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Bought for the Sicilian Billionaire's Bed
To get the hordes of predatory women off his back, billionaire Salvatore Cardini impulsively asks his petite office cleaner to be his convenient mistress!Jessica reluctantly agrees--who would say no to such an incredibly attractive and commanding man? But he is on the international rich list, with a glamorous lifestyle to match, while she has to work two jobs just to survive. What she hasn't realized is her role isn't just to be on his arm in public--but to be his mistress in private, too!
186 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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Sharon Kendrick
1,224 books454 followersI was told off as a child for making up stories—little did I know that one day I’d earn my living by writing them!
To the horror of my parents, I left school at sixteen and held a bewildering variety of jobs: I was a London DJ (in the now-trendy Primrose Hill), a decorator and a singer. After that I became a cook, a photographer and, eventually, a nurse. I waitressed in the south of France, drove an ambulance in Australia, saw lots of beautiful sights but could never settle down. Everywhere I went I felt like a square peg—until one day I started writing again and then everything just fell into place. I felt like Cinderella must have when the glass slipper fit!
Today, I have the best job in the world, writing passionate romances for Harlequin. I like writing stories which are sexy and fast-paced, yet packed full of emotion—stories that readers will identify with, laugh and cry along with.
My interests are many and varied—chocolate and music, fresh flowers and bubble baths, films, cooking and trying to keep my home from looking burglarized! Simple pleasures—you can’t beat them!
I live in Winchester, one of the most stunning cities in the world, but don’t take my word for it—come see for yourself! I regularly visit London and Paris. Oh, and I love hearing from my readers all over the world…so I think it’s over to you!
To the horror of my parents, I left school at sixteen and held a bewildering variety of jobs: I was a London DJ (in the now-trendy Primrose Hill), a decorator and a singer. After that I became a cook, a photographer and, eventually, a nurse. I waitressed in the south of France, drove an ambulance in Australia, saw lots of beautiful sights but could never settle down. Everywhere I went I felt like a square peg—until one day I started writing again and then everything just fell into place. I felt like Cinderella must have when the glass slipper fit!
Today, I have the best job in the world, writing passionate romances for Harlequin. I like writing stories which are sexy and fast-paced, yet packed full of emotion—stories that readers will identify with, laugh and cry along with.
My interests are many and varied—chocolate and music, fresh flowers and bubble baths, films, cooking and trying to keep my home from looking burglarized! Simple pleasures—you can’t beat them!
I live in Winchester, one of the most stunning cities in the world, but don’t take my word for it—come see for yourself! I regularly visit London and Paris. Oh, and I love hearing from my readers all over the world…so I think it’s over to you!
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November 22, 2011
MORE LIKE 1.5 STARS
Salvatore Cardini sees Sicilian women as virginal and good enough to marry all others are gold digging hussies and only good enough to be mistresses. He uses his office cleaner/friend, Jessica Martin, to hold OW off. He wants Jessica and believes she should give in to what her body wants as well. Of course, once he gets her in bed he informs her he won’t marry her because she isn’t a virgin. Then he proceeds to make her his mistress.
What was annoying about this book is that Salvatore continually flip-flopped on things. He wanted Jessica to behave as a mistress and then when she did he didn’t like it. She couldn’t win no matter what she did. Then of course you have Jessica claiming that she has pride – but that falls by the wayside when Salvatore kisses her; and she also believes she has a strong work ethic yet she calls in to spend time w/ Salvatore. Where was that work ethic then? Oh maybe she had a stronger work ethic for the mistress job rather than the cleaning job which circles back to where the heck is her pride??
Throughout most of the story Salvatore treated Jessica like a second class citizen. He claimed that Jessica was playing games yet I felt like Salvatore was projecting upon Jessica and he was the one playing those games. He sets down the rules and then he changes them up in the middle of the ride as though he just wants to keep her on her toes.
UUGGGHHHH then he had the gall to tell her that it is a pity that she wasted her virginity on a man she is no longer with (however she believed she would still be w/ that man), but a good thing too because if she didn’t she wouldn’t be with him now. Actually I don’t believe that, I think he would have taken her virginity because he wanted her and I don’t think he would have been able to stop himself no matter what he thinks. She gets angry at Salvatore, but she lets it go as she believes she won’t be able to change him!!!
