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Italian's Pregnant Mistress
An accidental pregnancy, opposites attract, Italian billionaire romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Carol Marinelli.
Cinderella’s
She’s having his billion-dollar baby!
Finding waitress Susie in his family’s Tuscan palazzo, Dante Casadio immediately jumps to the wrong conclusion. Their fiery confrontation results in a string of red-hot nights—but tormented by a guilty secret, Dante refuses to entertain happily-ever-afters. Despite Susie setting his soul alight…
As their electrifying chemistry intensifies, Susie falls deeper with each encounter. Except every tantalizing glimpse of the Italian’s extraordinary world reveals a life drastically different to hers. And before Susie can walk away with her heart intact, she makes a life-changing she’s pregnant!
From Harlequin Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all the Rival Italian Brothers
Book 1: Italian's Pregnant Mistress
Book 2: Italian's Cinderella Temptation
Cinderella’s
She’s having his billion-dollar baby!
Finding waitress Susie in his family’s Tuscan palazzo, Dante Casadio immediately jumps to the wrong conclusion. Their fiery confrontation results in a string of red-hot nights—but tormented by a guilty secret, Dante refuses to entertain happily-ever-afters. Despite Susie setting his soul alight…
As their electrifying chemistry intensifies, Susie falls deeper with each encounter. Except every tantalizing glimpse of the Italian’s extraordinary world reveals a life drastically different to hers. And before Susie can walk away with her heart intact, she makes a life-changing she’s pregnant!
From Harlequin Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all the Rival Italian Brothers
Book 1: Italian's Pregnant Mistress
Book 2: Italian's Cinderella Temptation
208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 21, 2025
About the author
Carol Marinelli
1,502 books459 followersCarol Marinelli was born in England to Scottish parents, then emigrated to Australia, where there are loads of Scottish and English people who did exactly the same, so she’s very at home there.
She lives in the outer suburbs of Melbourne—pretty much in her car, driving her three children to their various commitments.
Carol writes for the Harlequin Presents and Medical lines and she also writes contemporary women's fiction (with a dark twist).
When she's not writing she's reading, when she's not reading she's writing.
She lives in the outer suburbs of Melbourne—pretty much in her car, driving her three children to their various commitments.
Carol writes for the Harlequin Presents and Medical lines and she also writes contemporary women's fiction (with a dark twist).
When she's not writing she's reading, when she's not reading she's writing.
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January 19, 2025
I hope Sev and Juliet get their own story!
March 1, 2025
Oh what a delight to read a Carol Marinelli book. Her ability to create characters who are both engaging and credible is so rewarding after a recent spate of Mills and Boon which have offered two dimensional characters in melodramatic fairy stories which left me cold.
Her characters behave in ways that are credible and understandable. I loved this - keep on writing please!
Her characters behave in ways that are credible and understandable. I loved this - keep on writing please!
April 14, 2025
Nice to read a CM story again, even though many of her themes and tropes aren't new. She does imbue her characters with warmth and a real humanity, although must we have an accidental pregnancy in EVERY book? I should have paid more attention to the title, although it came in a bundle called An Italian Temptation so I thought it might swerve the usual. Anyway, it loses a star for retreading old ground - I know, I know, the very definition of a Mills and Boon, I'm fickle - but does every single heroine need to be such an idiot when it comes to contraception?
So we have aspiring chef Susie, and Dante, a lawyer (not a billionaire, which made a nice change tbh). Dante is still mourning his dead parents and is estranged from his only brother Sev, for sad reasons that are revealed as the story unfolds. As is typical with CM, these two people, who should never have connected or even met, do have an immediate attraction and have a one-night stand that stretches to two and then three days. Poor Susie is completely smitten from first glance, and is powerless to resist the gorgeous Italian while telling herself she can cope with the inevitable goodbye. She does gain in confidence as the relationship continues and she asserts her own needs with her employer and her family thanks to Dante's influence. Dante is utterly charmed by Susie, she warms his cold heart with her kindness and sweetness and he regains his love of his home town which had been full of terrible memories for him. The scenes in Lucca are lovely, it's made me investigate this beautiful part of Italy.
The pregnancy doesn't take up a huge chunk of the story, despite the title.
I'm looking forward to the next one, featuring the brother, so I can meet these characters again.
So we have aspiring chef Susie, and Dante, a lawyer (not a billionaire, which made a nice change tbh). Dante is still mourning his dead parents and is estranged from his only brother Sev, for sad reasons that are revealed as the story unfolds. As is typical with CM, these two people, who should never have connected or even met, do have an immediate attraction and have a one-night stand that stretches to two and then three days. Poor Susie is completely smitten from first glance, and is powerless to resist the gorgeous Italian while telling herself she can cope with the inevitable goodbye. She does gain in confidence as the relationship continues and she asserts her own needs with her employer and her family thanks to Dante's influence. Dante is utterly charmed by Susie, she warms his cold heart with her kindness and sweetness and he regains his love of his home town which had been full of terrible memories for him. The scenes in Lucca are lovely, it's made me investigate this beautiful part of Italy.
The pregnancy doesn't take up a huge chunk of the story, despite the title.
I'm looking forward to the next one, featuring the brother, so I can meet these characters again.
October 27, 2025
I liked it, they were both pleasant characters and they had a good connection.
I liked both the characters and I liked reading about the build up of their relationship, them getting to know each other and not just them sleeping together all the time.
I liked that the hero wasn't cruel when he learned of pregnancy on his own (by observing her and putting the clues together) and that he was so adult about the conversation about her pregnancy and the future, like he wasn't threatening to take custody or forcing marriage, just let her know it was up to her what she wanted to do but he would be involved in his child's life. He told her he loved her and wanted to marry her and so she felt comfortable doing the same. P.
I liked both the characters and I liked reading about the build up of their relationship, them getting to know each other and not just them sleeping together all the time.
I liked that the hero wasn't cruel when he learned of pregnancy on his own (by observing her and putting the clues together) and that he was so adult about the conversation about her pregnancy and the future, like he wasn't threatening to take custody or forcing marriage, just let her know it was up to her what she wanted to do but he would be involved in his child's life. He told her he loved her and wanted to marry her and so she felt comfortable doing the same. P.
May 14, 2025
A lovely story
This is the first book in the series and it is very good. The h and H meet in Italy when he comes to check up on his grandfather, there’s so much drama and angst within the family. The brothers are torn apart by a misunderstanding about his brother’s deceased wife. The H had a one night stand with him several years ago and was shocked to learn she was marrying his brother. The h had her own insecurities with her family. They met and had a fling but never forget about each other. It’s a sweet love story that helped two people heal. Great epilogue.
This is the first book in the series and it is very good. The h and H meet in Italy when he comes to check up on his grandfather, there’s so much drama and angst within the family. The brothers are torn apart by a misunderstanding about his brother’s deceased wife. The H had a one night stand with him several years ago and was shocked to learn she was marrying his brother. The h had her own insecurities with her family. They met and had a fling but never forget about each other. It’s a sweet love story that helped two people heal. Great epilogue.
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August 16, 2025
Not for me. On the bright side hero gives heroine her first orgasm…
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