I know this storyline has been done before but it is one that I always love and this author executed it particularly well. The only thing that disappointed me about this book was how quickly I read it, I never wanted it to end! I can’t wait for it to come out so my friends can read it too, such an awesome book.

Kate is a young innocent virgin, Garrett is an older rich experienced playboy. He takes her innocence, after he breaks her heart he has a change of mind and decided he is in love with her and redeems himself. Kate does deserve his wrath but does he redeem himself this time?

I recommend this book to all my Diana Palmer fans.

Thank you netgalley and harlequin for allowing me to read this title

Let me first state the obvious: Diana Palmer was one of the first two authors to hook me on romance books many many years ago. The other was Julie Garwood. I used to devour her books years ago. I still like to go back and reread some of my favorite books by them but for Palmer, I've noticed a shift in her writing that is more hit or miss with me in her last few books. The way she writes the heroines as if they're so clueless irks me to no end.

Where do I start? I saw this mentioned on Twitter the other night. It mentioned that the hero sent the heroine to jail. My first thought was "WTF? The hero did that?" So I took myself off to Netgalley to see if I could request an ARC of the book so I could read it myself.

Hero is 38. Heroine is 23. Hero is "one of the ten most richest men in the world." Heroine is wearing and buying clothes from the thift shops and works as an assistant to his elderly next door neighbor.

Story starts out with heroine's boss, who is a big time famous author, having a party at her house. Heroine would rather not be there because that's not her type of gathering. She feels out of place. Hero is there and come charging at her to threaten her because she had been driving her boss's boat on the lake and almost wrecked with the hero who was riding his jet ski. He told her that he had her reported to the police for that stunt she pulled. He's rude and ends up making her cry but she leaves the room before she does because she doesn't want him to see her crying.

The next day, her boss accepts an invitation to go research a book in a different country and tells the heroine that she can live in her house while she's gone those few months. She agrees because she's sure she'll never see the hero again since he only stays at the lake house only a few months a year. Takes the boat out again, is blinded by the sun as she's making a turn to return back to the house and ends up hitting the hero on his jet ski. Again. Hero makes it to the dock and his employees help him into the house. It's not until the next day that she finds out he had to go to the hospital because of that accident.

When she sees him again, he's blind, doesn't remember the accident, doesn't remember who she is or that she was living next door to him, but remembers his house, remembers he's rich, remembers his employees, etc. She "amuses" him in their first conversation together & hires her to be his assistant. (She had gone to him to confess what happened but when she finds out he's lost his memory and can't see her, she decides not to.)

In the course of her working for him, he lets her know that he was married before and his wife was pregnant but that they both died while on a remote island where he couldn't get help for them. According to him, this was before cell phone times. (Although in the book itself, he mentions something like "we're living in 2017." He lost his wife when he was in his early 20s so that would make it 2001-2002 or so?) Not only does he lose his wife & child but his brother and his pregnant wife died in an accident on the same lake that he had his accident on. He never wants to get married again. Never wants to have a child, blah blah blah.

There's a scene where he gets bad migraines and the heroine goes into his room to ask if he needs help and he tells her to grab his medicine from the cabinet and a water bottle from the minibar. Heroine reply is "The what?" She didn't know what a minibar was but then in the next paragraph it's said that she watched a lot of TV and read a lot of books when she could so....how, at 23, do you not know what a minibar is?

At this point he still doesn't have his sight back and while he's feeling something for the heroine, he hates her because of it. So he has a party where he invites his ex-lover and makes a point of being all over that ex-lover in front of the heroine. He continues this childish behavior until his ex-lover tells him the heroine is talking to some man at the party. Hero decides to cut that up because while he doesn't want the heroine, he doesn't want her being with anyone else. Moron.

