his approval and love.
Part of me wondered if the H's dad was so delusional that he thought prison would be a piece of cake for the H. I mean, did he expect Dimitri to send him a card like this ?
LOL.
OK, now that the kitty has given me and the dog a well deserved facepalming, I will move on...
After this stunning revelation, and the arrest of his dad, the H totally shuts himself off from Anna and his daughter. He's so hurt, cynical and filled with disillusionment that he makes them both leave him so that he can wallow in his self pity on the island.
Anna opens her heart to him, tells him she loves him and tries to reason with him:
He doesn't listen to her and demands that she leave the island and return to Ireland.
Everything works out after Anna asks the H's friend Danyl to intervene and assist her. This part was quite romantic and it was a truly unique and memorable reconciliation. One of the things I enjoyed so much about this story was a rather sweet plot device used by the author: the heroine had been writing secret ( unmailed ) letters to the H from the time she'd discovered she was pregnant right down to the present. These secret letters play an important role in the MC's reconciliation.
The H only began to thaw his cold, shuttered heart after his friend Danyl made him read those emotional and beautifully written letters that were filled with love. It was then that Dimitri realized how much Anna had cared for him, because she'd been writing those sincere and loving words even when he'd been imprisoned and the rest of the world had already judged him a criminal.
In the epilogue, the MC's are expecting another baby, Amalia is 5 years old and Dimitri is now the one who has started to write secret letters to his daughter - letters that she will read when she's an adult and can see just how much her father loved her through even stage of her formative development. This novel is the second in a trilogy of standalones and I am looking forward to reading Danyl's ( the sexy sheikh ) story next.
It was also nice to see that Anna's alcoholic mother, Mary, had turned over a new leaf, begged her daughter's forgiveness and committed herself to a sober future while the heroine finally got the courage to go and meet her estranged Vietnamese father who now owned a restaurant in London. The H reconciled with his stepmother Eleni even though his relationship with his dad would probably, and understandably, always be strained.
I didn't enjoy the first novel, A Ring to Take His Revenge at all. I hadn't liked the MC's in that book, that romantic storyline seemed quite bland, the MC's sexual chemistry was a bit forced and the storytelling was less than compelling. In this novel, however, the romance was more engaging, the love story flowed more smoothly, I loved both MC's, I rooted for them, empathized with them and their sexual chemistry was off the charts ! I was glad I gave this new author a second chance.
Safety: No OW, no OM and both MC's had been celibate during their 3 year separation.
A slow burn, second chance, secret baby romance with a twist !
A Greek H and a heroine who's half Irish and half Vietnamese;
MC's who've had to endure a lifetime of parental betrayal and rejection;
A H who is, for once, not vengeful after he learns about his secret daughter.
In this novel, our MC's separation occurred due to the H's wrongful imprisonment for a crime he didn't commit. The MC's hadn't been in a relationship when they first met. Dimitri, the H, had been in Ireland on a short visit when he had a chance meeting, and one night stand, with Anna. He'd already known that he would have to spend the next 2 years ( maximum ) in prison, when he spent the night with the heroine.
He'd made an agreement with the FBI, to spend those 2 years in jail while they worked to uncover the identity of the real culprit. It seemed rather extreme to me, especially since the FBI already suspected that he was innocent but this is HPlandia so I'm not gonna debate the point any further. His night with Anna had been the best in his life and he'd not wanted to leave her but he'd known that nothing could be done since the Americans were expecting him to turn himself in as soon as his jet landed at JFK airport.
During his 14 months in prison, Dimitri's fantasies about the night with Anna had sustained him and he built her up, in his mind, as the one positive and pure thing in his life:
He’d lived off the sounds of her pleasure, the cries of ecstasy and that first, single moment—the moment when he’d been shocked, and ever so secretly pleased, to find that she had been a virgin—he’d drawn it deep within him, hugged it to him and allowed it to get him through the worst of the time he’d spent in prison.
Unbeknownst to him, however, Anna had become pregnant and had given birth to his daughter Amalia. But, as always in HPlandia, external circumstances colluded to keep the MC's apart after the H was released, with his criminal record expunged, from prison:
1. His PA had told Anna that she was just one of many women who claimed to have given birth to his baby. This made her angry, jealous and bitter because she'd thought that their night was special. Anna hadn't known that a few greedy women had come out of the woodwork to make crazy paternity claims just because they thought that the H's lawyers would pay up, rather than to risk any further public scandal or investigation for their jailed billionaire client.
2. Her alcoholic mother, Mary Moore, contacted the PA and blackmailed him to give her 50 000 pounds ! When the H heard about this, he thought that Anna was an alcoholic, gold digger who was endangering the life of his child. This misunderstanding occurred because the heroine had been wearing a shirt with her mother's name tag on it the night he'd visited their bed and breakfast hostel. Dimitri actually thought that Anna's name was "Mary".
The MC's meet again when Dimitri returns with his lawyer to take the child away from the ( supposedly ) alcoholic and mercenary heroine. Unlike other HP's the misunderstanding isn't stretched out for a lengthy time, since Anna explains everything about the name tag mix up. The H's vengeful attitude disappears and he actually apologizes for the things he'd said to her the night before:
‘I also want to apologise,’ he pressed on. ‘Last night, I thought the worst. It was a combination of shock to discover that I was a father, and fear of just how much I had missed. Anna,’ he said, reaching out to take her hand in his, the rough, tanned skin caressing hers with surprising softness, ‘please, give me the chance to make up for my actions. I want the chance to make things right, to get to know my daughter—to get to know Amalia.’
Dimitri was a very likable alpha H, with quite a few beta characteristics to make him more appealing than the arrogant assholes in HPlandia, who never allow their heroines the opportunity to explain.
This is the H, Dimitri:
Dimitri filled the entire doorway, looking like the devil come to collect his dues. Tall, broad and mouthwatering.
And this is the heroine, Anna:
The moment he caught her large green eyes looking up at him he knew he was doomed.
