| Title | : | The Greek's Forgotten Wife (The Boarding School #1) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 141 |
| Publication | : | First published September 18, 2015 |
Damon Galanos had been forced to marry Sasha to retain ownership of his ancestral home, but he never intending to stay married to the innocent girl. However, after destroying her grandfather for his blackmail, Damon found that he couldn’t get Sasha out of his mind. So he returned to his “wife”, realizing she had become a beautiful woman – one he planned to explore further. Imagine his surprise when his docile wife demanded a divorce!
The Greek's Forgotten Wife (The Boarding School #1) Reviews
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This story was repulsive.
The H is a cheating adulterous asshole. Only someone with no morality would condone this pig's behaviour.
And don't even get me started on the stupidity that is the h...
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Damon and Sasha,husband and wife,but are they really if your husband only visits you 3 times a year and you never had sex together.This is the first book in The Boarding School series about a group of young men and a young girl who met at boarding school and form a life long friendship.This is Damon's story.
The book first opens with the heroine,Sasha, meeting her evil Greek grandfather for the first time,her father left before she was born,and now her Mum is ill with cancer and dying.He strikes a bargain with her,subtle blackmail if you will,and agrees to an arranged marriage with Damon.
Six years pass and Sasha is no longer the young(18) ,naive girl she once was.This is her 6th wedding anniversary and she plans on giving her husband a gift he will not soon forget.....a divorce.After all she put up with visits from him only three times a year,her birthday which he sometimes forgets and shows up a month early or a few days late,Easter,Christmas,he has had several mistresses with his infidelity all over the papers and internet,and worst off all,his PA buys all her gifts from him,she buys double,so what she gets for a special occasion,the mistress also gets! What a sweetheartt!!!Plus,not once they did ever have sex in their six year marriage.I would say she had more than ample reasons for a divorce,she wants to move on,get a job,find a nice man,marry and start a family.
When she informs Damon of her decision,he refuses,how can she want a divorce,she is his wife and he wants her,he has not been able to stop thinking about her and if she wants children,he is the man to provide them as that is what he also wants.Who is this new and improved beautiful woman he is seeing now,this is not the mild,meek,submissive Greek wife he originally married six years ago when he was blackmailed into marrying her to save his family home....he wants this girl to be his wife in reality now and sets iut to have her.
From this point on,they consumate their marriage and she tells him,step out of line with other women and he can kiss her adios!! Damon now wants his wife above all,is jealous of any man who speaks to her and is ready to fight with them in the process,she makes him do things like he has never done before losing his cool,having sex in the janitor's closet and the limo,he has it baf for her.
I really enjoyed this book,I hate a cheater,but since they never had a marriage to begin with,I was sorta okay with this one.The heroine did develop feelings for her husband at the beginning,ready to do his bidding whenever she saw him,but over time that changed as she grew older and became a more independent, confident person who is by his side in business.He now had to work to get her back,a turnacround for him.
This book reminded me of Lynne Graham's The Unfaithful Wife".
4.5*** -
Good grief.... where do I begin?!! I usually love Elizabeth Lennox but this book just made me mad for the h. Seriously 6 years he cheated on her and only visited her 3 times a year (with his friends in tow) always got her birthday wrong and by what I took with the book, never understood why she did not want jewelry from him even towards the end. One part of the book she was listing off jewelry he had is assistant buy her and they all matched his ex mistress's jewelry that was bought for them. and who did he blame?? not himself but the PA. WHAT A GEM. He never owned up to the way he hurt the h or that it was his fault for his desertion of the marriage. I wished there was a grovel or the h showed more backbone than she did. He was awful to her and she let him. 6 years she waited. No way would a person sit there and wait 6 years for an a-hole who can not find his way home to return back to her. And personally I don't know of any woman who would put up with her husband sleeping with everyone and then falling into bed with him the first night he is back. JUST YUCK!!! Especially when the reason she married him was because of her mother and she had died 3 years before. She should of left him the day after her mother died. (Zero did not even know her mother had died 3 years prior.) She was a smart lady cause in the book she earns her own money and is helping the villagers become more economically stable. But when it comes to her own life she is a hot mess. Wish I had a frying pan so I could beat some sense into the stupid Zero.