A few more days pass by where he's blowing hot and cold with the heroine and then comes the day they have sex. He then says they have to marry so they head to Vegas where they have a quick ceremony. Weeks pass and he doesn't take precautions to prevent her getting pregnant. The day she realizes she's pregnant is the day he gets his memory back but before she can tell him her news, he has her arrested and taken off to jail because he had warned her about her shenanigans on the lake.

He heads off to Nice, thinking she'll be released within hours of her getting to jail. She doesn't. She has no money for her bail and calling her father for help only resulted in him disowning her. So two months go by with her in jail. While the hero is in Nice, having a great time. WTF?! While in prison, one of the inmates mistakes the heroine for her evil sister who put her in prison and she's attacked and stabbed. She's initially told she lost the baby but after a few tests she's told the baby is fine.

By this point, the hero has now gotten his sight back (he fell and knocked his head and poof, eye sight is back!) and is back at the lake house. He had his lawyer serve the heroine divorce papers & that's when the lawyer finds out that the heroine is actually still in prison and was currently in the hospital after getting attacked. Lawyer then tells hero where heroine has been this whole time, they were both under the impression that heroine had made bail and gone home to Texas. He tells him heroine is still in prison, that she had been attacked and that she lost her baby. (At that point, that's what the heroine was told.) Hero then pulls out a gun from his desk and tries to shoot himself. Lawyer and driver snatch the gun away and hero breaks down crying. Tells the lawyer to drop all charges and see that she's immediately released, blah blah blah.

Heroine is released, returns to the lake house next door to the hero, after pretending in front of the lawyer that she bought a bus ticket out of town. On the suggestion of her famous author boss, she colors her hair red. The lake house next door is put up for sale but one day she's outside and the hero comes along. He doesn't know it's her because she's now got red hair and is fully pregnant. She gives him a story that she's 6 months pregnant (she's in fact close to 9 months), that she's married to the godson of his neighbor & that her husband is currently traveling for work because he didn't want the baby. Hero believes this story and tells her if she needs anything, he's next door.

He finds out not long after that that she is in fact his Kate, still pregnant with his baby. He gets her to agree to move back to his house. He's taken it off the market and tells her she can have anything she wants, he just wants to be there for her since they're still married (he ended up burning the divorce papers she signed in the fireplace after he found out she spent two months in prison.)

At no point did he grovel the way he was supposed to. He just gave some excuses and the heroine forgave him for everything immediately because in her mind, she deserved all that happened because it was her fault the hero got hurt. Are. You. Kidding. Me?? Where is your brain?

I miss the Palmer heroes and heroines from years ago. They were not this mess that she currently writes.

I have read every single novel written by this author, and while it's not mentioned anywhere in the advance reader copy I voluntarily read, it seems to be a revamped and expanded version of one of Ms. Palmer's earliest romances, Bound by a Promise, which would have been nice to know at the outset. I'm giving it 3 stars because, like every one of her novels, I eventually get sucked into the story, but it's a very similar story to virtually every other novel she's written, and here's the list of reasons why:

1. The hero (Garrett) is older than the heroine (Kate), in this case by 15 years. She's 23, he's 38.
2. He is enormously wealthy, (in this case he's a billionaire), powerful, cynical about love, women, and marriage. He generally views his women as little more than easy lays and arm candy.
3. He is always described as tall, olive-skinned, with a full head of jet black hair--more of which thickly covers his chest.
4. He's possessive, domineering, rude, ruthless, verbally abusive, passive-aggressive, short-tempered, practically bipolar, and he always gets his way.
5. The heroine is always a shy, religious, unassuming, moral, kind, tender and young virgin, with little to no experience out in the world.
6. She's also usually near penniless or working at some menial job, and has had an unfortunate and/or judgmental parents or parents.
7. She is willing to accept whatever crumbs the hero tosses at her, his taunts about her appearance, her clothing, her morals, her lack of refinement, and of course, the hero doubts her virginity.
8. She's generally a blonde, slim, lithe and grateful for whatever attention the hero gives her.
9. She's usually connected in some way to Jacobsville, Texas, however in the case of this novel, the setting is Georgia, but there is indeed a Jacobsville connection.

