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His Contract Christmas Bride
A deal before the altar
A desire unlocked by the Greek!
As new guardian to his orphaned nephew, CEO Drakon must marry. And caring Lucy is the ideal choice. His terms include a lavish Christmas wedding and nights of tantalizing pleasure. But that’s all emotionally guarded Drakon can offer!
Lucy cannot believe Drakon is proposing a marriage of convenience—their all-consuming island fling left her heartbroken! But Lucy’s adamant his nephew won’t grow up without a mother. And soon she realises she can’t be just a wife in name only. Dare she hope Drakon could give anything more…?
A desire unlocked by the Greek!
As new guardian to his orphaned nephew, CEO Drakon must marry. And caring Lucy is the ideal choice. His terms include a lavish Christmas wedding and nights of tantalizing pleasure. But that’s all emotionally guarded Drakon can offer!
Lucy cannot believe Drakon is proposing a marriage of convenience—their all-consuming island fling left her heartbroken! But Lucy’s adamant his nephew won’t grow up without a mother. And soon she realises she can’t be just a wife in name only. Dare she hope Drakon could give anything more…?
193 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 2019
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Sharon Kendrick
1,224 books454 followersI was told off as a child for making up stories—little did I know that one day I’d earn my living by writing them!
To the horror of my parents, I left school at sixteen and held a bewildering variety of jobs: I was a London DJ (in the now-trendy Primrose Hill), a decorator and a singer. After that I became a cook, a photographer and, eventually, a nurse. I waitressed in the south of France, drove an ambulance in Australia, saw lots of beautiful sights but could never settle down. Everywhere I went I felt like a square peg—until one day I started writing again and then everything just fell into place. I felt like Cinderella must have when the glass slipper fit!
Today, I have the best job in the world, writing passionate romances for Harlequin. I like writing stories which are sexy and fast-paced, yet packed full of emotion—stories that readers will identify with, laugh and cry along with.
My interests are many and varied—chocolate and music, fresh flowers and bubble baths, films, cooking and trying to keep my home from looking burglarized! Simple pleasures—you can’t beat them!
I live in Winchester, one of the most stunning cities in the world, but don’t take my word for it—come see for yourself! I regularly visit London and Paris. Oh, and I love hearing from my readers all over the world…so I think it’s over to you!
To the horror of my parents, I left school at sixteen and held a bewildering variety of jobs: I was a London DJ (in the now-trendy Primrose Hill), a decorator and a singer. After that I became a cook, a photographer and, eventually, a nurse. I waitressed in the south of France, drove an ambulance in Australia, saw lots of beautiful sights but could never settle down. Everywhere I went I felt like a square peg—until one day I started writing again and then everything just fell into place. I felt like Cinderella must have when the glass slipper fit!
Today, I have the best job in the world, writing passionate romances for Harlequin. I like writing stories which are sexy and fast-paced, yet packed full of emotion—stories that readers will identify with, laugh and cry along with.
My interests are many and varied—chocolate and music, fresh flowers and bubble baths, films, cooking and trying to keep my home from looking burglarized! Simple pleasures—you can’t beat them!
I live in Winchester, one of the most stunning cities in the world, but don’t take my word for it—come see for yourself! I regularly visit London and Paris. Oh, and I love hearing from my readers all over the world…so I think it’s over to you!
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August 7, 2019
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Rating 1.5
This was pretty bad. I almost couldn't finish this one. I skimmed some parts too.
This had no, I mean no romance for me. Maybe the last chapter or so had a smidgen of it.
We have a heroine who is "not pretty" "wouldn't have noticed her" theme pretty much through half of our story. Well let me be clear that's some of the terminology used at the beginning of the story by the hero. The self esteem for the heroine was low and I was left with an impression of this poor heroine that there wasn't much appealing about her at all. Okay I digress. I'm going to give a little synopsis of the story and the give you some of my issues with this story.
Our hero's brother and wife die of an overdose and Drakon is now responsible for his nephew. He remembers a brief affair he had with the heroine Lucy and thinks she's more the type to raise his nephew then the woman he normally has affairs with. He's not thought about her much, the sex was great but she just wasn't his normal type. She was convenient or in the area and so an affair ensued. It was very satisfying sexually though. So he show's up at her place about three month's later asking her to marry him and look after his nephew. She's sweet, was a midwife and is perfect to raise his nephew, oh and they had great sex too.
The heroine had a crush on the hero when she was a teenager. He went to an elite school and her mother worked there so she has always fancied him. He never noticed her of course. She can't believe that they fell into an affair. She works in catering and helped cater a reunion he had at his home and that's when they had their weekend affair. But she never heard from him again, she had hopes but nope nothing happened. She wasn't his normal beautiful companion but she was glad for the experience. When he shows up and offers marriage she was decided to go for it, the poor nephew needs a family and she strongly believes in family so she agrees. And so they marry and have great sex. But I'm was very frustrated as I really couldn't feel, sense or read much about their love or feelings for each other in most of the story. Especially from Drakon.
This was another book by this author that seemed to be based on their great sex more than their feelings or relationship evolving into love. The hero to me was very unappealing. I would call him cold and calculating, not even alpha really. The heroine had self esteem issues and the way the author describe/wrote her character seemed depressing to me. Maybe it was just me but I found these two characters very unattractive on many fronts. As I stated this is the second book I've read by this author that seemed "cold" or unromantic in my onion. I've like other books she's written but this one and the last have been a miss for me.
Rating 1.5
This was pretty bad. I almost couldn't finish this one. I skimmed some parts too.
This had no, I mean no romance for me. Maybe the last chapter or so had a smidgen of it.
We have a heroine who is "not pretty" "wouldn't have noticed her" theme pretty much through half of our story. Well let me be clear that's some of the terminology used at the beginning of the story by the hero. The self esteem for the heroine was low and I was left with an impression of this poor heroine that there wasn't much appealing about her at all. Okay I digress. I'm going to give a little synopsis of the story and the give you some of my issues with this story.
Our hero's brother and wife die of an overdose and Drakon is now responsible for his nephew. He remembers a brief affair he had with the heroine Lucy and thinks she's more the type to raise his nephew then the woman he normally has affairs with. He's not thought about her much, the sex was great but she just wasn't his normal type. She was convenient or in the area and so an affair ensued. It was very satisfying sexually though. So he show's up at her place about three month's later asking her to marry him and look after his nephew. She's sweet, was a midwife and is perfect to raise his nephew, oh and they had great sex too.
The heroine had a crush on the hero when she was a teenager. He went to an elite school and her mother worked there so she has always fancied him. He never noticed her of course. She can't believe that they fell into an affair. She works in catering and helped cater a reunion he had at his home and that's when they had their weekend affair. But she never heard from him again, she had hopes but nope nothing happened. She wasn't his normal beautiful companion but she was glad for the experience. When he shows up and offers marriage she was decided to go for it, the poor nephew needs a family and she strongly believes in family so she agrees. And so they marry and have great sex. But I'm was very frustrated as I really couldn't feel, sense or read much about their love or feelings for each other in most of the story. Especially from Drakon.
