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Bound to Happen
She's determined to lose her ice queen image once and for all...
A relaxing vacation with the winner of the GIRL GEAR scavenger hunt becomes more than CEO Sydney Ford bargained for when Ray Coffey—the boy to whom she gave her virginity—claims the prize. Now she and her co-workers are stuck with Ray and his friends in a tropical paradise for a week.
For Sydney, the memory of her one steamy night with Ray is distracting her from running her business. He couldn't have been all that, could he? No man is all that. Still, there's only one way to find out for sure.
For Ray, being marooned with Sydney is the stuff of his fantasies. He can't understand why he hasn't been able to shake that one incredible night. And he's beginning to worry that once simply won't be enough.
A relaxing vacation with the winner of the GIRL GEAR scavenger hunt becomes more than CEO Sydney Ford bargained for when Ray Coffey—the boy to whom she gave her virginity—claims the prize. Now she and her co-workers are stuck with Ray and his friends in a tropical paradise for a week.
For Sydney, the memory of her one steamy night with Ray is distracting her from running her business. He couldn't have been all that, could he? No man is all that. Still, there's only one way to find out for sure.
For Ray, being marooned with Sydney is the stuff of his fantasies. He can't understand why he hasn't been able to shake that one incredible night. And he's beginning to worry that once simply won't be enough.
165 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2002
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About the author
Alison Kent
129 books640 followersI often read of or hear about authors who knew they were meant to tell stories from the time they left the crib. Me? I didn't decide what I wanted to be when I grew up until I was thirty years old - and then sold my first book at thirty-four. Still, it was obvious that I always knew I was going places.
Like so many other authors, I was a voracious reader from day one, devouring everything from Nancy Drew to My Friend Flicka, which I remember sitting hovered over the heater vent in the kitchen floor to read while my father made his coffee.
I moved on to my mother's Phyllis Whitney, Dorothy Eden, and Mary Stewart gothics before discovering my first true romances written by Lucy Walker and set in the Australian Outback. And then, at last, when I was 18 I found 'The Flame and the Flower'. (My son almost spent his life as Brandon because of that, but I spared him and named him Casey instead!)
Why write romance? Because love stories have always been a major part of the books I've loved. Father Ralph and Meggie Cleary. (I did name my daughter Megan after reading The Thorn Birds! Do you see a trend here?) The aforementioned Brandon Birmingham and Heather Simmons. Wolf Mackenzie and Mary Potter.
Even more so, it's because I love writing romance heroes. The men who sweep both heroines and readers off their feet - not to mention their authors, too!
I've spent several years happily writing action adventure romance for Kensington Brava along with hot and sexy series romances for Harlequin Blaze. Now I'm thrilled to be a launch author for Vows.
Like so many other authors, I was a voracious reader from day one, devouring everything from Nancy Drew to My Friend Flicka, which I remember sitting hovered over the heater vent in the kitchen floor to read while my father made his coffee.
I moved on to my mother's Phyllis Whitney, Dorothy Eden, and Mary Stewart gothics before discovering my first true romances written by Lucy Walker and set in the Australian Outback. And then, at last, when I was 18 I found 'The Flame and the Flower'. (My son almost spent his life as Brandon because of that, but I spared him and named him Casey instead!)
Why write romance? Because love stories have always been a major part of the books I've loved. Father Ralph and Meggie Cleary. (I did name my daughter Megan after reading The Thorn Birds! Do you see a trend here?) The aforementioned Brandon Birmingham and Heather Simmons. Wolf Mackenzie and Mary Potter.
Even more so, it's because I love writing romance heroes. The men who sweep both heroines and readers off their feet - not to mention their authors, too!
I've spent several years happily writing action adventure romance for Kensington Brava along with hot and sexy series romances for Harlequin Blaze. Now I'm thrilled to be a launch author for Vows.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 27, 2013
Although I do not really like highschool sweethearts stories, this one was rather good. Probably because they had just been lovers one night, rather than a real couple.
I was happy that a secondary couple solved their problems, as it started to really annoy me.
However I would have liked if some answers to questions asked in the beginning of the book, like why Sydney had never called back Ray, could have been answered.
I was happy that a secondary couple solved their problems, as it started to really annoy me.
However I would have liked if some answers to questions asked in the beginning of the book, like why Sydney had never called back Ray, could have been answered.
June 8, 2020
This book was so slow moving and then we never even got the full story on anyone! Maybe you’re supposed to read the whole series to get everything but I don’t care enough about any of these characters to waste any more time on them. I cared more about Lauren and whatever his name was more until the end when they magically worked out their problems without even talking! Ugh, this book was such a waste of time!
November 18, 2024
I like the premise of vacation party but the internal conflict for Ray just seems too unreal. There were some steamy parts but too much holding back for 2 adults who both want each other badly. It is fun to be thrown back to 2002 though.
December 1, 2019
Soul Searching and Love Connections
Sydney's and Ray's past seems to haunt them both, because after eight years they still want to fan the embers of their relationship. However, they both have to find out how much they want from each other. Luckily they follow their hearts in the end.
Sydney's and Ray's past seems to haunt them both, because after eight years they still want to fan the embers of their relationship. However, they both have to find out how much they want from each other. Luckily they follow their hearts in the end.
January 2, 2014
Needed a change. Had not read a romance in a long time.
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