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My Review:Title: His Mistress, His Terms
Author: Trish Wylie
Published by: Harlequin Presents
Release Date: November 22, 2008
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 192
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2021 Backlist Reader Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Rule #1—Never mix business with pleasure…
Rich, gorgeous playboy Alex Fitzgerald initially hires Merrow O'Connell for her interior-design skills. But soon Alex is determined to break his number-one rule and have the Irish beauty in his bed. She's perfect mistress material!
Merrow can't argue with the boss. But she's learned not to let anyone get close, and has vowed to stay unattached. So what will she do when the billionaire playboy suddenly wants her to be more than just his mistress?
4 stars — I needed this after trying to read some other old Harlequin Presents, and being just totally turned off. I think I needed to remind myself that while in general this line no longer works for me, there were some gems that still would. I’m just glad the gamble paid off, you know?
Honestly, I kind of loved the push and pull relationship between Alex and Merrow. Merrow was just so sassy and mischievous, and she brought out a fun side in Alex. The two of them together had me laughing so many times, their relationship just had so many light and flirty and fun moments that had me goofy smiling. And GOD, it was so refreshing to have a non-douche, non-controlling hero. Alex was definitely forceful and demanding, but it was a dynamic that wholeheartedly worked with Merrow. And you could genuinely feel how much he cared for Merrow and wanted more. It was nice.
It’s not as though they didn’t have frustrating moments as a couple. Honestly, I had a really hard time “getting” Merrow’s hangups. Like, I got them to a certain degree, but not to the extent that she would push back against Alex. I kept waiting for something in her past to explain her insane fear, but it was just who she was. And, fine, that could be realistic…but I guess for the level I was wanting more.
Despite all that, I still just loved the fun parts of the two of them together enough that this was a delightful and restoring read for me.
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