Fit For A King (Silhouette Desire) [Paperback]

Diana Palmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1987 | Series: Silhouette Desire

They were friends, neighbors and occasional confidants. Certainly nothing more. Now Kingston Roper needs a favor from Elissa Dean — he needs her to get caught in his bed. Elissa’s sure she can help King out of an awkward situation caused by his rebounding sister-in-law’s misplaced affection. After all, she might be the last American virgin, but she could definitely play the temptress… just to be neighborly, of course. But there’s a problem with her good intentions. Because Elissa doesn’t want to playact anymore. She wants the real thing…with King. But Elissa knows the kind of passion a man like King expects: brief, intense and heartbreaking. Passion could lead to many things, but could they ever be the things they both want? “The dialogue is charming, the characters likeable and the sex is sizzling, and the roller-coaster emotions between hero and heroine will give Palmer’s many fans an enjoyable ride.” — Publishers Weekly on Once in Paris

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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About the Author

The prolific author of more than 100 books, Diana Palmer got her start as a newspaper reporter. A multi-New York Times bestselling author and one of the top ten romance writers in America, she has a gift for telling the most sensual tales with charm and humor. Diana lives with her family in Cornelia, Georgia. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Silhouette (April 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373053495
• ISBN-13: 978-0373053490
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #683,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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93 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY FAVOURITE!, August 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fit For A King (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)

Fit for a King was the book that made me look out for Diana Palmer's other titles. It talks about the touching friendship between Kingston Rouper and Elissa Dean who started out as friendly neighbours for two years then started developing feelings for each other. Their chemistry was superb and the way Diana described their change in relationship from friends to lovers was fantastic - the confusion, the frustrations, the jealousy, the quarrels and the made-up.....! This book also mentioned the couple Meredith and Blake Donavan featured in Reluctant Father so you should read this book as well if you are the type who loves the 'connections' between couples featured in other titles!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have to defend this book!, January 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Fit For A King (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)

Did the others who trashed this book read the same one I did? I found it to be very sweet and romantic, and Kingston to be a terrific hero. Yes, he desires his sister-in-law, but I bet many men secretly do in the real world, too. She wanted him, too, so if he was that bad a guy he would have jumped at his chance with her. But he doesn't - he comes up with a plan to discourage her, and it leads to a wonderful romance with a dear friend. King is strong and sexy, yet so tender in the love scenes that he truly seems like the perfect man. If you don't want to buy this book because of the other reviews, fine, but if you are a Palmer fan at least look for it at the library and judge for yourself. If I loved this book, many others will, too.

15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT romance!, July 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Fit For A King (Mira) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was really disappointed in this book. It was a shame, too, because I really like romances about good friends falling in love. The beginning, when we see how the heroine coaxes her grumpy bear of a neighbor into friendship, is the only good part of this book, though. In this case, friendship was about all the jerk-hero deserved - and I wouldn't have been his friend after the way he treats the heroine, either.

Showing Kingston giving longing, wistful looks at his sister-in-law put me off right from the beginning, and he didn't endear himself to me one bit as the story unfolded - and only marginally during the last scene of the book.

This is not my idea of romance. There was no mention of the fact that this bizarre relationship with Bess (or is it Beth?) is not only adultery-in-the-making, but really sleezy behavior on both King's and Bess's parts. And King, although seemingly surprising himself when he feels desire for his "good friend," hung onto those lustful, longing feelings for his sister-in-law much too long for me.

IMO, to be a real romance, the heroine should've held a much bigger role in his thoughts than she did. King, though, simply used her for his own convenience ("Hey, honey, help me out here. Let's get married so I can't boink my brother's wife. I really care about her, but I kinda like you, and I'll bet the sex will be great, so surely that's enough for you, right?") He keeps up this form of "courtship" right up until they consumated the relationship, then - HEY, PRESTO! - instantly he's in love, and why doesn't she realize he now wants her instead of Bess, dammit?

King thinks what's-her-name should marry him, because that will definitely stop him from acting on his lust for his brother's wife. Really? Why should we believe that, when the fact that Bess is married to his own BROTHER doesn't seem to be a deterent?

Bess being catty to ...(what WAS her name?)... because she thinks she's taking her BROTHER-IN-LAW away from her (huh? what about your HUSBAND, dear?)-- and then later in the book we're supposed to like Bess simply because King's housekeeper did???

I'm sorry, but it will take more than the author using the housekeeper to tell me they're all good people for me to find anything likeable in any of these characters (and the heroine became such a doormat-twit in my eyes I seem to have erased her name from my memory!)