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Her Wedding Night Negotiation
Could the wrong groom…
Become the right husband?
Kindhearted Leah Ashbourne’s wedding has to go ahead. It’s the best way to save her mother from ruin. So the collapse of her engagement is a disaster! Until billionaire Marco arrives…
Marco needs a nanny for his son, and quick. Who could be better than teacher Leah? He has one problem: their electric, explosive connection! The scars left by his last relationship mean he will never let himself love. But that’s the least of his problems. Leah wants to negotiate—and her price is marriage!
USA TODAY Bestselling Author.
Become the right husband?
Kindhearted Leah Ashbourne’s wedding has to go ahead. It’s the best way to save her mother from ruin. So the collapse of her engagement is a disaster! Until billionaire Marco arrives…
Marco needs a nanny for his son, and quick. Who could be better than teacher Leah? He has one problem: their electric, explosive connection! The scars left by his last relationship mean he will never let himself love. But that’s the least of his problems. Leah wants to negotiate—and her price is marriage!
USA TODAY Bestselling Author.
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Published June 1, 2020
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About the author
Chantelle Shaw
659 books158 followersI grew up without a TV, let alone DVD’s, computer games etc that my kids spend so much time engrossed in, but I learned to read at an early age and from then on I was always entertained – so much so that my friends used to hide their books when I visited them because all I wanted to do was read!
When I was a teenager I discovered Mills & Boon romances in my local library, and so began a lifelong love affair. I still remember that feeling of anticipation when I settled down with a pile of books - all bearing the famous rose logo - knowing that I would be drawn into a world of love, passion and emotional intensity that I have never found in any other books. I enjoy reading a wide range of books, especially historical novels, and I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, mainly I think because her characters seem so real, but I love romances and unashamedly admit that I only want to read books with a guaranteed happy ending. Reading is my joy and pleasure and I don’t want to cry buckets at the end of a book or have my sleep disturbed by its gruesome content.
For me, the characters in Harlequin Mills & Boon romances are the key. I love reading and writing about strong, alpha heroes and feisty, independent heroines who find that they can’t fight the blazing attraction between them.
When I married my own tall, dark, but sadly not wealthy hero, we moved out of London to the Kent coast and started a family that grew and grew. I adore my six children, and when they were small I loved being a stay-at-home mum, but there can be days, as I’m sure many of you know, when you feel isolated and – dare I say it – bored of conversing with three-year-olds. Harlequin Mills & Boon romances were my life-line and my sanity and I read them whenever I had a spare five minutes (in the bath, pacing the floor at three am with colicky baby on one shoulder and a book in the other hand!)
My imagination soared and I decided to try and write a book myself. My first attempt was typed up on a manual type-writer with the full-stop key and the letter p missing. Luckily my hero and heroine were not called Paul and Poppy, but it still meant going over my manuscript with a pen to fill in the gaps!
That first book was duly rejected as were my next two. I suppose I was disheartened and by now I had four small children and very little spare time, so although I continued to read romances, I gave up writing. It wasn’t until my youngest son started school that I tried writing again. I was struggling to come to terms with the death of my darling mum Gabrielle and writing became my therapy. Mum had always nagged me to get on and write a book and had an unshakeable belief that I would one day be published – I’m so glad that she was proved right and my biggest regret is that she isn’t here to share my success with me.
I wrote two more books which were both rejected by HM&B, but I was given some advice on my writing from the editorial team that encouraged me to try again. Third time lucky certainly applied to me – the day I received ‘the call’ was exactly four years after Mum had died. It was one of the most exciting moments of my life - but instead of chatting to the editor about contracts I had to dash off and pick my sick daughter up from school. Reality is never far away in my house!
I have now had nine books published - At the Sheikh's Bidding was released in September 08. My next book, Argentinian Playboy, Unexpected Love-Child will be out in the UK in July 09, and The Greek Billionaire's Innocent Princess in the UK in August 09. I have just had my twelfth book accepted and am already busy on my thirteenth. Now that my children are growing up I am able to write every day between 9 am and 3 pm, but often I become so involved with my characters that I sneak off to write again in the evening!
I feel I must be one of the luckiest people in the world to be doing something that I love, but I work hard at my luck and I believe that w
When I was a teenager I discovered Mills & Boon romances in my local library, and so began a lifelong love affair. I still remember that feeling of anticipation when I settled down with a pile of books - all bearing the famous rose logo - knowing that I would be drawn into a world of love, passion and emotional intensity that I have never found in any other books. I enjoy reading a wide range of books, especially historical novels, and I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, mainly I think because her characters seem so real, but I love romances and unashamedly admit that I only want to read books with a guaranteed happy ending. Reading is my joy and pleasure and I don’t want to cry buckets at the end of a book or have my sleep disturbed by its gruesome content.
For me, the characters in Harlequin Mills & Boon romances are the key. I love reading and writing about strong, alpha heroes and feisty, independent heroines who find that they can’t fight the blazing attraction between them.
