A holiday rendezvous leads to unexpected attraction… for his brother’s widow. For months, real estate developer Andrew Sterling has been laser focused on destroying Sterling Enterprises and bringing down his brother. But Johnathan’s sudden death changes everything–especially when Andrew learns his brother’s widow is pregnant. Andrew has never really seen Miranda Sterling…until now. As … Sterling…until now. As they get closer, he must fight the forbidden feelings that threaten more than his bottom line…
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The Sterling Wives
Book 1: Once Forbidden, Twice Tempted
Book 2: High Society Secrets
Book 3: All He Wants for Christmas
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Andrew and his brother, Johnathan, have engaged in sibling rivalry since childhood! As adults, it is a more serious attempt since Andrew is focused on destroying Sterling Enterprises to bring his brother down. But when an injury causes Johnathan’s unexpected death, his plans come to a halt. He finds that Johnathan’s widow is expecting a baby. Andrew is trying to stop the plans to destroy Sterling Enterprises that are still going on.
While Andrew is in town, he stayed with Miranda and the two of them get closer. Is there a future for them? Will they get Sterling Enterprises back on track?
This was a really great way to round out the trilogy. After spending the previous books getting to know Andrew as the “bad guy” it was very interesting to learn about the real villain behind it all. I also particularly liked that we get to discover more about the causes of the enmity between the Sterling brothers. I’m still not completely sold on why they all worked so hard to maintain the legacy of the “dearly departed”, or why they put so much effort into reforming his reputation, but I can see how it could be important to his unvorn child. The more we learned about Jonathan, the more I was glad these people could live their lives without him. Miranda and Andrew probably suffered the most under his casual cruelty, so I very much enjoyed seeing them get another chance at happiness with one another.
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This Andrew and Miranda’s story and if you’ve read the previous books you would know it’s the last wife of the late Jonathan. Even though it stands alone, you will get so much more from it if you start from the beginning. This is a little forbidden but a lot tantalizing and sexy. I couldn’t put it down.
Sibling rivalry is what has kept these two brothers separated for years. As Andrew focuses on destroying Sterling Enterprises and his brother Johnathan, his death changes everything he had planned. Now he learns that his brother’s widow is pregnant. Now as he gets closer to Miranda he is starting to fight his feelings. Andrew is trying to stop the plans to destroy Sterling Enterprises and make a life with Miranda. Very good story. I need to start at the beginning since I came in at the 3rd story.
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This is the final book in The Sterling Wives Trilogy. Miranda and Andrew walk a tightrope with each other as they both have to deal with her husband’s passing, who is also Andrew’s brother. There’s also intrigue that surrounds the two and their closest circle of friends.
I thoroughly enjoyed Miranda and her taking control of her future despite what those around her thinks she should do, she is a boss for making certain moves.
Although there are two books before this you will be able to enjoy this as a stand-alone.
Family relationships can be complicated and no where more so than in this series featuring the three wives of a deceased business tycoon who need to forge forward shepherding the company he left to them. Andrew, his brother, had been trying to destroy the business before Jonathan died. Andrew has a change of heart and begins to have feelings for the most current wife, Miranda, who is expecting a child. Unfortunately he may not be able to obstruct his plan for destruction. Will he be able to save the day and be with Miranda?
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This is an interesting book. We have Andrew who wants to ruin his brother and take down his business. Before that can happen Jonathan his brother is killed in a freak accident. He leaves his will giving part of his company to each of his exwives. Andrew meets his pregnant sister in law. The wives will run the company and now Andrew is having second thoughts about ruining it since Miranda the pregnant sister in law will be part of it. He needs to tell his accomplice to stop. He is also falling for his sister in law. This had many characters and they all added to the story. The story flowed well and the dialogue was great. I loved this book. Totally worth reading.
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Scandalously forbidden! ALL HE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS is the third and final book in Karen Booth’s The Sterling Wives series and it wrapped up the storyline well. I recommend you read each book in the series in order because they all tell new tidbits in the ongoing saga of Johnathon Sterling’s death and estate settling.
