One Night with Morelli

by Kim Lawrence

Draco spietato uomo d'affari, amante impareggiabile, padre meraviglioso e geloso della sua vita privata. Queste sono le regole del gioco che ogni donna conosce quando comincia una storia con lui, e ognuna di loro è consapevole che non durerà a lungo. Questo almeno fino a quando Draco non viene rapito dal fascino dell'unica che non è interessata a una relazione duratura al suo fianco.
Eve work addicted, amica fedele e single convinta. Determinata a difendere la propria indi-pendenza, Eve ha sempre tenuto gli uomini alla giusta distanza, ma quando Draco irrompe nella sua vita, facendole conoscere sensazioni mai provate prima, ogni sua certezza comincia a vacillare.

Genres: Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance, Adult, Contemporary Romance

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published October 21, 2014

About the author

Though lacking much authentic Welsh blood, Kim Lawrence comes from English-Irish stock. She was born and brought up in North Wales. She returned there when she married, and her sons were both born on Anglesey, an island off the coast. Though not isolated, Anglesey is a little off the beaten track, but lively Dublin, which Kim loves, is only a short ferry ride away. Today they live on the farm her husband was brought up on. Welsh is the first language of many people in this area and Kim's husband and sons are all bilingual she is having a lot of fun, not to mention a few headaches, trying to learn the language! She is a keen gardener and cook and enjoys running often on the beach, as living on an island the sea is never very far away. She is usually accompanied by her Jack Russell, Sprout don't ask, it's long story!

With small children, the unsocial hours of nursing didn't look attractive so encouraged by a husband who thinks she can do anything she sets her mind to, Kim tried her hand at writing. Always a keen Mills & Boon reader, it seemed natural for her to write a romance novel. In 1995, she published her first novels and now she can't imagine doing anything else.

Reviews

[Alex is The Romance Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

That’s me reading Kim Lawrence’s new book, One Night with Morelli!!!
You see, it had me all over the place………..I just couldn’t get these two MC’s!! They were just so off the wall from the usual M&B characters.

Let’s see it I am able to make some sense here…..

Draco Morelli is a gorgeous Italian millionaire..

and yes, he’s a ruthless guy, alpha-male but he has this side to him that is totally endearing. He’s a fabulous father to his teenage daughter (such a lovable secondary character), he’s never mean to his horrible slutty ex-wife..in fact he stays friends with her for the daughter’s sake, he’s not jaded and cynical despite past relationships with women..and yes, he doesn’t do relationships or love…now, he only does
You are getting the idea that I like Draco???

Now about Eve Curtis….she’s like this gorgeous and sexy redhead but wait, she thinks that she’s not!!!! How that is possible for someone who is totally independent and owner of a sexy underwear designer company just blows my mind…yes, sexy underwear…something like Victoria’s Secret… But then she doesn’t trust men…look what happened to her mother!!! Falling pregnant with Eve when she worked for some rich sod, who told her to get an abortion, she’s now marrying her new boss because she’s pregnant. You kind of understand Eve’s idea of men….not for her…but wait that does not mean she’s a lesbian….not even close!!! Because when she starts noticing, really noticing sexy Draco….everything she thought just flies out the window!!!

She can’t understand why she has all these feelings for Draco…

what, are you stupid girl!!! He’s the perfect man…oh yes, sorry Eve, you do not do love, relationships, men…..because you have a lot of men issues!!!!

Of course they get together!!!!

He’s sexy, not pushy and domineering……and it helps that he’s hot in bed..he’s Italian after all!!

Swept off her feet…..but boy does Draco have to work at the relationship!! This is not an instant love at first sight…no no….this is a get to know each other and fall in love forever!!!

Let me think….

Did I enjoy Draco & Eve’s love story???
Surprisingly I did……………okay, there was a bit of long-winded inner monologues, yes, no….but somehow the characters were very endearing…..and I adored the epilogue.
WISHING YOU HAPPY TIMES DRACO & EVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[🐝 Shaz 🐝 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good start and ending . Shame about the middle .
Liked the dad, daughter relationship . Liked Draco, but Eve was all over the place, to the point of getting on my nerves.

[Vintage · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had so much potential.

Extra sexy, alpha romero and NICE GUY hunk falls for uptight, virginal lingerie designer/budding biz tycoon.

