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Meredith Ashe thought her heart was broken when Cy Harden's family ran her out of town as a scared teenager, penniless and pregnant. Now, stronger and wiser, she's back, but this time as the poised, powerful head of a multinational corporation--and she's planning a hostile takeover of Harden Properties.
Cy doesn't know the secrets Meredith is hiding, and she has no intention of telling him. She plans to let him think she's the same shy girl he abandoned years ago..but she hasn't counted on the way her body still thrills to his touch. And when Meredith begins to fall for Cy all over again...even her carefully made plans can't protect her.
Cy doesn't know the secrets Meredith is hiding, and she has no intention of telling him. She plans to let him think she's the same shy girl he abandoned years ago..but she hasn't counted on the way her body still thrills to his touch. And when Meredith begins to fall for Cy all over again...even her carefully made plans can't protect her.
400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1991
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Susan Kyle
23 books100 followersSusan Kyle writes under the pseudonyms Diana Blayne, Katy Currie and Diana Palmer.
Susan Spaeth Kyle was born in 1946 in Randolph County, Georgia. She attended school in Atlanta and graduated in 1964 from Chamblee High School in Chamblee, Georgia.
In 1991, at the age of 44, she went back to college and graduated summa cum laude. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, with minors in anthropology and Spanish, from Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia. She has two years work on her master’s degree. She belongs to the honor society, Alpha Chi.
She has been married since 1972 to James Kyle. They have a son, Blayne Edward and two grandchildren.
Her hobbies are blues piano, classical guitar, researching the Tudor period of Great Britain. She enjoys reading science journals and anything pertaining to the field of theoretical physics. She is also an astronomy buff, and she owns a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. But her main hobby and obsession is online gaming. She plays World of Warcraft daily on the pc. She also plays Oblivion: Elder Scrolls 4 and Halo: 3 on Xbox Live on her Xbox 360. She and husband James are both players, along with her sister, Dannis, and niece, Maggie, and at least one of her readers.
Susan lives in Habersham County, Georgia, with husband James and a houseful of assorted animals.
Susan Spaeth Kyle was born in 1946 in Randolph County, Georgia. She attended school in Atlanta and graduated in 1964 from Chamblee High School in Chamblee, Georgia.
In 1991, at the age of 44, she went back to college and graduated summa cum laude. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, with minors in anthropology and Spanish, from Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia. She has two years work on her master’s degree. She belongs to the honor society, Alpha Chi.
She has been married since 1972 to James Kyle. They have a son, Blayne Edward and two grandchildren.
Her hobbies are blues piano, classical guitar, researching the Tudor period of Great Britain. She enjoys reading science journals and anything pertaining to the field of theoretical physics. She is also an astronomy buff, and she owns a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. But her main hobby and obsession is online gaming. She plays World of Warcraft daily on the pc. She also plays Oblivion: Elder Scrolls 4 and Halo: 3 on Xbox Live on her Xbox 360. She and husband James are both players, along with her sister, Dannis, and niece, Maggie, and at least one of her readers.
Susan lives in Habersham County, Georgia, with husband James and a houseful of assorted animals.
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July 13, 2017
The poor, poor DP hero.
The h comes back to town with an awesome revenge plot which is going along swimmingly until DP suddenly realized that most readers are just too spineless and wussy to want a female character to achieve retribution, revenge, reprisal, vengeance and all that fun stuff, and the revenge plot disintegrates into, gag me, forgiveness and understanding.
The hero FINALLY finds out about the h’s innocence, his mother’s duplicity, and the son he never had. He leaves in a hissy fit and wrecks his car, which unfortunately does not kill him. This brings the h and the evil mother together, gag me again. He’s upset with them both when he wakes up from his coma or whatever it was. The h moves into his house with her brilliant plot moppet as she continues to try and get control of his company, and he moans about his PT. What was once sheer unadulterated hate between the trio is now lollipops and roses. Need I mention that the drama, the angst and the entertaining portion of the evening dwindled after this?
SCREAM OF FRUSTRATION. SCREAM OF RAGE!
Most humorous moment that probably wasn’t meant to be funny: The lout is lying in bed moaning about whether he will be able to walk again, then gets excited that he can still get an erection. Oh Ms. Palmer, what are we going to do with you?
Back to the plot, the h does what any spineless heroine does, she gives it all for her man. He, of course, jumps to conclusions and slut-shames, rants and raves all over again.
If the h is going to be so stupid then she deserves him.
The h comes back to town with an awesome revenge plot which is going along swimmingly until DP suddenly realized that most readers are just too spineless and wussy to want a female character to achieve retribution, revenge, reprisal, vengeance and all that fun stuff, and the revenge plot disintegrates into, gag me, forgiveness and understanding.