This was another book by this author that seemed to be based on their great sex more than their feelings or relationship evolving into love. The hero to me was very unappealing. I would call him cold and calculating, not even alpha really. The heroine had self esteem issues and the way the author describe/wrote her character seemed depressing to me. Maybe it was just me but I found these two characters very unattractive on many fronts. As I stated this is the second book I've read by this author that seemed "cold" or unromantic in my onion. I've like other books she's written but this one and the last have been a miss for me.
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March 7, 2020Sounds like he should die.
March 19, 2020
Marriage of convenience story that has angsty elements, but skirts any emotional depth. The hero is a typical superficial SK hero – he’s rich, he’s walled-off emotionally, he’s looking for the easiest path for himself.
H/h knew each other when he was a poor little rich boy in boarding school, and she was the lonely daughter of the school’s nurse. She’s not pretty but hero likes her blue eyes. They meet again as adults (off page) when they have a two-week holiday affair in Greece. When hero’s drug-addicted brother overdoses and leaves behind an orphaned infant, he immediately thinks of the heroine as instant mom and wife.
Heroine has very little resentment for giving her virginity to the hero and then never hearing from him again. She is also accepting of a loveless marriage – but lots of sex on tap. Even the hero dumping her for is quickly forgiven for the resolution of the black moment.
With all the emotional earthquakes glossed over, there’s nothing to fill the page count except for pointless sex scenes. A waste of a good angsty setup.
H/h knew each other when he was a poor little rich boy in boarding school, and she was the lonely daughter of the school’s nurse. She’s not pretty but hero likes her blue eyes. They meet again as adults (off page) when they have a two-week holiday affair in Greece. When hero’s drug-addicted brother overdoses and leaves behind an orphaned infant, he immediately thinks of the heroine as instant mom and wife.
Heroine has very little resentment for giving her virginity to the hero and then never hearing from him again. She is also accepting of a loveless marriage – but lots of sex on tap. Even the hero dumping her for is quickly forgiven for the resolution of the black moment.
With all the emotional earthquakes glossed over, there’s nothing to fill the page count except for pointless sex scenes. A waste of a good angsty setup.
March 5, 2020
3.5 stars
Cad billionaire Greek hero with deep mommy issues .
Ex mid wife,now poor waitress heroine with fertility issues.
Newborn baby nephew of hero's dead twin druggie brother adopted by said cad hero.
Mix in past sexual history of couple and a marriage of convenience is made.
This is the caddiest of heros that I have read in a while.After his 3 day fling with the heroine on his private Greek island where he divested the heroine of her virginity,he passionately kisses her adios and did not turn up at her cottage door till months later.He need to marry for the sake of his baby nephew ,and the heroine was the perfect choice,after all,she was that rare bird he had plucked,a virgin.
Of course,the ex virgin said yes,because it would give her what she dearly wishes for,a baby,something she cannot physically have as she has endometriosis.
So they marry,have lots,lots,and lots of passionate sex,even seduction sex in the back of a limo that unnerves cat hero.
But all good things come to a dramatic cut direct when the heroine is DUMPED by the hero in a fancy restaurant. He can't believe she kept her infertility a secret from him as he now wants a baby with her...how could she!! He removes his wedding band and flings it on the table and tells her don't bother coming back home,she is no longer needed!
Poor heroine goes back to her cottage and resumes her old life of waitressing.
Hero now realizes what a prize he lost and the great sex he is missing and hightails it back to the country village to reclaim what is his.
I wish the heroine made him walk barefoot thru hot coals and shards of glass to win back his lady love!! Not near enough groveling for me..
The epilogue was nice with a miracle pregnancy and a besotted hero.
Cad billionaire Greek hero with deep mommy issues .
Ex mid wife,now poor waitress heroine with fertility issues.
Newborn baby nephew of hero's dead twin druggie brother adopted by said cad hero.
Mix in past sexual history of couple and a marriage of convenience is made.
This is the caddiest of heros that I have read in a while.After his 3 day fling with the heroine on his private Greek island where he divested the heroine of her virginity,he passionately kisses her adios and did not turn up at her cottage door till months later.He need to marry for the sake of his baby nephew ,and the heroine was the perfect choice,after all,she was that rare bird he had plucked,a virgin.
Of course,the ex virgin said yes,because it would give her what she dearly wishes for,a baby,something she cannot physically have as she has endometriosis.
So they marry,have lots,lots,and lots of passionate sex,even seduction sex in the back of a limo that unnerves cat hero.
But all good things come to a dramatic cut direct when the heroine is DUMPED by the hero in a fancy restaurant. He can't believe she kept her infertility a secret from him as he now wants a baby with her...how could she!! He removes his wedding band and flings it on the table and tells her don't bother coming back home,she is no longer needed!
Poor heroine goes back to her cottage and resumes her old life of waitressing.
Hero now realizes what a prize he lost and the great sex he is missing and hightails it back to the country village to reclaim what is his.
I wish the heroine made him walk barefoot thru hot coals and shards of glass to win back his lady love!! Not near enough groveling for me..
The epilogue was nice with a miracle pregnancy and a besotted hero.
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October 13, 2019
I'm totally agree with Esther's amazing review! His cruelty made me cry and this is the only reason I've gave 3 stars.
October 24, 2019
So, this book 🤔
For me it wasn't romance! Why ?? Because the man was a big unfeeling jerk! I am not going to say Hero !! because he was not ! And I am not going to talk about him !
So you will ask why 3 stars??
Because I loved the heroine Lucy , such a sweet and kind person , my heart broke for her because she thought she is infertile and never going to be a mom 😔 but thank God who sent her baby Xander whom my heart broke for too because he lost his parents , Lucy was a real mom to him she loved him and cared for him God bless her 🤗 and he really blessed her because she got Pregnant 🤗 with a miracle baby God I love miracle babies , so 3 stars for Lucy, xander and Lucy's miracle baby ♡
For me it wasn't romance! Why ?? Because the man was a big unfeeling jerk! I am not going to say Hero !! because he was not ! And I am not going to talk about him !
So you will ask why 3 stars??
Because I loved the heroine Lucy , such a sweet and kind person , my heart broke for her because she thought she is infertile and never going to be a mom 😔 but thank God who sent her baby Xander whom my heart broke for too because he lost his parents , Lucy was a real mom to him she loved him and cared for him God bless her 🤗 and he really blessed her because she got Pregnant 🤗 with a miracle baby God I love miracle babies , so 3 stars for Lucy, xander and Lucy's miracle baby ♡
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January 1, 2020
I was really enjoying and liking this book until the ending then I was a little disappointed with it and deterred my enjoyment of the story a tad bit.
