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The Salvatore Marriage Deal
The ruthless Italian tycoon and his pregnant mistress…
Powerful and arrogant, Vito Salvatore thinks Lily Chase is different from the women he normally beds. But when she tells him she's pregnant, he calls her a gold digger and throws her out!
A marriage by arrangement!
But now Vito needs a Salvatore heir. So he'll take Lily as his convenient bride!
Powerful and arrogant, Vito Salvatore thinks Lily Chase is different from the women he normally beds. But when she tells him she's pregnant, he calls her a gold digger and throws her out!
A marriage by arrangement!
But now Vito needs a Salvatore heir. So he'll take Lily as his convenient bride!
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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September 23, 2018
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I don't know why I put myself through this again, but it's popped up again in some reviews so I decided to give it another try.
Yep, it's still a big old one star, but I am changing the focus a little. The H still needs to die, slowly and painfully, but chica, you blow. If you are so stupid, so spineless as to suffer the H's slut-shaming cruelty just for great sex then fine. You deserve the life you will lead.
This would have worked if she had skilleted him, left him, and made him grovel on his knees. Preferably on broken glass. But she didn't.
The hero needs to die a slow and painful death. Twice. Since the title, spineless doormat won't do it, I'll volunteer.
Vito, the %8$@ POS HERO and the dips--- doormat have been living in Venice for five months. After the ubiquitous stomach flu, she goes to the doctor to find out why she's still nauseous. Guess what? The rabbit died. The minute Vito finds out that the h is pregnant he kicks her out. Literally. Into the night.
Vito's grandfather is dying and wants nothing more than to see him settle with a nice girl and have nice babies. When Vito sees the h again he tells her he'll marry her and take care of the baby even though it isn't his. He makes the offer with the evil plan of kicking her and the baby back out once his grandfather dies. A true prince among men. The h, who was the product of an illicit affair wherein her father threatened her mother if she tried to be part of her life, is convinced that there will be a happily ever after with the big meanie. She is bound and determined that her child will not grow up without a father's influence the way she did. SHE IS SOOOOO STUPID! HE IS SOOOOOO STUPID! Hello, it's 2008. DNA test? Plus she's going to tie her child to a total SOB in order to get the daddy fix?
Apparently Vito has one of the most magical penis' in Harley-land as just standing in the elevator with him is as good as being naked with him, and this is when she's about to throw up from morning sicknes. UGH!
Vito is so cruel. I mean he is at the top of his arm-twisting-you-are-an-evil-cheating-slut alpha romero, hurt hero game. The h finally meets Giovanni, the grandfather, who is ecstatic over the marriage and baby so he gives her a necklace that belonged to his wife. The H takes it away from her because she doesn't deserve it.
They, of course, continue to have great sex, over the top sex. There is a momentary glimmer of lucidity when she mentions DNA test, but it's fleeting.
She finally has the baby only to find out he has to be tested for a rare blood type. Once again there is a momentary glimpse of a spine where she gives the hero the cold shoulder as he never mentioned the blood type potentially endangering the baby.
He has a sleepless night over his guilt. Not to mention he requests copies of his sperm count only to find it is okey dokey. He actually never read it but relied on his evil first wife. Can you say "dumber than dirt". All is forgiven.
I don't know why I put myself through this again, but it's popped up again in some reviews so I decided to give it another try.
Yep, it's still a big old one star, but I am changing the focus a little. The H still needs to die, slowly and painfully, but chica, you blow. If you are so stupid, so spineless as to suffer the H's slut-shaming cruelty just for great sex then fine. You deserve the life you will lead.
This would have worked if she had skilleted him, left him, and made him grovel on his knees. Preferably on broken glass. But she didn't.
The hero needs to die a slow and painful death. Twice. Since the title, spineless doormat won't do it, I'll volunteer.
Vito, the %8$@ POS HERO and the dips--- doormat have been living in Venice for five months. After the ubiquitous stomach flu, she goes to the doctor to find out why she's still nauseous. Guess what? The rabbit died. The minute Vito finds out that the h is pregnant he kicks her out. Literally. Into the night.
Vito's grandfather is dying and wants nothing more than to see him settle with a nice girl and have nice babies. When Vito sees the h again he tells her he'll marry her and take care of the baby even though it isn't his. He makes the offer with the evil plan of kicking her and the baby back out once his grandfather dies. A true prince among men. The h, who was the product of an illicit affair wherein her father threatened her mother if she tried to be part of her life, is convinced that there will be a happily ever after with the big meanie. She is bound and determined that her child will not grow up without a father's influence the way she did. SHE IS SOOOOO STUPID! HE IS SOOOOOO STUPID! Hello, it's 2008. DNA test? Plus she's going to tie her child to a total SOB in order to get the daddy fix?
