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And to make matters worse, he's suddenly been accused of embezzling money from the bank just when he realizes how much he needs and loves Claire.

The story is still pretty classic DP, and you can still find her trademarks. They're just not as severely portrayed. Claire is a young virgin, but she's rather plucky and interesting and adventurous compared most DP heroines. And John isn't quite the battered embittered hero you usually find in her books. There's emotional turmoil between the two, and John isn't always nice to Claire, but unlike in some other DP books, I could actually understand and mostly condone the way he was.

So it was a nice surprise to read a DP book that didn't quite fall in line with her others. It was an interesting story, too. I don't think I've read a romance book set in the early 's before and I loved the use of the "newfangled" motorcar. The romance was pretty solid as well. All in all, I rather enjoyed this book. Feb 06, Lu Bielefeld rated it really liked it Shelves: betraying-body-syndrome , double-standard , cheating-is-a-choice , dick-hero-treats-ow-better , marriage-of-convenience , heroine-is-annoying , jerk , asshole-alert , doormat-loser-pathetic-alert , sex-ow.

Diane Calverson was petite, blonde, and blue-eyed, with a complexion like cream. Two years before, they had been engaged. If only…! Her marriage to Calverson had been an act of vengeance—when Losing Diane had changed John, had made him cold. Now her marriage of less than two years seemed to be in trouble. Diane shook her head. Really, Claire. You should go and change before other people come. One more thing to add to her burdened spirit. His eyes narrowed.

She glared at him. You only want me to be a blind, a camouflage, so you can carry on with your married woman! Oddly, it never occurred to her just who the necessary people would be…until it was too late. In fact, John was trying not to see Diane, so beautiful in her glorious white-and-black-patterned dress, so elegant.

She loved him. She still loved him! And he was about to be married! His black eyes adored her. Now, at his wedding, she was declaring her love, begging him to forgo this marriage, promising a future for them, insinuating…what? Diane…his love, his life! He was losing her forever, because of his need to stem foul gossip about her and his pity for Claire. She looked so pure, so untouched, so innocent. So much in love, he thought bitterly.

And suddenly, the thought of hurting her was insupportable. He was disgusted with himself. Pity was no excuse for marriage. John had looked angry, unhappy. She glimpsed Diane through her veil and saw the woman looking straight at John with a curious, drawn expression. She still wanted him, it seemed. John glanced at her miserable face once and felt his heart go cold. He looked away. Your social status is higher now than it was when you lived with your uncle.

You will have to conform, just a little. But then, he loved Diane. Her response, her reaction, made him dizzy. Diane was so experienced that his touch only made her purr like a kitten. But what disturbed him most was that he should feel such a powerful hunger for anyone other than Diane. Part of her understood his attitude. He loved Diane. Perhaps in some queer way it made him feel that he had been unfaithful to Diane when he had kissed Claire, even though Claire was his wife.

But once they were in their apartment, John suddenly grew remote. Claire knew that she might look passable in a nice gown, but she was no match for the elegant and beautiful Diane. His tone of voice was different when he spoke to Diane. His eyes as he looked at her were suddenly hungry and hot and full of pain. He averted his face. It was almost too tight, and made her voluptuous figure look frankly vulgar. His heart jumped.

Her mouth was soft and sweet, and he wanted it terribly. Abstinence had made him ill just lately, and he was hungry for a woman in his arms. He looked around and encountered several pairs of feminine eyes with blatant disapproval in them. No man sports with my wife in front of me! There was no sign of him, no sound of him, in their apartments. She half turned, and saw more faint bruises on her buttocks. Her eyes were no longer those of an innocent.

John had admitted that he loved Diane. How could she have permitted him to make love to her? Idly he wondered what Diane would have thought of his lapse.

I have no illusions whatsoever about his feelings for me; he has none. Seeing Diane in his arms had shattered her last hope of any sort of life with him. She had too much pride. Well, he could have his precious Diane. Nov 03, Saly rated it really liked it Shelves: virgin-heroines , read-in , single-titles , category-romance , marriage-of-convenience , rom-historical.

