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So far, this 2014 book reads better than its revised 2018 (renamed "No One But Us") book. Writing style, dialogue, characters...

I should've read y'all's reviews coz I'm about to DNF this book. This h is annoying!

Have a merry and cozy Christmas, y'all!

This is what I envision this 63yo ex-military H looking like. Like how 60-year-old Tom Cruise looks this year :-)

Yup, I'm starting this. Sounds like a good break from my long emotional reads of late.

Glad to hop back in GR after a busy few weeks. Miss y'all's reviews & comments. Will be posting a few reviews here & there. Quite a few DNFs since I don't have much time for nonsense these days. Hope to get back to chatting books with you again soon!

"‘Poor Fiona,’ he taunted, smiling savagely. ‘Does it upset you to know that if you hadn’t walked into my hotel room that day I might have married Denise? At least’ —with a bitterness that roughed his voice into harshness— ‘I would have had a warm, passionate wife in my arms every night instead of being saddled with an icicle.’

The anger faded from her eyes, leaving them dead, almost unseeing."

OMG!!!! 8-[

"He shot her a curious, rather hard look. ‘Is that all you care about? That Jonathan’s life should be happy? Don’t you ever think of yourself as anything other than his mother?’
‘Why yes,’ she returned, ‘I’m me. But I don’t have to prove myself to anyone."

I like this h! <3

"He would not take her by force, and she knew that her defences were sure and strong, for she had tumbled headlong into love with him again, only this time she would be content with nothing less than his love."

Rooting for h to stick with her plan!

"‘If you say anything at all,’ he threatened against her mouth, ‘I’ll take you in that other bedroom, tear your clothes off and rape you. Now go to bed!"

A surefire way to lull a new wife to sleep. 8-\

"‘Ah, I want my son more than I want you,’ he said cruelly. ‘But I’m quite sure that before long I shall have you both.’"

Already starting with the cruel words. A typical Robyn Donald hero ;_)

These days I prefer to read my GR friends' reviews than books. Keep 'em coming, y'all!

"Lifting her chin, she told him coldly, ‘For a supposedly intelligent man you get some lunatic ideas. I had a miscarriage and there are people who can verify that.’ She looked pointedly at the wall clock. ‘It’s time you were on your way."

Boom, she told him! I love this h.

"Her throat tightened with anguish. Accusing her of rushing for an abortion was the cruellest thing he could throw at her. Worse, far worse, than his belief that she’d been having an affair with her own stepfather."

Talk about being misjudged by H! The angst!

"She needed to know that he was capable of having consideration for her, benevolent feelings. It would help her to know that the love of her young life hadn’t been wasted on a heart that was completely black"

Don't disappoint her. Or me ;-)

"She had matured into one very sexy lady. But outward appearances meant nothing. He preferred the admittedly over-generous curves of the extraordinarily loving body that had been his for that brief time"

He liked her more when she was plump, mousy & awkward...Ok, there's hope for this guy & their romance. *crossing fingers*

"“How are we supposed to have any sort of marriage if you weren’t interested in something as basic as friendship? If all you want from me is my body?” It absolutely crushed her to say it, but she had to face it. “I’m nothing to you. I can’t be nothing , Alessandro.”

You tell him! And mean it with your actions.

"She had been a complete doormat. It had to stop."

I sure hope so.

"He might be taking her side right now, but where had he been all these months? Funny how she’d thought marriage would offer her a chance at a real family, but she felt more alone than ever, despite having a child with him."

How sad. Hope H gets it together. Hope she makes him work for it.

"Her eyes stung and her heart hurt. “I wanted to feed him, but he needs his own mama and they wouldn’t give me mine...” Her words garbled into a choke of emotion as she and Sorcha clumsily exchanged infants."

Now that's some maternal instinct! Good thing both moms instinctively knew their babies were switched. H is still clueless.

"As stung as he was by her rejection of their son, as shocked as he was to see her throw a tantrum, something moved in him. Uncertainty. But she had to be wrong. Mixups didn’t happen. She was holding their baby. Wasn’t she?"

Not sure if h is slightly cuckoo from her post-preggo hormones or if she's right. H is a clueless & neglectful husband so far.

“Don’t look at me like I’m going to let you go because you think this is a fling to me,” I grumble, I hate that she would think this is some Vegas one-night stand. “I never wanted you to leave, I don’t know what will happen to me if you don’t want me after this.”

Hearts & flowers...this H! He keeps talking about his heart & feelings. Sounds so tame compared to other Crown Heroes.

"she snaps her eyes shut with her body locking in fear. She shields her body from me and what she thinks (is) a strike to her face, but I would never do that. I could never forgive myself if I hurt her with menace."

Well, that's different! Hope H keeps this up & not manhandle h.

"sometimes her curtains aren’t closed and I get this infuriating anger that demands me to go inside and close it for her and yell at her for being so vulnerable to the dangers outside her home. She is lucky to have me guarding her supple body.

She needs me, I mentally growl."

Ridiculously psycho & stalkery ...I think I like it.

"He smiles, psychopathic and deliciously handsome."

Creepy? yeah. Sexy? Not sure...My 2nd read of Celia Crown & I have the same mixed feelings about the anti-Hero.

Part of the 5yr epilogue:

"(Her friends) don’t know I lie awake at night watching her, counting eyelashes and freckles and breaths. They don’t know I track her phone and beat off to pictures of her in my office. I’m out of control. I know that. There’s just no way of reining in this passion for her."

Yup, he's still obsessed <3

"As soon as those pictures start circulating on the internet, everyone is going to know I’m the man who has the privilege of riding Lula. The possessive animal inside of me loves that. Craves the title of Lula’s man. The father of her children. Her husband."

This is just Day 3 since they officially met....Over the top. Love it!

"The privilege of being her man, her protector, is like air in my lungs. I’m not sure how we’re going to deal with my parents, the military brass or the press, but whatever their reaction, being with Lula is worth it. By a damn sight. Bring it on."

Awww...<3

Knowing that H is 32yo & h is 18yo and they just met makes a big HOT difference before you read this:

"God help me, I can’t imagine a set of hands on me that don’t belong to my stepsister. The thought of anyone else touching me turns my stomach."

Right?

"A beast growls inside me, telling me to tie her back up. Hold her captive here. Possess her. Feed my obsession. But I let her go. I let her run, because my love won’t allow me to do anything else."

This H...*sigh*