Apparently Vito has one of the most magical penis' in Harley-land as just standing in the elevator with him is as good as being naked with him, and this is when she's about to throw up from morning sicknes. UGH!
Vito is so cruel. I mean he is at the top of his arm-twisting-you-are-an-evil-cheating-slut alpha romero, hurt hero game. The h finally meets Giovanni, the grandfather, who is ecstatic over the marriage and baby so he gives her a necklace that belonged to his wife. The H takes it away from her because she doesn't deserve it.
They, of course, continue to have great sex, over the top sex. There is a momentary glimmer of lucidity when she mentions DNA test, but it's fleeting.
She finally has the baby only to find out he has to be tested for a rare blood type. Once again there is a momentary glimpse of a spine where she gives the hero the cold shoulder as he never mentioned the blood type potentially endangering the baby.
He has a sleepless night over his guilt. Not to mention he requests copies of his sperm count only to find it is okey dokey. He actually never read it but relied on his evil first wife. Can you say "dumber than dirt". All is forgiven.
May 3, 2011
Hero and heroine are in a relationship, she finds out she's pregnant and the hero throws her out immediately.
He sees her again a few months later pitching products at one of his lesser companies. Since his Grandfather is on death's door and really wants him to settle down with marriage and babies, he gets her fired from her job and convinces her to marry him so he can convince his grandfather that he's happy and with a baby on the way. But as soon as his grandfather dies, he has every intention of throwing her and her baby back on the street.
Quite literally on the street in fact.
The whole time the heroine is convincing herself to go through with it because her baby needs a father. But the hero refuses to believe her, refuses to talk about it, doesn't tell her why he's so sure the baby isn't his, and he also refuses DNA testing so she can prove it to him.
The heroine makes some great points about how he believes anyone else but her, but ultimately she was willing to take and do anything to be with him.
Let's face it, knowing that he had every intention of throwing her and her newborn baby out on the street with no place to live, no job, no money and in a foreign country, you'd think she'd actually say no. But she doesn't. She just goes along with it because the baby needs a father. Hmm, how about the baby needs a parent with a strong support system like a house, a job, income of some sort to support the baby as it grows into adulthood. Not spending the pregnancy months living with the daddy in a not real marriage waiting for an old man to die so she can be thrown literally in the streets with her child AGAIN.
The writing style was solid but the hero and heroine were unbelievable. I wanted her to leave him, I wanted him to suffer. I wanted her to get a clue but it didn't happen.
He sees her again a few months later pitching products at one of his lesser companies. Since his Grandfather is on death's door and really wants him to settle down with marriage and babies, he gets her fired from her job and convinces her to marry him so he can convince his grandfather that he's happy and with a baby on the way. But as soon as his grandfather dies, he has every intention of throwing her and her baby back on the street.
Quite literally on the street in fact.
The whole time the heroine is convincing herself to go through with it because her baby needs a father. But the hero refuses to believe her, refuses to talk about it, doesn't tell her why he's so sure the baby isn't his, and he also refuses DNA testing so she can prove it to him.
The heroine makes some great points about how he believes anyone else but her, but ultimately she was willing to take and do anything to be with him.
Let's face it, knowing that he had every intention of throwing her and her newborn baby out on the street with no place to live, no job, no money and in a foreign country, you'd think she'd actually say no. But she doesn't. She just goes along with it because the baby needs a father. Hmm, how about the baby needs a parent with a strong support system like a house, a job, income of some sort to support the baby as it grows into adulthood. Not spending the pregnancy months living with the daddy in a not real marriage waiting for an old man to die so she can be thrown literally in the streets with her child AGAIN.
The writing style was solid but the hero and heroine were unbelievable. I wanted her to leave him, I wanted him to suffer. I wanted her to get a clue but it didn't happen.
December 1, 2017
This is another story where the hero throws out the heroine when he finds out she's pregnant because he thinks she's cheating on him. Why do I like this trope? It's always ridiculous - the lengths the hero will go to hold his suspicions of the heroine close to his heart while he refuses paternity tests.
This hero is no different. He sticks to his guns until after the baby is born. The heroine also sticks to her guns and nothing the hero dishes out will deter her from loving the hero.
They are a matched set. I also enjoyed the hero's grandfather who was very kind to the heroine during her pregnancy. Anyone who gets their pool repaired so a pregnant heroine can cool off is a hero to me.
This is only recommended if you can stomach a doormat heroine. Hero is just your average alpha who feels hard done by - nothing extraordinarily bad - just average jerkiness.
This hero is no different. He sticks to his guns until after the baby is born. The heroine also sticks to her guns and nothing the hero dishes out will deter her from loving the hero.
They are a matched set. I also enjoyed the hero's grandfather who was very kind to the heroine during her pregnancy. Anyone who gets their pool repaired so a pregnant heroine can cool off is a hero to me.
