Mistress to the Merciless Millionaire (Mills & Boon Modern) [Paperback]

I have been waiting for nearly a year for Tiarnan and Kate's story. Tiarnan is the older half-brother of Sorcha Murphy who is the heroine in the book "Brought for the Frenchman's Pleasure" also by Abby Green; Kate is also Sorcha's BFF. I was really intrigued by the under current relationship that you get a glimpse of in Sorcha's story. In Mistress to a Merciless Millionaire, the story picks up where the first one left off, Kate and Tiarnan are at Sorcha and Romain's child's christening, once again Kate is put in a situation were she can't avoid being in the same room as Tiarnan even though she would like to wish herself on the other side of the world from him. Tiarnan and Kate have a bit of a history that started when she was 18yrs old and he 28, where they shared a very passionate kiss that nearly led to something more, unfortunately/fortunately (however you look at it) now years later life has dealt them both some pretty rough cards in the deck leaving Tiarnan nearly emotionally barren and Kate in not much better shape, although they have both become highly successful in their chosen careers. Kate is a world renowned super-model and Tiarnan is a multi-billionaire with his fingers in many pies, but the one thing that has eluded them both is finding honest, loving and lasting intimate relationships.

During the christening Tiarnan and Kate both realize at the same time what they have been avoiding for over 10yrs, first and fore most is that their mutual attraction for each other hasn't died out, but has become more intense over the years for being denied. Tiarnan, a take charge kinda guy decides its time to stop running and face the music, so he pursues Kate with a single mindedness to get her into his bed and get her out of his system once and for all, mean while Kate is a mass of seething emotion knowing that she has finally slipped up and revealed her feelings for Tiarnan, but also being aware of the fact that he hasn't had a serious long-term relationship since his marriage to the mother of his ten-year old daughter ended several years ago. Kate doesn't want to be just another notch on Tiarnan's bed post, no matter how discrete he maybe, she wants to be the "one" that breaks through his hard exterior to the man she glimpse he could be 10 yrs ago.

I think this book was a smash hit and worth the wait, it isn't just a basic story of boy meets girl, and it's neither a hero nor damsel in distress kind of book either. The plot is well laid giving sufficient background to the reader so that you understand were all this hot temper, animosity and just blatant lust for one another comes from that Tiarnan and Kate share. They are both emotionally damaged by people that have been close to them in their lives and now because of that, they are leery of giving one another a chance to disappoint the other, but all the same they have exhausted all the avoidance methods they have in their arsenal. Kate in my opinion was a pretty strong character to put up with some of the not so gentlemanly accusations that Tiarnan throws at her, without much foundation I might add. She also befriends and is some what a mother-type to his 10yr old daughter who is going through a mixture of growing pains and just plain not feeling as if she belongs to anyone or anywhere. I have to say that the only thing keeping me reading this book was Kate, because more than not I wanted to shake Tiarnan and tell him to snap out of the He-Man strong silent type role, because at times it was definite over kill. Over all I give the book four stars. Happy Reading!

Awareness, passion, conflict are what author Abby Green does best and Mistress to the Merciless Millionaire is no exception. Earlier in the year in "Brought for the Frenchman's Pleasure" readers met Sorcha Murphy who was Tiarnan's sister and Kate's best friend. This reviewer has long been awaiting Tiarnan and Kate's story.

Tiarnan is a handsome and ruthless man and one alpha who doesn't miss a thing. During a christening of his sister's baby in which he and Kate are godparents, he becomes distinctly aware of the power he has over her and literally sees into her soul. Because ten years earlier after realizing what a lovely young woman she had grown into, they shared a kiss, a kiss neither of them have forgotten, especially Kate. And now weeks later he still remembers what passed between them and now he's attending an auction where Kate is up for bid for a kiss. He wins in more ways than one but for Kate she's in turmoil because he still means the world to her.

Kate flees the auction and Tiarnan catches up and brings up their past and how he realizes their passion for each other is NOT over! She remembers his long ago rejection and is humiliated but he keeps reminiscing about their past and discusses with her how due to their mutual desire, he would like to spend time with her. However, Kate also is aware that he goes from one woman to another, in fact he's been married and divorced and has a lovely little girl Rosie. She doesn't want to be a notch on his bedpost to satisfy his curiosity of what might have been. However, this very determined alpha has other plans for Kate. He's sure that once they become lovers an eventually end the affair, it will be the last he'll think of this beautiful woman, the same woman who has haunted him for years.

As for the women in his life, he keeps them at arms length. He's also concerned because of his daughter as to what lengths women would go to win him over. His past with his ex-wife and parents have somewhat shaped his ideas about marriage so he's not into a permanent relationship. For Kate, all she wants eventually is to be loved and have a home full of children and love.

Second chances? It's a lovely romantic love story set is some of the most beautiful parts of the world. San Francisco, New York, the Caribbean and Spain where Tiarnan and Rosie live and where Kate has just finished modelling. He uses his daughter to get Kate to visit and when his nanny has to leave because of an emergency and he has a business trip, Kate volunteers to stay with the sweet little girl. Upon his return he invites to accompany he and Rosie to his Caribbean home for a holiday.

Can she take this holiday with the man of her dreams? Can she survive an affair? Kate decides to go for that reason but on her terms and she'll walk away at the end of their holiday. What she doesn't count on as how much she enjoys her time spent with both of them.

Just prepare yourself for tears as you watch their romance blossom and sizzle; the interaction between Kate and Rosie and Rosie's Caribbean extended family and friends. On top of everything else the conflict between Kate and Tiarnan and his mistrust of her when he sends her home because he feels Kate has used Rosie to get to him. I think what I personally enjoyed the most was reading about Tiarnan coming to terms with his feelings. Mistress to the Merciless Millionaire is just another amazing and wonderful love story so well penned by Abby Green; quite stunning!