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The Italian Billionaire's Ruthless Revenge
Ruthless and passionate!
Guido Barberi hasn't set eyes on his ex-wife since she left him—taking with her a quarter of a million dollars! But he's determined to have his revenge by bedding her once more.
Innocent and alluring!
Sara is shocked that Guido is even more attractive and dangerous than ever. Despite her hatred of him, she desires him twice as much. But if she surrenders to his skillful seduction, she'll be at his mercy night and day….
Guido Barberi hasn't set eyes on his ex-wife since she left him—taking with her a quarter of a million dollars! But he's determined to have his revenge by bedding her once more.
Innocent and alluring!
Sara is shocked that Guido is even more attractive and dangerous than ever. Despite her hatred of him, she desires him twice as much. But if she surrenders to his skillful seduction, she'll be at his mercy night and day….
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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Jacqueline Baird
276 books258 followersJacqueline Baird was born on the 1st of April at home in a small village Northumbria, England, UK, where she raised. She went to the local village school, and later an all-girls' grammar school where she passed the University of Oxford General Certificate of Education in various subjects. On leaving school she joined the civil service in the then Post Office department.
She met her husband Jim, when she was only eighteen. Eight years later, after working as a hotel receptionist in a five-star hotel in Scotland and traveling abroad for a few years, she came home and married him. They still live in Northumbria and have two grown sons.
Her number one love is writing. She has always been an avid reader, and she had her first success as a writer at the age of eleven, when she won the first prize in the Nature Diary of the Year competition at school. But she always felt a little guilty because her diary was more fiction than fact. Apart from a spell as a hopeful painter in oils, when she actually did have a painting accepted for the Federation of Northern Artists' annual exhibition her real passion was for romance novels. When her sons went to school all day she thought she would try writing one. Jacqueline Baird's been writing for Mills & Boon since 1988, and she still gets a thrill every time a new book is published.
When Jacqueline is not busy writing she likes to spend her time traveling, reading and playing cards. She was a keen sailor until a knee injury ended her sailing days, but she still enjoys swimming in the sea. She visits a gym twice a week now and has made the surprising discovery that she gets some good ideas while doing the mind-numbingly boring exercises on the cycling and weight machines.
She met her husband Jim, when she was only eighteen. Eight years later, after working as a hotel receptionist in a five-star hotel in Scotland and traveling abroad for a few years, she came home and married him. They still live in Northumbria and have two grown sons.
Her number one love is writing. She has always been an avid reader, and she had her first success as a writer at the age of eleven, when she won the first prize in the Nature Diary of the Year competition at school. But she always felt a little guilty because her diary was more fiction than fact. Apart from a spell as a hopeful painter in oils, when she actually did have a painting accepted for the Federation of Northern Artists' annual exhibition her real passion was for romance novels. When her sons went to school all day she thought she would try writing one. Jacqueline Baird's been writing for Mills & Boon since 1988, and she still gets a thrill every time a new book is published.
When Jacqueline is not busy writing she likes to spend her time traveling, reading and playing cards. She was a keen sailor until a knee injury ended her sailing days, but she still enjoys swimming in the sea. She visits a gym twice a week now and has made the surprising discovery that she gets some good ideas while doing the mind-numbingly boring exercises on the cycling and weight machines.
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April 17, 2020
I've been in the mood for a trainwreck and I found it in this second chance story. This is one jerk of a hero and a heroine who will never learn. He was a jerk for the entire book - until the last chapter when his horrible family members practically drew him a picture of what drove the 18 year-old heroine to leave him ten years before. He was horrible - deliciously so.
Why did this entertain me on this cold February morning?
Was it the OTT blackmailing of the heroine back into his bed?
Was it the fact that he hadn't thought of her at all in ten years?
Was it his insistence that the heroine betrayed *him* (after being pushed down the stairs by his crazy cousin causing her to miscarry, break her arm and be placed in a psychiatric ward)?
Was it the bevvy of mistresses he had in every port?
Was it the heroine telling him that she was worried about her health from *his* STDs after he skipped a condom?
Or the heroine pointing out how sleazy it was to meet in the same hotel every other weekend with the hotel staff gave them knowing looks.
Was it the hero calling her a 'crazy bitch' during their first meeting?
Or how he reacted to her second pregnancy?
Reader, my blood pressure went up and then I LOL'd at this creature from the Black Lagoon of Harleys.
The heroine was fighting a losing battle. She of the celibacy for 10 years and the university degree and the flat of her own. All puny weapons against the creature that only Jacqueline Baird can give justice to.
This fine read on a cold day when you want to release that negative energy in your reading chakra. Now I am in balance yet again and can read something sweet.
Why did this entertain me on this cold February morning?
Was it the OTT blackmailing of the heroine back into his bed?
Was it the fact that he hadn't thought of her at all in ten years?
Was it his insistence that the heroine betrayed *him* (after being pushed down the stairs by his crazy cousin causing her to miscarry, break her arm and be placed in a psychiatric ward)?
Was it the bevvy of mistresses he had in every port?
Was it the heroine telling him that she was worried about her health from *his* STDs after he skipped a condom?
Or the heroine pointing out how sleazy it was to meet in the same hotel every other weekend with the hotel staff gave them knowing looks.
Was it the hero calling her a 'crazy bitch' during their first meeting?
Or how he reacted to her second pregnancy?
Reader, my blood pressure went up and then I LOL'd at this creature from the Black Lagoon of Harleys.
The heroine was fighting a losing battle. She of the celibacy for 10 years and the university degree and the flat of her own. All puny weapons against the creature that only Jacqueline Baird can give justice to.
This fine read on a cold day when you want to release that negative energy in your reading chakra. Now I am in balance yet again and can read something sweet.
March 3, 2024
Re-read 3-2-2024. Still enjoyed!
***FIVE STARS***
I get my kink by reading asshole heroes and Guido fit that bill in spades. I loved every second of this story. From Sara being alone and lonely in the world, to her falling in love with Guido, to losing everything that has meaning to her because of Guido's evil family. Guido was a hard headed, jackass who chose to believe the worst about Sara, refusing to listen to her side of the story. I thrived on all of the angst brought up from the divorce, the manipulative family members' evil deeds, and Sara being forced once again to live without family. It was all delicious and I adored the groveling by Guido towards the ending when he finally pulled his head out of his ass. I sure don't understand all the hate from most of the other reviewers towards this story. For me this story was Golden.
