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Sarah loved her happy single life in London. But the sweet memory of Carl Duris and their first encounter in Greece made her heart wander, her mind wonder.
Soon she was back in Carl's arms--a captive bride, a prisoner of love and revenge on a remote Greek island. But this was a different Carl: cruel, violent, pagan.
Could Sarah heal his searing wounds of hate and torment? Could she unlock the secrets of Carl's past, or would she try to flee the passions he had awakened within her?
Soon she was back in Carl's arms--a captive bride, a prisoner of love and revenge on a remote Greek island. But this was a different Carl: cruel, violent, pagan.
Could Sarah heal his searing wounds of hate and torment? Could she unlock the secrets of Carl's past, or would she try to flee the passions he had awakened within her?
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Anne Hampson
170 books153 followersAnne Hampson was born on 28 November 1928 in England. At age six she had two ambitions: to teach and to write. Poverty after WWI deprived her of an education and at 14 she was making Marks & Spencer's blouses at one shilling (5p) each.
She retired when she married. Later, when her marriage broke up, she was homeless with £40 in her purse. She went back to the rag trade and lived in a tiny caravan. But she never forgot her two ambitions, and when Manchester University decided to trial older women she applied, and three years later had achieved one ambition, so set her thoughts on number two.
In 1969, her first novel, Eternal Summer, was accepted five days from posting and she soon had a contract for 12 more. From the caravan she went to a small stately home, drove a Mercedes and sailed on the QE2. From the first book, came over 125 more written for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette. Alan Boon (the Boon of Mills & Boon) and she came up with the title for 'Harlequin Presents' over lunch at the Ritz. She suggested to Alan that they have a historical series. He told her to write one - it was done in a month, entitled Eleanor and the Marquis under the pseudonym Jane Wilby. She has the distinction of being number one in Harlequin Presents, Masquerade and Silhouette. Many of "Presents" have been reprinted many times (some as many as 16) and are now fetching up to $55, being classed as "rare" books.
She has had 3 awards, one at the World Trade Centre where she received a standing ovation from her American fans, who had come from many states just to meet her.
She was retired, but in 2005 she wrote two romance and crime novels, both of which were published by Severn House.
She passed away on 25 September 2014. She has been written her autobiography, entitled Fate Was My Friend.
She retired when she married. Later, when her marriage broke up, she was homeless with £40 in her purse. She went back to the rag trade and lived in a tiny caravan. But she never forgot her two ambitions, and when Manchester University decided to trial older women she applied, and three years later had achieved one ambition, so set her thoughts on number two.
In 1969, her first novel, Eternal Summer, was accepted five days from posting and she soon had a contract for 12 more. From the caravan she went to a small stately home, drove a Mercedes and sailed on the QE2. From the first book, came over 125 more written for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette. Alan Boon (the Boon of Mills & Boon) and she came up with the title for 'Harlequin Presents' over lunch at the Ritz. She suggested to Alan that they have a historical series. He told her to write one - it was done in a month, entitled Eleanor and the Marquis under the pseudonym Jane Wilby. She has the distinction of being number one in Harlequin Presents, Masquerade and Silhouette. Many of "Presents" have been reprinted many times (some as many as 16) and are now fetching up to $55, being classed as "rare" books.
She has had 3 awards, one at the World Trade Centre where she received a standing ovation from her American fans, who had come from many states just to meet her.
She was retired, but in 2005 she wrote two romance and crime novels, both of which were published by Severn House.
She passed away on 25 September 2014. She has been written her autobiography, entitled Fate Was My Friend.
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August 13, 2019
Busted down from three stars because the hero was more pathetic than alpha in his reasoning and motivations.
Hero asked heroine to marry him when she was 18. She said no because her parents had a terrible marriage and she wanted a career. Hero did not take it well. A few months later she was forced to marry her father’s employer because daddy dearest embezzled money. Luckily, the old geezer was drunk at his wedding and stepped out in the street in front of a truck and was killed instantly. He died without a will so his new bride got his fortune.
Heroine didn’t tell her father she was wealthy, but since his employer died, he couldn’t be prosecuted for his crimes. So he was happy and skipped town. Heroine put the money in the bank, earmarking it for charity and went back to work.