I can't believe I am rating a Diana Palmer so high but she does have some good one's! And this one was a winner for how awesome the heroine was. She had gumption and backbone and traded barbs with the hero and his OW too! She didn't take anything lying down and excelled at everything, socialising, sewing, etc. Hero married her to save his precious OW reputation and just when he thought he would be happy with the heroine in his bed, she had had enough and walks away.

She had so much self-r I can't believe I am rating a Diana Palmer so high but she does have some good one's! She had so much self-respect which I appreciated. All in all it was great seeing the stupid hero's blinders come off when it came to the OW. Oct 10, Izzy rated it it was amazing Shelves: heroine-deals-with-tough-times , misunderstanding , hero-faithful , gradual-love , marriage-of-convenience , alpha-hot-hero , hero-finally-confesses-his-love , favorites , ow-drama , virgin-heroine.

These oldies have a certain magic that just make the heroes swoon worthy and the heroines sweet and compassionate but so so strong.

There were sexy scenes and there were scenes where she put the hero in his place. H is celibate for a while and only has sex with the h. Jun 25, Janie rated it it was amazing Shelves: big-jerk-bastard-of-a-hero-who-i-ad , hero-is-first-and-only-lover , hero-rejects-and-is-or-horrible-to , virgin-heroines , heroine-leaves-hero , historical , plain-jane-heroines , rich-hero , hero-who-i-love-but-hate.

Rating: 5 stars. Updated Rating August 20, : 5 stars. I absolutely love Diana Palmer!! Gosh I love Diana Palmer. I absolutely love the fact that her books are being republished with better covers!

The cover for Magnolia is absolutely stunning, I couldn't stop staring at it. I wish more of Diana's book covers are similar to the style of Magnolia's- it's absolutely stunning. I plan on purchasing more of DP's books. I want to support her, she's such an amazing author. She doesn't write promiscu Rating: 5 stars.

She doesn't write promiscuity and there is always a theme of old morals and values- which we are in dire need of in this era. She is strong, independent and I absolutely adore her. I love that she took it upon herself to become independent, so that she wouldn't be left destitute in the event that John would divorce her to leave her for Diane- the woman who John has been in love with for many years. Claire didn't go into self pity mode although I do love heroines who go through self pity because it's endearing and instead of staying at home and moping, she decided to become involve in fashion and socialise with the upper crust of Atlanta society.

Furthermore, instead of staying with John and letting him play around with Diane, she decided to leave him. I can't explain how amazing Claire is. John is a typical DP hero, a jerk who is lining after a woman who is totally undeserving and too blind to see the gold right in front of him because of the worthless gloss the other woman. For most of the book, he neglects Claire and he fights his attraction for her.

I did become fond of him though. View 2 comments. It was interesting to see the love triangle byplay, but it also put the hero in a bad light because he looked like an idiot for being in love with the un-worthy other woman for most of the book.

She seriously made him look like a fool. I see that some of my friends have this book on their cheating and rake shelves, but there were no cheating in this book and the hero was definitely not portrayed as a rake. The kiss that took place between him and the other woman was forced upon him by her.

He was just an honorable man that was still in love with his ex, but in no way was he a rake or cheated. I guess if you count emotional cheating as infidelity, then yes he was guilty of that. It was my first DP and an ok read for me. Jul 10, Bookish. I really like Diana Palmer.

Cute, angsty, and with a lot of unrequited love. Mar 13, Serial Romance Librarian rated it it was amazing Shelves: alpha-hero , hero-is-mean-to-heroine , damaged-hero , hero-grovels , sassy-heroine , steamy , happy-ever-after , one-of-my-absolute-favorites , pragmatic-characters , standalone. This book is one of my favorite reads. The angst and the characters were wonderful.

I loved to hate the H, and the h was just perfect in every way. It was such a satisfying read. It has everything I needed. I also loved the setting--Atlanta in I'll leave the more detailed reviews to others, but do yourself a favor and read this book!

Dec 15, Eliza rated it it was amazing Shelves: enemies-to-lovers. Was she a straight-shooting hellcat that worked on motorcars with mud and grease constantly smeared all over her? Or was she a well-connected fashion forward designer who everyone fell in love with?