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***FIVE STARS***
I get my kink by reading asshole heroes and Guido fit that bill in spades. I loved every second of this story. From Sara being alone and lonely in the world, to her falling in love with Guido, to losing everything that has meaning to her because of Guido's evil family. Guido was a hard headed, jackass who chose to believe the worst about Sara, refusing to listen to her side of the story. I thrived on all of the angst brought up from the divorce, the manipulative family members' evil deeds, and Sara being forced once again to live without family. It was all delicious and I adored the groveling by Guido towards the ending when he finally pulled his head out of his ass. I sure don't understand all the hate from most of the other reviewers towards this story. For me this story was Golden.
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August 30, 2020Hells bells, it's free online. My kryptonite.
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September 20, 2013
Hated both the hero and the heroine with a passion!
April 27, 2020
If an author is bend on making hero a scum, why can’t they then dedicate atleast 40-50 pages for grovel?!
Uhhh spoils my mood every time!
Uhhh spoils my mood every time!
February 28, 2022
I need to reread it 🤔 I have read many books by this author and she make use the of blackmail as a resource to find the HEA. I liked it anyway 😆
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December 6, 2022
This one’s for the readers that love a jerky H, cuz Guido is an ass for much of the book. The couple were married 10-ish years earlier when they were broken up because of his shitty family. I read it a couple weeks back, so I’m just going to leave it as a 3 ⭐… I liked it, but can’t remember loving it, BUT it has high reviews from several reviewers I respect, so don’t let this crappy/lazy write-up discourage you. 😋
From what I remember, they had a long separation while she was celibate, he wasn’t. The manipulative wannabe OW is dead, so she’s not around or gets comeuppance. (major bummer) H is a jerkface (but still likeable) and h isn’t spineless. Pretty standard for the blackmail for sex trope… h actually cashes the obligatory evil family payoff which was a nice touch.
From what I remember, they had a long separation while she was celibate, he wasn’t. The manipulative wannabe OW is dead, so she’s not around or gets comeuppance. (major bummer) H is a jerkface (but still likeable) and h isn’t spineless. Pretty standard for the blackmail for sex trope… h actually cashes the obligatory evil family payoff which was a nice touch.
December 16, 2021
"The Italian Billionaire's Ruthless Revenge" continues the story of Sara and Guido.
Wow, the hero was so stupid lol.
Ten years ago, playboy hero and young heroine marry due to her pregnancy. She is then harassed by his family as he charters away for business, then his evil stepsister causes a miscarriage and his father blackmails her. The heroine takes money and leaves him.
Now, she's a successful accountant and he's still having coitus with anything that has holes. They meet again, and he arrogantly assumes she is a gold-digger and wants her back. He successfully manipulates his way into her life, and they begin a sexual relationship thanks to his "smart" schemes. When the past starts unveiling itself, instead of being apologetic, he is actually contrite and still blaming the heroine while trying to get into her pants. Her giving in to his likely herpetic dong and him being oblivious to everything really made me so mad. Furthermore, he comes off as a sex addict and has ZERO remorse about what the heroine went through.
Holy mess.
Unsafe
2/5
Wow, the hero was so stupid lol.
Ten years ago, playboy hero and young heroine marry due to her pregnancy. She is then harassed by his family as he charters away for business, then his evil stepsister causes a miscarriage and his father blackmails her. The heroine takes money and leaves him.
Now, she's a successful accountant and he's still having coitus with anything that has holes. They meet again, and he arrogantly assumes she is a gold-digger and wants her back. He successfully manipulates his way into her life, and they begin a sexual relationship thanks to his "smart" schemes. When the past starts unveiling itself, instead of being apologetic, he is actually contrite and still blaming the heroine while trying to get into her pants. Her giving in to his likely herpetic dong and him being oblivious to everything really made me so mad. Furthermore, he comes off as a sex addict and has ZERO remorse about what the heroine went through.
Holy mess.
Unsafe
2/5
avoid
April 26, 2017Does this woman know how to write about a single hero who can keep it in his pants throughout the separation? Ms Baird you do realise that otherwise "I have always loved you. I never stopped loving you. You are the love of my life" declaration kinda becomes moot?
February 25, 2017
This review's coming hot off the press cos I just finished reading the last page and I. AM. PISSED! "Guido" more like "I'm-a-big-fricking-jerko". Heroine is only slightly better on the scathing contemptometer, just falling the hell over the second he says he loves her. Disgusting, Sara! Just despicable. I went through a Michelle Reid phase, then Lynne Graham, then Charlotte Lamb, and now I'm on Jacqueline Baird. I've been enjoying Baird as her heroines seemed to be more independent, and then she hits me with this.
So Sara walked out on Guido after being neglected and abused by his family and being assaulted into a miscarriage by an evil cousin; meanwhile, he was told she was a gold-digger who demanded money and ran away. All typical stuff. Ten years later, they meet again and blackmailed-into-mistress trope commences. Okay. The disparity between their sex lives in the ensuing decade was ridiculous- he was some kind of manwhore and she was a nun. Again typical, but kinda really pushing it. Side note- it was so unnecessarily annoying how his last mistress in HONG KONG was a Chinese girl named MAI KIM (Kim is Korean) and they apparently drink SAKI there (sake is Japanese). This could have been avoided. I suppose there must be loads of annoyances that I don't know about for Middle Eastern readers when they read sheik novels.
I can't get over Guido's awful behavior throughout. He neglected her during their brief marriage and then consistently treats her like trash. He NEVER trusts her or gives her the benefit of doubt, to the very end. To him, she's a gold digger, a liar, and batshit crazy to boot (she thought someone pushed her when she fell down, causing her miscarriage! What a clumsy lunatic!). When she gets pregnant a second time and has the decency to tell him right away, even taking the blame for it by explaining how she had stopped taking the pill for a brief time, he realizes the best course of action is to manhandle her, demand a DNA test, and call her a conniving, devious bitch. This is after he had unprotected sex with her a couple of days ago. During this scene I was hoarding every nasty thing up in my indignantly swelling chest, fervently determined to measure each sin against his future grovel VERY stringently.
Well that was a bust, let me tell you. He comes back after finding out the truth from other people, does the little apology bit, and la di da Jesus Christ I was pissed. First off, and I hate to be all "That's unacceptable!", but dude it is seriously unacceptable that he can do this turnaround and be forgiven without EVER having shown any bit of trust in her. He was just so over-the-top mean and rude and nasty to her, and all he has are regretful words and oh, sorry i forgot, the classic "haggard" face. He's presenting all his findings to her like, Look! These things happened to you! How awful! and I'm all, Okay, now she's gonna let him have it! Give it to 'im, girl! and she's like, I forgive you. I literally hissed GET THE FUCK OUT at my phone at this point.
