I Do, But Here's the Catch (Sensual Romance) [Import] [Paperback]

Pamela Burford (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 217 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon (November 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263828247
• ISBN-13: 978-0263828245
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Pamela Burford is the award-winning author of fourteen romantic suspense and contemporary romance novels. She has received four RITA and Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award nominations and is a frequent speaker at writers' conferences and workshops. Her books have received outstanding reviews and been translated into more than a dozen languages. She is the founder and past president of Long Island Romance Writers, a chapter of Romance Writers of America. Her sister Patricia Ryan, a.k.a. the Good Twin, is also a published novelist. Pamela invites you to visit her web site at www.pamelaburford.com

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very highly recommended!, February 15, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Do , But Here'S The Catch (The Wedding Ring) (Harlequin Temptation) (Paperback)

The four women have been best friends since kindergarten. When they graduated from high school, they formed THE WEDDING RING CLUB, agreeing to find each other husbands if any of them are still single at age thirty. Little did they suspect just how complicated that agreement would become twelve years later. I DO, BUT HERE'S THE CATCH is the terrific second segment of this four part miniseries by Pamela Burford.

There was a reason Grant Sterling married a mousy, sexless woman. Grant doesn't suspect that Charli Rossi's demure clothing and attitude conceals a hot siren. He wants a woman with domestic and organization skills to help him make partner in his stuffy law firm. So Grant proposes a marriage of convenience without the messy emotional roller coasters that destroyed his parent's marriage. He doesn't expect to want to make Charli smile or to love her company.

She's known for thirty years that she's not the kind of woman that men think of when considering passionate liaisons, babies or marriage. As Charli discovers that beneath Grant's polite reserve lurks a man of passion and warmth, she comes to recognize the profound connection between the two of them. Although she was initially careful to hide her eagerness, for fear of appearing brazen, Charli soon learns that she's capable of becoming a temptress. Yet even that won't get her past the emotional scars, which exhibit a physical reality in the marks of abuse on Grant's back, without trusting both her heart and her body.

Such nativity as exhibited by Charli would fall flat in any but this talented author's hand. Pamela Buford creates a wonderfully believable couple, each bound by their separate pain, that find love despite their insecurities when they each discover their own inner strength. Indeed, I DO, BUT HERE'S THE CATCH provides a charming, humorous romp that brings emotional meddling to a new height. Very highly recommended!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful, funny and memorable romance, December 23, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Do , But Here'S The Catch (The Wedding Ring) (Harlequin Temptation) (Paperback)

When the four close friends were in high school, they vowed to be married by thirty or suffer the pains of matchmaking from the other three. Of the foursome, Charli Rossi looks like she will never find a man as the high school instrumental music teacher knows she is shy and believes she is drab.

Charli goes out on a blind date with Wall St. hunk Grant Sterling that the ring trio approves as her perfect mate. It is obvious that they swim in two different ponds as the wealthy attorney shows the Brooklyn native another side of the city. Grant concludes that Charli would make the perfect wife for him. To make partnership, he needs a trophy spouse, but his preference in this marriage of convenience is a mousy shy-like Charli. As they become acquainted with one another, Charli takes Grant by storm and soon he loves her as much as she loves him, but he must convince her that he now wants one to one commitment.

I DO, BUT HERE'S THE CATCH, the second novel in Pamela Burford's "wedding Ring" quartet, is a warm humorous urban romance. Charli is a wonderful character whose transformation from ugly duckling to lovely swan can be categorized as impossible or caused by the love of a good man. The return of Charli's ring mates (see LOVE'S FUNNY THAT WAY) augments the prime story line with amusing gossip and advice. Fans will enjoy the first two tales and want to read Sunny and Amanda's stories coming in the next couple of months.

Harriet Klausner