This is their daughter, Amalia:
Things don't work out smoothly, though, because a conflict-free storyline would be very boring for any HPlandia romance. Dimitri messes up when he forces Anna to marry him and takes her away to his fabulous Greek island. Both MC's have a difficulty trusting each other but they eventually grow closer, start to communicate with each other and are finally at a good place in their relationship when the H discovers the identity of the person who'd framed him and let him rot in prison for 14 months.
It turned out to be none other than his own father !
He confronts his father and is emotionally wrecked when the old man reveals that he did it to save the H's legitimate half brother Manos. The half brother had done the actual stealing and the father had laid the paper trail to frame the H !
It's the peak of disillusionment for our H, who'd always felt like the second best since he was his father's illegitimate, unwanted son. His father even had the audacity to say that he did it because he knew that Dimitri was the stronger son who would be better able to survive in prison - unlike the drug addicted, whoremongering and profligate Manos. That was just insulting, cruel, awful, insensitive and hurtful for any dad to say to a son who had worked hard for his approval and love.
Part of me wondered if the H's dad was so delusional that he thought prison would be a piece of cake for the H. I mean, did he expect Dimitri to send him a card like this ?
LOL.
OK, now that the kitty has given me and the dog a well deserved facepalming, I will move on...
After this stunning revelation, and the arrest of his dad, the H totally shuts himself off from Anna and his daughter. He's so hurt, cynical and filled with disillusionment that he makes them both leave him so that he can wallow in his self pity on the island.
Anna opens her heart to him, tells him she loves him and tries to reason with him:
He doesn't listen to her and demands that she leave the island and return to Ireland.
Everything works out after Anna asks the H's friend Danyl to intervene and assist her. This part was quite romantic and it was a truly unique and memorable reconciliation. One of the things I enjoyed so much about this story was a rather sweet plot device used by the author: the heroine had been writing secret ( unmailed ) letters to the H from the time she'd discovered she was pregnant right down to the present. These secret letters play an important role in the MC's reconciliation.
The H only began to thaw his cold, shuttered heart after his friend Danyl made him read those emotional and beautifully written letters that were filled with love. It was then that Dimitri realized how much Anna had cared for him, because she'd been writing those sincere and loving words even when he'd been imprisoned and the rest of the world had already judged him a criminal.
In the epilogue, the MC's are expecting another baby, Amalia is 5 years old and Dimitri is now the one who has started to write secret letters to his daughter - letters that she will read when she's an adult and can see just how much her father loved her through even stage of her formative development. This novel is the second in a trilogy of standalones and I am looking forward to reading Danyl's ( the sexy sheikh ) story next.
It was also nice to see that Anna's alcoholic mother, Mary, had turned over a new leaf, begged her daughter's forgiveness and committed herself to a sober future while the heroine finally got the courage to go and meet her estranged Vietnamese father who now owned a restaurant in London. The H reconciled with his stepmother Eleni even though his relationship with his dad would probably, and understandably, always be strained.
I didn't enjoy the first novel, A Ring to Take His Revenge at all. I hadn't liked the MC's in that book, that romantic storyline seemed quite bland, the MC's sexual chemistry was a bit forced and the storytelling was less than compelling. In this novel, however, the romance was more engaging, the love story flowed more smoothly, I loved both MC's, I rooted for them, empathized with them and their sexual chemistry was off the charts ! I was glad I gave this new author a second chance.
Safety: No OW, no OM and both MC's had been celibate during their 3 year separation.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 6, 2019
Dimitri Kyrakiou is about to turn himself to the FBI for a crime he didn't commit. The night before he's to fly to America he's in Ireland for an event with his closets friends. He decides to take a drive and is contemplating what is about to happen and how his life will drastically change. He finds himself at a B&B late at night and there he finds our heroine Anna (Anna had her mother's name tag on so he mistook her name as Mary). The two connect immediately and spend a magical night together. Dimitri sneaks away during the night and begins fourteen months of imprisonment.
Anna, finds herself pregnant and learns what has happened to Dimitri. She cannot believe that he's guilty, but is determined to raise her daughter without him.
When Dimitri is release from prison and claimed innocent. The crime was committed by his half brother. The FBI worked with Dimitri to capture the true culprit of the fraud. When released from prison he had no idea he fathered a child. He learns through Anna's mother. Anna's mother, Mary who is an alcoholic, claims to be her and is blackmailing Dimitri with money for his child. That is when Dimitri learns the truth that he has a daughter Amalia. He is determined to take custody of his daughter because he has information about Mary not Anna, believing she is unfit to be a mother to his daughter.
The confrontation between the two is intense and the truth is reveal of mistaken identity. Dimitri sets up Mary to go to rehab, the B&B to be run for a while by a sweet couple. He is taking Anna and his daughter to Greece. Anna thinks it's for a couple weeks but he has something else in mind.
The two begin an emotional journey into their relationship with a lot of baggage. Dimitri with his past childhood and his Father's disconnect. Anna with her abandonment of her father and her mothers alcoholism. Each is working through their feelings for each other and getting to truly know each other as well as parenting together. They have the added tension of Dimitri's family, more his father and step-mother to deal with. And then a bombshell is revealed of the true culprit wasn't his brother but his Father. That shakes Dimitri's world and also his relationship with Anna. But love prevails and with Anna's patience and a gift that melts Dimitri's heart love wins. Anna had written letters everyday to Dimitri about Amalia's and saved them. Well she had them specially delivered to Dimitri and that gift is what gave them their HEA. I loved that!!!
Anna, finds herself pregnant and learns what has happened to Dimitri. She cannot believe that he's guilty, but is determined to raise her daughter without him.
When Dimitri is release from prison and claimed innocent. The crime was committed by his half brother. The FBI worked with Dimitri to capture the true culprit of the fraud. When released from prison he had no idea he fathered a child. He learns through Anna's mother. Anna's mother, Mary who is an alcoholic, claims to be her and is blackmailing Dimitri with money for his child. That is when Dimitri learns the truth that he has a daughter Amalia. He is determined to take custody of his daughter because he has information about Mary not Anna, believing she is unfit to be a mother to his daughter.
