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Her Heartless Husband
She wants his heart. Her mafia billionaire husband wants a divorce.
Ezio Marchetti, one of New England's most powerful mafia billionaires, will do anything his grandmother commands—except fall in love with the bride she chose for him.
Cat knew marrying Ezio would break her heart. She just didn't expect him to enjoy doing it.
Ezio Marchetti, one of New England's most powerful mafia billionaires, will do anything his grandmother commands—except fall in love with the bride she chose for him.
Cat knew marrying Ezio would break her heart. She just didn't expect him to enjoy doing it.
- GenresContemporary
95 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 18, 2024
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August 30, 2024
This was a jumbled mess of nothing. I’m convinced mine was missing several chapters. The chapters with the plot and development.
I finished though 🤷🏼♀️
I finished though 🤷🏼♀️
July 23, 2024
Sooo silly to be angsty.
December 30, 2024
Mafia Romance
Normally, I do not read the Mafia romance trope. The description of the book was intriguing and the book turned out to be lite on Mafia violence and more about romance.
I have read a lot of Marian Tee and quite enjoyed them. This was a good story but it was a bit discombobulated at the beginning but smoothed out as the book continued.
Some editing would make the story more clearer. However I did enjoy this book and look forward to reading the next book in the series.
Normally, I do not read the Mafia romance trope. The description of the book was intriguing and the book turned out to be lite on Mafia violence and more about romance.
I have read a lot of Marian Tee and quite enjoyed them. This was a good story but it was a bit discombobulated at the beginning but smoothed out as the book continued.
Some editing would make the story more clearer. However I did enjoy this book and look forward to reading the next book in the series.
September 2, 2024
eh
I agree with everyone.
But I offer a counter-(uh) thought.
We’re so used to the dual POV style of romance novels that we’ve forgotten there’s another POV that exists: the omniscient POV. I think that MAYBE this is the POV that the author used, but I’ll be honest and say that this was poorly done because it was just too darn confusing. It’s third person omniscient but it reads like dual pOV except that it’s the POV of EVERYONE thrown together in the mix.
It was NOT a satisfying read.
I didn’t like Cat and Ezio. I don’t like Cat because she’s honestly just plain annoying to me. She keeps thinking she’s invisible but she’s not. All the important people WHO MATTER really DO notice her. Ezio also pointed out that Cat once ran on a broken ankle and she said she had a high pain tolerance and that part of the story was so confusing. LIke girl WHY are you running (*insert meme*).
I don’t like Ezio just because. I don’t get him.
To summarize. This book is too short without good characterization. Whatever characterization is there is unsatisfactory and leaves a lot of questions. Shifting POVs is confusing AF. Probably won’t read the rest of the series or any more of this author.
I agree with everyone.
But I offer a counter-(uh) thought.
We’re so used to the dual POV style of romance novels that we’ve forgotten there’s another POV that exists: the omniscient POV. I think that MAYBE this is the POV that the author used, but I’ll be honest and say that this was poorly done because it was just too darn confusing. It’s third person omniscient but it reads like dual pOV except that it’s the POV of EVERYONE thrown together in the mix.
It was NOT a satisfying read.
I didn’t like Cat and Ezio. I don’t like Cat because she’s honestly just plain annoying to me. She keeps thinking she’s invisible but she’s not. All the important people WHO MATTER really DO notice her. Ezio also pointed out that Cat once ran on a broken ankle and she said she had a high pain tolerance and that part of the story was so confusing. LIke girl WHY are you running (*insert meme*).
I don’t like Ezio just because. I don’t get him.
To summarize. This book is too short without good characterization. Whatever characterization is there is unsatisfactory and leaves a lot of questions. Shifting POVs is confusing AF. Probably won’t read the rest of the series or any more of this author.
July 23, 2024
Weirdly religious for a mafia book? Like no connection seen between the main couple except for being told they suddenly love each other. Very little actual plot/connection between scenes.
December 31, 2024
DNR at about 50%
*Possible Spoilers*
This is one of those situations that makes me question whether or not I was reading the same book as all the 5 star reviews. Did KU glitch on me and only give me a portion of the book?!?
It was a short story so I didn't go into it with high expectations of in-depth character development or plot. I don't know what this was. It was almost like the author used a stream of consciousness, talk to text method of dictation to get their ideas down and then forgot to go back and finish the story.
