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Eden loves her husband and it’s breaking her heart that he has no recollection of their love…But Eden is keeping a secret one that will bind Aristide to her forever…
“Lucy Monroe captures the very heart of the genre.” - Debbie Macomber
“If you enjoy Linda Howard, Diana Palmer, & Elizabeth Lowell, then I think you'd really love Lucy's work.” - Lori Foster
"Lucy Monroe is an awesome talent and just gets better with each book." - Barb Hicks, The Best Reviews
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Greek's Christmas Baby (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)
Eden Kouros was about to end her marriage to her husband, Aristide, when a serious car accident left him in a coma. She had become increasingly jealous of the time and attention Aristide had been devoting to his work at her expense, particularly the time he spent with his personal assistant, Kassandra. Eden still loves Aristide, but she had reached the end of her patience and told him so, right before the crash. But there's something she didn't tell Aristide - she's pregnant with their second child.
Aristide doesn't remember anything about Eden. Not their courtship, not their wedding, and not their marriage. He's been relying on information from his personal assistant, and Kassandra hasn't painted a very favorable picture of Eden. She has led him to believe that Eden trapped him into marriage when she became pregnant with their son, Theo. Aristide is a wealthy man, and he believes Eden only married him for his wealth and prestige. In spite of everything, Eden truly loves Aristide and doesn't want to lose him. She plans to keep her new pregnancy a secret from him until things are resolved one way or another. He already believes she used a pregnancy to trap him into marriage and there's no way she'll let him accuse her of using her unborn child as an excuse to reconcile. If there is any hope of saving their marriage, it must be because Aristide loves and trusts Eden. Will Aristide ever remember why he fell in love with Eden in the first place? Will he be swayed by Kassandra's deceitful ways, or will he trust the evidence of his own eyes, mind and heart? Aristide Kouros is gorgeous and sexy; a wealthy Greek business tycoon who still holds love and family in high esteem. I hoped all of the obstacles in his path wouldn't prevent him from recognizing Eden's true nature and his feelings for her. I admired the way Eden refused to use her pregnancy to sway Aristide's decision. She stuck to her principles and refused to give in when Aristide wouldn't believe her complaints about Kassandra's devious behavior. I hoped Kassandra would get her due but most of all, I hoped Eden and Aristide would rediscover the love that drew them together in the first place. THE GREEK'S CHRISTMAS BABY is another first-rate story from Lucy Monroe!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A treasure of a book,
By Judy "book reader" (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Greek's Christmas Baby (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)
The Greek's Christmas Baby by Lucy Monroe is a deeply moving tale of a love worth fighting for.
Eden Kouros was at a cross roads in her marriage to Greek Tycoon Aristide Kouros when they were involved in a traumatic car accident. Eden's joy that her unborn child is safe is overshadowed by the fact that her husband has no memory of her. Eden decides she is no longer going to take second place in her marriage and is willing to do whatever it takes to make her marriage work. Aristide Kouros is conflicted about this woman everyone says is his wife. His life long personal assistant has painted an unflattering picture of Eden. But his family and Eden's actions show a sweet, loving, generous woman. Aristide isn't sure whom to trust but his body remembers loving Eden. Can he trust his heart to this woman? The Greek's Christmas Baby had your typical Greek alpha hero in Aristide and no one writes them better then Lucy Monroe. Aristide embodies all those characteristics but is willing to concede when he has blundered and erred. Eden is perfect match for him, you want to cheer when she gives it right back to Aristide. When she is no longer willing to let things slide like she did before it's a treat to watch Aristide reactions. This book has an added treat we get to revisit with Kouros family that was first introduced in The Greek's Innocent Virgin.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
At last! An alpha male is matched with a strong heroine,
By Gemma "bookworm" (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Greek's Christmas Baby (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)
From the back cover:
The most special Christmas gift of all... After a head-on collision with another vehicle, Eden Kouros is overjoyed that her unborn baby has survived. But Aristide, her husband, has suffered a partial loss of memory. Eden's heart is torn in two. Aristide remembers almost everything--except that he has a wife. Yet perhaps Eden has been given a second chance to save her marriage, which was at the breaking point before the accident: Aristide's body hasn't forgotten the desire they once shared...and she's still carrying their precious, tiny child... And my review: I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable this book was. I've been weaning myself from most Harlequins, since unfortunately, they seem to be a "catch-all" for authors who would otherwise never be published. Lucy Monroe is obviously one of Harlequin's better authors. It's pretty much a given that the hero of a Harlequin Presents story will be an alpha male. The problem is that often the heroine is a weak, wailing female who, in real life, would not attract such a man in the least. That's not the case with THE GREEK'S CHRISTMAS BABY. Lucy Monroe has skillfully managed to match her alpha-male hero with a strong woman that a reader can really cheer for and relate to. Also, though the hero was an alpha, he wasn't a domineering jerk, as so many romance heros are. Both the hero and the heroine were likeable, so it was easy for me to cheer them on. I also liked that it wasn't a series of BIG MISUNDERSTANDINGS keeping the hero and heroine apart. They were honestly trying to communicate, even if things weren't quite getting through properly. (And anyone who's married knows just how often miscommunication can happen in real life! :) I liked that the villanous "other woman" wasn't able to just walk all over the heroine. Again, the heroine was strong enough to stand up to her. It was really the heroine's strength (without being a shrew) that made this book so enjoyable, and raised it above the average three-star level. My main complaint with this book was that I felt the title was a little misleading. There's hardly any Christmas at all in this book. Christmas only gets a very brief mention within the last few pages, and it's not much more than a passing glance. For a romance, this book delivers. But as a Christmas-themed story, it falls a little short. One last minor complaint: I felt it was a little unrealistic that after almost losing her baby, the heroine's doctor didn't place an restrictions on her sexual activity. She had been spotting, and the amniotic sac had been pulled away from the uterine wall because of the car accident that she and her husband had suffered. If there is ANY bleeding in an early pregnancy, (the heroine was at six weeks) no matter how slight, very few doctors would allow a couple to make love until well into the second trimester, when the pregnancy is well established, to help reduce the risk of miscarriage. Trust me, I speak from experience! Still, this is a minor complaint, and one that a reader can easily ignore for the sake of the story.
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