He Must Read The Book A Secretary

He Must Read The Book A Secretary

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by Cathy Williams

Italian millionaire businessman Bruno Giannella is every woman's dream: handsome, sexy and successful. So Katy thinks she must be dreaming when he demands that she become his live-in secretary! Surely she's imagining the electricity that sparks between them - after all, Bruno is an experienced man of the world. What would he want with a timid virgin like her? But Bruno see
Italian millionaire businessman Bruno Giannella is every woman's dream: handsome, sexy and successful. So Katy thinks she must be dreaming when he demands that she become his live-in secretary! Surely she's imagining the electricity that sparks between them - after all, Bruno is an experienced man of the world. What would he want with a timid virgin like her? But Bruno seems convinced that there's a sensual woman hiding beneath his secretary's mousy exterior . . . and unleashing her inner desires is top on his agenda!
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Published
March 25th 2004
by Harlequin Presents

His Virgin Secretary (Harlequin Presents)

0373123906
(ISBN13: 9780373123902 )

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Jan 02, 2013

Jenny

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No spark, no chemistry, very flat with extremely lame passionless love scenes(only one to be exact). I know these are not supposed to be explicit but I expected better.

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I don't know why I'm putting myself through this; reading Williams' books is like deja vu - especially the male protagonists! THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!!! Supremely rich, arrogant, forbidding, and attracted to our main protagonist because she's "different" and they're "curious" about the chick, as they talk back/stand up to them. At least they didn't end up together because she turned out to be pregnant due to that one time they had relations without protection =_=
I don't know why I'm putting myself through this; reading Williams' books is like deja vu - especially the male protagonists! THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!!! Supremely rich, arrogant, forbidding, and attracted to our main protagonist because she's "different" and they're "curious" about the chick, as they talk back/stand up to them. At least they didn't end up together because she turned out to be pregnant due to that one time they had relations without protection =_=
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Katy has been dithering about for ages as the personal assistant to nice old Joseph, who has her living with him at his country estate. Joseph sort of has her around to type up his memoirs, but most of the time they just have chats and go for walks, and Katy drives Joseph around so he can spend time with his cronies. It’s not very demanding work, which is right up Katy’s alley. Also, I think Joseph appreciates the eye candy of girl in rumpled librarian chic. If he were thirty years younger, he’d
Katy has been dithering about for ages as the personal assistant to nice old Joseph, who has her living with him at his country estate. Joseph sort of has her around to type up his memoirs, but most of the time they just have chats and go for walks, and Katy drives Joseph around so he can spend time with his cronies. It’s not very demanding work, which is right up Katy’s alley. Also, I think Joseph appreciates the eye candy of girl in rumpled librarian chic. If he were thirty years younger, he’d hit that, I’m sure. Then Joseph has to go into hospital, and his godson, Bruno, descends upon them both. Bruno is a high-powered businessman and sexy Italian guy and has no time for dithering women. Katy dresses badly and won’t look him in the eye, and she’s all stutters and handwringing and Bruno has absolutely no patience for it. Given that she’s clearly incompetent, Bruno decides to move in while Joseph is convalescing in hospital. And Katy will have to be his secretary while he’s staying, so she’d better smarten up and learn to type more than two words per minute. Oh, and she’ll have to get a pool built. He recommends that she throw cash at the workers and then yell at them so they know she’s boss. Awesomely, Bruno wouldn’t dream of forcing his own secretary to come down from London, because she has kids. Bruno is a good boss, although Katy is initially terribly nervous and treats her every mistake as if she’s just sunk the Titanic. I thought this book was really sweet. Sure, Bruno’s an arrogant prat and Katy’s got a noodle for a backbone, but he learns to appreciate her sweetness and the knockout boobs she’s hiding under some really atrocious clothes. She also gets a confidence boost from building a pool and doing it her nice way, so good for her. And she learns to appreciate Bruno’s manly physique, and probably how masterful he is. At one stage, Bruno brings his girlfriend down to meet Joseph, because he’s thinking of asking her to marry him. But really, he’s doing a side-by-side comparison with Katy, and it’s always satisfying when the sweet, badly dressed girl wins. This book is nothing fancy, but it some mostly fun.
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Apr 08, 2021

Debby

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A sweet romance. I like how he tries to win her over. This is an older book of 2004 by Cathy Williams. As with other HP writers such as Penny Jordan, I like her older books far more than the newer ones and I think that that’s Harlequin’s fault. Because it can’t be a coincidence anymore. Anyway, what’s up with the cover? It’s confusing that the woman on the cover has sleek, blonde hair and the book says that the woman has curly brown hair.

