Maggie Cox
Author of The Millionaire Boss's Baby
About the Author
Series
Works by Maggie Cox
Ruthlessly Bedded by the Italian Billionaire [and] Pregnant With the De Rossi Heir (2010) — Contributor — 2 copies
Housekeeper in His Bed (An Unforgettable Man / The Italian Millionaire's Virgin Wife / His Live-in Mistress) (2009) 1 copy
Desert Prince, Defiant Virgin [and] The Spaniard's Marriage Demand — Author — 1 copy
Fogo da Obsessão — Author — 1 copy
Paixões & Desafios — Author — 1 copy
Blackmailed Bride, Innocent Wife [and] The Wealthy Man's Waitress — Author — 1 copy
Deliciosa Diversão 1 copy
Un cottage en Irlande 1 copy
El hijo secreto del jeque: (The Sheikh's Secret Son) (Harlequin Bianca) (Spanish Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Dominated by Passion — Author — 1 copy
A Devilishly Dark Deal 1 copy
O Anjo e o Demônio & Renascer Da Esperança — Author — 1 copy
Boss Meets Baby 1 copy
Deseo en la Toscana 1 copy
Altar do Desejo 1 copy
Associated Works
Roman London's first voices: writing tablets from the Bloomberg excavations, 2010–14 (2016) — Photographer — 11 copies, 1 review
Amante Rebelde & Uma Noite Com O Sheik — Author, some editions — 1 copy
Secretary Mistress, Convenient Wife — Original Text — 1 copy
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- Gender
- female
- Short biography
- Maggie Cox loved to write almost as soon as she learned to read. Her favorite occupation was daydreaming and making up stories in her head, and this particular pastime has stayed with her through all the years of growing up, starting work, marrying and raising a family. No matter what was going on in her life, whether joy, happiness, struggle or disappointment, she'd go to bed each night and lose herself in her imagination. Through all the years of her secretarial career she kept on filling exercise books and the "joy oh joy" her word processor with her writing, never showing anyone what she wrote and basically keeping her stories for her own enjoyment alone.
It wasn't until she met her second husband and the "love of her life" that she was persuaded to start sharing those stories with a publisher. She settled on Mills & Boon (Harlequin) as she had loved romance novels since she was a teenager and read at least one or two paperbacks a week. After several rejections, the letters that were sent back from the publisher started to become more and more positive and encouraging, and in July 2002 she sold her first book A Passionate Protector. Since then she has continued written.
The fact that she is being published is truly a dream come true; however, each book she writes is still a journey in "courage and hope," and a quest to learn and grow and be "the best writer she can." Her advice to aspiring authors is: "Don't give up at the first hurdle, or even the second, third or fourth, but keep on keeping on until your dream is realized because if you are truly passionate about writing and learning the craft, as Paulo Coehlo states in his book The Alchemist: "The Universe will conspire to help you make it a reality." - Nationality
- UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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Eduardo De Souza (who's 37) has been noticing a girl busking on the street with her guitar the few times he's been to town. He thinks she's poor and is singing for money. He goes to talk to her and to leave some money for her but she tells him she sings because she loves to and she's compelled to. Her name is Marianne Lockwood (24) and she suffers from stagefright. She's trying to sing to a small crowd to build up her confidence so she can sing to a larger crowd someday.
Eduardo leaves but show more eventually goes back to town and talks to Marianne again. He invites her to eat with him and offers her a job as his housekeeper. At first she turns him down. Marianne has a home, but she is now a widow. Her husband of six months (Donal) died from a terminal illness. His grown up children resent the fact that Donal left his home to Marianne. Eduardo points out the weather is getting colder and it will be hard for her to perform outside in the upcoming frigid temperatures. Eduardo gives Marianne his phone number in case she changes her mind and they part ways again.
But after thinking about it at home Marianne suddenly decides it's time to be free again, no more negative, self-pitying thoughts. So she turns over the house to Donal's children and decides to start fresh. She accepts Eduado's job offer and moves to his home.
Eduardo has also had some pain in his past. Originally from Rio de Janeiro he is now living in the UK (he's half British). His wife died in a car accident that he was also in and he now walks with a cane, has a limp, and has had nine operations on his shattered leg. He's been reclusive for the past two years. But Marianne seems very good at getting Eduardo out of his shell and to start enjoying things again.
This was a lovely romance. I liked Eduardo and Marianne. They were very likable characters who had similarities---losing their spouses. I liked the wintry snowy setting in the UK, and later, at the end, sunny Rio.
This was a pleasant, sweet read. show less
Eduardo leaves but show more eventually goes back to town and talks to Marianne again. He invites her to eat with him and offers her a job as his housekeeper. At first she turns him down. Marianne has a home, but she is now a widow. Her husband of six months (Donal) died from a terminal illness. His grown up children resent the fact that Donal left his home to Marianne. Eduardo points out the weather is getting colder and it will be hard for her to perform outside in the upcoming frigid temperatures. Eduardo gives Marianne his phone number in case she changes her mind and they part ways again.