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cheater
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Lynne Graham lite.
Actually, Lynne Graham done totally wrong. Spoilers ahoy!
I wanted so badly to like this. I wish Lynne Graham would go back to writing vintage Lynne Graham, but I would also happily accept an LG homage from indie authors. This is not that homage. The romance fails because the author is incapable of conveying the hero's emotions. (I'm generously assuming the entitled bastard has emotions that underlie his actions toward the heroine. Maybe I'm wrong and the author is simply portraying him as she intended: utterly selfish and self-absorbed.) -
OK category style book. It just needed something more to balance how horrible the hero was. It got off to a good start and I expected lots of angsty drama, but it kind of fizzled out.
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First, let me say that I have all of Ms. Lennox’s books, over 70. They all deserve a 4+ to 5+ in my humble opinion. EXCEPTION: This book, 1st in the new series. But the first book in this new series is disappointing, here is why:
Sasha has put her education on hold in order to take care of her dying mother and help pay the hospital bills. One day Sasha’s paternal grandfather shows up at their home in England. She had never met him or her bio dad. The bio dad didn't want anything to do with Sasha's mother when he found out she was pregnant and he is very rich, but doesn’t help with any expenses -- douche bag.
Her grandfather is a mean SOB and demands that Sasha do something that will hurt his business adversary, Damon Galanos. She agrees to marry Damon, even though she is only 18, because all the hospital bills will be paid until her mother dies. Her grandfather has Damon’s family villa in a small village in Greece and will only give it back if Damon marries Sasha. What else could Damon do except marry her.
6 Years Later:
Sasha had fallen in love with Damon at first sight. After 6 years of marriage, she was still a virgin. Damon went about his business, left Sasha in the villa for 6 years by herself, while Damon continued with his businesses and life. He had many Mistresses on his arm where ever he went and photographed everywhere and Sasha saw them all which felt like an assault each and every time. Damon had decided that it was time for him to settle down and be a real husband and Sasha a real wife. He even thought that he would get her pregnant and wait for the baby to be born and then go back to business as usual. Outrageous! I am sure Mistresses and all!!! No morals, values, or even humanity.
Damon would have fly-by visits 1-3 times per year but being the nice guy that he was; he had his assistance send Sasha gifts at birthdays and other special occasions. However, the same gifts that she received were identical to the gifts that each Mistress received.. How did she know, she had seen them in the news and the internet wearing the same items that she had received. When she finally confronted him with this, he was actually pissed that his assistant was an "idiot" to select the same gift for his wife and mistress. What, are you kidding me? He has no morals, values, or humanity. Then he decides he must talk to his PR person and find out why he didn't keep all those photos out of the news. REALLY!
Sasha stated that she was going to get her freedom NOW by telling Damon that she was getting a divorce. She had grown up in the 6 years and refused to be humiliated and shamed anymore. FINALLY! She packed her bags and waited for Damon to walk through the door. That was a good internal dialog, but her actions were weak, pathetic and demeaning to women as a whole because she didn't leave and didn't stand up for herself. She gave into to his will EVERY TIME.
After Damon had crushed the Paternal Grandfather, he considered divorcing Sasha, but in the end, it just hadn’t been WORTH HIS TIME AND EFFORT. ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME. The “garbage wasn’t worth throwing out! WHO.WROTE. THIS? It cannot be Elizabeth Lennox!
When Sasha said that she was leaving, getting a divorce and going back to England and attend graduate school, he simply said “NO” and that he was going to consummate the marriage “tonight” and he did! What!!?? This is so outrageous and I am seeing red....now purple with black specs!
Sasha finally confronts Damon about his Mistresses, he does not apologize, but simply says; I DON’T HAVE A MISTRESS NOW. What!!!---- that would get his LEFT NUT cut off if it were any woman that had any self esteem and believed that she was worthy of better treatment.
The way Damon “seduced” Sasha to not leave, HE “BLACKMAILED” her!!!!! He threatened that she could get in trouble with the law for her investment advice to the villagers. REALLY!!! With the LEFT NUT already gone, now is when the RIGHT NUT should be whacked off!!!
