by Donna Zapf
Review: THE GREEK’S PREGNANT LOVER by Lucy Monroe
12:15 pm in Harlequin Presents, Lucy Monroe, Reviews by Donna Zapf
Years ago as children, Neo and Zephyr became lifetime friends while living in a Greek orphanage. Together they escaped and worked their way to the United States to make their fortune. Today, these two powerful men trust few people besides each other. Neo at last found his soul mate and is about to be married but Zephyr knows better, he can never love or be loved.
Piper Madison is a designer working for Zephyr’s company. They are friends with benefits, which is agreeable for both of them. Piper survived a broken marriage and a cheating ex-husband while Zephyr’s past resulted in his mistrust, after all his own mother left him in an orphanage. Fate has other plans for the two when Piper becomes pregnant and finally admits that she is in love with Zephyr. However, Zephyr does not know how to love.
THE GREEK’S PREGNANT LOVER is a beautiful love story set in the bustling port of Seattle and the magnificent country of Greece. Masterfully told by best selling author Lucy Monroe, this is Zephyr’s tale, a driven tycoon who has everything but love. His past prevents him from admitting his need and even from recognizing true love when it is freely given by his caring insightful lover, Piper. Complex characters, exotic locals, and a compelling plot snares the reader from the first, unfolding smoothly to deliver a happily ever after that ends with a sated sigh.
When I was younger, my favorite summertime activity was camping and reading. Not at the same time though. 
I read all summer long under the apple tree in our back yard. Things changed after my parent’s divorce, but not that – I kept reading, anytime, anyplace. We rarely camped though…until I married and had my own children and then we started that wonderful activity all over again. But it got edged out as favorite by travel. We’ve taken our children all over the US in the car and all over the world by plane and cruise liner and we loved it all! But two years ago, summers changed for us always as we awaited the arrival of our first grandchild. Yes, I’m a young grandmother. LOL So, this summer, we’re on baby watch again. The pregnancy is a little trickier with my younger daughter feeling the need to eface and dilate well ahead of schedule. We need to keep that baby baking in mommy’s oven though!
Annually, despite her debilitating shyness, famed pianist Cassandra Baker donates personal piano lessons to be auctioned for charity. This year the recipient of the lessons is Neo Stamos, a self-made real estate tycoon. Neither Cassandra nor Neo are excited about the prospect of the lessons until they meet and an instant connection is made.
