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The Tycoon's Bride by Michelle Reid
5.0
I have joined Manali Dey, a friend on Bookstagram, for the #MillsandBoonReadathon for which we are reading 18 books, coz it's '18! This is Book 16.
Twenty-one year old Claire Stenson's aunt, Laura Cavell, wants her to give up her baby sister Melanie, so that Laura can help her come out of the near poverty she finds herself in. She is alone, left University to care for her sister after her mother died due to haemorrhaging at birth; is without a job, and Melanie is only her half-sister! But, Claire is adamant, especially after what their family had to go through the past few years. She doesn't want to lose her only family now, though two months of grief has wearied her down.
And then in the most dramatic way, she is in a minor accident, which is witnessed by both Laura and her hot-shot tycoon boss, owner of a merchant bank, Andreas Markopoulou (who is as old as the hills, in his own words; rightly so, he's thirty-six). He helps her, takes her and her sister to his home for recovery, while her aunt is out of the country on business.
It appears that Andreas knows more about her aunt than he's letting on, because she works for him, or is there something else? And then he offers her a marriage of convenience, in order to secure himself from a 'personal problem' likely to cause him 'embarassment'. He also offers to straighten Melanie's whole life, by adopting her and giving her his name, by which she will become his sole heir. He then flies them both to his grandmother's home in Greece for their impending nuptials.
Books with babies always ensnare me, and this wasn't any different. I fell in love with it from the first page itself. Claire and Andreas go for the other's jugular whenever they can, for the smallest of things. While her pride cringes from taking his help, he is equally apologetic for his angry demeanour. His devotion to and need for Melanie is so sweet. No less arrogant, or seductive; but, the Greek hero in this book is a lot calmer and wiser (coz he's old, with the age-gap mentioned quite a few times). He is an ass, though he admits to it himself after behaving stupidly. Surprise, surprise! It was amusing to read about how Andreas easily read everything that went on in Claire's head. After two bombshells towards the end, which I didn't expect them to pan out the way they did, came the perfect end.
I love [a:Michelle Reid|81218|Michelle Reid|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1260580903p2/81218.jpg]'s writing. It has an enchanting quality about it. It is as powerful as it is humorous and immerses the reader into the story. I've read her eight of her books before this one, and almost all of them are my favourites!
P.S. I read this book as a part of the author's paperback collection titled 'Bridal Bargains'.
Twenty-one year old Claire Stenson's aunt, Laura Cavell, wants her to give up her baby sister Melanie, so that Laura can help her come out of the near poverty she finds herself in. She is alone, left University to care for her sister after her mother died due to haemorrhaging at birth; is without a job, and Melanie is only her half-sister! But, Claire is adamant, especially after what their family had to go through the past few years. She doesn't want to lose her only family now, though two months of grief has wearied her down.
And then in the most dramatic way, she is in a minor accident, which is witnessed by both Laura and her hot-shot tycoon boss, owner of a merchant bank, Andreas Markopoulou (who is as old as the hills, in his own words; rightly so, he's thirty-six). He helps her, takes her and her sister to his home for recovery, while her aunt is out of the country on business.
It appears that Andreas knows more about her aunt than he's letting on, because she works for him, or is there something else? And then he offers her a marriage of convenience, in order to secure himself from a 'personal problem' likely to cause him 'embarassment'. He also offers to straighten Melanie's whole life, by adopting her and giving her his name, by which she will become his sole heir. He then flies them both to his grandmother's home in Greece for their impending nuptials.
Books with babies always ensnare me, and this wasn't any different. I fell in love with it from the first page itself. Claire and Andreas go for the other's jugular whenever they can, for the smallest of things. While her pride cringes from taking his help, he is equally apologetic for his angry demeanour. His devotion to and need for Melanie is so sweet. No less arrogant, or seductive; but, the Greek hero in this book is a lot calmer and wiser (coz he's old, with the age-gap mentioned quite a few times). He is an ass, though he admits to it himself after behaving stupidly. Surprise, surprise! It was amusing to read about how Andreas easily read everything that went on in Claire's head. After two bombshells towards the end, which I didn't expect them to pan out the way they did, came the perfect end.
I love [a:Michelle Reid|81218|Michelle Reid|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1260580903p2/81218.jpg]'s writing. It has an enchanting quality about it. It is as powerful as it is humorous and immerses the reader into the story. I've read her eight of her books before this one, and almost all of them are my favourites!
P.S. I read this book as a part of the author's paperback collection titled 'Bridal Bargains'.