Salvatore gives her a piece of jewelry – it is a gift, but then he gets very angry that she did something else w/ his gift. He felt that she should have explained things to him, yet he was the one that set out the rules of a mistress/protector type of relationship. He didn’t really seem too invested in what else was going on in her life he seemed more distracted when she tried to explain. He believes they are having a relationship which entitles her to ask for things from him – yet he also thinks she is a gold digger and just a mistress, therefore I got lost!
I kept feeling that the only thing between them was sex. Didn’t see much in the way of love, perhaps she loves him but I couldn’t buy him loving her. At some points he had her so twisted up that she found a way to blame herself for what she did w/ his piece of jewelry. Getting close to the end of the story, Jessica is realizing that her self-respect and self-worth are being whittled away by continuing on as his mistress. She informs him and he gets angry and kicks her out! He continues to have horrible thoughts of her and we are closing in on that last few pages.
**SPOILERS**
Salvatore Cardini sees Sicilian women as virginal and good enough to marry all others are gold digging hussies and only good enough to be mistresses. He uses his office cleaner/friend, Jessica Martin, to hold OW off. He wants Jessica and believes she should give in to what her body wants as well. Of course, once he gets her in bed he informs her he won’t marry her because she isn’t a virgin. Then he proceeds to make her his mistress.
What was annoying about this book is that Salvatore continually flip-flopped on things. He wanted Jessica to behave as a mistress and then when she did he didn’t like it. She couldn’t win no matter what she did. Then of course you have Jessica claiming that she has pride – but that falls by the wayside when Salvatore kisses her; and she also believes she has a strong work ethic yet she calls in to spend time w/ Salvatore. Where was that work ethic then? Oh maybe she had a stronger work ethic for the mistress job rather than the cleaning job which circles back to where the heck is her pride??
Throughout most of the story Salvatore treated Jessica like a second class citizen. He claimed that Jessica was playing games yet I felt like Salvatore was projecting upon Jessica and he was the one playing those games. He sets down the rules and then he changes them up in the middle of the ride as though he just wants to keep her on her toes.
UUGGGHHHH then he had the gall to tell her that it is a pity that she wasted her virginity on a man she is no longer with (however she believed she would still be w/ that man), but a good thing too because if she didn’t she wouldn’t be with him now. Actually I don’t believe that, I think he would have taken her virginity because he wanted her and I don’t think he would have been able to stop himself no matter what he thinks. She gets angry at Salvatore, but she lets it go as she believes she won’t be able to change him!!!
Salvatore gives her a piece of jewelry – it is a gift, but then he gets very angry that she did something else w/ his gift. He felt that she should have explained things to him, yet he was the one that set out the rules of a mistress/protector type of relationship. He didn’t really seem too invested in what else was going on in her life he seemed more distracted when she tried to explain. He believes they are having a relationship which entitles her to ask for things from him – yet he also thinks she is a gold digger and just a mistress, therefore I got lost!
I kept feeling that the only thing between them was sex. Didn’t see much in the way of love, perhaps she loves him but I couldn’t buy him loving her. At some points he had her so twisted up that she found a way to blame herself for what she did w/ his piece of jewelry. Getting close to the end of the story, Jessica is realizing that her self-respect and self-worth are being whittled away by continuing on as his mistress. She informs him and he gets angry and kicks her out! He continues to have horrible thoughts of her and we are closing in on that last few pages.
**SPOILERS**
January 11, 2019
hated them both, but I did finish it in one sitting. so it was interesting at least, I had to see how she fixed them.
February 3, 2025
Wow. I mean - I give a LOT of leeway when reading one of these books, but COME ON!!! You have to have at least a tiny bit of self-respect! This is pretty much a spoiler, so be sure you want to know.
Jessica (24) has a little crush on the man whose office she cleans. Salvatore (36) needs a date for a dinner so his friend's won't try to set him up with single women. She accompanies him and he wants sex, but she tells him no. He thinks she's playing hard to get, so he asks her on another date. She agrees and they have "sex". He later says it's too bad she didn't save her virginity for her husband because it's the greatest gift. That it's important for the woman he decides to marry to be a virgin because he doesn't want the mother of his future children to have slept around, and that she isn't the kind of woman he would ever marry. He tells her to quit her job and he'll pay her for being his mistress AND SHE AGREES. He implies she's a whore numerous times and constantly thinks she's a gold digger and says that she's not the right woman for him. They're sleeping together for months and she's always admitting that he only wants her around for sex, but she keeps screwing him anyway. Like what the actual fuck!?! Plus, during all of his internal monologue, he never once talks about developing feelings for her. Just that he'll keep providing her gifts and she'll be available to him whenever he wants. There are a lot more ridiculous insults in here, but I'll stop there. Of course it ends in a ridiculously undeserved HEA. I hated both of them.
