Dervla was the nurse who'd tended his wounds when he was injured. He was the sexy billionaire who'd seduced her. She refused to be his mistress, so Gianfranco made her his wife... He had only one condition when they wed: no children...For a year, they were blissfully happy, making lazy love in the mornings, hot passionate love by night. But Dervla was carrying a secret. She was expecting her husband's baby.
I loved Gianfranco's son. He followed her when she left and that showed Gianfranco better than anything else that she was part of his son's family. I enjoyed this book despite wanting to skewer Gianfranco.
Laughter is an instant vacation- Milton Berle
I just pulled up my review
I just pulled up my review of this book. Adding my two cents. I thought it was a lovely light read.
This book made me go "aww". The hero's a filthy rich businessman with a 13 year old son. The heroine's a 26 year old virgin nurse that can't have kids. They meet because his son is injured in a terrorist act and hospitalized. The attraction flares between the H/h after the dust settles with the son, and when he realizes she's a virgin and doesn't want to continue on in the indignant role of "rich man's mistress", he won't let her go. He's possessive and he wants her. He proposes marriage, offering her a long-term committment, but saying straight from the beginning that love isn't part of their marriage. The heroine loves him though, but can't tell him. Then they argue over babies: she finds out about a fertility treatment that could make babies possible for her, but he doesn't want more kids, making her choose babies or him. Seems like the choice may be taken away from her though, given the title! I thought this was a great premise for a book, there were no ick factors, the characters were charming and in love even if the words weren't said at first. The only negative thing about this book is that the chronology was odd: a lot of important events were told in flashbacks, which made sense but the story could just as easily have been told going from A to B to C to D rather than C - A - B - D. Rating: 4/5 stars, a really enjoyable read, with a great loving passionate relationship between the hero/heroine.
Flashbacks....
For the most part, I hate flashbacks. They have to be really well done for them to work for me. If it is that important to the story, make it the first chapter.
That being said....I agree with you a hundred percent about this book. I liked all the characters a lot, but the kid was still my favorite.
Laughter is an instant vacation- Milton Berle
heehee! About wanting to
heehee! About wanting to SKEWER a hero... *wiggles eyebrows* You might want to avoid picking up "Ruthless Boss, Hired Wife".... I seriously wanted to take the hero in that book out to a back alley and beat the crap out of him.... He was just so insensitive and deliberately unfeelingly manipulative... I would seriously go to town beating him up if he existed in real life... (I guess it's great that an author can create such a vivid character! Many people love a hero they can "love to hate" and see redeemed at the end. Me personally, I love a hero that's worthy of and capable of love!)
Granted the hero's only one part of the book, there's stuff to enjoy about the rest of the book.
On skewering...
I think its too late. I've already read that one.
Laughter is an instant vacation- Milton Berle
Happy skewering then!
Happy skewering then!