Heroine’s mother died a year later. Heroine’s sister’s marriage broke up and she began to pester the heroine for money so she could open a boutique. Heroine gave it to her. Heroine’s boss also knew she was an heiress and kept asking her to marry him. He seemed to have dropped the subject when he told him she would be accompanying him to Greece on a business trip to meet the hero.
Why the heroine didn’t clue in that the hero was going for revenge, I don’t know. Anyway, heroine’s boss sold her out. He delivered her to the hero’s island and then left her stranded.
Hero, who has been out of his mind with grief since his wife drove over a cliff with his three-year-old son (she was terminally ill and wanted to get back at hero) has concocted a revenge scenario. He never would have had an unhappy marriage or lost a son if heroine had married him, so she owes him a son. Also, she married for money after she turned him down. He’s rich now and has complete control on the island. They marry the next day and project baby begins.
This is all pretty understated. Heroine isn’t willing, but she manages to respond. But her thoughts aren’t about sex or the hero. In fact H/h spend very little time together. Hero is a hermit and only comes out of his study for meals and sex. Heroine takes up with an OM at a neighboring beach house.
OM promises to mail a letter to the h’s sister, but he forgets about it. The h’s time is taken up with an archaeological dig and two university students. Heroine tries to bribe a servant with a bracelet from the dig site, but hero finds out. It’s all dreary and stupid.
There’s no tension or intensity - just the heroine feeling pity for the grief-stricken hero. Or the hero rousing himself to make threats or have sex.
Finally, the sister gets the letter and charges in to rescue the heroine. Hero lets her go. Heroine realizes she doesn’t want to leave. HEA
Stockholm syndrome indeed.
Lots of dangling plot threads – no baby, no word of a charity getting that money, no word of the archaeological dig or its significance.
Hero asked heroine to marry him when she was 18. She said no because her parents had a terrible marriage and she wanted a career. Hero did not take it well. A few months later she was forced to marry her father’s employer because daddy dearest embezzled money. Luckily, the old geezer was drunk at his wedding and stepped out in the street in front of a truck and was killed instantly. He died without a will so his new bride got his fortune.
Heroine didn’t tell her father she was wealthy, but since his employer died, he couldn’t be prosecuted for his crimes. So he was happy and skipped town. Heroine put the money in the bank, earmarking it for charity and went back to work.
Heroine’s mother died a year later. Heroine’s sister’s marriage broke up and she began to pester the heroine for money so she could open a boutique. Heroine gave it to her. Heroine’s boss also knew she was an heiress and kept asking her to marry him. He seemed to have dropped the subject when he told him she would be accompanying him to Greece on a business trip to meet the hero.
Why the heroine didn’t clue in that the hero was going for revenge, I don’t know. Anyway, heroine’s boss sold her out. He delivered her to the hero’s island and then left her stranded.
Hero, who has been out of his mind with grief since his wife drove over a cliff with his three-year-old son (she was terminally ill and wanted to get back at hero) has concocted a revenge scenario. He never would have had an unhappy marriage or lost a son if heroine had married him, so she owes him a son. Also, she married for money after she turned him down. He’s rich now and has complete control on the island. They marry the next day and project baby begins.
This is all pretty understated. Heroine isn’t willing, but she manages to respond. But her thoughts aren’t about sex or the hero. In fact H/h spend very little time together. Hero is a hermit and only comes out of his study for meals and sex. Heroine takes up with an OM at a neighboring beach house.
OM promises to mail a letter to the h’s sister, but he forgets about it. The h’s time is taken up with an archaeological dig and two university students. Heroine tries to bribe a servant with a bracelet from the dig site, but hero finds out. It’s all dreary and stupid.
There’s no tension or intensity - just the heroine feeling pity for the grief-stricken hero. Or the hero rousing himself to make threats or have sex.
Finally, the sister gets the letter and charges in to rescue the heroine. Hero lets her go. Heroine realizes she doesn’t want to leave. HEA
Stockholm syndrome indeed.
Lots of dangling plot threads – no baby, no word of a charity getting that money, no word of the archaeological dig or its significance.