I'm aware there's a teeny-tiny suspension of belief required to truly enjoy oneself in the magical world of Harlequin romances but I swear to God even in HPlandia this marriage is headed for abuse and total domination of the wife. I don't care what that shiny epilogue said, this marriage is doomed. Early on when Sara was being resistant, Guido mused about how his sex life had gotten boring and how he was the type who needed a challenge. You know what would be the perfect answer to that? Marriage to a doormat! And Sara, the bullied girl with the foster-childhood trauma and fear of being helpless under someone else's rule, you know what would make her happy? A husband with 100% of the power in the relationship.
Other than everything mentioned above I kinda enjoyed this book.
So Sara walked out on Guido after being neglected and abused by his family and being assaulted into a miscarriage by an evil cousin; meanwhile, he was told she was a gold-digger who demanded money and ran away. All typical stuff. Ten years later, they meet again and blackmailed-into-mistress trope commences. Okay. The disparity between their sex lives in the ensuing decade was ridiculous- he was some kind of manwhore and she was a nun. Again typical, but kinda really pushing it. Side note- it was so unnecessarily annoying how his last mistress in HONG KONG was a Chinese girl named MAI KIM (Kim is Korean) and they apparently drink SAKI there (sake is Japanese). This could have been avoided. I suppose there must be loads of annoyances that I don't know about for Middle Eastern readers when they read sheik novels.
I can't get over Guido's awful behavior throughout. He neglected her during their brief marriage and then consistently treats her like trash. He NEVER trusts her or gives her the benefit of doubt, to the very end. To him, she's a gold digger, a liar, and batshit crazy to boot (she thought someone pushed her when she fell down, causing her miscarriage! What a clumsy lunatic!). When she gets pregnant a second time and has the decency to tell him right away, even taking the blame for it by explaining how she had stopped taking the pill for a brief time, he realizes the best course of action is to manhandle her, demand a DNA test, and call her a conniving, devious bitch. This is after he had unprotected sex with her a couple of days ago. During this scene I was hoarding every nasty thing up in my indignantly swelling chest, fervently determined to measure each sin against his future grovel VERY stringently.
Well that was a bust, let me tell you. He comes back after finding out the truth from other people, does the little apology bit, and la di da Jesus Christ I was pissed. First off, and I hate to be all "That's unacceptable!", but dude it is seriously unacceptable that he can do this turnaround and be forgiven without EVER having shown any bit of trust in her. He was just so over-the-top mean and rude and nasty to her, and all he has are regretful words and oh, sorry i forgot, the classic "haggard" face. He's presenting all his findings to her like, Look! These things happened to you! How awful! and I'm all, Okay, now she's gonna let him have it! Give it to 'im, girl! and she's like, I forgive you. I literally hissed GET THE FUCK OUT at my phone at this point.
I'm aware there's a teeny-tiny suspension of belief required to truly enjoy oneself in the magical world of Harlequin romances but I swear to God even in HPlandia this marriage is headed for abuse and total domination of the wife. I don't care what that shiny epilogue said, this marriage is doomed. Early on when Sara was being resistant, Guido mused about how his sex life had gotten boring and how he was the type who needed a challenge. You know what would be the perfect answer to that? Marriage to a doormat! And Sara, the bullied girl with the foster-childhood trauma and fear of being helpless under someone else's rule, you know what would make her happy? A husband with 100% of the power in the relationship.
Other than everything mentioned above I kinda enjoyed this book.
February 2, 2023
4 Stars
I had lots of fun hating this hero. 🥰 😂
This could have been 5 Stars. It was perfectly angsty, immensely steamy, with a heroine who I thought possessed a strong spine despite her severe case of BBS—body betraying syndrome. (I’m actually surprised the BBS in this case didn’t annoy me). But sadly, at the end, said spine easily collapsed under the weight of his “I’m sorry” speech and “I love you” declaration. After all his mistakes and his callous behavior (before and after their reunion), why couldn’t we watch him suffer for a chapter or two, watch him grovel for a while longer? His grovel lasted only a few pages during one single scene. The end. At least she refused to marry him again, there is that *LOL* Still, they resumed their relationship immediately after his apology.
It was still a nice HEA. The epilogue helped a bit--it’s about 1 year later; short but cute. I would read this book again.
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Extra Notes:
√ Divorced couple meets up again.
√ This one stood out with how steamy it was. It was palpable.
√ No cheating. Only perceived cheating. Heroine assumed wrong.
√ Separation: 10 years. I don’t like long separations. It’s why I initially didn’t finish reading it almost 2 years ago when I purchased Kindle book. I’m glad I went back.
√ Heroine had been a virgin when they met. She stayed celibate during the separation. For 10 freaking years. Seriously, this is usually a DNF or Pass for me. It didn’t bother me here for some reason. Of course, the hero did not stay celibate.
√ Age gap: she was 18 and he was 24 when they met.
√ TW: miscarriage (in the past)
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I had lots of fun hating this hero. 🥰 😂
This could have been 5 Stars. It was perfectly angsty, immensely steamy, with a heroine who I thought possessed a strong spine despite her severe case of BBS—body betraying syndrome. (I’m actually surprised the BBS in this case didn’t annoy me). But sadly, at the end, said spine easily collapsed under the weight of his “I’m sorry” speech and “I love you” declaration. After all his mistakes and his callous behavior (before and after their reunion), why couldn’t we watch him suffer for a chapter or two, watch him grovel for a while longer? His grovel lasted only a few pages during one single scene. The end. At least she refused to marry him again, there is that *LOL* Still, they resumed their relationship immediately after his apology.
It was still a nice HEA. The epilogue helped a bit--it’s about 1 year later; short but cute. I would read this book again.
Details about the epilogue:
Extra Notes:
√ Divorced couple meets up again.
√ This one stood out with how steamy it was. It was palpable.
√ No cheating. Only perceived cheating. Heroine assumed wrong.
√ Separation: 10 years. I don’t like long separations. It’s why I initially didn’t finish reading it almost 2 years ago when I purchased Kindle book. I’m glad I went back.
√ Heroine had been a virgin when they met. She stayed celibate during the separation. For 10 freaking years. Seriously, this is usually a DNF or Pass for me. It didn’t bother me here for some reason. Of course, the hero did not stay celibate.
