The hero's sister is married to the heroine's (secret) father. The hero thinks the heroine is his brother-in-law's mistress and wants to fire her from her job at his company and get her out of his family's life. Then he decides he is attracted to her and wants vengeance in bed, which is much more satisfying. But whoops, he forgets to use protection, and he takes this as an excuse to tie her to his side for at least a month until they know if she's pregnant or not. He thinks that if she is pregnant, it's simple and they will marry of course. He worries more about what will happen if she isn't, because he doesn't want to let her go but he can't hold onto her for many reasons. Once the truth comes out about who the heroine's father is, how will things change?
This was an interesting premise, I love a good revenge story. I don't think this was Michelle Reid's best work though, there was something lacking, the characters weren't as compelling compared to her other books, the hero was a little stilted and exagerated in how he went cold-hot (he decided to reject her, then decided to continue seducing her over and over again, wavering from his course). The Markonos Bride and The Salvatore Marriage are books by MR which were keepers for me. If you don't have time to get through all the books on your TBR, go with one of those instead.
Rating: 3/5 stars, not a bad read, but other books by MR stand out much more. NFM
