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To Tame A Proud Heart
Oliver Kemp had always followed his instincts-until he agreed to hire a business associate's daughter as a favor! Francesca Wade vowed to be nothing but professional toward her new boss-but just one lapse with Oliver Kemp had her out of the office and up the aisle with a man who was too proud to lover her and too honorable to leave her!
192 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
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Cathy Williams
1,355 books203 followersCathy Williams, born in Trinidad and Tobago, is a British author who has written romance novels for Mills & Boon since 1990. She lives in Chiswick, London, with her three daughters and continues to craft engaging, heartfelt love stories.
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July 14, 2019
This one was a CW miss for me.
H is wealthy guy from wrong side of the tracks and resents the h who has had a wealthy, sheltered life. They wind up passionately smexxing one night after he had been jilted and she was intoxicated.
She winds up preggers and he forces her to marry him. They have some spats and he ignores her a lot in favor of potential OW, who may or may not be real OW. (CW was vague on this point.)
Eventually there is an almost miscarriage and in the aftermath, True Love Avowals are made.
The problem was she was really a nice person, a little naive but nice and he kept harping on about how she wasn't his type, he resented her background and how naive she was.
None of which recommends itself to believablity when he declares his undying love. CW did such a great job of proving how different they were and how much he didn't like who she was, I didn't believe he was in love at all.
It just did not work, she hadn't changed and neither had he really, I couldn't see them in a HEA long term.
H is wealthy guy from wrong side of the tracks and resents the h who has had a wealthy, sheltered life. They wind up passionately smexxing one night after he had been jilted and she was intoxicated.
She winds up preggers and he forces her to marry him. They have some spats and he ignores her a lot in favor of potential OW, who may or may not be real OW. (CW was vague on this point.)
Eventually there is an almost miscarriage and in the aftermath, True Love Avowals are made.
The problem was she was really a nice person, a little naive but nice and he kept harping on about how she wasn't his type, he resented her background and how naive she was.
None of which recommends itself to believablity when he declares his undying love. CW did such a great job of proving how different they were and how much he didn't like who she was, I didn't believe he was in love at all.
It just did not work, she hadn't changed and neither had he really, I couldn't see them in a HEA long term.
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February 1, 2019
That was a decent read if you love the unplanned pregnancy trope as much as I do.
April 3, 2022
I stopped reading at page 122.
Before they had sex, he had asked her if she used protection against pregnancy. She said yes.
Later on he finds out that she is pregnant. He asks her that she had said that she used contraception.
The b*tch answers on page 122 that she had lied to him about using birth control. No apology for lying to him, nothing.
What a horrible, awful, despicable, deceitful, selfish idiot she is.
I find it unforgivable to lie about such an important thing as birth control.
Before they had sex, he had asked her if she used protection against pregnancy. She said yes.
Later on he finds out that she is pregnant. He asks her that she had said that she used contraception.
The b*tch answers on page 122 that she had lied to him about using birth control. No apology for lying to him, nothing.
What a horrible, awful, despicable, deceitful, selfish idiot she is.
I find it unforgivable to lie about such an important thing as birth control.
February 28, 2017
2.5 stars may be? Utterly boring, overly used plot line and just messed up! Argh!
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June 5, 2020Compromising Positions
Oliver Kemp had always followed his instincts-until he agreed to hire a business associate's daughter as a favor!
Francesca Wade vowed to be nothing but professional toward her new boss-but just one lapse with Oliver Kemp had her out of the office and up the aisle with a man who was too proud to lover her and too honorable to leave her!
Oliver Kemp had always followed his instincts-until he agreed to hire a business associate's daughter as a favor!
Francesca Wade vowed to be nothing but professional toward her new boss-but just one lapse with Oliver Kemp had her out of the office and up the aisle with a man who was too proud to lover her and too honorable to leave her!
February 27, 2021
Mixed feelings. Some parts were good and angsty but other parts dragged on. There was many details and sometimes repetitive analysis. Some drama that was prolonged by miscommunication between the MCs.
August 28, 2024
A sweet read. Boy meets girl, they dislike each other while secretly being attracted to each other. Attraction turns to love. As pregnancy, marriage due to the baby and a tragedy to scare them into their HEA!
August 19, 2023
A good read - obvious ending but all M&B are!
March 12, 2013
I found it utterly boring and predictable. I couldn't even count the times I yawned because there were plenty.
July 4, 2016
Boring and predictable
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