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Kyriakis's Innocent Mistress
Dimitri Kyriakis's fearsome reputation leaves no doubt as to how ruthless he can be in the boardroom. But the next item on this billionaire's agenda is personal: he wants revenge on his father. What could be better than to seduce Bonnie, his father's latest plaything...?
Innocent Bonnie has been hired as a nurse -- nothing more -- but Dimitri refuses to believe she's not after a share of the Kyriakis fortune.... Only once he claims her does Dimitri discover Bonnie's been telling the truth: she was a virgin!
Innocent Bonnie has been hired as a nurse -- nothing more -- but Dimitri refuses to believe she's not after a share of the Kyriakis fortune.... Only once he claims her does Dimitri discover Bonnie's been telling the truth: she was a virgin!
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 29, 2009
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Diana Hamilton
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Diana Hamilton was born in a English town. Wanting to be a country child, her imagination came into play at an early age, transforming a neighbor’s tree into a forest, a hole in a stone wall into a gingerbread house, a gas puddle into a fairyland, complete with mountains, lakes and flower meadows. She loathed housework but made to do her share, to lessen the boredom, she told herself stories, in a very loud voice, featuring princesses and flower gardens, discovering that telling herself stories was almost as good as reading them in a book.
She loathed school with an equal passion and got through it by pretending to be somewhere else. Even so she left grammar school with respectable grades... And was sent to art college when she wanted to study to be a vet. This was nowhere as bad as it had seemed because it was there, at age 18, she first saw Peter. He had returned from two years’ active service in Korea to resume his studies, and Diana immediately fell in love with him.
Gaining a degree in advertising copywriting, Diana worked as a copywriter and married Peter. They moved to a remote part of Wales after the birth of their second child, Paul, when their daughter, Rebecca, was three years old. There, Diana enjoyed pony trekking and walking in the mountains; and her third child, Andrew, was born. Itchy feet brought them back to England to the beautiful county of Shropshire four years later and they have been there ever since, gradually restoring the rambling Elizabethan manor that Diana gave her heart to on sight, creating a garden out of a wilderness of nettles, brambles and old bedsteads.
In the mid-'70s Diana took up her pen again to write stories to read to her three children at bedtime. These were never offered for publication but the bug had bitten. Over the next 10 years she combined writing over 30 novels, published by Robert Hale of London, with bringing up her children, gardening and cooking for the restaurant of a local inn—a wonderful excuse to avoid the dreaded housework! In 1987 Diana realized her dearest ambition—the publication of her first Mills & Boon romance, Song in a Strange Land. She had come home. And that feeling persists to this day as, around 30 Harlequin/Mills & Boon romantic novels late, she was still in love with the genre.
Sadly, Diana Hamilton passed away on May 3, 2009, at her home in Shropshire, surrounded by her family. She will be sorely missed by her fans and everyone at Mills & Boon/Harlequin
Diana Hamilton was born in a English town. Wanting to be a country child, her imagination came into play at an early age, transforming a neighbor’s tree into a forest, a hole in a stone wall into a gingerbread house, a gas puddle into a fairyland, complete with mountains, lakes and flower meadows. She loathed housework but made to do her share, to lessen the boredom, she told herself stories, in a very loud voice, featuring princesses and flower gardens, discovering that telling herself stories was almost as good as reading them in a book.
She loathed school with an equal passion and got through it by pretending to be somewhere else. Even so she left grammar school with respectable grades... And was sent to art college when she wanted to study to be a vet. This was nowhere as bad as it had seemed because it was there, at age 18, she first saw Peter. He had returned from two years’ active service in Korea to resume his studies, and Diana immediately fell in love with him.
Gaining a degree in advertising copywriting, Diana worked as a copywriter and married Peter. They moved to a remote part of Wales after the birth of their second child, Paul, when their daughter, Rebecca, was three years old. There, Diana enjoyed pony trekking and walking in the mountains; and her third child, Andrew, was born. Itchy feet brought them back to England to the beautiful county of Shropshire four years later and they have been there ever since, gradually restoring the rambling Elizabethan manor that Diana gave her heart to on sight, creating a garden out of a wilderness of nettles, brambles and old bedsteads.