In the case of this novel, there are a few differences. First, Kate is working as a personal assistant and proofreader for a romance novelist who happens to live near the lakehouse retreat of Garrett Carlton, one the of 10 wealthiest men in the county. She'd once accidentally caused him to fall off his Jet Ski as she was speeding down the lake in her employer's motorboat, she simply didn't see him, and when she accompanies her employer, Mamie, to a cocktail party where she feels utterly out of place, Garrett spots her and proceeds to cut her to ribbons verbally. He next spots her sitting on his dock, simply enjoying dangling her feet in the water. She didn't know the dock was his, but again, more verbal abuse, more insults and another warning to stay away.

When Mamie leaves on an extensive vacation to the Middle East, Kate is given the run of her home, and sure enough, the next time she's motoring down the lake the sun is in her eyes and again, she crashes into Garrett on this Jet Ski, only this time he's left blinded after the accident. Fearing his wrath should he ever discover who hit him--he has no memory of the accident or even meeting her, and Kate soon finds herself working as his personal assistant as a form of penance, hiding the truth and falling deeply in love with the man, although he teases her, and flirts with her, he's usually got a beautiful brunette to take to parties and events, and that shallow bitch is usually also rude and insulting to Kate.

There's a lot more to this story, and it all falls into a familiar pattern, but I did find Kate to be a well-drawn and extremely sympathetic character, especially during the latter half of the novel. I was thrilled that not once did she refer to Garrett as "dishy", a favorite and very old-fashioned phrase that Ms. Palmer uses in almost every one of her novels. I really do wish that Ms. Palmer would realize that a man who treats a woman as badly as many of her heroes do to her heroines has become utterly unacceptable in today's world.

Yes, there is the expected HEA ending, and although Ms. Palmer does her best to try to make Garrett more likable at the end of the novel, I truly doubt there was anything she could have done to redeem him and his dreadful behavior in my eyes. The only one of her heroes that I've found more reprehensible appeared in her novel Man of Ice.

As stated, I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.

She's back, and I, for one, am thankful! This book is filled with everything I love about DP! All I can say is: More! More! More!

I had wondered why I had such a sense of dejavu when I had started to read this book onlynto realize that I HAD read it. Just...under a differant title...and with the MC's names changed. Regardless, I still thoroughly enjoyed my reread. Diana Palmer has always had that effect on me. Her books feel like coming home.

This is my confession: While you will want to throttle the hero for his treatment of the heroine, the HEA is worth it in the end.

Very enjoyable story once again. Lots of passion mixed with some great banter, intrigue and more! Love this one!

HOLY WTF??????? I have been reading Diana Palmer since I first started reading romance novels at least 35 years ago. She is the first author with whom I fell in love; the first author whose backlist I tracked down in used book stores and then on eBay. I have a massive collection of her books that are still some of my most read books of all time. Over the past several years, I’ve had lots of trouble with her books (the blame on college co-eds for promiscuity, the blame of Facebook and social media for bad behavior, the blame on women for inciting lust in men, etc), but have continued to read her books. I know that I should stop with Undaunted, her latest release, however, because it is one of the most WTF books I have ever read. EVER! And I think that many of my online twitter friends would agree that I read some very WTF stuff.

Kate Marton is our heroine. Like most DP heroines, she isn’t beautiful, is a virgin, had an awful childhood courtesy of her drunken father, and is deeply religious. She is working for a famous author (Marnie), but runs afoul of Garrett Carlton, Marnie’s neighbor. Garrett is a wealthy bachelor who has been burned by love, so he only has carefully planned physical affairs with women who all try to trap him into marriage. He is super careful about birth control because they all want his baby juice, and he doesn’t want children. Upon their first meeting, Garrett scolds Kate for driving her boss’s motorboat too fast and almost hitting his jet ski (this is apparently one of the greatest crimes a woman can commit after trying to trap him into marriage).

