Spanish Billionaire, Innocent Wife by Kate Walker (HP 2734)

Reviewed by Janet85 on June 3rd, 2008, 12:42am

by Kate Walker

Format: Print Books

Series: Harlequin Presents

Back Cover:

Raul Esteban has always wanted Alannah.

She is purity and passion combined! But she rejected him, and now the proud Spanish aristocrat is determined that she will pay for her mistake—with her body!

Raul mistakenly believes Alannah is no longer a naive girl—until one night of passion proves he has taken her virginity! Now Raul will do whatever it takes to keep her at his mercy….

Favourite Scene: (nice "omg she's a virgin" scene)

Raul’s long body stilled, tautening sharply as he fought for control, and the dark head that had been thrown back in uncontrolled response now came forward again, golden eyes searching her face, looking for the answer to the question that clearly burned in his mind.

‘Still?’ he said and the single word encompassed a world of meaning, of disbelief, of shock. ‘Still so innocent? But how…?’

Another Fav Scene: (mmm, I love how he instantly had such a visceral rejection of her leaving his life)

Hell and damnation, no! Rejection of everything she said was like a red haze in Raul’s mind. It couldn’t stop now. Not like this. This wasn’t going to happen again. She wasn’t going to walk out on him all over again, not when he had just rediscovered that sensual satisfaction—the deepest, most perfect satisfaction—that he only ever found with her.

My Review:

Great opening, really drew me in and set up the dynamic between the hero/heroine nicely, there was a kind of wary concern for each other.  They each lost a sibling, his sister, her brother and they met at the hospital.  Then later they had to talk about the car accident and funeral arrangements.  The sense of loss and grief was intense, and they comforted each other and passion just exploded between them.  The combo of grief and passion had me sitting up right and jumping as I read the book, it was so intense and the intensity kept up all the way through the book.  I started jotting down favourite scenes but I had to stop myself from writing down all the passionate moments that stood out, because there were just so many of them, and I wanted to swim mentally in the book and not emerge to jot down every other line!  Mmmm.  This was a keeper for me, because of the passion, the shared history, and the really warm and likeable characters who were just so in love with each other.  Read it! 

My Rating: 5/5 stars, a keeper, loved it, so passionate.