The confrontation between the two is intense and the truth is reveal of mistaken identity. Dimitri sets up Mary to go to rehab, the B&B to be run for a while by a sweet couple. He is taking Anna and his daughter to Greece. Anna thinks it's for a couple weeks but he has something else in mind.
The two begin an emotional journey into their relationship with a lot of baggage. Dimitri with his past childhood and his Father's disconnect. Anna with her abandonment of her father and her mothers alcoholism. Each is working through their feelings for each other and getting to truly know each other as well as parenting together. They have the added tension of Dimitri's family, more his father and step-mother to deal with. And then a bombshell is revealed of the true culprit wasn't his brother but his Father. That shakes Dimitri's world and also his relationship with Anna. But love prevails and with Anna's patience and a gift that melts Dimitri's heart love wins. Anna had written letters everyday to Dimitri about Amalia's and saved them. Well she had them specially delivered to Dimitri and that gift is what gave them their HEA. I loved that!!!
February 26, 2019
Dimitri Kiriakou spent one night in an Irish bed & breakfast with Anna Moore. The following morning he disappeared. He spent a year in jail. Finally he proves his innocence and he is free. He finds out Anna has a little girl, his child. He is determined to marry her so as to be with his daughter. They take off to his Greek Island. They marry but he can't open his heart and love Anna and poor Anna has now fallen in love with him.
Emotional and passionate love story. I loved Dimitri and Anna together. Their chemistry was sizzling and their HEA sweet. Totally safe: heroine is a virgin and they are both celibate and faithful even though they were apart for years. PR is a new Harlequin author and I hope she writes more books like this.
Edited to add I can't wait for Prince Danyl's story. He had a cameo here. His story is titled "Reclaimed by the Powerful Sheikh."
Emotional and passionate love story. I loved Dimitri and Anna together. Their chemistry was sizzling and their HEA sweet. Totally safe: heroine is a virgin and they are both celibate and faithful even though they were apart for years. PR is a new Harlequin author and I hope she writes more books like this.
Edited to add I can't wait for Prince Danyl's story. He had a cameo here. His story is titled "Reclaimed by the Powerful Sheikh."
September 26, 2019
If you love HP romances, you have to read this!
Such a beautiful story with flawed but perfect characters and poignant moments. It was deep and passionate. Hot too!
Completely safe and epilogue was so sweet.
Recommended.
Such a beautiful story with flawed but perfect characters and poignant moments. It was deep and passionate. Hot too!
Completely safe and epilogue was so sweet.
Recommended.
February 9, 2019
Favorite bit: the letters. Loved that so much, I’m thinking of stealing this idea.
My first book by this author and it was ... ok.
The h had a one night stand with the H the night before he was arrested for financials fraud. He was innocent, but was kept in jail for fourteen months while the real perpetrator was caught.
The h found herself pregnant by a man the world thought was a criminal. She gave birth, and raised her daughter on her own.
Then one day the H showed up at her door. He believed that she was attempting to blackmail him using the child she claimed was his.
Turns out the h’s alcoholic mother sent the message and was the blackmailer. However, the H decided that he could not leave his child in that situation and gave the h an option to marry him or he’ll take the baby from her.
There was lots of unresolved hurts from their childhoods that played into the difficulties in their relationship. There is also the horrific betrayals by people the H thought cared about him.
The story took a long and meandering road. It just seemed to take forever to finish. I put it down and came back to it several times. It wasn’t boring per se, just really drawn out. The ending was pleasant and I was happy when I finally got there.
My first book by this author and it was ... ok.
The h had a one night stand with the H the night before he was arrested for financials fraud. He was innocent, but was kept in jail for fourteen months while the real perpetrator was caught.
The h found herself pregnant by a man the world thought was a criminal. She gave birth, and raised her daughter on her own.
Then one day the H showed up at her door. He believed that she was attempting to blackmail him using the child she claimed was his.
Turns out the h’s alcoholic mother sent the message and was the blackmailer. However, the H decided that he could not leave his child in that situation and gave the h an option to marry him or he’ll take the baby from her.
There was lots of unresolved hurts from their childhoods that played into the difficulties in their relationship. There is also the horrific betrayals by people the H thought cared about him.
The story took a long and meandering road. It just seemed to take forever to finish. I put it down and came back to it several times. It wasn’t boring per se, just really drawn out. The ending was pleasant and I was happy when I finally got there.
March 7, 2021
A nice book from a new writer I tried, thanks to all my GR friends who raved about it. An honest 3.5 ⭐️ I’d say. The H was alpha -almost- and the h was sweet and kind.
Wouldn’t have been an easy plot to write. The h and H reconcile right in the beginning of the book and the rest of the long length of book is their mundane everyday interaction.
Dimitri is on the brink of a huge family based business scandal and to get away from the chaos, he meets Anna in some lost Irish village and they make a baby. The very next AM Dimitri takes off and is instantly arrested when he lands on American soil. This makes it to the papers and Anna finds out. I couldn’t figure out how because Anna didn’t know who he was when they met briefly that one night.
Now a few years later and being freed from prison life, a paper trail leads Dimitri to Anna and he finds out he has a child. Dimitri is uber alpha and mean and claims Anna and their child.
The h and H had zapping chemistry. They had some arguments too where Anna certainly didn’t back off or go meek on him. I liked Anna who fought back and then later, when Dimitri morphs into a crazy commitment-phobic alien, she also fights for her true love with this beautiful rich man.
It was a great book until the last third. The writer excessively kept going into corners for other stories of the H’s friends. Maybe those are her prospective hs and Hs from upcoming books. But it was rather rude of her to keep going off on tangents like that, like the main couple had needed to be hushed for a minute.
It got boring by the end unfortunately. Those letters were old school and slightly boring imho. Dimitri who’s supposedly alpha goes weak in the knees with those letters and rushes back to Anna. There’s barely a half page of his apology for his atrocious psycho behaviour.
Wouldn’t have been an easy plot to write. The h and H reconcile right in the beginning of the book and the rest of the long length of book is their mundane everyday interaction.
