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Melanie Milburne

Autore di Bought for Her Baby

192+ opere 1,848 membri 46 recensioni

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Opere di Melanie Milburne

Bought for Her Baby (2007) 68 copie
The Virgin's Price (2006) 53 copie
The Blackmail Pregnancy (2004) 53 copie
His Inconvenient Wife (2003) 40 copie
The Marciano Love-Child (2008) 36 copie
The Secret Baby Bargain (2007) 34 copie
The Italian's Mistress (2004) 33 copie
Engaged at The Chatsfield (2014) 30 copie
Enemies at the Altar (2012) 30 copie
The Wedding Charade (2011) 26 copie
His Final Bargain (2013) 26 copie
Back in Her Husband's Bed (2020) 22 copie
Androletti's Mistress (2016) 22 copie
His Poor Little Rich Girl (2011) 19 copie
Playboy's Lesson (2014) 17 copie
The Valquez Bride (2014) 17 copie
A Virgin for a Vow (2018) 17 copie
The Valquez Seduction (2014) 13 copie
Her Man of Honour (2007) 9 copie
Bound by a One-Night Vow (2018) 8 copie
Single Dad Seeks a Wife (2008) 7 copie
The Royal House of Karedes Books 5-8 (Bundle 4-in-1) (2010) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Sheikh's Baby Bombshell (2013) 3 copie
His Virgin Mistress Bundle (4-in-1) (2009) — Autore — 3 copie
One-Click Buy: April 2008 Harlequin Presents (2008) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
In the Australian's Bed (By Request 3-in-1) (2008) — Autore — 2 copie
Bedded by Blackmail Bundle (4-in-1) (2006) — Autore — 2 copie
The Italian's Bride Bundle (4-in-1) (2008) — Autore — 2 copie
The Royal House of Niroli (8 books) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Italian Playboys (2011) 2 copie
Ajutine proua Marchetti (2021) 1 copia
Latin Lovers & Greek Husbands Bundle (4-in-1) (2010) — Autore — 1 copia
Bought for Her Baby Bundle (4-in-1) (2008) — Autore — 1 copia
Notorious [2-in-1] (2012) 1 copia
Sydney Harbour Hospital: Volume Two (2014) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Modern Romance: Books 1-4, May 2019 — Autore — 1 copia
Harlequin Greek Tycoons bundle #3 (8-in-1) (2008) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Brides by Blackmail (2008) 1 copia
Bought for His Bed (2007) 1 copia
Unexpected Babies Bundle (4-in-1) (2009) — Autore — 1 copia
Engaged at The Chatsfield {&} Sheikh's Scandal — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The Caffarelli Legacy (2016) 1 copia
Julia Extra Band 360 (2013) 1 copia
Keelatud ahvatlus (2021) 1 copia

Opere correlate

Best of Virgins Bundle (10-in-1) (2008) — Autore — 4 copie
Scandal: Unclaimed Love-Child (2013) — Original Text — 2 copie
Shock: One-Night Heir (2017) — Original Text — 2 copie
Androletti's Mistress (2016) — Original Text — 2 copie
Bought for the Marriage Bed — Original Text — 1 copia
Never Underestimate a Caffarelli — Original Text — 1 copia
Never Say No to a Caffarelli — Original Text — 1 copia
A Virgin for a Vow — Original Text — 1 copia
A Ring For The Greek's Baby: Harlequin comics (2020) — Original Text — 1 copia
Back In Her Husband's Bed: Harlequin comics (2020) — Original Text — 1 copia
Claimed for the Billionaire's Convenience (2021) — Original Text — 1 copia
The Fiorenza Forced Marriage — Original Text — 1 copia
The Valquez Seduction (2014) — Original Text — 1 copia
The Valquez Bride (2018) — Original Text — 1 copia
The Wedding Charade (2018) — Original Text — 1 copia
Surrendering All But Her Heart [Manga] (2017) — Original Text — 1 copia
Deserving of His Diamonds? [Manga] (2017) — Original Text — 1 copia
Enemies at the Altar [Manga] (2012) — Original Text — 1 copia
His Final Bargain [Manga] (2017) — Original Text — 1 copia
The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage (2017) — Original Text — 1 copia
Bound by the Marcolini Diamonds (2016) — Original Text — 1 copia
Willingly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded (2014) — Original Text — 1 copia
Surgeon Prince, Ordinary Wife (2015) — Original Text — 1 copia
Bedded and Wedded for Revenge (2014) — Original Text — 1 copia
The Venadicci Marriage Vengeance — Original Text — 1 copia
The Marciano Love-Child (2015) — Original Text — 1 copia
Never Gamble with a Caffarelli — Original Text — 1 copia

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In a lot of ways I feel like I had missed something crucial to this book. The characters are all over the place in terms of how they feel--there's how they think they should feel (betrayed? lost? lust filled? angry?), how they act (stiff, formal, frustrated) and how they say they want to act (friendly). They tend to mix all those emotions up without sticking to one or the other for any length of time.