In the mid-'70s Diana took up her pen again to write stories to read to her three children at bedtime. These were never offered for publication but the bug had bitten. Over the next 10 years she combined writing over 30 novels, published by Robert Hale of London, with bringing up her children, gardening and cooking for the restaurant of a local inn—a wonderful excuse to avoid the dreaded housework! In 1987 Diana realized her dearest ambition—the publication of her first Mills & Boon romance, Song in a Strange Land. She had come home. And that feeling persists to this day as, around 30 Harlequin/Mills & Boon romantic novels late, she was still in love with the genre.
Sadly, Diana Hamilton passed away on May 3, 2009, at her home in Shropshire, surrounded by her family. She will be sorely missed by her fans and everyone at Mills & Boon/Harlequin
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April 7, 2019
Has revenge ever been so boring? Hero wants revenge against his father who abandoned his mother after she got pregnant. At fourteen he begged his father for some money for his sick mother, but his father refused. Hero has spent the next 20 years building his business and ruining his father’s.
Chip off the old block.
His father has cancer and regrets. Heroine is his nurse. She is still smarting from being jilted at the altar by her dry stick boyfriend. She feels sorry for the old man and she agrees to take a message to the hero in Greece to initiate a reconciliation.
She thinks the hero is his servant. Hero knows who she is, so he seduces her thinking he’s stealing his father’s mistress. He is shocked when it turns out she was a virgin. Heroine is shocked and angry that he kept his identity a secret during their weeklong courtship.
Then dry stick turns up to get his girl back. Heroine kisses him to make the hero jealous and then scuppers back to England.
Eventually the hero tracks her down – the sex must have been good. He offers to reconcile with his father if she’ll go with him.
Heroine forgives him. Hero forgives his father off page. There’s an epilogue with twins and a pregnant heroine.
This isn’t a bad story. Just forgettable.
Chip off the old block.
His father has cancer and regrets. Heroine is his nurse. She is still smarting from being jilted at the altar by her dry stick boyfriend. She feels sorry for the old man and she agrees to take a message to the hero in Greece to initiate a reconciliation.
She thinks the hero is his servant. Hero knows who she is, so he seduces her thinking he’s stealing his father’s mistress. He is shocked when it turns out she was a virgin. Heroine is shocked and angry that he kept his identity a secret during their weeklong courtship.
Then dry stick turns up to get his girl back. Heroine kisses him to make the hero jealous and then scuppers back to England.
Eventually the hero tracks her down – the sex must have been good. He offers to reconcile with his father if she’ll go with him.
Heroine forgives him. Hero forgives his father off page. There’s an epilogue with twins and a pregnant heroine.
This isn’t a bad story. Just forgettable.
June 3, 2021
Dimitri Kyriakis's fearsome reputation leaves no doubt as to how ruthless he can be in the boardroom. But the next item on this billionaire's agenda is personal: he wants revenge on his father. What could be better than to seduce Bonnie, his father's latest plaything...?
Innocent Bonnie has been hired as a nurse -- nothing more -- but Dimitri refuses to believe she's not after a share of the Kyriakis fortune.... Only once he claims her does Dimitri discover Bonnie's been telling the truth: she was a virgin!
Innocent Bonnie has been hired as a nurse -- nothing more -- but Dimitri refuses to believe she's not after a share of the Kyriakis fortune.... Only once he claims her does Dimitri discover Bonnie's been telling the truth: she was a virgin!
December 10, 2020
Me ha encantado. Me he quedado con ganas de saber más.
Es una historia original, me ha gustado la personalidad y el pasado del protagonista masculino con esos deseos de venganza, pero la protagonista femenina no me ha parecido nada original.
Lo único que hubiera cambiado hubiera sido el final. Creo que todo ha ido demasiado bien y me esperaba otra cosa.
