Glass Houses

By Anne Stuart

Book Overview

Glass Houses by Anne Stuart released on Sep 24, 1998 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373810237
• ISBN13: 9780373810239
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Never buy your enemy sugar....

In the corporate world of big egos, Michael Dubrovnik has the biggest one of them all. He never lets anything stand in his way and has earned himself the nickname, the Whirlwind. Right now, he has his sights set on creating his legacy, Dubrovnik Plaza, right smack in the middle of Glass House, which is owned by Laura de Kelsey Winston. For three years he has carried on in the planning of the building, sure in the fact that he can get Laura to sell, only to be rebuffed at every turn. Well, he's done with the games and it's time to bring out the big guns. Michael worms his way into Glass House, settling into Laura's building as a new tenant. He enjoys stomping his way around the deteriorating glass building, looking on innocently as more and more cracks show in the buildings infrastructure. But that's not the the only thing that's starting to crack. Both Laura and Michael's steely determination to outwit the other begins to fade away as they both begin to enjoy the games they play, and their rapidly growing attraction. But Michael has come too far now to quit. Which legacy will remain standing? Glass House or Dubrovnik Plaza? There is a lot of people in this fast paced story and at first, I thought it was too much. There is a second couple who get a HEA and then there are the midwest yokels. Well only one is a midwest yokel. The other is a voracious maneating snake who is clearly destined for bigger and better things. I gotta admit, I was bored during the first half of the book. It was so fast paced and so filled with people I didn't feel like I was grasping onto anything. I thought I had found my first Anne Stuart clunker so I was caught off guard when the story started to pick up in the second half. Two bits of advice I've learned from this story. Never run in the rain with someone unless you want to fall in love (sigh) and never buy your enemy sugar. (laughs) This was a very enjoyable story with alot of humor and witty dialogue. I loved reading about Michael and Laura's attempts to outmaneuver one another. Michael is tough and ruthless without being too mean or overbearing and Laura was just shrewish and stubborn enough for me to like her alot. They also have some pretty steamy sexcapades that's always fun to read. I also enjoyed stepping back in time with this story. Glass Houses is seriously dated with its late eighties, early nineties pop references and I thought it was funny. There isn't much in the way of a plot. There is a blackmailing scheme that doesn't really go anywhere, but I still enjoyed it. What did it for me was the ending. This has such a happy, sappy little ending. I saw it coming a mile away, but I was still so moved by it and because of that, it makes this another excellent read by Anne Stuart.

a superb read by Stuart

Stuart never fails to mesmerize me, whether in big books or series romance. Her series works for Harlequin and Silhouette are as a wonderful treat as her longer works. In Glass House, Billionaire corporate raider Michael Dubrovnik has bought all the old properties in the area in New York City to create a huge glass building with modern design. The only thing standing in his way is another building of glass, this one owned by Laura de Kelsey Winston. Unless her "house" comes down, his multi-million dollar project can fall to ruin, and Michael will never permit that to happen. Laura loves her glass building, built with style and class of a period gone by. It needs a lot of work, and it will likely cost more money than she can swing, but she intends Glass House will survive - in spite of Michael's high powered pressure. When she refuses every offer he makes, and states she will never leave Glass House to be destroyed my Michael, he begins making her life a living hell. First, he moves into the building so he is there to constantly plague her. When seducing her doesn't work, he tries taking down the old buildings surrounding her, literally rattling the walls of the small glass building. As their stormy battle of wills rage over the small building in the way of his project, they find their passion almost as strong as their determination. Michael discovers he is falling in love with Laura, but is not will to let love rule him, and nearly kills her in a bad construction accident. He must chose between his high money project and her love, and Laura must decide which is more important - hanging on to the past and its traditions, or losing the man she loves. There is a nifty little mystery about Laura and everyone receiving blackmail attempts, which only serves to keep the lively story moving with a fast pace. Glass House is another in the long line of Stuart's backlist just waiting to be discovered.

Anne Stuart classic

This was the first Anne Stuart book I ever read - but didn't realise I was reading an "Anne Stuart" at the time. After I read "A Rose At Midnight", I revisited "Glass Houses" and loved it. It's cheeky, it's passionate - there's a love/hate relationship between Laura and Michael that's just delightful. The two of them are so stubborn yet hopelessly attracted to one another. I could probably have done without the secondary love story (Laura's friend) - but it worked. Highly recommended! =)

Wow!

I liked this book so much, I couldn't wait to get home from work to get back to it. The secondary characters as well as the main characters were well written. The storyline moved quickly. There were a few inconsistencies but overall, a definite keeper.