The plot was fun; the characters, especially the oh-so yummy hero, were relatively fresh, but the execution stunk.

Way too many threads left dangling. I read on online version that excluded the epilogue which was needed badly. Tracked it down, and the epilogue helped a little, but still too many fragments dangled.

The h's mother, a chef for a tycoon, has had a long term affair with him and suddenly gets married. The h, whose biological father not only abandoned her mother when pregnant wanted the h aborted) hates the new stepfather for marrying the mom only because she's pregnant, and is upset with her mother for not having any self-respect. It turns out it WAS a love match so why wait so long to marry rather than pretend to be the housekeeper on the side?

The H has a daughter he adores; the daughter really likes the h and wants her dad to keep seeing the h. Great, but this is after two conversations?

The h is a lingerie designer with her own business which is racy and cute, and we never hear ONE THING ABOUT IT. Okay, she gets a loan, but what about all those scenes where the H could beg her to wear her own creations despite being an uptight virgin. Missed opportunity there Miss Lawrence.

The h's half-brother from the dreadful biological. They meet once and bond, and that's it.

The h's mom and stepfather's baby. Kind if resolved in the rather wimpy epilogue.


This book really had potential. A 5 star charmer H that fights against his attraction to the h. She falls into the Miss CrankyPants on more than one occasion, but redeems herself with some banter.

Alex is the Romance Fox's review is much better.

[Loz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wow, an exhausting read for me. The constant perspective changes from H to h was at times very hard to keep up with. I enjoyed the father/daughter relationship immensely and liked Draco primarily for that reason. Eve, not so much.

[Jenny · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn't even finish. Full of lengthy descriptions and monologues and almost zero dialogue!

[Dalimar · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5★

Tiene Spoilers:







Resumen de la novela:
Aquí se invierten los papeles a todo lo típico de las historias Harlequin. La protagonista es la que le tiene miedo al matrimonio o a una relación estable,pues teme ser como su madre que fue la amante por muchos años, de la casa donde trabajaba. Pero ya ella adulta y dueña de su propia empresa de lencería, Eva se entera que no sólo su madre va a tener un hijo si no que se va a casar. Además Eve sufrió de bullying cuando joven, por lo que es my insegura.

El italiano Morelli salva a Eva de un robo y desde el principio queda flchado por ella,pero se da cuenta que ella es una chica muy dificil,aún así hace un trato para ser sólo amantes. Su relación con su hija de 14 es hermosa,él la crió, porque Clare su madre es super egoísta, aunque no es mala gente,solo que no desarrolló su instinto materno. Aunque luego de 14 años cuando se va a casar nuevamente quiere que su hija se vaya a vivir con su nuevo esposo. Por esto Eve cree que Morelli la busca para tener una pareja estable y no le puedan quitar a su hija.

En fin,ellos tienen una relación, pero aún asi Eve no se abre con él y cuando se reencuentra con su hermano,éste lo confunde con un nuevo amante y lo golpea. Eve lo saca de su vida y cuando su mamá tiene un parto prematuro y está al borde de la muerte,él se va a acompañarla y ahí le confiesa que la ama y se da cuenta de que está embarazada. Al final se queda con su hija y tienen gemelos.

[Reads by Starburst · Rating 4 out of 5]

One Night with Morelli by Kim Lawrence is a well written romance with commitment phobic characters. Draco Morelli and Eve Curtis both are commitment phobic and have to deal with their own distrusts regarding the opposite sex to find an HEA. If looked closely both the characters are quite similar deep within and they both have their pasts to blame for making them what they are today. This was the main obstacle in their romance and it took a lot of time for them to finally sort out their issues.

The romance was steamy and hot and very enjoyable because the characters share an awesome chemistry. The plot was solid, the dialogues enjoyable and it was a good package overall.

Overall, One Night with Morelli by Kim Lawrence is a well written romance which would be loved by the author’s fans.Read More

[Paula Legate · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. The way Eve and Draco meet for the first time pulled me into the story. Afterwards the two seemed to always bump into one another. The romance was slow and sweet. Draco's daughter was very mature for her age. It was sweet the way she tried to set Eve and her father up. She wanted her father to have someone special in his life. Draco was a wonderful father. It was nice to read a book with a healthy dad, daughter relationship. The romance was good between Eve, and Draco. This was just a all around good book.

