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4.0
The book starts with a prologue describing incidents from eleven years ago. Lizzie Montgomery and Damon Gavros are in a court of law. She is about to start her college and he just finished his studies. But the reason they are in a court is to attend the trial for the fraud charges brought against her father by his father, which results in a long jail term for her father after the proceedings, where they both come to know that the person they slept with the previous night was the other party in the court.
They meet again, eleven years later, in the kitchen of Damon's friend's restaurant, she in her overalls, he as immaculately dressed as ever, the lord of the world. He had offered to help her then, knowing about her stepmother, but she had refused him. Now here she was, with a ten-year-old daughter, Thea, Damon's daughter, who doesn't know about her as Lizzie wasn't able to reach him, though she had tried, a lot. There was also the fact that Damon hadn't reached out to her in spite of feeling bad about the whole thing eleven years ago. But, he had had his hands full on correcting the wrongs Lizzie's father had done to so many! And now that he had found her unexpectedly, he was in full pursuit of her. What happened in her life in the intervening eleven years, he wanted to know it all.
I never read a book with this long a time jump, but it was totally worth it. Making a ten year old understand, or explain things to her, is gonna be difficult, I think. Thea is a musical prodigy, and before telling Damon about her daughter, she wants to ensure that her daughter doesn't face the same rejection that she faced at the hands of her father after her (Greek) mother's death.
A tattoed heroine with pierced lips, a bike ride, hell yeah! A sassy heroine giving off blunt replies, I loved this book. Their passionate encounters are hot, hot, hot!
What a wonderful, or should I say terrifying, coincidence it was. The way father and daughter come face-to-face, without realising who the other person actually is! First Stavros, and then Iannis, and Thea, after the initial disappointment of horrible people, it's all Damon and Lizzie can do to keep these matchmakers at bay. Haha! But, they are just as equally protective of her.
It was a bittersweet story. The feelings it evoked were a bit like while watching the movie August Rush, more than enough to make me cry. Especially the way Thea reacted after discovering who her father was. This book was a total tear-jerker, what all Lizzie had to go through!
After a long time, finished a book in one sitting. Highly recommended.
P.S. [a:Susan Stephens|89876|Susan Stephens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1477401734p2/89876.jpg] is on my favoured authors list now. Previously I had read her [b:Brazilian's Nine Months' Notice|25494270|Brazilian's Nine Months' Notice (Hot Brazilian Nights! #3)|Susan Stephens|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1436129139s/25494270.jpg|45269345] and [b:Expecting His Royal Baby|2158800|Expecting His Royal Baby (The Royal House of Niroli, #5)|Susan Stephens|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1358736260s/2158800.jpg|2047621] and loved both!
They meet again, eleven years later, in the kitchen of Damon's friend's restaurant, she in her overalls, he as immaculately dressed as ever, the lord of the world. He had offered to help her then, knowing about her stepmother, but she had refused him. Now here she was, with a ten-year-old daughter, Thea, Damon's daughter, who doesn't know about her as Lizzie wasn't able to reach him, though she had tried, a lot. There was also the fact that Damon hadn't reached out to her in spite of feeling bad about the whole thing eleven years ago. But, he had had his hands full on correcting the wrongs Lizzie's father had done to so many! And now that he had found her unexpectedly, he was in full pursuit of her. What happened in her life in the intervening eleven years, he wanted to know it all.
I never read a book with this long a time jump, but it was totally worth it. Making a ten year old understand, or explain things to her, is gonna be difficult, I think. Thea is a musical prodigy, and before telling Damon about her daughter, she wants to ensure that her daughter doesn't face the same rejection that she faced at the hands of her father after her (Greek) mother's death.
A tattoed heroine with pierced lips, a bike ride, hell yeah! A sassy heroine giving off blunt replies, I loved this book. Their passionate encounters are hot, hot, hot!
What a wonderful, or should I say terrifying, coincidence it was. The way father and daughter come face-to-face, without realising who the other person actually is! First Stavros, and then Iannis, and Thea, after the initial disappointment of horrible people, it's all Damon and Lizzie can do to keep these matchmakers at bay. Haha! But, they are just as equally protective of her.
It was a bittersweet story. The feelings it evoked were a bit like while watching the movie August Rush, more than enough to make me cry. Especially the way Thea reacted after discovering who her father was. This book was a total tear-jerker, what all Lizzie had to go through!
After a long time, finished a book in one sitting. Highly recommended.
P.S. [a:Susan Stephens|89876|Susan Stephens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1477401734p2/89876.jpg] is on my favoured authors list now. Previously I had read her [b:Brazilian's Nine Months' Notice|25494270|Brazilian's Nine Months' Notice (Hot Brazilian Nights! #3)|Susan Stephens|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1436129139s/25494270.jpg|45269345] and [b:Expecting His Royal Baby|2158800|Expecting His Royal Baby (The Royal House of Niroli, #5)|Susan Stephens|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1358736260s/2158800.jpg|2047621] and loved both!
gamz's review
3.0
Lizzie met Damon the night before her father's trial. She was hurting and in need of an escape. They spent one hot night together. The next day she see's him in court at the trial. He was there as a witness for the prosecution and helped put her father in jail. Eleven years later, Damon walks into the restaurant that she works at and sends her life into a tailspin.
This book started out very disjointed and awkward. The story was choppy and didn't flow. As the story continued, it smoothed out and the characters filled out some.
Damon was a bit of an ass. He attempted to be the supportive aplha, but failed in so many ways. He wanted Lizzie as a fling once again. Wanted to she her happy until he learned about their daughter, Thea. Then he became all overbearing and idiotic. It took him a while before he realized that he had to accept some of the blame that he laid on Lizzie's shoulder.
I really liked Lizzie. She is strong, honest, self sufficent, and even though she has been through hell, she made it through on her own. She put her bitterness aside and raised a wonderful daughter. She also tried to be fair to Damon, but when her threatened her baby, her momma bear claws came out! :)
Lizzie's daughter, Thea, is an amazing character. She deserves to grow up and get a HP all of her own. Loved her sass and scrappiness. She may have been 10 years old, but she was ready to stand up for her mom because she knew and appreciated how hard her mom worked to provide her with everything she had.
I enjoyed the book as it progressed. I almost put it down because of the choppy forst few chapters. Glad i did finish it. It wasn't fabulous, but it was a good book.
This book started out very disjointed and awkward. The story was choppy and didn't flow. As the story continued, it smoothed out and the characters filled out some.
Damon was a bit of an ass. He attempted to be the supportive aplha, but failed in so many ways. He wanted Lizzie as a fling once again. Wanted to she her happy until he learned about their daughter, Thea. Then he became all overbearing and idiotic. It took him a while before he realized that he had to accept some of the blame that he laid on Lizzie's shoulder.
I really liked Lizzie. She is strong, honest, self sufficent, and even though she has been through hell, she made it through on her own. She put her bitterness aside and raised a wonderful daughter. She also tried to be fair to Damon, but when her threatened her baby, her momma bear claws came out! :)
Lizzie's daughter, Thea, is an amazing character. She deserves to grow up and get a HP all of her own. Loved her sass and scrappiness. She may have been 10 years old, but she was ready to stand up for her mom because she knew and appreciated how hard her mom worked to provide her with everything she had.
I enjoyed the book as it progressed. I almost put it down because of the choppy forst few chapters. Glad i did finish it. It wasn't fabulous, but it was a good book.
ns2np5's review
2.0
2.5 stars. I quite enjoyed the beginning but halfway through it went on to become the usual harlequin. The author seemed to be constrained by harlequin form and mandatory tropes. This could have been a better book
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