When I married my own tall, dark, but sadly not wealthy hero, we moved out of London to the Kent coast and started a family that grew and grew. I adore my six children, and when they were small I loved being a stay-at-home mum, but there can be days, as I’m sure many of you know, when you feel isolated and – dare I say it – bored of conversing with three-year-olds. Harlequin Mills & Boon romances were my life-line and my sanity and I read them whenever I had a spare five minutes (in the bath, pacing the floor at three am with colicky baby on one shoulder and a book in the other hand!)
My imagination soared and I decided to try and write a book myself. My first attempt was typed up on a manual type-writer with the full-stop key and the letter p missing. Luckily my hero and heroine were not called Paul and Poppy, but it still meant going over my manuscript with a pen to fill in the gaps!
That first book was duly rejected as were my next two. I suppose I was disheartened and by now I had four small children and very little spare time, so although I continued to read romances, I gave up writing. It wasn’t until my youngest son started school that I tried writing again. I was struggling to come to terms with the death of my darling mum Gabrielle and writing became my therapy. Mum had always nagged me to get on and write a book and had an unshakeable belief that I would one day be published – I’m so glad that she was proved right and my biggest regret is that she isn’t here to share my success with me.
I wrote two more books which were both rejected by HM&B, but I was given some advice on my writing from the editorial team that encouraged me to try again. Third time lucky certainly applied to me – the day I received ‘the call’ was exactly four years after Mum had died. It was one of the most exciting moments of my life - but instead of chatting to the editor about contracts I had to dash off and pick my sick daughter up from school. Reality is never far away in my house!
I have now had nine books published - At the Sheikh's Bidding was released in September 08. My next book, Argentinian Playboy, Unexpected Love-Child will be out in the UK in July 09, and The Greek Billionaire's Innocent Princess in the UK in August 09. I have just had my twelfth book accepted and am already busy on my thirteenth. Now that my children are growing up I am able to write every day between 9 am and 3 pm, but often I become so involved with my characters that I sneak off to write again in the evening!
I feel I must be one of the luckiest people in the world to be doing something that I love, but I work hard at my luck and I believe that w
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June 5, 2020
A heroine with some special Mary Poppins mojo, is the only person alive who can help the H's little son.
Another HP where the H has a son. This time, unlike in Clare Connelly's Hired by the Impossible Greek, the child is the product of the H's ill fated first marriage to a golddigging adulteress, who died when her car crashed.
It's a nicer novel than Hired by the Impossible Greek, albeit a little too slow burn, in the romance department. Basically, it's about a heroine whose wedding is cancelled, after she caught her fiance having sex with the wedding planner.
She needs to marry to inherit £500 000, so she brokers a 1 year marriage of convenience with the H. He agrees because she's the only human being alive who can help his emotionally traumatised son.
These are my main reflections:
🎯 The heroine was too uptight, most times. It's not a problem because I've read books with lovable uptight heroines. In this case, she offloaded all her unfunny snark on the H.
🎯 This shrewish snarkiness is obviously the usual plot device, used to create conflict between the MC's. In this case, it felt somewhat contrived because the heroine was literally a doormat when it comes to every other character, including her useless alcoholic mom and her former fiance. I have little patience with characters who only offload their backchat on the other MC yet let every other asshole walk all over them.
🎯 The H was more likable and had a great sense of humour. He's the reason the book gets a respite. He's sexy, despite his scar and he really had a lot of patience with this uptight creature. He was a wonderful father, who loved his son and really wanted the little boy's trauma to lessen.
🎯 One downside to the story: it felt like both MC's were more concerned with the child's issues and less time was focused on the romantic storyline. While that's awesome and laudable in real life, it's not something I want to spend most of my time on, when I'm reading a category romance novel.
🎯 The ending felt a bit rushed and things were wrapped up too easily. The final conflict, that caused the heroine to run away, also felt too contrived and somewhat predictable.
The epilogue was nice, though. The MC's are expecting their own son and the older boy is now calling the heroine *mommy*. The one annoying thing was that the heroine's former cheating fiance, ends up married to the wedding planner. If that's not eye-rollingly tacky enough, they become good friends with the MC's 😂😂😂. But, in all fairness, it's expected since the former fiance is also the H's half brother.
Safety: No OW, the heroine had never had sex with the OM and there's no cheating.
Another HP where the H has a son. This time, unlike in Clare Connelly's Hired by the Impossible Greek, the child is the product of the H's ill fated first marriage to a golddigging adulteress, who died when her car crashed.
It's a nicer novel than Hired by the Impossible Greek, albeit a little too slow burn, in the romance department. Basically, it's about a heroine whose wedding is cancelled, after she caught her fiance having sex with the wedding planner.
She needs to marry to inherit £500 000, so she brokers a 1 year marriage of convenience with the H. He agrees because she's the only human being alive who can help his emotionally traumatised son.
These are my main reflections:
🎯 The heroine was too uptight, most times. It's not a problem because I've read books with lovable uptight heroines. In this case, she offloaded all her unfunny snark on the H.