Dimitri is on the brink of a huge family based business scandal and to get away from the chaos, he meets Anna in some lost Irish village and they make a baby. The very next AM Dimitri takes off and is instantly arrested when he lands on American soil. This makes it to the papers and Anna finds out. I couldn’t figure out how because Anna didn’t know who he was when they met briefly that one night.
Now a few years later and being freed from prison life, a paper trail leads Dimitri to Anna and he finds out he has a child. Dimitri is uber alpha and mean and claims Anna and their child.
The h and H had zapping chemistry. They had some arguments too where Anna certainly didn’t back off or go meek on him. I liked Anna who fought back and then later, when Dimitri morphs into a crazy commitment-phobic alien, she also fights for her true love with this beautiful rich man.
It was a great book until the last third. The writer excessively kept going into corners for other stories of the H’s friends. Maybe those are her prospective hs and Hs from upcoming books. But it was rather rude of her to keep going off on tangents like that, like the main couple had needed to be hushed for a minute.
It got boring by the end unfortunately. Those letters were old school and slightly boring imho. Dimitri who’s supposedly alpha goes weak in the knees with those letters and rushes back to Anna. There’s barely a half page of his apology for his atrocious psycho behaviour.
May 10, 2019
MS Roscoe has had me turning the pages in this story with such fabulous characters, we meet another of the Winners Circle Dimitri and the woman who will steal his heart Anna after a night of passion leaves them with a beautiful daughter, one that takes Dimitri a few years to find out about, this is one that you will not want to put down.
Anna Moore runs a Bed and Breakfast that was left to her and her mother, but things have been really tough for Anna and when a gorgeous stranger arrives one night for a room the spark between them is too hard to ignore and Dimitri takes Anna on a passionate ride, but is gone in the morning and Anna soon finds out she is pregnant and that Dimitri will be unavailable for some time.
Dimitri has a last night of freedom and has been to the races in Dublin with his best friends, when he stops at the B&B not realizing that he will have a night of passion with someone he will never forget, three years later he learns of his child and arrives to take his daughter and ends up learning a few truths and finds he is losing his heart to this strong beautiful woman and gorgeous daughter.
Dimitri and Anna have so much from their pasts that really needs to be sorted before they can go forward with the love that is so very strong between them, I really loved this story a rocky and sensual ride to a beautiful HEA, I loved the setting and I loved both Dimitri and Anna, this is one that I highly recommend.
Anna Moore runs a Bed and Breakfast that was left to her and her mother, but things have been really tough for Anna and when a gorgeous stranger arrives one night for a room the spark between them is too hard to ignore and Dimitri takes Anna on a passionate ride, but is gone in the morning and Anna soon finds out she is pregnant and that Dimitri will be unavailable for some time.
Dimitri has a last night of freedom and has been to the races in Dublin with his best friends, when he stops at the B&B not realizing that he will have a night of passion with someone he will never forget, three years later he learns of his child and arrives to take his daughter and ends up learning a few truths and finds he is losing his heart to this strong beautiful woman and gorgeous daughter.
Dimitri and Anna have so much from their pasts that really needs to be sorted before they can go forward with the love that is so very strong between them, I really loved this story a rocky and sensual ride to a beautiful HEA, I loved the setting and I loved both Dimitri and Anna, this is one that I highly recommend.
June 9, 2021
The billionaire is back…
And he will legitimize his secret heir!
Finding himself at Anna Moore’s door after tracking down the mysterious beauty is the least shocking part of Dimitri Kyriakou’s day. Because discovering the consequence of their one spectacular night has floored him! To secure his child, ruthless Dimitri must make Anna his wife. But the only thing harder than convincing Anna to be his convenient bride is trying to ignore their red-hot attraction…
Lose yourself in this intense secret baby story!
And he will legitimize his secret heir!
Finding himself at Anna Moore’s door after tracking down the mysterious beauty is the least shocking part of Dimitri Kyriakou’s day. Because discovering the consequence of their one spectacular night has floored him! To secure his child, ruthless Dimitri must make Anna his wife. But the only thing harder than convincing Anna to be his convenient bride is trying to ignore their red-hot attraction…
Lose yourself in this intense secret baby story!
February 28, 2019
I didn't expect this to be this good !
Lovable characters, amazing story and the h's letters to the H OMG 😍 loved it
Excited about sheikh Danyl story 😉
Lovable characters, amazing story and the h's letters to the H OMG 😍 loved it
Excited about sheikh Danyl story 😉
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 27, 2019
4.5stars
This is the first book I've read by this author mainly because of the good reviews by my GR friends and I am glad I did. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was well written, emotional book. Loved the MCs and little Amalia although Dimitri could be a jerk at times.
As I'm under the weather and my GR friends have already written detailed reviews, I'll only highlight what I loved most about the book.
I loved the heroine, Anna. She was sweet, caring and feisty without being tarty or resorting to shrewish behaviour. She knew which battles to pick and which to let go. Gently, but firmly she pushed Dimitri's buttons getting him to open up about his past and things he bottled up and didn't like talking about.
I loved the scene where she left Dimitri to deal with their daughter who was throwing a tantrum and took off. Couldn't help laugh.
‘Did you even think to ask what Amalia liked for breakfast?’
That stopped him in his tracks. ‘What do you mean?’
‘Figure it out, Dimitri. I’m going for a swim.’
Dimitri felt the anger and helplessness rise within him. ‘You can’t just leave me.’
‘Yes, I can. There’s nothing stopping you from being a father—you’re perfectly capable of seeing to her food, her health and her safety. Now you need to learn how to do the hard stuff.’
Dimitri watched, horrified, as Anna stalked out of the house and down to the beach with a towel tucked under her arm and her head held high. He cast another look at Amalia, who by this point had stopped crying, as if she was as shocked as he that she would be left with him.
I also liked that even though she went back to Dublin when Dimitri sent her and their daughter off not wanting them to be caught up in the erupting scandal on account of his father's arrest, she didn't give up on their love and marriage and taking help from his best friend, Danyl, Sheikh of Ter'harn, made him realize what he was losing without her and their daughter. It takes a lot of courage not to give up when its easier to sit back and curse the H and play victim.