So let's lay this out. You're an uber wealthy, attractive, young guy. Your young daughter, who happens to be blind, is in need of specialized help for a month while her normal nanny has to tend to important family business. do you:

A) Throw oddles of money at an agency to get someone useful
B) Re-arrange your plans to provide for your daughter
C) call an old flame who you think is a scheming bitca, but who happens to be good with children and then offer to toss oddles of money at her soon to be shut down school for the underprivleged?

If you answered A or B, you're completely rational. Leo Valente is NOT rational.

I honestly was not convinced that after 4 years, most of which he's spent in seething anger and pain, that the first person he would think to call is Eliza. Eliza who he thought led him on for 3 weeks, was laughing at him behind his back as she told all her friends what a fool he was for proposing to her.

And Eliza? I think she wanted to apply for martyrdom. She felt so guilty about everything. Guilty about her fiancee's accident. Guilty about not telling his mother the truth. Guilty about leading Leo on. Guilty about feeling so intensely attracted to him. Guilty that if she hadn't hurt Leo so badly he wouldn't have gone out, shagged the first female he met, gotten her pregnant, married her, caused her post-natal depression and ultimately her suicide.

Yes I truly think that Eliza blames herself for what Leo's late wife did.

Another quiz. So you want to sleep with the woman who you hired to take care of your young blind daughter, but you believe her to be a scheming, lying, bitca. Do you:

A) Romance her, but make it clear that this is purely physical
B) Seduce her, but make it clear that this is purely physical
C) Offer her oddles of money to sleep with you for the remainder of her employment, but make it clear that its a purely physical relationship of exclusivity

Once again A&B are the rational choices, C is the choice that Leo took. And Eliza decides that she will take him up on his offer and then turn around and use the money to help her invalid, catatonic fiancee (I think he was catatonic? The author kind of wavered on what exactly was the problem beyond 'he's unresponsive') and his mother pay for the upkeep of said fiancee's condition.

I want to make sure its clear, at no point does Eliza tell Leo that her fiancee has been catatonic for a good 5 and half years now. Her evasive answers make him sound like a total jerk instead and only make Leo wondered MORE why she tossed him over.

So then of course we have the inevitable conflation of things--Leo finds out and confronts Eliza. Making some justifiable points about how she shouldn't live as if SHE was in the accident. Eliza gets upset and they part. Soon after returning home Eliza finds out that her fiancee's mother had been lying to HER all this time--she KNEW that her son and Eliza were no longer together and its severely implied that the reason he was in an accident was because he had been on his phone while driving. Not only that but the mother wasn't surprised they broke up at all.

But she needed someone to lean on and selfishly let Eliza be the martyr and Eliza never questioned it because of her overwhelming guilt. Now that the mother has found a new boyfriend--a doctor!--she doesn't need Eliza around anymore so Eliza happily prances off to find Leo and they make up and its all magically okay now.
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lexilewords | 3 altre recensioni | Dec 28, 2023 |
The Marciano Love-Child
2 Stars

Upon learning of her pregnancy, hotel magnate Alessandro Marciano accused Scarlett Fitzpatrick of being a cheating gold-digger and threw her out in the street. Now, 4 years later, Alessandro hires Scarlett design firm to refurbish his newest hotel and wants to pick up where they left off. But Scarlett is wary, especially about Alessandro's intentions once he realizes that her son is his.

The hero in this book is absolutely vile. His actions from beginning to end are completely inexcusable and there is nothing redeemable about him whatsoever. He threatens to ruin her business and take custody of their child away from her if she doesn't sleep with and then marry him. This goes far beyond sexual harassment and extortion.

Moreover, the heroine has no backbone. She ostensibly hates him and demands that he atone for his behavior, but never follows through and consistently succumbs to his sexual advances. The fact that she not only forgives him but actively encourages him to be a part of her son's life is very problematic and is reminiscent of abused women who allow their abusers back into their lives.

So, why the 2 star rating? Well, I actually enjoyed Milburne's writing style and the topic of cystic fibrosis is well researched and adds a compelling and emotional nuance to the story.

It would have been better as women's fiction rather than romance.


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Lauren2013 | May 5, 2023 |
The Secret Baby Bargain
4 Stars

4 Years ago, Jack Marriot and Ashley Forrester had a passionate affair with the understanding that there would be no long term commitment and no children. Thus, upon learning of her pregnancy, Ashley returned home to Australia. Now, Jack is back and Ashley will have to decide whether to tell him of their child.

This is my second Melanie Milburne book and it has the same tropes as The Marciano Love-Child but without the vile hero and spineless heroine - See my 2 Star review .

Jack is the antithesis of Alessandro Marciano. Yes, he wants Ashley back but rather than resorting to sexual harassment and blackmail, he makes a concerted effort to make amends and clearly regrets his past actions.

Likewise, Ashley has the backbone that Scarlett Fitzpatrick was sorely missing. She stands up to Jack at every turn and does not melt into a puddle of mush when he touches her.

Overall, a charming second chances romance and the next book focuses on Ashley's younger sister.
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Lauren2013 | 2 altre recensioni | May 5, 2023 |

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192
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ISBN
832
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