| Title | : | An Engagement of Convenience / Pertunangan Rekayasa |
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| ISBN | : | 9796555573 |
| Language | : | Indonesian |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 219 |
| Publication | : | First published October 1, 1999 |
An Engagement of Convenience / Pertunangan Rekayasa Reviews
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Re An Engagement of Convenience - Catherine George brings us another segment of her never-ending
Pennington series in this whacktastic masquerade.
The h in this one is 26 and looks almost identical to her Italian BFF. Which is kinda weird, cause the h is supposedly English and Welsh and the BFF is not. The h is having sad times when the story starts, her mum is ill, along with her mean granny and there is no money to pay for the lifesaving operation.
Enter the Italian BFF - she has lots and lots of money ever since her parents died and she inherited all the Pennington Hotels. So if the h will pretend to be her for the BFF's Italian Nona's 80th birthday party in Italy, the BFF will pay for the h's mum's operation AND pay to get the h's mum's huge house repaired,(and install central heating,) too.
The Italian BFF can't go herself because ten years earlier, the girl got forcibly evicted from the Nona's presence by her older cousin.
He found her in a scandalous situation and he and the Nona were outraged. Plus the BFF hasn't changed her wild ways, she is currently expecting a stork visit and doesn't know where the baby's dad is so he can marry her.
Anyhows, the upshot of all this drama is that the BFF can't go and reunion with her Nona, cause she is up the duff and has no baby daddy to present. The h is reluctant, deception isn't her strong point - but she is fluent in Italian and she is a shorter dead ringer for the BFF.
The h's mother hears the plan and pushes the h to do it. Mum really needs that surgery and the only other option is to sell the family pile - but mean granny hates the h and she can't see them all squished up together in some grotty flat.
So it is off to Italy we go and the older cousin is there waiting. at first he is mean and tart shaming to the h who is in the guise of her BFF. But soon the older cousin H is feeling the pull of the HP Lurve Force Mojo and he is trying his best to ignite some Treacherous Body Syndrome in the h.
The h is feeling some tingles, but she is still unicorn grooming, so she doesn't realize what they are at first. Nona is delighted to see her again and the h feels a huge bond for the elderly lady.
The H gets more determined on seduction and the h learns that the BFF did quite a bit more with the brother of H's fiancee ten years earlier.
The BFF gave up her unicorn grooming license to the boy in a bid to make the engaged H jealous. The H found them, beat up his fiancee's brother and his fiancee broke up with him.
(Which isn't as bad at it seems, only the H's ego took a hit. He was only marrying the fiancee because they both owned matching side by side vineyards.)
Then the H's ex fiancee sister threw herself at the H and he had to kick her back to the curb, cause he wasn't interested in her womanly wiles. Needless to say, the relations with the vineyard owners next door have been very strained for years and the H blamed the BFF.
But now the H thinks the h, still posing as the BFF, should be his lady buffet sampler for the duration of her stay. After the Nona's birthday party, where the h gets a bottle of wine dumped on her by the rejected ex fiancee's sister, the h makes her plans to leave.
The Nona and the H make it clear that the Nona wants the h to marry the H, but the h has no intention of agreeing to any such thing.
The H drags the h to dinner on the eve of her departure. He takes the h to his house, gets her drunk and then forcibly seduces her. The h may or may not have had a good time, CG isn't really clear on the physical gratification moment for the h, but the H figures out that since she was a unicorn groomer - she definitely isn't the BFF.
There are some harsh words and the H now believes that since the h is not really family after all, she should just be happy to be his lady buffet sample - there were a few courses he didn't get to try out. The h is all about the NO and she goes home to England just in time to support her mother as her mean grandmother dies.
The H continues to stalk the h, even tho she made it clear she isn't preggers and she isn't interested in being his dirty weekend baggage. We also find out that the mean grandmother wasn't related to the h - it seems that mean grandmother was infertile and her husband, the h's grandfather, kept an Italian mistress.
