Taming a Tycoon (Romance) [Import] [Hardcover]

Leigh Michaels (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon (February 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263146596
• ISBN-13: 978-0263146592
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Leigh Michaels is the author of 80 contemporary romance novels and three historical romances. Her books have been published in 25 languages and in more than 125 countries around the world, and more than 35 million copies have been sold. Six of her books have been finalists in the Romance Writers of America RITA contest, and she has been honored with Reviewer's Choice awards by Romantic Times magazine. The Iowa Library Association presented her the Johnson Brigham award in 2003 for substantial and sustained literary contributions to American culture.

She also writes non-fiction, including On Writing Romance, which has been called the definitive guide to writing romance novels, and Creating Romantic Characters. She teaches romance writing online at Gotham Writers Workshop. She is also the coauthor with her husband, Michael W. Lemberger, of a book about the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, and of many local history books.

She wrote her first romance novel when she was a teenager and burned it, then wrote and burned five more complete manuscripts -- sending more than a quarter of a million words up in smoke -- before submitting to a publisher. Her first submission was accepted and published by the first editor to read it.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good romance, June 8, 2011

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Amanda N Johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taming A Tycoon (Kindle Edition)

Savannah Seabrooke is a reporter who needs to confirm a rumor about Dexter Caine's love life in order to complete her otherwise perfect piece. As a free-lance journalist, selling this article means paying her rent. In a classic mix up, Caine's employees assume that she's a (non-sexual) escort for Caine's trip to Las Vegas. Seabrooke goes along with it, hoping that she'll get her story, but Caine turns the tables and announces that they're to be married. The typical angst for a romance follows, especially as Seabrooke has a secret that she can't let Caine discover.

All in all, Taming a Tycoon is a fun romance read. It doesn't take too long, and it has enough of the wonderful "Does he love me? I can't let him know I love him." power dynamics that people claim to hate in their real life relationships but secretly love in their romance novels. It doesn't go over the top, though. I didn't find myself too frustrated with any character idiocy, which is pretty commonplace for other novels.

I would recommend this, and I'll be looking up other Leigh Michaels books.