Catherine George

nfm

Hester Ward developed a crush on Connah Carey Jones.  Ten years later, Connah needs a temporary nanny for his daughter, and Hester is the perfect choice.  She adores his daughter Lowri and she is very pretty that he finds impossible to ignore.  Connah whisks Hester off to Tuscany, the attraction between them ignites.  When he asks her to marry him, Hester is quite surprised.  Hester has a cho

My Review:

The heroine's car breaks down outside the hero's home.  She was on her way to meet with (by coincidence) his brother.  The hero takes interest in her and immediately sticks to her like glue, instead of a grand passion, they seem like friendly travelling companions.  He shows her a bit of the city, then he declares he has good intentions with her, slowly takes things at her pace, tells her he loves her and wants to marry her, tells her the sex can wait.  (She had a bad experience with sex and gets in a panic at intimacy)  Hmmm.  This book was kind of boring for me personally.  It wasn't very passionate, it had a hero who restrained his impulse to jump the heroine.  The book relied for the most part on dialogue, with little sensual description of the feelings the hero/heroine experienced.  There was a sexual assault plot, which is an ick factor and wasn't too pleasant.  I felt a little woozy mentally reading this book, because I'm incredibly stuffed up with allergies at the moment, so maybe that contributed to me just not getting into it. 

Rating: 2/5 stars, couldn't get into it.   NFM

3 Stars ~~~ The pacing was a little slow but the ending was fantastic!

The Millionaire’s Convenient Bride by Catherine George

Harlequin Presents #2713 ~ March 2008

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Hester Ward first met Connah Carey Jones when he and woman appeared at her mother's B&B on a cold snowy night when she was a college student.

Ten years have passed and Hester has trained to become a nanny. Connah needs a nanny for his daughter for the summer and hires Hester. They take a vacation in Tuscany and while there attraction between the two ignites and his daughter Lawri falls in love with her also.

What did handsome Italian businessman Lorenzo Forli mean when he said that Jess would be his reward? When Lorenzo proposed, Jess thought she understood: to make her his wife was what he ultimately wanted. Now she had no qualms about letting her
husband-to-be make passionate love to her. But there was a shock in store!

Connah Carey Jones needs a nanny, who will pretend to be a housekeeper, for his eight year old daughter while she is home from boarding school for the summer.

Hester Ward is a professional nanny who is between jobs.  Her previous job finished earlier than expected and her next job isn't until the fall when the parents new baby is due.

Another Dinner at 8 book. I really like the heros in this series. Connah is no different, a really nice guy, but with a couple really good secrets up his sleeve. I didn't think I would like his mom, but I really did. Hester is quite a character too. What a nanny! Good secondary characters, a few trust issues, and some typos again (darn!). CG brought some great characters and location to life in this one. Thanks and I look forward to more of the Dinner at 8 series.

It was okay.  Liked Lucas Tennant, still not sure on my feelings about Emily Warner though.