- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Ltd (15 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 026388676X
- ISBN-13: 978-0263886764
- Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 10.6 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 20,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Their vows have been broken, yet neither is prepared for what this tempestuous reunion will bring...Tally Spencer is an ordinary girl with no experience of relationships; Sander Volakis is an impossibly rich and handsome Greek entrepreneur. What could they have in common? Little - except an overwhelming sexual attraction. But within weeks Sander finds himself betrayed into exchanging vows with Tally. Just when they think their hasty marriage is finished, Tally and Sander are drawn back together, and the passion between them is just as strong...However, Sander has dark reasons for wanting his wife in his bed again - and Tally also has a terrible secret...THE VOLAKIS VOW A marriage made of secrets...An enthralling two-part story by bestselling author Lynne Graham
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Cliche'd. Marriage Betrayal with the boot on the other foot by sugary sweet, goody-goody Tally
23 July 2011
Format:Paperback
This book SO did not need to be written as a standalone, as I said in my review of The Marriage Betrayal; the first book should simply have been a bit longer and both combined would have been a fairly satisfying read. As it was, I am glad that all I forked out on were two lots of library reservation fees.
This picks up just over a year after Tally and Sander's marriage broke down, apparently after he went all cold and immersed in business after their baby boy was stillborn and she shut him out. So, off he went and had a one-night-stand, only to be shown to have redeemed himself in Tally's eyes, despite becoming a father, as his lover realised and voiced in the morning that she knew that Sander was still madly in love with his wife. She then very conveniently died thirteen months later, thus taking herself, The Other Woman, out of the picture. So, Tally melts and all is forgiven in her book.
And Tally is still so sugary-sweet and too-good-to-be-true: even after a year's separation she hasn't moved on and still feels married, so can't even contemplate having another man in her life. And yet again she looks out for her user of a mother, and allows herself to be used/coerced by her absentee father and agrees to return to Sander (hence the Marriage Betrayal in reverse). And she finds the backbone to stand up to her dragon of a MIL and defends the suddenly-deserving-in-her-eyes Sander to his mother, yet a few pages later, despite having no real relationship with said dragon MIL, Tally is considering having another baby the following year as the dragon MIL would like another granddaughter? Really? And in addition, she's forgiven not only her fraudster mother, but her father who refused to publicly acknowledge her, and her half-sister who drugged her drink, and her stepmother who forbade her father to acknowledge her, AND she's adopted Lili, Sander's daugher. Goodness, is there no end to this paragon of virtue? Is she aiming for sainthood? Cliche'd all the way...
And yes, the same old, same old double standards are there, as Sander expects Tally to understand that they were officially separated when he had the one-night-stand and fathered Lili, yet he thanks her for confessing that she never slept with her business-partner Robert...and confesses that he would never have been able to accept her being with Robert...oh, puhlees, excuse me whilst I gag. What decade was this written in? And when did he suddenly become super-dad, and what is it with Lynne Graham males having these one-sided bonding conversations with their offspring in private, only to be overheard by their wives who then fall even more madly in love with them? It's tacky and yes, cliche'd.
There are far too many similarities with LG novels in the last few years - susbstitute any male lead for another and it's just a slight variation on the previous novel. Too many female leads lack backbone and self-esteem and self-respect, and it's all getting too repetitive. All that was missing in this book is the lame dog and its HEA that has recently featured in so many LG novels. What happened to it? Or was Lili the lame dog in this tale...?
Will I read Jewel In His Crown that's due to be released in Oct 2011? Yes, if only to see if I am proven right or not. Will I ever buy another LG novel? No, as they're not worth my hard-earned cash, and the fee to reserve the book at my library is minimal. Will I mourn the LG from the 90's? Yes, absolutely. Will my review be voted down? Probably!!
This picks up just over a year after Tally and Sander's marriage broke down, apparently after he went all cold and immersed in business after their baby boy was stillborn and she shut him out. So, off he went and had a one-night-stand, only to be shown to have redeemed himself in Tally's eyes, despite becoming a father, as his lover realised and voiced in the morning that she knew that Sander was still madly in love with his wife. She then very conveniently died thirteen months later, thus taking herself, The Other Woman, out of the picture. So, Tally melts and all is forgiven in her book.