The hero FINALLY finds out about the h’s innocence, his mother’s duplicity, and the son he never had. He leaves in a hissy fit and wrecks his car, which unfortunately does not kill him. This brings the h and the evil mother together, gag me again. He’s upset with them both when he wakes up from his coma or whatever it was. The h moves into his house with her brilliant plot moppet as she continues to try and get control of his company, and he moans about his PT. What was once sheer unadulterated hate between the trio is now lollipops and roses. Need I mention that the drama, the angst and the entertaining portion of the evening dwindled after this?
SCREAM OF FRUSTRATION. SCREAM OF RAGE!
Most humorous moment that probably wasn’t meant to be funny: The lout is lying in bed moaning about whether he will be able to walk again, then gets excited that he can still get an erection. Oh Ms. Palmer, what are we going to do with you?
Back to the plot, the h does what any spineless heroine does, she gives it all for her man. He, of course, jumps to conclusions and slut-shames, rants and raves all over again.
If the h is going to be so stupid then she deserves him.
October 16, 2016
4 I AM GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY STARS
This book man oh man I loved this book. In this book the zero/hero is the biggest condescending asshole known to literature! He give Donald Trump a run for his money! Seriously, he is a rich entitled asshole with No one to love but himself.
MAJOR DICK HEAD!
His name is Cy but it should be Lie! Anyways, he and his narrow minded mom run a scared, penniless, teenager out of town so that he would not have to commit to her. Of course this is after he used her for free sex and uses no protection.
So can you guess what happens next?
If you guessed she becomes pregnant, you got Bingo!
When she is forced out of town she is expecting the hero's baby.
He was just about the most Disgusting hero I have ever read about at this point.
And once she is gone he misses her but he does not find her so he gives up but keeps banging random chicks with or without condoms is anyone's guess!?
Then, Meredith comes back to town years later but all is not at it seems. Now she will not be pushed around. She was given money for an abortion by the hero's loving mom but she did not have it. She married a much nicer, richer, older other man who gives her the perfect means for her revenge. He gives her money and power and a name for her son.
She was going to get her pound of flesh!
She was going to take his company from him (the only thing he loved) and give it to her son. She wanted revenge but to me it sound like justice. She was strong and she even says how she has had better love than the hero.
LOVED THAT!
So revenge should be hers here. She holds all the cards and even some up her selves,but then she sees that he was just a sad pathetic lonely man who has been manipulated just like she has. Also, she has her son to think about now that her husband is dead.
Will she be able to exact her revenge?
Now this complete story is a mess and it should be a two star read but darn it all...it did not suck!
I enjoyed every dysfunctional minute of it!
WHY OH WHY DO I LOVE THIS I HAVE NO CLUE!
Safety; well they both move on after he takes her virginity. Him with random sluts and her with her loving husband (who sounds like one hot loving man) no condoms on this guy (guess everyone is on the pill and STD don't exist when you are rich).
This book man oh man I loved this book. In this book the zero/hero is the biggest condescending asshole known to literature! He give Donald Trump a run for his money! Seriously, he is a rich entitled asshole with No one to love but himself.
MAJOR DICK HEAD!
His name is Cy but it should be Lie! Anyways, he and his narrow minded mom run a scared, penniless, teenager out of town so that he would not have to commit to her. Of course this is after he used her for free sex and uses no protection.
So can you guess what happens next?
If you guessed she becomes pregnant, you got Bingo!
When she is forced out of town she is expecting the hero's baby.
He was just about the most Disgusting hero I have ever read about at this point.
And once she is gone he misses her but he does not find her so he gives up but keeps banging random chicks with or without condoms is anyone's guess!?
Then, Meredith comes back to town years later but all is not at it seems. Now she will not be pushed around. She was given money for an abortion by the hero's loving mom but she did not have it. She married a much nicer, richer, older other man who gives her the perfect means for her revenge. He gives her money and power and a name for her son.
She was going to get her pound of flesh!
She was going to take his company from him (the only thing he loved) and give it to her son. She wanted revenge but to me it sound like justice. She was strong and she even says how she has had better love than the hero.
LOVED THAT!
So revenge should be hers here. She holds all the cards and even some up her selves,but then she sees that he was just a sad pathetic lonely man who has been manipulated just like she has. Also, she has her son to think about now that her husband is dead.
Will she be able to exact her revenge?
Now this complete story is a mess and it should be a two star read but darn it all...it did not suck!
I enjoyed every dysfunctional minute of it!
WHY OH WHY DO I LOVE THIS I HAVE NO CLUE!
Safety; well they both move on after he takes her virginity. Him with random sluts and her with her loving husband (who sounds like one hot loving man) no condoms on this guy (guess everyone is on the pill and STD don't exist when you are rich).
May 9, 2020
This is a fun outlier in the DP canon.
The H/h’s story started out as a typical DP romance set in Montana. Heroine was 18, orphaned, poor, naïve and lived on the Crow reserve with her great aunt and uncle. Hero was the spoiled only son of a snobby mother and heir to the family corporation.
