Passion [Hardcover]

Louise Bagshawe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2009

Product Description A super-charged, irresistible tour de force about two people fighting their own feelings - and fighting for their lives... A failed marriage between Melissa Elmett and Will Hyde did a lot of damage. She was too young, he was hurt when she left him. Years later, Melissa becomes the target for a kidnap plot, a consequence of her father's ground-breaking energy-saving invention, and Will is the only man who can protect her. Now they're on the run, thrown together again by the pursuit of vengeance, will their passion for each other reignite?

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Headline Review (2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0755336089
• ISBN-13: 978-0755336081
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,844,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to be Passionate about!, April 21, 2011

By 

Leah Graham "Chick Lit Reviews and News" (Tenerife) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion (Paperback)

Melissa Elmet and William Hyde fell madly in love when they were teenagers and end up marrying in secret. However Melissa's family get involved and the marriage ends up being annulled and the pair never see each other again. Melissa now lives the life of an academic whereas Will is now a billionaire. Their worlds are incredibly far apart but they're thrown back together when Will, an ex-MI6 agent, notices a link between recent killings and fears Melissa is next. The pair end up on the run as Lola, a beautiful female assassin, chases them all over the world in hot pursuit.

As Melissa and Will try to outwit Lola (an assassin) the chase is indeed on. The book takes in many places around the world as they all try to find or outwit each other and the book is incredibly fast paced. The plot is ultimately the chase between Melissa, Will and Lola and it goes on throughout the book, pretty much from the first page until the last. Will being an ex-MI6 agent provides an extra twist to the book because it means he knows what Lola is trying to do so he can try and outwit her that way. Both Will and Lola are incredibly clever which makes for compulsive reading. Of course it wouldn't be a Bagshawe book without romance and Will and Melissa fight their feelings for each other throughout the book.

The book is a huge blockbuster of a book. My trade paperback has 472 pages but the fun never stops so the pages just whizz by. I started it this morning and didn't expect to finish it as I saw how large it was. I whizzed through it though and ended up rushing head-first towards the end. It was a hugely satisfying read and I can't wait for Louise's next book as she's a fantastic storyteller.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazed....., September 12, 2010

By 

Tasha~~ - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion (Kindle Edition)

I got this book at an airport as something to read for a few hours on the plane ride. From the very first couple of pages it drags you in to this hurricane of different events and colourful emotions. The main character, a woman called Melissa is threatened after her fiance is shot in front of her. She quickly realizes that the bullet was ment for her. She is only an average british school teacher and is not really capable of doing anything to help herself. The things happening make her remember her ex husband to whom she got married at a very young age. They were married only for about a day but it was real love for both of them. While Melissa stayed in England, that cute boy she was married to went off to america and became rich and famous, before the money came to him he was ! A secret agent ! He rushes back to his home country in order to help Melissa. As
readers we already make our guesses at what is going to happen. But the now very hot Will, has a girlfriend, who he just got engaged to. This story is very fast-paced and has just enough romance and passion to balance out the mystery and violence. The reader is forced to guess about what will happen at the end, until the very last page! I read this book in just a few hours and was left wanting more books like that. I would reccommend this book to anyone, and i do mean anyone. If you do not read it then you are losing an opportunity to read one of the world's greatest books.