My problem with this strategy for a character is that Sasha is painted as a week little girl, instead of a strong high self esteem women that deserves true love and to be cherished. She should leave and go back to England as she planned and let him come and grovel for a very long time until she felt she could trust him and feel special and cherished.
Actually, I am not sure Damon is redeemable, so I think she needs to get a backbone get the divorce with LOTS AND LOTS OF THERAPY and FIND someone else who would cherish her. Damon does not deserve her.
Perhaps the book is too short, and maybe if there had been 10 more pages, the book would have been able to give Sasha a stronger character that would allowed her to have her dignity and let Damon wear the shame and a broken heart. That would be more realistic to all of the female readers (which I am sure is more than 90%). No, 10 more pages would not fix this book. It would need to be scraped and start anew after chapter 2!!
I don't like either character and don't see a way to redeem either of them. I don't believe this can be done even in the next installments in an attempt to fix this first book????
I have to believe that this is a one-off for Ms. Lennox as it is 180 degrees from her other books. Maybe, someone else wrote this book in her stead. That would give me hope. -
Like the Harlequin romances I read years ago!
I loved this book! It took me back to those angsty romances if the cold domineering husband who ignores the young virginal wife and cheats on her.
I'd also like to add I really like the cover. The light sprinkles of hair on his chest and also the light line going down to his pants...yum!!!
I can't wait to read about the rest of the gang. -
2.5-ish Stars
Quick reread. This reads sort of like a B-side Harlequin. If Harlequins were movies, this would be the straight to DVD version. The writing isn’t as good, the book isn’t as polished, and the plot isn’t as streamlined or entertaining. The characters are quite OTT even by HP standards, and there’s smut.
We’ve seen this before many times… the bitter blackmailed H resents being forced to marry the innocent h, so he leaves her on a Greek island with an unconsummated marriage. This H goes on to date/photographed with OW during the separation, and has his secretary send her jewelry for special occasions…many times gifted the same pieces that his mistresses receive as their send off present. All this happens prior to the book starting, and there is no on-page OW drama. I decided to round up this time around because it’s not terrible and was free, but if you are a serious HP reader… you’ll probably find it lacking.
He’s bossy and railroads her; she tries to be tough, but caves pretty easily. Some parts were entertaining, but other scenes missed the mark for me. The tone is not really serious, so there weren’t any deep feels.
*****original review***
I received a free copy , this is the first book in a series of a group of rich/royal people that attending a boarding school together.
Damon Galanos is blackmailed into marrying Sasha to retain his family's estate...very Unwanted Wife...except he publicly cheats on her. I had mixed feelings because he was blackmailed, there was no love for him and he didn't even consummate the marriage. He did swing through a couple times a year, and sent her jewelry from time to time.
For some reason, after 6 years he decides he wants to make a real go of the marriage, but arrives home to Sasha asking for a divorce. It's a quick read, he's a jerk...she's a doormat...meh -
I literally have no idea how to rate this book. I did not like the "hero" and despite his changes do not think he deserved a happily ever after though the heroine did. I never bounced back from my dislike of him and just cannot fathom someone being that arrogant that they should expect, no, demand, a chance to do what he should have done in the first place. I also cannot fathom someone who would wait so long to stand up for themselves. Hard one to rate. I guess if I rate it on how well the author wrote the characters then I would say she did an amazing job of writing a hero that to me is not a hero and got a second chance he did not deserve. I just could not forget or forgive his behavior and this is a first for me.
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Heroine should have gotten some revenge on the H for all the years he ignored her.
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stupid
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What an entertaining train wreck! There was some good angst. Damon was really insufferable with his blatant affairs plastered in the tabloids. He never really showed true remorse or guilt. The women, the jewelry, her mother’s death. There was never sufficient groveling! I love insufferable, horrible H’s though so it was great in a soap opera sort of way!