Quizá si la historia hubiera sido más larga hubiera comprendido mejor na decisión final del protagonista.
Es una historia original, me ha gustado la personalidad y el pasado del protagonista masculino con esos deseos de venganza, pero la protagonista femenina no me ha parecido nada original.
Lo único que hubiera cambiado hubiera sido el final. Creo que todo ha ido demasiado bien y me esperaba otra cosa.
Quizá si la historia hubiera sido más larga hubiera comprendido mejor na decisión final del protagonista.
February 9, 2014
It's your typical harlequin romance. This time it's about revenge. The story is not that bad but also not that good. No highlights moment in the book. Just...average.
The hero is typical enough to assume and expect the worse from a woman, when the said woman's behaviour is complete the opposite. And the heroine's dumb enough to believe a complete stranger and let herself fallen into lust.
Like I said, no highlights moment to make me remember this book. A reading material when you feel bored but not much into thinking. Not in my reread list.
The hero is typical enough to assume and expect the worse from a woman, when the said woman's behaviour is complete the opposite. And the heroine's dumb enough to believe a complete stranger and let herself fallen into lust.
Like I said, no highlights moment to make me remember this book. A reading material when you feel bored but not much into thinking. Not in my reread list.
September 23, 2019
Fantastic
Enthralling from beginning to the end. Lovely plot and well written story. Loved the originality of the writer and imagination.
Enthralling from beginning to the end. Lovely plot and well written story. Loved the originality of the writer and imagination.
December 2, 2021
Fantastic read!
I'd recommend the book to all romance junkies. Leaves you with a really huge feel good factor. Absolutely loved it!
I'd recommend the book to all romance junkies. Leaves you with a really huge feel good factor. Absolutely loved it!
September 10, 2025
Me gustó, pero siento que algo me faltó y el final me pareció muy simple.
February 6, 2014
libro clichesudito, pero bastante bonito, y no fue super ferte las escenas de sexo y/o violencia
este libro lo encontré por casualidad cuando estaba haciendo un regalo.
es de dos personajes buen fuertes, ella una enfermera de armas tomar y el un verdadero arrogante, bastante para el gusto de algunos, con sed de venganza, pero una rubia con los pies en la tierra y determinación quiso ayudar
esto pasa entre Dimitri, un verdadero cínico y la dulce pero no tonta Bonnie, quien como buen harlequin resulta cliché la cuestión de que se enamoran pero las cosas se dañan pero al final comen perdices.
En la historia, no leemos sino venganza, una especie de romance con seducción, agradezco necesitaba un libro que tuviera una escena de sexo donde hay un vacio, menos mal no la explicaron, es de eso paso, y seguimos con la próxima pagina, lo necesitaba.
este libro lo encontré por casualidad cuando estaba haciendo un regalo.
es de dos personajes buen fuertes, ella una enfermera de armas tomar y el un verdadero arrogante, bastante para el gusto de algunos, con sed de venganza, pero una rubia con los pies en la tierra y determinación quiso ayudar
esto pasa entre Dimitri, un verdadero cínico y la dulce pero no tonta Bonnie, quien como buen harlequin resulta cliché la cuestión de que se enamoran pero las cosas se dañan pero al final comen perdices.
En la historia, no leemos sino venganza, una especie de romance con seducción, agradezco necesitaba un libro que tuviera una escena de sexo donde hay un vacio, menos mal no la explicaron, es de eso paso, y seguimos con la próxima pagina, lo necesitaba.
February 27, 2015
So much facepalm.
July 14, 2014
cállate y dame un beso.
March 10, 2016
Boring
So boring skipped through it to get to the good part only to find it there was none. Save your money.
So boring skipped through it to get to the good part only to find it there was none. Save your money.
January 3, 2025
Reread 2 years later, vaguely remembered. No wonder. Ho hum. Even the revenge is low key and H is foolish to jump to silly conclusions about h. (And how would story differ without h virginity??)
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