February 15, 2019
Reading this old book by Ms. Hampson reminded me of when I was a teenager reading these stories and thinking that all men treated you terrible because they loved you. What an idiot I was. But I thought that was true so I let myself be treated terrible for awhile. That is in the past though as is this book. What a scary read. I vaguely remember reading it and I am appalled at what I thought was romance was abuse. The heroine turned the heros marriage proposal down because she was 18 and her Father was a serial cheater and she saw her Mothers pain. Right after that her Father got into debt with this disgusting lecher and he forced the heroine to marry him and he would not have him arrested for embezzling. Her Mother had a heart attack and they had no money so she married the guy, who after the wedding was inebriated and walked into traffic and got hit by a lorry. The hero now thinks she is a disgusting gold digger. He marries a greek woman who was not chaste and had pillow friends and he is very bitter. They had a child, which the vindictive mother took with her when she killed herself in a car crash. Horrible story I must admit. The hero bribes the heroines boss to bring her to the island and leave her there. He will then marry her and have her produce a male heir to replace the one he lost. Of course the fade to black love scenes show that she succumbs each time to the passion. She is desperately trying to get off the island as she is held prisoner. She does get a letter to her sister and of course there is a terrible angsty scene when she decides she does in fact love her husband and returns to him before the boat even left the dock. There is an HEA and sunshine and roses and antiquities and greek passion and assorted other Harlequin tropes all in one short little book. Needless to say, I didn't really like it. The hero wasn't celibate of course which is a big no no for me but I was already involved in the narrative before I knew that and I started to vaguely remember the story and had finish it for that naive little teenager I was. Very bittersweet but I am glad I read it. I only gave it two stars because I hated the hero now that I am not 18. I probably would have given it 5 when I was young. Thank heavens I grew up.
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April 12, 2013
This is one of those very un-PC forced marriage stories from the seventies. Sarah had a sweet love affair with Carl Duris years ago when she was eighteen. For good reason she was wary of marriage and turned him down. Seven years later she is thrown back into Carl's life to find the tender young man has become a bitter stranger.
The years have not treated him kindly and his marriage of convenience to a Greek woman was a disaster and resulted in tragedy. Carl blames Sarah, especially when he knew she had married a very rich man only weeks after refusing him, declaring she had no interest in marriage.
Consumed with revenge, Carl is determined to make her pay by giving him the son he lost through the actions of his first wife.
I still have a fondness for these stories, even though the suggestion of non-consent would have feminists howling. In this particular story, it is clear that physically, the forced intimacy is not repugnant to the heroine though emotionally she is uncertain of her feelings.
The years have not treated him kindly and his marriage of convenience to a Greek woman was a disaster and resulted in tragedy. Carl blames Sarah, especially when he knew she had married a very rich man only weeks after refusing him, declaring she had no interest in marriage.
Consumed with revenge, Carl is determined to make her pay by giving him the son he lost through the actions of his first wife.
I still have a fondness for these stories, even though the suggestion of non-consent would have feminists howling. In this particular story, it is clear that physically, the forced intimacy is not repugnant to the heroine though emotionally she is uncertain of her feelings.
August 7, 2018
Just read the description. It's Anne Hampson and she's actually describing her H as being hardened and cruel. Yep, you know where this is going...if you've read one of Hampson's Stockholm works, you really have read them all.
August 12, 2025
So many things wrong with this story! First and foremost, I HATE having my intelligence insulted! I'm supposed to believe that an 18-year-old fresh from school, (the h, when the story starts) could without any connections get a prestigious job as an executive secretary and travel all over the world with her real estate boss, in on all his business/property deals, and later also has time to be an amateur archaeologist who travels to Rome on digs?
OH, COME ON!!!!
That being said, the whole story is just way too over-the-top! The h had so many toxic people in her life, it bordered on the ridiculous! We'll start with the H, the young Greek man she meets while in Greece with her boss (having business with his uncle), who falls for her within days, asks her to marry him and - at 26 - should have realized that at 18 and being a modern English girl, not a traditional Greek one, she would not be ready for that, despite his good looks and the money he'd one day inherit. She said she didn't want to ever get married (with good reason, considering her family) and if he had any sense at all, he would have considered that time might make the difference and be patient. Instead, his pride was wounded, and he later became determined to change her mind, took off for England, only to find she had married a rich old man! Assuming she was a gold digger, he started hating her, got married ASAP strictly for a son and heir, didn't know his wife was a 304, lived only for his little son (sure it was his???), divorced his faithless wife, who found she was terminally ill and drove her car over a cliff, taking the boy with her! After that, he determined to have revenge on the h, because if she had married him, none of this would have happened!
