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My Review:Title: The Yuletide Engagement / A Yuletide Seduction
Author: Carole Mortimer
Published by: Harlequin Showcase
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Format: ebook
Pages: 512
Genres: Romance, Holiday, Contemporary
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2020 12 Books of Christmas Challenge, Lenoreo's 2020 Beat the Backlist Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Two Christmas treats from USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer
The Yuletide Engagement
When Patrick McGarth offers to take Ellie to her company's Christmas party, she reluctantly accepts. If nothing else, she can show the world—and her cheating ex-boyfriend—that she's not nursing a broken heart. But Ellie has to ask herself, what does a wealthy and powerful man like Patrick want with an ordinary girl like her? It doesn't take long for Ellie to find out—and it's hard to resist the lure of mistletoe…and marriage!
A Yuletide Seduction
Everybody knows her as Jane Smith—a successful businesswoman. What they don't know is that Jane has also successfully distanced herself from her past. Then she meets handsome Gabriel Vaughan at a Christmas party. He's determined to get close to her and seduce her. But sooner or later he'll recognize her…as a former society lady with a secret.
THE YULETIDE ENGAGEMENT
3.5 stars — It was a typical Harlequin, where the heroine makes assumptions and the hero isn’t clear and so things drag out longer than they should. I think I would have enjoyed it more if we’d gotten Patrick’s POV as well. I enjoy the fake relationship trope, and this one had some good moments in that respect. But I will admit I don’t know what was different for Ellie when she finally gave him a chance to speak vs the other times. Maybe it’s really a 3 star, but I’ll stick with my gut.
A YULETIDE SEDUCTION
DNF @ chapter 3 — I realize I’m only 10% into the book, but I just don’t have a good feeling. The heroine is making out the hero to be some sort of villain, and she’s actually scared of him. I’m sure it’s all some misunderstanding or whatever, but I don’t have the patience for it.
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