So, of course, Kate takes the boat out again and drives fast. This time she hits Garrett on his jet ski (DO EITHER OF THESE TWO WATCH WHAT THEY ARE DOING? I mean there is no mention of seeing Garrett or his jet ski, she just smashes into him. How fast was he going? Can you feel my rage?). Garrett makes it back to his dock, but has a head injury and is left with hysterical blindness. Kate feels bad when she learns of his plight and goes to visit him, planning to confess to having driven the boat. However, Garrett immediately responds positively to Kate (who he doesn’t know) and asks her to be his personal assistant (Kate’s famous author boss is out of the country indefinitely at this point). He offers her an exorbitant salary, so Kate accepts. She is also sure that she should be helping him out in his time of need. She hides her identity so he doesn’t know that they have already met (and just let me stop here, these two have talked enough that it is plausible to think that he’d recognizer her voice. Also, Garrett has already yelled at her for driving the boat to fast, so why doesn’t he ever think that maybe it was the same woman who hit him?). I also want to note that this is the first time that one of these two willfully deceives the other.

Life is good for a bit. Kate is a great help to Garrett, helping him with his migraines and his work. She makes him laugh and makes him feel all sorts of tingly things. Garrett, of course, has no idea that Kate is a virgin and sets out to seduce her. This doesn’t happen quickly because Kate has some willpower. However, there are some heavy petting sessions where Kate stops their sexy times before they can have coitus which are quickly followed by Garrett bringing home a glamorous woman to throw in Kate’s face (this happens several times!!). Eventually, he figures out that she is a virgin and has PRINCIPLES, so when he finally does seduce her, he immediately takes her to Las Vegas to marry her.

Thus another happy period is ushered in for the couple. However, there are some dark moments. Garrett specifically doesn’t want to have children (cue the first-marriage-where-he-loved-his-wife-and-she-died-from-pregnancy-complications-so-he-can’t-love-again-or-have-babies music), but he keeps having sex without using any birth control (because he is SMART). Meanwhile, he is having trouble dealing with his continued blindness and wants to find out who is responsible for his plight. He hires a private investigator who eventually reveals to Garrett that his wife is the culprit.

Garrett immediately gets drunk, then calls the sheriff and has Kate hauled off to jail in handcuffs. His last comment to her before she is taken away is to tell her that he will be having his lawyer prepare divorce papers which he will have sent to the jail for her to sign. Okay, I’m pretty sure this is the first time that I have ever encountered a hero WHO SENDS HIS HEROINE/LOVE/WIFE to jail. I was like “Say what???” I’m certain that this is not something a hero can overcome. EVER! There is no grovel good enough. And of course, I suspected that there would be no grovel because Kate actually thought she DESERVED to go to jail. I still have enormous rage over this.

To add to the injustice, Kate is pregnant (OF COURSE SHE IS - she just found out before she gets hauled off to jail) and gets disowned by her drunk father when she uses her one phone call in jail. She can’t afford bail (and can’t call anyone else . . . ), so has to stay in jail until her hearing. Two months go by (TWO MONTHS!). Jail isn’t so bad, she thinks, because she gets fed regularly and has some inmate friends who protect her. Then one day, a different inmate attacks Kate with a shiv and cuts her up badly. She gets patched up at a local hospital (although not like she should be because she is in jail and the doctors don’t like criminals) and is told that her baby is dead.

