2.5
Marriage at His Convenience
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In this second chance romance, a Greek mogul must save his business empire—by marrying the very woman whose heart he once broke.
Greek hotelier Lucas Karadines had never known a woman like sensual, irresistible Amber. But to ensure the merger that his father always dreamed of, it made more sense for him to marry a rival’s daughter.
Five years later, Amber has put Lucas behind her—until she inherits half his company. Lucas, who’s now single again, knows the only way to keep control is for him to marry Amber. But how can she consider marrying him at his convenience—when, five years before, she was worthy only of being his mistress . . . ?
Greek hotelier Lucas Karadines had never known a woman like sensual, irresistible Amber. But to ensure the merger that his father always dreamed of, it made more sense for him to marry a rival’s daughter.
Five years later, Amber has put Lucas behind her—until she inherits half his company. Lucas, who’s now single again, knows the only way to keep control is for him to marry Amber. But how can she consider marrying him at his convenience—when, five years before, she was worthy only of being his mistress . . . ?
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KiraTheGelfling
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MJ
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Lyns
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“This is really a two star but I upped it because of the angsty goodness at the beginning. Man, it was very heart-wrenching reading about Amber realizing that Lucas, the man she loved, was marrying another woman, one he claims to love.
The two star comes from the fact that Lucas was a total ass in the beginning of this book. He treated Amber horribly! My goodness, he ripped her heart out and barely apologizes for it in the end. He says, "I know I hurt you" but really? He should've been on his knees begging and pleading for her to take him back. Which he didn't do. He tricked her into marrying him, even if it was because he loved her and didn't want to lose her. Too little too late.
As for Amber, I wanted her to tell him how badly he hurt her but she never really did. In fact, she almost seemed to shrug it off when he was apologizing for hurting her.
Anyway, it was pretty good at the beginning, so-so in the middle, and better again at the end.”
Tracie
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“This was a quick read. I found the blurb to be very interesting. I was hoping for a fiesty h and a groveling H. Unfortunately I got neither.
The author did a really good job of portraying the angst and emotional aspects of the story. The H is a real bastard. His treatment of the h was ruthless. I don't have a problem with that if there is sufficient groveling and the h doesn't just fall into line with him. I found myself being irritated with the h because she made things way too easy for the H. In the end I couldn't buy that he ever loved her because he never really made up for the way he treated her both in the past and in the present.”
Victoria Teoh
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“I didn’t enjoy this book. I felt most of it was rather disjointed and the two characters spent an inordinate amount of time having sex. It was like they built their relationship upon sex rather than mutual respect and love. And when it came right to the end, I really really could not see the ‘love’ both of them claimed to feel. It seemed to me to be something more like lust. Or rather, purely lust.
This is one of the rare books where I dislike both the main characters. Lucas was a not very nice person. To put it simply, he was a jerk. Amber was better than Lucas, yes, but I just don’t understand why she always took whatever Lucas was doing to her without really standing up for herself. I mean, when he left her the first time, she practically begged him not to. For me, the moment a heroine begs the hero like that, I lose all respect for her.
The beginning of the book was still ok actually. I could feel the hurt emanating from Amber when that jerk Lucas left her. I mean, seriously. He couldn’t have the courtesy to tell her earlier before actually engaging himself??? Gosh. What a jerk.
Uhm, the storyline was pretty simple. Usual thing of guy wants to go get married, then girlfriend not good enough, so break up. Few years later, get back together. Fall desperately in love. The end. Really. That’s what the book was about.
It wasn’t the storyline that made me dislike the book. It’s the dialogue and the behaviour of the characters. Both of them were unlikable. I was just bored reading the book.
You know, I really don’t know what to say about this book. It just isn’t to my tastes. When the confession of love part came, I was very skeptical about Lucas’ words. I mean, not even a bit of his actions showed that he loved her. Ok fine, maybe just a little bit. But I simply could not believe he loved her. As for Amber, let’s not even talk about her. She’s like trying to be strong, yet she simply can’t resist temptation. I mean, you’re freaking annoyed with the guy. He broke your heart five years ago. And you can’t even resist him? Gosh.
There was little to no character development within the book. Sure, the book wasn’t rushed, but most of the time, I couldn’t figure why a character did what he/she did. It just wasn’t believable. The pace was alright but I need to see the characters at least having a little bit of an epiphany or something. Its like, after 5 years, nothing changed. They were no different from before.
Sigh, I think this review has gone on far longer than it should have. Needless to say, I didn’t like the book. Yes, it aroused some feelings of anger and ‘omg he’s such a jerk’ kind of feelings in me. But other than that, I really didn’t feel anything for this book. Halfway through, I almost stopped reading. This book was really a disappointment. The blurb looked so so good. Oh well!”
About Jacqueline Baird
When Jacqueline Baird is not busy writing she likes to spend her time travelling, reading and playing cards. She enjoys swimming in the sea when the weather allows. With a more sedentary lifestyle, she does visit a gym three times a week and has made the surprising discovery that she gets some of her best ideas while doing mind-numbingly boring exercises on the weight machines and airwalker. Jacqueline lives with her husband Jim in Northumberland.
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