Review: Claimed For His Duty (Greek Tycoons Tamed #1) by Tara Pammi

Claimed For His Duty by Tara Pammi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Okay, so this author hasn’t been an automatic Mills & Boon buy for me. The few that I have read by Tara Pammi haven’t exactly blown me away….but just when I was about to pass over her latest release, Claimed for His Duty, I noticed that there were a huge amount of very very good reviews about this book…..Hey, wait a minute….maybe there’s a “hidden gem” inside this one!!!!

And what do you know!!!!

Surprise…

It was rather a smashing read….yes, despite a few misgivings after reading the synopsis…..

But let me begin….the blurb….a sexy, arrogant and rich Greek tycoon marries an heiress to protect her from all those golddiggers out there for her money and not for love….then he holds her “prisoner” for 5 years…no contact, no call….nothing…he just checks with the bodyguards and the housekeeper if she’s behaving herself….how could she not be doing that???? Does that sound like house arrest or not?????

Shut your mouth, girl! What do you mean it’s totally so over unbelievable?

Listen, let me just remind you…you are reading a Mills & Boon/Harlequin Presents story…didn’t I tell you before that in here..ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE….THERE IS NO IMPOSSIBLE HERE!!!!

Now, let me continue….the story begins with the heroine/heiress, Leah Huntington, arriving at her absent husband’s best friend’s yacht party in Greece somewhere….her plan??? Get drunk and embarrass her “protector” husband….that’s the only way she will get him to see her…he’s been ignoring all her requests..for 5 years…and she’s HAD ENOUGH!!!! She’s made up her mind…..she’s seen the light….

divorce the guy and become a fashion designer and of course get her hands into her trust fund…which by the way, the husband controls…look, it’s too complicated to go into why she has to beg him for money when she’s an heiress!!!!. So yes, Leah is no longer the pathetic person that has been crushing on Stavros since she first met him…and all he’s done is IGNORE HER!! Her time has come..

Hell, her plan backfires!!! Stavros, the hidden husband, arrives, throws her over his shoulder and from then onwards…..the heat is on!!!!!

A bit more elaboration here…Stavros, who just by the way, I kind of liked…yes, I know he’s a total arrogant pr!@#$% most of the time…no wait…about half-way…until then…yikes…he agrees to give Leah the divorce but there are some huge conditions!!!! Yes, he will decide if she’s capable of running her life on her own, if she’s serious about setting up her designing business and if she behaves herself!!!! And she has to spend 3 months living as his wife...with him……!!!!

What, you want me to repeat it..because why? You think you heard incorrectly??? No, you did not!!!!
This guy is insane!!!! But what’s a girl got to do if she wants to make a change in her life….she will just have to show him that she’s more than just the person to blame for the death of Stavros sister, who died from a drug overdose and for which he blames Leah for!!!!

I had my doubts about Leah at first, but soon I was captivated by the person underneath the façade she showed the world. I loved watching the journey she took to find herself and growing stronger by the day.

Faced to being with each other, they slowly begin to open up and seeing who they really are. There has always been a bond between each other and as time passes, not only does that become stronger but the sizzling attraction for each other as well.

The sexual chemistry is really sizzling…

They have a lot of baggage…Leah will have to face up to and let go of her fears and the lies and guilt she has been carrying for all these years.

And Stavros must look inside his heart and see beyond his prejudices….. He has a lot of self-analyzing when…..yes he has to…because…at last….

Yes, Stavros was damn stupid…..not wanting to own up to the real truth, to his real feelings…..because if this is what he feels right now…..

and he doesn’t fight for her love……..to get her back….his life will forever be filled with darkness and no joy!!!!

OMG….I think I’ve been gushing a bit about this book…but honestly…I really loved it……and I am not going to write anymore…..I think by now, you have an idea about how good Stavros and Leah’s story is…..

Oh and what a hell of a bonus….Stavros best friend, Dimitri, who was a character I adored a LOT…..he’s going to have his own book next!!! Let me not wait too long….I might give up on breathing!!! Just kidding!!

Okay, you love romance, HEA’s, love, endearing characters, fantastic settings, sensuality…think that should be enough….if you do…get this book!!!!

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