This book did surprise me though, and I liked so much more than I thought I was going to especially in the beginning. I think what drew me into the story the most in the beginning was the fact that Drakon and Lucy had a bit more history than just the island fling they had a few months previous to when this story started. In fact they met when they were younger when Lucy was 14 and Drakon was 17 at his elite school while she was the nurse’s daughter. She instantly had a huge crush on him while Drakon didn’t even know that she existed. She never expected that he would fall for her and was realistic about her expectations of him, but that didn’t stop her from developing that big old crush on him, which was the basis of why she fell quickly into a weekend affair with him when they met all those years later. Her feelings for him were very real and true, which just added to the depth of the story. So, when she finally realized her dream come true with being the man of her dreams she jumped right in and didn’t look back. But when that passion affair ended after three days without him calling or giving any indication that he wanted to be with her, she was utterly crushed and heartbroken, though kept it beneath the surface so it didn’t show. It made all the more complicated when they met in the present again because she had all these feelings for him as well as the crushing blows that he delivered in their short time affair.
There was tension galore between these two when he came to her cottage to ask her to marry him for his nephew sake so that he would have a mother type, which Drakon considered Lucy to be. But beyond those tense feelings of hurt and betrayal of what Drakon did to her all those years ago was the fact she was trying to contain her attraction to him, and he was trying to do the same, but they couldn’t contain it long before passion and want exploded between them. They had quite a few passionate encounters between them that showed of the passionate connection that they shared.
The wedding night scene was really good I thought and was the best one out of all the love scenes in this book, which surprisingly there were a quite a few but not presented in as much detail as the wedding night scene was. I think reason the level of hotness in that scene was the fact that they denied themselves of what they wanted until the wedding night, or more accurately Lucy asked Drakon to not make love to her until their wedding night. So all this anticipation and heat was brewing within the story between them that when the wedding night finally came they just exploded. It was very hot and steamy between them after all that time of denying themselves of each other. It was quite a seductive scene between them, and it was so, so good. It was worth the wait to see them consummate their relationship after not being together after their fling. There were more love scenes between them and was the strong part of their connection and relationship, but as I said they were just kind of quick little snippets here and there without to much embellishment to them compared to their wedding night scene. Though I will say that the limo scene and water scene were pretty sexy and steamy like the wedding night just not as long as I would have liked to have seen.
They did open up to each other in the story to reveal past hurts and such, but it didn’t feel like they were building emotional intimacy between them like I would have liked to have seen. I think the big reason was that when those type of conversations happened they were more reluctant than forthcoming so it didn’t feel like they were doing it to get closer to each other, but more like it was pulling teeth to get information out especially on his part. I just wish that he had a moment where he wanted to tell her more than he felt he was being pushed for it. So I felt like they weren’t really building that intimacy and closeness between them though they were getting to know each other. I just wanted to see more of an emotional connection between them throughout the story, instead of it just being about their physical connection.
Which lead me to not liking the ending so much because it felt very abrupt and very rushed. I didn’t feel that he had built enough of an emotional connection with her to fall in love with her. I didn’t think he was in love with her yet. I think when he went to get her back I felt like he just missed her physically and in his bed, but he didn’t miss her in particular. Nothing pointed to him heading in that direction quite yet. I know he feared her and her getting closer to him that he wanted to push her away, and that he could feel something for her down the road, but I don’t think he was there yet. I didn’t feel like he was in love with her yet.
Also near the end when they had a little blowup between them after he learned that she couldn’t have children, and he was basically a big old jerk about it in the cruelest way possible that he never really made up for what he said to her about his nephew not needing her or him not needing her and stuff like that. He apologized for what he said, but I don’t think enough being how cruel he was and how much he hurt at that point. There was no groveling whatsoever, and he needed to grovel to the nth degree. No grand gestures. No epic apologies. Nothing. He just came and said he was sorry and he loved her and that was that. But what was really more annoying was that she forgave him so easily after all the pain he dealt her. I get loved the guy, but she could have made him work a little harder for her forgiveness. She made it too easy for him, and I didn’t like that. It was too easy in the end for them to get together.
For the most part I did enjoy this book, it was just the last third that I didn’t enjoy. I liked that this book just had enough Christmas flair to it without feeling to overwhelming or barely even there while claiming to be a Christmas book. The Christmas feel was there, and I loved seeing all the descriptions of the holiday decorations and the tree and the tradition and just the way that Drakon and Lucy celebrated together. The heat between them was good and was what they had going for most in their relationship. I like that there was a backstory between them beyond the fling that they had months previously. It just enhanced the tension and the feelings that Lucy had to contend with while dealing with him in the storyline. She had to deal with insecurities that she had over their relationship and whether he truly wanted her for her or just for his nephew sake. She had a lot going on in her head, and though she kept a lot back from him, she also expressed a lot too when things got too much for her. I liked seeing her contend with all that while contending with him. The passionate scenes were really good and was where their relationship really shone and showed off the intense connection they truly had, and I just wish they spent that much time on their emotional relationship that they did on their physical relationship. I just wanted to see more relationship building and more emotional intimacy developing between them especially in a more natural way, not a forced way like it was in the story. There just needed to be more there in that aspect of the story. The ending was way too abrupt. There wasn’t enough groveling in my opinion nor grand gestures to make up what he said during their fight. I didn’t believe that he was head over heels in love with her and just felt like he missed her more in his bed than he actually missed her. There needed to be something more than actual was. The ending just didn’t do it for me and did deter my enjoyment of the story just tiny bit because of it.
This book did surprise me though, and I liked so much more than I thought I was going to especially in the beginning. I think what drew me into the story the most in the beginning was the fact that Drakon and Lucy had a bit more history than just the island fling they had a few months previous to when this story started. In fact they met when they were younger when Lucy was 14 and Drakon was 17 at his elite school while she was the nurse’s daughter. She instantly had a huge crush on him while Drakon didn’t even know that she existed. She never expected that he would fall for her and was realistic about her expectations of him, but that didn’t stop her from developing that big old crush on him, which was the basis of why she fell quickly into a weekend affair with him when they met all those years later. Her feelings for him were very real and true, which just added to the depth of the story. So, when she finally realized her dream come true with being the man of her dreams she jumped right in and didn’t look back. But when that passion affair ended after three days without him calling or giving any indication that he wanted to be with her, she was utterly crushed and heartbroken, though kept it beneath the surface so it didn’t show. It made all the more complicated when they met in the present again because she had all these feelings for him as well as the crushing blows that he delivered in their short time affair.
There was tension galore between these two when he came to her cottage to ask her to marry him for his nephew sake so that he would have a mother type, which Drakon considered Lucy to be. But beyond those tense feelings of hurt and betrayal of what Drakon did to her all those years ago was the fact she was trying to contain her attraction to him, and he was trying to do the same, but they couldn’t contain it long before passion and want exploded between them. They had quite a few passionate encounters between them that showed of the passionate connection that they shared.
