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The Italian's Price
She's really a mouse...but he thinks she's a tiger!
Cesare Saracino is bent on revenge! He doesn't realize that the woman he forces back to Italy is not the thief, but her identical twin, Milly Lee.
With Cesare watching her every move, the usually mousy Milly struggles to masquerade as her sexy twin. And when desire unexpectedly flares between them, Milly is powerless to refuse Cesare's advances. Will the truth come out in the heat of passion?
Cesare Saracino is bent on revenge! He doesn't realize that the woman he forces back to Italy is not the thief, but her identical twin, Milly Lee.
With Cesare watching her every move, the usually mousy Milly struggles to masquerade as her sexy twin. And when desire unexpectedly flares between them, Milly is powerless to refuse Cesare's advances. Will the truth come out in the heat of passion?
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2006
About the author
Diana Hamilton
304 books76 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Diana Hamilton was born in a English town. Wanting to be a country child, her imagination came into play at an early age, transforming a neighbor’s tree into a forest, a hole in a stone wall into a gingerbread house, a gas puddle into a fairyland, complete with mountains, lakes and flower meadows. She loathed housework but made to do her share, to lessen the boredom, she told herself stories, in a very loud voice, featuring princesses and flower gardens, discovering that telling herself stories was almost as good as reading them in a book.
She loathed school with an equal passion and got through it by pretending to be somewhere else. Even so she left grammar school with respectable grades... And was sent to art college when she wanted to study to be a vet. This was nowhere as bad as it had seemed because it was there, at age 18, she first saw Peter. He had returned from two years’ active service in Korea to resume his studies, and Diana immediately fell in love with him.
Gaining a degree in advertising copywriting, Diana worked as a copywriter and married Peter. They moved to a remote part of Wales after the birth of their second child, Paul, when their daughter, Rebecca, was three years old. There, Diana enjoyed pony trekking and walking in the mountains; and her third child, Andrew, was born. Itchy feet brought them back to England to the beautiful county of Shropshire four years later and they have been there ever since, gradually restoring the rambling Elizabethan manor that Diana gave her heart to on sight, creating a garden out of a wilderness of nettles, brambles and old bedsteads.
In the mid-'70s Diana took up her pen again to write stories to read to her three children at bedtime. These were never offered for publication but the bug had bitten. Over the next 10 years she combined writing over 30 novels, published by Robert Hale of London, with bringing up her children, gardening and cooking for the restaurant of a local inn—a wonderful excuse to avoid the dreaded housework! In 1987 Diana realized her dearest ambition—the publication of her first Mills & Boon romance, Song in a Strange Land. She had come home. And that feeling persists to this day as, around 30 Harlequin/Mills & Boon romantic novels late, she was still in love with the genre.
Sadly, Diana Hamilton passed away on May 3, 2009, at her home in Shropshire, surrounded by her family. She will be sorely missed by her fans and everyone at Mills & Boon/Harlequin
Diana Hamilton was born in a English town. Wanting to be a country child, her imagination came into play at an early age, transforming a neighbor’s tree into a forest, a hole in a stone wall into a gingerbread house, a gas puddle into a fairyland, complete with mountains, lakes and flower meadows. She loathed housework but made to do her share, to lessen the boredom, she told herself stories, in a very loud voice, featuring princesses and flower gardens, discovering that telling herself stories was almost as good as reading them in a book.
She loathed school with an equal passion and got through it by pretending to be somewhere else. Even so she left grammar school with respectable grades... And was sent to art college when she wanted to study to be a vet. This was nowhere as bad as it had seemed because it was there, at age 18, she first saw Peter. He had returned from two years’ active service in Korea to resume his studies, and Diana immediately fell in love with him.
Gaining a degree in advertising copywriting, Diana worked as a copywriter and married Peter. They moved to a remote part of Wales after the birth of their second child, Paul, when their daughter, Rebecca, was three years old. There, Diana enjoyed pony trekking and walking in the mountains; and her third child, Andrew, was born. Itchy feet brought them back to England to the beautiful county of Shropshire four years later and they have been there ever since, gradually restoring the rambling Elizabethan manor that Diana gave her heart to on sight, creating a garden out of a wilderness of nettles, brambles and old bedsteads.
In the mid-'70s Diana took up her pen again to write stories to read to her three children at bedtime. These were never offered for publication but the bug had bitten. Over the next 10 years she combined writing over 30 novels, published by Robert Hale of London, with bringing up her children, gardening and cooking for the restaurant of a local inn—a wonderful excuse to avoid the dreaded housework! In 1987 Diana realized her dearest ambition—the publication of her first Mills & Boon romance, Song in a Strange Land. She had come home. And that feeling persists to this day as, around 30 Harlequin/Mills & Boon romantic novels late, she was still in love with the genre.
