- Paperback
- Publisher: Mills & Boon; New edition edition (4 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0263851230
- ISBN-13: 978-0263851236
- Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 10.6 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,292,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really enjoyed this book. Michelle Reid is an excellent author. I have collected a few of her books over the years - this being my latest. Her characters have depth. I really got into the characters of this book, with me getting tearful at times. Enrico is a strong character and so is Freya. This story is on a par with Lynne Graham's ie. the characters are believable and the story line keeps you gripped from start to finish. Whilst Freya is vulnerable she stands up to Enrico. I recommend this book to any mills & boon fan.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Same old; different author
15 Oct 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Lately, I keep finding books with this plot twist -- the kind where one good conversation between the hero and the heroine would basically resolve their differences, but the hero's temper and the heroine's pride won't let them have that conversation.
In this case, the hero & heroine are having a no-strings affair (but it's becoming deeper than that, though neither will admit it). Then, the hero catches her in bed with the hero's cousin. She's almost being raped, but the hero fails to notice that she's fighting the guy off & terrified. Or rather, he fails to rememember these details until 2-3 years later, AFTER the hero takes over the company the heroine is working for, and commences to, alternatively, give her grief or kiss her passionately whenever he feels like it.
Pride wouldn't allow the heroine to tell the hero she was pregnant with his baby when he threw her out. Still-simmering jealousy and hurt sexual pride won't let the hero reconcile with the heroine, although he still feels she's the most attractive, sexy woman he's ever been with. Her keeping his son away from him just becomes fuel to the fire.
This is a lesser effort from the usually reliable Michelle Reid. It moves along, but the lack of communication between these two gets very annoying, fast. The characterizations are not very convincing or interesting, and neither is their story.
In this case, the hero & heroine are having a no-strings affair (but it's becoming deeper than that, though neither will admit it). Then, the hero catches her in bed with the hero's cousin. She's almost being raped, but the hero fails to notice that she's fighting the guy off & terrified. Or rather, he fails to rememember these details until 2-3 years later, AFTER the hero takes over the company the heroine is working for, and commences to, alternatively, give her grief or kiss her passionately whenever he feels like it.
Pride wouldn't allow the heroine to tell the hero she was pregnant with his baby when he threw her out. Still-simmering jealousy and hurt sexual pride won't let the hero reconcile with the heroine, although he still feels she's the most attractive, sexy woman he's ever been with. Her keeping his son away from him just becomes fuel to the fire.
This is a lesser effort from the usually reliable Michelle Reid. It moves along, but the lack of communication between these two gets very annoying, fast. The characterizations are not very convincing or interesting, and neither is their story.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Romance Junkie
15 July 2010
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Freya and Enrico had been lovers three years before Enrico walked into his new company, and he saw her and what looked like his child!! He of cause went ballistic and she became a useless mess. three years before he had walked into his bedroom and had seen her having sex with his cousin Luca, which of cause was wrong. Enrico realizes right away the kid is his and forces Freya to marry him, which wouldn't be so bad if he didn't feel the need to humiliate her first. She has no back bone and acts like a sex addict, she hadn't seen Enrico in three years, tells him she hates him but has sex with him on his desk, in the office, on the first day she sees him!! Doormat! Yeah he was rich, gorgeous, all Italian alpha male, but he was a jerk. I had a hard time seeing any humanity in this guy. The ending was good and that's why I gave it three starts, Michelle Reid's writing is always great, even this one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Sometimes we see what we want to see
18 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover
Yes, Enrico dumped Freya because he believed that he walked in on her and his cousin in bed together. He was scared of that commitment that he knew was coming. So he latched on to this scandal and believed that she was capable of a deception like this. But he knew buried deep within that she wasn't capable of such an action. He also knew that he loved her deep down inside, but he was scared of that love not being returned and he didn't want to deal with being that vulnerable. So to protect himself and his own vulnerability he believed what he saw without looking further than the surface of the scene to really know what had happened. His ego is so fragile and he refuses to be the one to open up first. But in the end it is him that does so.
I felt that he was hurt that he wasn't there for her when she was pregnant. I like that fact that although she could have contacted him and he tells her this, she doesn't let him get away with it. She tells him that he could have contacted her too! It is a two way street and she didn't just take that from him!! Oh and I LOVED the fact that Enrico admitted, even to himself, that legally he didn't have a leg to stand on when trying to get Nicky, their son, away from Freya unless he went through the courts and it would be a long ordeal!! Loved that! When he accuses her again you feel that he will never learn but then this is something that is ingrained within him and it will take a while to work through.
The characters are well developed and in the beginning you don't much like the hero but soon you come to understand him and believe that he does love Freya. You already know that she loves him. He was a bit selfish and needed to learn that she loved him and that he could reveal his love to her freely and without horrible consequences. The ironic thing is that they both felt the same way: fooled, betrayed, wounded. I like the way that is revealed too.
He wants her to trust him, but does he trust her? When she sticks around instead of walking away then the trust is there for both. It seems to open the door up for him to let the love out too. To be that vulnerable with another human being . . . that was very hard for Enrico given his past but he overcomes it and is triumphant in the end.
I felt that he was hurt that he wasn't there for her when she was pregnant. I like that fact that although she could have contacted him and he tells her this, she doesn't let him get away with it. She tells him that he could have contacted her too! It is a two way street and she didn't just take that from him!! Oh and I LOVED the fact that Enrico admitted, even to himself, that legally he didn't have a leg to stand on when trying to get Nicky, their son, away from Freya unless he went through the courts and it would be a long ordeal!! Loved that! When he accuses her again you feel that he will never learn but then this is something that is ingrained within him and it will take a while to work through.
The characters are well developed and in the beginning you don't much like the hero but soon you come to understand him and believe that he does love Freya. You already know that she loves him. He was a bit selfish and needed to learn that she loved him and that he could reveal his love to her freely and without horrible consequences. The ironic thing is that they both felt the same way: fooled, betrayed, wounded. I like the way that is revealed too.
He wants her to trust him, but does he trust her? When she sticks around instead of walking away then the trust is there for both. It seems to open the door up for him to let the love out too. To be that vulnerable with another human being . . . that was very hard for Enrico given his past but he overcomes it and is triumphant in the end.
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