WTF??? I picked this up at the library and sucked it down in a couple of hours. Really liked it. Imagine my surprise to find that I had DNF'd this one a while ago. Here is my original review:

too much betrayal and revenge.

So... what's different? I must have been in the mood for it I guess. Big shrug here.

So my review this time around is:

I liked the amnesia bit here. I am a sucker for amnesia stories in general and this one was well done. I loved how she was so changed from her previous personality and how he couldn't help falling in love with her even though he was out for revenge. The story was told mainly from the hero's POV which I prefer. I really loved the hero. He really had a reason for his desire for revenge unlike most hokey revenge themed books. But he could not continue to be mean to her. Awww...

And there was a surprising twist that made the revenge element way more interesting. ( )

Hero Talos Xenakis (who is 38) believes his ex-mistress (heroine Eve Craig, 25) betrayed him eleven weeks ago when she gave a business rival of Talos's damaging financial information which almost made Talos lose his company. She vanished from Athens and resurfaced in London for her stepfather's funeral. Then she had a car accident. Now Eve has amnesia, and she's pregnant with Talos's baby...

I thoroughly enjoyed this entertaining story. I liked Eve, who seemed to have gone through a personality change with her amnesia. And Talos was really falling for her against his will. He didn't want to because he knew she would revert into the cold person she was originally, when she got her memory back. But she seemed so sweet and innocent now. There were a lot of surprises revealed as the story progressed. Talos was angry and vengeful at first, but he eventually became a swoon-worthy hero.

I liked his friends Roark and Lia and how kind they were to create such a beautiful, fairytale wedding at their Tuscan castle for Talos and Eve on such short notice. I loved the settings in this book... Venice, Greece, Tuscany.

A highly enjoyable romance by Jennie Lucas. ( )

***this review contains mild spoilers***

The first two-thirds of the book was really good. I like the writer's style, and she created some interesting characters. I'd never read a romance involving amnesia before, and although I'm sure it's probably an over-done plot device (as is just about everything in romance novels, particularly category ones), I thought that the story was intriguing.

The book kind of fell apart after the first two-thirds, however. The "big reveal" turned out to be a disappointment, and Talos' feelings for Eve changed radically in the space of only a few moments. If someone had nearly ruined my business and bankrupted me, it'd take a lot more than a simple "I'm sorry" to smooth things over for me. And then the rest of the book was pretty "meh" for me. ( )