√ Age gap: she was 18 and he was 24 when they met.
√ TW: miscarriage (in the past)
√ see tags
February 27, 2022
Reread 2/26/2022, curiously is exactly a year from my 1st reading. This popped up in my GR feed this week and for some reason needed a reread. I liked it more this time around .
For those who like a good grovel, this one worked for me on the reread, and honestly, he needed to grovel.
They meet accidentally 10 years after their divorce. They married because of an unplanned pregnancy when she was 18 and he 24 and divorced soon after she miscarried.
When they meet again, he manipulates her into a year long affair, which she goes into not so willingly. She’s brutally honest about how he and his family treated her, she has no illusions he’s going to believe anything she says about anything in their past.
He arrogantly goes forwarding assuming she was a hysterical female with delusional memories, wrong about everything.
And as their planned affair plays out he finds out some things she said were true, but still thinks she’s wrong in general. And when another unplanned pregnancy pops up, he has a meltdown. She ends things.
He eventually shows up on her doorstep begging to be heard, he now knows she was completely right, in his arrogance he could not believe his family could be so cruel. Decent grovel, I love you moment, but she still doesn’t trust him enough to marry him again. He’ll take what he can get. Nice epilogue on their wedding night a year later.
4 stars for the arrogant hero and his not so trusting heroine
Interesting story, I’m not sure I’d say I liked it, but the heroine is at times a doormat and sometimes strong—maybe it’s treacherous body syndrome. In their past he was easily manipulated by evil family members, which explains why she doesn’t remotely trust him. Nice ending.
For those who like a good grovel, this one worked for me on the reread, and honestly, he needed to grovel.
They meet accidentally 10 years after their divorce. They married because of an unplanned pregnancy when she was 18 and he 24 and divorced soon after she miscarried.
When they meet again, he manipulates her into a year long affair, which she goes into not so willingly. She’s brutally honest about how he and his family treated her, she has no illusions he’s going to believe anything she says about anything in their past.
He arrogantly goes forwarding assuming she was a hysterical female with delusional memories, wrong about everything.
And as their planned affair plays out he finds out some things she said were true, but still thinks she’s wrong in general. And when another unplanned pregnancy pops up, he has a meltdown. She ends things.
He eventually shows up on her doorstep begging to be heard, he now knows she was completely right, in his arrogance he could not believe his family could be so cruel. Decent grovel, I love you moment, but she still doesn’t trust him enough to marry him again. He’ll take what he can get. Nice epilogue on their wedding night a year later.
4 stars for the arrogant hero and his not so trusting heroine
Interesting story, I’m not sure I’d say I liked it, but the heroine is at times a doormat and sometimes strong—maybe it’s treacherous body syndrome. In their past he was easily manipulated by evil family members, which explains why she doesn’t remotely trust him. Nice ending.
July 12, 2011
Nothing particularly wrong with this book -- given that you’re not bothered by the whole blackmailed-for-sex theme, and if you are, why are you reading Presents? -- but I felt like I’ve read it a hundred times before. It was fairly smooth and entertaining but with nothing special in terms of spark or chemistry or gut-clenching. One interestingly different plot point was that the heroine was born to a single mom, via sperm bank, but I didn’t really like the direction that eventually went. Oh wait, the heroine actually accepts money from her ex's family -- that's new! An enjoyable enough time passer.
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January 22, 2016Pretty much exactly what Willaful said in her review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And I'll add that the 'ruthless revenge' was a bit of an exaggeration. The vengeance angle petered out fairly early on after the hero learned some of the truth about the past. It was more like 'The Italian who thought about revenge and then settled on blackmail for supposedly purely sexual purposes, but really just wanted the h back'.
And I'll add that the 'ruthless revenge' was a bit of an exaggeration. The vengeance angle petered out fairly early on after the hero learned some of the truth about the past. It was more like 'The Italian who thought about revenge and then settled on blackmail for supposedly purely sexual purposes, but really just wanted the h back'.
March 10, 2022
What an abhorrent creature was this man Guido. I believe it’s either a hate it or love it with this story and clearly I absolutely hated it.
This kind of a story shouldn’t be made to see the time of day. I’m a hundred that this is a recurrent theme in many peoples lives but shouldn’t be promoted as an HP escape.
The h and H meet each other after ten years of their divorce to a very brief marriage. The same ol same ol. The H’s wealthy and discerning Greek parents didn’t approve of the fatherless status of the h .. she was a bastard. RMY
There is a psycho cousin to the H who has laid dibs on him and she of course has a problem with his new wife. To the extent of inducing bloody murder..
The H is busy at work all the time and doesn’t have time to hear out his new wife’s pleas. He accused her then of being a gold digger and not being satisfied with her life.
This was all in the past and ten years later the h and H meet again. The H wants to have a sexual no-strings attached relationship with his ex-wife because they were good in bed. And sadly that’s all he can relate to of his brief marriage to her. Anything else and he shuts his ears.
The h was tstl. Beyond me how she was a partner in an accounting firm where you can never let clients walk all over you! Cuz here she was falling for her ex-husband’s booty calls and not being able to scream bloody murder to his face. She had to work harder to make him see what really happened in the past.
Instead the h is now resigned to whatever path life takes. She accepts that this man would never see what his family did to her, their baby or their marriage. There’s a whole web of lies that the H’s family spins and Guido refuses to accept it.
In the end he comes with a crappy two page apology and the h accepts him and agrees to another marriage.
Well. I’ll go bang my head up on the wall.
This kind of a story shouldn’t be made to see the time of day. I’m a hundred that this is a recurrent theme in many peoples lives but shouldn’t be promoted as an HP escape.
The h and H meet each other after ten years of their divorce to a very brief marriage. The same ol same ol. The H’s wealthy and discerning Greek parents didn’t approve of the fatherless status of the h .. she was a bastard. RMY
There is a psycho cousin to the H who has laid dibs on him and she of course has a problem with his new wife. To the extent of inducing bloody murder..
The H is busy at work all the time and doesn’t have time to hear out his new wife’s pleas. He accused her then of being a gold digger and not being satisfied with her life.
This was all in the past and ten years later the h and H meet again. The H wants to have a sexual no-strings attached relationship with his ex-wife because they were good in bed. And sadly that’s all he can relate to of his brief marriage to her. Anything else and he shuts his ears.