Miranda was an interesting character. She seems heartbroken over the death of her husband from the start of the series, but yet seemed to adjust well to various truths that she knew nothing about. Starting to have feelings for his brother leads her to examine what she truly had with her husband.
Andrew might have had revenge in mind when he originally concocted the plan to go after his brother’s company, but in this book he has already decided he can no longer hold ill will and comes across as just a kindhearted guy falling for his former sister-in-law.
I recommend this book and the entire series to anyone who enjoys a dramatic backdrop of family saga mixed with passionate happily ever afters for all involved.
This is the third book in the Sterling Wives trilogy. I really enjoyed this book. I really wanted to see Miranda get her happy ever after. Honestly while you could enjoy this book as a standalone you do miss a lot of what’s going on in the subplot if you haven’t read the other two books. There is someone out to wreck Sterling Enterprise and the issues start in book one and stretch out through all three stories. This book wraps everything up.
Miranda is the third and final Sterling wife. She was the one that was married to Johnathon when he dies and is pregnant with their child. All the wives where given equal share in Sterling Enterprises so they have had to deal with running the company together. Surprisingly enough they’ve been able to make it work and have become friends in the process. Andrew is Johnathon’s younger, estranged brother. He and Johnathon have been estranged for years and none of the wives know him or have ever met him. The brothers have spent their years hurting each other to be spiteful. Andrew has guilt over the fact that he didn’t make up with his brother before he passed away. He’s in San Diego now to help stop the sabotage to Sterling Enterprise and meet Miranda. Miranda trusts him from the start and brings him into her home and they start to fall for each other, but Tara and Grant have misgivings about Andrew and are horrible and rude to him. Tara was my least favorite of the wives. She can be rather snotty, and an abrasive know it all at times. Can Andrew stop the sabotage to Sterling Enterprise before it’s too late? Will he be able to have a relationship with Miranda?
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The third and final book in the series brings another great read. The author does a great job building the story and pulled me in with all the twists and turns as well as the taboo romance. She brings tons of emotions as she takes Miranda and Andrew on their journey of redemption and love. It’s a well written romance ,moves fluidly and I loved reading their story. I highly recommend this book/series.
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Final book is series and what a story, add Christmas to it and everything is perfect.
Loved the story about Miranda and Andrew.
When Miranda lost her husband Johnathan to a tragic accident, she had no idea how her life was about to change. Andrew her husbands brother, who is always trying to outdo each other ever since they were little kids. Miranda was pregnant with Johnathons baby before he passed away. Will Miranda end up with a happy ending or will she have to raise her baby all by herself?
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The Sterling Wives was a great series and should be read as such. Johnathan died suddenly from a golf ball injury to the head leaving current wife Miranda pregnant and widowed. In Johnathan’s will he leaves each of his wife’s equal shares of Sterling Enterprises. We met Grant who is an architect who also holds stock in Sterling Enterprises and he and Tara are now planning their wedding, Tara is the first ex-wife former worker of Sterling Enterprises and is a real estate agent to rich and famous, Astrid the 2nd ex-wife a Norwegian model who is engaged to Miranda’s brother Clay who is an architect who also works for Sterling Enterprises and Miranda the 3rd and current wife who is an interior designer and sister to Clay. The Sterling wives have a nice rapport with each other and get alone very well.
I’m a big fan of Tara, but since she knows more about the workings of Sterling Enterprises I felt as if she was taking over as if Astrid and Miranda did not have a say so.
Johnathan and his brother Andrew have been estranged for many years and there have always been sibling rivals for some time but they both chose the same fields to work in but in different states. Before Johnathan’s death Andrew was set on destroying Sterling Enterprises and enlisted the help of Victor who has his own agenda for the destruction of the company. Andrew has a change of heart and is falling deeply for his brother’s wife. He must find Victor and set things right with Sterling Enterprises and Miranda because they are great together and really do need each other.
Karen has done such a great job with book # 3 and ending the series. This is my favorite of the three books. This is a great series to read. Pick up your copy today and find out how things turn out for Andrew and Miranda. You will not be disappointed.