Mommy dearest wanted to break H/h up after she found out heroine was pregnant. She paid a local guy to accuse the heroine of theft and having a sexual affair with him. Hero believed it because he didn’t like that he cared so much for the heroine. Heroine was run out of town without the hero ever knowing she was pregnant.
And here’s the twist: Heroine meets her first husband in Chicago when his bodyguard (Mr. Smith) almost runs her over. He takes care of her and hides her during her pregnancy. They marry and his name is on the boy’s birth certificate. He teaches her to run his corporation so that when he dies in a plane crash, she is running the domestic operations while her evil brother-in-law is running the international division.
The story opens six years later in Chicago. Heroine is plotting her revenge against the hero. Her son is being cared for by Mr. Smith, so she is free to conduct a hostile take-over so she can have the mineral rights she needs.
Her great aunt dies, which means heroine has to return to Billings, Montana to face the H and his mother. Because DP can’t resist a downtrodden heroine, she has this executive lady trade her designer suits for a waitress uniform so she can spy on the executives from the hero’s company while lulling the hero into thinking she’s harmless.
It’s ridiculous, but it’s fun.
Hero’s mother is terrified h is going to tell the H her part in “ruining” his life (he became a cynical playboy) and she is agonizing about the baby. Alive, adopted, aborted, boy, girl? For once we get to see the villain suffer.
Hero is both contrite and angry like any good DP hero. He also squires an OW around, but is puzzled why the heroine isn’t in tears. He’s jealous of Mr. Smith, doesn’t realize the little boy is his son and is pretty much clueless - about everything.
The story turns from revenge when heroine realizes her brother-in-law is working against her, when heroine makes peace with the hero’s mother, and hero is in a bad car accident.
DP keeps the tension up with the takeover battle and the hero’s misunderstanding until the last minute.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest No
Breast Description No – but she’s bigger
Cigarettes Yes
Alcohol Yes
Town Descriptions Chicago and Billings, Montana. Very few details.
Gardenia Scent No
LOL detail Quiche is a French egg pie
Cutesy detail Mr. Smith has an iguana named “Tiny.”
DP hobbyhorse Lean meat is healthy. H/h discuss Custer’s last stand other skip-worthy historical details
The H/h’s story started out as a typical DP romance set in Montana. Heroine was 18, orphaned, poor, naïve and lived on the Crow reserve with her great aunt and uncle. Hero was the spoiled only son of a snobby mother and heir to the family corporation.
Mommy dearest wanted to break H/h up after she found out heroine was pregnant. She paid a local guy to accuse the heroine of theft and having a sexual affair with him. Hero believed it because he didn’t like that he cared so much for the heroine. Heroine was run out of town without the hero ever knowing she was pregnant.
And here’s the twist: Heroine meets her first husband in Chicago when his bodyguard (Mr. Smith) almost runs her over. He takes care of her and hides her during her pregnancy. They marry and his name is on the boy’s birth certificate. He teaches her to run his corporation so that when he dies in a plane crash, she is running the domestic operations while her evil brother-in-law is running the international division.
The story opens six years later in Chicago. Heroine is plotting her revenge against the hero. Her son is being cared for by Mr. Smith, so she is free to conduct a hostile take-over so she can have the mineral rights she needs.
Her great aunt dies, which means heroine has to return to Billings, Montana to face the H and his mother. Because DP can’t resist a downtrodden heroine, she has this executive lady trade her designer suits for a waitress uniform so she can spy on the executives from the hero’s company while lulling the hero into thinking she’s harmless.
It’s ridiculous, but it’s fun.
Hero’s mother is terrified h is going to tell the H her part in “ruining” his life (he became a cynical playboy) and she is agonizing about the baby. Alive, adopted, aborted, boy, girl? For once we get to see the villain suffer.
Hero is both contrite and angry like any good DP hero. He also squires an OW around, but is puzzled why the heroine isn’t in tears. He’s jealous of Mr. Smith, doesn’t realize the little boy is his son and is pretty much clueless - about everything.
The story turns from revenge when heroine realizes her brother-in-law is working against her, when heroine makes peace with the hero’s mother, and hero is in a bad car accident.
DP keeps the tension up with the takeover battle and the hero’s misunderstanding until the last minute.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest No
Breast Description No – but she’s bigger
Cigarettes Yes
Alcohol Yes
Town Descriptions Chicago and Billings, Montana. Very few details.
Gardenia Scent No
LOL detail Quiche is a French egg pie
Cutesy detail Mr. Smith has an iguana named “Tiny.”
DP hobbyhorse Lean meat is healthy. H/h discuss Custer’s last stand other skip-worthy historical details
July 14, 2019
*With spoilers*
This is not your typical DP story.
