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Deserving Of His Diamonds? (2012)

by Melanie Milburne(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

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Romance

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Mills & Boon Modern

series

The Outrageous Sisters

review 1: Baby-store owner agrees to spend 1 month with her ex-boyfriend Hero for 2 million dollars. Hero wants to make amends & see if they can rekindle their r/s after he rejected her 2 years ago because he believed she was the woman in the sex tape video he saw. She doesn’t make it easy for him as she keeps reminding him of how he mistreated her in the past. Hero banks on their strong mutual attraction for each other & his continued apologies over the past. But heroine seemed changed & he doesn’t know how to breach past her barriers. What difference will it make for them when Hero finds out about the baby heroine lost soon after their breakup?I had high hopes for this Milburne book. It started out with a bang, with Hero just realizing what a huge mistake he made in not trusti... moreng heroine when she claimed it wasn’t her on the sex videotape. And Hero setting out to fix his mistakes at whatever the cost. Our introduction to heroine was very promising also. She was a successful new business owner & she was stalwart in anger & unforgiveness over what Hero did to her. She wasn’t going to be the naïve & biddable doormat that she was 2 years ago. She was going to make him work for his apology. Then, she agreed to spending a month with him…for $2 million! I had to re-read that page a few times because it seemed so out of character from the strong & unshakable attitude heroine had about not letting Hero run roughshod over her ever again. Her agreeing to spend time with him for money was a huge regression over what I thought was a major backbone & character development with this heroine. It just made her look like a gold-digger & prostitute…exactly the kind of person the Hero mistook her for after the sex-videotape brouhaha & the reason he broke up with her. It would’ve been a stronger book & made me continue to sympathize with heroine if she agreed to spend that 1 month with him without the money involved.The book was still angsty though due to the loss of their baby girl. It was heartbreaking to read about it, especially when Hero found out about her. It was at that moment that Hero began showing his vulnerability to heroine. Ironically, it was the loss of their baby that made heroine a stronger person. It was amazing for her to go through with the pregnancy knowing their baby was going to die anyway. The imperfection of their baby, the inevitability of her death, & the fact that heroine still cared for & loved that baby were the catalysts that broke through Hero’s ideals of perfection. Knowing heroine loved their imperfect baby & stayed with her for the few hours of her life healed his wounds from being rejected & left by his own mother. They became equals from that point on. I expect a good future for these two with continued openness & vulnerability.Partially recommended.
review 2: I want to ask all the ladies out there if you ever suffered the injustice of being unceremoniously ditched by a man you adored. Well, hopefully, you didn't, but you may have had a friend who did, someone you had to support. Because it does happen at times, unfortunately. And when it did, either to you or your friend, did you (or your friend) ever wonder what you would do if the concerned man realized his mistake and came back asking for forgiveness and wanting you back in his life? Tell me, what would you do? Would you run back into his arms again? Or would you walk away, your head held high and your pride intact?This is exactly the dilemma facing the heroine, Gisele. Two years before, she had been living in Italy, blissfully in love, the adored fiance of a wealthy and respected man. Next thing, she was out of his life and on a one way plane journey back to Australia, for absolutely now fault of her own. She had to start her life all over again. But before she could even do that, she had to face a huge personal problem, one of the results of her break up.So Emilio realizes his mistake and wants her back. He's ready to do anything, even pay her a huge amount of money, to come back to him for a month. He hopes he will be able persuade her, during that time, to relent and forgive him. But no matter how sorry he is or how wrong he knows he has been, Emilio (well, he's a man after all) has to learn that he can't just kiss the whole mistake better. It is not just a matter of showering Gisele with diamonds and making passionate love to her and everything will be fine. This woman has been to hell and back and this man is going to have to learn exactly what she has been through, not to mention his role in the whole matter. It's not going to be easy.This is category romance at its best. Melanie Milburne, an author at the height of her craft, gives the reader an emotional, touching and sometimes surprising read. I'm not trying to give away too much of the plot, but I don't mind telling that she touched on several sensitive issues in the telling of this story. One issue is the matter of homeless youngsters and the problem of helping them find a future for themselves. Emilio comes from such a background, you see. She also touches on the sensitive and difficult issue of neonatal death and does so beautifully. This sad matter has been experienced in my own family and I was moved to tears by the scene where Emilio learns the truth and has to deal with the fact that he and Gisele had brought a little life into the world who unfortunately could not survive for long. No matter how difficult certain situations may be, if the people involved don't become too hard hearted as a result of their experiences, the healing power of love can work its magic and that is what this book is about. Hope and love. As another favourite romance author of mine often says, the wonderful thing about writing romance is that it can give readers a message of hope. That's always a wonderful message. less

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