Persuading The Playboy King: The Royal Wager (Silhouette Desire) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kristi Gold (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silhouette Desire | Publication Date: August 1, 2004

Breathless, Dr. Kate Milner couldn't help but stare at the King of Doriana and remember the electricity they'd shared in college. Years later, she was working in his clinic and found herself wanting to strip Marc of his regal robes and rediscover the man she'd once known.

Newly crowned king, Marc DeLoria had a dilemma that compounded daily. Did he give in to his primal feelings for Kate—and become tabloid gossip—or show himself as a strong, saintly ruler? The more time he spent with Kate, the more he realized that not only was the crown in jeopardy...his heart was in the greatest danger of all!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373766009
• ISBN-13: 978-0373766000
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,268,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since her first venture into novel writing in 1992, Kristi Gold has greatly enjoyed weaving stories of love and commitment. She's an avid fan of baseball, beaches and bridal reality shows. When asked what she would be if she wasn't an author, Kristi always answers "miserable."

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Persuading The Playboy King, September 28, 2004

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Rho C. (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Persuading The Playboy King: The Royal Wager (Silhouette Desire) (Mass Market Paperback)

If you're a fan of monarch or medical themes, then you'll love this romance. As a matter of fact, there are two love stories involved here. Also lots of twists and turns. Of course there's a dasterly doctor who means the hero and heroine no good. But, as usual, Kristi balances that with her one of a kind sense of humor. She created a personal assistant to the King that will keep you in stitches, laughing at his unique ways of addressing the monarch. That is, even if he's in a dilemma or not. Excellent love story! Can't wait to see what happens when the King's two college buddies get their turns as The Royal Wager miniseries continues!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Royally blah, November 13, 2005

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Anne-Marie Gilliland (Near D.C., USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Persuading The Playboy King: The Royal Wager (Silhouette Desire) (Mass Market Paperback)

Dr. Kate Milner is a pretty unexciting heroine as far as I am concerned. She thinks she can handle alot more than she really can. And as far as being a doctor, I hardly beleived it. She had not passion for her job, it seemed almost entirely a means of bringing her to Doriana to be with Marc. Her ease with the baby has nothing to do with any medical insight.

As for the villian, he had no motive except for being slimy. He has this burning need to bring down the newley crowned king, but why? The reason is never given.

The insta attraction in this book just seemed, wrong to me. Of course Kate had insta attraction several years ago when she first met Marc. I did think it was cute how she was the only person he has ever had to rely on (initially as a chemistry tutor and now as a friend).

The most interesting bit of this book is when we finally learn of the little baby's parentage and how she came to be on the palace doorstep, as it were. That was a very endearing story.

All-in-all this book made very little impression on me.