Once A Hero (Millennium Promo) (Harlequin Temptation) [Paperback]

Kate Hoffmann (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Temptation | Publication Date: November 1, 1999

MILLENIUM 2000

December 31,1999

A moment of magic, a fresh new start.

A chance…to get dumped?

Maggie Kelley was on the verge of getting a new life, starting at the stroke of midnight when she announced her engagement to Colin Spencer. But when the clock struck twelve, Colin was nowhere in sight. And Maggie found herself wrapped in the arms of sexy-as-sin Luke Fitzpatrick….

Luke had always had a weakness for Maggie, even when they were kids. But his "little" Maggie was now a gorgeous woman—a woman Luke desperately wanted in his life and his bed. Maggie had always called him her hero. Now he just had to convince her that heroes make the best lovers….

Don't miss seeing the fireworks between Isabelle and Colin in #762 Always a Hero, available next month.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 219 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373258585
• ISBN-13: 978-0373258581
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,901,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cute romance, November 26, 1999

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Once A Hero (Millennium Promo) (Harlequin Temptation) (Paperback)

Maggie Kelley has come a long way since she left behind her oft-married mother in Potter's Junction, Wisconsin to seek a new life in Chicago. Now on the eve of the millennium, Maggie is engaged to marry the affluent bastion of society Colin Spencer even if she has doubts about love. At the big New Year's Eve event, Colin and Maggie are to announce their wedding plans to everyone. Her long-term friend and mentor international reporter Luke Fitzgerald is shockingly jealous of the upcoming nuptials. Her best friend Isabelle Channing believes Maggie is marrying the wrong man.

At the reception with midnight arriving, Colin is missing, apparently ditching Maggie at the very last moment. To his shock, Luke realizes he loves Maggie and would do anything to make her hurt go away. He also believes that she loves him too, but will she listen to her heart that incessantly beats to the drum of his and realize her bud is her soul mate?

ONCE A HERO is an entertaining contemporary romance that centers on changing of relationships as time goes by. The story line is fulfilling as the lead couple's motivations are fully developed. Luke lives up to the title billing as a hero and Maggie is a warm, intrepid woman overcoming her "genes". Kate Hoffman makes the end of the Millennium fun for sub-genre fans. This romance and the simultaneously taking place tale (ALWAYS A HERO) starring Colin and Isabelle gloriously open the new century in triumph.

Harriet Klausner

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely read., February 28, 2005

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J COFFMAN "Jackie" (Solihull, West Midlands, England.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Once A Hero (Millennium Promo) (Harlequin Temptation) (Paperback)

Once a hero & its sequel Always a hero tells the story of 2 couples on Millenium eve. Maggie is engaged to Colin, but Luke her oldest friend is there with her as the clock strokes midnight. Colin has run off with Isabelle, who is Lukes date for the night. Earlier in the evening a fortune teller tells Maggie that the man she is with at midnight id her destiny. But Colin is her destiny, isn't he?