Melodrama to the extreme! I once read an HP book where the h, thinking the H had abandoned her, married a guy on the rebound who turned out to be a creep that made her miserable, and she later determined to get revenge on the H because, had he never left her she never would have married that guy, and so on. I thought it was DUMB then and I think it's DUMB now! Instead of blaming someone else for your bad choices, take some accountability and put the blame where it belongs, on yourself! The fact that the H was so foolish that he married someone he hardly knew and made a terrible mistake wasn't the h's fault!
(A sad reflection on modern society: screw up your life bigtime and blame everyone else for it, never poor little you! No wonder the world's falling apart.)
As for other characters, it's a real Loser Fest! The h's father is a crummy crap pile who lies, cheats on his wife, gambles their money away, and always expects to be forgiven, and always does the same things again! And her dim bulb of a mother keeps forgiving the jerk, and each time he hurts her, cries, faints, gets weak spells, and acts like something out of a bad Victorian novel! When this spineless nincompoop kicks the bucket, it's like "good riddance", and in no time at all, the hubby she loved so much found another woman and made a new life for himself, without giving her (or the h) another thought! Meanwhile the h had sacrificed herself by marrying a horrible, horny old man who paid her father's gambling debts and (lucky for her) got hit by a lorry and croaked right after the ceremony, so she never had to do the deed with him (and a ton of Viagra, I'll bet)!
Even worse, dear old dad told the H (when he came looking for her) that she married a rich old guy and since this was only a short time after the H had proposed, he really grew to hate her!
Then, there's her older sister, whose marriage went kaput, which put her in misery mode for a long time and was the reason (along with her parents' joke of a relationship) the h didn't want to get married. Big sister never came around much, until she decided she wanted to start her own business and looked to kid sister to finance it, with the money she inherited when the old guy croaked without making a will. The h gives it to her and determines to give the rest away to charity, but for some reason, when the story continues seven years after this whole mess, she still hasn't gotten around to that, which tells you something.
There's also her boss, who could easily be crowned "King Creep" because despite being a notorious womanizer, he puts on an "I want to settle down" act and keeps proposing to the h, hoping to get his hands on that money so he can recover from bad investments he made. That having failed, he takes her to Greece on business, accepts money from his business associate (the H, who invited them to his island home) and abandons the h there, to be a prisoner of the man who once loved and now hates her! The H informs her that she's trapped and the only way she can escape is by marrying him and giving him a son to make up for the one he lost, then he'll let her go and he'll keep their child!
The melodrama just keeps coming!!!
After this you get the usual stuff: forced seduction, declarations of hate from the h (despite orgasms), the H claiming he despises her as well, but adores her body, the h refusing to admit she adores his body as well, the H talking about her first marriage like she was a gold-digger and assuming the joke was on her and she didn't get the money, the h having too much pride to tell him the truth, either about the marriage or the money, the h determined to escape, the H triumphant that there is no escape, on and on and on.
Naturally, the h will find a means to escape and (also naturally) another man (or in this case, two) is involved. One is a neighbor's nephew who she has coffee dates with, who unwittingly helps by posting a letter to her sister (which for convoluted reasons doesn't arrive for months) since he doesn't know the details of her forced marriage (but suspects something). The other is the H's unscrupulous servant, eager for money and a chance to start a business and agrees to get her a boat ride off the island in exchange for a valuable antique bracelet (more about that later). Both attempts go awry, and soon (big surprise) the h finds herself going from hate to love, though pride won't let her admit this, so she'll confess to lust, pity, compassion, indifference (as he'll no longer believe hatred) but never love, until he says he loves her, and with his going on about sex, fun in bed, wanting a son and then she can leave, etc., there's fat chance of that.
There's also fat chance of anyone believing these two could ever have a HEA, since when they're not arguing or getting naked, there's little emotion between them. Even when he talks more in depth about the tragic death of his son, it came off more like two people passing the time of day, not caring if they ever see each other again.
The ending was so contrived you want to shake your head and say, "Oh please, come up with something better than this!"
To me, the best part of the book was when the h, along with two archaeological students who live on the island, dig up a long hidden burial site (hence the valuable bracelet) and make plans for further diggings and research, which she planned to talk to the H about. Yet when that (finally) happened, it all fell flat. The whole thing was left hanging. I would have thought she'd offer to use the money she got from the dead old coot to finance everything herself, but I guess this never occurred to her, more's the pity.