The h's mother is actually the mistress's child, but the mistress died in childbirth and the mean grandmother raised her. But the h looks just like her Italian grandmother, so the mean grandmother hated her and did not leave her any money. (Tho the mean grandmother kindly left the h's mum enough money to repair her house.)
By this time the H and the Nona have shown up to meet the real BFF relation and fortunately the baby daddy came back, so now we can have a wedding. The H keeps stalking the h for an affair, the rest of the cast is doing their best to pimp the h out and the h is trying to move with her life.
She has figured out that if she isn't blood related to the H, he has no intentions of offering marriage to her. The h's mother tells her to go have an affair with the H anyways, but the h isn't feeling the joy for that.
Then the Nona gets ill and the h rushes to Italy to be by her side, as the BFF is on honeymoon. While looking through the Nona's family photos, the h realizes that the Nona's younger sister who ran off is actually her biological grandmother.
So the h is family after all and after some more hemming and hawing about, the H drags the h off again to lurve her up and tell they are marrying, since keepin' it all in the family is the only way CG seems to be able to pull off this whacktastically tacky HP Voyage with a dubious HEA. -
Both of MCs are dumb but I bought his love for her.
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3,5 stars
The H was quite besotted with the h since they first met, albeit him thinking she was his first cousin didn't disgust me as much as it usually would. There were push and pull throughout the book, understandably when the h just didn't know where she stood. Mediocre ending tho, no wedding, no baby/ies, just a sorta-proposal. -
Jaman2nya gua masih sukaa ama cerita2 romans, novel2 keluaran Harlequin tuh jadi santapan.
Ini salah satu novel favorit gua kala itu.
Don't ask me the detail of the story dhe aww.. heran, masih ngga nyadar aja kalo gua tuh pelupaa, wakakakak :p
Tapii.. kalo ngga salah inget seeh..
Nih cewek ceritanya nyamar githu dhee, jadi tunangannya si pria padahal sih mustinya bukan dia :D
Tapii yaa kalo elo udah sering baca2 cerita Harle, you'll find the same pattern of the story yang pastinyaa berakhir dengan happy ending donks karena cerita ini khan menjual "mimpi" ^o^
Baca dhe kalo kalian mang demen ma cerita2 romans :p -
I found this a really good book. I loved the dynamics between Harriet and Rosa. How they were so alike but slight differences that Leo Fortinari managed to pick up on. I liked the chemistry between Leo and Harriet that was evident from the start. Harriet was a good influence on nonna and Leo.
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Good-solid old school romance, centered on deception and subsequent misunderstandings. Our hero is a cruel “seducer” but he soon gets totally besotted and possessive with our poor heroine....so I forgave him!
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Harriet Foster dan Rosa Mostyn mirip satu sama lain, padahal tidak ada hubungan saudara. Mereka sendiripun menjalani kehidupan yang berbeda, meskipun bersekolah di sekolah khusus putri yang sama.
Saat Rosa minta tolong Harriet untuk "menjadi Rosa" dan pergi ke Italy untuk menghadiri acara ultah neneknya, Harriet tidak kuasa menolak. Apalagi mengingat Rosa sedang mengandung dan mengingat pula masa lalu Rosa yang menyebabkannya "diusir" dari Italy. Harriet tidak kuasa menolak. Apalagi Rosa bersedia membayar biaya operasi Claire -ibu Harriet- serta menjaga Claire dan Enid -neneknya-selama Harriet di Italy.
Ternyata, Rosa diusir karena membuat kehebohan. Rosa yang saat itu remaja, naksir berat pada sepupunya -Leo Fortinari. Untuk menarik perhatian Leo, Rosa menggoda Guido Bracco -calon kakak ipar Leo. Sejak itulah Rosa membenci Leo dan menganggap Leo pun membencinya.
Berdasarkan cerita ini, latar belakang keluarga besar Rosa dan perasaan benci pada Leo, Harriet berangkat ke Italy. Sampai di sana, ternyata Harriet menyadari bahwa Leo sangat memikat. Dan, kaget sewaktu tahu Leo pun menyukainya. Segalanya berantakan! Seharusnya -mengingat kejadian 10 tahun silam- Leo membenci Rosa!