Nor your typical DP h.
Only he H flies the DP banner high – quite high if you count his unimaginably selfish, cruel and push-pull shenanigans.
This is not your typical DP story.
Nor your typical DP h.
Only he H flies the DP banner high – quite high if you count his unimaginably selfish, cruel and push-pull shenanigans.
January 30, 2025
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June 6, 2016
A bittersweet and powerful tale of revenge- and i LOVED IT!
The story alternates between flashbacks and present. Meredith, at 18 was naively driven away helpless and pregnant by Cy and his evil mother. As she becomes destitute, meets Henry- marries him and moves on. As Henry passes away 6 years later, her vengeance plan begins.
Meredith was a complex character. Though I understood her feelings about the pain Cy and Myrna put her through, she was sometimes too hell bent on revenge(i.e. the scenes where she ignores her son's pleadings)- but as the story progresses, everything changes.
For a girl blindsided by her lover, she grows into this strong, independent woman who learns as much as she can from her husband to gain more in life. Her strength and will when she returns and faces Myrna- *shivers*- SO GOOD(take that you evil coot). But as the story progressed, we learn the reasons behind her actions and even she becomes easy to forgive.
Im also happy that she finds temporary happiness in Henry and loves him fully. Very ok with heroines who dont stay celibate during separations with heroes who've been complete and utter Dbags.
Now comes to Cy. He was too..naive. I mean, at 36 I'd bring a woman to make you jealous and still believe mommy?! His remarks were hurtful- and though Ive read enough DPs to know how her heroes roll- still pissed me off. I however understood his pain and longing and in the end, liked him enough.
It was really different than all other DPs' Ive read so far- and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I loved the passion, the thirst for vengeance and how the past haunted both of them. The story takes a turn when truth is revealed, tables are turned- and things become much more easier to accept for both of them.
I really enjoyed the second half of the story when everything was out in the open! This book gave me the FEELS!!!
Excellent read.
Not safe.
4.75/5
The story alternates between flashbacks and present. Meredith, at 18 was naively driven away helpless and pregnant by Cy and his evil mother. As she becomes destitute, meets Henry- marries him and moves on. As Henry passes away 6 years later, her vengeance plan begins.
Meredith was a complex character. Though I understood her feelings about the pain Cy and Myrna put her through, she was sometimes too hell bent on revenge(i.e. the scenes where she ignores her son's pleadings)- but as the story progresses, everything changes.
For a girl blindsided by her lover, she grows into this strong, independent woman who learns as much as she can from her husband to gain more in life. Her strength and will when she returns and faces Myrna- *shivers*- SO GOOD(take that you evil coot). But as the story progressed, we learn the reasons behind her actions and even she becomes easy to forgive.
Im also happy that she finds temporary happiness in Henry and loves him fully. Very ok with heroines who dont stay celibate during separations with heroes who've been complete and utter Dbags.
Now comes to Cy. He was too..naive. I mean, at 36 I'd bring a woman to make you jealous and still believe mommy?! His remarks were hurtful- and though Ive read enough DPs to know how her heroes roll- still pissed me off. I however understood his pain and longing and in the end, liked him enough.
It was really different than all other DPs' Ive read so far- and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I loved the passion, the thirst for vengeance and how the past haunted both of them. The story takes a turn when truth is revealed, tables are turned- and things become much more easier to accept for both of them.
I really enjoyed the second half of the story when everything was out in the open! This book gave me the FEELS!!!
Excellent read.
Not safe.
4.75/5
September 10, 2023
First 50 years of adolescence of DP’s MMCs’ is very hard!
August 13, 2019
I read this way, way back in the day.....and enjoyed my re-read.
July 25, 2014
Timeless... The plot was so similar with all my classic favorites. The heroine's name reminds of Meredith Bancroft. Even though I've read these kinds of stories many times in the past, I never get tired of it, I love a little vengeance in my books/heroines. If it were a movie, this would easily go under the category, drama. I especially loved forgiveness in this book, how easily Meredith have forgiven people who have wronged her. 5 rainbow stars- JB
August 15, 2018
I read this in 1991...typical Diana Palmer/Susan Kyle
July 13, 2017
Not your typical DP heroine.
August 2, 2015
I dropped this book like a hot potato, when I found out the heroine wasn't a typical DP heroine I liked.
August 22, 2017
The "hero"(monster) make the heroine's life miserable, but Guess who apologizes in the end?? no, not the hero but the heroine.
Just another sh** book.
--More reasons for me to give up old books.
Just another sh** book.
--More reasons for me to give up old books.
September 16, 2020
Have read better from DP. Second chance meeting. Didn’t like the h and her strange relationship with her body guard. This is also a sort of reverse role plot. The h was more alpha than the H. I disliked her as a cut throat business woman who also had to be naive and shy and homely to fit the role of a DP h.
