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Bought: The Greek's Bride (Harlequin Presents)

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Businessman Sandor Christofides decides that the woman he has been seeing for the last few months would make the perfect wife. Sandor feels Eleanor will help him obtain creditability in his social life. Sandor assumes it was a done deal with Ellie, he is shocked when she asks for time to think about marriage to him.

Eleanor Wentworth has enjoyed the company of Sandor the past three months. She is taken aback when he proposes marriage when he has made no attempt to take things to the next level. When a night of searing passion further confuses Ellie she ask for time away.

When a photo of Ellie and another man surfaces, Sandor jumps to conclusions. Can Ellie convince the man she loves that it isn't her and will Sandor finally admit his true feelings?

Lucy Monroe really hits all the right spots in this book. The romance is sensational and the characters are top notch. It's a special treat for me to have a wonderful book by Lucy Monroe to read.

Again, Lucy delivers another emotionally charged book, her first her book in this series.....the other being Taken: The Spaniard's Virgin. This one is truly a meaningful book, about a stubborn Greek who does not trust and is afraid to love. In the end, he is truly a knight in shining armor and will steal your heart with his passion and newfound love, Ellie.

Ellie is sweet, caring and has never known what is it to be loved by her father. Then on top of everything, she is not only attracted to Sandor a Greek billionaire but she is head over heals in love with him. He wants a compatible marriage and believes Ellie is just the person to become his wife. However, he will not give her his love and that puts up a roadblock in their relationship.

Ellie needs some time and takes a short trip to Spain to make her decision. Upon her return, she is confronted by Sandor who produces photos, which he believes to be Ellie. Of course, they are not; they are of Ellie's twin who they did not even know existed, with the exception of her father.

This is a lovely story, and you will be reminded of the power of love thanks to Lucy Monroe and The Greek's Bride!

Sandor Christofides and Eleanor Wentworth have been dating each other for three months. He hasn't even made a move on her other than kissing and perhaps the first kiss had been a little more involved. However, since that time he hasn't pushed for anything further despite the fact that Eleanor "Ellie" would like for him to. She is shocked when he proposes marriage one night and she needs to think about his proposal. Sandor doesn't seem to like this as he thought she would immediately accept. Yet, Eleanor is a bit reluctant since she has been burned in the past, Sandor doesn't seem to know her well, he doesn't appear to be overcome w/ lust around her either, and she really would like a declaration of love. Sandor gives her time to think and during this time Ellie has taken off to another country and soon pics of her surface w/ another man! Sandor, of course, gets very upset and in return so does Ellie. Some truths come out and a mystery is brought to light.

At first I didn't like Sandor and thought he had ulterior motives as well. I especially didn't like it when he states that he doesn't lie nor does he like those that lie. Good quality but a lie by omission is still a lie. Yet, not in Sandor's book. My feelings were smoothed over a bit when Sandor acknowledged at least to himself that he and Ellie defined honesty differently. I enjoyed the fact that we got Sandor's POV and knew when he worked things out and how he stood beside Ellie even through the rough time. I also liked that he acknowledged that he wanted Ellie for herself and that he was a pretty decent honorable guy. He just didn't want to admit to love because he felt that made a person vulnerable and he didn't want to be open like that. I liked that Ellie stood up for herself and told him to get out. I don't think she would have spoken to him if her world didn't crash down around her. She needed a friend and I believed that she could trust him at that point or else she wouldn't have leaned on him. I suppose the turn at the end was to show the complete turnaround for Ellie's father, I believe it is plausible for him to change like that especially after what he went through. It would appear that Ellie's love was truly unconditional at least w/ her father . . . okay maybe even w/ Sandor. She doesn't want to hang on to anger/hate - reasonable. But the twist involving Sandor's past . . . I would have liked that fleshed out a bit more instead of just springing it at the end. Overall this was a heartwarming read w/ a bit of angst thrown in for good measure and I liked how Ellie stood up to Sandor in that part as well.

The story begins with Ellie and Sandor on a date. This date is different because Sandor is doing things he'd never done before. Although they've been dating for three months and despite what Ellie wants, Sandor has never gone beyond kisses. While she loves him, she questions that he has any feelings for her. So Ellie is astounded when the dinner turns into a marriage proposal. Sandor isn't offering her love, but he is offering her his commitment and caring. Sandor and Ellie's dad are sometimes business partners and she worries that who her father is might have something to do with it.

Ellie's dad doesn't love her, and she's lived with that knowledge forever. In Sandor she finds that she'll wind up in the same relationship. He'll care for her, take care of her, but without love she doesn't know if she can go through with it.


Lucy Monroe has written some of my favorite books and this just adds to it. There is a sequel to this book starring Ellie's sister Amber, which I also liked but not as much.

The entire story is dealing with a rather adult couple who talk through their problems. Ellie isn't sure if marriage to Sandor wouldn't hurt her more in the long run, and she voices her doubts to him. Meanwhile Sandor is a generally caring guy despite his anti-love issue and while trying to work out if they should be together they actually learn a lot about each other.

I think my favorite part about this book is that there is passion there, but underneath all of that, there's genuine caring and friendship. They can rely on each other for support that has nothing to do with how hot the other person is or how much they want to jump into bed with each other.

The kidnapping part was a pitfall in the story but only detracted a little bit from the overall story.

Most of the book was good, but (without giving too much away) I did not enjoy the book as a whole because of the kidnapping and everyone forgiving the kidnapper that separated twin sisters until they were adults.