The Spanish Aristocrat's Woman (Silhouette Desire) [Mass Market Paperback]

Katherine Garbera (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silhouette Desire | Publication Date: March 11, 2008

When Count Guillermo de la Cruz announced his engagement to plain-Jane heiress Kara deMontaine just minutes after meeting her, the jet-set gaped in shock. But none was more stunned than Kara. The man of her dreams had just offered marriage--as an act of revenge against his former lover.

She should have said no. But something in Gui's primal stare showed her he was far from indifferent to her. Could Kara tame this royal playboy and show Gui they could find happily ever after...with each other?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (March 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373768583
• ISBN-13: 978-0373768585
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,617,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Katherine Garbera is the national best-selling author of more than 50 books. Writing is the chief focus of her time after her family and the only thing she likes more than working on her own books is reading other authors. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and loves the opportunity to talk about writing with anyone who'll listen.

Garbera started making up stories for her own benefit when she was on a competitive swim team in high school. Though she went to State and usually medaled at swim meets, Katherine says her heart wasn't in swimming but rather in the stories she created as she swam laps at practice.

She worked for The Walt Disney World Company for 15 years and did everything from being a hostess on It's a Small World, to saving swimmers at the Grand Floridian Resort, to touring around VIPs such as Jack Valenti at the Disney-MGM Studios and being a production page on the New Mickey Mouse Club--yes, it might be possible that Britney, Justine and Christina owe her a nod of thanks for keeping all those kids who had to go to the bathroom from interrupting their performances.

Her books have been featured in magazines such as REDBOOK (11/98)and have even been featured on the large JumboTron in Times Square, and excerpted in COSMO (7/10)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies!, March 4, 2008

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Natalie S "ns65" (Nashville) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Spanish Aristocrat's Woman (Silhouette Desire) (Kindle Edition)

Attending the society wedding of the second of his best friends to marry, Gui is concerned when he sees his one time lover Elvira and her husband at the reception. For years Elvira has tried to garner the attention Gui once bestowed upon her that ended with her marriage. Gui firmly believes in wedding vows and has thus refused her advances. When in a spiteful moment Elvira cattily vilifies Kara, the woman he is dancing with at the reception, Gui does the only thing he can think of to protect the beautiful woman whom he has just met - he invents an engagement to her.

Kara deMontaine knows what she looks like. Tall and curvy, she knows without a doubt she will never be cover model thin like most women strive to be. It usually doesn't bother her, but after introducing herself to Count Guillermo she can't help feeling a fleeting wistfulness for the tiny woman that she will never be. Gui's attention is flattering even if he doesn't mean it. When he announces that they are engaged before all at his friend's wedding reception, Kara is very wary. The fact that he seems to mean it makes her even more cautious. In all honesty, while her brain is cautious, her heart has fallen in love.

I can relate to and sympathize with Kara's self doubts. Having been viewed her entire life as an anomaly she can't fathom receiving interest from someone as gorgeous and self aware as Guillermo. I loved watching her evolve as a character. She became self sufficient and, I believe, finally at peace with herself. Gui is my knight in shining armor. He loves Kara and sees nothing that he doesn't find alluring and beautiful. For that fact alone, I fell in love with him.

I love Katherine Garbera's novels and have officially placed her on my auto-buy list! Each novel keeps getting better and better and shouldn't be missed. THE SPANISH ARISTOCRAT'S WOMAN is such a book.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars :0), May 17, 2008

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Romance Novel Junkies "Lady Raven Rave" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Spanish Aristocrat's Woman (Silhouette Desire) (Mass Market Paperback)

It was a good read. The count was sweet towards the end and I like Kara.