The book droned half way through and could do with half the word count easily. Cy was a sweet lover but Meredith ruined each and every scene with repeated talk of “but will your back be ok”. It was getting impossible to see the end of this book. Every time I felt the end is here, the plot ran up a little further.
Some triggers: a repulsive pet. Meredith constantly leaving her son at home for business trips. Meredith sitting on her body guard’s lap. Meredith running the show for her deceased husband as his family is apparently the richest, this side of the planet. Really all of that trouble to make Meredith fall rich and take her vengeance on Cy and his mother.
Have certainly read better from DP.
The book droned half way through and could do with half the word count easily. Cy was a sweet lover but Meredith ruined each and every scene with repeated talk of “but will your back be ok”. It was getting impossible to see the end of this book. Every time I felt the end is here, the plot ran up a little further.
Some triggers: a repulsive pet. Meredith constantly leaving her son at home for business trips. Meredith sitting on her body guard’s lap. Meredith running the show for her deceased husband as his family is apparently the richest, this side of the planet. Really all of that trouble to make Meredith fall rich and take her vengeance on Cy and his mother.
Have certainly read better from DP.
December 11, 2011
I was looking for a light romantic read and was led astray by this book's summary into thinking it might suit my needs. However, by the time I was about 1/3 of the way through the book I could not continue it. My inability to read further had nothing to do with the Meredith's rather narrow emotional range or Cy Harden's inability to control his 'lust' or even Cy's mother's failure to decide whether or not she hoped Meredith had an abortion or gave Cy's child up for adoption. My growing aversion for the story was fueled by the author's inability to remember and maintain key essential points of the plot!
For Example: Meredith was initially run out of Billings, Montana by Cy's mother claiming that she had stolen money and had an affair with her accomplice in the crime. However, the author can't seem to make up her mind whether or not Cy ever found out that Meredith was really innocent. The story starts out with him saying he has found out, but later on he says he hasn't found out, but then a dozen pages later he again says he knew it from the start. Heaven forbid I had continued reading... he probably would have forgotten and remember another 1/2 dozen times.
The author also provides contradicting information in the story on whether or not Cy knows Meredith's real age - he doesn't at first but later he does. Meredith doesn't to know whether or not Cy was never committed to her or whether they were engaged. If this isn't enough to disuade you from reading then please be prepared for characters who have startling bouts of amnesia - Cy for example is forced to remind his mother several times that he has given Meredith a job as a waitress at his resturant (even AFTER the mother has dined there).
For Example: Meredith was initially run out of Billings, Montana by Cy's mother claiming that she had stolen money and had an affair with her accomplice in the crime. However, the author can't seem to make up her mind whether or not Cy ever found out that Meredith was really innocent. The story starts out with him saying he has found out, but later on he says he hasn't found out, but then a dozen pages later he again says he knew it from the start. Heaven forbid I had continued reading... he probably would have forgotten and remember another 1/2 dozen times.
The author also provides contradicting information in the story on whether or not Cy knows Meredith's real age - he doesn't at first but later he does. Meredith doesn't to know whether or not Cy was never committed to her or whether they were engaged. If this isn't enough to disuade you from reading then please be prepared for characters who have startling bouts of amnesia - Cy for example is forced to remind his mother several times that he has given Meredith a job as a waitress at his resturant (even AFTER the mother has dined there).
July 22, 2014
This may seem like an old-fashioned story,but I guess I read it at a point where I needed the good ol' stories.
Loved a heartbreaking scene so much that I was crying. It was that part when the hero realized and felt the absolute effing terror of how he wronged the woman he loves, and that no amount of apologies and making up for it will ever justify his mistakes.
Loved a heartbreaking scene so much that I was crying. It was that part when the hero realized and felt the absolute effing terror of how he wronged the woman he loves, and that no amount of apologies and making up for it will ever justify his mistakes.
February 5, 2022
Al protagonista masculino lo odie casi hasta el final. Que pesado que machista que grosero con ella. Y ella aunque daba intención de seguridad cada vez que se encontraba con el hombre se derretía como mantequilla.
La verdad que pocas ganas de leer a esta autora si se repiten esos preceptos
La verdad que pocas ganas de leer a esta autora si se repiten esos preceptos
October 17, 2012
I really liked this one. I liked that Meredith proceeded to get revenge and that she realized later on that it was a waste and she shouldn’t be thinking emotionally when dealing w/ business. There were some times that the characters didn’t seem to remember things, but I just sort of ignored that as I REALLY liked that Meredith was showing Cy up! When does that happen? Their child even seemed childish in some aspects and yet incredibly advanced for a 5 year old – again ignored and moved on because of the whole wonderfulness of Meredith one upping Cy the great! Did I mention that again? There was one problem though and perhaps it’s a male thing, but Cy felt that Meredith stabbed him in the back when he was lining up to do the very same thing to her. I was a bit worried about that in the end too, but proved that she still came out on top and he couldn’t handle it. It really affected his pride! Guess he determined that she could sacrifice hers for him though. Now that was annoying in a way too. She had to give up so much to be w/ him but figured Meredith didn’t need to keep proving herself because she already did so AND at a rather young age too!!! Would have liked for her to continue to have it all, but ….well guess she didn’t need to continue to prove everything to all either!!
