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CALL IT BUSINESSWith the cool finesse of a successful businesswoman, Heather Strand negotiated her marriage. Ready to assume control of her family's Tucson resort, she wanted one man at her side -- Jake Cavender. It was a calculated deal, pure and simple, one that would be profitable for both. Nothing stood in the way of their successful partnership.CALL IT PLEASUREExcept betrayal. Now she's leveraging an impromptu buyout -- leaving her groom standing at the altar. Heather is not a woman show more willing to relinquish the upper hand, especially to a man who's getting under her skin and awakening in her something she lost long ago. A man who wants her on his terms.CALL IT DESTINYStoryteller extraordinaire Jayne Ann Krentz weaves a dramatic tale of a modern woman forced to confront her heart and her identity, who suddenly finds herself walking a tightrope between ambition and passion, dreams and desires. show lessTags
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Heather Strand returns to the Hacienda Strand resort after making a name for herself in the hotel business and ready to assume the mantel of owner/operator from her father. She's also willing to enter into a marriage of convenience with her father's "right hand man" Jake Cavender.
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Unfortunately, on the eve of her wedding, Heather finds out that Jake already bought the hotel and when she becomes his wife, he'll pretty much own her, too and btw she's not the boss of anything. Heather tries to run away and she's betrayed again by her staff who tell him exactly where to find her and also a hotel manager who GIVES HIM THE KEY TO HER ROOM and how does this person know he's not her abusive stalker (which he kind of is) and he show more proceeds to tell her why he and her dad lied to her FOR HER OWN GOOD, and it's fine she should just fall in love with him anyway, and I'm pretty sure he was about to overwhelm her with his passionate magnetism, which if it wasn't for that, this would totally be rape and I just couldn't anymore. Book, meet wall. show less
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Unfortunately, on the eve of her wedding, Heather finds out that Jake already bought the hotel and when she becomes his wife, he'll pretty much own her, too and btw she's not the boss of anything. Heather tries to run away and she's betrayed again by her staff who tell him exactly where to find her and also a hotel manager who GIVES HIM THE KEY TO HER ROOM and how does this person know he's not her abusive stalker (which he kind of is) and he show more proceeds to tell her why he and her dad lied to her FOR HER OWN GOOD, and it's fine she should just fall in love with him anyway, and I'm pretty sure he was about to overwhelm her with his passionate magnetism, which if it wasn't for that, this would totally be rape and I just couldn't anymore. Book, meet wall. show less
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Jayne Ann Krentz was born in Borrego Springs, California on March 28, 1948. She received a B.A. in history from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a master's degree in library science from San Jose State University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a librarian. She has written under seven different names: Jayne show more Bentley, Amanda Glass, Stephanie James, Jayne Taylor, Jayne Castle, Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz. Her first book, Gentle Pirate, was published in 1980 under the name Jayne Castle. She currently uses only three personas to represent her three specialties. She uses the name Jayne Ann Krentz for her contemporary pieces, Amanda Quick for her historical fiction pieces, and Jayne Castle for her futuristic pieces. Her novels include Truth or Dare, All Night Long, Copper Beach, River Road, Promise not to Tell, and Untouchable.. She has received numerous awards for her work including the 1995 Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Trust Me, the 2004 Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Falling Awake, the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, the Romantic Times Jane Austen Award, and the Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies for Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance. In 2015 she made The New York Times Best Seller List with both Trust Me, Trust No One and Secret Sisters.. (Bowker Author Biography) Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of twenty-seven New York Times Bestselling novels. She is also the author of several other bestselling novels written under the name Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Original title
- Call It Destiny
- Original publication date
- 1984-07
- People/Characters
- Heather Strand; Jake Cavender
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- Arizona, USA
- Dedication
- none
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- It would be an honest sort of marriage; a marriage based on shared goals and shared business interests; a marriage with the potential for friendship between the two parties involved; a comfortable marriage that would please t... (show all)he relatives.
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- English
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