Sadly, Diana Hamilton passed away on May 3, 2009, at her home in Shropshire, surrounded by her family. She will be sorely missed by her fans and everyone at Mills & Boon/Harlequin
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July 30, 2019
Heroine was trying to protect her evil twin sister so when a man shows up accusing her of stealing she pretends to be her. That really really annoyed me. He takes her back to be the companion for his Grandmother because the Grandma missed her and forced her to work for free. And of course she does. She is the saintly twin and right away he guesses she is a fraud. But he doesn't tell her of course.
Actually I really ended up loving this book. The Heroine is Very sweet and of course the hero falls for her right away. That was different too. He did ask her to hide the engagement until they were back in his mansion and her sister when finally found used to manipulate her.
This is just the typical HP with innocent virgin heroine and a manly handsome italian! And of course reading these growing up is probably why I fell for the first Italian I met!! Lol. And I kept him too. Poor guy.
Great story little angst but Very easy enjoyable reading! Safe
Actually I really ended up loving this book. The Heroine is Very sweet and of course the hero falls for her right away. That was different too. He did ask her to hide the engagement until they were back in his mansion and her sister when finally found used to manipulate her.
This is just the typical HP with innocent virgin heroine and a manly handsome italian! And of course reading these growing up is probably why I fell for the first Italian I met!! Lol. And I kept him too. Poor guy.
Great story little angst but Very easy enjoyable reading! Safe
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March 3, 2017
It was an okay read. Not good, but not bad either.
April 10, 2021
I really enjoyed this one, helped by the fact that I have visited some of the places in the book!
Milly - our h was hopelessly out of her depth and naïve when the book began and embarked on a deception that would fool no one.
Casare the H - wasn't likeable to start with but changed when he realised MIlly was a genuine soul.
Its the mistaken identity trope with Milly and her brassy twin Jilly mixed up, with some misunderstandings. Pleasingly Cesare could see they were very different people despite looking identical. Add in a lovely Nonna, truth speaking BFF for Milly and a great story develops.
Milly - our h was hopelessly out of her depth and naïve when the book began and embarked on a deception that would fool no one.
Casare the H - wasn't likeable to start with but changed when he realised MIlly was a genuine soul.
Its the mistaken identity trope with Milly and her brassy twin Jilly mixed up, with some misunderstandings. Pleasingly Cesare could see they were very different people despite looking identical. Add in a lovely Nonna, truth speaking BFF for Milly and a great story develops.
February 6, 2024
Reread because I didn’t remember much beyond the good twin stepping in for the bad one and thought it might be better than I recalled. Nope, it’s worse.
I can’t rate a book I read twice only 1 star but that’s about what this is. Doormat gullible h, manipulative H, scheming sister, icky plot, poor character development and no setting.
Original review is kinder:
Ok story but so stale. Nothing new or special.
I can’t rate a book I read twice only 1 star but that’s about what this is. Doormat gullible h, manipulative H, scheming sister, icky plot, poor character development and no setting.
Original review is kinder:
Ok story but so stale. Nothing new or special.
January 9, 2012
It was ok I guess. Not the best thing I've read but I was out of books.
November 19, 2022
It Takes A While To Get Into This Story. The Start Is A Snoozer; The H Is Stiff And The h Has Nothing About Her She Might As Well Be A Mannequin For The First Half Of The Story, Until Ms Hamilton Remember What She Was Doing
October 19, 2022
Beautifully written novel of intrigue and identity.
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September 3, 2015
Liked the book a lot. Well the heroine is a gullible idiot and swallows each and every nonsense her twin sis sprouts like gospels. However, this one is one of those rare books where I actually admire the hero. He is forgiving unlike the harlequin heroes and even after the heroine 1st deceived him, albeit with good intention, and later didn't trust him over her sister, though she came around after a while, the hero forgave her and like a true gentleman made allowances for her. All in all the story is a good one.
September 2, 2015
I had no idea these HP books were on goodreads. They are my go to book for night time reading because they are so short and sometimes emotional for me. This was not one of my favorites, because the heroine was trying to pretend she was her twin, but she really couldn't pull it off! But of course the harsh hero falls for the innocent, kind sister.
March 30, 2021
Cesare Saracino is bent on revenge! He doesn't realize that the woman he forces back to Italy is not the thief, but her identical twin, Milly Lee. With Cesare watching her every move, the usually mousy Milly struggles to masquerade as her sexy twin. And when desire unexpectedly flares between them, Milly is powerless to refuse Cesare's advances. Will the truth come out in the heat of passion?
February 27, 2012
I liked that she did closed-door/fade-to-black for sex. It's incredibly refreshing these days. However, much as I like HP, this book really didn't work for me. The relationship seemed forced and went from "hate" to "love" on the hero's side waaaaay too much like a light being switched on.
March 18, 2016
Again with the misleading blurbs. This book was so annoying and whats wuth the instant falling in love, cant we have some slow building.
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