Was Cy truly romantic and sweet? Nope he was sometimes a clumsy oaf who couldn’t seem to control himself in the act, but Meredith was okay w/ it and seemed to like him in spite of it. He was so into his own pleasure early on and didn’t care for hers at all, but when he realizes that he loves her that changes and he learns to control himself in that aspect more. He did run true to form though and blamed her once again, but I hold out hope that this brutish oaf finally gets it in the end. At least he admitted that he was wrong in that portion, right? Overall for the angst and just plain revenge portion that REALLY worked it was a great read, but if you want sweet, tender romance then stay clear. Oh yeah and how in the world would she retain proxies when she resigned?
Was Cy truly romantic and sweet? Nope he was sometimes a clumsy oaf who couldn’t seem to control himself in the act, but Meredith was okay w/ it and seemed to like him in spite of it. He was so into his own pleasure early on and didn’t care for hers at all, but when he realizes that he loves her that changes and he learns to control himself in that aspect more. He did run true to form though and blamed her once again, but I hold out hope that this brutish oaf finally gets it in the end. At least he admitted that he was wrong in that portion, right? Overall for the angst and just plain revenge portion that REALLY worked it was a great read, but if you want sweet, tender romance then stay clear. Oh yeah and how in the world would she retain proxies when she resigned?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 3, 2011
This book was a pleasant enough read. I did enjoy the story as long as I didn't think too much about reality.
The heroine is supposed to be a tycooness at the young age of 23. From the time she was an 18 year old naive child, she gave birth to a baby, studied all there was to know about business and became a protegy all the while dealing with the loss of her true love, and the new conveniently found caring of a sugar daddy. At 23 she was feared by the "old boys" club. She could manage a business long distance through fax and telephone (no email, its the 90's)and stay on top of the game, all the while holding a full time waitressing job or sitting by her true love in the hospital fearing for his life.
As for the hero, he is a class "A" jerk. He is mean and doesn't learn from his mistakes. When the chips were down he didn't listen to her, he reacted and threw her out of his life twice. He kept telling her that it was only a physical relationship. Who wants to be treated like that. When the heroine beat him at his own game (as if she really could) he got angry and mean. OF COURSE, he later apologised for his behaviour, but shame on her for falling for it.
His true colors left a lot to be desired.
The heroine is supposed to be a tycooness at the young age of 23. From the time she was an 18 year old naive child, she gave birth to a baby, studied all there was to know about business and became a protegy all the while dealing with the loss of her true love, and the new conveniently found caring of a sugar daddy. At 23 she was feared by the "old boys" club. She could manage a business long distance through fax and telephone (no email, its the 90's)and stay on top of the game, all the while holding a full time waitressing job or sitting by her true love in the hospital fearing for his life.
As for the hero, he is a class "A" jerk. He is mean and doesn't learn from his mistakes. When the chips were down he didn't listen to her, he reacted and threw her out of his life twice. He kept telling her that it was only a physical relationship. Who wants to be treated like that. When the heroine beat him at his own game (as if she really could) he got angry and mean. OF COURSE, he later apologised for his behaviour, but shame on her for falling for it.
His true colors left a lot to be desired.
September 19, 2013
Geeez! She should have made him sign a prenup...lol.
March 1, 2018
3.5 stars
Rating this a little higher because the h really did out maneuver her brother-in-law and the H in a business deal. I liked the h, her bodyguard and his iguana, Tiny. A soapy trainwreck filled with drama and angst.
Rating this a little higher because the h really did out maneuver her brother-in-law and the H in a business deal. I liked the h, her bodyguard and his iguana, Tiny. A soapy trainwreck filled with drama and angst.
October 19, 2019
You go into a Diana Palmer book expecting an OTT hero✔️—a long suffering heroine✔️ Usually these work for me in small doses, but this one was work and way too long. She’s a smart business woman, with a grudge and he’s cluelessly cocky.
February 11, 2021
Just a beautiful love story with real life problems ❤
October 31, 2021
Dnfd this shit !
May 1, 2017
Awful hero. Not even HP heroes could be that bad. I couldn't believe the things he said to the heroine. And he did not redeem himself. The heroine was such a spineless girl... Terrible book. The only man who treated her right, her deceased husband, was blamed in the end for helping her after she got abandoned pregnant by the hero. He should have left her where he found her and didn't bother to try to help her.
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July 4, 2017
Didn't believe in heroes love .