The poor h is such a doormat. She doesn’t have much resolve. Who waits around for 6 years!? Also, she finally had enough just as the H wakes up and realizes that he wants her... how convenient. -
Damon and Sasha. This is one of those guilty pleasure reads. Totally harlequin style, but well done. This author has a huge repertoire of the same and years of perfecting her craft. It shows!
Sasha and Damon are manipulated into an empty marriage by her 'evil-villain grandfather'. She agrees to the marriage at the young age of 18 to so that her grandfather would pay for her dying mother's healthcare. Damon who is 28, agrees so that he can get back his ancestral home. Six years pass where Damon only shows up when the town's church parishioners expect it of him. The rest of the time he is wining and dining his mistresses. Six years, and Sasha is still a virgin. Her mother has passed away, she has recently finished school and the evil old goat has kicked the bucket. So now she wants to live her life... maybe find a guy who gives a cr*p about her. Damon, who has been obsessing over how grown up she is now (well yeah... she's 24 for crying out loud!) shows up earlier than expected but she's ready with her bags packed. At least she thought she was ready, but Damon likes a challenge and all of a sudden his wife is the most interesting thing in his life.
Well Damon has a huge hole to climb out of to win her trust and forgiveness... I kinda wish he had been more remorseful. It seemed like he just didn't understand the ramifications of his aloof lifestyle on his wife. What saves the book from pissing me off, was Sasha and her take no sh*t attitude. And thank goodness there's an epilogue! -
Usually when I read other people's reviews on how bad a book is, I usually think, "it can't be that bad. But this one is that bad. Very disappointing book to read. Please don't waste money on this.
Heroine has absolutely no self-respect, "Hero" all but blackmailed, bullied and seduced her into staying. Her 'threats' were weak and I rolled my eyes at how she easily succumbed to his seductions. -
It read like a series romance, and yet again this is a romance book that starts of a lot stronger than it finishes. A thin plotline, a douche H, an h so stricken with treacherous body syndrome she should have been hospitalised. I can see appealing to some people but it wasn't for me.
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self note: cheater!hell no
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The hero is a self-serving jerk and the heroine is an idiot.
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Not sure about this one, should make a 'maybe' shelf to put it on lol
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Hated hero and after all his virgin bride put up with, hated her as well.
This had NO grovel, no apology at all, he was a whoremonger....
Having loved other books from this author I was shocked by what a louse and a loss this couple was... I was happy they were together in the end as I would hate a good guy or girl to end up with either -
Argh...
Self note:
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No grovel but still not a terrible time
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This was just a fast read for me but I was TOTALLY disappointed and frustrated with the story...
You know why?
Who in their right mind would still stay married to someone even after knowing he's been cheating on you for years?!?
It would be acceptable if there wasn't any feelings involved but Sasha was in love with Damon the whole time!! And she knew the score of their marriage. She knows about the affairs, the gifts that she received are the same with Damon's mistresses, he sometimes forget her birthday and the only time she sees him are on Christmas, birthdays and whenever he feels like hosting a party with his friends!! He doesn't know what you like or dislike, he doesn't know your favorite color or food!
And when he was suddenly hit by the feeling that he wants to settle down Sasha didn't give much resistance and fell into bed with him on the first night!!!
Uuuuurrgghh!!!
I don't know if I should be mad at Sasha for being so easy or at Damon for not feeling guilty enough!!
If I wanted marriage like that to work at least make him beg on his knees in burning coals and make him crawl through the fires of hell!! You're married for 6 years and he was able to dip his d*ck on international flavors while you were locked away in a villa in an isolated village and all for the reason of your safety?!?
B*LLSH*T!!!
More like he doesn't want Sasha to get involve with his life!! And when she finds out about his affairs in the papers who does he blame! His PR TEAM!! He blames his PR team instead of himself that Sasha got wind of affairs!!!
How crazy is that?!?
Oh! Oh! Oh! And guess what Damon did to make it up to Sasha?
SEX! SEX! SEX! SEX!
Sex to the point of making her barefoot and pregnant!!!
Uuuuuhhh... HELLO?!? Caveman much?
But of course he changed. He became loyal to her, spent more time with her and treated like a wife should be treated all in the span of a few days!! How unfair is that?!?
