Revenge

Equal parts suspense and romance. Non stop action packed with the right amount of emotion and feeling. The characters are likeable and so real that you can't help but hope for a happy ending for all of them. Like all good writers Davis gives you enough information to guarantee you'll be looking for future stories of the heros of Station Five.

Jack is twenty-four years old when he comes from America to see the father who barely acknowledged him as a boy. They had only met twice. The last time being when he was just eighteen and his father told him to make his own way in life and become a man he might be able to respect. Now Jack is in Australia and is turned away at the gate by Lady Ellen, the woman who married his father.

The Way We Weren't by Isabel Sharpe ~ Harlequin Duets ~ #17
Ratings:
Excellence: Great
Steaminess Factor: Affectionate to Romantic

PLucked from the depths of hell, former military sniper Reno Manchahi was hired by the Government to kill a thief, but he had a mission of his own. Reno vowed revenge on the general that murdered his wife and daughter for many years.But his assignment went awry when his target turned out to be Calen Hernandez, a powerful seductress who risked everything to fight a  potent evil.

Evan Tyler and Elena Royal rivals in the hotel industry and Evan uses an encounter between Elena to his advantage.  She does not make things easy for him to say the least and misunderstandings on both parties as other obsticles stand in the way of the merging not of the Hotel chains but their lives.

I enjoyed this story and would recommend it.

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Shackled by diamonds...

The Brandizi Diamond has been in the Kyriacou family for generations. So when it comes into Angelina Littlewood's possession, Nikos Kyriacou must get the jewel back. But Angie has her own reasons for keeping it—and for wanting to teach arrogant Greek Nikos a lesson!

What better way than to agree to marriage? But then Angie discovers what being Nikos's wife entails.... He has one demand: he's her husband and she'll share his bed!
 

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Favourite Scene:

Unaccustomed to being continually challenged, Nikos felt his frustration rise. ‘I’m ordering you to give me the diamond.’
‘And I don’t respond to orders, especially from people I don’t respect.’     

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The instant Angelo Gordon sees model Tara Peters he's certain she will share his bed. But her beauty isn't the only attraction — he wants vengeance! Tara is not an easy conquest. When she pushes Angelo away he realizes he can only win her over by playing a different game. Angelo will raise the stakes and take the ultimate revenge: marriage!

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Favourite Scene: (smart heroine)

"Beauty doesn't mean much in the scheme of life." And in her opinion, it often got in the way.
"Coupled with brains and a passionate nature, it's a pretty potent package." Was he implying he saw her that way? "Few men care about what's under the surface."
"I'm unique."
"I get that you'd like me to believe that." 

Very sweet and exactly what I would expect from a Harlequin Presents author. He sets out to get revenge on the woman who destroyed his family and made him an outcast to his own father and her daughters after his father's death and instead finds that one of his stepmother's daughters is everything he's ever been looking for to be happy.

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All that stands in the way of Dante Carrazzo and revenge is Mackenzi Keogh. Mackenzi will do anything to save her hotel—something Dante uses to his advantage: he'll reconsider if she becomes his mistress! Mackenzi knows she shouldn't trust Dante, but the pleasure he gives is too intense to resist. However, their bargain is compromised when Dante learns she is pregnant….

Favourite Scene:

‘So what was the point of hanging around?’ Mackenzi said, angling up her chin. ‘It was all over in a minute, after which you promptly rolled over and went to sleep. Hardly worth hanging around for.’

The cockiness slid from his face, her insult finding its mark. ‘All over in a minute? Seems to me I remember you enjoying every second of that minute.’

She shrugged. ‘It was okay, I guess.’

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He seemed completely immune to her
Rich girl Lara Schoffield had never met a man she couldn't instantly captivate, and in fact she'd made a hobby of collecting hearts and breaking them while she remained personally uninvolved.
Until she encountered Jordan Sinclair. He was devastating, everything a woman could ask for. And he was utterly indifferent to Lara.
But what Lara wanted, Lara got, and she was determined to have Jordan Sinclair. Even if it meant playing with the potent fire of his passion, and playing with Jordan was very dangerous indeed...
 

Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers to some degree  

Favourite Scene: (I like how he makes sure ALL of the competition is out of the way)

'Is Wentworth out of the picture now?'
'I don't see that—'
'Is he?' Jordan bit out in a rasping voice.
Her rebellion died a swift death as she recognised a will far stronger than her own. 'I hope so,' she admitted tightly.
'And Basil?'
'Was never in it,’ she scorned.
'Gary?’
'Not him, either. Look, Mr Sinclair—'