The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress

Tycoon Chrysander Anetakis and his mistress Marley Jameson have enjoyed each other - in bed and out. The head of a Greek hotel conglomerate, Chrysander and his family have been on the trail of an insider giving away bid secrets. When Chrys sees the proof of Marley's deception sticking out of her handbag, he reacts before thinking and orders her out of his home and his life where she disappears completely. It isn't until months later while watching a breaking news story that Chrysander once again sees Marley. Reports of her amnesia and subsequent pregnancy bring Chrysander to his knees because he knows one thing. If Marley is pregnant, she is pregnant with his child. Plans are made and white lies are told to get Marley where he wants her - but what happens when The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress regains her memory? Fan girl squeal here! I can not get enough of this talented and prolific author. Having been hooked on Maya Banks and the stories she expertly weaves for a long time, I am thrilled to death with The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress, her new release for Silhouette. Chrysander Anetakis is an alpha male to the core. Gentle when need be, he is the type of man that demands loyalty. His trust is not easily given and when that is shattered, he reacts. His mannerisms and dominating will were enough to send me into reader euphoria! I wanted him. I wanted him bad. Sadly, his heart belonged to the one woman he thought had betrayed him. For a man as dominant as Chrys, that was a bitter pill to swallow but I enjoyed watching his heart change when he realized Marley was what mattered. His ultimate surrender to the love in his heart was perfectly written and brought tears to my eyes. I joyfully recommend The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress! If you have never read Maya Banks, this is the perfect starter book. If you have, you will be captivated by the story she weaves and the emotions the characters invoke within you. Kudos, Maya! The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress is astoundingly wonderful! Talia Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

this book is a departed for the the books Mrs bank ususally write but let me say this first, this book is great I cry then laugh then cry some more. I can't wait for the next one

This was Maya Bank's first Silhouette Desire, and it was excellent! Anyone who has read any of her books published by Ellora's Cave or Samhain Publishing knows what a fantastic writer she is. This book is the first of a three part series she is doing about three Greek brothers - Chrysander, Theron, and Piers Anetakis. This book is Chrysander's story. It starts out with his live-in girlfriend, Marley, finding out that she is pregnant and worrying about how to tell him and what he will think. It is obvious, even from the beginning that he spends a lot of time away from her - sometimes weeks at a time - on business. When she gets home to their apartment, he is waiting for her and they make love before she attempts to talk to him. You can tell right away that he has issues because when she asks him where he thinks their relationship is going, he tells her that they don't have a relationship - she is his mistress. Naturally this devastates her, and due to a serious lack of trust on his part and some cleverly planted "evidence", she doesn't even get a chance to tell him she is pregnant because he kicks her out, thinking she has stolen ideas from his company and sold them to a competitor. After she leaves him, she is kidnapped off the street. Then the story flashes forward to three months later - Marley has just been found by the police in a rundown building having been held by kidnappers for three months - Chrysander sees the story on the news and realizes she is pregnant with his child. When he goes to get her, he finds out that due to the trauma of being kidnapped, she doesn't remember anything but her name - she doesn't remember him, how she got pregnant, anything. He tells her that they are engaged to be married and takes her home with him. On the doctor's advice, he doesn't tell her anything about her kidnapping or anything else - he lets her believe she was in a car accident and that it caused her memory loss. She starts to slowly connect the dots and realize that something is wrong in their relationship due to little things like her not having any maternity clothes that fit her in their apartment - him having houses, property, etc. that she has never visited, and the hostility she senses from his brothers when she meets them. The rest of the story is a series of twists and turns that will leave you breathless and emotionally drained but feeling very satisfied in the end. You can feel the heroine's pain when she regains her memory and remembers all the things Chrysander said to her when he kicked her out, and she believes everything he told her since her kidnapping was a lie - it is also particularly devastating when she remembers that the kidnappers kept her for 3 months waiting for Chrysander to pay a half a million dollar ransom that they requested several times and he never responded to. By the time the villain who is responsible for the whole mess gets whats coming to him or her, I was cheering and clapping. Be sure to chec

Marley Jameson has just been handed a life altering diagnosis - pregnancy. Eight weeks pregnant to be exact and she isn't quite sure how her lover is going to handle the news. She isn't even sure how he truly feels about their relationship. They've been living together for six months and she has no doubt that she loves him but with a baby on the way she needs more of a commitment then sex when his schedule permits. Chrysander Anetakis doesn't do commitment. He's a man who enjoys a healthy sex life and sure he's very fond of Marley but no way is he going to admit to anything more permanent. Her questioning their relationship sends him into a tailspin and he blurts out the one thing guaranteed to hurt her - he refers to her as his `mistress.' That was before he finds the damning evidence of her betrayal of him and his company and kicks her out of his apartment and life. Marley's stunned when Chrysander demands that she leave their apartment. She hasn't even told him about the baby yet so why is he so angry? She has no clue why he's accusing her of some crime against his company but rather than stay and argue, she wraps her hurt and pride about herself and leaves the apartment without any idea where she'll go, but intends to return to the apartment later to make him listen to reason. Soon after leaving the building she's abducted and spends the next three months in captivity. Chrysander's shocked when he sees Marley on the news and learns of what she endured since she left his home. Even more shocking is the realization that she's pregnant - with his child. He races to her side at the hospital where she's been taken after her rescue only to learn that physically Marley is fine but mentally she's shut down. She remembers her name but very little else and there's no telling how long it will take for her to regain her memory. With Marley pregnant with his baby, Chrysander's taking no chances with Marley's health or well being. As her doctor's requested, he avoids mentioning what's happened to her and opts only to tell her that he's her fiancé and whisks her away to his Greek island. Marley doesn't remember him though being with him makes her feel safe. What she can't figure out is why he's so loving one minute and hostile the next. Furthermore why does his personal assistant evoke such disheartening feelings of resentment? If Chrysander and Marley are to be married then why doesn't their relationship feel so strained? Maya Banks has become one of my `must read' authors and she's definitely developed a devoted fan base since she first popped up on the romance author radar. Her stories are full of emotional situations, memorable characters and even a bit of suspense and THE TYCOON'S PREGNANT MISTRESS is no exception. I think my heart broke for Marley with Chrysander's hateful treatment of her and I empathized with her through her struggle to regain her memories. Chrysander has his own issues and regrets to deal with and he