The h was tstl. Beyond me how she was a partner in an accounting firm where you can never let clients walk all over you! Cuz here she was falling for her ex-husband’s booty calls and not being able to scream bloody murder to his face. She had to work harder to make him see what really happened in the past.
Instead the h is now resigned to whatever path life takes. She accepts that this man would never see what his family did to her, their baby or their marriage. There’s a whole web of lies that the H’s family spins and Guido refuses to accept it.
In the end he comes with a crappy two page apology and the h accepts him and agrees to another marriage.
Well. I’ll go bang my head up on the wall.
February 11, 2018
You know how some books hit all your high points and you love them?
This one hit all my low points and I really did not like it. At all.
**SPOILER ALERT** Number one problem...Crazy family member flings heroine down a flight of steps and the heroine miscarries her baby. I'm gonna say that flinging someone down a flight of stairs is attempted murder. When heroine tells husband what happened, he and his family call her (heroine) crazy and put her in a psych hospital.
So, instead of being supportive and loving and insisting that the crazy lady should go to prison, they call the heroine crazy and ignore her. Also, then the hero's father makes up a bunch of lies about heroine, and sends her away.
10 years later, hero sees her--thinking she is a money-grubbing bimbo, thanks to his dad's lies--but he lusts for her.
I HATED that the heroine sleeps with him after all that. She was almost killed, lost her baby, got thrown into a psych hospital, was lied about and neglected by her husband, and she's all...let's get busy.
UGH.
And I hated that the husband is still into her, despite thinking the worst about her, and still boinks her brains out.
This book is sort of my nightmare.
The only good thing about it is that I really really really wanted to eat a bowl of fresh pasta and have some wine after reading it. That's the only good thing.
I hated the hero, I had no respect for the heroine, the plot was ridiculous, I didn't buy the "I'm so sorry I love you, baby" ending, and I pretty much hated the entire book.
2 stars for good Italian meals...
Ugh.
This one hit all my low points and I really did not like it. At all.
**SPOILER ALERT** Number one problem...Crazy family member flings heroine down a flight of steps and the heroine miscarries her baby. I'm gonna say that flinging someone down a flight of stairs is attempted murder. When heroine tells husband what happened, he and his family call her (heroine) crazy and put her in a psych hospital.
So, instead of being supportive and loving and insisting that the crazy lady should go to prison, they call the heroine crazy and ignore her. Also, then the hero's father makes up a bunch of lies about heroine, and sends her away.
10 years later, hero sees her--thinking she is a money-grubbing bimbo, thanks to his dad's lies--but he lusts for her.
I HATED that the heroine sleeps with him after all that. She was almost killed, lost her baby, got thrown into a psych hospital, was lied about and neglected by her husband, and she's all...let's get busy.
UGH.
And I hated that the husband is still into her, despite thinking the worst about her, and still boinks her brains out.
This book is sort of my nightmare.
The only good thing about it is that I really really really wanted to eat a bowl of fresh pasta and have some wine after reading it. That's the only good thing.
I hated the hero, I had no respect for the heroine, the plot was ridiculous, I didn't buy the "I'm so sorry I love you, baby" ending, and I pretty much hated the entire book.
2 stars for good Italian meals...
Ugh.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2025
Even if H was a total jerk and h was an idiot, I loved this trainwreck!
February 27, 2022
ITALIAN BILLIONAIRES REVENGE
Well lookie here, another Italian billionaire who gets it all wrong. It doesn’t matter to me because I love JB’s trainwrecks.
Stmargarets gives an accurate overview of this one here. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Our hero Guido and heroine Sara were married briefly 10 years ago. In this case, the divorce was probably the best thing that ever happened to the h, because had she stayed in that marriage she most likely would have been tortured, cheated on, pregnant, abandoned, and eventually killed the way things were going. At 18, she was young and left by her 24 year old husband in a country where she didn’t speak the language. It was expected that his family would take care of her(the H’s dad and his cousin interpreted his words as the mobster way of doing things) while the H worked continuously abroad to earn status of billionaire.
So, 10 years ago sexual attraction brought our hero and heroine together. The h got pregnant(and was in love), the H did the right thing and married her…only to leave her for business again and again. He would come back, fill up on sex, and leave again. Aldo, the H’s younger brother (15) was friend to the h, but it wasn’t enough to offset the cruelty she suffered at the hands of the H’s dad and cousin Caterina. There is little mention of the H’s mom, but it sounds like she wasn’t a tormentor.
The h tries to communicate with to the hero about her unhappiness, but he is focused on getting the business back on track from his father’s missteps. When the h “falls” down stairs and loses the baby things really get messed up. The h accuses the wicked Caterina(who wants to bed her cousin the H🤢)of tripping her. The H and his father think the h has gone crazy, and unfortunately the doctor also says she may be “confused”. Caterina, also has her secret lover, the gardener, lie and say that the cousin was with him at the time. To avoid being condemned to a loony bin, the h backs off her story of being tripped. When she is released from the hospital she begs the H to go with him on his business trip, but he tells his dad to “take care of her”. His dad’s interpretation is to tell the h to leave with 250, 000 or be committed to an asylum. The 18 year old has already experienced that kind of environment when she was in an orphanage for several years, so she takes the money and leaves. The dad tells the H a different version of events and the H believes her to be a money grubbing liar.
It isn’t all doom and gloom for the young h. Her life started off in a blanket of love(she was a baby through AI to a single mom)Her mom and what was her family unit died when she was 11. She was placed in an orphanage, and things weren’t good, but through a big sister program she met a woman who took her under her wing. When she returns from Italy this woman helps her get her feet back on track and the h becomes a very successful accountant who is partner in a firm. She is also a good cook and this is how she runs into the H again.
She agreed to help her friends out of a bind and cook on their yacht. They are struggling to make a go of a “yacht for hire” venture and can’t afford much crew. While on the yacht they moor next to the H’s yacht. It seems this sexual thing between the H and h has never dissipated and has basically been a sleeping volcano ready to erupt all over again. I mean we are talking MT. Vesuvius level of eruption. Upon seeing the h’s butt dimples, the H is determined that she is to be in his bed again. Therefore, he comes up with a plan to blackmail her. She becomes his sex buddy, or her friends won’t get his financial backing for their yacht venture. Her friends are pregnant and in dire straits so she agrees. Plus, our sexy attractive h has been celibate for 10 years. The H’s presence has awoken her body without her permission so she decides it is time to hop back on that bicycle…now if only her heart can stay immune.
