The reveal that comes about halfway through the book is totally unexpected (about Mia’s true motives behind agreeing to the deal), and it certainly raises the emotional quotient of the story. The father is despicable, who doesn’t give a shit about either of his daughters (Mia or her seven-year-old sister, Suzanna, who lives in a boarding school). I found the ‘negotiations’ between Mia and Alex over the prenup quite funny, and, ugh, it’s not something to laugh about! The story has some hard-hitting dialogues. Literally, the story relates to the price of Mia, as a bride – as she passes between two cynical businessmen as nothing less than a piece of property. Not that there’s a connection or anything, it just made me think. The hero’s full name, Alexander Doumas (Greek) made me think of ‘The Three Musketeers’ writer, Alexandre Dumas (French).
And it left me in a happy daze at the end.
But as they both let their guards down with the shared intimacy, Mia’s pregnancy announcement and Mia’s little ‘sister’ Suzanna’s surgery, do they find their happiness?ġ999 – Yep, it is that old! But it did warm the cockles of my heart. While Mia puts Alex in the same category of males as her father (what with the prenup he has drawn up), their wedding moves forwards with a sex fest. But Mia discloses her actual motive behind this sordid deal much later, while she presents herself as a very selfish person to Alex.
Alex’s motivation is clear from the beginning, and becomes more plausible, as he reveals the truth behind his desperation to own the land. And for this, he coerces the hero, Alexander, who is desperate to buy his family’s island (which is one of Mia’s father’s possessions). The story has an unconventional beginning where Mia, the heroine, is literally sold/prostituted by her ‘father’ for a male heir (to replace his dead son).
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