Michelle Reid

Leandros Petronades met Isobel and married her in a whirlwind.  Within a year the marriage crashed and burned and Isobel returned to England.

Three years later Leandros wants a divorce so that he can marry a suitable woman.

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From their first meeting, Jemma had known that forever wasn't in Leon Stephanades's vocabulary. She was inexperienced, but the passion between them was so powerful that she cast her doubts aside and agreed to Leon's demand of a no-strings affair. Soon Jemma was head over heels in love, and couldn't imagine that she'd ever be the one to end the idyll...Until she found out that her love for Leon was to have a lasting price - and it meant having to let him go... 

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Oh yum, the passion in this one was heart-racing.  Leon was intent on having an affair with Jemma, he kissed and propositioned her moments after meeting her, every time their eyes met electricity just thrummed between them.  He is a wealthy powerful man, so he thoroughly investigated Jemma in the next few days.  When he caught her after a date with another man, he was jealous and delightfully possessive. 

Sorry I am still  way way way behind. Greek Tycoons story. Wow, interesting story was this one....Andreas and Louisa are an interesting pair. They had some really interesting parents too!

The hero's sister is married to the heroine's (secret) father.  The hero thinks the heroine is his brother-in-law's mistress and wants to fire her from her job at his company and get her out of his family's life.  Then he decides he is attracted to her and wants vengeance in bed, which is much more satisfying.  But whoops, he forgets to use protection, and he takes this as an excuse to tie her to his side for at least a month until they know if she's pregnant or not.  He thinks that if she is pregnant, it's simple and they will marry of course.  He worries more about what will happen if she isn't, because he doesn't want to let her go but he can't hold onto her for many reasons.  Once the truth comes out about who the heroine's father is, how will things change? 

This was an interesting premise, I love a good revenge story.  I don't think this was Michelle Reid's best work though, there was something lacking, the characters weren't as compelling compared to her other books, the hero was a little stilted and exagerated in how he went cold-hot (he decided to reject her, then decided to continue seducing her over and over again, wavering from his course).  The Markonos Bride and The Salvatore Marriage are books by MR which were keepers for me.  If you don't have time to get through all the books on your TBR, go with one of those instead. 

Rating: 3/5 stars, not a bad read, but other books by MR stand out much more.  NFM 

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'I never meant to do it...she was just there when I needed someone...'

Rachel and Daniel had three adorable children and a strong marriage - or so Rachel had always believed. But her happy existence was shattered when she was told that Daniel had been having a, affair. Then she realised that they'd been growing apart for years. Rachel wanted to save her marriage - but was it too late  

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Holy crap.  I cried like mad during this book, even the happy loving moments between them made me cry.  I needed to pull out the kleenex.  This book is about Daniel and Rachel, who married when she was 17 and pregnant with the first of their kids.  They have been together seven years, and through those years Daniel has gained business success and his life has changed, but he's tried to keep his family life separate from that, keep his family as his "garden in the vile jungle".  During a bad period where all three of their kids were ill, Rachel was run-down, and Daniel was under threat of a business takeover, Daniel started seeing another woman... a colleague at work who he started seeing outside the office.  He quickly came to his senses, and he never had sex with the other woman, but he still felt what he did was cheating and he felt a lot of guilt.  Rachel was told by a third party about it, and it nearly destroyed their marriage, but she stayed and fought through the pain. 

Andreas Markonos married a pregnant 17 year old named Louisa and left her living on a beautiful island with his family while he finished his degree and became established in business.

Until tradgedy strikes and Louisa returns to England with her family.

Five years later they meet again.

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The Greek Tycoons always win my heart

 
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