was very lovely...liked how a rich man can grow to love a poor girl just given chance. ( )

Interesting different sort of HP. The heroine is a homeless unwed mother and gasp it isn't the hero's baby. And gasp the hero walks in to find his fiance, the OW, cheating on him with another woman. And that last is an absolute first for me in Harlequinland. No spoilers, that's all in the first couple of pages. I really liked this even it it had elements that in other books cause me to shake the head. She was totally under his spell and goes weak in both the knees and the head anytime she's near him. But on the other hand she pretty much assumes she's not going to end up with him so she's realistic even in the midst of all the trembling. After they get married which happens pretty early on she learns to stand up for herself. But thankfully it wasn't by acrimonious back biting and continual sniping at him. She had a mind of her own and confronted him when he needed it. There was one thing that he did for which I'm not sure she should have forgiven him so easily. The were at a party and in front of everyone, he left her without a word and took the other woman in his arms and took her out of the party and away in his car. Come to find out later that he had been asked to do it by the hostess when the OW started acting crazy because she was high on cocaine and the hostess' son had died from it. He should have figured out a way to get someone else to do it. There is never never an excuse to leave your new wife high and dry at a society party with every one looking and gossiping without even telling her what's up. Nope never.

If my husband had done it, he'd still be hearing about it. But for the rest he was a pretty good hero, indulging her and opening up about his feelings and admitting his faults at the end. Other than the one time, he was never really an ass to her. ( )

her name was holly ( )