Savas' Defiant Mistress (Harlequin Larger Print Presents) [Large Print] [Mass Market Paperback]

Anne Mcallister (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Larger Print Presents | Publication Date: April 1, 2009

Inexperienced and out of her depth!

The friction between Sebastian Savas and his new employee is instant. But unfortunately the lusciously curvy Neely Robson is also the tenant in the property he has just added to his portfolio. Neely cannot share her home with iceman Savas: the tension is palpable! On the surface she can take it, but underneath her lack of worldliness is making her quiver. Living and working with Neely, Seb realises he’s made an error.

But the benefits of discovering Neely’s inexperience far outweigh the annoyance of being wrong!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin; Lgr edition (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373235801
• ISBN-13: 978-0373235803
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,591,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in California and grew up there on the beaches of SoCal where I used to think I would write humorous social commentaries and pithy columns about life between "here and the pier" in Manhattan Beach.

But then I left. I went away to college and then married and moved to the Midwest. Since then I've been in the Midwest and Montana and made the mental transition to life with four seasons with no trouble at all.

In fact, last time I was in MB I looked at the inlaid terrazzo tiles in the sidewalk on the hill leading down to the pier and thought to myself, "Who on earth would put tiles in the sidewalk? It will be so hard to shovel the snow off!"

See?

Despite my beach upbringing, I was the child of transplanted okies and montanans, and my love of cowboys was apparently bred in the bone. The first man I fell in love with was a cowboy. I was five years old -- and I imprinted on him, following him everywhere, like a duck.

So when I started writing romance fiction years later, there was no question that even my CEOs and beach volleyball players and Greek tycoons were, at their heart, cowboy heroes.

McAllister heroes have a strong sense of honor, determination, competence, and a "get it done" attitude. They are more often lone wolves than they are alphas. They go their own way -- until they meet the woman who makes them want to share their life. And a lone wolf who takes on a spouse has to have some alpha in him. She definitely brings it out.

Writing has been a wonderful opportunity for me to expand my horizons, to learn more about things that interest me. It gives me license to satisfy my curiosity and to meet people from all walks of life. I love it. The ideas never seem to dry up. They are everywhere. I'm looking forward to writing a whole lot more.

I'm always glad to hear from readers so stop by my website or blog if you have comments or questions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty decent HP read!, August 15, 2009

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Susie (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savas' Defiant Mistress (Harlequin Presents) (Kindle Edition)

Savas' Defiant Mistress by Anne McAllister was an okay, pretty decent Harlequin Presents read. Architect Sebastian Savas is all about his professional life. That is until Neely Robson arrives on the scene. Neely works for the same company that he does, and he is attracted to her, but he thinks that she is sleeping with his boss. To get away from his sisters who are in town for another sister's wedding, Sebastian buys a boat from a friend not knowing that Neely is a tenant living on the boat as well. When Sebastian finds out that Neely is really the estranged daughter of his boss, he decides to pursue her himself. The romance is slow to develop because of the general dislike that they take to each other at the beginning and then the misunderstanding over her father, but the chemistry is there.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The series romance strikes back., July 22, 2009

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This review is from: Savas' Defiant Mistress (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

Forget the product description. Neely is the millionaire boss's long-lost love child. And millionaire Sebastian believes he is the boss's chosen successor until he is thrown off his pet-project because the boss wants Neely to work on it.

So Sebastian seethes with professional resentment and personal resentment because he believes the boss he idolizes is keeping company with a woman half his age.

The book is about how Neely falls in love with a guy who is a workaholic just like her dead-beat Dad and how serial womaniser Sebastian falls in love for the first time.

This is a great read. The main couple have quite a few ups and downs in their relationship and by the end of the book the reader can just about believe they will turn their love for each other into a long-lasting marriage with a family of their own.

I would have given it 5 stars but there is a little too much of the series romance craziness in it. (Like how come Sebastian didn't ask what the other tenant of the houseboat was like..)