REVIEW: A Price Worth Paying? by Trish Morey

In A Price Worth Paying? by Trish Morey Simone’s and Alesander’s families were bitter rivals, going back generations. Their Spanish vineyards abutted each other’s, and Alesander’s family cursed Simone’s and vowed they would someday be driven from the land that they wished to make their own.

When Simone hears that her grandfather is deathly ill, she returns to Spain to be with him in his final months. She also learns that in his despair over losing his only daughter and her husband he gambled away most of the family’s land. He sinks deeper and deeper realizing that he will never regain what he has lost.

That’s when Simone concocts a plan. Knowing only bits and pieces of the history behind the feud, she goes to Alesander Esquivel and makes him an offer he would be a fool to refuse. Marry her, making Felipe believe the families have reunited, the land becoming one – the curse broken. In return, once he’s finally passed away and she inherits his estate, she will sign the land over to him and return to Australia.

She’s adamant about one thing – it will be a marriage in name only. He balks, but ultimately agrees to the deal. When he starts to see the woman beneath the pain and baggy clothing, he decides that’s not enough for him anymore. He wants everything.

After falling for him, she learns the truth of the curse and things go a bit awry. How can she love him when she hates him so damn much?

Alesander is definitely an alpha hero, several times becoming forceful with Simone – but not uncomfortably so. The sex scenes are very hot for a Presents title – enough that I was almost fanning myself after reading about their wedding night.

I’ve read several of Ms. Morey’s books, and I’ve liked all of them. This is no exception. I’ll give this four and a half hearts. Four for the story, and an extra half for the steaminess.

Book Info

Publication Date: April 23, 2013 | Series: Harlequin Presents (Book 3143)