Experience A Summer Storm Imagined By Robyn Donald Exhibited In Leaflet
on A Summer Storm
intentions couldn't be honorable, . .
"I find you profoundly, shatteringly attractive," Blaize Stephenson told Oriel, But what on earth could a man with his success and money see in a gawky primary schoolteacher with an inferiority complex
Oriel didn't doubt that Blaize might be intrigued by her, but certainly not on a longterm basis.
And Oriel wasn't prepared to be a rich man's passing fancy,
Extricating herself from Blaize's grasp was more complicated than she expected, The fact that she'd fallen in love with him didn't help,
Oh, you can talk to him, he said with indifference, Tease him as much as you likeyoure a consummate tease, arent you, with those wicked eyes and that wide, innocent mouth Just dont sleep with him, or break your heart over him.
As for buying youthat, my dear, is exactly what Ive done, Your services, your time, your efforts, You are mine. And if you dont want to cause André Hunter a considerable amount of trouble, leave him alone,
Oriel: Sickened by his stony viciousness, she turned away,
Irunia: Fascinated by his proprietorial ferociousness, . .
She didnt hear him move, but she hadnt taken two steps when her arm was taken in a grip just short of painful, I said I owned you, he said in her ear, his voice lethal, And I want you where I can see you, Oriel, So youre not going up to your room to sulk, youre coming with me,
she jumps on him, coiling her body around his in a tight grip poised for a kill, A little death, This man is mine.
Fuck off, Oriel, Go back to your room, I'll be taking care of him from now on,
Good soup
Blaize is the devil, otherwise how would you explain that the moment Oriel signed the contract to be his niece's governess he started considering himself the master of her body, heart and soul
Wow, didn't even bother to rephrase.
feeling jealous of his, . .years old nephew No one's safe,
harassing the fuck out of her after witnessing her making small talk with his own invited party guest
Wow it could wait for a week or two, what's the rush Patience is not my boi's strongest suit,
the smooth talker in him can't fool you anymore, . . can he
he's, . . not a nice man.
I have no idea how the hero didn't end up succumbing to the madness lurking somewhere inside him and doing something illicit it was certainly a narrow escape in the form of the relatively mouldable and insecure heroine otherwise he's a criminal in the making but there's something terribly, terribly wrong with him.
whenever some cryptic dark shadow followed the heroine in that house, it took the silhouette of Blaize, Mhhhmm, please stop eavesdropping and watching her every step for a second, my cryptic harassment king,
Bad soup
the governess narrative was cute, but I wasn't there for the cuteness of those kids, Having them shoved in my face when I could have had a bit more of my Blaize's jealous little fits Forgive me for being just a salty, Loved the way H tells h's mum who always criticized the h! that he does not like anyone criticizing h and he has his ways of dealing with them, . . he was a rich tycoon with a lot of influence so h's mum mends her ways asap, . . Dreary little tale of a heroine with low selfesteem who saves her cousin on a camping trip by hiking out to the millionaire hero's beach house, The hero takes her in, buys her clothes, offers a job as governess to his orphaned niece and nephew,
There is some manufactured OM drama to serve as some last minute conflict when the hero realizes his true feelings,
The only reason I slogged through this was that I was reading my Kindle to divert my attention from the heavy traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike, My husband wanted to know what I was reading so I explained how the hot but thinks she's a plain Jane heroine ended up at the hero's house, He asked for names.
"Oriel"
"Like the bird"
"Yes, "
"What about the guy"
"Blaize, "
"You're kidding. "
"No. "
"Why does the woman thinks she's ugly"
"Her breasts are too small, "
"You're kidding. "
"No. "
min and a few exits later:
"What's happening now"
"Orphans, "
"What happened to hot and heavy Blaize"
"He's afraid to love or something, Right now we have orphans to deal with, "
"Okay, we're here, "
"I'm not quite finished, but don't worry it will work out, "
"What if this is the only Harlequin ever written that doesn't work out"
"There is no such thing, "
Two days later traveling back on the Mass Pike,
"What happened to Blaize and Oriel"
"He got jealous and then proposed, "
"What about the orphans"
"Instant family, "
Sigh. "That's kind of boring. "
"Did I tell you about the one with the wife who everyone thinks died in a car accident, but she really lived and had plastic surgery so no one recognizes her when she returns to see her son.