But after thinking about it at home Marianne suddenly decides it's time to be free again, no more negative, self-pitying thoughts. So she turns over the house to Donal's children and decides to start fresh. She accepts Eduado's job offer and moves to his home.
Eduardo has also had some pain in his past. Originally from Rio de Janeiro he is now living in the UK (he's half British). His wife died in a car accident that he was also in and he now walks with a cane, has a limp, and has had nine operations on his shattered leg. He's been reclusive for the past two years. But Marianne seems very good at getting Eduardo out of his shell and to start enjoying things again.
This was a lovely romance. I liked Eduardo and Marianne. They were very likable characters who had similarities---losing their spouses. I liked the wintry snowy setting in the UK, and later, at the end, sunny Rio.
This was a pleasant, sweet read. show less
The Italian's Pregnancy Proposal
3 Stars
The first half with an opposites attract / wealthy boss-nanny type romance is wonderful. The hero, Dante di Andrea, and heroine, Bliss MacGuire, have excellent chemistry and their connection is believable.
Unfortunately, the second half contains several problematic tropes as Dante becomes a domineering jerk whose arrogant "I know what's best for you" attitude is exceedingly irritating. Bliss, who started out as a strong and intelligent heroine devolves show more completely. She puts on a token display of resistance to the hero's condescending attitude but then becomes a complete doormat.
Despite these issues, the writing is engaging and the character development is good. I will definitely read more by this author. show less
3 Stars
The first half with an opposites attract / wealthy boss-nanny type romance is wonderful. The hero, Dante di Andrea, and heroine, Bliss MacGuire, have excellent chemistry and their connection is believable.
Unfortunately, the second half contains several problematic tropes as Dante becomes a domineering jerk whose arrogant "I know what's best for you" attitude is exceedingly irritating. Bliss, who started out as a strong and intelligent heroine devolves show more completely. She puts on a token display of resistance to the hero's condescending attitude but then becomes a complete doormat.
Despite these issues, the writing is engaging and the character development is good. I will definitely read more by this author. show less
This was an okay read. Not poorly written. It just lacked any real tension or conflict. There were a couple of good/interesting ideas that could have been played up for more tension. For example the hero, Eduardo, sees the poorly dressed heroine playing guitar with a hat out on the side of the road and thinks she is maybe a 17 year old runaway or homeless girl. I would have loved some tension about him supposedly falling in love with a teenager and being all angsty about it, but instead he show more finds out at their second meeting that she is 24. And as has been done to death in Harleys, she is the widow of a much older man who she married while he was sick and they never consummated their marriage. He's all angsty about feeling responsible for his wife's death but sure enough it wasn't really his fault. As soon as Eduardo and the heroine, Marianne, meet she "saves" him and they proceed to live HEA. It was sweet and kept my interest enough for me to finish it but it didn't really stand out much. show less
English librarian heroine (Isabella) is in Northern Spain to walk the Camino (Santiago de Compostela) and interview the pilgrims on the walk for a book she is writing about it. Her sister (Emilia) who is a journalist for a women’s magazine wants Isabella to go to a bar while she is in Spain, and try to get an interview with handsome, reclusive, art-house film-director Leandro Reyes since Emilia discovered Leandro was going to be there. Isabella doesn’t want to, but ends up going to the show more bar where Leandro is meant to be at. Leandro notices Isabella and they start talking, but when he discovers what she wants, he turns her down. He is very reclusive and private. After she apologizes and turns to leave, they get to talking about the reason Isabella is in Spain and Leandro offers to tell her what he knows about the Camino. They become very attracted to each other, and later, go to a hotel and make love, knowing they will never meet again. But eighteen months later, Leandro goes in search of the girl he hasn’t been able to forget, only to discover he has a son…
I really liked Isabella, she was a wonderful heroine, sweet and caring. I was quite interested in her walk of the Camino. She tried to contact Leandro about the baby but she couldn’t reach him. I liked Leandro, especially at the beginning of the book, though there were times when I thought he was very high-handed, and demanding towards Isabella after he learned about the baby. (He lost his beloved father by a drunken driver after he parted with Isabella so he was afraid of getting too close to anyone again.) But later on in the book he realized how wrong he was and he was more open with his feelings for Isabella. Baby Raphael was cute, and I also liked Leandro’s mother.
Another enjoyable read by Maggie Cox. show less
I really liked Isabella, she was a wonderful heroine, sweet and caring. I was quite interested in her walk of the Camino. She tried to contact Leandro about the baby but she couldn’t reach him. I liked Leandro, especially at the beginning of the book, though there were times when I thought he was very high-handed, and demanding towards Isabella after he learned about the baby. (He lost his beloved father by a drunken driver after he parted with Isabella so he was afraid of getting too close to anyone again.) But later on in the book he realized how wrong he was and he was more open with his feelings for Isabella. Baby Raphael was cute, and I also liked Leandro’s mother.
Another enjoyable read by Maggie Cox. show less
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