Cat, our heroine, feels like she's invisible to those around her. This stems from a traumatic childhood event where her parents were, I think, brutally murdered while she hid away. Somehow the people who murdered her parents neglected to find her. When we meet Cat, she has been working (for all of 5 months) as a personal assistant for La Strega, a powerful figurehead in the Italian mafia in Boston. She's babysitting drunks at a party on a boat when she's knocked overboard (because she's apparently about as invisible as The Invisible Man). Cat is fished out by Ezio (our MMC), one of La Strega's grandsons. As she's floundering in the water, Cat seems to flipflop between letting herself drown to be with her parents in heaven or living to fulfill God's plan for her.
She ultimately decides God's plan is for her to marry Ezio, a man, that as far as I can tell, she goes out of her way to avoid after he saves her from drowning. There's one concrete meeting between the two after the near drowning, where they are both at a family ice skating event. Cat fakes an injury to avoid spending time with Ezio and then there's a time jump of 5 years. For some reason, Cat has decided it's time for her and Ezio to marry. Cat approaches La Strega and she seems to agree with little to no convincing. The announcement that Ezio is to marry Cat is made at a family brunch the day after one of Ezio's brother's weddings - the reason, I think that Ezio was home. He seems to simply accept this and that's where I gave up.
The writing was so choppy. The points of view jumped around between the main characters and various supporting characters. Another reviewer pointed out that many of us have gotten spoiled by authors using dual first person POVs and that might be why the flow of the story was so jarring. What little dialogue there was between characters felt like people were talking in riddles. Honestly, it felt like conversations with my in-laws where they are talking about people without using anyone's names and you're supposed to figure out who they are talking about based on the context clues.
I feel like this was someone's rough draft AO3 story that they just threw up on KU to see what would happen. Save yourself some time and maybe skip this one.
*Possible Spoilers*
This is one of those situations that makes me question whether or not I was reading the same book as all the 5 star reviews. Did KU glitch on me and only give me a portion of the book?!?
It was a short story so I didn't go into it with high expectations of in-depth character development or plot. I don't know what this was. It was almost like the author used a stream of consciousness, talk to text method of dictation to get their ideas down and then forgot to go back and finish the story.
Cat, our heroine, feels like she's invisible to those around her. This stems from a traumatic childhood event where her parents were, I think, brutally murdered while she hid away. Somehow the people who murdered her parents neglected to find her. When we meet Cat, she has been working (for all of 5 months) as a personal assistant for La Strega, a powerful figurehead in the Italian mafia in Boston. She's babysitting drunks at a party on a boat when she's knocked overboard (because she's apparently about as invisible as The Invisible Man). Cat is fished out by Ezio (our MMC), one of La Strega's grandsons. As she's floundering in the water, Cat seems to flipflop between letting herself drown to be with her parents in heaven or living to fulfill God's plan for her.
She ultimately decides God's plan is for her to marry Ezio, a man, that as far as I can tell, she goes out of her way to avoid after he saves her from drowning. There's one concrete meeting between the two after the near drowning, where they are both at a family ice skating event. Cat fakes an injury to avoid spending time with Ezio and then there's a time jump of 5 years. For some reason, Cat has decided it's time for her and Ezio to marry. Cat approaches La Strega and she seems to agree with little to no convincing. The announcement that Ezio is to marry Cat is made at a family brunch the day after one of Ezio's brother's weddings - the reason, I think that Ezio was home. He seems to simply accept this and that's where I gave up.
The writing was so choppy. The points of view jumped around between the main characters and various supporting characters. Another reviewer pointed out that many of us have gotten spoiled by authors using dual first person POVs and that might be why the flow of the story was so jarring. What little dialogue there was between characters felt like people were talking in riddles. Honestly, it felt like conversations with my in-laws where they are talking about people without using anyone's names and you're supposed to figure out who they are talking about based on the context clues.
I feel like this was someone's rough draft AO3 story that they just threw up on KU to see what would happen. Save yourself some time and maybe skip this one.