SEX: If you can call it that. It was literally, "he thrust into her, and it was wonderful. As her rolled over and hugged her to him, she thought about...." Like really?! Where is the middle part of the sex?! It was terrible. And that was also the most descriptive of the sex scenes - if you can believe that.
This is going on my list of "books to burn". It's just awful.
Jessica (24) has a little crush on the man whose office she cleans. Salvatore (36) needs a date for a dinner so his friend's won't try to set him up with single women. She accompanies him and he wants sex, but she tells him no. He thinks she's playing hard to get, so he asks her on another date. She agrees and they have "sex". He later says it's too bad she didn't save her virginity for her husband because it's the greatest gift. That it's important for the woman he decides to marry to be a virgin because he doesn't want the mother of his future children to have slept around, and that she isn't the kind of woman he would ever marry. He tells her to quit her job and he'll pay her for being his mistress AND SHE AGREES. He implies she's a whore numerous times and constantly thinks she's a gold digger and says that she's not the right woman for him. They're sleeping together for months and she's always admitting that he only wants her around for sex, but she keeps screwing him anyway. Like what the actual fuck!?! Plus, during all of his internal monologue, he never once talks about developing feelings for her. Just that he'll keep providing her gifts and she'll be available to him whenever he wants. There are a lot more ridiculous insults in here, but I'll stop there. Of course it ends in a ridiculously undeserved HEA. I hated both of them.
SEX: If you can call it that. It was literally, "he thrust into her, and it was wonderful. As her rolled over and hugged her to him, she thought about...." Like really?! Where is the middle part of the sex?! It was terrible. And that was also the most descriptive of the sex scenes - if you can believe that.
This is going on my list of "books to burn". It's just awful.
December 2, 2020
3-ish with such an awful hero who really thinks he’s a gift to women but I like these mistress-not-good-enough-to-be-anything-else-story so one star up for the entertainment.
November 9, 2023
I enjoyed a lot of this story. Jessica was actually a strong character and the internal monologues showed us what she was feeling so that we could understand her motivations. Similarly, Salvatore was well drawn, and although he exhibited a truly dated attitude toward women and having a virgin wife, the role of the Sicilian culture in his upbringing helped us understand, even whilst disapproving. Salvatore was an interesting hero, but boy did it take some time for him to realise he loved her!
I loved the way the dynamic constantly changed. Jessica was no pushover, nor was she a victim. She was self-aware enough to realise why she had to end things, and I found the entire story thoroughly enjoyable, even whilst thee were aspects which annoyed me.
I disliked the so called ‘friend, Willow. What a self obsessed, selfish and cruel person she was.
I would have liked a much longer, more emotional and romantic denouement and epilogue. Salvatore suddenly realised he loved Jess and said he wanted to marry her about two pages from the end. It came out of the blue - I thought it was too fast and too brief. So, I’ve deducted a star.
I loved the way the dynamic constantly changed. Jessica was no pushover, nor was she a victim. She was self-aware enough to realise why she had to end things, and I found the entire story thoroughly enjoyable, even whilst thee were aspects which annoyed me.
I disliked the so called ‘friend, Willow. What a self obsessed, selfish and cruel person she was.
I would have liked a much longer, more emotional and romantic denouement and epilogue. Salvatore suddenly realised he loved Jess and said he wanted to marry her about two pages from the end. It came out of the blue - I thought it was too fast and too brief. So, I’ve deducted a star.
