Bought: For His Convenience or Pleasure?

by Maggie Cox

Billionaire Nikolai Golitsyn was on the verge of seducing Ellie. But then tragedy struck, and she was blamed for the death of his brother. The last place he wanted her was in his bed. Confused and humiliated, Ellie fled.Five years later, Nikolai's orphaned niece needs a mother, and he's tracked down Ellie—he wants her to assume the role. But this time around Nikolai intends to enjoy all the delights he denied himself he'll give Ellie no choice but to become his unwillingly wedded wife!

Genres: Harlequin Presents, Harlequin, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary Romance

181 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 28, 2009

About the author

Maggie Cox loved to write almost as soon as she learned to read. Her favorite occupation was daydreaming and making up stories in her head, and this particular pastime has stayed with her through all the years of growing up, starting work, marrying and raising a family. No matter what was going on in her life, whether joy, happiness, struggle or disappointment, she'd go to bed each night and lose herself in her imagination. Through all the years of her secretarial career she kept on filling exercise books and the "joy oh joy" her word processor with her writing, never showing anyone what she wrote and basically keeping her stories for her own enjoyment alone.

It wasn't until she met her second husband and the "love of her life" that she was persuaded to start sharing those stories with a publisher. She settled on Mills & Boon (Harlequin) as she had loved romance novels since she was a teenager and read at least one or two paperbacks a week. After several rejections, the letters that were sent back from the publisher started to become more and more positive and encouraging, and in July 2002 she sold her first book A Passionate Protector. Since then she has continued written.

The fact that she is being published is truly a dream come true; however, each book she writes is still a journey in "courage and hope," and a quest to learn and grow and be "the best writer she can." Her advice to aspiring authors is: "Don't give up at the first hurdle, or even the second, third or fourth, but keep on keeping on until your dream is realized because if you are truly passionate about writing and learning the craft, as Paulo Coehlo states in his book The Alchemist: "The Universe will conspire to help you make it a reality."

Reviews

[willaful · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of a Penny-Jordanish story, except without the oomph. Is it just me or does the title bring to mind supermarket signs? I was also amused by the psychologist heroine describing her way of treating her patients: "I mostly think of myself as an enabler..."

[GuisBell · Rating 2 out of 5]

En serio Ellie!!! Como puedes perdonarle tan fácilmente, tantas cosas feas que te hizo, uno, te besó cuando todavía estaba casado, dos, pensó lo peor de ti después del accidente y ni siquiera se preocupo si estabas bien o no, tres, te estuvo persiguiendo por 5 años con el único fin de la venganza y vas te entregas en bandeja de plata... en que estas pensando???!!!!! :O :O :O :# :#

[Eri | Encrucijadas literarias · Rating 2 out of 5]

La historia no está mal pero algunos puntos deberían haber sido reforzados, como la simpleza con la que lo perdonó al protagonista que primero la beso aún estando casado, luego le hecho la culpa de la muerte de su hermano donde ella salió herida y a el le importó tres pepinos... Y como cereza del pastel, que quiera venganza pero a la vez usarla para que cuide a su sobrina. Mujer un poco de amor propio por favor!!!

[Mattie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not like it at all. Did not like the plot or the characters. Don't particularly like the theme of raising nieces or nephews in General and this one was no exception. Np.

[RomLibrary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nikolai Golitsyn was on the verge of seducing Ellie. But then tragedy struck, and she was blamed for the death of his brother. The last place he wanted her was in his bed. Confused and humiliated, Ellie fled.Five years later, Nikolai's orphaned niece needs a mother, and he's tracked down Ellie--he wants her to assume the role. But this time around Nikolai intends to enjoy all the delights he denied himself before: he'll give Ellie no choice but to become his unwillingly wedded wife

[Lisa Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

★★½☆☆

[Fatmata Sankoh · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ok read. A romance typical of these kind of read.