The Bravo Family Way (Silhouette Special Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

Christine Rimmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2006 | Series: Silhouette Special Edition (Book 1741)

"I want you. Name your price."

Cleopatra Bliss had learned long ago to stay away from driven, powerful men like Fletcher Bravo. So when the handsome CEO of one of Las Vegas's most successful gaming resorts made her an irresistible proposal, she knew she was in trouble.

Fletcher envisioned great possibilities for Cleo's day-care center--including a special place for his little girl. But his desire for the stubbornly independent Cleo was rocking his world...until he decided marriage--with all the fringe benefits and none of the obligations--would suit him just fine. And then he looked at his wife's burgeoning belly and realized he wasn't the only one keeping secrets....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373247419
• ISBN-13: 978-0373247417
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #525,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christine Rimmer has written more than seventy-five contemporary romances for Harlequin Books. A reader favorite, Christine's stories consistently appear on national bestseller lists, including the Waldenbooks and USA TODAY lists. She has won Romantic Times BOOKreview's Reviewer's Choice Award for best Silhouette Special Edition. She has been nominated three times for the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award and four times for Romantic Times Series Storyteller of the Year. Christine lives in Oregon with her family and two very contented cats named Tom and Ed.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Can Fletcher Bravo Share His Secret?, March 2, 2006

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B. Ferris "fun book lover" (Northern CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bravo Family Way (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

We meet another of Blake Bravo's illegitimate sons--In Dallas one night Blake went to Pancake Palace and the waitress fell in love at first sight but Blake was gone by morning never to be seen again. Fletcher Bravo is the child Blake left.

Fletcher is with the Bravo Group, he met his half-brother Aaron at a gambling conference and joined the group that owns the Impresairo and High Sierra in Las Vegas, NV. He's the CEO of Impresairo and now he wants Cleo Bliss to open another KinderWay preschool at the casino for the employees including himself--he has the cutest 5 y.o. daughter--he builds the preschool and applies the pressure so Cleo must open her school. The layout is just what she always wanted and she finds she really wants to expand and this is the perfect way!

She doesn't want to get involved with a world class operator like Fletcher. Cleopatra Bliss, is the illegitimate daughter of Leslie Botts ,she changed her name to Lolita Bliss when she became a Las Vegas showgirl and thinks Cleopatra will grow up to be an entertainer with the perfect name! Lolita had many of those driven, powerful & dynamic men as lovers but none ever married her. Cleo becomes a preschool teacher by putting herself through college while being a showgirl, though. Fletcher finds himself crazy about Cleo and the feeling is mutual after a whirlwind romance they marry. Fletcher begins to pull away from Cleo almost immediately and she doesn't understand why. Her new sister-in-law Celia has become her friend and she's at a loss too. Caitlin, Aaron's mother, who we met in The Sons of Caitlin Bravo series <G>, knows just the thing to help Cleo get Fletcher to open up to her and share that secret.

Fletcher and Cleo touch the heart with their problems and how they work them out. Ms Rimmer created 2 very wonderful characters and that 5 y.o. Ashley is great too. I'm looking forward to more Bravos, please!

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Read, September 5, 2011

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Terracotta Dove (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Bravo Family Way (Bravo Family Ties) (Kindle Edition)

This is #17 in Rimmer's Bravo series, and the fourth to feature the machinations of Vegas' Caitlyn Bravo, albeit briefly.

This one is almost all the heroine and her relationships. (But why are they all NEW relationships?) She is initially a strong character and has an interesting back story. (I think she devolved a little bit with the romance; her career definitely took a back seat). And I didn't buy her young age: she seemed a much older character to me.

But you don't really get to know the hero that well, on almost any front. Where his sisters-in-law play a prominent role (their stories were previously told in books #10-12), his brothers were invisible. And he was almost as irrelevant. That means that you get no real time to build any sympathy for him.

And I would have found everything more believable if the author had spaced it over a longer span of time.

Still, with a book by Rimmer and and a guaranteed HEA, you'll have a pretty good time.