Sunday, June 10, 2012

The Greek Tycoon's Unwilling Wife by Kate Walker

                                               
He thought she was his mistress...

Recuperating on his private Greek island after a car crash, Andreas Patrakos had no memory of the previous year.  The last thing he remembered was his passionate affair with beautiful Rebecca Ainsworth.

...when, actually, she was his wife

Becca returned to the island because Andreas asked for her.  But she had to hide the truth.  What would happen when Andreas recalled throwing Becca out - on their wedding day - for a reason only he knew?

My Review:
3 out of 5 stars

After a car accident, Becca is called back to Greece to come see her estranged husband.  After not seeing him for a year she doesn't know what he could possibly want with her but when she realizes that he has lost the memory of their separation she doesn't know how she's going to keep her love for him a secret.

Becca is a charming main character and her memories of her time with Andreas are very heart-wrenching and her character is really easy to identify with.  At first, Andreas seems totally over the top and angry but when his thoughts and feelings are shown, we get to see a side of him that has just been hurt and is trying to protect himself.

I really enjoyed the buildup of the book but I found that the ending and resolution of the book was a little too tied together.  A lot of the explanations were too simple for me and while I did predict it would end the way it did, some of the reactions seemed a little unrealistic.  Even though I didn't particularly like how the book resolved the conflict I thought it was understandable because it is a Harlequin novel so those simple plots are a given.  I did enjoy the book for what it was though.
            
While I wouldn't say this was a bad book and I did enjoy reading it, I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend this book to someone either.  It was a nice quick read though so I enjoyed it from that aspect.


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