It was refreshing to see the romance not being only about sex. There was teasing, playfulness too.
‘You’re big enough and ugly enough to handle it,’ she assured him.
As she passed him he reached for her hips and drew her towards him, leaning over her to crowd her, teasing her as she tried to bend out of his reach.
‘You think I’m ugly?’ he said, his head cocked to the side, the entire length of his body flush with hers.
‘Hideous. Terrible. A monster,’ she said as he punctuated her taunts with a kiss upon her neck. This Dimitri? This teasing, playful, impossibly sexy man? Simply irresistible.
‘I am not a monster,’ he mock growled as he pulled her into a kiss. A kiss that wasn’t a punishment, wasn’t demanding, but giving, generous and spinetingling.
Dimitri was exactly the kind of hero I like - alpha jerk, ruthless when he wanted something, but not cruel. He apologized or felt bad when he realizes he's behaved badly. Three-year old Amalia was adorable.
I loved the concept of the letters that eventually made Dimitri realize what he was losing by pushing Anna and his daughter away. Even liked the little snippet addressed Dear Dimitri at the beginning of each chapter giving us an idea of what is to come. And, the letter that Dimitri wrote to his daughter the night they celebrated her fifth birthday in the epilogue brought tears to my eyes.
Very beautiful epilogue.
As I said, overall a well-written, emotional book.
Looking forward to reading Sheikh Danyl's story.
This is the first book I've read by this author mainly because of the good reviews by my GR friends and I am glad I did. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was well written, emotional book. Loved the MCs and little Amalia although Dimitri could be a jerk at times.
As I'm under the weather and my GR friends have already written detailed reviews, I'll only highlight what I loved most about the book.
I loved the heroine, Anna. She was sweet, caring and feisty without being tarty or resorting to shrewish behaviour. She knew which battles to pick and which to let go. Gently, but firmly she pushed Dimitri's buttons getting him to open up about his past and things he bottled up and didn't like talking about.
I loved the scene where she left Dimitri to deal with their daughter who was throwing a tantrum and took off. Couldn't help laugh.
‘Did you even think to ask what Amalia liked for breakfast?’
That stopped him in his tracks. ‘What do you mean?’
‘Figure it out, Dimitri. I’m going for a swim.’
Dimitri felt the anger and helplessness rise within him. ‘You can’t just leave me.’
‘Yes, I can. There’s nothing stopping you from being a father—you’re perfectly capable of seeing to her food, her health and her safety. Now you need to learn how to do the hard stuff.’
Dimitri watched, horrified, as Anna stalked out of the house and down to the beach with a towel tucked under her arm and her head held high. He cast another look at Amalia, who by this point had stopped crying, as if she was as shocked as he that she would be left with him.
I also liked that even though she went back to Dublin when Dimitri sent her and their daughter off not wanting them to be caught up in the erupting scandal on account of his father's arrest, she didn't give up on their love and marriage and taking help from his best friend, Danyl, Sheikh of Ter'harn, made him realize what he was losing without her and their daughter. It takes a lot of courage not to give up when its easier to sit back and curse the H and play victim.
It was refreshing to see the romance not being only about sex. There was teasing, playfulness too.
‘You’re big enough and ugly enough to handle it,’ she assured him.
As she passed him he reached for her hips and drew her towards him, leaning over her to crowd her, teasing her as she tried to bend out of his reach.
‘You think I’m ugly?’ he said, his head cocked to the side, the entire length of his body flush with hers.
‘Hideous. Terrible. A monster,’ she said as he punctuated her taunts with a kiss upon her neck. This Dimitri? This teasing, playful, impossibly sexy man? Simply irresistible.
‘I am not a monster,’ he mock growled as he pulled her into a kiss. A kiss that wasn’t a punishment, wasn’t demanding, but giving, generous and spinetingling.
Dimitri was exactly the kind of hero I like - alpha jerk, ruthless when he wanted something, but not cruel. He apologized or felt bad when he realizes he's behaved badly. Three-year old Amalia was adorable.
I loved the concept of the letters that eventually made Dimitri realize what he was losing by pushing Anna and his daughter away. Even liked the little snippet addressed Dear Dimitri at the beginning of each chapter giving us an idea of what is to come. And, the letter that Dimitri wrote to his daughter the night they celebrated her fifth birthday in the epilogue brought tears to my eyes.
Very beautiful epilogue.
As I said, overall a well-written, emotional book.
Looking forward to reading Sheikh Danyl's story.
February 11, 2019
Pippa Roscoe once again shines in her third Presents! Claimed for the Greek’s Child is fabulous, sophisticated and hot. This gorgeous story has everything to keep you hooked. Scandal, sexy times and riveting drama unfolds vividly through scathing dialogues and dangerously electrical chemistry. Dimitri and Anna command the page, igniting a fierce fire that never once ceased burning between them. Yes, these two share a history together, however this fuels their headstrong, fierce natures. The fight for their HEA is worth every word.
Highly Recommended
4.5 Stars
Highly Recommended
4.5 Stars
June 15, 2019
This was a fantastic book! Emotional, passionate and oh so good. The MCs, Anna and Dimitri, are my favourite HP couple this year and the chemistry between them leapt of the pages. My heart went out to them as they were both good people who valued family above all else, but their families treated them so badly, both as children and as adults. The letters at the start of each chapter was a very poignant touch by the author and gave context to Anna's struggles. A well deserved 5 star rating, Pippa!
February 26, 2019
Like most of the reviewers, I’ve loved the letter part. That’s why I’ve given 3,5 stars despite of the dumb H.
February 28, 2019
CLAIMED FOR THE GREEK’S CHILD by author Pippa Roscoe is a March 2019 release by Harlequin Presents series.
After spending one passion-filled night with Anna Moore three years ago, Dimitri Kyrakiou found himself back at her door after receiving a letter. The letter asked for paternal support for his child. Yet why was he not informed when Anna got pregnant?
