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Margaret Mayo (3) (1936–)

Autor(a) de Bedded at His Convenience

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Obras de Margaret Mayo

Bedded at His Convenience (2007) 21 cópias
Bought for Marriage (2006) 19 cópias
Passionate Vengeance (1986) 16 cópias
Stormy Relationship (1991) 16 cópias
Marriage by Contract (2000) 14 cópias
How to count crocodiles (1994) 14 cópias
Valley of the Hawk (1979) 13 cópias
Surrender to the Millionaire (2003) 13 cópias
Afraid to Love (1978) 12 cópias
Stolen Feelings (1995) 11 cópias
Unexpected Inheritance (1988) 11 cópias
Divided Loyalties (1981) 10 cópias
A Fiery Encounter (1991) 9 cópias
Powerful Persuasion (1996) 9 cópias
Dangerous Journey (1982) 9 cópias
A Painful Loving (1987) 9 cópias
Conflict (1989) 9 cópias
Feelings (1988) 8 cópias
Savage Affair (1987) 8 cópias
A Night with Consequences (2011) 8 cópias
A Taste of Paradise (1981) 8 cópias
How Men and Women Were Made (1998) 8 cópias
Trapped (1990) 8 cópias
Dangerous Game (1999) 8 cópias
Determined Lady (1994) 8 cópias
The Mediterranean Tycoon (2002) 7 cópias
The Santorini Marriage (2009) 7 cópias
An Impossible Situation (1990) 7 cópias
Burning Desire (1980) 7 cópias
Prisoner of the Mind (1988) 7 cópias
The Wife Seduction (2000) 7 cópias
Forgotten Engagement (1998) 7 cópias
Shades of Autumn (1976) 6 cópias
Reluctant Hostage (1992) 6 cópias
Rainbow Magic (1977) 6 cópias
Her Wealthy Husband (2001) 6 cópias
Impulsive Challenge (1986) 6 cópias
Como Contar Crocodilos (1998) 6 cópias
Perilous Waters (1976) 5 cópias
Stormy Affair (1979) 5 cópias
At Daggers Drawn (1986) 5 cópias
Intrigue (1992) 5 cópias
Wild Injustice (1994) 5 cópias
Sea Gypsy (1977) 5 cópias
A Forbidden Marriage (1998) 5 cópias
The Marriage Game (1983) 4 cópias
Pirate Lover (1980) 4 cópias
Return a Stranger (1983) 4 cópias
Married to a Millionaire (By Request 3-in-1) (2007) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Diamond Stud (1981) 3 cópias
Land of Ice and Fire (1976) 3 cópias
Personal Vendetta (1984) 3 cópias
Ungentlemanly Behaviour (1997) 3 cópias
The Unwilling Wife (1979) 3 cópias
Destiny Paradise (1976) 3 cópias
Reclaiming His Bride (2004) 2 cópias
A Very Personal Assistant (2013) 2 cópias
Marriage and Babies Bundle (4-in-1) (2010) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
The Billionaire's Convenient Wife Bundle (4-in-1) (2009) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Blogger Bundle Volume II: WeWriteRomance.com (4-in-1) (2010) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Blackmailed Into His Arms (By Request 3-in-1) (2011) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Autumn Deception (1978) 2 cópias
Second Encounter (1985) 2 cópias
Ruthless Stranger (1993) 1 exemplar(es)
Devil's Fancy (1984) 1 exemplar(es)
Aristides' Convenient Wife [and] Bedded at His Convenience (2009) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Mistaken Marriage (1979) 1 exemplar(es)
Box Set Harlequin Premiere Editions 25-36 (12-in-1) (1981) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Box Set Harlequin Premiere Editions 1-12 (12-in-1) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Charming Enemy (1981) 1 exemplar(es)
Bitter Reunion (1982) 1 exemplar(es)
Impossible Masquerade (1982) 1 exemplar(es)
Branded (1984) 1 exemplar(es)
The Mediterranean Tycoon (2011) 1 exemplar(es)
The Emerald Coast (1982) 1 exemplar(es)
Tregenna Tyrant (1977) 1 exemplar(es)
A Compelling Force (1985) 1 exemplar(es)
Der Club der Alpha-Männer: eBundle (2016) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
A Presents Christmas Bundle (3-in-1) (2007) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Forced to Marry Bundle (2009) — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Tormented Love (1980) 1 exemplar(es)
Mutual Attraction (1990) 1 exemplar(es)
Yesterday's Dreams (1993) 1 exemplar(es)
Innocent Bride (1980) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Rich Man's Reluctant Mistress [Manga] (2014) — Original Text — 2 cópias
The Twelve-Month Marriage Deal [Manga] (2016) — Original Text — 1 exemplar(es)
Powerful Persuasion [Manga] (2011) — Original Text — 1 exemplar(es)
Bedded at His Convenience (2016) — Original Text — 1 exemplar(es)