September 29, 2018
I have searched eagerly for this book and was surly disappointed. SK is usually a good writer for me but something happened towards the end of the story. The theme was ideal and obviously ideal with regards to Sicilian heroes.Salvatore was indeed hard,cold,harsh and ruthless. His misconstrued perception of Jessica was a mosiac. Deep down he knew she was innocent and yet her need for finance was seen as a gold digger habit. Jessica was in love hence she fell into the 'mistress' role to selfishly have the time with her love, but to be constantly be accused, degraded and judged by every action to get Salvatore to something the women usually want from him was the final straw. Jess stood up and said enough!!! The ending was abrupt....I wanted that passionate realisation of error on Salvatore's part, I wanted the famous passionate Sicilian grovel...I wasn't even sure the hero was genuine until the epilogue...The story could have been a great one if the hero was allowed to properly redeem himself for the reader.
maybe
December 13, 2021Self note
- plain Jane maid h + gorgeous rich H. She cleans and mops his office.
- plain Jane maid h + gorgeous rich H. She cleans and mops his office.
August 22, 2019
Looved it till the end.
But the ending was so unexpected when he proposed to her. When just he was thinking the worst of her and didn't feel nothing.
But the ending was so unexpected when he proposed to her. When just he was thinking the worst of her and didn't feel nothing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 26, 2016
Hero had crazy views on women; until he met a defiant "cleaner".
Heroine is a very likable character for several reasons; first she is intelligent, hardworking and then, sassy!
The story takes a few twists and turns for both characters, when a straightforward no strings attached affair becomes much more than either of them had bargained for.
Salvatore discovers that he can't peg Jessica in the mold of fortune huntress/gold-digger because she doesn't care a damn about his money or how she can benefit from it and him.
Jessica is fearlessly independent, smart, naïve and some what innocent (but not a virgin) and learns that love doesn't come in the calm and easy going form that she wanted,
but rather messy and complicated but rewarding all the same once she willing to compromise and forgive a somewhat clueless but well-meaning Salvatore.
Heroine is a very likable character for several reasons; first she is intelligent, hardworking and then, sassy!
The story takes a few twists and turns for both characters, when a straightforward no strings attached affair becomes much more than either of them had bargained for.
Salvatore discovers that he can't peg Jessica in the mold of fortune huntress/gold-digger because she doesn't care a damn about his money or how she can benefit from it and him.
Jessica is fearlessly independent, smart, naïve and some what innocent (but not a virgin) and learns that love doesn't come in the calm and easy going form that she wanted,
but rather messy and complicated but rewarding all the same once she willing to compromise and forgive a somewhat clueless but well-meaning Salvatore.
April 3, 2016
It was frustratingly dull. I expected better. The guy was too much of an ass to like, too arrogant too. And I hated how the character development was for the female--in fact it was like her character was degrading as the story went; the guy didn't change at all. The ending was disappointing.
August 6, 2020
Jessica lets Salvatore treat her like a sexual object, and it's not okay in any circumstances.
No man has the right to treat a woman like a sexual object and buy things for the exchange of sex. This behavior is not okay. And we should stop romanticizing this.
No man has the right to treat a woman like a sexual object and buy things for the exchange of sex. This behavior is not okay. And we should stop romanticizing this.
August 13, 2020
full review to come
April 6, 2018
I began reading the Harlequin Presents very long ago starting with book #1 - I'm used to arrogant, jackass, un-PC heroes and I cannot lie. I love them!
It's o.k. to have a girl friend/mistress to keep predatory females away, but you don't have to 'respect' them. It's o.k. to forget that a mistress is someone's daughter, sister, niece, friend. It's o.k. to have a mistress, lots of sex, but you plan to return to your home country to marry a young virginal woman - uh, a doormat.
It's o.k. to dress your mistress is luscious clothes, buy her jewels and feel that you have the right to call the shots. Never mind that your mistress falls in love with you. Aren't all mistresses greedy, grabby gold-diggers???? This is great HQ Presents Old School. God I loved this book: it's what I expect from most HQ Presents, and the kind of hero I love to see fall and fall hard. But I also can't help but wish heroines would make them crawl and grovel a little bit more, but I guess when you love the jerk you're a little more forgiving.
This is going straight to the Crazy Keeper Shelf.
It's o.k. to have a girl friend/mistress to keep predatory females away, but you don't have to 'respect' them. It's o.k. to forget that a mistress is someone's daughter, sister, niece, friend. It's o.k. to have a mistress, lots of sex, but you plan to return to your home country to marry a young virginal woman - uh, a doormat.