The wedding night scene was really good I thought and was the best one out of all the love scenes in this book, which surprisingly there were a quite a few but not presented in as much detail as the wedding night scene was. I think reason the level of hotness in that scene was the fact that they denied themselves of what they wanted until the wedding night, or more accurately Lucy asked Drakon to not make love to her until their wedding night. So all this anticipation and heat was brewing within the story between them that when the wedding night finally came they just exploded. It was very hot and steamy between them after all that time of denying themselves of each other. It was quite a seductive scene between them, and it was so, so good. It was worth the wait to see them consummate their relationship after not being together after their fling. There were more love scenes between them and was the strong part of their connection and relationship, but as I said they were just kind of quick little snippets here and there without to much embellishment to them compared to their wedding night scene. Though I will say that the limo scene and water scene were pretty sexy and steamy like the wedding night just not as long as I would have liked to have seen.
They did open up to each other in the story to reveal past hurts and such, but it didn’t feel like they were building emotional intimacy between them like I would have liked to have seen. I think the big reason was that when those type of conversations happened they were more reluctant than forthcoming so it didn’t feel like they were doing it to get closer to each other, but more like it was pulling teeth to get information out especially on his part. I just wish that he had a moment where he wanted to tell her more than he felt he was being pushed for it. So I felt like they weren’t really building that intimacy and closeness between them though they were getting to know each other. I just wanted to see more of an emotional connection between them throughout the story, instead of it just being about their physical connection.
Which lead me to not liking the ending so much because it felt very abrupt and very rushed. I didn’t feel that he had built enough of an emotional connection with her to fall in love with her. I didn’t think he was in love with her yet. I think when he went to get her back I felt like he just missed her physically and in his bed, but he didn’t miss her in particular. Nothing pointed to him heading in that direction quite yet. I know he feared her and her getting closer to him that he wanted to push her away, and that he could feel something for her down the road, but I don’t think he was there yet. I didn’t feel like he was in love with her yet.
Also near the end when they had a little blowup between them after he learned that she couldn’t have children, and he was basically a big old jerk about it in the cruelest way possible that he never really made up for what he said to her about his nephew not needing her or him not needing her and stuff like that. He apologized for what he said, but I don’t think enough being how cruel he was and how much he hurt at that point. There was no groveling whatsoever, and he needed to grovel to the nth degree. No grand gestures. No epic apologies. Nothing. He just came and said he was sorry and he loved her and that was that. But what was really more annoying was that she forgave him so easily after all the pain he dealt her. I get loved the guy, but she could have made him work a little harder for her forgiveness. She made it too easy for him, and I didn’t like that. It was too easy in the end for them to get together.
For the most part I did enjoy this book, it was just the last third that I didn’t enjoy. I liked that this book just had enough Christmas flair to it without feeling to overwhelming or barely even there while claiming to be a Christmas book. The Christmas feel was there, and I loved seeing all the descriptions of the holiday decorations and the tree and the tradition and just the way that Drakon and Lucy celebrated together. The heat between them was good and was what they had going for most in their relationship. I like that there was a backstory between them beyond the fling that they had months previously. It just enhanced the tension and the feelings that Lucy had to contend with while dealing with him in the storyline. She had to deal with insecurities that she had over their relationship and whether he truly wanted her for her or just for his nephew sake. She had a lot going on in her head, and though she kept a lot back from him, she also expressed a lot too when things got too much for her. I liked seeing her contend with all that while contending with him. The passionate scenes were really good and was where their relationship really shone and showed off the intense connection they truly had, and I just wish they spent that much time on their emotional relationship that they did on their physical relationship. I just wanted to see more relationship building and more emotional intimacy developing between them especially in a more natural way, not a forced way like it was in the story. There just needed to be more there in that aspect of the story. The ending was way too abrupt. There wasn’t enough groveling in my opinion nor grand gestures to make up what he said during their fight. I didn’t believe that he was head over heels in love with her and just felt like he missed her more in his bed than he actually missed her. There needed to be something more than actual was. The ending just didn’t do it for me and did deter my enjoyment of the story just tiny bit because of it.
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October 18, 2019The alpha hero character was perfect, but without angst or revenge or hate it falls flat until the very end when he indeed had a reason to be but it was short lived. The hero was a neglected rich child and has never loved. He was cold ruthless and harsh. He didn't seen compassionate and kind hearted at all but brutal and sexy. He was also judgemental and a law into himself. A real rich snob and arrogance poised from the character. Lucy was humble and compassionate, the antithesis of who he seem to be. However because of his deceased twin's son he was forced to engaged Lucy. She fought for Xander and him and found love, pain, sorrow joys and miracles...cute story but the transition from hateful to enthusiastic seem unbelievable.
May 10, 2024
1 star
This was bad.
The hero was an arrogant ass and the heroine was a doormaty idiot with a personality of a napkin.
Why didn't I like it?
Because the hero said that nobody in the world would think of Lucy, the heroine, as pretty.
And yet, that didn't stop him from banging her over one weekend (she of course was a virgin).
Then, a few months later he shows up at her doorstep and offers her a marriage of convenience and when she asks him why her, he pretty much tells her that normally he wouldn't even consider her because she is not his type and not too pretty and generally fits his lifestyle like socks with sandals would fit a black-tie event.
However, his dead brother left him his son to look after and Lucy is a midwife with no sex life, no man, no good job, no money and not much else going on in her life and so she could devote herself completely to the kid and his needs.
And then he added she should agree because he would be the prize and he would bang her as a husband.
Oh, and he would never fall in love with her because he doesn't believe in this crap.
And the heroine instead of kicking him out, she just gladly agreed.
I kid you fucking not.
So I DNFed in the middle, just right after they got married.
I have said it before and I'll say it again:
Being innocent doesn't mean you have to be a spineless bimbo with one marble for a brain.
It's not a fucking synonym!
I don't understand why authors create heroines like Lucy?
Because I honestly don't know even one sane person who would wanna read a book with a character like her and actually enjoy it.
And based on the reviews, I am not the only one to think this way.
Hence the rating and the DNF.
This was bad.
The hero was an arrogant ass and the heroine was a doormaty idiot with a personality of a napkin.
Why didn't I like it?
Because the hero said that nobody in the world would think of Lucy, the heroine, as pretty.
And yet, that didn't stop him from banging her over one weekend (she of course was a virgin).
Then, a few months later he shows up at her doorstep and offers her a marriage of convenience and when she asks him why her, he pretty much tells her that normally he wouldn't even consider her because she is not his type and not too pretty and generally fits his lifestyle like socks with sandals would fit a black-tie event.
However, his dead brother left him his son to look after and Lucy is a midwife with no sex life, no man, no good job, no money and not much else going on in her life and so she could devote herself completely to the kid and his needs.
And then he added she should agree because he would be the prize and he would bang her as a husband.
Oh, and he would never fall in love with her because he doesn't believe in this crap.
And the heroine instead of kicking him out, she just gladly agreed.
I kid you fucking not.
So I DNFed in the middle, just right after they got married.
I have said it before and I'll say it again:
Being innocent doesn't mean you have to be a spineless bimbo with one marble for a brain.
It's not a fucking synonym!
I don't understand why authors create heroines like Lucy?
Because I honestly don't know even one sane person who would wanna read a book with a character like her and actually enjoy it.