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Mayo, Jessica R.
Outros nomes
Mayo, Margaret
Data de nascimento
1936-02-07
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
País (para mapa)
England
Local de nascimento
Staffordshire, England, UK
Pequena biografia
Jessica R. Mayo was born on February 7, 1936 in Staffordshire, England, and has remained within the county all of her life. It was never her ambition to become a writer, although she always loved reading, even to the extent of reading comics out loud to her twin brother when she was eight years old. In fact her only writing experience was in letters to various pen pals around the world. She unfortunately lost touch with them now and often wonders whether any of them have ever discovered that her chatty letters were the forerunner to her writing career.

She left school to become a secretary, taking a break to have her two children, Adrian and Tina. Once they were at school she started back to work and planned to further her career by becoming a bi-lingual secretary. Unfortunately she couldn't speak any languages other than her native English, so she began evening classes. It was at this time that she got the idea for a romantic short story - to this day she doesn't know where the idea came from or why, but she thanks her lucky stars because it kick-started her career. Margaret, and her mother before her, had always read Mills & Boon romances, and to actually be writing one excited her beyond measure.

'My life began at forty' is another one of her favourite sayings - because that is when her first book was published - two and a half years after she first set pen to paper (that first book was written long before she felt confident enough to send it off).Having those books accepted was the happiest and most exciting day of her life. She waltzed her husband around the room and their two children thought they'd gone mad, until they were told the good news.

Her first two submitted novels were accepted simultaneously, and now she has over sixty-five to her credit. When she looks at them lined up on her bookshelf she wonders how she has managed to write all those millions of words. She is a hopeless romantic who loves writing. She falls in love with every one of her heroes and likes to boast about how many 'love affairs' she's had.

Margaret gets so immersed in her writing that one day - before she made writing her full-time career and did most of her writing at the office (!!) - her daughter phoned to ask whether she could come and meet her out of work. Margaret told her not to be silly because it was foggy. Her daughter said 'But it's sunny here.' And when Margaret looked out of the window the sun was shining. Her hero and heroine were lost out in a sea of fog!

Before she became a successful author Margaret was extremely shy and found it difficult to talk to strangers. For research purposes she forced herself to speak to people from all walks of life and now says her shyness has gone forever - to a certain degree. She is still happier pouring her thoughts out on paper.

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Decent oldie. The hero inherited the heroine's father's company which put her nose out of joint because she thought she was going to get it of course. The hero had a grudge against her because he thought she caused his sister's death. There was the usual fighting and sniping and such. It was a little OTT and the hero flipped out when he took the heroine's virginity. It all worked out in the end.
 
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Luziadovalongo | 1 outra resenha | Jul 14, 2022 |
An arrogant greek husband but he really does care about her.
 
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izzied | Oct 29, 2020 |
A tall, dark, and handsome stranger (Ward Levitt) shows up at Verna Pemberton's flat in England and tells her he knows her father. Verna sends him away. Her father died when she was just a baby and she doesn't know what Ward is talking about. But Ward comes back and persuades Verna otherwise.

Ward tells Verna he can take her to meet her father. So she goes to Brazil with Ward. They arrive in Rio and prepare to fly to Belém the next day to where Verna's father lives. But on the flight to Belém they experience engine trouble and have to make a crash-landing. Stranded in the jungle with a broken down plane Ward and Verna encounter Indians, insects, alligators... Verna wonders if they will ever make it out alive to meet her father...