"
"Now we're talking, "
She thinks she is an ugly duckling, Her swan mother told her she was,
He, on the other hand, sees a water nymph that washed ashore after a tropical storm, right into his clutches, Two plot moppets and an airtight contract later, she is his, his, his, Or is she Jealous rage births cruel words, like lashes on her soul, He will destroy her if she dares to walk away,
Luckily for both of them, she submits, Good job that mom completely destroyed her selfesteem, making her ripe for the picking,
He changes his words, The threats are gone, though always lurking in the background, This is not a nice man, He is a killer. But now it pleases him to feed her sugary ones, So many words.
Reminds me of that old DalidaAlain Delon duet: Encore des mots, toujours des mots, les meme mots, rien que des mots,
All in all, an adequate little story, I did believe in their HE A very Domsub vibe to them but I didn't exactly like it,
Upon reread, the hero is even more of a toad than I remember, His jealous rages extend to hisyear old nephew, whom he accuses the heroine, the child's nanny, of enticing with her zippered up bathing suit,
What a sick mofo!!! And the way he repeats ad nauseam that he owns her like a freaking master to his slave: dude, she signed a nanny contract, wtf!!!
I had also forgotten how comical the purple prose was, mostly centered on the obsession over the size of heroine's plumlike breasts.
Her mother is obsessed with them, The heroine is obsessed with them, The hero is EPICALLY obsessed with them, Even as he strips her naked to make love to her, and oohs and aahs over her perfection, he likens her to a Goddess, but quickly adds that she isn't an amplebreasted Juno but a lithe Diana ROFL Dude, this is you erotic talk What a cheeseball : How much do you want to bet the first thing heroine does after getting her Mrs.
Allowance is to pay for a boob job
I still recommend it for the unintentional laughs ! “Tomorrow they began another journey, longer and more difficult than any other, but they were supported by the knowledge they carried in their hearts, the conviction of love returned, the pledging of their efforts to make their lifes journey one that they made together.
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Nice : Could not get into it, Really the whole book is about the h 's insecurities instilled by her queen bitch of a mom Re A Summer Storm or in HPlandia Meme ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US This is Robyn Donald Lite.
Really the most exciting thing in the book happens before the story even starts, Theyr old Artemis Amazonian h and her idiotic cousin get caught in a flash flood while tramping, Well, the idiotic cousin did cause he refused to move his tent to higher ground, The h, being an experienced Diana of the Forest who is continually belittled by her pocket Venus mother, had to search for the idiot cousin after the crest of the flood had passed and she finally finds him alive and with a broken leg.
She has to go for help after she stabilizes him, hiking for ten grueling flood strewn miles and with a sprained ankle, she finds the H at his fabulous beach house.
The H arranges a rescue for what he thinks is the h's boyfriend, and he takes one look at the lurvely long legged goddess that stumbled out of the forest mists and only one word occurs to him.
MINE. He wants her, but he is an honorable guy in his way and he can tell his Huntress has the virgin flag flying, so he will keep her but won't touch.
Let the takeover begin, Resistance is Futile,
This H has a young niece and nephew, They are recent orphans and since possession is nine tenths of the law and the H is keeping the h as her mother dearest is in Australia and there is no one to look out for her since she hurt her ankle, the h can just stay and get to know them.
The H's little niece is behind in her schooling as the grief for her mum was overwhelming and soon the h is tutoring her and motivating her to learn reading in between verbal skirmishes with the H over her leaving.
The H locks the h into an airtight governess contract and proceeds with surly glowering and slavering over his juicy, leggy goddess h bone, He lightens up a teensy bit when he finds out the h has no lurve for the idiot cousin, The h is of course head over heels in love by this point, but things take a decided downturn when the h thinks the H is rejecting her lurve mojo vibes.
The H goes back to surly and slavering and threatening the Heat Death of All the Universes if the h tries to leave before her contract is up oh and he will ensure she will never hold a respectable job again too.
