- Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Harlequin Books (May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0373124686
- ISBN-13: 978-0373124688
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Format:Paperback
Its amazing i love this book, and this is the frist Melanie Milburne book i read. I love cara and Bryon, Bryon is quite a man. I cry when Bryon saw his daughter grave, some thing inside me move. I like the way melanie write, so her readers could know exactly was what happen. way to go Melanie, I will never stop read yours books now.
Format:Paperback
Melanie Milburne's writing is engaging and romantic, but she has written better by far. Byron blackmails his ex-wife back into bed by rescuing her from bankruptcy. In return he wants her to provide him with a baby. Yes, Mills & Boon plots are fantastically implausible and in general I am very fond of the marriage of convenience/ blackmailed love affair genre, but this book doesn't even offer a stab at some kind of justification for such lunacy. The poor heroine is "damaged" and "has suffered" and continues to do so rather monotonously most of the way through. Really, she seems to be in need of a good therapist rather than the fairly dull family shenanigans which fill most of this novel before the couple neatly and merrily tumble back into love and each other's arms at the end. The appeal of the heroine is fairly unclear, whereas the endless patience of the hero leads one to think someone should tell him there's better out there...
However, I would recommend Ms Milburne's most recent offering: The Greek's Convenient Wife
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Good read
1 Oct 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Back cover:
Baby by blackmail! Millionaire tycoon Byron Rockcliffe storms back into Cara's life, even though their marriage is long finished. Knowing that Cara's design business is on the verge of collapse, Byron offers to save her from financial ruin by giving her the contract of a lifetime. Although he says his proposal comes with no strings, there's a catch: he's not just looking for an interior designer to complete his luxury-he wants Cara to furnish him with a baby...
Comments:
This book had a heroine with A LOT of emotional baggage which was the driving force throughout the entire book. Byron swept Cara off her feet in a whirlwind relationship and after a couple of months their relationship/marriage began to fall apart. Cara felt that Byron's family was too involved in their life and then believed that he was having an affair with a close family friend. Rather than come between them she leaves Byron and goes back home to her mother. As it turns out, the root to all of Cara's low self-esteem and low self worth stems from her good for nothing mother. Since day one Cara's mother has blamed her for everything that's gone wrong in her life. She blames Cara for her husband's death and them for the tragic accident that leaves her crippled and dependent. So, up until the time her mother dies Cara has been living a miserable existence. Then enters Byron. He wants a baby and Cara is the person to be the mother of is child. He wants them to remarry and start again. However, the trip to a loving relationship is met with a lot of obstacles. My main problem is that at the end of the book Cara realizes her self worth all of a sudden and let's the past go (Another reviewer stated this also). She never talked about her feelings to anyone so that's why I was a bit confused as to where this surge of self worth came from. But overall, this book takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions. Pretty good for a new author.
Baby by blackmail! Millionaire tycoon Byron Rockcliffe storms back into Cara's life, even though their marriage is long finished. Knowing that Cara's design business is on the verge of collapse, Byron offers to save her from financial ruin by giving her the contract of a lifetime. Although he says his proposal comes with no strings, there's a catch: he's not just looking for an interior designer to complete his luxury-he wants Cara to furnish him with a baby...
Comments:
This book had a heroine with A LOT of emotional baggage which was the driving force throughout the entire book. Byron swept Cara off her feet in a whirlwind relationship and after a couple of months their relationship/marriage began to fall apart. Cara felt that Byron's family was too involved in their life and then believed that he was having an affair with a close family friend. Rather than come between them she leaves Byron and goes back home to her mother. As it turns out, the root to all of Cara's low self-esteem and low self worth stems from her good for nothing mother. Since day one Cara's mother has blamed her for everything that's gone wrong in her life. She blames Cara for her husband's death and them for the tragic accident that leaves her crippled and dependent. So, up until the time her mother dies Cara has been living a miserable existence. Then enters Byron. He wants a baby and Cara is the person to be the mother of is child. He wants them to remarry and start again. However, the trip to a loving relationship is met with a lot of obstacles. My main problem is that at the end of the book Cara realizes her self worth all of a sudden and let's the past go (Another reviewer stated this also). She never talked about her feelings to anyone so that's why I was a bit confused as to where this surge of self worth came from. But overall, this book takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions. Pretty good for a new author.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Deeper then your average Presents.
29 Sep 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Unlike the other review, I didn't find the heroine Cara whinny, just locker within herself. She was trying hopelessly to not fall apart at the seams and to do that she had to lock herself way from anything that could hurt her. Including the man who loves her.
Byron, comes from an overpoweringly close knit family and can not understand that Cara can not cope with it. He tries hard to make her come out of her shell, unsuccessfully. I agree that the book was too short and could only have been better in a longer story. But in the time alotted I did enjoy the story, felt for the characters, cried with Cara at one point, and then cheered for the ending.
To me that amounts to 4 stars. There was a lot of growth in the characters, even if some of that growth was forced at the end.
Enjoyable quick read.
Byron, comes from an overpoweringly close knit family and can not understand that Cara can not cope with it. He tries hard to make her come out of her shell, unsuccessfully. I agree that the book was too short and could only have been better in a longer story. But in the time alotted I did enjoy the story, felt for the characters, cried with Cara at one point, and then cheered for the ending.
To me that amounts to 4 stars. There was a lot of growth in the characters, even if some of that growth was forced at the end.
Enjoyable quick read.
*****!
7 Sep 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was an unbelievable story. I just couldnt put it down!
Cara had a lot of problems. Problems she couldnt deal with so she did what many people do. Put up a wall, a front, put her gaurd way way up, how ever you want to say it, she did it.
But Byron manages to pull that wall down and it's amazing!
I dont want to say anything because I want you to read it!
Cara had a lot of problems. Problems she couldnt deal with so she did what many people do. Put up a wall, a front, put her gaurd way way up, how ever you want to say it, she did it.
But Byron manages to pull that wall down and it's amazing!
I dont want to say anything because I want you to read it!
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