Smitten (Arabesque) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sonia Icilyn (Author)

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Paige's thirtieth birthday approaches. She just broke up with her unfaithful boyfriend, her good-looking boss still hasn't noticed her as a potential girlfriend, and she just can't face everyone she invited to her birthday bash without a man at her side. Desperate, she goes online in search of a birthday date. Her first foray onto the Internet pays off. A man with the screen name "Omega" is bold and compelling, and while Paige is wary, she is also fascinated. Rhys shouldn't have any reason to search the Internet for a woman. He is a handsome millionaire, but he wants someone to want him for himself, not for his wealth. When there's a possibility of his investments being tampered with, he uses the occasion as an excuse to visit London and Paige. Sparks fly and Paige has a date for her party. But each is keeping secrets from the other, and as the two grow closer, their secrets threaten to tear them apart, in Icilyn's out-of-the-ordinary and truly contemporary romance. Maria Hatton
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kimani Press (June 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583144269
• ISBN-13: 978-1583144268
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,564,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Title to Be Revised, October 24, 2004

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Loose Leaves Book Review (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smitten (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

What's it like to be completely smitten? Ask Paige Alexander, a successful real-estate agent and broker who is contemplating partnership within her organization. She's about to turn the big "three-o" and has been making some huge changes in her life.



Dumping her no-good womanizing boyfriend, she finds herself without a date for her big birthday bash. Still nursing her wounds, she finds herself in the same position she was in before meeting him; longing to be more than business associates with her boss, Blanton Blake.



Paige's problems are far from over as she contemplates finding romance on the internet. When she meets Rhys Langston, aka Omega, in a chat-room, she realizes that he has figured out things about her that no other man has. On a whim, she invites him to her birthday party and he accepts. If only life were that easy...



What ensues is chaos, in its truest form. Although her boss is engaged to be married, when he realizes that she is determined to start seeing someone else, his true feelings emerge. Her ex-boyfriend, Rupert, can't stand the thought of her rejection and vows to fight for her to come back. How does a woman deal with all of this and still keep her wits?



Rhys Langston is every woman's dream come true, and they immediately hit it off. With desire and longing burning deep within the both of them, a chance meeting turns into a whirlwind romance. Can Paige get over her false beliefs and premonitions of what true love isn't, and accept the challenge of following her heart?



This love story is embroiled with fast-paced drama and suspense. Sonia Icilyn does a great job of keeping readers focused on what love could be if you have trust, hope and confidence. I guess the saying is true: Real Love Stories Do Have Happy Endings.

Reviewed By T. Belinda Williams of Loose Leaves Book Review