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Royal Seductions #4
The Duke's Boardroom Affair
How was Victoria Houghton supposed to work for Duke Charles Frederick Mead? The gorgeous royal had never met a woman he couldn't seduce--until now. Victoria despised the duke--and his family. They had gained control of her family business in a hostile takeover, then downgraded her to Charles's personal assistant. Well, there was very little she would personally assist Charles with! She had to resist her burning attraction to him...even as he was kissing her into business-meets-pleasure submission.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 25, 2008
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Michelle Celmer
453 books88 followersMichelle Celmer was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, where she grew up. She wanted to be cosmetologist, but after three months at cosmetology school, she decided to left it. She married at 19, and within five years had three kids. She read voraciously, and decided writing. She signed up for a composition course at her local community college. After various manuscripts, her mother gave her "Tell Me Lies" by Jennifer Crusie, and she discovered the romance novels. She decided writing her own romance novel and on 2004, her firts book was published.
Michelle continued linving in southeastern Michigan with her husband, their three children, two dogs and two cats. When she's not writing or busy being a mom, you can find her in the garden or curled up with a romance novel. And if you twist her arm real hard you can usually persuade her into a day of power shopping.
She loves to hear from readers. Write her at P.O Box 300, Clawson, MI 48017.
Michelle continued linving in southeastern Michigan with her husband, their three children, two dogs and two cats. When she's not writing or busy being a mom, you can find her in the garden or curled up with a romance novel. And if you twist her arm real hard you can usually persuade her into a day of power shopping.
She loves to hear from readers. Write her at P.O Box 300, Clawson, MI 48017.
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October 21, 2019
The Royal Family took over Victoria Houghton's family business, now The Royal Inn, and although they provided her a top management position, they are, for the moment, placing her as personal assistant to Duke Charles - the one royal who thinks commitment is a dirty word and has dipped his wick in more women than he can count. On top of that, he has a history of sleeping with his personal assistants. But Victoria gives him a run for his money and puts him on the chase. He's suddenly far more interested in her than he expected and even once he gets her into his bed, he isn't ready to give her up so soon. But Victoria has a tendency to fall hard and she does with Charles. But she fears he'll never love her back.
Okay, so this might not have been so bad if Charles weren't who he was. The first problem I have here is the premise. The royal family actually wants to keep Victoria on as management because she's so talented, but they put her in a personal assistant role first to see if they can trust her. But they know that Charles sleeps with all his personal assistants and that he doesn't do commitment - so how is this furthering their interests? Charles goes through 1-2 personal assistants per month. That's not a smart move - would have been better to put her in another position somewhere else. Second problem I had here was that Charles was a slimeball who objectified women and figured every one of them would sleep with him eventually. Not to mention he brings it to the office where he's not only a Duke, but also the boss expecting women to sleep with him. So he's the poster boy for sexual harassment (and the royal family hasn't done anything about this?). He hits on anything with tits and despite Victoria telling him no, he keeps going. But eventually she finds it cute rather than annoying as she initially did.
Which is of course why she decides to sleep with him...well, she has a fight with her lying father and then decides to blow off stress by sleeping with him. He has a token moment of honor when he realizes she's emotionally stressed and a bit buzzed on alcohol, but what the hell, he sleeps with her. And then it's sex, sex, sex all day long at work. Professionalism goes out the window. Does this guy actually work? But Victoria maintains that all they have is sex and not even friendship, which Charles is surprised to find hurts him a bit. He's also astonished that he hasn't gotten bored and moved onto hotter women. But then Victoria admits she loves him and it's all over. Until his former playboy cousin shows him how happy he is in marriage and suddenly Charles is thinking how happy Victoria made him. So he goes to her house and drops the "love" bomb and she's so happy to marry him. There's absolutely no question of trust or the fact that he's never had a relationship last beyond a month (probably less than that) and IMHO he'll be cheating on her in a matter of weeks. I honestly do not see a good future for them...he'll be flirting at the office and ducking into hotel rooms with maids before too long. He didn't really learn the lesson about love and commitment, he just didn't want to lose the good thing he got.
Okay, so this might not have been so bad if Charles weren't who he was. The first problem I have here is the premise. The royal family actually wants to keep Victoria on as management because she's so talented, but they put her in a personal assistant role first to see if they can trust her. But they know that Charles sleeps with all his personal assistants and that he doesn't do commitment - so how is this furthering their interests? Charles goes through 1-2 personal assistants per month. That's not a smart move - would have been better to put her in another position somewhere else. Second problem I had here was that Charles was a slimeball who objectified women and figured every one of them would sleep with him eventually. Not to mention he brings it to the office where he's not only a Duke, but also the boss expecting women to sleep with him. So he's the poster boy for sexual harassment (and the royal family hasn't done anything about this?). He hits on anything with tits and despite Victoria telling him no, he keeps going. But eventually she finds it cute rather than annoying as she initially did.