May 2, 2025
2.5✯
-insta love/lust for the heroine
-confusing change of POVs (h, H, side characters)
-not sure if the hero was with others after meeting the h but when they get together he's been celibate for years (the last he saw the h was 5 years ago)
-desperate horny immature weak heroine - the way she acted was embarrassing, she was so in love with the H that she asked his grandmother for permission to marry him
-I couldn't connect with the hero, he was supposed to be a complex character but he had the personality of a cardboard
-no real om drama (misunderstanding)
-no cheating
-all the drama happened almost at the end of the story (the hero believed that the h had betrayed him) so there was no time for him to grovel, not that he needed to bc the h was so pathetic she forgave him in a second after he told her he loved her
-no real ow drama (the H made the h think that he was cheating but obviously he was not)
-HFN
-insta love/lust for the heroine
-confusing change of POVs (h, H, side characters)
-not sure if the hero was with others after meeting the h but when they get together he's been celibate for years (the last he saw the h was 5 years ago)
-desperate horny immature weak heroine - the way she acted was embarrassing, she was so in love with the H that she asked his grandmother for permission to marry him
-I couldn't connect with the hero, he was supposed to be a complex character but he had the personality of a cardboard
-no real om drama (misunderstanding)
-no cheating
-all the drama happened almost at the end of the story (the hero believed that the h had betrayed him) so there was no time for him to grovel, not that he needed to bc the h was so pathetic she forgave him in a second after he told her he loved her
-no real ow drama (the H made the h think that he was cheating but obviously he was not)
-HFN
August 8, 2024
Cute but average…
I love Ms. Tee’s writing and I was surprised that I had missed this one. But she’s republished most of her work under new names and ISBNs. So I’m often unsure if I’ve seen something previously. Fortunately this did not say “previously published” so I gave it a chance.
The h is apparently a woman who is invisible to the masses, and she is so invisible that she is knocked overboard during an event for her employer. She pretty much falls immediately for her rescuer. He does not.
Five years later and the story really starts. I won’t spoil the rest, but eventually they get themselves together and HEA…
Cute but just average so 3 stars.
KU read.
I love Ms. Tee’s writing and I was surprised that I had missed this one. But she’s republished most of her work under new names and ISBNs. So I’m often unsure if I’ve seen something previously. Fortunately this did not say “previously published” so I gave it a chance.
The h is apparently a woman who is invisible to the masses, and she is so invisible that she is knocked overboard during an event for her employer. She pretty much falls immediately for her rescuer. He does not.
Five years later and the story really starts. I won’t spoil the rest, but eventually they get themselves together and HEA…
Cute but just average so 3 stars.
KU read.
September 6, 2024
cute, short, and a little confusing.
I get what the author was trying to do but the continuity was off. They’d go from one location to another during the same conversation and it happened quite often.
Example and potential spoiler, at the end she wakes up with Ezio sitting next to her bed and they’re having a conversation then next thing you know they’re out in public while he’s professing his love??? They were just in her room! How are they now in public with strangers around? No break, nothing to change the setting, nothing to show that it wasn’t happening in her room until there’s mentions of strangers watching.
I get what the author was trying to do but the continuity was off. They’d go from one location to another during the same conversation and it happened quite often.
Example and potential spoiler, at the end she wakes up with Ezio sitting next to her bed and they’re having a conversation then next thing you know they’re out in public while he’s professing his love??? They were just in her room! How are they now in public with strangers around? No break, nothing to change the setting, nothing to show that it wasn’t happening in her room until there’s mentions of strangers watching.
August 1, 2024
This book makes me wonder how bad books that are rejected by publishers must be. God seems to play a dominant role in the lives of the characters as there are constant references throughout. So much of the story happens in thoughts rather than dialogue and action. The h is supposedly invisible a trait that she developed by hiding during the torture and murder of her parents but somehow she asks the matriarch/ H's grandmother for permission to marry the H, the youngest son of the "familia". The only good thing about the book is that it was short.
