The Greek tycoon's mistress, Julia James

This is a very good story. Theo is such a great character! And Leandra is more than a match for him. Professional actress Leandra Ross agrees to help a friend (Theo's cousin) by posing as his mistress in oder to resist family pressures to get married . Obliging his dying grandfather who wants grandchildren, Theo arrives in town to convince his cousin to return to Greece and marry. But upon seeing Leandra, Theo is shaken, moved, overwhelmed. It goes far beyond a sizzling sexual attraction. He then determines to make her his. Leandra knows better than to mix with a womaniser like Theo. He helps himself with women, samples and discards them. But when she is whisked on his private island, she feels helpless under the impact of his sheer physical presence. This book is full of emotion, the characters are very much alive and the ending is great!

Harlequin, les livres que votre coeur attends

J'avais 13 ans, j'étais assise sur une marche de la terrasse, la branche d'un haut cocotier me protégeait des rayons du soleil. Sur mes pieds, un livre. Sur la couverture du livre, un homme et une femmes, jeunes, beaux, amoureux, s'embrassaient. Je tourne quelques pages et je lis: "les livres que votre coeur attend". Ah bon? Je commence ma lecture. Au bout de deux heures, je ferme la dernière page et je confirme: c'est bien un livre un mon coeur attendait. Il s'agit d'un Harlequin série Azur. L'histoire débute sous le soleil dans une île paradisiaque et se termine sous la pluie dans la campagne anglaise. Le héros me fait penser a Tom Cruise - en plus grand - et l'héroïne me rappelle Cendrillon dont les aventures ont berçé mon enfance. Ils vivent un conte de fée classique: un beau prince délivre une belle princesse- ici de la pauvreté et de la solitude- l'épouse, lui fait un bébé (pas forcément dans cet ordre) et ils s'aiment et vivent heureux jusqu'à la fin de leurs jours.

Depuis, j'en lis regulierement. Et pourtant, c'est irréaliste, sans suspens aucun (a part peut-etre celui de savoir si la femme tombera enceinte avant ou apres le mariage), les hisoires se ressemblent toutes. Mais c'est un excellent break: je ne réfléchis pas quand je lis ces romans. Ça me détend, ça me fait rire, ça m'attendris, ça me relaxe. Ça remplit sa fonction: me distraire!

Vive les romans d'amour!

Spring bride - 4 stars

This book is one of the Landon's Legacy series. It is the story of Kyra and Antonio. Kyra is the only sister of Cade, Grant and Zach. She is a youngish beautiful heiress who is the apple of her daddy's eyes, and a baby in her brothers' eyes. All her life she had played the role of the perfect daughter for her control-freak father, and the happy girl for her over-protective brothers. But it was all a pretence. Underneath this appearance, laid an unsatisfied girl who wanted to embrace life more freely and be taken more seriously.

Antonio is a thirty something successful half Castilian-half Mayan business man. He never knew his father and was poorer than a church's mouse. In addition, he has an issue with women born into money. His first love was an heiress who mocked and ridiculed his proposal because he did not have a blue blood.

How do Antonio who cannot stand pampered heiresses and Kyra who cannot stand controlling men fall in love with each other?

They meet across a room at a charity dinner, unprepared for the desire that hit them. They desire and hate each other on sight! A few weeks later, they meet again when Antonio rescues Kyra from an attack. She was on holiday in Venezuela and lost all her money and papers. She did not want to call on her brothers because they will patronise her. Instead, she asks for Antonio's help. Antonio finds there an opportunity to teach a spoiled heiress some humility. He forces her to work as a maid in his island in order to earn her return to America.

But she never ever had the opportunity to really do her chores. Her first day as a servant quickly becomes her first day as his special bed partner. The passion is intense and the love quick and strong. But before they open their heart to each other, a misunderstanding separates them. They will be reunited when a restless Antonio starts a cold revenge against Kyra by attacking her late father's business. I loved how he hid his trembling hands and managed to talk coldly to her at the same time. I loved how she confronted him, not pleading with him but demanding answers.

With those two strong characters, sparks were meant to fly! This is a good book.

Mistress of deception - 4 stars

Alan is Ebony's guardian since she was fifteen. He is around fourteen years older than her. She hero-worshiped him, then it turned into love when she was seventeen and thew herself at him at eighteen. He felt in lust with her when she was eighteen. He resisted because he felt guilty. However, 3 years later, they started a steamy, all-consuming and very secret only-sex affair. Around them , everybody thinks they cannot stand each other. When the book starts, she is tired of being his dirty secret and wants to leave him to marry an old friend.