April 26, 2021
One of the best dp. It would be a terrific soap opera. The heroine is a poor and humble teenager who has an affair with a much older hero, who is rich and more experienced. He asks her to marry him because he wants to have sex with her. His mother doesn’t agree and pays a man to tell he is having an affair with the heroine and together they stole from the hero. The hero is furious and his mother threatens her to call the police. The heroine is pregnant and runs away. As in a fairytale she meets a sweet and caring man who saves her from starvation and marries her. They spend some years together and are very happy. The heroine gets over the hero and falls in love with her husband. Theirs is a real marriage. Then the husband dies (aaaaarghhhhhh!!!!) and the heroine wants revenge. She plans to steal the hero’s company. She comes back to her small town and meets the hero again. She pretends to be poor and alone. She works as a waitress. The hero asks her to be his mistress because she’s not good enough for him and he can’t marry her. The hero’s mother is terrified by the heroine and feels guilty. Then here comes the day when the heroine buys the hero’s company and reveals she’s the mysterious billionaire behind the company who for years tried to boycott his business, and how I enjoyed the hero and his mother humiliation, I have no words to tell. The scene will remain one of the best in the history of romance. And when her child ( and the hero’s) appears suddenly and the H’s mother sees him and has a stroke? Still better. Or when she tells the hero, without any hate that she loved her husband very much and if he’d lived she would have never looked for the hero again? Better and better. The book could end here, with this perfect revenge and the hero eating his hands because he saw the woman she had become and dying with jealousy because he thought she had a son with her dead husband. Instead dp had to spoil it all and the book goes on and down the hills at the speed of light. Because his mother reveals her deception and that the boy is the hero’s son, so he’s so upset that he has a car accident and almost die. Almost!!! Why? But why??? The heroine is back, they are back together until in the end the hero throws her out again. And then the heroine spoils the whole book becoming a doormat and accepting him back, giving up her career because she wants to be barefoot and pregnant forever and here is where I become a sadist and when the hero lights one of his many cigarettes I think that if the heroine is lucky in a decade or two she can be a widow again. One can hope.
September 13, 2021
READ: SEPTEMBER 2010
RE-READ: DECEMBER 2014
Diana Palmer is one of the first authors that I ever read. Although until now, I still don't figure out why I loved her books. Maybe because I'm easy to please? Or maybe because I got carried away? I know the kind of difference. Yet, there is something about Ms. Palmer's writings that keeps me coming back for more. Or maybe because I'm really a sucker for a jerk hero. Haha!
Meredith was eighteen and in love with Cy Harden. But she was run out of Billings by Cy's mother. Cy thought that Meredith betrayed him. Pregnant and helpless, Meredith meets Henry Tennison, a millionaire businessman, and marries her and raised her son Blake as his own.
But due to some unavoidable circumstances, Meredith returned to Billings, no longer a frightened teen but a confident woman who vowed to take revenge against the people who hurt her. But what she didn't expect was the old feelings she tried to bury resurfaced that she would fall for her son's father all over again.
Even though a verbally abusive - asshole hero is a big no-no for me, I still loved reading about them. Cy, who believed his mother's words against Meredith, treated her poorly. I can't really blame her for acting that cause he didn't know that his mother had manipulated him. I was hoping that he would apologize once he learned the truth and sweep Meredith off her feet... Well, I was.. disappointed. He continued to mistreat her. There's a part that I really didn't get. I mean, Cy felt that she stabbed him in the back when he was also planning to do the very same thing to Meredith. Gawd! I don't really understand men! I guess it hurts his pride.
As for Meredith, she's a real trooper. She didn't give up. Although she never stopped loving Cy, she didn't let him walk all over her. I really wanted to have CY beg and grovel more, especially after throwing her out for the second time. But I guess when you really love someone, you'll forgive them no matter what.
Overall, True Colors is a good book about second chances. I can't help but keep re-reading all of Diana Palmer's books.
RE-READ: DECEMBER 2014
Diana Palmer is one of the first authors that I ever read. Although until now, I still don't figure out why I loved her books. Maybe because I'm easy to please? Or maybe because I got carried away? I know the kind of difference. Yet, there is something about Ms. Palmer's writings that keeps me coming back for more. Or maybe because I'm really a sucker for a jerk hero. Haha!
Meredith was eighteen and in love with Cy Harden. But she was run out of Billings by Cy's mother. Cy thought that Meredith betrayed him. Pregnant and helpless, Meredith meets Henry Tennison, a millionaire businessman, and marries her and raised her son Blake as his own.
But due to some unavoidable circumstances, Meredith returned to Billings, no longer a frightened teen but a confident woman who vowed to take revenge against the people who hurt her. But what she didn't expect was the old feelings she tried to bury resurfaced that she would fall for her son's father all over again.
