Gerard Collins has always had political aspirations, but now that his name is on the ballot for the U.S. Senate, his dream of a political future is thrown into jeopardy unless he can successfully help his FBI agent brother bring down the Boroni family, Boston’s largest crime family.Actress Nicole Wyland has raked in millions after a string of blockbuster movies, but for all her success, she’s … she’s been unlucky in love. A return home to Cape Cod, long after she escaped, hoping to never return, may be just what she needs to find her true self again. But, when she tries to make amends over a long-held contentious relationship with the Senate candidate, her plan to find herself takes an interesting turn.
Sparks fly immediately when Nicole and Gerard reunite, but with both vying for something larger than themselves and so many obstacles in front of them, can the sought-after movie star and the man with everything to lose find love or will politics, corruption, and the promise of success tear them apart?
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Gerard (Collins Brothers #3) – a review by Rosemary Kenny
Gerard Collins is running for Senator, in Victoria Pinder’s third novel in her excellent series Collins Brother, Gerard.
Like the Kennedys, the Collins’ live in Hyannis and Gerard’s brother Liam, (like Bobby Kennedy) is involved, only as an FBI agent, rather than the Attorney General.
A fight against a local crime lord and his family sees the brothers – and their ‘better halves’ – in danger from most unexpected sources.
Can love conquer all, to give Gerard and his bride-to-be, Hollywood star Nicole Wyman an HEA?
Or will tragedy strike when they should be at their happiest together?
Read Gerard, by Princess of Romantic Suspense, Victoria Pinder to find out – you’ll love it for sure!
Gerard has always been the most serious of the Collins brothers, a hard-working lawyer, always frowning, never showing his dimples. Most especially he has a problem when his campaign manager tells him the only way he can make a successful run for senator is to get married and his name is already on the ballot. He is running on an anti-crime platform to help his brother Liam take down a Mafia family in Boston. But his mother has taught them their whole lives that Collins’ don’t divorce! So he goes to the restaurant to tell the woman who is ready to marry him for money, ‘no thanks’, when the girl he thinks of from his high school years shows up. Nicole Burns AKA movie star Nicole Wyman is back in town and wants to help him win the election! From her acceptance with, “I’ll hang his laundry with mine,” and Gerard’s comeback, “You mean you want to be buried in my family’s plot?” there is non-stop action. First one, then the other thinking this fast marriage is a bad plan, while the other swears they’ll never leave the other. She helps him win his debates, he saves her from the Mafia shootouts, they buy a house and furnish it, plan a church wedding with pre-Cana preparation, get her a custom wedding dress made overnight, etc. Nicole gets cold feet and returns to the west coast three days before the wedding, but the Mafia family is waiting for her there. Great read!
An interesting mix of a Billionaire Romance and a Political Thriller with plenty of family issues thrown in as well. Even includes one minor, despicable character. Nicole and Gerard are delightful characters with plenty of strengths and weaknesses. Enjoyable reading but it doesn’t rate a Clean and Wholesome Romance genre.
I received a copy of this book as a gift from the author. This is my honest review.
The Collins Brothers are all eligible bachelors who fall hard for their women. Gerard and Nicole knew each other when they were young but life kept them apart. Just when Gerard needs a wife to help his political career, Nicole comes home and their worlds collide, insta-love and drama. Nicole’s life is in danger but it is not from the criminal’s that Gerard is trying to stop. This is a fast paced romance that keeps you guessing.