And then he kissed her - Laura Lee Guhrke

Book review: 5/10
Published in:English
Binding:Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 384
Date:1990-05-01
ASIN/ISBN:0671670069
Publisher:Pocket



Product Description:

Emmaline Dove has been the perfect secretary for publisher Harrison Marlowe. Keeping the rakish viscount's professional and personal lives running smoothly is challenging, but Emma hopes that, some day, working for Harry will lead to getting her own book published. But so far Harry has rejected Emma's literary efforts, claiming "etiquette books don't sell." When Emma discovers Harrison didn't even bother reading her work, she snaps. Resigning her position, Emma sets out to find someone who will appreciate both her and her writing.

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After having read "Guilty Pleasures" I was a bit anxious to start reading this one.

The starts starts with our heroine, Emma Dove resigning her post of secretary of the drop-dead-gougeous publisher Harry Marlowe. She decided to do so because he wasn't willing to publish any of her books. So, she went to ask to one of his competitors for a post in his journal. As soon as she start writing everyone started to comment and follow her advises.

Then, Harry bought his competitor newspaper... Emma and Harry thought that it would be difficult working together because of Harry's opinion about her kind of work. But as they started to get along, Harry discovered that Emma was the only woman that could make him happy.

Having read her previously books, to me, this one didn't looked to be as breathtaking as the others. It was a very simple story of two people who had knon eacther for years but after some life changes they had began to feel more than a friendship for each other.

Guilty Pleasures - Laura Lee Guhrke

Book review: 9/10

Published in:English
Binding:Mass Market Paperback
Pages:384
Date:2004-01
ASIN/ISBN:0060541741
Publisher:Avon

Product Description:

Every woman has her Guilty Pleasures ...

For prim and shy Daphne Wade, the sweetest guiltypleasure of all is secretly watching her employer, the Duke of Tremore, as he works the excavation site on his English estate. Anthony hired Daphne to restore the priceless treasures he has been digging up, but it's hard for a woman to keep her mind on her work when her devastatingly handsome employer keeps taking his shirt off. He doesn't know she's alive, but who could blame her for falling hopelessly in love with him anyway?

Anthony thinks that his capable employee knows all there is to know about antiquities, but when his sister decides to turn the plain young woman in gold-rimmed glasses into an enticing beauty, he declares the task to be impossible. Daphne is devastated when she overhears ... and determined to prove him wrong. Now a vibrant and delectable Daphne has emerged from her shell, and the tables are turned. Will Anthony see that the woman of his dreams has been right there all along?

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This is second book by Ms. Guhrke that I read and I absolutly loved it. It's a fascinating, well written love story.

After our heroine, Daphne got her heart broken by Anthony, she decides that it's time to move on. So, she tells him that she wants to resign because she doesn't want to continue to work for him simply by the fact that she doesn't like him...

But Anthony isn't willing to let his best employee go away so he begins his campaign to charm her and make wanting to continue to work for him.

While doing it, he starts to see her as a beautiful woman. Being captivated by her, he starts to court her in a very original way, by using the language of flowers. This is a very intereting subject and it was wonderful to see how it all ended. This is definitely a book to keep .

She's No Princess - Laura Lee Guhrke

Book review: 7/10
Published in:English
Binding:Mass Market Paperback
Pages:384
Date:2006-06-01
ASIN/ISBN:0060774746
Publisher:Avon

Synopsis:

A Royal Pain...

The illegitimate daughter of a prince and a notorious courtesan, Lucia has been confined to schools and convents for most of her life. But that hasn't stopped her from causing one scandal after another. Exasperated, her royal father decides that his exquisite hellion of a daughter must be married immediately. And Sir Ian Moore, Britain's most proper diplomat, is the perfect man to choose her a groom.

Diplomacy, not matchmaker, is Ian's forte, but he vows to get Lucia married off as soon as possible so that he may return to his real duties. Yet, despite an abundance of very eager, worthwhile candidates, none is a match for Lucia's spirit and fire. And the more time Ian spends with the infuriating beauty, the more reluctant he is to marry her off. Could it be that he has already found Lucia the perfect husband...and it is Ian himself?

When I began to read it I thought that it was going to be a fun reading and I wasn't mistaken...It's a enchanting story. It was my first book from Ms. Guhrke and I really enjoyed. Well, the plot is not something new but it was quite refreshing...He have a passionate, headstrong, caring and emotional Italian heroine and a handsome,stuffy, uptight strong hero who present the image of a "perfect diplomat"...and when they both meet...It's fascinating to watch how their relation grows...I truly recommend it!