Ruthless Tycoon, Inexperienced Mistress

by Cathy Williams

Book Overview

Cesar Caretti has had a string of sophisticated socialites warming his bed--until he meets Jude. Her untainted beauty sets his Spanish blood on fire Jude struggles to keep up with Cesar's glamorous world. Then her inexperience is fully revealed: she's expecting the Spaniard's baby. For Cesar there is only one option--marriage. After all, he is a Caretti. And, as Jude discovers, his proposal is not a question...it's a command

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373128282
• ISBN13: 9780373128280
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Harlequin Presents
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Likable book, bad cover picture!!!

This was a good book with a well written story. However, the couple on the cover are NOT the hero and heroine. The heroine has dark short hair ("Pixie Style") and is tiny, much smaller than the hero. The hero has black hair and bronze skin. That really detracted from the novel for me, because I kept thinking, "Who are these two anyway?" Sigh. Shame that the publisher can't get it together enough to put the correct images with the writing!!

"Expecting the Spaniard's baby!"

Ruthless Tycoon, Inexperienced Mistress by the very talented Cathy Williams was extremely exciting to read. Cesar Caretti is one stubborn and driven man and he's extremely frustrated with his younger brother who he's threatening to take away his trust fund. Now this very same brother has requested a meeting to discuss a project he's working on and Cesar is frustrated at leaving London, and he driving in a horrible snow storm. Upon arrival, he's very aware that his brother has started up an upscale jazz club and he's also aware of a young woman who's not the typical date his brother would choose. She's somewhat of a tomboy and she's very cheeky. On top of that, he takes her home as the storm continues and gets snowed in for days, which puts him over the top. Jude is a woman who speaks her mind, is a designer and her closest friend Imogen is Cesar's brother Fernando (Freddy) little secret. They are in love and expecting a baby but Freddy wants to open a club and is afraid that his brother will think Imogen is a gold digger. Because Jude is their dedicated friend, Freddy feels it best to keep Imogen and the baby a secret. Cesar, Jude believes is a stubborn a stern man and on top of everything they are stranded and stuck but she takes advantage because it gives her time to speak on Freddy's behalf. What neither of them count on is the attraction and when they act on that attraction, everything goes up in flames. When the snow clears and Cesar returns to London, he can't get her out of his mind and when he learns that Jude is pregnant with his child, he's determined they will marry and that she will live closer to him. They are both stubborn as mules but in the end Cesar wins out! On top of everything else, there is a ghost in Cesar's past, his wife who he's literally put on a pedestal because she died early in their marriage. Cesar's and Jude's story is full of turmoil and compromises and extremely spirited and in the end, beautiful to read.