Ok, so of course you know what is going to happen. The h is going to realize she still loves him, and the H is going to soon learn that no amount of sex with the h is going to sate him because even though the H doesn’t want to believe it, it isn’t just sex with the h.
So what did I like about this story? I like the way JB handled some of the things in this story a little differently then in other stories with the same trope. I know Stmargarets already brought up some of the same things that I am going to touch upon. BIGGER SPOILERS NOW🛑 .
1. The H is a manwhore(ok what is new?) He has a woman in every port. Ok, according to him he doesn’t sleep with multiple woman at a time, but does that mean if he is 5 weeks in Hong Kong it is one person, then 5 weeks in New York it is another? Then back to Hong Kong??? I am not sure. I do know when he meets up with the h again, he is bemoaning the fact that it has been 5 weeks since he has been with anyone and for him that is tantamount to the Sahara desert in terms of sexual abstaining. I mean please it has been 10 years for the h!!! ….So, to get to what I like. The h, is determined to keep this blackmail sex thing on her terms. She keeps her job, her apartment and meets up with the H on his weekends to England at a hotel. Although, she never discusses the H’s other sexual pursuits, she assumes that he is still getting on with those as well(how very liberated of her). She is on birth control, but the H continues to use a condom. Look, our h doesn’t need her pristine vagina invaded by pesky STD’s! At one point in the relationship, the H overcome with desire, forgoes the condom and the condom discussion arises afterwards. I love how the h basically tells him that this is not ok, since sex with him is having sex with him, his lovers, their lovers etc…. He is affronted that she would assume he is still having sex with other people. She is like based on your track record what should one expect?
2. Aldo, the young brother, who we learn more about in chapter 8. He isn’t active throughout the story, but to learn about Aldo, is to love Aldo. Aldo fell in love at 15 with a girl that would not be up to the family’s high standards. The h used to help him meet up with Marta. 10 years later he is still with Marta and married to her. He is the opposite of his brother. Aldo, being a mere teen at the time of his brother’s marriage to the h was not considered as a reliable source. Now, at 25 he starts dispensing some home truths to his brother about the beloved cousin Caterina and some other things the 34 year old hero needs to be schooled about. Aldo is like “Dude, Caterina had her tongue down your throat on New Years that one year, didn’t you realize she reallllly realllly liked you!” Oh, and btw they are first cousins. They aren’t even 2nd cousins which can be referred to as “kissing cousins’. Although, the blood between them is a little diluted because his aunt was his dad’s half sister. I like the revenge stories where there is at least one person in the hero’s circle that is on the side of the suffering h’s! The hero also finds out that the father wasn’t truthful about the circumstances of the 250,000 and the reason the h left. However, even armed with this information, he is still convinced that the h’s fall was an accident.
3. Our H starts to think along the way, that maybe he has gotten things wrong, but as Stmargarets pointed out he stays in asshole mode for the course of the whole book. Why? Well the simplest explanation would be to keep the story going, which of course is true. Like Dorian Gray being presented with his portrait, Guido is being presented with his own “portrait” and like Dorian Gray’s it is not a pretty sight. The only right thing he ever did was to marry the 18 year old he got pregnant. After that everything else was one wrong turn after another. He has to come to terms with this and basically he is fighting it through 11 chapters. It isn’t until the last chapter and he finds out for a fact that the h’s fall was indeed no accident, that he can’t run away from his part as the villain.
4. The final chapters…The H now confronted with the h’s current pregnancy has yet to do his 360 in regards to the h. He is suspicious of the pregnancy and temporarily ends things with the h so they can each think about their next steps. Our h is done thinking. She is happy to be pregnant and has no time for the H’s shenanigans this time around. She is 28 and successful. She is more than able to raise a child on her own, and quite frankly why would she want the H’s involvement when he brings with him turmoil and upset. So he leaves and comes back 5 weeks later well informed about all the past wrongs. He looks sickly, and needs to spend the last chapter convincing the h of his love and how things will be different. He realizes that she has every right to show him the door. He could be relegated to part time daddy status and she may even move on now that she has groove back. These are all things he should be scared about. However, our h does love him. She agrees to be with him. She doesn’t agree to marry him. She doesn’t agree to leave England. Our H has to accept her terms now! (YES!!!)
5. There is a nice Epilogue and our H shows that he is not done proving himself to the h when he gives her something else she has longed for . We also get to hear a little about Marta and Aldo. The dad has accepted the h, (the cousin Caterina died years ago, the h shed no tears on her behalf. ) .
Well lookie here, another Italian billionaire who gets it all wrong. It doesn’t matter to me because I love JB’s trainwrecks.
Stmargarets gives an accurate overview of this one here. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Our hero Guido and heroine Sara were married briefly 10 years ago. In this case, the divorce was probably the best thing that ever happened to the h, because had she stayed in that marriage she most likely would have been tortured, cheated on, pregnant, abandoned, and eventually killed the way things were going. At 18, she was young and left by her 24 year old husband in a country where she didn’t speak the language. It was expected that his family would take care of her(the H’s dad and his cousin interpreted his words as the mobster way of doing things) while the H worked continuously abroad to earn status of billionaire.
So, 10 years ago sexual attraction brought our hero and heroine together. The h got pregnant(and was in love), the H did the right thing and married her…only to leave her for business again and again. He would come back, fill up on sex, and leave again. Aldo, the H’s younger brother (15) was friend to the h, but it wasn’t enough to offset the cruelty she suffered at the hands of the H’s dad and cousin Caterina. There is little mention of the H’s mom, but it sounds like she wasn’t a tormentor.
The h tries to communicate with to the hero about her unhappiness, but he is focused on getting the business back on track from his father’s missteps. When the h “falls” down stairs and loses the baby things really get messed up. The h accuses the wicked Caterina(who wants to bed her cousin the H🤢)of tripping her. The H and his father think the h has gone crazy, and unfortunately the doctor also says she may be “confused”. Caterina, also has her secret lover, the gardener, lie and say that the cousin was with him at the time. To avoid being condemned to a loony bin, the h backs off her story of being tripped. When she is released from the hospital she begs the H to go with him on his business trip, but he tells his dad to “take care of her”. His dad’s interpretation is to tell the h to leave with 250, 000 or be committed to an asylum. The 18 year old has already experienced that kind of environment when she was in an orphanage for several years, so she takes the money and leaves. The dad tells the H a different version of events and the H believes her to be a money grubbing liar.