Sasha was locked away in a village, endured the humiliation of knowing about Damon's affairs and still is a dutiful, faithful wife for 6 YEARS!! And Damon erased all that in a few days!!
Ms. Lennox I love your books but this one just made me want to pull my hairs out with the ridiculousness of the characters.
The flow of the story was good but i feel that there should be more to it hence the 3 stars...
I'll be reading the Duke's blackmailed bride now and I hope i wont end up feeling the same after reading this book. -
Okay. So I got like... 50% into this book, and then I couldn't take it any longer.
I am no stranger to this kind of plot. But usually, there's some kind of balance between what has been done wrong and the making up, and in this case, he doesn't even recognize he has done something wrong. He gaslights her constantly, making it clear he believes she's overreacting when he neglected her for six years. He's been with other women during those years, and doesn't understand why she's mad about that, even though HE gets mad when he projects infidelity toward her and accuses her of having an affair. The book starts right away with body betrayal syndrome, so her resolution lasts all of five seconds. Then, she regains it, and I thought maybe it was a one time thing, an unnecessary slip, but it happens again and again, so Sasha loses all credibility, plus any agency she might have had in the relationship. She states constantly how she's going to show him she isn't the kind of woman he expects, but then that's exactly how she acts. Damon wants her, but it's clear he doesn't lover her, or even respects her, and is not trying to win her over; it's just plain manipulation and that oh-so-interesting body betrayal syndrome.
I'm mad at this book. At the characters. It was a huge let down, and did not meet my expectations at all. -
lol this book is just absurd. Let me begin and say that he never uttered a single apology. LOL none at all. He acknowledged his wrong doings once, in one single paragraph. No “i’m sorry” in it, i dont even feel an ounce of remorse and true guilt
And the heroine, my god. She’s a goddamn doormat, and the worst kind. I can understand if someone is genuinely threatened with their life, or simply do not have resources and support to walk away. But this one here? She’s all bloody talk lmfaooo
She keeps talking about how she’s done and she’s not gonna be a pathetic wife (at least on 3 diff days might i add) and then once he so much as touches her arm, oh the sex begins. -.- i roll my eyes each time. It’s seriously pathetic. I don’t know how anyone can romanticize it. Just becuz it’s sex? Lol how do people just forget the shit she went through? It seems she forgot it herself too becuz apparently his dick is that amazing
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I was going with 3* but since I hate Damon (aka our hero) so much I have to deducted 1 *.
I never hate any H as much as I hate Damon. Here is a few words to describe him: playboy, stupid jerk, arrogant AF, so senseless about how to treat a lady properly, jealous at something so stupid, and a fuc**ing 'rapis!'. No mean NO. It doesn't matter the author try to sugarcoat it with phrases like heroine enjoy it, she feel good... bla bla... No still mean NO. And he done it twice. ಠ_ಠ
I have to created new shelves to list him in. After 2 days since I finished this book, I still hate him. Wishing the author should have put him thought a lot more hardship. Or at least make him realize why Sasha didn't accept his jewels... but we have none of that. (T_T)
Well, at least I still have Sasha. I just adore her so much, that's what get me to finished this book. I want her to play hard to get more. She accepted Damon too easily.
Hope the next book in the series will be better. -
I never thought I'd wish to have the powers from book Inkheart, just so I could physically harm a character 🙃
I wanted to kill Damon🔪🔪😤 he was such a b#+$&@!🤬
For six years, he ignored her until he wanted to have a baby 👶, then he was like you know what I think I have a wife somewhere let's get her pregnant it would be way much easier than find someone else, FOR SIX YEARS HE DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBERED SHE WAS ALIVE! 😡
And don't even get me started about Sasha, form the start of the book we are told that she is tired of being ignored and finally wants to live him and start a new life, that she is confident and strong-minded, but the minute he so much as hold her hand she all "Does he love me? Should I stay? Maybe he loves me?!" 🤦🏻♀️
I mean, I kind of sympathize with her 🤷🏻♀️ she has been in love with him for the last six years😞
But I still want to kill Damon! He is soooo infuriating!😡😤
I can't believe I read this book 📖😑
