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Beth's life was far from simple — Impulsive Beth Murphy tackled life's problems head-on. When her errant niece appeared in Boston "in terrible trouble," Beth promised Stacy that the culprit would marry her. — As a temporary secretary for Richard Macomber, English professor, writer and culprit, Beth put her plan into action. She soon learned the computer codes at Macomber Publishing--and how to change them.But Beth hadn't counted on her own warm response to Richard or the heartache of plotting his marriage to someone else.
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First published January 1, 1988
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Emma Goldrick
149 books33 followersEmma Goldrick is the penname used by the marriage formed by Emma Elizabeth Jean Sutcliffe, borned 7 February 1923 in Puerto Rico, and Robert N. Goldrick, borned on 22 March 1919 in Massachusetts, USA. They met in Puerto Rico, where married. She was a licensed practical nurse, volunteered with American Red Cross and she taught American Sign Language and he was a career USA military man. Thirty years and 4 children later they retired, and in 1980 they started to write in collaboration, and their first novel was accepted and published in 1983 by Mills & Boon. They continued publishing 40 novels until Robert passed away at 76, in 22 January 1996. After her husband death, she published her last novel and retired. Emma Goldrick passed away at 85, in 20 November 2008.
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December 8, 2019
"Temporary Paragon" is the story of Beth and Richard!
Our h is a successful businesswoman, who runs her own secretarial company, a happy spinster, caring aunt and coaches her own baseball team for enjoyment. Her monotonous life changes when her beloved niece arrives with a problem, and she realizes her new client might have seduced, and discarded her own relative!
She then plots a subtle revenge and goes to work for the man himself. Our H is the owner of a large publishing firm, a sneaky ghost writer and a charming rogue. She however, finds an extremely dreamy and utterly gorgeous man, who is happy to kiss and let her manage his life..until she goes ahead with the sabotage and he promises "repentance". But things are not always what they seem..
Well written book with a strong and sassy heroine, a besotted and caring hero, loads of heated kisses and flirting, crazy relatives, a vengeful error, some apologies and HEA. The h's oversight is glaringly obvious, yet it is fun to see her fall in love and the H's frustration and pursuit. Also I loved every excuse of her dating her "MAC".
However, in the last 50 pages things went a bit downhill for me. The "cheating", "rape", "OM" confusion were so out of character, I could not believe I was reading the same book. If not for the mess, this would have been a definite 5 star read.
Safe
4/5
Our h is a successful businesswoman, who runs her own secretarial company, a happy spinster, caring aunt and coaches her own baseball team for enjoyment. Her monotonous life changes when her beloved niece arrives with a problem, and she realizes her new client might have seduced, and discarded her own relative!
She then plots a subtle revenge and goes to work for the man himself. Our H is the owner of a large publishing firm, a sneaky ghost writer and a charming rogue. She however, finds an extremely dreamy and utterly gorgeous man, who is happy to kiss and let her manage his life..until she goes ahead with the sabotage and he promises "repentance". But things are not always what they seem..
Well written book with a strong and sassy heroine, a besotted and caring hero, loads of heated kisses and flirting, crazy relatives, a vengeful error, some apologies and HEA. The h's oversight is glaringly obvious, yet it is fun to see her fall in love and the H's frustration and pursuit. Also I loved every excuse of her dating her "MAC".
However, in the last 50 pages things went a bit downhill for me. The "cheating", "rape", "OM" confusion were so out of character, I could not believe I was reading the same book. If not for the mess, this would have been a definite 5 star read.
Safe
4/5
February 21, 2011
The quieter moments stand out - when the H helps the h with her little league baseball coaching- when they get stuck in an elevator and she falls asleep on his chest and he ties her hair in knots to pass the time (and also cuz he loves her hair....), it makes me fall in love with him............
December 15, 2013
Silly beyond words.
September 21, 2021
Bumped it to 3 cz of the HEA. Also loved that the h was boss of her own thriving company and well to do. The 2 things I have issue with are:
1. The H started groping and kissing the h (his temp secretary) within an hour of meeting her on the job. Previously he had called her sexy and other things on the first phone call he ever had with her, EVER. This kissing and groping continues *throughout* the whole book and at one point he takes off her clothes and gives her head (yes you read it right) while she is asleep on his boat. Very dubcon.
2. After the H and h are married, the h walks in on the H's secretary flashing her underwear to him (under the guise of showing him some accident scars) and he is "widely grinning." The H splutters, immediately fires the secretary, but later on admits that although he absolutely didn't instigate it but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy it. So I anticipate major cheating in the future cz to him emotional cheating doesn't count apparently.
1. The H started groping and kissing the h (his temp secretary) within an hour of meeting her on the job. Previously he had called her sexy and other things on the first phone call he ever had with her, EVER. This kissing and groping continues *throughout* the whole book and at one point he takes off her clothes and gives her head (yes you read it right) while she is asleep on his boat. Very dubcon.
2. After the H and h are married, the h walks in on the H's secretary flashing her underwear to him (under the guise of showing him some accident scars) and he is "widely grinning." The H splutters, immediately fires the secretary, but later on admits that although he absolutely didn't instigate it but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy it. So I anticipate major cheating in the future cz to him emotional cheating doesn't count apparently.
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December 14, 2013
Rating 3.5 stars
The book had it's funny moments, the whole always getting stuck in the elevator thing. The heroine runs a business, coaches a little league team, she is resourceful as hell and a maiden aunt whose niece comes crying about a broken heart and she goes off to make that man marry her. She goes undercover as his secretary and well I loved how she handled everyone at the office and even the hero. She was delightful and it was hilarious seeing the hero's niece and how the hero tricked her into marrying him. All in all I enjoyed the book.
The book had it's funny moments, the whole always getting stuck in the elevator thing. The heroine runs a business, coaches a little league team, she is resourceful as hell and a maiden aunt whose niece comes crying about a broken heart and she goes off to make that man marry her. She goes undercover as his secretary and well I loved how she handled everyone at the office and even the hero. She was delightful and it was hilarious seeing the hero's niece and how the hero tricked her into marrying him. All in all I enjoyed the book.
October 10, 2013
easy ,funny and enjoyable like Julia Roberts` romcom and main star is lovely Beth that presumes too much makes a real mess of hero`s life and business/chuckling/.
I just saw that my rating is almost a year old and this book is still unknown to many readers so if you come across it please read it. I have read too many panty-melting-no-brainers these days so if you`re fed up with them go for this heartwarming classic..maybe it`s time to reread it myself...
I just saw that my rating is almost a year old and this book is still unknown to many readers so if you come across it please read it. I have read too many panty-melting-no-brainers these days so if you`re fed up with them go for this heartwarming classic..maybe it`s time to reread it myself...
June 1, 2022
Characters beyond belief.
Silly Story.
Silly Story.
November 6, 2020
If you like cheesy, silly romance then this might be for you. If you prefer cheesy, sensible romance then this isn’t for you. Btw, heroine takes the trophy for being the biggest troll of all time😂
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