This H is serious about the Heat Death thing, His sister and brother in law, the orphan's parents, was killed by a drunk driver, Not only did the H push for the maximum jail sentence, he ruined the man financially too that way the H can be sure the man will never be able to buy another drink again.
And if the little orphan's paternal grand parents keep acting up with their impossible demands, well the H will fix them too,
The h isn't liking the dictates and she isn't liking that the H rejected her lurve, Most especially since the H is out and about sampling the lurvely lady buffet and the h has to sit at home and have mopey moments with a seven year old and the H and h from sitelinkA Matter of Will, they are doing great btw and are even more lurved up.
Enter the Other Man in actuality RD's H for next book and he is HP Lurve Mojo on a stick, We know this because RD tells us so, multiple times and all the ladies in this book and in his own just swoon when he glances at them with his irresistible French Latin Lover eyes.
He takes a liking to our Virginal Huntress h and soon is taking her out and about while the frothing at the mouth H bossy boots H is slavering in vain.
The h goes to Mr, Suave Rico Lurve Mojo's apartment for a nice little apres nuncheon aperitif and h from A Matter of Will makes sure to tell the Slavering H all about it, Scandalous!
Realizing that his hostile takeover tactics aren't getting him anywhere, our Slavering H wipes the drool off the side of his cheek and does a, When the h gets home from her little aperitif outing, he goes to her room and begs, Please take him for a lover instead of the really hot guy,
The h, all her unicorns and kitten powered rainbows dancing in joy, enthusiastically agrees after a big long three page lurve declaration speech by the H and they happily tumble onto the closest flat surface to explore the ecstasy of purple prose lurve.
It is Fabulous!
We get a bit of an epilogue here too, with the fully assimilated H Borg collective threatening Heat Deaths of Universes if the h's mummy dearest continues to belittle and berate the h.
The h's recent elevation to Madonna like status has her pleading clemency for mummy dearest cause she is a tiny Aphrodite and doesn't know any better, But the H WILL unleash the Force of the Borg for direct disassimilation of the h's mummy's dearest's little life if she doesn't straighten up and get on the right side of things.
Universes threatened into compliance and mummy dearests run off to black holes, the H and h lurve it up for the big pink passion cloud HEA win,
Unfortunately, reading back over this, I think my spoilerization was probably more interesting than the actual book, I got to look up old meme's and kitten powered rainbows, Not a terrible HP outing by any means, RD does write well, but I was bored and we probably shoulda had the actual flash flood experience for better perspective and more Mr.
Suave Rico HP Lurve Mojo on a Stick time to really pep this one up, A lifethreatening storm brings Oriel into the world of largerthanlife Blaize, He is the one she runs to for help when her cousin is seriously injured when their camping site floods, Forced to stay at his house until she recovers and the storm passes, she realizes she's in way too deep as her feelings for the bossy, yet very attractive man turn into love.
Blaize convinces her to be the governess for his young niece, a good use of her excellent teaching skills, but dangerous because the more time she spends with him, the more she loves him.
Blaize definitely has charisma, I could see a woman falling under his spell, He wasn't always likable, but at the same time, there was something that makes a woman want to let him take care of her, Oriel is a downtoearth heroine whose very ordinariness makes her relatable, She's got some selfesteem issues because of her unusual height and gawky, angular framethe fact that her mother never let her live it down that her only child isn't small, blonde, and delicately beautiful like she is.
In my mind, I could see Oriel having a gorgeous darkhaired beauty like Angie Harmon except with blue eyes and pale skin, And a big and tall man like Blaize would probably appreciate having a tall drink of water with legs for days,
This book doesn't have that much going on, Just an intense relationship drama, Donald has definitely written meaner heroes, Instead, Blaize just comes off as a tough, authoritative alpha who is used to getting his way all the time, I enjoyed his sense of being perplexed that the seemingly meek Oriel doesn't roll over for him like all the women he's known, He falls hard for her, and this book is just about Oriel and Blaize coming to terms with their feelings for each other and realizing they are mutual, Readers who enjoy tropical scenery will like the descriptions of the New Zealand island flora,
I would give it four because I enjoyed reading about Oriel and Blaize falling in love, and there are pretty good sparks although not a lot of on the page, descriptive love scenes.
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