The Divorce Party
About
“You threw your fifty-thousand-dollar engagement ring off the Brooklyn Bridge?” Lilly shows up to her lavish divorce party with one goal in mind--to leave as quickly as possible minus a husband Except he has other plans...and Riccardo De Campo isn’t easy to say “no” to. Forced back into Riccardo’s glittering, gossip-fueled world, the price of perfection is still too high and Lilly’s old insecurities resurface. An unexpected consequence of their reunion raises the stakes even higher, and the media’s golden couple must finally confront the truth behind the headlines. Congratulations to Jennifer Hayward, winner of Harlequin’s 2012 So You Think You Can Write competition
Praise for this book
"Hayward's debut is filled with emotion. The arrogant alpha hero complements and inflames the vulnerable, yet steely heroine, and an articulate narrative mixes ribald humour with tense drama and presents the searing love-making to perfection."
"A BRILLIANT DEBUT Jennifer Hayward!!! Cannot wait to read more from you AND more of the TOTALLY YUMMY De Campo brothers!!!"
"In the debut read from Jennifer Hayward this is the life of Lilly De Campo, once a lonely overweight farm girl turned perfect trophy wife to the man of her dreams I-will-make-you-remember-my-every-burning-touch-Riccardo, she has it all until her perfect marriage falls apart and scandal hits to the point where she runs away from it all in order to survive.
Him holding back so many emotions due to the pressure of his work and ties to his family and the duties he has to uphold made him even more attractive to me are reader, for that is the very reasoning behind his actions, and made him the kind of hero you just want to grab onto and solve all his faults. Yes, at some stage I did want to hit the man and yell "Catch a wake-up" but the deeper the author delved into his background the more clear it all became and I fell for this hero hook, line and sinker!
The backdrop settings were so perfectly incorporated by the author and described with perfection to the point where I actually thought I was at the glamorous parties. The dialogue was a very feisty one and full of passion. The confrontations between Riccardo and Lilly were all fire and ice and I was completely addicted to every word, I simply could not stop reading and wanted it to go on and on, yes it was that good!
The level of intensity used by the author for the scenes and words of confrontation and also the heat when passion hits was simply incredible and left me breathless, and when the truth revealing emotions were brought to life it left me in tears!
Not wanting to reveal it all and spoil the read I will only add that everything about this read was simply addictive, from the alcohol induced car race to get to bed, to the fushia yoga pants coming off, the read had it all to keep me entertained at all times and begging for more.
I highly recommend this read , it was a passionate, sexy, emotionally packed, sensual, romance at it's best read with a powerful message that will stay with me for as long as I live. I am 100% confident this read will go into the best sellers list within days of it's release! A little bonus for my fellow race-car drivers fans, this read has more than one and fast cars are not limited at all!
I am entranced by this author's work and will definitely be waiting with anticipation for the books on the next two De Campo brothers, Jennifer get to writing now please!
"Wow. Debut author JENNIFER HAYWARD proves why her submission was chosen as the winner of Harlequin’s 2012 So You Think You Can Write (SYTYCW) competition
Once I started reading THE DIVORCE PARTY, I simply could not put it down. Literally. I read this book in one day and was dying to read another by Ms Hayward.
Thank God she’s planning to write sequels about relatives of the hero and heroine."