The Markonos Bride by Michelle Reid (HP 2723)

Back Cover:

The island of Aristos holds bittersweet memories for Louisa. Here she met and married gorgeous Greek playboy Andreas Markonos and bore him a precious son. But when tragedy struck, Louisa fled….

Now, years later, Andreas can't believe that his runaway wife has dared set foot on Aristos again—and that he still desires her. Andreas will reclaim his wife with the one thing they still have in common…intense physical passion!   

My Review:

Five years ago their young son died (he suffered a fall).  It tore them apart, and their families kept them apart.  Now, as every year, the heroine makes a trip to the island where her son lived and died to visit his grave.  She meets her estranged husband again, and grief and anger at each other draws them together, passion explodes between them.  They have tempted fate: will she be pregnant again?  He wants her to be, quite badly, and takes her away to seduce her into having as much unprotected sex as he can manage.  He wants to tie his wife to him, and make up for the five years they were forced apart for. 

This is a great story, it set my heart pounding the entire time, I loved the characters and I rooted for them to work things out.  The reasons they were forced apart by their families were senseless and I didn't see why the parents (especially his) thought they were so wrong for each other, they could have had such a happy marriage, there was no reason for the parents to object.  I really enjoyed that this book had fidelity: despite being parted five years, neither could bring themself to having sex with other people, committing adultery, neither wanted to cut the ties they had to their love.  It was really heart-warming that they shared something so special. 

Rating: 4.5/5 stars, a really great passion and the couple were made only for each other.