Public Affair, Secretly Expecting

Written by Heidi Rice

Narrated by Penelope Rawlins

A RITA Award nominee and USA Today best-selling author, Heidi Rice is hailed for her ability to craft tales "that immediately catch your attention" (RT Book Reviews). In Public Affair, Secretly Expecting, Hollywood bad boy Mac Brody has no interest in attending his brother's wedding. That is, until an unexpected encounter with bridesmaid Juno Delamare leaves his head spinning-and his heart longing for more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781464029417

Heidi Rice

USA Today bestselling author Heidi Rice used to work as a film journalist until she found a new dream job writing romance for Harlequin in 2007. She adores getting swept up in a world of high emotions, sensual excitement, funny feisty women, sexy tortured men and glamourous locations where laundry doesn't exist. She lives in London, England with her husband, two sons and lots of other gorgeous men who exist entirely in her imagination (unlike the laundry, unfortunately!)

Reviews for Public Affair, Secretly Expecting

[ridley_ · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Really just too absurd to even bother reviewing seriously. All HPs are formulaic, but this one took it to extremes.

To begin with, the meet premise: Juno Delamare is at Heathrow airport attempting to ambush Hollywood superstar Mac Brody and make him accept an invite he already declined to his estranged brother's wedding in two weeks. Juno's BFF is the bride, and having the brothers reconcile is important to her, ergo it's important to Juno. 1. How does a shopgirl of no import get a hold of a movie star's flight info? 2. Who involves herself in other people's family drama like this? 3. If you're a superstar trying to avoid the paparazzi, why are you kissing a stranger in the middle of Heathrow?

The characters had Dark Pasts in lieu of personalities, and when they were revealed it was a mix of "what?" and "is that it?" Silly, silly, silly. She is, of course, a near virgin and 10 years younger than he is, and it is, of course, the best sex he ever had. Because banging a 22 year old who went white as a sheet and tried to run away in fear of his hard on is extremely arousing. They have this magical sex until the author nears the end of her word count and contrives the misunderstanding for the hero to grovel his way to HEA.

Thank goodness this was a freebie for me. Ew.

[Yvonne Pennacchio · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved the whole story of Mac and Juno. There was humour as well as love and angst. It’s the first Heidi Rice novel I have ever read or listened to. I absolutely cannot wait until I read the next book. The narration was wonderful and the nuances in the narrator’s voice were clever and made you enjoy the story more