Cathy Williams
Author of The Secret Spanish Love-Child = A Spanish Birthright
About the Author
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Works by Cathy Williams
The Secret Sanchez Heir: A sensual story of passion and romance (Harlequin Presents) (2017) 10 copies
Ruthless Revenge: Passionate Possession: A Virgin for Vasquez / A Marriage Fit for a Sinner / Mistress of His Revenge (2018) — Author; Author — 3 copies
Italian Playboys: Tycoons: The Uncompromising Italian / Return of the Italian Tycoon / A Bride Worth Millions (2021) 2 copies
Chosen by the Greek Tycoon (The Antonakos Marriage / At The Greek Tycoon's Bidding / The Greek's Bridal) (2009) 2 copies
Greek Mavericks: For The Greek's Revenge: The Consequence of His Vengeance / Claimed for His Duty / Taken by Her Greek Boss (2019) 2 copies
Millionaire's Mistress (The Sicilian's Mistress / The Rich Man's Mistress / Marriage at His Convenience) (2006) 2 copies
Secrets and Seduction: The Lying Game: Seductive Secrets / Bombshell for the Black Sheep / A Virgin for Vasquez (2022) — Author — 1 copy
Secrets and Seduction: All or Nothing: Secrets of a Billionaire's Mistress / A Pawn in the Playboy's Game / Seduction on His Terms (2022) — Author — 1 copy
Scandalous Sins: Unwrapping His Convenient Fiancée / The Sheikh's Pregnant Prisoner / Snowbound with His Innocent Temptation (2018) 1 copy
Modern Romance September 2015 Books 1-4: The Greek Commands His Mistress / A Pawn in the Playboy's Game / Bound to the Warrior King / Her Nine Month Confession — Author — 1 copy
Bedded For Revenge [and] Taken By Her Greek Boss — Author — 1 copy
Mistress to a Latin Lover (Sicilian's Defiant Mistress/ Italian's Pregnant Mistress/ Italian's Mistress) (2009) 1 copy
The Billionaire's Bride of Vengeance [and] The Italian's One-Night Love-Child (2011) — Author — 1 copy
Una noche...nueve meses 1 copy
Passions en Méditerranée : Recueil de 3 romans (Volume multi thématique) (French Edition) (2013) 1 copy
Modern Romance May 2019: Books 5-8 — Author — 1 copy
The Italian's One Night Love-Child [and] The Virgin's Secret — Author — 1 copy
Won by the Wealthy Greek (The Greek's Seven-Day Seduction / Constantinou's Mistress / The Greek Doctor's Rescue) (2009) 1 copy
Os Irmãos De Angelis 1 copy
Fifty Years of Caring and Sharing: A history of the United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area 1 copy
Relação Escandalosa 1 copy
Associated Works
Contracted for the Spaniard's Heir — Original Text — 1 copy
Merger by Matrimony — Original Text — 1 copy
The Argentinian's Demand — Original Text — 1 copy
Rafael's Suitable Bride — Original Text — 1 copy
Shock Marriage for the Powerful Spaniard — Original Novel — 1 copy
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- Williams, Cathy
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- Cathy Williams was born in the island of Trinidad, the West Indies. She is a great believer in the power of perseverance as she had never written anything before (apart from school essays a lifetime ago!) and from the starting point of zero has now fulfilled her ambition to pursue this most enjoyable of careers. She would encourage any would-be writer to have faith and go for it!
She has been writing Mills & Boon romances since 1990. Her hopes are to continue writing romantic fiction and providing those eternal tales of love and romance for which, she feels, we all strive. She derives inspiration from the hot, lazy tropical island of Trinidad, from the peaceful countryside of middle England and of course from her many friends who are a rich source of plots and are particularly garrulous when it comes to describing Mills & Boon heroes. It would seem, from their complaints that tall, dark and charismatic men are way too few and far between!
She loves the beautiful Warwickshire countryside, where she lives with her husband and three children, Charlotte, Olivia and Emma and when not writing is hard pressed to find a moment's free time in between the millions of household chores, not to mention being a one woman taxi service for her daughters never-ending social lives. - Nationality
- UK (citizenship)
- Places of residence
- Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Chiswick, London, England, UK - Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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This is one of those stories with Christmas in the title yet only a sprinkling of Christmas content, so don’t go into it expecting a big dose of that festive feeling.
I have no problem with sexuality in books, but I do prefer some subtly and definitely more variety in the descriptions than this offered, the hero is in a seemingly constant state of arousal and the heroine’s responses to him are mostly felt in her breasts, her breasts were mentioned with such frequency that they’re pretty show more much all I picture when I think of Rosie’s character and since I’m not a thirteen year old boy that wasn’t ideal. I just feel like there are ever so many more ways to convey attraction and lust than this book employed.
I loved the idea that Rosie is a ski instructor, I thought that was pretty unique for a romance but the book didn’t spend much time with her at work and the occupation is made to seem like it’s a flighty choice rather than young, cool, and fun.
While I like a good fake dating scenario, this novel featured less than a handful of scenes where these two had to fake their relationship in front of people so that potentially humorous/tense aspect of seeing them keep up the ruse wasn’t utilized to the extent that it could have been. Without going all in on the fake dating trope there wasn’t much else going on in the plot and character arcs and conflicts weren’t particularly clear or present either.
I struggled to get a handle on who Rosie is, it’s tough to reconcile that someone who made rebellious choices with her boyfriends, employment, and traveling the world would also be that insecure and concerned about other opinions. Those just seem like such diametrically opposed personality traits that it’s hard to imagine both in one person, I kept wanting the author to pick a lane with the character and stick to it. I would have loved to see Rosie be all rebel, proud of her nomadic lifestyle and as reluctant as Matteo to settle down, instead I was never sure what she wanted other than the guy which made for a less well-rounded heroine than I would have liked.