At this point, Garrett’s lawyer shows up in her hospital room with divorce papers - RIGHT AFTER SHE LEARNS SHE HAS LOST HER BABY. Kate is absolutely devastated but eagerly signs the papers. The lawyer seems to sense that maybe things haven’t been going well for Kate and does some research on her situation (because apparently he is the only sane character in this book). Meanwhile, Garrett’s sight has returned (HALLELUJAH!). When the lawyer returns with the signed papers, he tells Garrett everything - that Kate is still in jail, that Kate was pregnant, that she was injured badly in jail and that she is no longer pregnant. Garrett’s reaction is to grab a loaded gun and to try to shoot himself (if only he had been successful the agony would’ve stopped there). Wracked with guilt (REALLY DUMBASS?), he tells the lawyer to drop the charges, get her out of jail and help her in any way possible. He also destroys the divorce papers. And in case you are curious about the legalities of the criminality of boat accidents that cause blindness, Garrett is the wealthiest man in town and the people just do whatever he says (arrest her, free her - due process doesn’t seem to be a thing).

Kate thinks about returning home to Texas when she is released, but of course has no way to get there. She asks the lawyer for bus money, but he helps her get in touch with her old boss Marnie - and then delivers her back to Marnie’s house (which is right next to Garrett’s in case you forgot). Marnie and the lawyer tell Kate that Garrett should be returning to France soon, so she should be safe from him. Marnie does suggest that Kate dye her hair so that if she were to run into Garrett, he wouldn’t recognize her. After all, she has lost lots of weight, is heavily pregnant (either the doctor was wrong or was just evil because she did not lose the baby) and just doesn’t look like herself (and don’t forget Garrett never saw her when they were together because he was blind - don’t get me started on this part). Kate thinks this is a fine idea (OF COURSE, SHE DOES!).

It takes a while before Garrett (who is not himself either because of his guilt) runs into Kate (in the same spot he first ran into her BEFORE he was blinded). She reminds him of Kate (she makes up a fake name), but she tells him made-up stories of her life, of her relationship with Marnie, of her estranged husband who is currently in Saudi Arabia and of her pregnancy. She tells him she is only six months pregnant instead of eight months. This is the second willful deception. The two run into each other repeatedly, and Garrett deliberately tries to befriend her. He tells her his life story, especially about his wife and his lost baby - and how guilty he feels. This is pretty much his grovel. Kate learns that he had no idea that she had never made bail and that he regrets his actions.

After several meetings, Garrett realizes that the neighbor, his new friend is actually Kate. He gets confirmation from the lawyer who warns Garrett that if he isn’t careful, she will run away. So Garrett continues the ruse (THIRD WILLFUL DECEPTION). Some time passes and Kate realizes that Garrett is onto her. In a stunning turn of events, she goes for honesty and says to him “You know, don’t you?” He answers that yes, he does and for the first time there is honesty between them. FINALLY! He talks her into moving back into his house so he can take care of her and the baby. She is wary but agrees only if they will have separate rooms.

Life is back to being good although they aren’t completely back together yet. Garrett has to leave on a business trip which scares Kate for some reason. Several days later, Kate is watching the news and sees a report a plane crash in which Garrett is killed (the news people say he is dead). Her devastation at the news sends her into labor and she is rushed to the hospital. Her baby boy is born via c-section, but Kate is inconsolable. Without any contact, Garrett (who is not dead) has no idea of what has gone at at home. He calmly walks into his house two days later to learn he has been thought dead and that Kate is in the hospital having given birth to his son. He rushes to the hospital to let Kate know he is alive and to meet his son.

WHY? Why did we need this fake-death thing? Intellectually, I get that it is the catalyst to get Kate and Garrett back together. We know this because when Kate gets home, her bedroom (which is next to Garrett’s) has been turned into a nursery - meaning that Kate is moving back into Garrett’s room. HEA! Happiness! Love forevermore! And the biggest WTF I can possibly ask. I get that Diana Palmer is known for grumpy, douchebag heroes who are often horrible to their lady loves because they make the heroes feel all the lusty things, but Garrett sent his to JAIL and left her there for two months. AND Kate wasn’t upset by his actions at all. JAIL people. This isn’t a forgivable action.

