Header PromotionThe Salvatore Marriage Deal
Back Blurb:
The ruthless Italian tycoon and his pregnant mistress . . .
Powerful and arrogant, Vito Salvatore thinks Lily Chase is different from the women he normally beds. But when she tells him she's pregnant, he calls her a gold digger and throws her out!
A marriage by arrangement!
But now Vito needs a Salvatore heir. So he'll take Lily as his convenient bride!
This book is great! It rises like cream to the top of the field with likable characters.
Harlequin Presents 2735, June '08
Total: >>Harlequin/Silhouette 46<< >>Other 41<< Total: 87
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I remember during the month
I remember during the month this was published, The Salvatore Marriage Deal was like, the book I was MOST looking forward to reading. I'd have to look back at my reviews for that month to see if it actually was the book I ENJOYED the most, but I did anticipate it the most.
I know that the hero definately needed a slap for disbelieving the heroine on the grounds he had... for causing the heroine pain.... but it was an appealing premise, it set the couple up as having great history together... and what I enjoyed about this book was that the separation was SHORT. Usually with books using this premise, the separation is for YEARS and there is so much time wasted between H/h/baby that you can't get back. And the hero hurts the heroine by dumping her and leaving her pregnant and raising his child in poverty while he moves on to other women. I loved that that wasn't part of this story.
Here's my review:
Favourite Scene: (love how eager he is for her)
She was late. And he wanted to see her now.
He’d spent the morning totally distracted, until finally he’d given into his desire to come home and ravish her.
My Review: They dated for ten months, lived together for five months, then she fell pregnant and told him. He threw her out without saying much. He thought she slept with another man because he thought he was infertile. She thought he was a mega-bastard for dumping her because of an unplanned pregnancy, she thought him an utter rat. He meets her again six weeks later at work, and at that time he needs a convenient wife and heir, so he decides to take her as his wife and pass her kid off as his. She finds out pretty quickly that he suspects she cheated on him, he tells her he doesn't believe the baby is his, but he won't tell her why. She wants to love him and prove to him that she's worthy of his trust, she's confused about why he mistrusts her, she didn't do anything bad. I love that the hero can't deny his feelings for the heroine, even when he doesn't want to want her, he finds himself picking her up and carrying her straight up to their bedroom. I love their passion and it is pretty obvious from the start that the hero loved her and felt so betrayed because he'd let himself trust her and get vulnerable. It still should have been a silly misunderstanding that got cleared up a lot quicker than it did, but that's life! Good book.
Rating: 3.5/5 stars, a really passionate story, and I liked the characters.