It's o.k. to dress your mistress is luscious clothes, buy her jewels and feel that you have the right to call the shots. Never mind that your mistress falls in love with you. Aren't all mistresses greedy, grabby gold-diggers???? This is great HQ Presents Old School. God I loved this book: it's what I expect from most HQ Presents, and the kind of hero I love to see fall and fall hard. But I also can't help but wish heroines would make them crawl and grovel a little bit more, but I guess when you love the jerk you're a little more forgiving.
This is going straight to the Crazy Keeper Shelf.
July 2, 2021
Didn't like it, hero was very much a jerk and thinks he's God's gift to women. His attraction to heroine actually waned and he actually did paperwork instead of trying to seduce her (like what??) and then during dinner with heroine he actually recalled vividly sleeping with a waitress years before (that doesn't bode well for his attraction to heroine that he could/would do that). His thoughts about heroine were constantly about how not good enough or pretty enough for him. The connection between the 2 felt entirely sexual and the hero at end being in love with heroine did not feel authentic. It felt like he just wanted her for sex and said he loved her to get her back, there was no big realization that he loved her and he went after her (she told him no to going out with him then he professed his love). I also didn't like heroine. Np.
January 15, 2025
I listened because it was included at no additional cost in Audible Plus catalog.
Narrator was great!
MMC was a dick. I like HQ Presents, alpha males, etc. But there was nothing redeeming about this MMC, so it was unclear why MFC was in love with him. Sexual awakening, sure. But other than that he didn't have any redeeming personality characteristics. And she was put off by his money. So what's the connection?
He was more selfish misogynist than alpha protective male.
I finished because it helped me fall back asleep a few nights. But not my favorite Kendrick HQ Presents book.
Narrator was great!
MMC was a dick. I like HQ Presents, alpha males, etc. But there was nothing redeeming about this MMC, so it was unclear why MFC was in love with him. Sexual awakening, sure. But other than that he didn't have any redeeming personality characteristics. And she was put off by his money. So what's the connection?
He was more selfish misogynist than alpha protective male.
I finished because it helped me fall back asleep a few nights. But not my favorite Kendrick HQ Presents book.
May 19, 2018
Yowza that wasn't good. The hero said he couldn't marry 'someone who has been around the block' umm you lost me sir. I wanted to like the heroine but she, at every turn, gave into the hero, was pushed around and forced into the 'mistress role' and accepted it. The hero's change of mind in the last chapter came out of no where and was completely unbelievable. Skip.
May 10, 2020
Neither of the characters were likeable.The hero was a hardcore playboy right up until the end when he suddenly just changed and wanted marriage. There was no build up to it. The heroine was pathetic, thinking one thing but doing another.
June 29, 2023
Muy buena
Al principio la actitud del protagonista me puso como “¿qué es esto?” , pero luego le vas encontrando el sentido. Muy sencilla la historia y rápido de leer si estas sin hacer nada una tarde. La recomiendo!
Al principio la actitud del protagonista me puso como “¿qué es esto?” , pero luego le vas encontrando el sentido. Muy sencilla la historia y rápido de leer si estas sin hacer nada una tarde. La recomiendo!
November 21, 2017
2.5 stars
July 29, 2019
This whole book was iffy, but the fact that it took until the sixth to the last paragraph of the last chapter for the man to stop being an unrelenting douchebag is not acceptable.
April 13, 2020
Nice story, she’s sweet, and he needed an attitude adjustment.
August 31, 2020
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AUDIOBOOK: Read 30 August 2020
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Narrator: Simone Phillips does a good job
Liked this one.
AUDIOBOOK: Read 30 August 2020
5hrs 2min
Narrator: Simone Phillips does a good job
Liked this one.
January 5, 2021
Jessica is dumb asf! Is all I can say. Wasted money purchasing this book!!!!
February 18, 2016
This is absolutely non PC work , and the H is obviously an emotional cripple in addition to being Alpha, domineering, and arrogant -- but isn't this why we read HP? Clearly, the h is whipped. This is how the H was able to get her to do what he wants, even if it goes against her principles. What is especially noteworthy is the authors depiction of the gradual erosion of the h's personal dignity, sacrificed for love and desire. This may be what other readers object to: it was torture to read the book and see h chuck bits and pieces of her self-respect a little bit at a time. There were so many times while reading the book when I said to myself, "No!! Don't do it, don't agree to this dastardly arrangement!"