Ward thought of Verna as a firecracker. She was headstrong, very independent, and self-confident. At first she was shrewish, cranky, and argumentative. But she had to learn to rely on Ward to get her through and as the story progressed I thought she did very well in the jungle, during rough situations. I liked Ward, he was the typical Harlequin alpha-male hero, self-assured, strong, and bossy. I enjoyed the tropical setting of this book.

This was a fun jungle romance by Margaret Mayo.
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SandraLynne | Jul 16, 2018 |
While Corrie Maitland is planning her upcoming wedding to her boyfriend (John) her kind parents (Anne and David) tell her that they are not her real biological parents. So Corrie decides to find her biological mother, whose name, she is told, is Zelah Cunningham. (Zelah abandoned Corrie after she was born. Zelah was the sister of Anne's best friend and Anne and David have raised Corrie as their own ever since, but Anne and David never legally adopted Corrie in case Zelah ever came back for Corrie, which she never did). Zelah's last known address was in Ireland. Corrie leaves England on her own and sets off for County Wicklow, Ireland, leaving poor John behind, telling him that this is something she must do.

Once Corrie reaches Ireland she has some bad (lecherous) encounters with some of the local lads who think she's easy because of her platinum blonde hair. Hero Damon Courtney ends up rescuing her from a few of these encounters. He also thinks she's easy and can't keep away from the men. Her car ends up being stolen (because she foolishly left the keys in the car, with all of her belongings, money, clothes, etc.) when she went off with one of these men. Damon reluctantly invites Corrie to stay at his home until she can return to England (he offered to fly her back home) and Corrie agrees since she's having no luck finding her biological mother. Corrie doesn't want to accept his offer since she finds him insulting and rude but she has no other choice. Damon's home is surprisingly run-down and looks decayed. Corrie is told it is being restored. The next day she meets Damon's father, Charles, who is also living there. Charles seems stunned and surprised when he first sees Corrie. Charles offers Corrie a job as a secretary to help him out with a book he is writing about the house's history (Damon and Charles have inherited the house). Corrie eventually finds out from Damon that Charles was married to her biological mother Zelah (who Corrie bears a striking resemblance to), and that Zelah was Damon's step-mother. Zelah has left Charles and has been gone for many months and may never come back. Damon apparently hates Zelah and thinks of her as a tramp. He says Zelah likes men and even came on to him (Damon) while married to his father. And he thinks Corrie is just like Zelah. Tensions escalate when Damon thinks Corrie is interested in his father romantically.

I didn't really care for the heroine Corrie. Maybe I'm being picky but she just rubbed me the wrong way. She seemed all nice and sweet, but I found it strange that in the space of a day, in a country she has never been in before, she decides to stay at this run-down house in Ireland and become Charles's secretary (who she just met, and before she even knew Charles was Zelah's husband) when she originally set out for Ireland to just look for her biological mother and go home. She already had an office job in England (which she suddenly gives up and makes Anne at home tell her boss that she isn't coming back to work.) And I found some of Corrie's actions uncaring, especially to her boyfriend John and Anne, who was worried for her when she went off to Ireland. I think Corrie should have talked to Anne more and assured her that she still cared for her (after all, Anne and David raised Corrie and looked after her and cared for her since she was a child) but Corrie was too hellbent to find her "real" mother Zelah (who obviously could care less about her) and made Anne feel like a discarded shoe. At the end of the book Corrie tells her boyfriend John, who comes looking for her in Ireland, to tell Anne that she's staying for good in Ireland. Was it so hard for Corrie to call Anne and tell her herself?

Damon was bossy and rude but his boorish actions went over my head since I didn't even care anymore. But at least he livened the book up a bit. He thinks Corrie is making a play for his father. He's jealous. He calls her a slut. This book had a lot of arguing. And Corrie never did hear from or meet her biological mother Zelah!

A disappointing read by Margaret Mayo. I usually enjoy her books.
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SandraLynne | Jan 1, 2017 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
98
Also by
4
Membros
582
Popularidade
#43,090
Avaliação
½ 2.7
Resenhas
10
ISBNs
556
Idiomas
12

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