August 4, 2024
Too short
It lacks details, explanation and characterization. How the book is written is confusing. There’s chapters with the heroine’s pov and some with the hero’s pov but there was a part in between where it suddenly became the grandmother’s and the eldest brother’s povs. There is zero explanation whatsoever, no proper introduction of the characters, and there’s not buildup on the female and male characters’ romantic journey. It just started on how they met, then 5 years later they get arranged for marriage and poof male character fell instantly in love? WHAT
It lacks details, explanation and characterization. How the book is written is confusing. There’s chapters with the heroine’s pov and some with the hero’s pov but there was a part in between where it suddenly became the grandmother’s and the eldest brother’s povs. There is zero explanation whatsoever, no proper introduction of the characters, and there’s not buildup on the female and male characters’ romantic journey. It just started on how they met, then 5 years later they get arranged for marriage and poof male character fell instantly in love? WHAT
July 29, 2024
Love starts on a yacht
I love this story it is inspirational how it places God within us and our faith in him. Can not wait for the next book you write. I always cry when the heroines get hurt but this time the hero was hurt just as much and I cried for his sadness just as much. Thank you I enjoyed the book
I love this story it is inspirational how it places God within us and our faith in him. Can not wait for the next book you write. I always cry when the heroines get hurt but this time the hero was hurt just as much and I cried for his sadness just as much. Thank you I enjoyed the book
August 3, 2024
good read
This was another quick read! I loved seeing Cat get her HEA. I do wonder what the matriarch is up to. This book was easier to follow than the last but the writing was again strange that it didn’t specify who was having the thought and that from one paragraph to the next it could be another POV.
This was another quick read! I loved seeing Cat get her HEA. I do wonder what the matriarch is up to. This book was easier to follow than the last but the writing was again strange that it didn’t specify who was having the thought and that from one paragraph to the next it could be another POV.
October 24, 2024
This book was an utter mess. No real story line. It's majorly jumbled up and a mish-mash of a bunch of nonsense. The synopsis is misleading because it says he's forced to marry his grandmothers assistant, when in fact, said assistant propositions her boss to let her marry her grandson. Absolute nonsense and a waste of my time.
August 2, 2024
Heartless Husband
Great story! Really enjoyed the storyline and look forward to reading the next book in the series. This author is new to me, but she brought a fresh plot to mafia stories.
Great story! Really enjoyed the storyline and look forward to reading the next book in the series. This author is new to me, but she brought a fresh plot to mafia stories.
September 3, 2024
Not bad but not good. I had a hard time following the writer’s writing style. Too many conversations in people’s heads without context. Only 95 pages so super quick read maybe the writer should have expanded the story more to add context to events in the story.
November 5, 2024
Puzzled!
There were gaps in the story line. The mafia characters were not passionate, maybe because I have been reading more Russian Bratva books! I was disappointed and expected a more exciting story!
There were gaps in the story line. The mafia characters were not passionate, maybe because I have been reading more Russian Bratva books! I was disappointed and expected a more exciting story!
November 15, 2024
It would have been a good story if it was flushed out more. It was so short and choppy that you didn't have time to digest what was happening and indulge in it. However, I do like MT's writing style. This one just seemed to be thrown out there.
February 1, 2026
Overall story was okay, predictable & short but that’s what I was looking for. Time period was hard to decipher as it switched between old world & new. Was told from alternating perspectives first & third person which was also hard to follow.
August 3, 2024
What even is the story?
August 6, 2024
Excellent
I have read a lot of your books and I always enjoy them and this book is no different. I will be waiting for more. Enjoy
I have read a lot of your books and I always enjoy them and this book is no different. I will be waiting for more. Enjoy
August 7, 2024
Very nice story
I enjoy the stories of Marian Tee. This family is lovely and I cannot wait to read more from this author.
I enjoy the stories of Marian Tee. This family is lovely and I cannot wait to read more from this author.
August 8, 2024
2.5 Stars
I usually love Marian Tee, being a Novella style it felt like there were so many plot holes the story just didn't come together. Def not a fav
I usually love Marian Tee, being a Novella style it felt like there were so many plot holes the story just didn't come together. Def not a fav
August 14, 2024
i feel like this book was missing whole chapters.
September 22, 2024
Great book
A book about a shy girl who fell in love with the families grandson and 5 years after she makes him marry her. Short good book.
A book about a shy girl who fell in love with the families grandson and 5 years after she makes him marry her. Short good book.
November 3, 2024
The book made no sense at all. I was confused the entire time
November 7, 2024
Great book.. Awesome series.. Fantastic author..
November 24, 2024
Rubbish🥶🥶🥶🥶!!!!
Where is the story no plot ☹️😡🥵
Where is the story no plot ☹️😡🥵
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