Setelah acara makan malam berdua dengan Leo, Harriet tidak kuasa menolak Leo dan merekapun bercinta. Betapa kagetnya Leo ketika tau Rosa masih perawan! Dari sinilah Leo menyadari bahwa Rosa yang ini adalah Rosa palsu. Harriet terpaksa mengakui segalanya.
Ketika kembali ke Inggris, Harriet mendapati neneknya sudah meninggal. Sembari mengurusi pemakaman sang nenek, Harriet memberitahu segalanya pada Rosa. Rosa pun segera menulis surat pada Nonna Vittoria dan menjelaskan segalanya, termasuk rencananya untuk menikah dengan Pascal.
Di sini pula diketahui bahwa Claire bukanlah anak kandung Enid -nenek Harriet yang baru meninggal melainkan anak dari suaminya dengan perempuan lain. Perempuan ini adalah Chiara Russo -wanita Italy- yang tak lain adalah sepupu nenek Rosa. Ternyata... ini yang menyebabkan mengapa Rosa dan Harriet sangat mirip satu dengan yang lain.
Akhir cerita, Leo akhirnya menyadari bahwa dia mencintai Harriet. -
I'm updating my review, because I just re-read this. The question of blood relations in this story is one of my favorite things about it. The man's intensity could seem over the top, probably is, but it's nevertheless so delightful/charming that I can't help but enjoy it anyway.
One of my favorite reasons a romantic lead gives for why he and the woman should marry: "Now we are joined by blood you cannot deny me this!" LOL
I liked the related book
Dante's Unexpected Legacy -
The fake fianceeHarriet had been persuaded to impersonate her friend Rosa. But wealthy Italian Leo Fortinari appeared fooled by Harriet's pretense, and a powerful attraction now simmered between them. Now he was proposing an engagment of convenience to please his frail grandmother!Harriet didn't dare confess she was visiting Tuscany in her friend's place--and she had no intention of deceiving an old lady... An engagement to Leo would be disastrous. Such desire was dangerous: Leo was bound to realize Harriet was a fake, once he discovered she was a virgin!
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Suka sama temanya, suka sama nama tokoh heronya, Leo.
Sayang beribu sayang, bahasanya agak membingungkan. Terjemahannya membuat seolah ceritanya terpotong-potong dan kurang mengalir. Apa ini perasaan saya aja ya? Terutama di bagian ternyata "kebetulan" keluarga Harriet ada darah Itali, keterangan mengenai silsilah jadi membingungkan. Trus btw, emang kenapa ya kalo ada darah Itali? Mempermudah/memperkuat alasan untuk menikah ya? :p -
وجهان لامرأة
عندما كنت صغيرة، كنت مجنونة بي يا روزا!
-كان هذا جنون المراهقة، وقد انتهى...
ابتسم ليو: "إذا أنت حاولت من جديد، فأنا اليوم أكثر استعداداً للاستجابة إلى مشاعرك".
كبحت هارييت رجفة تملكتها... كيف لو عرف ليو فروتيناري الثري الإيطالي أنه ضحية خدعة؟ وأنها ليست روزا التي يظنها والتي يريدها أن تكون زوجته؟
لكن إلى أي مدى تستطيع هاريين الانجراف في هذه الخدعة؟ ولماذا تخشى من نظرة ليو فورتيناري إليها إن اكتشف الحقيقة؟ -
This is probably my least favorite Catherine George book. I kept thinking "ew". The heroine is masquerading as a friend, and is falling for her friend's cousin. I'm not crazy about lookalike-and-can-pass-for-each-other plot lines to begin with, but the "ew" factor comes from said cousin, the hero, having the hots for the heroine. Who he thinks is his cousin. So, ew.
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buat yang suka baca three days cinderella-AJ, must read this book n u will think twice
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another utterly charming hero from Ms. George.
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2.5 stars
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