Claire had a set of huevos on her and never, not once let her dipshit husband get away with his crap. I love how she called him out every time. John drove me absolutely bonkers, but he came around slowly …so I can forgive. Re-reading this one! Oct 13, Mtve41 rated it really liked it Shelves: almoststars , keepers , total-asshat , prickly-banter.

Some great reviews out here on GR. A thoroughly written novel based out of Atlanta when there was barely a motor car in each state of the US!

Claire is a sweet girl who lives with her uncle and has picked know-how of fixing and driving motor cars from him. John who openly loves OW despite her being married to another man. She demands basic public faithfulness from her hateful husband who really has pretty lose morals for a man in that day.

Claire knew how to talk-back and her sass eventually had John hold her up and go at it His commitment aside with Claire, John acted in a very undignified way by not even once telling OW to go take a hike. Not even once. While he had all kinds of grievances with his wife. To be honest, Claire had much too much to give and John with his silence and indifference was not deserving of it.

Jun 16, Vee added it. Three angsty books in a day. I think I'm done. You can always depend on Diana Palmer for an asshole hero, but the heroine was great in this. I just wished he groveled more. John would no longer be jeopardizing his reputation or that of the beautiful wife of the bank president and his ex-fiancee. For Claire After her uncle died, she had no one to turn to and no income of which to speak. Not to mention the fact that there was not even a roof over her head after the bank took over everything she had.

Claire took few things with her into this marriage -- an automobile she affectionately called Chester, her talent for sewing, and her love for the man she was marrying. Unfortunately, it looked like John was still tied by the heartstrings to his dear Diane Culverson, and tongues in society were wagging.

At every turn it seemed that John was hanging on Diane's every word, clinging to her arms, and touching ever so casually. It was more than any woman could take Then one day Claire caught John kissing Diane in his own kitchen. Then gets mad because she had a very innocent sundae with Kenny he is jealous and points fingers at Claire why does'nt he looks at himself first John frustrated me and he makes some comment like "if you were a better wife, then I wouldn't have to think about that other woman while we make love.

He was gone 15 hours of each day and she was busy with the things that would make her look the perfect wife to him and others. But how he was suppose to know this, I don't know, because she never told him. I didn't see how he eventually even fell in love with Claire at all, because aside from him hardly ever being at home with her When they were together she was shrewish with jealousy and he was jealously controlling of her while in love with another woman.

And, John while thinking to himself later in the book that he was coming to love Claire, he would tell her he still loved the other woman. When Claire left him and he felt the lose of her in his life,i completely disagree cause Claire had never really been in his life, they were never together often enough to communicate or actually even enjoy each others company At the end its a good read,not a keeper for me Recommend it Oct 19, Poonam rated it really liked it Shelves: romance , historical.

This is one of the best Diana Palmer books I have read. I really enjoyed this one and I can say it was hard to put down to do any other work. A very strong and likeable heroine. She is one of the best heroines I have read. She is innocent, frank, independent, fiesty and the best part is she does not take anything lying down and gives good comeback to the OW. It was fun to see the OW feeling akward, embarrassed because of the h's reply.

To be frank, I was not very enthusiastic to read a book wher This is one of the best Diana Palmer books I have read. A recommended read if you like strong independent h. Jan 28, Laura rated it really liked it. Despite being dated I was entertained. Feb 15, Giulia rated it it was amazing Shelves: romance. All right, so I gave this book 5 stars despite some glaring issues with the novel. Glaring Problem One: The ending was wrapped up way too neat and quick.

But it was still nicely done, so I'll let it go especially since that "problem" wasn't the real problem that needed to be solved in the story anyway, but a mechanism to get the couple together.

Glaring Problem Two: John. I know a lot of readers will have issues with this character. He marries Claire to save his own reputation--sure it helps Cla All right, so I gave this book 5 stars despite some glaring issues with the novel.

He marries Claire to save his own reputation--sure it helps Claire out of a tight situation, but mostly a selfish reason to get married, especially since he knew full well that she truly loved him. If that isn't enough to make most of us frown down our noses at him, he promises not to have sex with Claire at her request, and then breaks that promise to satisfy his own sudden and burning desire for her.

