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A Ring for a Fortune
All that she needed was a wedding ring
Then the money would be hers, to use for a very special reason.
Her late grandfather's will had put Jasmine into an impossible situation. Hadn't he visualized that she might ask any man to marry her - so long as he was free - merely to get her hands on the money?
Sloan Lancaster, the brilliant writer, just might be the one who could fit into her plans. From their first meeting she found him arrogant and aloof - yet she couldn't deny that he somehow aroused desires she had never felt before....
Then the money would be hers, to use for a very special reason.
Her late grandfather's will had put Jasmine into an impossible situation. Hadn't he visualized that she might ask any man to marry her - so long as he was free - merely to get her hands on the money?
Sloan Lancaster, the brilliant writer, just might be the one who could fit into her plans. From their first meeting she found him arrogant and aloof - yet she couldn't deny that he somehow aroused desires she had never felt before....
- GenresHarlequin Presents
186 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1980
About the author
Lilian Peake
133 books68 followersLilian Margaret Peake was born on 25 May 1924 in London, England, UK. During the World War II, she moved to the countryside.
Her early ambition was to be a journalist, and she ended up working at various newspapers and magazines around England. She also married and started a family, and eventually she decided start to writing romance novels. She wrote over 65 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1971 to 1996 as Lilian Peake.
Lilian passed away in 27 May 1997.
Her early ambition was to be a journalist, and she ended up working at various newspapers and magazines around England. She also married and started a family, and eventually she decided start to writing romance novels. She wrote over 65 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1971 to 1996 as Lilian Peake.
Lilian passed away in 27 May 1997.
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November 14, 2019
All that she needed was a wedding ring
Then the money would be hers, to use for a very special reason.
Her late grandfather's will had put Jasmine into an impossible situation. Hadn't he visualized that she might ask any man to marry her - so long as he was free - merely to get her hands on the money?
Sloan Lancaster, the brilliant writer, just might be the one who could fit into her plans. From their first meeting she found him arrogant and aloof - yet she couldn't deny that he somehow aroused desires she had never felt before..
Then the money would be hers, to use for a very special reason.
Her late grandfather's will had put Jasmine into an impossible situation. Hadn't he visualized that she might ask any man to marry her - so long as he was free - merely to get her hands on the money?
Sloan Lancaster, the brilliant writer, just might be the one who could fit into her plans. From their first meeting she found him arrogant and aloof - yet she couldn't deny that he somehow aroused desires she had never felt before..
September 21, 2021
DNF.
Read the first 10-20 minutes where the H was extremely brutally rude to the h on first look soon after she told him her proposal. He called her a bitch and basically said it was almost an insult that she dared to consider proposing HIM. Then he mauled her and left. I opted to check out the last pages and landed in on the H dragging the delirious-from-pain-and-sadness h roughly, throwing her into a car, then dragging her back and forth outside their home (assuming she's sloshed) till she falls down on the gravel at his feet saying she is dead exhausted.
After that he has dubcon violent sex with her then tells her to leave the house in the morning. The h hugs him, cries her heart out, and he stands doing nothing. Eventually he pulls her hair painfully and fixes a chokehold on her neck while claiming she is an adultering promiscious slut or sth and asking her to explain why/how. I quit the book after that.
STAY AWAY from this book. Ms. Peake, I am so disappointed with you!
Read the first 10-20 minutes where the H was extremely brutally rude to the h on first look soon after she told him her proposal. He called her a bitch and basically said it was almost an insult that she dared to consider proposing HIM. Then he mauled her and left. I opted to check out the last pages and landed in on the H dragging the delirious-from-pain-and-sadness h roughly, throwing her into a car, then dragging her back and forth outside their home (assuming she's sloshed) till she falls down on the gravel at his feet saying she is dead exhausted.
After that he has dubcon violent sex with her then tells her to leave the house in the morning. The h hugs him, cries her heart out, and he stands doing nothing. Eventually he pulls her hair painfully and fixes a chokehold on her neck while claiming she is an adultering promiscious slut or sth and asking her to explain why/how. I quit the book after that.
STAY AWAY from this book. Ms. Peake, I am so disappointed with you!
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January 18, 2021
Two stars because I’m feeling nice. This book was so whack & silly. She has to be married, she has to be the one to propose to qualify. That way she will marry the one she loves. Only her gramps or whoever gave that ultimatum didn’t quite realize that she can love a guy all she want yet the guy can still reject her when she proposed. At least, if the guy proposed to her then it is because he loves her. Maybe lol. Also, I’m sure she‘s capable of rejecting any marriage proposals that she don’t want.
I think the biggest mistake was flow of the story. The first & second half of the plot were not much of any different. They married, go sightseeing, separated, meet again, more sightseeing, the end! I was so confused where the climax went aka the turning point of the story??!
I guess this is what happens when an author tries to turn rubbish to a story.
I think the biggest mistake was flow of the story. The first & second half of the plot were not much of any different. They married, go sightseeing, separated, meet again, more sightseeing, the end! I was so confused where the climax went aka the turning point of the story??!
I guess this is what happens when an author tries to turn rubbish to a story.
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December 29, 2022
I will never ever understand the appeal of this particular sub-genre of romance. What do you even call it? It reads like one of those chilling misery memoires in which some poor soul relates the horrific emotional, sexual and physical abuse that they have endured at the hands of a complete psychopath. The H emotes nothing but hatred and contempt for the h until the bitter bitter end. The h is pathetic and sad and honestly comes off as a shell of a human being whose dignity and pride have been utterly stripped away.
Did I feel remotely romantic reading this? NOPE. I felt uncomfortable, sad and angry. Not the emotions one is hoping to dredge up when one reaches for a romance novel.
Did I feel remotely romantic reading this? NOPE. I felt uncomfortable, sad and angry. Not the emotions one is hoping to dredge up when one reaches for a romance novel.
October 26, 2020
Oh my! He raped her and that was okay? I'm so confused 😕
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