After meeting Anna and seeing his child, he couldn’t just walk away now, could he? So his offer? Become his wife!
Would Anna agree? After all she has been managing quite well for the past three years and she was not the person who sent the letter in the first place asking for his help. But Anna was still attracted to him. The passion between them flared like before. What would Anna do now? Would she accept his offer?
CLAIMED FOR THE GREEK’S CHILD is a swoon-worthy romance. Author Pippa Roscoe brought this sensational tale full of shimmering sensuality. Readers already hooked on Greek heroes would love to read how Anna brings Dimitri to his knees and makes him fall in love with her. This is a terrific, emotional and a heart-warming story to read.
Highly recommended for all readers of romance.
After spending one passion-filled night with Anna Moore three years ago, Dimitri Kyrakiou found himself back at her door after receiving a letter. The letter asked for paternal support for his child. Yet why was he not informed when Anna got pregnant?
After meeting Anna and seeing his child, he couldn’t just walk away now, could he? So his offer? Become his wife!
Would Anna agree? After all she has been managing quite well for the past three years and she was not the person who sent the letter in the first place asking for his help. But Anna was still attracted to him. The passion between them flared like before. What would Anna do now? Would she accept his offer?
CLAIMED FOR THE GREEK’S CHILD is a swoon-worthy romance. Author Pippa Roscoe brought this sensational tale full of shimmering sensuality. Readers already hooked on Greek heroes would love to read how Anna brings Dimitri to his knees and makes him fall in love with her. This is a terrific, emotional and a heart-warming story to read.
Highly recommended for all readers of romance.
January 18, 2019
I love this book. What’s not to love about a woman, secret child and a handsome Greek. A billionaire who stopped off at her small B & B, needing to rest. Both needed something that they each needed. He left early and headed to the U.S,. to turn himself in to the FBI. An innocent man, who was set up to take the fall. When he was released, he learned of his daughter and a mother who was an alcoholic. Come to find out, it wasn’t her but her mother. He knew it was his daughter. They take off to his Greek Island, where the chemistry was still strong. They marry but still he doesn’t trust her. It’s a Wonderful read. I loved it. 5 stars
February 12, 2019
Claimed for the Greek's Child (The Winners' Circle)" by Pippa Roscoe is a good, fairly quick read where each Chapter starts with a small letter from Anna Moore to Dimitri Kyrakiou. After one night of romance between these two there was a leftover consequence. Dimitri knows in order to get control of not only his child but of Anna he needs to bring her to Greece, and then take control of their passports. Anna knows that Dimitri wants his child but she knows he is too scared to love. He wants to make her his wife, and that is the farthest thing from her mind.
September 11, 2019
Ohhh I would have been spitting mad if some dude came in and tried to take my daughter from me! Hell to the no! He'd be getting a knee to the groin.
January 11, 2020
3.5 stars
For their connection ... h's struggles to make ends meet and H who was so betrayed by his relatives ... I liked that he spent those years in prison thinking about her ... Nice one ...
For their connection ... h's struggles to make ends meet and H who was so betrayed by his relatives ... I liked that he spent those years in prison thinking about her ... Nice one ...
Want to read
December 15, 2020*Reclamada por el griego*
May 1, 2020
Loved Esther's review.
November 9, 2023
I love that each chapter starts with just one line that Anna might have written to the father of her child, each line tugging at my heart.
Unusual- Anna's father was Vietnamese & her mother Irish.
Ivy has a wonderful review, complete with spoilers here
Unusual- Anna's father was Vietnamese & her mother Irish.
Ivy has a wonderful review, complete with spoilers here
March 22, 2022
Claimed for the Greek’s Child, Book 2 of The Winner's Circle series, was about billionaire Dimitri Kyrakiou and Anna Moore.
How to give a good review on this book without spoiling it for everyone? The above blurb...and all others that I've found, do not give a good insight into the story. They just tell how he found Anna and what the consequences were of the one night they had spent together. I'll see how I can do it successfully. This will definitely be different than any of my other reviews.
In the first book of the series, the author let it be known that Dimitri had been wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, though it didn't specify the length of the sentence (later in the book it was stated the length time was 14 months.). The blurbs for this book all start out with Dimitri looking for, and finding, Anna Moore, a woman with whom he had spent "one spectacular night" before he was arrested the following day, and the shocking discovery that she had given birth to his child while he was incarcerated.
While I liked Dimitri in Book 1 of this series, I can't honestly say I liked him as much in this one...in the beginning. The way he bullied and harshly treated Anna, who did nothing but try to work things out from the moment he stepped back into her life. He used every dirty trick he could think up to control her every move. This was not the same man as in Book 1. He was decidedly more hateful in this one. And it didn't change throughout the story...until the end. This was one tremendously broken man. The struggles this man endured were mind-blowing, and that's putting it nicely. Dimitri was a very strong-willed, outspoken, demanding man. Though he was often harsh, he also had a softer side that he didn't show all that often...for good (though heartbreaking) reasons.
Anna was an extremely strong character who had a ton of integrity, nerve, grace, pride, love, and a boatload of other positive attributes. Though she suffered greatly throughout her life...including during the beginning of her marriage, she had the ability to withstand it all and come out stronger and triumphant on the other side.
Side Note: I hated how the author couldn't get the name of the Sheik's country right. She kept changing the spelling of it and then adding or taking away the accent symbol. Sometimes the name of the country was Terhren, other times it was Ter'harn...and more.
Even though the book was only 11 chapters long (with a prologue and an epilogue, make that 13), each chapter was fought with a tremendous amount of angst, drama, stress, anger, distrust, mistrust, control (on Dimitri's part), and a battle of wills that made Clash of the Titans look like child's play. But when they made up, you would have thought Thor had used his hammer and created a storm full of thunder and lightning that set the world ablaze. The emotions in this story were often overwhelming, with very little humor to ease their passage. The twists and turns were mighty, and they threw the reader around each curve with such force that it was often hard to hold on to the end of the ride. This book deserved a five-star rating and a place with the Keeper for the Shelves collection.