He's really cruel to her as well, and might come across as controlling to some readers. All of this said about John, he does have some redeeming merits. He realizes that Claire means a lot more to him than he thought and that she's worth ten of Diane.

Man made a move, he got lucky. And honestly, my thoughts on him is that he cared a lot more about her right from the very beginning of the novel but was so wrapped up in idolizing his old love Diane that he couldn't really see that he loved Claire. As for the cruel words he says to Claire, it's not like she didn't dish it right back at him. And when he is cruel to her, a lot of the time it's a defensive reaction to his own hurt feelings.

He might have seemed controlling at times, but he was honestly try to protect Claire by asking her to conform to more socially acceptable standards for women at the time. He wasn't doing it to try and exert power over her. Glaring Problem Three: Claire.

You marry a guy you know is in love with someone else?! I mean, surely there must have been some other way out of her tight fancincial situation. What did she expect from this marriage anyway? For someone who is supposedly be so insightful and a good judge of character, she always seems to be stumbling into the most ridiculous misunderstandings with her husband. That inconsistency in her character made me roll my eyes. She loves him to distraction and she instead of talking to him when he wants to discuss their marriage, she decides it's a good idea to run away and go live with his parents?

Because of course if he wants to talk about their marriage it must mean he wants a divorce. This is lady. He doesn't like scandal. Think a minute!! She's utterly incapable of saying no to him any time he wants to go to bed with her. She set the conditions, if she didn't want him to sleep with her she should have just said no! Unknown 5 de marzo de , Elizabeth Ramirez 10 de junio de , Yeli 8 de junio de , MilyM97 26 de febrero de , Unknown 29 de septiembre de , Unknown 16 de febrero de , Elizabeth Ramirez 7 de septiembre de , Monica 28 de noviembre de , Unknown 21 de diciembre de , Martha Morales 26 de diciembre de , Unknown 24 de febrero de , Vedeqa 8 de julio de , Unknown 16 de abril de , Geidy 23 de julio de , Unknown 31 de julio de , Andrea 19 de marzo de , Caro 15 de agosto de , Osita07 2 de abril de , Unknown 11 de mayo de , Unknown 19 de mayo de , Osita07 25 de mayo de , Unknown 23 de junio de , Unknown 10 de agosto de , Unknown 13 de octubre de , Unknown 6 de noviembre de , Unknown 6 de diciembre de , Unknown 15 de enero de , Giise 4 de febrero de , Qnombrebb 26 de febrero de , Hildama 28 de enero de , Unknown 1 de mayo de , Karla 19 de mayo de , Neelie 30 de julio de , Lizeth 11 de julio de , Laura 3 de octubre de , Laura 22 de octubre de , N Ramirez 1 de enero de , Unknown 20 de agosto de , Elizabeth Ramirez 3 de octubre de , Elizabeth Ramirez 26 de diciembre de , Vai sim, Thaila!

E a forma como ela muda! Gostei da resenha. Obrigada, Lu! Espero que vc leia, tenha certeza de que vai gostar! Gostei da resenha Suelen. Amei a sua resenha. Oi Su, Entre este e Amelia, gostei muito mais da resenha deste. Muito curiosa quanto a estes segredos de ambos os lados Dani, eu tb gostei muito mais desse do que de Amelia.

Oi Suelen! Sua resenha me deixou super curiosa pra descobrir o segredo da Nora! Eu gostei muito do livro, Priscilla. E acho que vai gostar tb! Naylane, se tiver a chance, leia um livro dela! Sou apaixonada por eles! Parece mais "homem" sabe, do meu tipo.

Greice Blogando Livros www. Oi Suelen amei sua resenha. Nora eh realmente romance maravilhoso eu li reli e depois dessa resenha vou ler de novo. Ai, eu preciso ler Noelle Vc amar Noelle. Nossa Su, fiquei super empolgada. Vou tentar encontrar ele na net traduzido para baixar. Bjs :g Amanda Nery www. Nossa, Morena Acho que vc vai gostar desse livro. Elis Culceag. Menina, nem fala Mas ainda faltavam outros livros pra catalogar