Which is of course why she decides to sleep with him...well, she has a fight with her lying father and then decides to blow off stress by sleeping with him. He has a token moment of honor when he realizes she's emotionally stressed and a bit buzzed on alcohol, but what the hell, he sleeps with her. And then it's sex, sex, sex all day long at work. Professionalism goes out the window. Does this guy actually work? But Victoria maintains that all they have is sex and not even friendship, which Charles is surprised to find hurts him a bit. He's also astonished that he hasn't gotten bored and moved onto hotter women. But then Victoria admits she loves him and it's all over. Until his former playboy cousin shows him how happy he is in marriage and suddenly Charles is thinking how happy Victoria made him. So he goes to her house and drops the "love" bomb and she's so happy to marry him. There's absolutely no question of trust or the fact that he's never had a relationship last beyond a month (probably less than that) and IMHO he'll be cheating on her in a matter of weeks. I honestly do not see a good future for them...he'll be flirting at the office and ducking into hotel rooms with maids before too long. He didn't really learn the lesson about love and commitment, he just didn't want to lose the good thing he got.
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November 2, 2011
I had read this one a few years ago but as it was part of this series I read again.
This is my least favourite of the series so far and because of that I was skipping through it as fast as possible but because I remembered the story it didn't cause me any problems to do so. I found it a little slow which is bad in that it is only a short read in the first place.
I will stress that like a majority of Ms Celmer's works it is a good book and was well written but I just didn't connect to it as much as I had to the others so it is obviously a personal thing!
This is my least favourite of the series so far and because of that I was skipping through it as fast as possible but because I remembered the story it didn't cause me any problems to do so. I found it a little slow which is bad in that it is only a short read in the first place.
I will stress that like a majority of Ms Celmer's works it is a good book and was well written but I just didn't connect to it as much as I had to the others so it is obviously a personal thing!
January 22, 2014
i have no interest in this book at all. i just read to finish it. at least, there's still something worth reading in this one like sex and love and other hotel stuff than a lot of useless and rubbish books that i had to read in the office.
this one is for... anyonw who wants to kill their time waiting at the airport and blah blah. it has its useful factors in general.
:)
this one is for... anyonw who wants to kill their time waiting at the airport and blah blah. it has its useful factors in general.
:)
February 21, 2013
The immense power difference between the Duke and Victoria is disturbing. He's her boss, financially secure and handsome. She's his personal assistant, paid an outrageous salary and somehow smart...but then jumps into his pants at the first opportunity. And it ends well, even though I've no idea what makes her different from the hoards of females he was with before.
June 2, 2017
Ale že mu to trvalo!
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July 27, 2011A good story.
Victoria Houghton has lost her family business and home. She is forced to work with Duke Charles Frederick Mead, the playboy member of the Royal family that has bought her father out. Dealling with his trying to seduce her, she continues to say no, until the sparks fly in a hot kiss.
Charles loves woman. He loves them often, but when asked by Victoria, he can not remember their names. Having to face the fact that he wanted to seduce Victoria, but his family was begging him not to, he starts to look at her as more than just a challenge.
Victoria finds out her father had lied to her about the financial situation they were in. Realizing that the Royal family was not the cause of their downfall, she vows to seek her own route in life. Giving up Charles was difficult, but better now before he dumps her later. He never stays with a woman long, so why would he now.
Victoria Houghton has lost her family business and home. She is forced to work with Duke Charles Frederick Mead, the playboy member of the Royal family that has bought her father out. Dealling with his trying to seduce her, she continues to say no, until the sparks fly in a hot kiss.
Charles loves woman. He loves them often, but when asked by Victoria, he can not remember their names. Having to face the fact that he wanted to seduce Victoria, but his family was begging him not to, he starts to look at her as more than just a challenge.
Victoria finds out her father had lied to her about the financial situation they were in. Realizing that the Royal family was not the cause of their downfall, she vows to seek her own route in life. Giving up Charles was difficult, but better now before he dumps her later. He never stays with a woman long, so why would he now.
July 28, 2011
Another great story about the royalty of Morgan Isle. Interesting characters and development throughout the story. I hope to see more about this wonderful family.
August 9, 2014
This was expected but a thought Phillip would have been more involved in putting them together..................... Or instead was the whole family planning this?
July 9, 2016
Love the series but this one gets 4.75 stars!!!
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January 5, 2019I reviewed this for my YouTube channel, Op Shop Romance: https://youtu.be/PgUyuaGarg8
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