Back Cover:
Nothing could keep Nicolò Dante from uncovering the truth about Kiley O'Dell. He knew she had to be a liar, but the moment he set eyes on the beauty, his soul was scorched by the once-in-a-lifetime heat of The Dante Inferno. Then a sudden accident stole her memory, and he seized the chance to learn all her deepest secrets—by pretending to be her husband. But the longer he kept up the dangerous masquerade, the clearer it became that whoever this woman was—whatever she was—he couldn't rest until he made her truly his own….
Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers
Favourite Scene:
“What the hell was I thinking?” she muttered. The question seemed aimed at herself rather than at him. She shook her head as though to clear it before demanding, “What are you doing to me, Dante?”
“You’re the one doing the striptease, lady. Don’t blame me if I expect you to put up or shut up. Now do you have proof to back up your claim that you own part of Dantes’ mine, or is that what you were in the process of showing me?”
He’d rattled her, something he suspected didn’t often happen with the self-possessed Ms. O’Dell. “You feel it, too,” she insisted quietly. “Don’t try and tell me I’m imagining things.”
“And yet, I’m not the one taking off my clothes.”
Another Fav Scene:
“If that woman’s still a con artist, then yeah, I’m buying it. And I’m going to keep buying it until I’m old and gray and we’ve been married for as many decades as Primo and Nonna.” He leaned in, jaw set. “I’m going to find her, Lazz. And then I’m going to marry her. She’s going to have my sons—and I say sons because, with the exception of our cousin, Gianna, the men in our family seem incapable of producing daughters. We’re going to have four of them, in case you’re interested. And anyone who has a problem with that can discuss it first with my right fist and then with my left hook.”
My Review:
Yay! I absolutely loved the feelings of lust and love in this book. The feelings Nicolo and Kiley shared were great. I loved them together. I felt like The Inferno wasn't quite mutual though! In the other books, the heroines feel The Inferno and admit to it's power, and they constantly rub their palms too (part of the electric shock of the Inferno). Kiley never rubbed her palm or talked about her feelings.
The amnesia story was "resolved" in the epilogue, and I have to say that personally for me, I really didn't like the length of time it took for Kiley to remember everything. I know it was a "good" ending and left the relationship between Nicolo/Kiley in a solid position, reaffirming their love, but personally this is a DESIRE book and I'm used to a quick instant resolution and I just felt like the time Kiley lived without knowing her past was horrible, I wouldn't want to experience that.
I also felt that because of the jump forward into the future, that this book should have been the FINAL book in the Dante Legacy series. But Lazz's story is still to come... so it seems out of order. If it hadn't been for my personal preferences about the ending, then this book would have been my second favourite Dante story (Sev's was my fav, Marco's was disappointing).
My Rating: 3.5/5 stars, very passionate book, unique story.
