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Xavier knows she's carrying his child, and he wants an heir. Jane has been chosen as his bride!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent - Buy This Book,
This review is from: Chosen As The Frenchman's Bride (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)
What I can I say? This new writer did a wonderful job with the storyline. It was very believable and realistic, yet still romantic. The two main characters have a sizzling chemistry from the moment they meet and it was maintained throughout the entire story. Both were flawed but very likeable, especially the hero. The setting was vivid and romantic and the plot flowed very well, although there were a few parts that were frustrating. However, it was not ridiculously drawn out so as to overpower a great plot.
It is refreshing to read something for a change under the harlequin title, done with a sort of old approach, dressed and spiced up so as to make it refreshing. It kept me reading until 3 am and I had to go to work the same day. Now that has to be a really good book! I say great job to Ms. Green for such a wonderful first effort. I hope she keeps up the good work and show those other boring, no-imagination harlequin writers how a real romance should be written.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
3 1/2 Stars,
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This review is from: Chosen As The Frenchman's Bride (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)
*************PREMISE**************
A British woman (Jane) meets a French billionaire (Xavier) while on vacation and they have an affair. On the last day of her vacation, Xavier's assistant lets Jane know that she's just one of many women Xavier has on tap. By this time, Jane is already in love with Xavier and flees back to England, humiliated, and intends never to see Xavier again. Except she finds out that she's pregnant. Due to a codicil in Xavier's late father's will, Xavier's children cannot inherit if they are born out of wedlock, so Xavier and Jane marry for the sake of the child. *************ISSUES**************** I have three issues with the book. 1. Xavier's parents had a horrible marriage and after his mother's death, his father hated the thought of marriage so much he refused to remarry, yet he included a codicil to force his son to marry. I get that their lineage was important, but it just seems weird a father who hates marriage writing a codicil like that. 2. As another reviewer wrote, the section of the book where Jane is forcing herself to give Xavier the cold shoulder started getting on my nerves after a while. I know we needed it develop tension between the characters, but it really did start to get on my nerves when it went on for page after page after page. 3. This woman is pregnant, her husband is a billionaire and there is never a mention of her seeing a doctor, getting a sonogram or anything. Not even prenatal vitamins. Come on. Shouldn't she have had at least a check up. The first time he sees her in 4 months, she faints in front of him, she tells him she'd pregnant, and he doesn't ask if she's ok, if she needs a OB/GYN or something? Never once asks if the baby is healthy? And this is a man who is in desperate need of an heir? Wouldn't he want to make sure that everything is in tip top shape? I don't know, but that scenario bothered me. *****************MY TAKE**************** Other than those issues, I liked this book. The woman was independent, and wasn't a doormat, and the man was a definite alpha male without coming across as being a jackass or by being verbally abusive as they are in so many of these Harlequin Presents books. They are both pretty likeable, even though they could be irritating at times. If you are looking for a lot of tension and conflict, this is not the book for you. This is a book about a couple forced together and who try to work out their respective situations to the best of their abilities while both trying to save face in a difficult situation. A nice read I wholeheartedly recommend. Very sweet.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great begining at least.....,
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This review is from: Chosen As The Frenchman's Bride (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)
BACK COVER: He needs an heir; she's carrying his baby...
Tall, bronzed Frenchman Xavier Salgado-Lezille isn't a man a girl can say no to easily. Jane tries to play it cool, but she's inexperiences...and a virgin. Falling in love isn't part of the plan...neither is discovering she's pregnant once the affair is over. Xavier knows she's carrying his child, and he wants an heir. Jane is chosen as his bride! OK, where to start, well at the least the book started out very good. And the very ending was good. However, in between that is was just bad! Jane gives Xavier the cold shoulder through out most of the book, and its just tiring reading it. And of course she thinks he don't love her so readers get the joy of reading about 100 pages of back-and-forth bickering. I don't know if this is Abby Green's first book, but I hope none of the other ones are like this.
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