This book would have worked so much better if time had gone by, they had gotten closer, and maybe she'd have fallen pregnant. (Since that didn't happen and there was no birth control involved, I'm thinking there was a problem somewhere.) Then, just when it looked like they'd be a real couple in a happy marriage, her sister gets her letter (that she'd forgotten about by then), a "rescue" is underway, he thinks she still planned to leave, and more trouble begins. It's better than the lame story we get here.
I should have written these books!
BTW: the whole mess could have been avoided if both had realized at first what the h knew in hindsight: that had they met a few years later, she'd have been more mature and probably would have accepted his proposal. They should have agreed to put the marriage thing on hold for a time, at 18 and 26 there was no rush. At 22 and 30 they could have walked down the aisle to wedded bliss, more's the pity.
OH, COME ON!!!!
That being said, the whole story is just way too over-the-top! The h had so many toxic people in her life, it bordered on the ridiculous! We'll start with the H, the young Greek man she meets while in Greece with her boss (having business with his uncle), who falls for her within days, asks her to marry him and - at 26 - should have realized that at 18 and being a modern English girl, not a traditional Greek one, she would not be ready for that, despite his good looks and the money he'd one day inherit. She said she didn't want to ever get married (with good reason, considering her family) and if he had any sense at all, he would have considered that time might make the difference and be patient. Instead, his pride was wounded, and he later became determined to change her mind, took off for England, only to find she had married a rich old man! Assuming she was a gold digger, he started hating her, got married ASAP strictly for a son and heir, didn't know his wife was a 304, lived only for his little son (sure it was his???), divorced his faithless wife, who found she was terminally ill and drove her car over a cliff, taking the boy with her! After that, he determined to have revenge on the h, because if she had married him, none of this would have happened!
Melodrama to the extreme! I once read an HP book where the h, thinking the H had abandoned her, married a guy on the rebound who turned out to be a creep that made her miserable, and she later determined to get revenge on the H because, had he never left her she never would have married that guy, and so on. I thought it was DUMB then and I think it's DUMB now! Instead of blaming someone else for your bad choices, take some accountability and put the blame where it belongs, on yourself! The fact that the H was so foolish that he married someone he hardly knew and made a terrible mistake wasn't the h's fault!
(A sad reflection on modern society: screw up your life bigtime and blame everyone else for it, never poor little you! No wonder the world's falling apart.)
As for other characters, it's a real Loser Fest! The h's father is a crummy crap pile who lies, cheats on his wife, gambles their money away, and always expects to be forgiven, and always does the same things again! And her dim bulb of a mother keeps forgiving the jerk, and each time he hurts her, cries, faints, gets weak spells, and acts like something out of a bad Victorian novel! When this spineless nincompoop kicks the bucket, it's like "good riddance", and in no time at all, the hubby she loved so much found another woman and made a new life for himself, without giving her (or the h) another thought! Meanwhile the h had sacrificed herself by marrying a horrible, horny old man who paid her father's gambling debts and (lucky for her) got hit by a lorry and croaked right after the ceremony, so she never had to do the deed with him (and a ton of Viagra, I'll bet)!
Even worse, dear old dad told the H (when he came looking for her) that she married a rich old guy and since this was only a short time after the H had proposed, he really grew to hate her!
Then, there's her older sister, whose marriage went kaput, which put her in misery mode for a long time and was the reason (along with her parents' joke of a relationship) the h didn't want to get married. Big sister never came around much, until she decided she wanted to start her own business and looked to kid sister to finance it, with the money she inherited when the old guy croaked without making a will. The h gives it to her and determines to give the rest away to charity, but for some reason, when the story continues seven years after this whole mess, she still hasn't gotten around to that, which tells you something.
There's also her boss, who could easily be crowned "King Creep" because despite being a notorious womanizer, he puts on an "I want to settle down" act and keeps proposing to the h, hoping to get his hands on that money so he can recover from bad investments he made. That having failed, he takes her to Greece on business, accepts money from his business associate (the H, who invited them to his island home) and abandons the h there, to be a prisoner of the man who once loved and now hates her! The H informs her that she's trapped and the only way she can escape is by marrying him and giving him a son to make up for the one he lost, then he'll let her go and he'll keep their child!
The melodrama just keeps coming!!!
After this you get the usual stuff: forced seduction, declarations of hate from the h (despite orgasms), the H claiming he despises her as well, but adores her body, the h refusing to admit she adores his body as well, the H talking about her first marriage like she was a gold-digger and assuming the joke was on her and she didn't get the money, the h having too much pride to tell him the truth, either about the marriage or the money, the h determined to escape, the H triumphant that there is no escape, on and on and on.
