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Di Cesare's Pregnant Mistress by Chantelle Shaw (HP 2727)

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Sexy, arrogant Bruno Di Cesare hears interior designer Tamsin Stewart is a gold digger. But on meeting her he's instantly attracted, and hires her to work on his Tuscan villa. Down-to-earth Tamsin knows the Italian billionaire is ruthless yet she can't resist him. Tamsin must leave Bruno to save her heart, but then she discovers she's pregnant…. 

 

Scene: (this captures the dynamic of the story: hero feeling superior to the heroine, she's innocent but he's self-righteous)

And after awarding her a look of blistering disgust he strode from the room, leaving Tamsin shaking with rage and misery that yet again she had fallen into his arms, only for him to humiliate her. 

The Greek Tycoon's Baby Bargain by Sharon Kendrick (HP 2738)

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Alexandros Pavlidis always ended his affairs before he got bored. So he never expected to see his London mistress, Rebecca Gibbs, again—until she showed up with shocking news: she was pregnant with his twins! Xandros was intrigued when Rebecca didn't touch a penny of the substantial payoff he gave her. And when the babies were born, everything changed. These were Pavlidis heirs! Now he was on his way to London to bargain for his sons!   


My Review:

Poor Rebecca, I felt so sad for her, the whole time she was dating the hero she was his mistress and along with that came constant insecurity.  The hero was clearly cynical and she thought he doubted her and questioned her motivations, and the author showed enough of the hero's POV to make it clear that yup, he most definately was thinking every cynical thought the heroine worried he thought.

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