And Tally is still so sugary-sweet and too-good-to-be-true: even after a year's separation she hasn't moved on and still feels married, so can't even contemplate having another man in her life. And yet again she looks out for her user of a mother, and allows herself to be used/coerced by her absentee father and agrees to return to Sander (hence the Marriage Betrayal in reverse). And she finds the backbone to stand up to her dragon of a MIL and defends the suddenly-deserving-in-her-eyes Sander to his mother, yet a few pages later, despite having no real relationship with said dragon MIL, Tally is considering having another baby the following year as the dragon MIL would like another granddaughter? Really? And in addition, she's forgiven not only her fraudster mother, but her father who refused to publicly acknowledge her, and her half-sister who drugged her drink, and her stepmother who forbade her father to acknowledge her, AND she's adopted Lili, Sander's daugher. Goodness, is there no end to this paragon of virtue? Is she aiming for sainthood? Cliche'd all the way...
And yes, the same old, same old double standards are there, as Sander expects Tally to understand that they were officially separated when he had the one-night-stand and fathered Lili, yet he thanks her for confessing that she never slept with her business-partner Robert...and confesses that he would never have been able to accept her being with Robert...oh, puhlees, excuse me whilst I gag. What decade was this written in? And when did he suddenly become super-dad, and what is it with Lynne Graham males having these one-sided bonding conversations with their offspring in private, only to be overheard by their wives who then fall even more madly in love with them? It's tacky and yes, cliche'd.
There are far too many similarities with LG novels in the last few years - susbstitute any male lead for another and it's just a slight variation on the previous novel. Too many female leads lack backbone and self-esteem and self-respect, and it's all getting too repetitive. All that was missing in this book is the lame dog and its HEA that has recently featured in so many LG novels. What happened to it? Or was Lili the lame dog in this tale...?
Will I read Jewel In His Crown that's due to be released in Oct 2011? Yes, if only to see if I am proven right or not. Will I ever buy another LG novel? No, as they're not worth my hard-earned cash, and the fee to reserve the book at my library is minimal. Will I mourn the LG from the 90's? Yes, absolutely. Will my review be voted down? Probably!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lynne Graham is a fav of mine but I'm not so sure anymore.
Spoilers ahead
The writing is very different from the prequel. The heroine seemed altered and the hero acted irresponsibly, I couldn't see them together in a healthy relationship. There's hard to swallow problems like losing a child, adultery, cheating with an old girlfriend and a child conceived from that cheating and I ask myself is this suppose be a romance story?
If this is your cup of tea fine, but if not, pass on this one.
Spoilers ahead
The writing is very different from the prequel. The heroine seemed altered and the hero acted irresponsibly, I couldn't see them together in a healthy relationship. There's hard to swallow problems like losing a child, adultery, cheating with an old girlfriend and a child conceived from that cheating and I ask myself is this suppose be a romance story?
If this is your cup of tea fine, but if not, pass on this one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is the second part of the mini series, the first book The Marriage Betrayal (Mills & Boon Modern) held much promise of a really great story, it was a shame that the second part was not as good, part two kicks off with Tally and Sandor are apart, during this period Tally has started her own business and is doing well although emotionally is another matter.she is asked to return to the house in France where she and Sandor made their home as it is being sold. She needs to retrieve any of her belongings, soon after she arrives Sandor arrives the passion and sexual tension between them is still strong and they end up in bed. But Tally has no intentions of staying with a man who does not love her, Sandor has made it clear to her that the only woman he ever loved when he was younger betrayed him, he does not do love! Tally returns home, only to be blackmailed by her Father to return to the marriage, which is possible as Sandor made it clear to her while they were in France that he wanted her back. Tally goes back to Sandor but keeps her secret! But Sandor has his own secrets! While they were parted he did something, and now the indisputable evidence of that is staring him in the face. He is then forced to tell Tally the truth of what happened during their split. This book was not an easy read too many issues to deal with in a book this length. Tally in this book is a bit of an emotional wreck and is easily manipulated by the people around her. As for Sandor what he did was a multi levelled betrayal in my opinion, it was not just what he did but who he did it with, and he only told Tally when he was forced to! So he was not honest himself!
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Vows had been broken and shocking secrets
The Marriage Betrayal was part of Lynne Graham's The Volakis Vow a two book romance. Where I thought The Marriage Betrayal was intense, this one was off the charts. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Marilyn Shoemaker
understanding.
I bought the 2 books and when i read the reviews for the 2nd one i thought i wonder if it will be ok.
And i throughly enjoyed it. Read more
And i throughly enjoyed it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mrs. Diana Leeuwerke
great and intense...
I respectfully disagree with the rest of the reviews...
My only flaw was Sander's age...at 25 or 27 in this book he is way too mature. Read more
My only flaw was Sander's age...at 25 or 27 in this book he is way too mature. Read more
Published 10 months ago by vikcy
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