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I enjoyed this story. Sibling rivalry had made Andrew and Johnathan estranged for years. When Johnathon dies, it’s too late. Andrew then tries to stop a takeover to help the widow. She only sees the good in him no matter what her friends say. This story had a slow build up to a red hot romance. Andrew and Miranda tried to ignore it, but it was futile. Andrew worked non stop to try and stop Victor from ruining Johnathon’s company. It was a good story, with romance, drama and happiness. Enjoyable
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This is book three and the final one in The Sterling Wives Series and it is Andrew and Miranda’s story and omg what a great final book it was. Even though this is a standalone book I really suggest that you read the previous books to get all the background history. Miranda, Tara and Astrid are working together to make sterling enterprises the best but someone was trying to destroy there company. Andrew is Johnathan’s brother but they haven’t spoken for years but now Johnathan is dead Andrew is now trying to stop the plans that he put in place to destroy sterling enterprises but someone in his company is determined to see it through. Miranda is pregnant with Johnathan’s baby but now he has died she puts everything that she can into being a mum but what she wasn’t expecting was her reaction to Andrew. Wow what a brilliant ending to this amazing series by Karen Booth who is an amazing author and writer and I definitely recommend you read this book, series and other books by her and you will definitely not be disappointed.
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The Sterling Wives series is about three women who are connected to each other because they were at some point married to the same man. Upon his death, Johnathon Sterling’s will revealed that he had left 51% of Sterling Enterprises to the women equally. All He Wants for Christmas is the third and final book in the series. I’ve read all the books, and I think this can be a standalone read. However, events triggered in the first book, Once Forbidden, Twice Tempted continue to be played out in the second book, High Society Secrets and concludes in this one.
All He Wants for Christmas finds Andrew Sterling, Johnathon’s younger brother, trying to put a stop to the plan he set in motion to stop Sterling Enterprises from winning a major project with the city of San Diego. But things aren’t so simple. Andrew isn’t the only person out to destroy Sterling. Johnathon was a larger than life, charismatic man, but a man who didn’t always do the right thing and made enemies easily.
Andrew’s plan is to arrive in San Diego unnoticed, find the elusive Victor, and get him to agree to drop his vendetta against Johnathon and the company. Andrew is afraid that Victor’s quest for vengeance will affect Miranda and his unborn niece or nephew. But first wife Tara finds out Andrew is in town and suspects that he is behind all the problems happening at Sterling. While none of the “wives” truly know Andrew, Johnathon’s wife at the time of his death, Miranda doesn’t believe Andrew would do such a thing. When the truth is revealed, Miranda still has faith in Andrew and believes him.
Andrew and Johnathon have had a turbulent relationship most of their lives. Johnathon painted Andrew as a villain when he was anything but. However, without knowing Andrew, those in Johnathon’s circle believe every negative thing. Miranda’s family only consists of her brother, niece, and her soon-to-be sister-in-law. She wants her unborn child to be surrounded by family and love, so she offers an olive branch to Andrew. In doing so, she discovers her true love.
When I heard about the Sterling Wives series, All He Wants for Christmas was the book I really wanted to read. I was intrigued by the taboo relationship of falling in love with your deceased brother’s pregnant wife. I wanted to see how Karen Booth would make it work and pull it off. She did an incredible job of showing Miranda and Andrew coming together as an extended family while becoming friends, and ultimately lovers. I loved them together. They don’t shy away from what or who connects them. They embrace the knowledge of that connection. But they forge their own bond and connection. I loved the curveball Karen put in. And I especially loved the ending she wrote. All He Wants for Christmas will definitely go down as one of my favorite Karen Booth stories.
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This is a perfect ending to this series. All the wives get their HEA. I would recommended to read the whole series as they all flow into each other. This one has an interesting twist to the ending. Its sweet and interesting way to set up the third wife.
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Nice read with two likable main characters and plenty of plot and emotion. I voluntarily received this book for an honest review.
Great Christmas romance and happily ever after from a new author for me. Cannot wait to read more from this author.
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This story was a bit different for me. And I didn’t like it. The story was a bit weird and not that fun. There were too many characters introduced at a moment. The story didn’t take off for a while and I wasn’t able to connect with the characters.
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