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don't feel the connections between the two of them, First of all, the man is a real asshole, He's such a good liar that I hate him so much, and I didn't even believe him in the last chapter when he confessed that he loved her, Also, he's not romantic at all, I mean yeah he drew her when she was sleeping but I don't think it's so romantic at all, Second of all, the girl is very pathetic and naive, I hate that she could easily fell for a guy like that, I mean, yeah she was attracted to him but why did she suddenly so in love with him It's so weird that it made her look so pathetic, And lastly, the plot wasn't very good, I think it's too cliche, like too much cliche, What a trainwreck of a story, Cormac is a psychopathic jerk and Lizzie is ayearold naive virgin who wants to be loved so badly that she doesn't believe that anyone else would be interested in her other than the psychopathic jerk.
He humiliates her and insults her time after time, He continues to use her for his own business gains and continually lies to her, Why does she continue to put up with him The only reason I gave this bookrather thanwas because I was glued to the story, It certainly wasn't boring, but I hated this guy, I really enjoyed this book, maybe because the topic is a bit of a favourite of mine, I couldn't put it down, it's taken me a day to read, Basically, it would have taken me less time if real life like sleep, housework and eating hadn't got in the way!
Basically the hero lures his secretary onto a plane to the Caribbean letting her think she's coming on business.
She can't refuse on the plane, can she To pretend to be his wife And being a bit of a bastard has a few tricks up his sleeve so, no she can't.
He'll do anything, say anything, to get this commission, And poor old Lizzie is just there to be used,
Anyway, it might not be an overly original idea the pretend to be my spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend concept but I really do like how the author attacked this.
There's a lot of conflict, and seriously, even the last chapter's not looking too good for a happy ending, And being Mills and Boon we know that there has to be, but the author keeps us hanging on till the very end,
This goes in my one of my best Mills and Boon, Maybe I should create a shelf :D Where to start, . . where, where, where
Well, . . let's start with myself.
I don't trust people very easily, I don't even like people! So those I consider my friends have to go through a long process where they have to:
, Earn my trust. Very important
. Know that even though we have things in common, we all have our differences in personalities and behavior,
. Maintain that trust.
. Respect is highly valued.
. Don't fuck up, pardon me, destroy that trust, EVER!
Now, with these already stated, you can imagine how I tried to convince myself time after time to just give up reading it, but the thing is onlypages long.
How could I
So, I read what was left of the book only to discover that Cormac, our piece of shit of a hero was actually, truly, really, for real, honestly and sincerely in love with our heroine Lizzie.
Horrible name if you ask me,
Like REALLY! OMG!
But I haven't yet mentioned the important part as to why I dislike it so much, Well, that is because our dear Cormac also a horrible name has a tendency of manipulating and lying to people, Sociopath much I believe yes, He has a quiet a few traits that fit perfectly, He lied and manipulated the poor Lizzie again and again, And guess what
Our Lizzie has a tendency of being dumb as fuck, And the best part of all, . .
Takes deep breath
SHE'S A VIRGIN! SURPRISE!
So obviously, the typical lines like "I've never been desired by a man before" were present in this amazing love story.
If the love interest is supposed to be an asshole but supposedly nice and loving guy or whatever, At least it should be really believable by some point after the middle of the book, If he still being a total dick by then, then I'll dislike him for rest of the book, Cormac was a dick. Till aboutof the book, Great author as she is, Kate Hewitt throw a few more pages of love that sparked out of Cormac's ass, I didn't buy it. Cormac is used to doing everything in his power to achieve what he wants, Use or be used is his motto, and he is NEVER used, When he is required to present a wife and prove he is a family man, the bachelor simple blackmails his secretary in to following his plans,
Lizzie may be under duress in playing Cormac's wife, Finding out that he is using her feelings against her to win a contract is more than she can bear, Hoping that love can conquer all is a very unlikely senario,
A very touching, sweet story, Meh, a bit silly. This was awful utterly dreadful, Cormac was the most unpleasant and revolting hero Ive come across, A cruel, deceitful, arrogant jerk right up until the end, I kept waiting for some indication that he had even the slightest
hint of humanity but no, he continued to be a piece of s, . t.
The heroine was, even for Mills and Boon, the most ridiculously doormatlike woman ever, She really sickened me. Having given in to his lying, bullying blackmail so often, were supposed to believe she suddenly lost all control and told Jan the truth at dinner
The trope pretend marriage isnt new and the authors execution was probably the worst I have come across.