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الحب لعبة كاتي ويليامز إنها تحلم ! هذا ما شعرت به كاتي عندما طلب منها رجل الاعمال الايطالي الوسيم برونو غيانيلا أن تصبح سكرتيرة شخصية له .. في المنزل إنه حلم تحول الى صدمة عندما ظنت ان ثمة ما يجذبهاما الى بعضهما البعض كيف يعقل هذا وبرونو رجل ذو خبرة في امور النساء ! ما الذي يعجبه فيها هي الفتاة المتحفظة الخجول! إلا ان برونو مقتنع بأن سكرتيرته تخفي تحت مظهرها البارد نارا ملتهبة .. وإضرام هذه النار مهمة تتصدر جدول أعماله كانت دائما تهرب من رؤيته عند زيارته لعرابه

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nanny-nurse-governess-companion

I didn't feel like the H really loved the h. He was ready to marry the bitch ow but only wanted an affair with the h and criticized her choice waiting for the right man and being virtuous when she refused. Note that he was glad she was a virgin before he defiled her. I wonder how their relationship would have ended if not the ow's ´´revenge´´. It doesn't feel like they would have ended together if not the ow.
I didn't feel like the H really loved the h. He was ready to marry the bitch ow but only wanted an affair with the h and criticized her choice waiting for the right man and being virtuous when she refused. Note that he was glad she was a virgin before he defiled her. I wonder how their relationship would have ended if not the ow's ´´revenge´´. It doesn't feel like they would have ended together if not the ow.
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I read the book until I couldn't take it anymore and then I had to stop. I only read to 18% but in none of that time was there any sexy chemistry or any interesting mood or vibe between the two characters. He was just trying to be annoying to her, and she just figured that was what men like him do. It didn't make for a romance story about falling in love that was fun or enjoyable. It was painful and annoying.
I read the book until I couldn't take it anymore and then I had to stop. I only read to 18% but in none of that time was there any sexy chemistry or any interesting mood or vibe between the two characters. He was just trying to be annoying to her, and she just figured that was what men like him do. It didn't make for a romance story about falling in love that was fun or enjoyable. It was painful and annoying.
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Aug 18, 2017

Nikki

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It was cute. But we needed more point of view from the hero, his was sprinkled in there. The ending was too random. There was a large problem that was tossed in near the end that should have been half the book. But cute and quick.

Dec 17, 2018

Dany

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it was amazing

I liked the woman a lot and the guy grew on me, it was a charming and fun read

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Almost DNF i just has to finish even if I thought I am wasting time.

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Cathy Williams was born in the island of Trinidad, the West Indies. She is a great believer in the power of perseverance as she had never written anything before (apart from school essays a lifetime ago!) and from the starting point of zero has now fulfilled her ambition to pursue this most enjoyable of careers. She would encourage any would-be writer to have faith and go for it! She has been writi
Cathy Williams was born in the island of Trinidad, the West Indies. She is a great believer in the power of perseverance as she had never written anything before (apart from school essays a lifetime ago!) and from the starting point of zero has now fulfilled her ambition to pursue this most enjoyable of careers. She would encourage any would-be writer to have faith and go for it! She has been writing Mills & Boon romances since 1990. Her hopes are to continue writing romantic fiction and providing those eternal tales of love and romance for which, she feels, we all strive. She derives inspiration from the hot, lazy tropical island of Trinidad, from the peaceful countryside of middle England and of course from her many friends who are a rich source of plots and are particularly garrulous when it comes to describing Mills & Boon heroes. It would seem, from their complaints that tall, dark and charismatic men are way too few and far between! She loves the beautiful Warwickshire countryside, where she lives with her husband and three children, Charlotte, Olivia and Emma and when not writing is hard pressed to find a moment's free time in between the millions of household chores, not to mention being a one woman taxi service for her daughters never-ending social lives.
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