🎯 This shrewish snarkiness is obviously the usual plot device, used to create conflict between the MC's. In this case, it felt somewhat contrived because the heroine was literally a doormat when it comes to every other character, including her useless alcoholic mom and her former fiance. I have little patience with characters who only offload their backchat on the other MC yet let every other asshole walk all over them.
🎯 The H was more likable and had a great sense of humour. He's the reason the book gets a respite. He's sexy, despite his scar and he really had a lot of patience with this uptight creature. He was a wonderful father, who loved his son and really wanted the little boy's trauma to lessen.
🎯 One downside to the story: it felt like both MC's were more concerned with the child's issues and less time was focused on the romantic storyline. While that's awesome and laudable in real life, it's not something I want to spend most of my time on, when I'm reading a category romance novel.
🎯 The ending felt a bit rushed and things were wrapped up too easily. The final conflict, that caused the heroine to run away, also felt too contrived and somewhat predictable.
The epilogue was nice, though. The MC's are expecting their own son and the older boy is now calling the heroine *mommy*. The one annoying thing was that the heroine's former cheating fiance, ends up married to the wedding planner. If that's not eye-rollingly tacky enough, they become good friends with the MC's 😂😂😂. But, in all fairness, it's expected since the former fiance is also the H's half brother.
Safety: No OW, the heroine had never had sex with the OM and there's no cheating.
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May 24, 2023
Her Wedding Night Negotiation was by far the best HP I’ve encountered. That’s admittedly a very short list, but I liked this one nonetheless. This one had the most sympathetic guy (Marco) of this sub-genre that I’ve read. He actually seemed to have a good heart at his core, even though he was kind of rubbish expressing it and acting on it on occasion. Leah was a decent character. Also a good heart and much more attuned to what would make what started out as a marriage of convenience for both of them a more permanent thing. I thought Shaw kind of overworked the whole “virginal bride” thing a bit too much and for too long a part of the story.
These ones still are a bit harder to relate to with the guy that is just out of this world wealthy and the whole attraction and relationship treated (at least initially) as a transaction. But the story clipped along well and it kept me interested. I rooted for Marco and Leah to succeed, not the least reason being Marco’s kid from his prior marriage (to ) better off from having them both care about him.
These ones still are a bit harder to relate to with the guy that is just out of this world wealthy and the whole attraction and relationship treated (at least initially) as a transaction. But the story clipped along well and it kept me interested. I rooted for Marco and Leah to succeed, not the least reason being Marco’s kid from his prior marriage (to ) better off from having them both care about him.
June 12, 2020
It would have been a 4 stars review if h hadn't worn a velvet dress in the summer. You have to experience a summer night in the Mediterranean island to feel my torment. Lol
June 7, 2020
I hate it when hero or heroine have kids with other people but this is CS so I kept reading. In this case hero has a child with his vile ex wife. The kid played a big part in this story so I was bored. Plus love scene happened towards the end. Not my favorite Chantelle Shaw book.
June 11, 2020
3.5 stars
Likable characters and enjoyable read
Liked it 👍
Likable characters and enjoyable read
Liked it 👍
June 7, 2020
It was kind of boring
October 11, 2021
I don't care for many newer HPs, too many gorgeous zillionaires, too many bedroom scenes, too much explicitness, not enough character development. However, I really liked Trapped by Vialli's Vows by this same author and decided to read this one here too.
This is good, with some character growth inbetween the sex scenes, but a bit too much telling instead of showing. The small boy is more a plot device than a person, but he serves to show how H learns to care for his son and develop emotions.
This is good, with some character growth inbetween the sex scenes, but a bit too much telling instead of showing. The small boy is more a plot device than a person, but he serves to show how H learns to care for his son and develop emotions.
March 5, 2023
Actual 3.5 - This is my first Harlequin Presents. While it was well written, it was very dramatic. I caught myself rolling my eyes a time or two, so if cheesy drama is your thing, pick up this book! Super cute, just not what I was excepting. Plus I hate when the main characters don’t communicate which causes unnecessary drama; it’s a romance I know miscommunication is a staple of the genre, but it can be done less annoyingly.
August 2, 2020
An enjoyable read and engaging characters. Enjoyed the story development.
December 27, 2020
2.5 stars
Read a while ago and I barely remember it... so just OK (if my memory is correct).
Read a while ago and I barely remember it... so just OK (if my memory is correct).
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March 23, 2022passion suggested a loss of control.
Nothing good ever comes from a lie.
Nothing good ever comes from a lie.
February 14, 2023
It would have been better if he didn’t have a child with another woman. Always children in these modern HP’s, don’t like that.
Explicit love making scenes towards the end of the book.
Explicit love making scenes towards the end of the book.
August 11, 2025
2.5 stars
not bad but very cliché
not bad but very cliché
April 30, 2024
Absolutely love it! So captivating and a fantastic happy ending.
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