Book Review: Bought For The Greek's Revenge

Author: Lynne Graham
Title: Bought For The Greek's Revenge
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Publish Date: May 24, 2016
Buy: Amazon
Book Blurb:  Bedded for the Greek's pleasure!

Ella Palmer has neither the money nor the connections to warrant the interest of Nikolai Drakos's archenemy. Yet the unassuming beauty has done just that—and claiming her will be Nikolai's ultimate satisfaction!

The ruthless tycoon will use any means necessary to ensure Ella's compliance, so he buys out her family's debts. Debts he'll forgive if Ella becomes his mistress. But when he discovers the true extent of her innocence, Nikolai is forced to consider something new; it appears the indomitable Greek is about to take a bride!



Review: I'm not even sure how to review this book. I've read a lot of Harlequin Presents and they are all pretty much the same formula, but some of them are fun reads that I can usually devour in a few hours or a day at most.

Not so this one.

Ella is the typical innocent, big hearted girl who is persuaded into a relationship by Alpha male Nikolai who is trying to save women from the evil Cyrus, because Cyrus caused harm to his sister.

cough cough ....SNORE....

This book took me days to read because there was just no action. There was no drama. There was no heat or spice or anything to make me want to keep turning the pages.

Ella was easily manipulated by Nikolai and then boom they are both in love and yada yada yada. Cyrus gets what he deserves and HEA. That's pretty much it.

Sadly not worth the time it took to read it.

Rating: 2 flowers

Blog Tour Book Review: The Greek's Christmas Bride

Author: Lynne Graham
Title: The Greek's Christmas Bride
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Publish Date: Nov 22, 2016
Buy:  Amazon
Book Blurb: A good Greek wife…

Coldly ruthless and deeply cynical, Apollo Metraxis has made a career of bachelorhood. But when the inheritance of his father's estate is conditional on a marriage and a child, he is forced to do the unthinkable!

Unpolished Pixie Robinson is the world's worst choice of a wife for Apollo. Yet her family's mounting debts leave her defenseless and therefore uniquely suitable. But when the wedding night exposes Pixie's untouched vulnerability, striking a chord in the dark reaches of his heart, Apollo is forced to think again.

And that's before he discovers that she's carrying not one but two Metraxis heirs!

Review: Every time I read a Presents novel I feel like I'm reading a script for a soap opera, or as my dad would say a "daytime whore show."

There's something strangely satisfying in this kind of read.

There's the virgin bride (that always makes me shake my head a little)

The arrogant alpha male (It wouldn't be a presents novel without one)

A crazy will that tosses the hero and heroine together.

Pixie Robinson is a poor hairdresser with a dubious background and a brother with a gambling addition.

Apollo gives her an offer she can't refuse. Marriage and a baby in return for her brother's debts being wiped away.

There's great chemistry between the two characters. Its a nice little "love to hate you" thing that makes for explosive sex.

/The beauty of Harlequin Presents novels are that two people that have absolutely nothing in common, shy of a set of friends. Pixie and Apollo are two people that should not be together by any normal means, but thanks to a clause in his father's will, Apollo needs a wife, stat!

I liked how the two of them came together sadly through mutually terrible childhood. Pixie's family were criminals, and Apollo's dad gave him a string of abusive stepmothers. You definitely start to feel sorry for him once you learn that.

Unfortunately it still doesn't give us a reason why these two people want to be together (even though they won't share that with each other)

Then when things are getting good between the two...DRAMA ensues. The drama was something purely out of a soap.

This book was light and fluffy with a touch of the holiday to make it cozy. If you are a fan of the Presents line, you will love this book, because it is pure Presents!

Rating: 4 flowers

May Harlequin Book Tour Book 1: The Sheikh's Secret Babies

This is the first of three reviews by some great Harlequin authors. There will be two more to follow today, so keep an eye out!

THE SHEIKH’S SECRET BABIES

By USA Today Bestselling Author

Lynne Graham

Prince Jaul of Marwan's royal duty is to marry a suitable bride. But first he must divorce the woman who betrayed him. Locating his estranged wife? Easy. The intense passion still burning between them? Manageable. Discovering he has two royal heirs? Impossible!

Devastated when her handsome prince deserted her, Chrissie Whitaker's beautiful twin babies were the only balm to her broken heart. Now Jaul will stop at nothing to claim his legitimate heirs, but can Chrissie forget their painful past and recognize him as her husband in every sense of the word?

Review:  I haven't read a sheikh book in such a long time. When I started this one, I wasn't really sure how I was going to like the book. Jaul really came across as an alpha jerk, but when he discovered his wife had twins, his alpha-ness became much less jerky, almost unbelievably so.

I liked how strong Chrissie was and how good a mother she was even in the face of adversary and especially when the adversary was the father of her twins. I have to admit, I love that she was a throw things type gal, when she was angry.

I do wish the twins could have played a bigger part in the story than they did. I think when you have kids in a story they should be more than props.

This was really about second chances. Even though both Jaul and Chrissie had issues with each other when they reunited, they still had chemistry and very strong chemistry and it wasn't really any issues with each other that kept them apart, which is why they really fell back into love with ease.

And while we are on the subject of second chances, Jaul gets to have a second chance with his grandmother too, thanks to Chrissie.

I liked that Jaul had his eyes opened about Chrissie, but I was sad that he had to deal with bad thoughts about a parent.

Overall this was a fun sexy read. Great for a sunny summer day.

Rating: 4 flowers

LYNNE GRAHAM’S first book was published in 1987. Today she is the bestselling Mills and Boon Presents author with sales of 26 million books worldwide. Born of Irish/Scottish parentage, Lynne Graham has lived in Northern Ireland all her life. She has one brother. She grew up in a seaside village and now lives in a country house surrounded by a woodland garden, which is wonderfully private. Lynne first met her husband when she was 14. They married after she completed a degree at Edinburgh University. Lynne wrote her first book at 15 and it was rejected everywhere. She started writing again when she was at home with her first child. It took several attempts before she sold her first book and the delight of seeing that first book for sale in the local newsagents has never been forgotten. www.lyneegraham.com

THE SHEIKH'S SECRET BABIES

By Lynne Graham

Harlequin Presents; April 21, 2015

$4.99; 192 pages

ISBN-13: 9780373133369

Praise for Lynne Graham

“SSecrets, betrayals and misunderstandings fill every page of Graham’s remarkable re-do romance. The melding of cultures, exotic desert customs and locales are unforgettable.”

–RT Book Reviews

“The romance was passionate, angst ridden and so intense.” 

–Harlequin Junkie

“I have always been a fan of Lynne Graham as she is one of the authors who instilled in me the love for the Harlequin romances…”

–Maldivian Book Reviewer’s