It isn’t all doom and gloom for the young h. Her life started off in a blanket of love(she was a baby through AI to a single mom)Her mom and what was her family unit died when she was 11. She was placed in an orphanage, and things weren’t good, but through a big sister program she met a woman who took her under her wing. When she returns from Italy this woman helps her get her feet back on track and the h becomes a very successful accountant who is partner in a firm. She is also a good cook and this is how she runs into the H again.
She agreed to help her friends out of a bind and cook on their yacht. They are struggling to make a go of a “yacht for hire” venture and can’t afford much crew. While on the yacht they moor next to the H’s yacht. It seems this sexual thing between the H and h has never dissipated and has basically been a sleeping volcano ready to erupt all over again. I mean we are talking MT. Vesuvius level of eruption. Upon seeing the h’s butt dimples, the H is determined that she is to be in his bed again. Therefore, he comes up with a plan to blackmail her. She becomes his sex buddy, or her friends won’t get his financial backing for their yacht venture. Her friends are pregnant and in dire straits so she agrees. Plus, our sexy attractive h has been celibate for 10 years. The H’s presence has awoken her body without her permission so she decides it is time to hop back on that bicycle…now if only her heart can stay immune.
Ok, so of course you know what is going to happen. The h is going to realize she still loves him, and the H is going to soon learn that no amount of sex with the h is going to sate him because even though the H doesn’t want to believe it, it isn’t just sex with the h.
So what did I like about this story? I like the way JB handled some of the things in this story a little differently then in other stories with the same trope. I know Stmargarets already brought up some of the same things that I am going to touch upon. BIGGER SPOILERS NOW🛑 .
1. The H is a manwhore(ok what is new?) He has a woman in every port. Ok, according to him he doesn’t sleep with multiple woman at a time, but does that mean if he is 5 weeks in Hong Kong it is one person, then 5 weeks in New York it is another? Then back to Hong Kong??? I am not sure. I do know when he meets up with the h again, he is bemoaning the fact that it has been 5 weeks since he has been with anyone and for him that is tantamount to the Sahara desert in terms of sexual abstaining. I mean please it has been 10 years for the h!!! ….So, to get to what I like. The h, is determined to keep this blackmail sex thing on her terms. She keeps her job, her apartment and meets up with the H on his weekends to England at a hotel. Although, she never discusses the H’s other sexual pursuits, she assumes that he is still getting on with those as well(how very liberated of her). She is on birth control, but the H continues to use a condom. Look, our h doesn’t need her pristine vagina invaded by pesky STD’s! At one point in the relationship, the H overcome with desire, forgoes the condom and the condom discussion arises afterwards. I love how the h basically tells him that this is not ok, since sex with him is having sex with him, his lovers, their lovers etc…. He is affronted that she would assume he is still having sex with other people. She is like based on your track record what should one expect?
2. Aldo, the young brother, who we learn more about in chapter 8. He isn’t active throughout the story, but to learn about Aldo, is to love Aldo. Aldo fell in love at 15 with a girl that would not be up to the family’s high standards. The h used to help him meet up with Marta. 10 years later he is still with Marta and married to her. He is the opposite of his brother. Aldo, being a mere teen at the time of his brother’s marriage to the h was not considered as a reliable source. Now, at 25 he starts dispensing some home truths to his brother about the beloved cousin Caterina and some other things the 34 year old hero needs to be schooled about. Aldo is like “Dude, Caterina had her tongue down your throat on New Years that one year, didn’t you realize she reallllly realllly liked you!” Oh, and btw they are first cousins. They aren’t even 2nd cousins which can be referred to as “kissing cousins’. Although, the blood between them is a little diluted because his aunt was his dad’s half sister. I like the revenge stories where there is at least one person in the hero’s circle that is on the side of the suffering h’s! The hero also finds out that the father wasn’t truthful about the circumstances of the 250,000 and the reason the h left. However, even armed with this information, he is still convinced that the h’s fall was an accident.
3. Our H starts to think along the way, that maybe he has gotten things wrong, but as Stmargarets pointed out he stays in asshole mode for the course of the whole book. Why? Well the simplest explanation would be to keep the story going, which of course is true. Like Dorian Gray being presented with his portrait, Guido is being presented with his own “portrait” and like Dorian Gray’s it is not a pretty sight. The only right thing he ever did was to marry the 18 year old he got pregnant. After that everything else was one wrong turn after another. He has to come to terms with this and basically he is fighting it through 11 chapters. It isn’t until the last chapter and he finds out for a fact that the h’s fall was indeed no accident, that he can’t run away from his part as the villain.
4. The final chapters…The H now confronted with the h’s current pregnancy has yet to do his 360 in regards to the h. He is suspicious of the pregnancy and temporarily ends things with the h so they can each think about their next steps. Our h is done thinking. She is happy to be pregnant and has no time for the H’s shenanigans this time around. She is 28 and successful. She is more than able to raise a child on her own, and quite frankly why would she want the H’s involvement when he brings with him turmoil and upset. So he leaves and comes back 5 weeks later well informed about all the past wrongs. He looks sickly, and needs to spend the last chapter convincing the h of his love and how things will be different. He realizes that she has every right to show him the door. He could be relegated to part time daddy status and she may even move on now that she has groove back. These are all things he should be scared about. However, our h does love him. She agrees to be with him. She doesn’t agree to marry him. She doesn’t agree to leave England. Our H has to accept her terms now! (YES!!!)
5. There is a nice Epilogue and our H shows that he is not done proving himself to the h when he gives her something else she has longed for . We also get to hear a little about Marta and Aldo. The dad has accepted the h, (the cousin Caterina died years ago, the h shed no tears on her behalf. ) .
March 27, 2018
Knock! Knock! Who's there? The TRAIN WRECK EXPRESS!!!
In all seriousness this book kept me interested from start to finish however, it was a train wreck of HPlandia tropes. Just when I think the hero can't say one more dumb sentence, he proves me wrong and some how his idiocy is too much for the heroine to resist and her underwear magically disappears. I liked the heroine's hesitancy to marry the hero at the end. Considering everything she went through, that was extremely realistic in my opinion.
In all seriousness this book kept me interested from start to finish however, it was a train wreck of HPlandia tropes. Just when I think the hero can't say one more dumb sentence, he proves me wrong and some how his idiocy is too much for the heroine to resist and her underwear magically disappears. I liked the heroine's hesitancy to marry the hero at the end. Considering everything she went through, that was extremely realistic in my opinion.
September 17, 2013
I don't like it.
