An Outrageous Proposal (Mills & Boon Large Print Romances) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Miranda Lee (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Chivers North Amer; Lrg edition (August 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263134113
• ISBN-13: 978-0263134117
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,576,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars rounded up. . ., February 26, 2012

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Vanessa "dreamer" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outrageous Proposal (Harlequin Presents) (Paperback)

Laura and Dirk are estranged. She had been obsessing about having a baby and when it still didn't work out she blew up at Dirk! He couldn't take it anymore, said some meant things and then walked away from the love of his life. Dirk came up w/ a wonderful plan and began to enact it. He has become a swinging good time bachelor as he escorts many women about town. Dirk had informed Laura that he is sterile, he doesn't want to remain w/ her in a marriage and that he only ever wanted her for bedroom things - how about mistress now?

Laura had things from her past that had colored her belief in what she would find if and when Dirk gave her a baby. I found some substance to what he said was her hang-up, but I truly did NOT like Dirk's execution of his wonderful scheme. He runs around town repeatedly hurting Laura w/ all of the gossip, rumors, and innuendos that filter back to her. He didn't seem too concerned about this over the course of the story either.

If you can get past this game playing attorney, ha was that a stereotype - twisting of the truth - then this is a good read. I wouldn't have minded Laura playing a few games w/ Dirk though. Perhaps when she returns and his plan seems to have worked. Maybe she could have caught on sooner or blindly stumbled in to something and tell him that she had been to a clinic and it took!!! Dirk never wanted Laura to play games, but it was all good for him to partake of them. I realize he took a gamble but it really would have been nice if we got to watch him suffer a bit especially after what he put her through for a year. I guess her leaving and not saying anything was to be his punishment but I don't know if that is enough. I didn't like it when he spoke of her "imaginary hurts and female pride" - indeed these were not imaginary she saw him w/ OW on a "date" and she heard all the rumors and even the nasty mean things he said to her. While he is talking to her she is thinking about animals and the alpha - I kid you not!! Dirk was truly hurt for the one thing she had said to him before their estrangement, which she had quickly apologizes for, but instead he then continuously hands out punishment to her throughout the entirety of this story. I so believe it would have been just delicious if she had played him as well!!

4.0 out of 5 stars Description, October 31, 2011

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bargainz (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outrageous Proposal (Harlequin Presents) (Paperback)

Laura wasn't surprised when she saw Dirk Thornton with a glamorous brunette: her estranged husband's reputation as a womanizer was well-known to her. But she was shocked by her feelings for Dirk--they weren't dead at all and, what was more, he knew it!

Soon Dirk, a top Sydney criminal lawyer, was pursuing her relentlessly, but Laura couldn't forget that she'd been unable to conceive his child--which meant that there could be no future for them. Why then was she still tempted to accept Dirk's simply outrageous proposal?