How is he going to talk her out of that? Is she going to bargain for a more public relationship? If so, how is Alan's family going to react when they discover that he has been secretly sleeping with the sweet and innocent Ebony since years?

Alan is a hero not everybody would like. Though he sometimes does some good deeds (who does not?), he is jealous, unfeeling and he uses her as a sex doll. I really did not see why Ebony loved him so much, apart from his good looks. Really. But then, they say love is a mystery.

Ebony, on the other hand, was a very likable heroine. Apart from the fact that she accepted the secrecy of her affair with Alan, she was a very independent and modern woman. She was also very successful in her modelling career and had a big heart.

A sizzling sexual tension, a love-hate all-consuming relationship, a dark passion. It is burning here!!! You've got some dramatic scenes, like when Alan's mother catch the two lovers naked in Alan's bed. She nearly got a heart attack so much was her surprise. One of her first thoughts is "when did it start?". She is terrified of the response and breathe when Alan tells her that it started when Ebony was twenty-one years old. Brrrr.

You should really read it. As a guardian-ward story, it was really good. I really liked the fact that he only started lusting after her when she was a young woman. Well done, Miranda Lee!

A rich man's revenge - 4 stars

This is the first book of the trilogy "Three Rich men". I did not give 5 stars because the heroine was too cold towards her long-lost father at the end of the book. It reminded me of the very cold woman she was before she met the hero. But apart from that, it is great.

I loved this book because it was original. The hero is not classic. Though Charles is mega-rich, he is not the arrogant jerk, cynical type. Though he has good allure and class, he is not the classic gorgeous type with the face of a fallen angel and the body of a Greek god.

But the most surprising is that Dominique, the heroine, is a mega-beautiful gold-digger. The man of her dreams must be rich, but not oozing charm, otherwise she may fall in love with him. Too bad. She targets Charles and ends up falling hopelessly in lust and in love with him. Actually, he had far more power over her than she had over him. Talk of a plan that backfired.

At the beginning of the book, Charles learns about her gold-digging past. He then thinks she married him for his money. But when a woman simply melts at the first sexy look you give her, you think twice before jumping to such a conclusion. That is what made this novel so interesting.

Miranda Lee shows very well how much Dominique loved her husband, how insecure she was, how much power he had over her. You end up liking this heroine quite much, because everyone can fall and deserves a second chance. You'll like travelling with the heroine in the journey towards redemption. And you'll see why every woman needs the love of a good man! The emotion is great, the sexual tension and scenes are great, the style is great. You'll love it!

The greek tycoon's unexpected wife, Annie West - 6 stars!!!

Tessa and Stavros met in a civil war-torn South-American country. He was there for business when he heard of a foreigner held prisoner. He pretended she was his bride and married her in order to save her. But on their way out of danger zone, a bomb exploded and they got separated. She thinks he died, and cherishes the memory of a wonderful, gorgeous and generous hero who gave his live saving her. He is the star of all her fantasies, the man of her dreams. Stavros also believes she died and carries the guilt of not having being able to save her.

The book starts four years after those events, on the day Stavros celebrates his engagement to a beautiful, poised and ultra-perfect Greek fiancee. And guess who rings the bell? Tessa, of course.
She came to give back the engagement ring he gave her, having been able to trace him thanks to his well media-covered engagement.

As you can imagine, the situation is explosive. Stavros now has a very secret wife and very public fiancee. Great! What a man to do in such circumstances? How can a man explain that to his fiancee? his family? his business associates? But the most important question is: what is he going to do with this wife? So many problems... But if anyone can solve them, it is alpha-male Stavros. And his method is quite... forceful.

The style is just brilliant! You cannot breathe until you've finished the book. If I had two words to describe this book, I would say: "such intensity"! The book is sooo intense, from the very beginning to the end. And even when it finishes, the intensity carries on. You are hungry for more.

You'll love Stavros. Forget all the alpha-male heroes you've ever known. This is "the one". He got emotion, passion, strength, and a very big heart. But he is also bad... really bad ... sooo bad! He is a mixture of the typical sheikh and the very sophisticate European. When I finished reading the novel, I felt like "he is the only man left on the planet".

You'll also love Tessa. She is proof that you don't need money to have class. And that is not something you usually see in poor heroines. God, if possible, she got more class than lady Di. And more heart as well. She had a very difficult life, but her inner class and gentleness kept her soo beautiful and strong inside! I really liked the fact that she was a strong woman, but she was completely helpless with Stavros. It just emphasized how powerful the love was between them.

If you ever want to read a romance novel with good style, explosive passion, incredible intensity and lovable characters, read that ONE.