Emerald Mistress

By Lynne Graham

Book Overview

When Harriet's world comes crashing down, she's still able to count her blessings. Forget London, her failing career and her unfaithful fiancé--an unexpected legacy of a cottage and stables in an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0263845788
• ISBN13: 9780263845785
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful! Awesome!

Love this book! The male character falling in love & showed how much he truly loved the female character; both were hurting because of circumstances instead of hurting each other intentionally (this is refreshing). So moving, need some tissues! Bonuses of funny moments, good supporting characters also. I always like this author, and after this book, I am actively searching for her books & hopefully collecting them all in the future.

thumbs up

Heroine breaks up w/ cheating fiance (friends for 8 yrs, together for 5, engaged for 2, no wedding date set); loses job as company client goes bankrupt in hostile takeover; moves to Ireland. Takes over horse farm. Meets tycoon neighbor, neighbor fancies her and her rose-patterned pajamas, heroine plans to have rebound fling. Hero is slightly offended, has to work his way up, falls in love in the process. I believe this is the second Harlequin Romance from Graham, thumbs up! Heroine has a brain, dignity, and quite some poise; she's a doormat only to her mother (why, oh, why, but I bought it). The story flows well, there are a few funny moments (a pig who thinks it's a dog, jeans that won't fit, a boyfriend-memorabilia-burning session that goes awry), mysterious death-threats, and some "Tears in the Rain"-style drama. I read it in one sitting, I'd recommend it.

interesting character driven romance

Harriet Carmichael wonders what she ever did to have two major ugly incidents happen on her. She loses her job unfairly at Dar Designs as someone has to be blamed for the Zenco fiasco. Hurt she comes home to find her fiancé Luke in bed with her half-sister Alice. Unable to talk to either of the traitors, Harriet decides it is time to start over with her half of a livery inheritance in a small town in Ireland. In Ballyflynn she meets her new business partner, international tycoon Rafael Cavaliere Flynn, a man she blames for what happened to her stepfather due to his takeover and destruction of Benson Pharmaceuticals. She also assumes he is a womanizer as he is always seen dating some new supermodel. However, she is shocked when Rafael shows he wants to make it with her. She wants to reciprocate, but besides her stepfather's breakdown, trysts are not her thing while trysts are his only thing. BALLYFLYNN is an interesting character driven romance starring a delightful hero whom she blames for what happened to her family when she was younger leading to Rafael having his work cut out to prove his sincerity. Harriet is too mousy as she fails to stand up for herself at work, with her fiancé and half-sister, and initially with Rafael though she does accuse him of causing her stepfather's nervous breakdown. Fans will hope she finds backbone because she will need it if she plans to partner in business and life with Rafael. Harriet Klausner