The Prince's Virgin Wife (Harlequin Presents) [Mass Market Paperback]

Lucy Monroe (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Presents | Publication Date: May 1, 2006

"If I find you naked in my bed, I will fire you on the spot."

Maggie didn't need warning. She knew that Principe Tomasso Scorsolini, her gorgeous Italian boss, was way out of her league.

But now Tomasso needs to marry. He's had enough of gold diggers--innocent Maggie will be the perfect convenient wife!

Maggie doesn't know exactly what her new royal duties will be. Though being naked in the prince's bed is no longer a firing offense--it's a requirement!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Award winning author Lucy Monroe sold her first book in September of 2002. Since then she has sold more than 30 books to three publishers and hit national bestsellers lists in the US and England. She's a passionate devotee to the romance genre and her emotionally charged, sensual stories touch on the realities of life while giving the reader a fantasy story not easily forgotten. Whether it's a passionate Harlequin Presents, a sexy single title for Kensington or a steamy historical or paranormal for Berkley, Lucy's books transport her readers to a special place where the heart rules and love conquers all.

“Lucy Monroe captures the very heart of the genre.” - Debbie Macomber

“If you enjoy Linda Howard, Diana Palmer, & Elizabeth Lowell, then I think you'd really love Lucy's work.” - Lori Foster

"Lucy Monroe is an awesome talent and just gets better with each book." - Barb Hicks, The Best Reviews

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373125356
• ISBN-13: 978-0373125357
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,168,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With more than 6 million copies of her books in print, USA Today bestseller Lucy Monroe has published more than 50 books and had her stories translated for sale in dozens of countries. While she writes several subgenres of romance (paranormal, historical, single title and short contemporary) for multiple publishers, all of her books are sexy, emotional and show that love will conquer all. She's a passionate devotee of romance and shares her love for the genre with her readers through her books and a policy of open communication. You can find Lucy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LucyMonroe.Romance) her blog (http://lucymonroeblog.blogspot.com), her official website (http://lucymonroe.com).

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Prince's Virgin Wife, May 27, 2006

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M. Nix - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prince's Virgin Wife (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

Maggie fell in love with Tom Prince six years ago. A struggling student, she had taken a job as Tom's housekeeper. Just when she thinks that Tom was also beginning to fall in love with her, he suddenly finds the beautiful woman of his dreams. Although Tom still wanted Maggie as his friend, she knew it would be impossible for her to stay and watch him be so happy with another woman. Now that the years have passed, Maggie takes a job as nanny for the children of Prince Tomasso Scorsolini, only to discover that Tom Prince and Tomasso are the same person. Tomasso used an alias while at school so that he could try to be a normal student. His wife has since died, and Tomasso is determined that Maggie is the perfect woman to be wife to him and mother to his children. He'd married for love once and found that the woman underneath the beauty wasn't who he thought she was. He's never forgotten Maggie, or the warmth that was always part of her nature. However, Tomasso has hurt Maggie before, and she's not sure if she wants to give him another chance to devastate her heart.

I adore Lucy Monroe. I can't read her books fast enough. From her Mercenary Series and Harlequin Presents stories, to her stand alone romances, Lucy Monroe's books are always on my Must-Be-Read list. I've never read one that I had difficult time with, until The Prince's Virgin Wife. Tomasso's choices six years before, and the way that he deals with Maggie and those choices left a bad taste in my mouth. It just soured the book for me. I never felt like Tomasso truly felt sorry for the way he had treated Maggie. Add to this a rather rushed ending, and I was left feeling dissatisfied. However, I have to say that I was most certainly intrigued by Tomasso's brothers, who are slated to have their own books as part of the Royal Brides Trilogy and will be impatiently waiting for their future books!


Melissa
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars She wasn't his first choice..., October 7, 2007

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Denise Whitcome - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prince's Virgin Wife (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

If these two were meant to be together, how could Tomasso fall in love and marry someone else after knowing Maggie for two years? I just couldn't buy his attraction to Maggie after his very real rejection of her six years before. I understood that he wanted his best friend back and thought she would be good for his children, but the love and passion of his life? When he preferred his first wife over Maggie six years ago? Not likely.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book by Lucy Monroe I have ever read., July 1, 2006

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Lunaticlulu (Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Prince's Virgin Wife (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was recently introduced to the books of Lucy Monroe and up until this book enjoyed every one of them. I even bought this book after reading the reviews and praises on this page!

Maggie had to be the most pathetically weak character I have ever encountered. When she parts from Tomasso at the age of 20 it seems that the six years in between before they meet again are spent in a void. She seems to have never even attempted to make friends or date during this time. It was like she was waiting for her life to start again when Tomasso came back into the picture. Then to top it all off when Tomasso made it clear that he didn't love her, she decided that she could live without him loving her back (as she deserved and should have expected in a healthy relationship)as long as she could marry him and have his children! After all, he treated her with respect and loyalty and what else could a woman ask for.' Major gag!!!

As another reviewer mentioned, I also felt that the ending was rushed when Tomasso suddenly realized he had always loved her and they fell feverently into each others arms! I was too disgusted by then by Maggie's grovelling and pathetic devotion to a man who not only didn't deserve her, but never came across as truly loving her to me, especially to stoop so low as to use his two children as emotional blackmail to get her to marry him. That may have been okay, if underneath it all he was really doing it because he loved her and needed her with him, but I still felt at the end of the book that he just wanted the convenience of a woman who would adore and take care of him and his children and if she loved him all the better, since then she would never leave him!

Monroe's follow up book "His Royal Love-Child" had an equally innocent character in Danette Michaels, but she had a backbone and enough healthy respect for herself that it was okay with me when her lover Marcello didn't return her feelings at the beginning of the book.

I just felt that Maggie needed some serious counseling on learning to love herself in spite of her shortcomings, before she tried to find validation through a man. She just seemed to need Tomasso to convince her that she was worthy of him. And Tomasso needed to grow up and become a real man! Alpha male? I don't think so. Arrogant pig is more like it.

I love to read romances of every variety of character and storyline, but this is the first one in years that truly disgusted me and made me want to ask for my money back. And I even paid full price for it! I'm just hoping "The Scorsolini Marriage Bargain" is better!