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The Billionaire's Bride Of Innocence (2009)

by Miranda Lee(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0373128681 (ISBN13: 9780373128686)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

series

Three Rich Husbands

review 1: Not terrible, but is just couldn't connect to the love story. Hearing "hero" James' POV just made me go totally cold to him. Got to hear him think about how he: lied to his wife to trick her into marrying him, deliberately got her pregnant without consulting her (that's, like, assault), actually told her he loved her while admitting to himself that he didn't (a sin that I don't think I've ever seen crossed in HP-land before...all those heroes who manipulate women and don't love them at least can say they never lied and said the words "I love you" falsely) and if that wasn't bad enough, thought about how much better his first wife was in bed than his current virginal wife. for me, comparing heroine sexually to another woman and finding her wanting is probably the least ... moreromantic bit of realism I've seen (that I don't need), even if he doesn't love her to begin with, he has to desperately want her to make me want him to fall in love. And heroine giving this man her virginity in that context was gross, not romantic--not a trap this author usually falls into. Beta male, just doesn't work as well...pig of a hero easier to deal with in a Greek alpha male who can cite backwards cultural norms as an excuse for pigeonholing wife into Madonna v whore role. James turned on by wife's makeover, so then he falls in love because she's now got a wax and is open to shower sex? Not believable, and totally sleeved me out. Sex scenes would have been good but hero was so not hot for me.
review 2: Megan and James are married but right after she miscarries her baby boy she finds out that her husband married her for the sole purpose of having children and a family but in reality he was never in love with her. A few months later James wants to try for another baby but Megan decides to go on the pill which is something she of course hides from her husband. He finds out, they break up but he realizes he is in love with his wife and wants her back in his life. This story was interesting because, realistically, both parties have a right to feel hurt. Neither was perfect, in fact they both lied and deceived their other half. I liked the hero. He was complex and had an awful childhood. He was abused as a child by his father and so did his brother and mother. He is desperate to become a father because he is almost 40 and he wants to become the man his father failed to be. A good, decent father and family man. He loves Megan for her warmth and innocence but he doesn't realize he is in love since he is so disillusioned and a cynic after his first marriage fell apart. The ending in my opinion was very rushed and the reconciliation kind of forced but other than that I truly loved this book! less

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