The Apollonides Mistress Scandal by Tessa Radley (SD 1829)

Back Cover:

Scandals, lies, and vengeance. 

How dare the womane he'd thrown out of his bed show her face to him again? Her memory gone, Gemma Allen was seaking answers to her past.  And so Greek tycoon Angelo Apollonides delighted in reminding his former mistress of their love affair's every moment. 

But in his quest to avenge Gemma's betrayal, Angelo discovered more than just a startling new passion.  The woman in his arms wasn't his former mistress.  She was her revenge-seeking twin! 

My Review:

This was an enjoyable read.  I thought it might be awkward because the heroine's twin had the affair with the hero, but it didn't come off as awkward, and the relationship of the present seemed very different from the past one (the feelings were intense, the attraction was stronger, and they were more suited personality-wise).  The chemistry was good, and the mystery of Gemma's twin sister was slowly revealed, nicely done TR! 

The only small thing that gave me a twinge was the sudden reveal of pregnancy at the end.  If there's going to be a pregnancy, I'd like to see it hinted at earlier through a recognition of "whoops he forgot protection" so that the reader sees the pregnancy coming and sees that it will be a source of conflict earlier, rather than the reader seeing it as a magical plot device to manipulate the hero/heroine into a reunion. 

Rating: 4/5 stars, a great read.

Tessa

Tessa seems great at throwing curve balls in her stories. I fell in love with Angelo in this one

The twin thing...

would have bugged me I think. 

Yeah I thought it would bug

Yeah I thought it would bug me too...  because grr... your twin sister?  But the twin sister was never really special to the hero and the way he totally fell and all of a sudden had such strong feelings for the heroine made it seem like the heroine was special.  The twin sister was dead and wasn't sticking around to be a source of jealousy or malicious recrimations either. 

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