Naturally, the h will find a means to escape and (also naturally) another man (or in this case, two) is involved. One is a neighbor's nephew who she has coffee dates with, who unwittingly helps by posting a letter to her sister (which for convoluted reasons doesn't arrive for months) since he doesn't know the details of her forced marriage (but suspects something). The other is the H's unscrupulous servant, eager for money and a chance to start a business and agrees to get her a boat ride off the island in exchange for a valuable antique bracelet (more about that later). Both attempts go awry, and soon (big surprise) the h finds herself going from hate to love, though pride won't let her admit this, so she'll confess to lust, pity, compassion, indifference (as he'll no longer believe hatred) but never love, until he says he loves her, and with his going on about sex, fun in bed, wanting a son and then she can leave, etc., there's fat chance of that.
There's also fat chance of anyone believing these two could ever have a HEA, since when they're not arguing or getting naked, there's little emotion between them. Even when he talks more in depth about the tragic death of his son, it came off more like two people passing the time of day, not caring if they ever see each other again.
The ending was so contrived you want to shake your head and say, "Oh please, come up with something better than this!"
To me, the best part of the book was when the h, along with two archaeological students who live on the island, dig up a long hidden burial site (hence the valuable bracelet) and make plans for further diggings and research, which she planned to talk to the H about. Yet when that (finally) happened, it all fell flat. The whole thing was left hanging. I would have thought she'd offer to use the money she got from the dead old coot to finance everything herself, but I guess this never occurred to her, more's the pity.
This book would have worked so much better if time had gone by, they had gotten closer, and maybe she'd have fallen pregnant. (Since that didn't happen and there was no birth control involved, I'm thinking there was a problem somewhere.) Then, just when it looked like they'd be a real couple in a happy marriage, her sister gets her letter (that she'd forgotten about by then), a "rescue" is underway, he thinks she still planned to leave, and more trouble begins. It's better than the lame story we get here.
I should have written these books!
BTW: the whole mess could have been avoided if both had realized at first what the h knew in hindsight: that had they met a few years later, she'd have been more mature and probably would have accepted his proposal. They should have agreed to put the marriage thing on hold for a time, at 18 and 26 there was no rush. At 22 and 30 they could have walked down the aisle to wedded bliss, more's the pity.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 21, 2019
When I was a pre-teen, I used to sneak in my older sister's room and read some of her "romance" books.
I remember this one clearly. I did enjoy it, though I skipped the sex scenes. The memory of my reading this is really strong because it was the first book including rape culture which I had read. Male character is mad at female character because she "gasps" rejected him in the past, and so he decided to turn into caveman alpha male and keep her as his unwilling bride, wanted to get a kid out of her. At the end and after some stupid events, our heroine decided to stay with him because she realised she loved him all along.
This is sick.
I remember this one clearly. I did enjoy it, though I skipped the sex scenes. The memory of my reading this is really strong because it was the first book including rape culture which I had read. Male character is mad at female character because she "gasps" rejected him in the past, and so he decided to turn into caveman alpha male and keep her as his unwilling bride, wanted to get a kid out of her. At the end and after some stupid events, our heroine decided to stay with him because she realised she loved him all along.
This is sick.
December 14, 2020
Just another day on a Greek private island being forced to go to bed with the guy who forced marriage. Yawn.
No reason for her to fall for him, but since this is a romance she does. Unconvincing at best.
No reason for her to fall for him, but since this is a romance she does. Unconvincing at best.
February 2, 2023
Sarah loved her single life so when Carl Duris proposed to her when she was 18, she turned him down. But for financial reasons her father caused, she married an older rich man....he died right after the wedding ceremony.
She meets up again in Greece with Carl Duris who abuses her mentally and physically and forces her to marry him ....she could leave after she produced a son to take the place of the one who died by his mother's hand earlier.
I couldn't believe he had such a cruel and brutal disposition and it was hard to like him.
She meets up again in Greece with Carl Duris who abuses her mentally and physically and forces her to marry him ....she could leave after she produced a son to take the place of the one who died by his mother's hand earlier.
I couldn't believe he had such a cruel and brutal disposition and it was hard to like him.
October 11, 2018
A good Silhouette read for the time.
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