Admittedly, the groveling is too brief, but nonetheless satisfying in the way it was described. Personally, I would've enjoyed reading the H get more of his just deserts, however it is a somewhat longer book, and I have no doubt that the HP editors had something to do with chopping the end. There is no doubt the h demonstrates her strength of character in the end, and there is a very nice epilogue. I can't stand a book without an epilogue.
Highly recommend it if you can stand the angst. If you want a sweeter, more lighthearted read, probably not the best book for you.
Admittedly, the groveling is too brief, but nonetheless satisfying in the way it was described. Personally, I would've enjoyed reading the H get more of his just deserts, however it is a somewhat longer book, and I have no doubt that the HP editors had something to do with chopping the end. There is no doubt the h demonstrates her strength of character in the end, and there is a very nice epilogue. I can't stand a book without an epilogue.
Highly recommend it if you can stand the angst. If you want a sweeter, more lighthearted read, probably not the best book for you.
June 16, 2014
I am hovering at a 2.5 stars rating on this delightful bit of sad characters. She is an orphan raised by her grandmother, moves to the big city and works in an office during the day and as a janitor during the evening. He is a hard working international businessman who clearly sees women as whores or virgins worthy of reverence, with those of the latter variety in short supply and only of true worth if from Italy and a good family. It was beautiful to see the chemistry explode between them but the constant debasement and humiliating remarks made by the "desirable Salvatore" towards the evening cleaning lady... made me feel dirty just on principle.
Ms. Kendrick, if the goal was to loathe these two, you have succeeded in aplomb. If you were really truly trying to create a romantic blossoming relationship, you did not create that atmosphere in this story.
Ms. Kendrick, if the goal was to loathe these two, you have succeeded in aplomb. If you were really truly trying to create a romantic blossoming relationship, you did not create that atmosphere in this story.
September 7, 2012
SALVATORE WAS A BILLIONAIRE, PLAYBOY AND WANTED JESSICA TO BE HIS MISTRESS, TO KEEP THE GOLD-DIGGING WOMEN AT BAY. HE WAS AGAINST FALLING IN LOVE, BUT OF COURSE, HE FELLED IN LOVE WITH JESSICA AND DAZZY HER WITH TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD, EATING AT EXPENSIVE RESTAURANTS AND CHARMED HER WITH A NEW WARDROBE. JESSICA BEGAN FALLING IN LOVE WITH HIM AS WELL. SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, SO SHE ENDED THEIR RELATIONSHIP. WEEKS LATER, SEXY SALVATORE SHOW UP AT HER DOOR WITH A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL. THEY WED, MOVED BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN SICILY AND MOVED HER GRANDMOTHER WITH THEM AS WELL. THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. GOOD READ!!!!
May 25, 2013
Things moved along far too fast for the love story between Jessica and Salvatore to be realistic. Even for fiction it was a stretch. Jessica was a bit of a pushover too which I didn't like. And Salvatore might have had the looks and the money, but he was an a*shole in so many ways. I didn't see what Jessica saw in him that was so attractive to her.
When they did finally fall in love, I rolled my eyes. Everything was tied up quickly in the end and suddenly Salvatore was a changed man...
If I heard 'cara' one more time, I think I would have screamed.
When they did finally fall in love, I rolled my eyes. Everything was tied up quickly in the end and suddenly Salvatore was a changed man...
If I heard 'cara' one more time, I think I would have screamed.
June 3, 2021
To get the hordes of predatory women off his back, billionaire Salvatore Cardini impulsively asks his petite office cleaner to be his convenient mistress!
Jessica reluctantly agrees—who would say no to such an incredibly attractive and commanding man? But he is on the international rich list, with a glamorous lifestyle to match, while she has to work two jobs just to survive. What she hasn't realized is her role isn't just to be on his arm in public—but to be his mistress in private, too
Jessica reluctantly agrees—who would say no to such an incredibly attractive and commanding man? But he is on the international rich list, with a glamorous lifestyle to match, while she has to work two jobs just to survive. What she hasn't realized is her role isn't just to be on his arm in public—but to be his mistress in private, too
August 16, 2013
Disliked both main characters. Salvatore is a jerk & Jessica should have kept her panties on until he learned to respect her. His sudden subsequent declaration didn't make sense & neither did her passive acceptance. The writing itself was good but the story left a lot to be desired.
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January 11, 2009So did not enjoy it - it just didn't sit right, not the plot, not the interaction - nothing.
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