They were happy. But when Guido brought Sara to his home country, everything fell apart. Now separate for ten years, Guido still hold grudges—and love towards Sara. He determined to make her pay him back. What will happen next?
I was expecting book with heavy angst and begging-for-forgiveness Hero in the end. But this book gave me nothing.
Sure the storyline includes angst in it but I don't feel it. Sara's a weak for agreeing to be Guido "sex buddy" and falling for him all over again eventually after everything he did to her. Guido's jerk for not believing her in the first place. I don't like him at all. I want to bitch-slap him so bad I ache.
This book made me angry and I was expecting Maya Banks kind of plot but turns out.. God. Horrible.
They were happy. But when Guido brought Sara to his home country, everything fell apart. Now separate for ten years, Guido still hold grudges—and love towards Sara. He determined to make her pay him back. What will happen next?
I was expecting book with heavy angst and begging-for-forgiveness Hero in the end. But this book gave me nothing.
Sure the storyline includes angst in it but I don't feel it. Sara's a weak for agreeing to be Guido "sex buddy" and falling for him all over again eventually after everything he did to her. Guido's jerk for not believing her in the first place. I don't like him at all. I want to bitch-slap him so bad I ache.
This book made me angry and I was expecting Maya Banks kind of plot but turns out.. God. Horrible.
February 15, 2018
Another one that I liked but others not so much. Both young and separated by blackmail, deception, and an evil, conniving, vicious cousin of H and his ruthless father. H deserved to do a little more groveling but he did not have all the facts. He should have gone after h sooner. I liked it - 3.5 rounded stars.
August 7, 2015
Rating: 5 stars.
This was a read that was full of heartache, angst and it made me frustrated. An enjoyable read, I promise. ;)
This was a read that was full of heartache, angst and it made me frustrated. An enjoyable read, I promise. ;)
October 7, 2012
Read this book if you want your blood pressure to go through the roof. The hero is so unbelievably cruel and stupid that it borders on parody. There are all sorts of heart-warming moments, like when he calls the heroine a “crazy bitch” and a “conniving, devious bitch” and accuses her of being a gold-digging ho.
There were some good moments where the heroine managed to stand up for herself:
There were some good moments where the heroine managed to stand up for herself:
March 6, 2024
WTF happened with this book that was a rec from a FB group.
Zero revenge (not even sure why that word featured in the title?????)
Zero grovel
Zero angst
Zero feels
Not one but TWO pregnancies
And two pathetic TSTL characters both with the IQ of a stubby crayon, is what I took away from this hot mess.
One good thing - they both deserved each other.
Zero revenge (not even sure why that word featured in the title?????)
Zero grovel
Zero angst
Zero feels
Not one but TWO pregnancies
And two pathetic TSTL characters both with the IQ of a stubby crayon, is what I took away from this hot mess.
One good thing - they both deserved each other.
January 12, 2014
3 1/2 stars. Be warned, I actually wouldn't consider this a romance because there is no possible way for a reader to like Guido. He is mean, obnoxious, and frankly an idiot and a jerk who doesn't deserve someone as good as Sara.
But the book was still pretty good. What kept me reading after being appalled by Guido's behavior in the first chapter was Sara, she is a strong woman who had a painful path, but now she is strong enough to fight back to Guido's bullying. It was very entertaining to watch and I was eager to see how it ended. Now in the end, their HEA was inconsequential to me because I still didn't like him, but I still enjoyed the story.
But the book was still pretty good. What kept me reading after being appalled by Guido's behavior in the first chapter was Sara, she is a strong woman who had a painful path, but now she is strong enough to fight back to Guido's bullying. It was very entertaining to watch and I was eager to see how it ended. Now in the end, their HEA was inconsequential to me because I still didn't like him, but I still enjoyed the story.
August 16, 2020
decent JB. This one blends the twin tropes of blackmail and estranged husband/wife finding their way back to each other. Enjoyed it, especially the extensive grovelling on the H's part at the end of the book. A very modern, non-traditional HEA follows. Definitely worth a one time read.
May 18, 2014
I read the other reviews and, truly, The H wasn't that bad. He is arrogant and dense in his relationships with women.
The H/h met and married in London when she got pregnant. By then they where living as a pair of students and she never susppects that his family was a traditinal rich Italian family that disliked her on sight. The H's father and his cousin Caterina made the h life a living hell and the H, overhelmed with taking over his father almost in bankruptcy business, doesn't notice anything and doesn't what to deal with her problems when he is at home. In the end the h has a misscarriage because Caterina throws her down the stairs, but nobody believes her and even send her to the psych yard. Devasted and alone the h accepts the money that her father-in-law offers her to dissapear because she thinks that is the H who wants to get rid of her and because they threaten to lock her in an asylum.
Well the H was bad, but he also was too young and suddenly found himself with a wife, a child, a failng business to revive.... and his family lied to him telling him that the h has abandoned him after the misscarrige and have threatened the family for money. So when he finds her after 10 years he is angry and their relationship is a wild trip, but in the end he truly apologices and i liked that the h makes him wait almost a year to marry him again, yes she forgives him, but he has to work to regain her trust... I liked that a lot about this book and I also find he is totally a new better person at the epilogue.
November 1, 2018
The hero was a jerk and he made the h'life a hell after 10 years of divorce he meet her again and he realised that he still wanted her althrough he believes that she's a gold digger so he blackmailed her to become his mistress and one she told him she's pregnant he felt like he was trapped again like before because they got married because she was pregnant so after his devil father told him the truth of the past he come back asking forgiveness! Come on man you were her worst enemy you dumbed her when she needed you the most after her miscarriage you left her hurt and alone with your family with your horrible cousin who was the cause of the miscarriage!and now you ask her to forgive you and you tell her that you love her like you always did! And she like a stupid doormat after hearing the 3 magic words forgives you and she forget all the hurting past ! Really that was a joke ! I did not like this books at all ..it made the woman like a doormat and stupid who don't have any power or personality!
March 30, 2010
OK, first of all, when you search for this book on Goodreads, there are way too many of books with the same words in the title, in every order conceivable. That cracks me up!
I just plain don't enjoy these romances where the "hero" is a sexist a$$hole and the virginal heroine just can't help herself. The inevitable 11th hour redemption of the hero doesn't save it for me.
I just plain don't enjoy these romances where the "hero" is a sexist a$$hole and the virginal heroine just can't help herself. The inevitable 11th hour redemption of the hero doesn't save it for me.
July 25, 2020
Ugh...always more grovel...needs more grovel!! What a waste of a read!
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