Imprudent Challenge

By Jessica Steele

Imprudent Challenge by Jessica Steele released on May 25, 1984 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373107099
• ISBN13: 9780373107094
• Release Date: June 1984
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

3 1/2 stars - a nice little romance for a rainy day

My thoughts: The plot seemed interesting. As mentioned in the back cover, the heroine blamed the hero for ruining her parents marriage. So she proceeds to lambast him. As payback, the hero begins a fake marriage/engagement of some sort, Japanese style. I'm a japanese anime/drama, etc. fan, so I'm like haha, and I kinda knew about most of the customs the Japanese have and the book also made mention of various japanese words, etc. However, I felt the pacing was a bit slow. I actually started reading the book, then stopped to do some household duties, then read the continuation and finished the book throughout the week. With some books, I'd read the beginning and just HAD to read the whole thing right away. With this book, I wanted to know how it all will end but I didn't feel the urgency to finish it that same day. Nonetheless I still enjoyed the book. The heroine was feisty, heck she had to be since she proceeded to engage the hero in their little game/war. The hero was your semi usual rich, arrogant hero. Of course we find out later that the heroine got it wrong (awwww!) Although I'm surprised to read that the heroine had no qualms about living in Japan - I guess that's where they're gonna settle. I was also a little sad that the parents didn't seem to care about their daughter as much 0_0 It's one of those parents love each other so much, almost to the exclusion to their daughter. No biggie to the story, but I was just like, sheesh! Poor daughter! Anyhow, an enjoyable read but I wouldn't say its my favorite book or anything.

by Jessica Steele

Serle Falconer was a powerful honest busniess man. Kelsey Marchant being separated from her parents for a long time hoped to join them in Japan, only her mother Eve shows up after the death of her grandmother, the person Kelsey has been staying with while her parents were in Japan. Eve left her husband and Kelsey wants to get to the bottom of why. She goes to Japan and finds her father Henry drunk, and he tells her that he lost all his money because of advice Falconer gave him. This isn't true but he is miserable and this is his way of coping with his wife leaving him.Kelsey goes to meet her father at work, and finds the office of Falconer, she goes into his office and accuses him of cheating her father out of his money, and she slaps him.He showing patience tries to find out what Kelsey is talking about.Kelsey doens't tell her father what she has done. But Serle finds her irrestible, why, I don't know, he pursues her in the oriental way and she response in the same way. Serle gives her father the money he lost and much more.He lets kelsey know this, and Henry starts planing a trip to the U K to be with his wife, knowing Kelsey will be in good hands with a man he trusts above all people.Kelsey learns this and asks her father about the money he said Serle made him loose, he po pos her and she is left to marry Serle, she by now is in love with him, and he loves her.