How to give a good review on this book without spoiling it for everyone? The above blurb...and all others that I've found, do not give a good insight into the story. They just tell how he found Anna and what the consequences were of the one night they had spent together. I'll see how I can do it successfully. This will definitely be different than any of my other reviews.
In the first book of the series, the author let it be known that Dimitri had been wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, though it didn't specify the length of the sentence (later in the book it was stated the length time was 14 months.). The blurbs for this book all start out with Dimitri looking for, and finding, Anna Moore, a woman with whom he had spent "one spectacular night" before he was arrested the following day, and the shocking discovery that she had given birth to his child while he was incarcerated.
While I liked Dimitri in Book 1 of this series, I can't honestly say I liked him as much in this one...in the beginning. The way he bullied and harshly treated Anna, who did nothing but try to work things out from the moment he stepped back into her life. He used every dirty trick he could think up to control her every move. This was not the same man as in Book 1. He was decidedly more hateful in this one. And it didn't change throughout the story...until the end. This was one tremendously broken man. The struggles this man endured were mind-blowing, and that's putting it nicely. Dimitri was a very strong-willed, outspoken, demanding man. Though he was often harsh, he also had a softer side that he didn't show all that often...for good (though heartbreaking) reasons.
Anna was an extremely strong character who had a ton of integrity, nerve, grace, pride, love, and a boatload of other positive attributes. Though she suffered greatly throughout her life...including during the beginning of her marriage, she had the ability to withstand it all and come out stronger and triumphant on the other side.
Side Note: I hated how the author couldn't get the name of the Sheik's country right. She kept changing the spelling of it and then adding or taking away the accent symbol. Sometimes the name of the country was Terhren, other times it was Ter'harn...and more.
Even though the book was only 11 chapters long (with a prologue and an epilogue, make that 13), each chapter was fought with a tremendous amount of angst, drama, stress, anger, distrust, mistrust, control (on Dimitri's part), and a battle of wills that made Clash of the Titans look like child's play. But when they made up, you would have thought Thor had used his hammer and created a storm full of thunder and lightning that set the world ablaze. The emotions in this story were often overwhelming, with very little humor to ease their passage. The twists and turns were mighty, and they threw the reader around each curve with such force that it was often hard to hold on to the end of the ride. This book deserved a five-star rating and a place with the Keeper for the Shelves collection.
June 18, 2019
It hit me right in the feels...
Anna and Dimitri gave me so much feels. From the minute I started this book, I was hooked. It reeled me in, I was eager to find answers, there was so much to anticipate!
Dimitri is the kind of man who would move mountains for his friends and family. Anna is the same. I love her fierce protectiveness of their child, Amalia, just as much as I love Dimitri's determination to keep them close at all costs.
There were times where I felt like I was in Greece. The description, the sheer beauty and detail was perfectly vivid.
This book was insanely sensual and exciting. I loved A Ring to Take His Revenge, but Claimed For the Greek's Child had a kick to it which pleasantly surprised me. The chemistry between Anna and Dimitri - intense and sexy!! I just can't!
I'm loving the appearances of the other Winner's Circle members, I'm so ready for Danyl's time. There's been enough clues in the first and second books for me to now have a partially completed jigsaw of what the final book will be about. I could be far off but I don't care! Pippa has been delivering with this series! I'll be sad when it ends but I eagerly await more amazing heart-throbbing stories from her!
Anna and Dimitri gave me so much feels. From the minute I started this book, I was hooked. It reeled me in, I was eager to find answers, there was so much to anticipate!
Dimitri is the kind of man who would move mountains for his friends and family. Anna is the same. I love her fierce protectiveness of their child, Amalia, just as much as I love Dimitri's determination to keep them close at all costs.
There were times where I felt like I was in Greece. The description, the sheer beauty and detail was perfectly vivid.
This book was insanely sensual and exciting. I loved A Ring to Take His Revenge, but Claimed For the Greek's Child had a kick to it which pleasantly surprised me. The chemistry between Anna and Dimitri - intense and sexy!! I just can't!
I'm loving the appearances of the other Winner's Circle members, I'm so ready for Danyl's time. There's been enough clues in the first and second books for me to now have a partially completed jigsaw of what the final book will be about. I could be far off but I don't care! Pippa has been delivering with this series! I'll be sad when it ends but I eagerly await more amazing heart-throbbing stories from her!
February 4, 2019
Dimitri Kyrakiou is chased by demons , feeling he has never truly been part of a family. His two best friends he considers more his family than his father and stepmother. He has never fit and makes a life for himself alone which is what he feels is best for him. Anna Moore has her own demons, one that she has a father that she never knew and a mother who has spent more time in a bottle than with Anna. Running their bed and breakfast more times alone while her mother is unable, she has one night with Dimitri who thinks she is Mary Moore. When Anna finds out she is pregnant she realizes that Dimitri is in prison. When he is released he decides to look up his one night stand and finds he has a daughter. Discovery of his daughter is just the beginning of an emotional story with twist and turns and a truly emotional roller coaster, especially when he finds the letters she wrote daily. Ms. Roscoe has written one of the finest Presents and you will not want to put it down. Part of her winners circle series but can be read alone. I truly loved Dimitri and felt all his pain and the love that Anna tries to give him that he rejects. A truly amazing story and a keeper.
February 18, 2019
Claimed for the Greek’s Child by Pippa Roscoe is the second story in her Winner’s Circle trilogy, about three friends who race horses together and find their bachelorhood days numbered as they meet women who challenge and delight them.
Dimitri Kiriakou spent one night in a small Irish bed & breakfast where he met and slept with owner Anna Moore. But after their night together, Dimitri went to America to face the consequences of betrayal at his family’s bank and to take the fall for an embezzlement blamed on him. Spending a year and a half in jail before his innocence was proven, he didn’t know that Anna had conceived his child, a girl named Amalia. When Anna’s mother Mary, an alcoholic, tries to blackmail Dimitri, he mistakenly believes she’s the woman he slept with, and heads to Ireland with the goal of claiming his child.