And based on the reviews, I am not the only one to think this way.
Hence the rating and the DNF.
August 6, 2019
Drakon is as rich, handsome and sexy- he also had his dead twin brother’s infant son to raise. So he need wife & mother to help him do this properly and so Lucy came to mind. He had a brief affair with Lucy and she’d been a virgin at the time. He wanted a contract wife, much like an employee but of cause Lucy wanted more. I never warmed up to Drakon and Lucy was like a doormat. I might have like the story more if Lucy had punched Drakon in the face. He was a cold fish and this book was boring. The characters were both cold and boring. I really didn’t like this book at all.
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March 25, 2022Review also available at The Smut Report.
Heat Factor: Their relationship is based on hot sex, so...
Character Chemistry: The victim/a**hole dynamic makes for chemistry challenges
Plot: Greek billionaire needs mother for orphaned nephew
Overall: Thought it would be an absurd bit of fun. Was so disappointed.
I love a little fun category romance! I read the blurb for this book and thought, sounds like a ridiculous category romance! Let’s do it for Christmas! The whole premise of having to get married because of a baby in a contemporary romance is so out there that it’s all about a little fantasy here, right?
We were initially off to a reasonably good start. Drakon has custody of his orphaned nephew and decides that he wants the baby to have a proper family life like he and his brother never had, so he thinks through his internal rolodex of available women and comes to the one who was unlike any other. Pure, gentle, a nurse. A virgin, until she took a holiday on his private Greek island. She’s nothing like the high-flying ladies of his billionaire existence.
So we begin with:
1. Arrogant billionaire
2. Virginal, poor heroine
3. Baby
Lucy Phillips is alone and making ends meet. Her father passed away, then her brother was killed in action, and then her mother wasted away from grief. Lucy is living in the family home outside London, working for a catering business (and saving up to buy the catering business). She met Drakon at an event years after he’d left the school where her mother had worked, and he invited her to visit his island, so she went off on holiday. Naturally, Drakon showed up, chemistry sparked, and they had sex all weekend. Then Lucy went home and hoped for Drakon to call while knowing he never would because he’s a player and way too busy/fancy/important for a little nobody like Lucy.
When Drakon shows up at Lucy’s door unannounced to propose marriage, Lucy is, reasonably, like, “WTF, dude!?” Kendrick tries to make this whole marriage of convenience for the sake of the baby reasonable with Drakon’s argument that the baby needs security and stability and with Drakon flying all over the world for business all the time, he can’t provide that, and he doesn’t want the baby to be raised by servants instead of parents like he was. I was ready to get behind this line of reasoning, but then all his behavior later demonstrated he didn’t actually want the kind of family he had said he wanted, so it fell a bit flat.
For her part, Lucy is ready to tell Drakon to step off, but then she thinks she might be able to get everything she ever wanted and thought she couldn’t have. You see, Lucy is infertile (!!!) so now she can have the baby that she wanted so badly. She agrees to the proposal so she can be a mom. I was also ready to get behind this line of reasoning, but then Lucy struggles a little to assert herself as the baby’s mother, and she also fixates on what she wants from Drakon while hating the assertive/aggressive things he does. But she constantly - constantly - CONSTANTLY - positions herself as the victim. Hi Lucy, you made this choice, please own it.
Given the trope, I expected a certain level of this sort of he’s powerful/she’s making the best of it dynamic. But it went on and on, and when we got past the 50% mark, I was over it, because eventually, for this to work, the victim/asshole dynamic has to shift. It really doesn’t. Drakon thinks to himself that she’s there to serve his needs or his idea of what a family should be (which, as discussed, does not seem to match the description he gave Lucy when he proposed). Lucy resents how Drakon controls her life or the family dynamic, but she never takes the opportunity to dictate how she thinks this relationship should look. To be honest, considering the clinical way they go into the marriage, they really should have discussed expectations a little more. But of course they didn’t. Lucy eventually decides to do two things:
1. Be Drakon’s wife on his terms - focus on the sex and make the best of the relationship.
2. Push Drakon to be a father to his nephew - engineer a situation where they’re together as a family.
Which is good...except it’s still not satisfying her, so even when she’s pushing things in a direction she more-or-less wants, she’s still casting herself as the powerless victim in the relationship.
The other frustrating thing for me about this book centered on Lucy’s alleged infertility. Content warning. I personally do not have endometriosis and I did not struggle with infertility, but I was still extremely frustrated with the way this book handled this situation.
1. Lucy thinks she’s infertile because apparently some (presumably) medical professional told her she was infertile because she has endometriosis. She’s completely bought into the belief that she can’t have children rather than that it might be difficult for her to have children. (Apparently ⅓ of women with endometriosis have no infertility issues. For reference, apparently 10% of all women struggle with infertility.) The idea that endometriosis = infertility is extremely problematic in terms of perpetuating a false/simplistic understanding of a condition that is specific to women.
2. Lucy feels like less than a woman because of her infertility. This is, I am sure, a real and legitimate emotion for many women who are struggling with infertility. But the notion that one cannot be a whole woman WITHOUT having children or the ability to have children is, frankly, revolting. That distills womanhood to broodmare status. You may well ask, “Why did you pick up this book, Erin? Weren’t you expecting this?” To which I would respond, “It is, in fact, possible to execute this sort of story without reducing the role of woman to broodmare victim without agency.” Hard fail here.
3. I don’t want to get into spoiler territory, but I will say that if, hypothetically, Lucy miraculously becomes pregnant after declaring herself infertile, that is a bit of a slap in the face to women who are actually infertile. Of course things can happen (and do!) for some families after years and years of trying or after fertility treatments. But going from “I can never have children” to “I’m pregnant after all when we weren’t even trying” - which is typically how this sort of narrative goes (again, no spoilers, so I’m not saying for sure…) - seems to me to be a fantastically insensitive way to treat this very real struggle.
Big. Fat. No.
I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. We disclose this in accordance with 16 CFR §255.
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Heat Factor: Their relationship is based on hot sex, so...
Character Chemistry: The victim/a**hole dynamic makes for chemistry challenges
Plot: Greek billionaire needs mother for orphaned nephew
Overall: Thought it would be an absurd bit of fun. Was so disappointed.
I love a little fun category romance! I read the blurb for this book and thought, sounds like a ridiculous category romance! Let’s do it for Christmas! The whole premise of having to get married because of a baby in a contemporary romance is so out there that it’s all about a little fantasy here, right?
We were initially off to a reasonably good start. Drakon has custody of his orphaned nephew and decides that he wants the baby to have a proper family life like he and his brother never had, so he thinks through his internal rolodex of available women and comes to the one who was unlike any other. Pure, gentle, a nurse. A virgin, until she took a holiday on his private Greek island. She’s nothing like the high-flying ladies of his billionaire existence.