[L · Rating 3 out of 5]

Her writing is confusing. Constant switching between his and hers thoughts/pov without any prior indication is like unending whiplash.
Both characters are weak, with no any depth to them and no growth. He is conceited and she is selfish. The best portrayal writer gave of hero's 13yr old daughter. I found her the most interesting and charismatic out of all of them

[Calysta · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would've given it three stars but the baby explosion was just a bit too much. I did like the characters though.

[Andrea Lujano · Rating 3 out of 5]

Protagonistas: Draco & Eve

Profesiones: Empresarios

Pais: USA

[Crystal Alexander-Bentley · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was all over the place. I forced myself to finish it. I would not recommend it

[Karen Geurts · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the fast paced story. Interesting characters and storyline. I even had a few laughs!

[Ahlynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the book. It was enjoyable to read and got addictive at specific parts however it was also very cliché and very predictable.

[More Books Than Time · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread, same thoughts and rating. In between 3 and 4 stars. Parts were tops and parts were lame; H was consistently good and h bounced around; some dialogue was great and some was, well, missing, replaced by characters thinking. KL usually writes super dialogue and what was there was good but there was not enough.

KL loves to insert an unexpected pregnancy into her romances, often to add angst, other times for no good reason. There is a surprise pregnancy here that adds nothing, doesn’t muddy the waters or add any tension. Story would have been stronger without it.

Several plot points trailed off into HP misty oblivion, such as h’s underwear business, that could have been built up a bit to enrich story.

There was either a small continuity problem or my mind skipped out. I wondered about 2/3 through whether story was set in Australia because h got a big customer there and when she got back from wedding her PA talked about jet lag. And there’s a mention of moving to Australia early on. Since h drove to the wedding I thought maybe she had jet lag from flying from England to Australia. Figured out on reread, she lives in UK, just returned from Australia.

Re-reread. Like better this time but author’s books tend to a formula: h meets H, insta-mega-lust, usually with heaping spoonfuls of arguing and willful denial of anything more than lust. Crisis, pregnancy, ILY and HEA. Sometimes crisis is the pregnancy but usually the pregnancy is a plot point, an excuse and a way for h and H to be together.

[RomLibrary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Warning: one night will never be enough...

Draco Morelli: ruthless businessman, adoring father and wary ex-husband. This gorgeous Italian only ever signs up for temporary flings with glamorous women who know the rules of the game. Until he is blindsided by the one woman in all of London not interested in a relationship with him....

Eve Curtis: dedicated workaholic, loyal friend and self-professed singleton. Determined to remain independent, Eve has been happy keeping men at a safe distance. Until now. Because when Draco sweeps her off her feet and into his bedroom, he opens her eyes to a whole new world of sin and seduction!

[Puna · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

Would have been a solid 4 stars if Draco hadn't had a moment of jealous asshattery towards the end. Up the that point he was a darn good H. A good father, not bitter &/or damaged from his ex (in fact was decent & surprisingly understanding of his flighty, selfish ex-wife), a definite alpha but not a bully one, and he thought Eve's slight stutter was sexy!

I know these books HAVE to have a misunderstanding and a bit of drama but honestly, this book didn't need it.

[Harlequin Books]

"Tensions and tempers run high in Lawrence’s drama-filled tale set in upper-crust English society. The shrewish heroine and passionate, practical hero engage in title-worthy spars and electrifying make-ups that keep adrenaline flowing and pages turning" (RT Book Reviews, 4 stars).

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super quick romance read for a challenge.

Kim Lawrence always a nice m&b author. Typically I enjoy her books. I'm very tired so must admit I'm sure I slept read this as I blinked and it was over but that happens with these short romances

Still it was good if a little quick.

[Rgreader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Underwhemlimg. Couldn't get past the first 5 pages.

[Ana · Rating 1 out of 5]

but the end, she just assumed the he knows that the other is her half-brother when even her half-brother didn't know that he is her half-brother. seriously?

[Harlequin Books]

received 4 stars @ RT Book Reviews

[Betzacosta Betzacosta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Estuvo bien, aunque le falto un poco, me gusto el protagonista masculino

[Ada · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este italiano es.... <3 <3