- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Mills & Boon (1 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0263878503
- ISBN-13: 978-0263878509
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 335,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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She's given him a baby...An IVF clinic mix-up means eternally single Alison Whitman is now carrying the child - no, the royal heir - of Maximo Rossi, Prince of Turan! Now he'll take her for his wife! Maximo gave up on the hope of fatherhood a long time ago, but now the ruthless ruler will seize this surprise second chance. However, tradition is high on the Prince's agenda, and he'll never stand for an illegitimate heir...Alison is about to find out that royal marriage is a command, not a choice!
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She's given him a baby....
An IVF clinic mix-up means eternally single Alison Whitman is now carrying the child - no, the royal heir - of Maximo Rossi, Prince of Turan!
Now he'll take her for his wife!
Maximo gave up on the hope of fatherhood a long time ago, but now the ruthless ruler will seize this surprise second chance. However, tradition is high on the Prince's agenda, and he'll never stand for an illegitimate heir...
Alison is about to find out that royal marriage is a command, not a choice!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Have read M&B for years. Don't read as many as I used to as they are becoming a bit "samey". However, bought this one as it was a new author and had read the reviews but would say it was just OK. Worth a read but nothing spectacular.
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It must be at least twenty years since I last read a Mills & Boon romance so I thought I'd give this one a try to see if they've changed. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this publication and the seriousness of the issues covered. In this book Alison decides to have a baby by artificial insemination.
Unfortunately in a clinic mix up her baby is fathered by someone who isn't the donor she selected. The father is Prince Maximo - the future ruler of a small Italian kingdom. What happens when Alison visits Max shows how emotions are scrambles by such a mix up and what two intelligent people can do about the complex situation they're faced with.
The book was more explicit than the stories were a quarter of a century ago and therefore more realistic. The background of wealth and luxury is fantasy of course but this Prince is far from being a playboy and is actively involved in managing the economy of his country as well as being an artist in his leisure hours.
I thought the relationship between the two main characters was well drawn as is the way Alison - a twentyfirst century independent American woman - reacts to having her life controlled for her. Overall I was impressed with this modern day Mills & Boon romance and while they are not really my thing these days I may be dipping into the odd one or two if I want something escapist with which to relax.
Unfortunately in a clinic mix up her baby is fathered by someone who isn't the donor she selected. The father is Prince Maximo - the future ruler of a small Italian kingdom. What happens when Alison visits Max shows how emotions are scrambles by such a mix up and what two intelligent people can do about the complex situation they're faced with.
The book was more explicit than the stories were a quarter of a century ago and therefore more realistic. The background of wealth and luxury is fantasy of course but this Prince is far from being a playboy and is actively involved in managing the economy of his country as well as being an artist in his leisure hours.
I thought the relationship between the two main characters was well drawn as is the way Alison - a twentyfirst century independent American woman - reacts to having her life controlled for her. Overall I was impressed with this modern day Mills & Boon romance and while they are not really my thing these days I may be dipping into the odd one or two if I want something escapist with which to relax.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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What are the chances of an I.V.F. mix up making two perfect strangers parents? Well according to all those tabloid stories, and despite the risks of clinics being sued, just about anything's possible. So I didn't have to suspend my belief while reading this very enjoyable romance by Maisey Yates. Alison Whitman is a young lawyer determined to not rely emotionally on any man, so she isn't interested in getting married or ever being anything other than independent. She likes to be in control of her life, so she works hard, saves up and puts money aside, because she plans to become a single mother. She plans to take time off work so that she can be there for her much anticipated, precious baby. First, when the insemination is successful, she's overjoyed, and then she gets a call from the clinic telling her there has been a mix up. Instead of an anymous sperm donor, they accidentally used the wrong sample.
Weirdly Alison has a friend who works at the I.V.F. clinic and gives her the address and name of the man whose sample she was mistakenly impregnated with (surely giving out that kind of confidential info is a sackable offence?). She decides to tell him in person that he is going to become a father. Two years before Maximo Rossi and his wife were having fertility treatment for his wife, Selena's infertility. As his wife has since been killed in a car accident, he was too grief stricken to think of asking the fertility clinic to destroy his samples.
When Alison arrives at his address she relalises that he must be wealthy, and when she is greeted by security staff she assumes he must be a pretty important man. On finding out that he is foreign royalty, the prince to a Monaco-like Italian speaking principality; she is thrown for a loop. Prince Maximo Rossi, has no intention of not being a part of his child's life, anymore than he would tolerate his child being born illegitimate.
What I liked especially liked about this romance is that Maximo's character could have been very controlling, or full of his own importance but instead he's a likeable, funny, warm character that anyone could imagine falling for. Alison's character was very likable too, and her antipathy to being dependant was very understandable. My only problem was that as a lawyer, Alison could have put up more of a verbal arguament as to all the obvious reasons why they shouldn't marry. But it's a romance, moreover a Mills and Boon, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Weirdly Alison has a friend who works at the I.V.F. clinic and gives her the address and name of the man whose sample she was mistakenly impregnated with (surely giving out that kind of confidential info is a sackable offence?). She decides to tell him in person that he is going to become a father. Two years before Maximo Rossi and his wife were having fertility treatment for his wife, Selena's infertility. As his wife has since been killed in a car accident, he was too grief stricken to think of asking the fertility clinic to destroy his samples.
When Alison arrives at his address she relalises that he must be wealthy, and when she is greeted by security staff she assumes he must be a pretty important man. On finding out that he is foreign royalty, the prince to a Monaco-like Italian speaking principality; she is thrown for a loop. Prince Maximo Rossi, has no intention of not being a part of his child's life, anymore than he would tolerate his child being born illegitimate.
What I liked especially liked about this romance is that Maximo's character could have been very controlling, or full of his own importance but instead he's a likeable, funny, warm character that anyone could imagine falling for. Alison's character was very likable too, and her antipathy to being dependant was very understandable. My only problem was that as a lawyer, Alison could have put up more of a verbal arguament as to all the obvious reasons why they shouldn't marry. But it's a romance, moreover a Mills and Boon, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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mediocre at best
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M & B
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Romance that falls a little flat
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