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Bought: One Bride (Wives Wanted) Kindle Edition

by Miranda Lee (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.1 159 ratings

Book 1 of 3: Wives Wanted

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Richard Crawford is rich, successful and thinking about his latest potential acquisition. He wants a wife and children—but he doesn't want to fall in love.

The Sydney millionaire spots the perfect candidate: Holly Greenaway is a florist, and her livelihood is in peril. Richard sees his opportunity—he'll buy Holly and her business. That way, he can possess her and make her his bride, without love being involved….

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After leaving her convent school, Miranda Lee briefly studied the cello before moving to Sydney, where she embraced the emerging world of computers. Her career as a programmer ended after she married, had three daughters and bought a small acreage in a semi-rural community. She yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! She never looked back.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003FV7GQC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Presents; Original edition (April 7, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 7, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1490 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 167 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #971,498 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #16,527 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- #24,101 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #26,271 in Contemporary Women Fiction

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mrcatbert

Solid 4 stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2014

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This is an above-average read. Not Miranda's best, but still one of her better ones. Neither of the MCs was perfect; as was pointed out by other reviewers Richard can be manipulative and overly stubborn and Holly isn't a particularly strong person, but in some way I think that adds to the charm. I'm kind of tired of the MCs who are all flawed in the same ways. The thing is that both of the characters realize that they have these flaws and they make the story and the progression of the relationship seem more real. The ending felt a little rushed, but overall it was a solid 4 stars and I can see myself reading it again.

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Regina Freeman

I liked it, but it was pretty much like a ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2016

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I liked it,but it was pretty much like a lot of other books but I did enjoy it.

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Cloggie Downunder

one of Lee's better romances

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2012

Bought: One Bride is the first book in the Wives Wanted series by Australian author, Miranda Lee. Richard Crawford has been widowed 18 months and feels it's time to find a wife who'll give him children. He doesn't need love: the autopsy on his wife taught him his love for her was wasted, so he goes to Wives Wanted for a mate. Holly Greenaway's life has been miserable since her father died; it gets even worse when her greedy stepmother decides to sell her father's florist shop, the only thing Holly really wanted from her father. A chance meeting between Holly and Richard soon has Richard pursuing Holly: she's the perfect candidate for marriage, definitely not the gold-digger that the other women he has dated seem to be. But Holly wants to marry for love. Richard takes a step that puts Holly in his arms, but will he tell her the truth? This delightful romance has likeable characters, snappy dialogue and a classic plot. Characters from the previous Wives Wanted novels make appearances in this one. One of Lee's better romances.

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E. Lynch

Heroine not strong at all

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2005

Holly has worked in her father's floral shop since she was fifteen. Low pay, six days a week, no partnership in the business. She has been doing this for eleven years and she wants to say her stepmother is the villain? What about the nine years she put in before her father died - he seems just as much to blame! Is Holly just plain stupid? I hate when there is just total "roll over and die" attitude in a woman. She should just gotten on with her life WAY before this! But then there would be no story!

Our hero, Richard, a rather egotistical millionaire figures all women are gold diggers including his cheating (now dead) wife and has that theory confirmed by the women he dates from the matchmaker "Wives Wanted." An interesting concept, this unique dating service matches wealthy men with attractive sophisticated women with marriages of convenience in mind. I'm not sure what he expected ... but .... then Richard meets pitiful Holly who happens to be friends with his widowed mother. A couple of fancy dates, fantastic sex and the threat of losing her livelihood by the selling of the flower shop leads Holly to say YES to his marriage proposal. And later HE gets angry cause she is marrying him for his money??? Oh please!!!

OK for a quick read. This is the first of a trilogy. You meet the two other men and one is already married to his "bought wife" even though his story is the second one. It is ok but I wish Holly had been stronger and Richard less manipulative. Judged against similar books, it holds its own. Oh, I forgot -- of course there is a pregnancy at the end -- my sympathetic morning sickness is returning again.

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Glen56

Lovely romance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2014

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Loved this book when I had it in paperback so pleased it is now on kindle. This is part of a trilogy and was my fav book of the three.

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KerryD

A great start to the series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2014

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Richard and Holly are great Characters. The plot is well written and I love the way the Secondary Characters are very well integrated into this story as Alanna and Reece are the main Characters in the second story in this series. The only reason I have given this a four instead of a five is because personally I would have liked to have seen Holly's Ex, her Stepsister and Stepmother get their comeuppance. I would recommend this book though as it is a great read.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2015

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As described

lala

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2014

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