Even though a verbally abusive - asshole hero is a big no-no for me, I still loved reading about them. Cy, who believed his mother's words against Meredith, treated her poorly. I can't really blame her for acting that cause he didn't know that his mother had manipulated him. I was hoping that he would apologize once he learned the truth and sweep Meredith off her feet... Well, I was.. disappointed. He continued to mistreat her. There's a part that I really didn't get. I mean, Cy felt that she stabbed him in the back when he was also planning to do the very same thing to Meredith. Gawd! I don't really understand men! I guess it hurts his pride.
As for Meredith, she's a real trooper. She didn't give up. Although she never stopped loving Cy, she didn't let him walk all over her. I really wanted to have CY beg and grovel more, especially after throwing her out for the second time. But I guess when you really love someone, you'll forgive them no matter what.
Overall, True Colors is a good book about second chances. I can't help but keep re-reading all of Diana Palmer's books.
July 27, 2013
Maybe I'm cheap, I don't care. I'm indeed easy to please. Just give me Diana Palmer's good book, and I'll survive. :)
Meredith was eighteen when she's helpessly pregnant and sent away due to scam by Cy's mother. Cy thought Meredith betrayed him, that's why he let go of her, in a hard way. And six years later, she's back. New confidence, new experience and of course, full of surprises that she intend to drop in Cy and his mother's face like a poopbomb. But what will she do when Cy still stir her heart like he used to?
Again, I'm thankful that I'm stumbled into Diana Palmer's good book again and again. I enjoyed True Colors so much I barely sleep. Good!
I loathed Myrna, Cy's Mother. I mean, everything was her fault. But I was surprised when Miss Palmer wrote her kind of in a great way and I managed to embrace her apologies as well as Meredith. I enjoyed reading the way Myrna grow from cold hearted woman to full of genuine guilt and eventually to sweet grandmother.
Cy and Meredith also hooked me. I really understand why Meredith act the way she did. Full of rage and thirsty of revenge. But I glad that eventually she forgive them, I mean if God can be so forgiving after all humans do, why couldn't we?
Overall, this book's definitely worth to keep. I'm a big fan of Diana Palmer I can't help but keep reading and reading her books. :))))
Meredith was eighteen when she's helpessly pregnant and sent away due to scam by Cy's mother. Cy thought Meredith betrayed him, that's why he let go of her, in a hard way. And six years later, she's back. New confidence, new experience and of course, full of surprises that she intend to drop in Cy and his mother's face like a poopbomb. But what will she do when Cy still stir her heart like he used to?
Again, I'm thankful that I'm stumbled into Diana Palmer's good book again and again. I enjoyed True Colors so much I barely sleep. Good!
I loathed Myrna, Cy's Mother. I mean, everything was her fault. But I was surprised when Miss Palmer wrote her kind of in a great way and I managed to embrace her apologies as well as Meredith. I enjoyed reading the way Myrna grow from cold hearted woman to full of genuine guilt and eventually to sweet grandmother.
Cy and Meredith also hooked me. I really understand why Meredith act the way she did. Full of rage and thirsty of revenge. But I glad that eventually she forgive them, I mean if God can be so forgiving after all humans do, why couldn't we?
Overall, this book's definitely worth to keep. I'm a big fan of Diana Palmer I can't help but keep reading and reading her books. :))))
September 8, 2013
The book had an interesting plot and yet there were things that shopped me from rating it higher than 3. The heroine is blamed of stealing and abandoned while preggers by the hero. She is poor with no family and she meets this guy who is far richer than our hero and marries her. The story picks off after the husband is dead and the heroine now a powerful widow goes back to that old place acting as a waitress in a resturant when she can buy the whole hotel.
In a way it was comforting because when the hero taunts her of not knowing the etiquetts of the rich, it gives a great feel when the truth is revealed. But that satisfaction is momentory and that is where the book goes downhill.
The heroine tells the hero that she didnt really love her ex husband and i felt it like a betrayal to the other man who had done so very much fo her. She accepts that she had loved him in the beginning but denies it later. Is it a crime to love another who stood by you when u needed him the most, just because the novel a romantic one? Does loving someone else who deserved every bit of love make your now present love for hero less true? specially when the hero till the end doesnt never really do anything to deserve her?
This left a bitter taste in my mouth.
In a way it was comforting because when the hero taunts her of not knowing the etiquetts of the rich, it gives a great feel when the truth is revealed. But that satisfaction is momentory and that is where the book goes downhill.
The heroine tells the hero that she didnt really love her ex husband and i felt it like a betrayal to the other man who had done so very much fo her. She accepts that she had loved him in the beginning but denies it later. Is it a crime to love another who stood by you when u needed him the most, just because the novel a romantic one? Does loving someone else who deserved every bit of love make your now present love for hero less true? specially when the hero till the end doesnt never really do anything to deserve her?
This left a bitter taste in my mouth.
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