So we begin with:
1. Arrogant billionaire
2. Virginal, poor heroine
3. Baby
Lucy Phillips is alone and making ends meet. Her father passed away, then her brother was killed in action, and then her mother wasted away from grief. Lucy is living in the family home outside London, working for a catering business (and saving up to buy the catering business). She met Drakon at an event years after he’d left the school where her mother had worked, and he invited her to visit his island, so she went off on holiday. Naturally, Drakon showed up, chemistry sparked, and they had sex all weekend. Then Lucy went home and hoped for Drakon to call while knowing he never would because he’s a player and way too busy/fancy/important for a little nobody like Lucy.
When Drakon shows up at Lucy’s door unannounced to propose marriage, Lucy is, reasonably, like, “WTF, dude!?” Kendrick tries to make this whole marriage of convenience for the sake of the baby reasonable with Drakon’s argument that the baby needs security and stability and with Drakon flying all over the world for business all the time, he can’t provide that, and he doesn’t want the baby to be raised by servants instead of parents like he was. I was ready to get behind this line of reasoning, but then all his behavior later demonstrated he didn’t actually want the kind of family he had said he wanted, so it fell a bit flat.
For her part, Lucy is ready to tell Drakon to step off, but then she thinks she might be able to get everything she ever wanted and thought she couldn’t have. You see, Lucy is infertile (!!!) so now she can have the baby that she wanted so badly. She agrees to the proposal so she can be a mom. I was also ready to get behind this line of reasoning, but then Lucy struggles a little to assert herself as the baby’s mother, and she also fixates on what she wants from Drakon while hating the assertive/aggressive things he does. But she constantly - constantly - CONSTANTLY - positions herself as the victim. Hi Lucy, you made this choice, please own it.
Given the trope, I expected a certain level of this sort of he’s powerful/she’s making the best of it dynamic. But it went on and on, and when we got past the 50% mark, I was over it, because eventually, for this to work, the victim/asshole dynamic has to shift. It really doesn’t. Drakon thinks to himself that she’s there to serve his needs or his idea of what a family should be (which, as discussed, does not seem to match the description he gave Lucy when he proposed). Lucy resents how Drakon controls her life or the family dynamic, but she never takes the opportunity to dictate how she thinks this relationship should look. To be honest, considering the clinical way they go into the marriage, they really should have discussed expectations a little more. But of course they didn’t. Lucy eventually decides to do two things:
1. Be Drakon’s wife on his terms - focus on the sex and make the best of the relationship.
2. Push Drakon to be a father to his nephew - engineer a situation where they’re together as a family.
Which is good...except it’s still not satisfying her, so even when she’s pushing things in a direction she more-or-less wants, she’s still casting herself as the powerless victim in the relationship.
The other frustrating thing for me about this book centered on Lucy’s alleged infertility. Content warning. I personally do not have endometriosis and I did not struggle with infertility, but I was still extremely frustrated with the way this book handled this situation.
1. Lucy thinks she’s infertile because apparently some (presumably) medical professional told her she was infertile because she has endometriosis. She’s completely bought into the belief that she can’t have children rather than that it might be difficult for her to have children. (Apparently ⅓ of women with endometriosis have no infertility issues. For reference, apparently 10% of all women struggle with infertility.) The idea that endometriosis = infertility is extremely problematic in terms of perpetuating a false/simplistic understanding of a condition that is specific to women.
2. Lucy feels like less than a woman because of her infertility. This is, I am sure, a real and legitimate emotion for many women who are struggling with infertility. But the notion that one cannot be a whole woman WITHOUT having children or the ability to have children is, frankly, revolting. That distills womanhood to broodmare status. You may well ask, “Why did you pick up this book, Erin? Weren’t you expecting this?” To which I would respond, “It is, in fact, possible to execute this sort of story without reducing the role of woman to broodmare victim without agency.” Hard fail here.
3. I don’t want to get into spoiler territory, but I will say that if, hypothetically, Lucy miraculously becomes pregnant after declaring herself infertile, that is a bit of a slap in the face to women who are actually infertile. Of course things can happen (and do!) for some families after years and years of trying or after fertility treatments. But going from “I can never have children” to “I’m pregnant after all when we weren’t even trying” - which is typically how this sort of narrative goes (again, no spoilers, so I’m not saying for sure…) - seems to me to be a fantastically insensitive way to treat this very real struggle.
Big. Fat. No.
I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. We disclose this in accordance with 16 CFR §255.
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November 3, 2019
3.5 Stars
His Contract Christmas Bride by Sharon Kendrick is the story of Drakon and Lucy.
Drakon has found himself taking guardianship of his nephew. This leads Drakon to settle in that he needs a wife and who better than Lucy. Lucy was left heartbroken by Drakon once but her heart goes out to his nephew and so she agrees to this marriage of convenience. But it doesn't turn to convenient when their feels start to become more.
This book was a good read with the Harlequin traditional story type line that I grew up with.
His Contract Christmas Bride by Sharon Kendrick is the story of Drakon and Lucy.
Drakon has found himself taking guardianship of his nephew. This leads Drakon to settle in that he needs a wife and who better than Lucy. Lucy was left heartbroken by Drakon once but her heart goes out to his nephew and so she agrees to this marriage of convenience. But it doesn't turn to convenient when their feels start to become more.
This book was a good read with the Harlequin traditional story type line that I grew up with.
December 29, 2019
This book is part of the Harlequin Presents series, # 3762. Sharon Kendrick is a favorite of mine and I usually pick her books up without reading the blurb. Drakon has just become guardian of his orphaned nephew and convinces Lucy to marry him for the sake of the baby. This is a typical Harlequin romance and is a quick and easy read for the Christmas season. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
September 10, 2019
Drakon Konstantinou is a cynical and cold man but he takes his responsibilities seriously. He can handle just about anything except finding that his identical twin brother and his wife are dead from drugs and they leave an infant with no parents and him as guardian. How can he possibly be a father to a child when all he cares about is the next big deal. Enter Lucy Phillips someone who had spent a wonderful time in his arms before he just up and left her. Used to having his way all the time he tries to talk her into marrying him so that the baby has a mother and father. Might not take too much convincing as Lucy has a big secret, she cannot have children and just the thought of being a mother may make her give in to Drakon. Can her heart handle this cold unfeeling man, is the prospect of having a baby in her arms enough, can that be fulfillment enough without his love. Ms. Kendrick is the master of romance and has always delivered the most wonderful Presents and this is another for the keeper shelf. She keeps you on your toes from page one trying to see if Lucy can melt this cold man's heart. She never leaves the reader with anything but a HEA. Another 5 star romance by an amazing author.
December 6, 2019
2.5 Stars
Drakon marries Lucy because he needed a mother for his orphaned newborn nephew. He chose Lucy for her kindness, innocence and capacity to care. (He had an affair with Lucy 5 months earlier and learned at at 28 she was still a virgin. He believed that this made her the ideal choice for a mother.
They marry. The sex life is great as long as it stays in the box that he put it in. She’s not supposed to show up at the airport to pick him up after a long trip and initiate sex in the back of a limo. That’s ruining his virgin/mother/whore complex.