I cannot get over the jail thing long enough to even get into the hysterical blindness thing - and how it was assumed that Garrett wouldn’t recognize Kate once he was blind (and then how easy it should be to fool him after he regained his sight). Then there is Kate’s Pollyanna attitude; she forgives Garrett for every slight (and the jail thing) way too easily. Undaunted nearly ruined me. And if I want to preserve my love of Diana Palmer books, I need to stop reading her new books. I’m not sure I can keep this resolution, but I need to try.

FINAL DECISION: I enjoyed this book as a one time read. There are some extreme moments in this book that make the hero hard to like, but that is not unfamiliar for Palmer readers. My complaint is that I think the hero needed to grovel more because of his horrendous behavior.

THE STORY: Kate Martin has done something terrible. She accidentally hit the jet ski of the local billionaire, Garrett Carlton, with her employers speedboat. As a result, Garrett was injured and is now blind. Kate feels a tremendous amount of guilt and secretly takes on the role of Garrett's assistant in order to help him. Garrett is very bitter and coldhearted, distrusting women but finds himself drawn to the sweet young woman who he meets. The problem is that sooner or later he will find out about Kate's deception.

OPINION: Diana Palmer has a certain type of story that she tells. There is often a young, innocent woman who falls for a bitter older man. The man believes that the woman is more sexually experienced and eventually treats her poorly. This book has a variation on that story, but the bones remain intact. I've been reading Palmer for 30 years and I enjoy her stories. This book is good, but I had two problems with it that reduced my rating somewhat.

Kate is a nice person but incredibly naive. I understand that she comes from a conservative and sheltered background, but it is impossible for me to believe that someone could be so silly in modern America. She is a nice person but too naive for me. That, however, didn't lower my rating. What did was Kate's reaction to injuring Garrett. She is a liar and is in fact deceiving him. She is also guilty of a crime and hiding out. If anyone doubts that, consider that hit and run would be obvious if she were driving a car instead of a boat. That bothered me throughout the whole book. Her behavior didn't match with her character. This was too big a problem for me to set aside.

Garrett is a man with a soft heart who has been battered so much that it has made him bitter and hard. While he longs for belonging and love, he has convinced himself that he doesn't want it because he has been hurt and disappointed. My complaint about him is that he is incredibly cruel to Kate because he is attracted to her. He is the one who hired her. He could have her leave if he doesn't want to have her around. Instead, he treats her terribly.

One of the biggest complaints about Garrett in online reviews is what happens when he finds out about Kate causing his accident. Actually that I didn't mind as much because at least there was a reason for his anger and behavior. My biggest complaint was that I thought that Garrett needed to grovel a big more because of his actions. I think he deserved it.

There was, however, something I really enjoyed about this book. I thought that the characters were well constructed and I felt their intense longing for connection. I also enjoyed the construction of the conflict between these two. I am definitely not disappointed that I read this book and especially for fans of Diana Palmer, this is a good read.

WORTH MENTIONING: This book has a large age difference between the hero and heroine. He is 38 and she is 23. While this is not that unusual in historicals, it is not as common in contemporary books these days.

CONNECTED BOOKS: UNDAUNTED takes place in the Long,Tall Texans world. At this point it is difficult to determine which book in the series this is, but several characters will be familiar to readers of that series. For new readers, however, the prior book in the series are not necessary. This book acts as a standalone.

STAR RATING: I give this book 3.5 stars.

NOTE: I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in order to provide a review. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions contained herein are my own.

Garrett Carlton is a cynic with a knack for making money, but not a lot of heart. Kate Martin is an optimist. Despite the many heartaches her young life has endured, she takes pride in the lessons she's learned. Her heart is big, but her pockets are lacking. When these opposites collide it's life - changing. An accident brings them together, but will it also tear them apart? Undaunted is a story of compassion and forgiveness. It takes a little while to get to the reward but the pathway leading there is worth the bumps and bruises. It's stories like this that have kept me a fan of Ms. Palmer's for years. She entertains, teaches and speaks to the heart.