This wasnt a romance, it was a saga of abuse and disgust, I hated it. Es mi primer libro de esta autora, Está escrito normal, sin sobresaltos, Es una trama fácilmente olvidable, el protagonista llega a tildar de "patética" a la heroína y no una sino varias veces, la protagonista se enamora de un día para el otro aunque antes no hubiera "registrado" demasiado a su jefe.
Al comienzo me fueron graciosas las réplicas de la prota, pero al avanzar su carácter se pierde, Fue aburridísima.
Ella: soy virgen a los veintiocho años,
Él: ah, mirá qué bien, Mirame las ganas que me dan, atajate esta, ahí voy, qué emoción, iuju,
AGH. Cormac Douglas doesn't let emotion get in the way of business, Now he needs a weekend wife to secure a prestigious contract, and biddable secretary Lizzie Chandler is the perfect candidate,
Lizzie is outraged, but Cormac's ruthless persuasion leaves her wanting more, When he asks for her services again, she finds herself agreeing to be his hired wife, . . in the bedroom as well as the boardroom, The h is a doormat, No pride, just a clingy mess, The H tells her before they have sex that it is only sex and he doesnt have feelings for her, After making out with him she is devastated that he doesnt have feelings for her, That is so facepalm worthy, I mean, girl, he told you!
Throughout the book the H and h keep making out, he keeeps saying it is only sex and she keeps thinking it is more than sex.
I usually like a dominant H, but this H doesnt seem to be in love with her at all, I only like a dominant H when he is smitten and pursues the h, This H doesnt pursue the h at all, Quite the opposite actually. He tries to push her away, except when he is in lust or when he needs her presence for a business deal,
This H and h deserve each other, I hated the hero: He was cold, unfeeling, cruel, insulting to the heroine and extremely condescending, He would make disgusting comments to her like her bra size is too small for his preference and he kept putting down her wardrobe, I can't recall a single time he complimented her, He never even commended her for all the hard work she did, He was also a manipulative and opportunistic bastard who saw dollar signs everywhere and didn't care if he had to discard little things like integrity to get what he wanted.
I hated the heroine: She was the epitome of dull, stupid, spineless doormat, She let the hero walk all over her and was like a slave to an entitled spoilt brat bitch of a teen sister who was ungrateful for all the sacrifices she made.
This heroine had no self esteem, She wasn't plain looking at all but seemed to think that she was the ugliest woman on earth, The hero did little to make her insecurity any better, Getting him to acknowledge how attractive she looked after her makeover was more difficult than pulling teeth from a fully awake lion, One of the worst types of heroines, in my opinion, are those who are totally reluctant to embrace an inch of their feminine power,
I hated the story line, The story line has been done many times by other authors in HP and it has been done better ! This author is, unfortunately, not for me, I think I might have read novels by her in the past but she is apparently either forgettable or unimpressive, I seriously need to pick my reading material more carefully, I REALLY should have heeded the reviews on this novel and just not bothered, Maybe it's a good thing that this author doesn't seem to be writing novels for HP at the present time, The HP line has been producing enough loser novels as it is, . . I was originally going to give this more than three but then I read A Very Stylish Affair by Emma Darcy and found it unfair to give this book equal or more than to a better story.
I say this because the female lead of this story irritated me to no end most of the time and some really quite serious issues were sort of shrugged off after one night.
I think that Cormac's turn from ruthless to loving should have been more subtle, but instead we were kept in the dark and made to feel that nothing was changing with him until the end when he had some miraculous epiphany to become a better man, which, quite frankly, I'm not buying.
I compare this book to AVSA because their basic plots are the same, The boss takes his secretary away to some wonderful island where said secretary is required to act as said boss' lover for X amount of days to achieve the ultimate goal.
Their characters and motivation couldn't be more different, which I understand, but I preferred the characters of AVSA which made all the difference,
Maybe if I hadn't have read them so close together, I would have had different views on this book, It was a good story and I did enjoy it at the time, but reading AVSA directly after kind of left a sour taste in my mouth,
If you enjoyed this book, I would recommend AVSA, just don't read them too close together because they are, when stripped to the skeleton, exactly same,
You may prefer the more tragic, needy version in this story, or the more vibrant funny version in AVSA, but ultimately, you're reading the same book twice 'Same script, different cast' springs to mind.
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