Then, after a few months he changes the rules and decides he wants a child of his own. Lucy explains that due to a health condition she can’t have children. He throws a bitch fit in a restaurant full of people, makes nasty accusations, throws his ring down and basically kicks her out. He didn’t even allow her to go back to their house to see the baby. Just disowns and dumps her like garbage.
I had reservations about Drakon as I read the book, but even I didn’t see that coming. That was a total asshole move. I despise him for that. It turned me off the book completely. I gave it because I had hope that he would stop being a butt until that point. What he did was cruel and didn’t deserve a second chance.
Also, the author rushed the end of the book and the reconciliation was unbelievable. Especially after the cruel way he dumped her. Very disappointed.
Drakon marries Lucy because he needed a mother for his orphaned newborn nephew. He chose Lucy for her kindness, innocence and capacity to care. (He had an affair with Lucy 5 months earlier and learned at at 28 she was still a virgin. He believed that this made her the ideal choice for a mother.
They marry. The sex life is great as long as it stays in the box that he put it in. She’s not supposed to show up at the airport to pick him up after a long trip and initiate sex in the back of a limo. That’s ruining his virgin/mother/whore complex.
Then, after a few months he changes the rules and decides he wants a child of his own. Lucy explains that due to a health condition she can’t have children. He throws a bitch fit in a restaurant full of people, makes nasty accusations, throws his ring down and basically kicks her out. He didn’t even allow her to go back to their house to see the baby. Just disowns and dumps her like garbage.
I had reservations about Drakon as I read the book, but even I didn’t see that coming. That was a total asshole move. I despise him for that. It turned me off the book completely. I gave it because I had hope that he would stop being a butt until that point. What he did was cruel and didn’t deserve a second chance.
Also, the author rushed the end of the book and the reconciliation was unbelievable. Especially after the cruel way he dumped her. Very disappointed.
August 20, 2019
Sharon Kendrick has a skill for creating men you love and men you hate all at the same time and Drakon Konstantinou is no exception. He is a cold cynical and moral man and when he needs a guardian for his orphaned nephew Lucy has no defense against his potent appeal.
The man who once introduced her to sex is now offering marriage and sweet Lucy is tempted. But is the price of being the billionaire Greek's wife too high?
I loved the way Lucy battled with her emotions and tried not to fall in love with him just like I loved Drakon's fight with his own feelings. For me this book had everything I look for in a romance. A strong, sexy hero and an innocent heroine who rescue each other. Throw marriage and a baby into the mix and you've got the perfect read. Well done Sharon K.
The man who once introduced her to sex is now offering marriage and sweet Lucy is tempted. But is the price of being the billionaire Greek's wife too high?
I loved the way Lucy battled with her emotions and tried not to fall in love with him just like I loved Drakon's fight with his own feelings. For me this book had everything I look for in a romance. A strong, sexy hero and an innocent heroine who rescue each other. Throw marriage and a baby into the mix and you've got the perfect read. Well done Sharon K.
October 25, 2019
Lucy had tried to blot Drakon from her mind. Because only an idiot would want to remember the man who had introduced her to pleasure and then walked away so fast. Or to recall her own participation in what could only have been an impossible fantasy. But he was here standing on the step. The first thing she thought was how different he seemed from the man who had seduced her on his Greek island of Prasinisos. Suddenly Drakon bore more resemblance to a rock star who spent the night on the tiles, rather than a powerful oil baron and shipping magnate, with the world at his fingertips. Her memories of drakon were mixed ….. And complex….. And the overriding feeling she had left when he walked away was that it would be better if she never saw him again. Better to forget those three blissful days and nights which she expected ruined her for all other men. But he was standing here and she couldn’t ignore him. He had taken her virginity , so she forced as wide a smile on her face as she could and said “ Drakon”, “This is…..unexpected.” he said maybe he should have called. Lucy said yeah since it’s a busy time of the year for the catering industry. There are a lot of pre- holiday functions coming up. Lucy works for Caro’s Canapes. Only Lucy would accept the limitations of what he was about to ask her and only Lucy would understand the truth. Drakon had known Lucy from his school days and had invited her to the island. He’d done it because he felt sorry for her because she was hard working and poor and had a rough time. And yet, against the odds, he seduced her, even though she was nothing like his usual course of bed partners. He was not and never had been a player. Drakon told her that he had a reason for coming to her place. Niko his identical wilder twin brother was dead, he’d died of a drug overdose the month before. His brother had married another addict, but she had managed to stay clean during her pregnancy. Now drakon had custody of his infant nephew Xander. Than Drakon asked Lucy to marry him and be Xander’s mother. Lucy had since Drakon again at a school reunion. She was working for Caro’s canapes at this event. She’d been serving sandwiches when Drakon arrived.and he had looked at her. She’d had a crush on Drakon when she was fourteen. It came back to life at the reunion and she was still attracted to him. He drove her home and she told him that her brother had been in the Army and died like their father before him but in a different war. Her mother lost the will to live and faded away. Drakon told her after he proposed, he had never wanted to marry or have children of his own. He than added he didn’t believe in love. It’s something he never felt nor wanted to feel. To his mind love was nothing but an invention which seems designed to excuse the most outrageous forms of behavior. But now he had an heir, whether he liked it or not, who carried half of his genes. Providing Xander with a suitable mother and giving him a real family. She thought could it work? Could she provide what Little Xander needed and in so doing gain for herself what she had thought had been lost forever? She knew she should say no.
I loved this book.It was an easy sweet read. I loved Lucy and Drakon together and how they interacted. I didn’t like how Draki=on reacted when Lucy told him she couldn't have children. I loved that immediately lucy cared for Xander. I loved the descriptions of places and things the author gave us. I loved the plot and the pace of this book. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this book and i highly recommend it.
I loved this book.It was an easy sweet read. I loved Lucy and Drakon together and how they interacted. I didn’t like how Draki=on reacted when Lucy told him she couldn't have children. I loved that immediately lucy cared for Xander. I loved the descriptions of places and things the author gave us. I loved the plot and the pace of this book. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this book and i highly recommend it.
January 23, 2023
I didn't like it. They did not have a real connection. I did not get the feeling he cared for heroine as a person at all, he seemed only interested in her sexually because she was a virgin.
When she tried to be adventurous for him he was horrified.
He wanted her because she was a virgin when he slept with her and like he said to her she would always be a virgin to him.
He would never have contacted her again had she not been a virgin thus in his mind good role model for his nephew.
How he reacted to heroine's infertility at the end was absolutely unforgivable. She explained to him how much she wanted to have children and how less of woman she felt, and he reacts by kicking her out of the house, cutting her contact off with his nephew and demanding a divorce. Oh and throwing his wedding down on the table.
It was never said if hero was celibate in the 5 months since he dumped heroine (before the book started, not the demanding a divorce separation), but he was way too cold in his feelings to heroine for me to believe that he was celibate.
I did not like how weak the heroine was with how he treated her throughout whole book and before book started, she just went along with whatever he said. After how he treated her infertily revelation she should have made him grovel. P.