Well, first of all I did not realize that Undaunted was a reworking of Bound By a Promise. Bound by a Promise was originally written in 1979 and unfortunately it shows. Having read everything by Ms. Palmer I am a fan, but, not really of this book. I did not enjoy the original and am not overly thrilled with the remake.

As any fan of Ms. Palmer's works know, she usually writes older, rich, hardened men and naive, unworldly, poor women. In her later works she has changed this formula somewhat and made her heroines stronger. But, again, the original is from 1979 when she was writing this formula. The hero Garrett is almost unlikable, while the heroine is to naive to even exist in this world. The twist in the story is so unrealistic to believe.

I wish I had known this was a remake of Bound by a Promise, I really would not have reread it. 3 stars because I do love her works.

Received by Netgally in exchange for an honest review.

I loved everything about this book! The characters kept me engaged. There was lots of depth and background which made for a really solid and satisfying romance. 5 stars

When I started this novel, I reminded of another Diana Palmer story from many years ago. The plot was similar but "Undaunted" is much more fleshed out. Now, if you're a fan of Diana Palmer's stories, you have a firm idea of how she writes her heroes and heroines. The hero is older, cynical, usually rich, and very traditional in his beliefs. The heroine is plucky, sacrificing, usually from a religious background, and maternal. That said, it works in this novel because the author does a good job of building up the tension between the characters during Kate's charade. They complement each other well and you can see them actually fall for each other.

When the reveal happens, it's changes the story tone but it's absorbing in the angst. Readers know it is coming as secrets don't stay buried forever in romance novels. I did have an minor issue in the heroine being a little too quick forgive the hero's reaction to her charade but other than that, I feel like "Undaunted" is one of the author's more seamless novels in a while. I enjoyed it and I recommend it, especially if you're already a fan of Diana Palmer's work.

Kate never realized when she met Garrett, one of the richest men in America, that her life would change so much. She was just a simple Gil working down the street. An accident on the lake leads to so much more. ARC from NetGalley.

I used to read Diane Palmer years ago, as a young woman. Picked up this one on a whim, just to see if her writing has grown any. It hasn't. If you are looking for predictable Palmer, this fits the bill. Always and forever more, the male is older, jaded, gruff, nasty, and doesn't want to fall for the pretty, innocent, caring young woman. The only sign Palmer is changing with the times is that this male doesn't smoke. The book is at least twice as long as it needs to be, so I'm guessing she gets paid by the word. So repetitive, so predictable, it's amazing she can still get someone to publish them. If you are a die-hard fan of Diane Palmer, you'll probably go for this. Otherwise, it's definitely not worth the trouble.

I don't know how she does it, every time I read one of Diana Palmer's books I get transported to another place. I become connected with her characters like I'm actually there. This story is about Kate an innocent 23 year old who like to help others whenever she can. She gets a job assisting an author, who I feel is Diana Palmer's doppelganger. While working for this author she meets Garrett, he is a wealthy neighbor who doesn't want a permanent relationship with anyone. Garrett gets injured and Kate steps in to help, and then she falls in love. You know that the truth about Kate will come out, but when it does it just made me cry out loud. This is such an amazing story.

I have read my share of DP's asshole Heros in my time, but this one took the cake! I was a big fan of her earlier work and I thought I'd try this one as I assumed this book came out in the early 90's, however I was so wrong.How in all that is sacred can this book be considered a "romance"?

I appreciate the predictability of reading a Diana Palmer story. Getting mad at the heroes helps me deal with the stress in my life. The "hero" of this one went a little too far for my liking.

Good solid read from Ms. Palmer. Reminds me of the Long Tall Texan series. Shy virgin meets seasoned billionaire. He is hard headed and stubborn. Of course she melts his heart, but not until he breaks hers first.
He falls hard for the heroine.

an ok read