Matteo wasn’t my favorite either. At one point Rosie’s thoughts turn to how charming Matteo is but that wasn’t evident to me. If you’re someone who enjoys the ultra Alpha type who is bossy, superior, and non-communicative until the last five or ten pages Matteo might appeal to you more than he did to me. I feel like that is something I should emphasize to close out this review, that the majority of my complaints here (aside from the lack of plot) were personal preference issues, so if your preferences are the opposite of those I mentioned here, this romance may work better for you than it did for me. show less
I have no problem with sexuality in books, but I do prefer some subtly and definitely more variety in the descriptions than this offered, the hero is in a seemingly constant state of arousal and the heroine’s responses to him are mostly felt in her breasts, her breasts were mentioned with such frequency that they’re pretty show more much all I picture when I think of Rosie’s character and since I’m not a thirteen year old boy that wasn’t ideal. I just feel like there are ever so many more ways to convey attraction and lust than this book employed.
I loved the idea that Rosie is a ski instructor, I thought that was pretty unique for a romance but the book didn’t spend much time with her at work and the occupation is made to seem like it’s a flighty choice rather than young, cool, and fun.
While I like a good fake dating scenario, this novel featured less than a handful of scenes where these two had to fake their relationship in front of people so that potentially humorous/tense aspect of seeing them keep up the ruse wasn’t utilized to the extent that it could have been. Without going all in on the fake dating trope there wasn’t much else going on in the plot and character arcs and conflicts weren’t particularly clear or present either.
I struggled to get a handle on who Rosie is, it’s tough to reconcile that someone who made rebellious choices with her boyfriends, employment, and traveling the world would also be that insecure and concerned about other opinions. Those just seem like such diametrically opposed personality traits that it’s hard to imagine both in one person, I kept wanting the author to pick a lane with the character and stick to it. I would have loved to see Rosie be all rebel, proud of her nomadic lifestyle and as reluctant as Matteo to settle down, instead I was never sure what she wanted other than the guy which made for a less well-rounded heroine than I would have liked.
Matteo wasn’t my favorite either. At one point Rosie’s thoughts turn to how charming Matteo is but that wasn’t evident to me. If you’re someone who enjoys the ultra Alpha type who is bossy, superior, and non-communicative until the last five or ten pages Matteo might appeal to you more than he did to me. I feel like that is something I should emphasize to close out this review, that the majority of my complaints here (aside from the lack of plot) were personal preference issues, so if your preferences are the opposite of those I mentioned here, this romance may work better for you than it did for me. show less
'Charade of the Heart' is a very silly read. When one sister finds herself pregnant with her colleague's baby, she asks her twin to stand in for her, and hopes that noone will notice. The result being that Beth, who replaces her sister in the role of PA, suddenly finds sparks flying between her new boss and herself, and when they both need to suddenly pack up and head on a business trip to St Lucia, one thing leads to another in the tropical climate...
Not the greatest of M&B, and the show more supposed heartthrob of the story, Marcos Adrino, is shockingly unkind and very hard to like, the result being that I even wondered if he was the guy our female protagonist was supposed to fall in love with! show less
Not the greatest of M&B, and the show more supposed heartthrob of the story, Marcos Adrino, is shockingly unkind and very hard to like, the result being that I even wondered if he was the guy our female protagonist was supposed to fall in love with! show less
3-1/2 stars
I enjoyed this. I don't think I've read much of this author's work. It felt fairly substantial which is not always the case with modern HPs which can sometimes feel really light on actual story telling. The story was pretty realistic since I can totally believe that an 18 year old girl would be easily persuaded by her money trouble having parents that the foreigner she thought she was in love with wasn't the right man for her. But they never forgot each other and when they meet show more again realize that they still care for each other. The virgin widow thing I just have to swallow and get over it. Hero tried to be an ass but acknowledged to himself pretty early that he just couldn't so that was nice. A good read and I might check out more from this author.
Worst part is referring to her dead husband as an ex husband rather than a late husband. Shakes head sadly. show less
I enjoyed this. I don't think I've read much of this author's work. It felt fairly substantial which is not always the case with modern HPs which can sometimes feel really light on actual story telling. The story was pretty realistic since I can totally believe that an 18 year old girl would be easily persuaded by her money trouble having parents that the foreigner she thought she was in love with wasn't the right man for her. But they never forgot each other and when they meet show more again realize that they still care for each other. The virgin widow thing I just have to swallow and get over it. Hero tried to be an ass but acknowledged to himself pretty early that he just couldn't so that was nice. A good read and I might check out more from this author.
Worst part is referring to her dead husband as an ex husband rather than a late husband. Shakes head sadly. show less
Tycoon hero Matteo (who is 32) and ski instructor heroine Rosie (23) agree to pretend to be romantically involved during the Christmas season. Matteo is in the middle of an important deal with a couple that believes in family, and Rosie is trying to put off her family from setting her up with a guy she isn’t interested in. It’s just for a short while, but the sparks fly and Matteo and Rosie find themselves falling for each other.
I really enjoyed this “opposites attract” romance. I show more loved the setting… the chalet, the snow, the skiing, the Christmas season. I thought Matteo and Rosie made a sweet couple.
Another very enjoyable read by Cathy Williams. show less
I really enjoyed this “opposites attract” romance. I show more loved the setting… the chalet, the snow, the skiing, the Christmas season. I thought Matteo and Rosie made a sweet couple.
Another very enjoyable read by Cathy Williams. show less
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