When she tried to be adventurous for him he was horrified.
He wanted her because she was a virgin when he slept with her and like he said to her she would always be a virgin to him.
He would never have contacted her again had she not been a virgin thus in his mind good role model for his nephew.
How he reacted to heroine's infertility at the end was absolutely unforgivable. She explained to him how much she wanted to have children and how less of woman she felt, and he reacts by kicking her out of the house, cutting her contact off with his nephew and demanding a divorce. Oh and throwing his wedding down on the table.
It was never said if hero was celibate in the 5 months since he dumped heroine (before the book started, not the demanding a divorce separation), but he was way too cold in his feelings to heroine for me to believe that he was celibate.
I did not like how weak the heroine was with how he treated her throughout whole book and before book started, she just went along with whatever he said. After how he treated her infertily revelation she should have made him grovel. P.
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March 11, 2023
This book is well written (as you’d expect from SK) but it was a bit like the curate’s egg - good in parts!
I think a major problem was the hero, Drakon. Until he’s landed with his baby, nephew is never given any thought meeting up with Lucy, the heroine, so we have no sense that he’s really been pining for her or thinking about her. And then, most of the book is spent focused on their sex life with no signs of a growing emotional bond between them.
But for me a huge weakness, the moment I couldn’t get over what was the scene in the restaurant when she tells him that she’s infertile. He responds in the most appalling and cruel manner and sends her away
His behaviour was beyond cruel, callous and reprehensible, and yet the heroine just accepts him back after a wee apology.
There was so much that was good in this book - I loved Lucy’s challenging ways. But the romance was weak.
I think a major problem was the hero, Drakon. Until he’s landed with his baby, nephew is never given any thought meeting up with Lucy, the heroine, so we have no sense that he’s really been pining for her or thinking about her. And then, most of the book is spent focused on their sex life with no signs of a growing emotional bond between them.
But for me a huge weakness, the moment I couldn’t get over what was the scene in the restaurant when she tells him that she’s infertile. He responds in the most appalling and cruel manner and sends her away
His behaviour was beyond cruel, callous and reprehensible, and yet the heroine just accepts him back after a wee apology.
There was so much that was good in this book - I loved Lucy’s challenging ways. But the romance was weak.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 2, 2021
His Contract Christmas Bride was a sweet story but I couldn’t actually get into the storyline. Okay maybe it was not the storyline because it was a good one but there was so much internal speaking and not enough engaging with what was happening. I know that I love when things are explained well but this one story there wasn’t enough dialogue between Lucy and Drakon. Now as for Drakon he was sometimes a complete jerk and I couldn’t stand him he didn’t deserve a woman like Lucy. I felt bad for her because I could see that she was falling in love with him. I loved that she spoke her mind and she challenged him but in the end things didn’t end well between them. Now that is when my hatred escalated for Drakon because of the mean things he told Lucy she didn’t deserve it.
November 7, 2019
Lucy hasn't heard from Drakon since their 3-day fling 6 months ago. When he shows up on her doorstep, she is stunned. She's even more stunned to hear that he wants her to marry him, not because he can't live without her or because he realized he loves her, but because he has become the guardian for his nephew and needs a mother for him.
He wants a wife, an over-the-top wedding, and hot nights in the bedroom, but he doesn't want her heart and he won't give her his. Can Lucy live with those terms?
Sharon Kendrick has become one of my favorite HP authors. I ALWAYS buy her books! This one was a good one.
He wants a wife, an over-the-top wedding, and hot nights in the bedroom, but he doesn't want her heart and he won't give her his. Can Lucy live with those terms?
Sharon Kendrick has become one of my favorite HP authors. I ALWAYS buy her books! This one was a good one.
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November 12, 2019A desire unlocked by the Greek!
As new guardian to his orphaned nephew, CEO Drakon must marry. And caring Lucy is the ideal choice. His terms include a lavish Christmas wedding and nights of tantalizing pleasure. But that’s all emotionally guarded Drakon can offer!
Lucy cannot believe Drakon is proposing a marriage of convenience—their all-consuming island fling left her heartbroken! But Lucy’s adamant his nephew won’t grow up without a mother. And soon she realises she can’t be just a wife in name only. Dare she hope Drakon could give anything more…
As new guardian to his orphaned nephew, CEO Drakon must marry. And caring Lucy is the ideal choice. His terms include a lavish Christmas wedding and nights of tantalizing pleasure. But that’s all emotionally guarded Drakon can offer!
Lucy cannot believe Drakon is proposing a marriage of convenience—their all-consuming island fling left her heartbroken! But Lucy’s adamant his nephew won’t grow up without a mother. And soon she realises she can’t be just a wife in name only. Dare she hope Drakon could give anything more…
April 19, 2024
I think Sharon Kendrick really is a gifted writer, but this books after a very good start ends up in a very disappointing reaction of Drakon, the hero. He can't react like this when Lucy gives him a very personal and sad news: it is not fair for all the women who have to deal with this issue. He keeps declaring thet he doesn't want children and then out of the blue he wants to play family, and Lucy must be at his beck and call. From this moment on, the book for me isn't a pleasant read anymore, despite the premises which were very good.
August 19, 2019
Drakon comes off as a gruff, a-hole, ‘I thought I’d made it clear that I would pledge to you my sexual loyalty,’ he said coolly. ‘Because I know how destructive infidelity can be. I’m not planning on having anyone other than you as my lover, Lucy...' I really wish Lucy had some lady balls the girl didn't really stand up for herself and I kinda didn't like that. This was just an alright read to me.
December 21, 2023
A very readable story. Lucy is too nice for Drakon, but somehow has the patience to deal with his arrogant ways. Perhaps having a readymade family makes up for his coldness. I love the trope of ordinary person in a rich person's world. Always sounds like a fun idea to me. I guessed the ending, of course, but I enjoyed reading it. (Library book.)
August 24, 2019
Rich playboy, Drakon needs mousy unattractive Rebecca to help raise his orphaned nephew. Drakon was just plain cold hearted and unlikeable and Rebecca had some serious self esteem issues. The characters didn't share any chemistry outside of the bedroom. Overall I'd rate this a 2.5 star book.
September 30, 2019
Good descriptive writing taking you into the lives of Drakon and Lucy. Reminders of their earlier fling and Lucy's feelings for Drakon during her formative years help in understanding why Lucy agrees reaily to be Drakon's wife and a mother to his nephew. A book I wanted to keep reading to the end.
October 17, 2019
Another brilliantly written book from Sharon, which keeps you gripped in the story from the first to the last pages.
Another dominant male character who brings out the strength in his chosen partner, enabling them to eventually find happiness together.
Another dominant male character who brings out the strength in his chosen partner, enabling them to eventually find happiness together.
September 8, 2019
An excellent book! Had fun reading it, and kept me on my toes the whole time. Great character development and fascinating storyline.
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November 1, 2019Categories
Holiday Romance, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Miniseries
Conveniently Wed!
Holiday Romance, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Miniseries
Conveniently Wed!
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