Anna is stunned when Dimitri shows up on her doorstep with plans to remove her daughter. When he realizes that it was Anna’s mother and not Anna who tried to blackmail him, he’s determined to do right by his child, including keeping mother and child together. He arranges everything so that Anna and Amalia can return with him to Greece. In fact, he wants to marry Anna so that he can be a full time father to their daughter. But while he can guarantee love for his child, he’s not so sure he can open his heart to Anna. Can this new family unit find a happy ever after together?
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A copy of this story was provided by the publisher for review.
Dimitri Kiriakou spent one night in a small Irish bed & breakfast where he met and slept with owner Anna Moore. But after their night together, Dimitri went to America to face the consequences of betrayal at his family’s bank and to take the fall for an embezzlement blamed on him. Spending a year and a half in jail before his innocence was proven, he didn’t know that Anna had conceived his child, a girl named Amalia. When Anna’s mother Mary, an alcoholic, tries to blackmail Dimitri, he mistakenly believes she’s the woman he slept with, and heads to Ireland with the goal of claiming his child.
Anna is stunned when Dimitri shows up on her doorstep with plans to remove her daughter. When he realizes that it was Anna’s mother and not Anna who tried to blackmail him, he’s determined to do right by his child, including keeping mother and child together. He arranges everything so that Anna and Amalia can return with him to Greece. In fact, he wants to marry Anna so that he can be a full time father to their daughter. But while he can guarantee love for his child, he’s not so sure he can open his heart to Anna. Can this new family unit find a happy ever after together?
For more of this review please visit Harlequin Junkie: https://harlequinjunkie.com/review-cl...
A copy of this story was provided by the publisher for review.
February 26, 2019
4 1/2 STARS!
Secrets and scandals are prevalent in the latest from Pippa Roscoe! Family betrayal makes for an emotional journey through the pages as we watch a man pick up the pieces of his life and learn he has an added bonus to bring joy to his life again. The characters were attention grabbing and the story line satisfying!
On the eve of what he knew was going to be the most trying time of his life, Dimitri Kyrakiou spent a magical night with the woman who checked him in at the cozy inn where he stopped to spend the night. He knew tomorrow was going to change his life irrevocably, he just didn't know how much that night would as well. He never forgot her, and many months later, he learns she always kept a piece of him close.
Anna Moore knew the scandal Dimitri was going through, and when a time came that she thought she could trust him, she reached out. His staff deflected her and made her think he wasn't interested in their child. Nothing could be further from the truth and when Dimitri discovers the truth, he's at her door once again. No one is going to keep him from his child, and he'll do whatever he has to in order to keep Anna and Amalia by his side.
Secrets and scandals are prevalent in the latest from Pippa Roscoe! Family betrayal makes for an emotional journey through the pages as we watch a man pick up the pieces of his life and learn he has an added bonus to bring joy to his life again. The characters were attention grabbing and the story line satisfying!
On the eve of what he knew was going to be the most trying time of his life, Dimitri Kyrakiou spent a magical night with the woman who checked him in at the cozy inn where he stopped to spend the night. He knew tomorrow was going to change his life irrevocably, he just didn't know how much that night would as well. He never forgot her, and many months later, he learns she always kept a piece of him close.
Anna Moore knew the scandal Dimitri was going through, and when a time came that she thought she could trust him, she reached out. His staff deflected her and made her think he wasn't interested in their child. Nothing could be further from the truth and when Dimitri discovers the truth, he's at her door once again. No one is going to keep him from his child, and he'll do whatever he has to in order to keep Anna and Amalia by his side.
April 6, 2019
Second in the Winners Circle Series. I enjoyed it but it was
a) too close to the first in terms of story development and certain ideas
b) missed the couple from the first book. If you are writing a series anyway and already have the reader invested in the story of the first book don't make them so absent in the follow up book. She had the third of the friends is very much present, but Antonio from the first book has not a single line, is a bystander at one event, his love interest is totally missing and only mentioned twice and they don't even come for gala. It's just a missed opportunity in my eyes to draw the reader further into the circle and reinforce their engagement and let them meet the couple they had already fallen in love with by giving them just a few lines and a quick presence here or there.
But I like her writing and find plot development and language pleasantly engaging.
a) too close to the first in terms of story development and certain ideas
b) missed the couple from the first book. If you are writing a series anyway and already have the reader invested in the story of the first book don't make them so absent in the follow up book. She had the third of the friends is very much present, but Antonio from the first book has not a single line, is a bystander at one event, his love interest is totally missing and only mentioned twice and they don't even come for gala. It's just a missed opportunity in my eyes to draw the reader further into the circle and reinforce their engagement and let them meet the couple they had already fallen in love with by giving them just a few lines and a quick presence here or there.
But I like her writing and find plot development and language pleasantly engaging.
April 18, 2019
This was a good book. The hero Dimitri ended up on Anna's doorstep at her B&B and they had one night of passion before he was hauled into prison for fraud, etc. He had been set up and was released months later. Anna's mother decided to try to get money from Dimitri because Anna had had a child while he was in prison. Dimitri shows up on her doorstep and soon finds out she is a good mother and not what he thought because Anna had been wearing her mother's uniform the night he showed up. I enjoyed the book, although I thought there was a little too much angst.
June 24, 2019
This was just SO close to being excellent! (*pinches thumb and forefinger together*) This was actually a very heartfelt and socially aware romance novel featuring a Greek banking magnate and an Irish bed-and-breakfast owner. I thought the characterization and interplay between the characters was smart and made sense. Sure, the hero convinces the heroine to visit Greece and then withholds her passport until she agrees to marry him—this is still Harlequin Presents, after all. But over all, very well done, written with insight and care.
January 30, 2020
There is no sense of continuity and top that all the characters have a stilted voice and personality. The H is imprisoned mistakenly for embezzlement and then when he is released from prison goes to h on learning about his daughter. Thinking he is rescuing her from her drunk mom who turns out to be h's mom, he goes to ridiculous lengths that ends up with H taking h and his daughter to Greece and withholding their passports. Yep now the courts have a real way to convict this guy for kidnapping!
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