This is only recommended if you can stomach a doormat heroine. Hero is just your average alpha who feels hard done by - nothing extraordinarily bad - just average jerkiness.
December 29, 2014
1.5 stars
Both the hero and heroine were tstl, so I suppose they deserve one another.
Mostly what killed me was the heroine's total, utter, and complete lack of pride. I realize she'd been hurt by being illegitimate, but why would she think it's better to be with a man who didn't claim the child and obviously disrespected her? Talk about warping a kid.
Oh, she'd get angry now and then and I'd think maybe she'd show some backbone. She even started to pack her suitcase once, but no, it was a better idea to stay with the d-bag so she could prove her innocence by taking his abuse while she's pregnant.
Here's an idea. Leave the SOB (or never marry him in the first place) then slap him with a paternity suite which would force him to provide a blood sample. Then if you want to be the self-sacrificing proud HP heroine you can refuse the money the child is due. Of course in HP land the hero will be determined for you to marry him and maybe we'd get a decent grovel.
The hero. What a dipshit. He had convinced himself he was infertile based on fertility tests that he never saw the results of. Even if he had come back with a low sperm count or something like that, seems like you'd still wonder if maybe one of his little guys got through. He could have checked it out. I hate that plot device. People have kids all the time when they've been told the possibility is unlikely to null.
Then when he finds the truth, he actually does start to grovel but she won't let him. All is forgiven once she hears he loves her. *puke*
Both the hero and heroine were tstl, so I suppose they deserve one another.
Mostly what killed me was the heroine's total, utter, and complete lack of pride. I realize she'd been hurt by being illegitimate, but why would she think it's better to be with a man who didn't claim the child and obviously disrespected her? Talk about warping a kid.
Oh, she'd get angry now and then and I'd think maybe she'd show some backbone. She even started to pack her suitcase once, but no, it was a better idea to stay with the d-bag so she could prove her innocence by taking his abuse while she's pregnant.
Here's an idea. Leave the SOB (or never marry him in the first place) then slap him with a paternity suite which would force him to provide a blood sample. Then if you want to be the self-sacrificing proud HP heroine you can refuse the money the child is due. Of course in HP land the hero will be determined for you to marry him and maybe we'd get a decent grovel.
The hero. What a dipshit. He had convinced himself he was infertile based on fertility tests that he never saw the results of. Even if he had come back with a low sperm count or something like that, seems like you'd still wonder if maybe one of his little guys got through. He could have checked it out. I hate that plot device. People have kids all the time when they've been told the possibility is unlikely to null.
Then when he finds the truth, he actually does start to grovel but she won't let him. All is forgiven once she hears he loves her. *puke*
June 15, 2021
The style of writing was good. Both characters are well explained and there’s enough insight of their inner dialogue. The story is fluent and the book is not boring. I didn’t like the hero and the heroine was a loser.
-he throws her out when she said she is pregnant. It’s evening and she is in a foreign country.
- he forces to marry him because his grandfather wants a grandchild, planning to throw her and the child out again when the old man is dead.
He believes he cannot father children because that b***h of his first wife told him he was infertile.
- he refuses every chance of taking a dna test even if the heroine asks him.
- he believes she has cheated and never soften to her.
-only after he asks the doctor his previous fertility results he believes her
-after the cruel and insane treatment she received for months, she Keeps on staying with him for months, letting him use her for sex and after he told her that he will divorce as soon as his grandfather is dead, she believes hims when he tells het he loves her and forgives him immediately.
This is the exact description of how a woman should never behave. She has no pride no self respect no intelligence to let such a sob treat her that way.
She deserves to be treated that way since it’s the way she expects to be treated.
No way.
-he throws her out when she said she is pregnant. It’s evening and she is in a foreign country.
- he forces to marry him because his grandfather wants a grandchild, planning to throw her and the child out again when the old man is dead.
He believes he cannot father children because that b***h of his first wife told him he was infertile.
- he refuses every chance of taking a dna test even if the heroine asks him.
- he believes she has cheated and never soften to her.
-only after he asks the doctor his previous fertility results he believes her
-after the cruel and insane treatment she received for months, she Keeps on staying with him for months, letting him use her for sex and after he told her that he will divorce as soon as his grandfather is dead, she believes hims when he tells het he loves her and forgives him immediately.
This is the exact description of how a woman should never behave. She has no pride no self respect no intelligence to let such a sob treat her that way.
She deserves to be treated that way since it’s the way she expects to be treated.
No way.
February 24, 2013
This was a very nice read. Vito Salvatore is an Italian tycoon and quite the alpha male. The heroine Lily is a sweet young woman who is having an affair with him. Their relationship ends abruptly when she discovers she is pregnant and tells him so. When she tells him she's pregnant, he calls her a gold digger and cruelly throws her out. When Vito needs a Salvatore heir to please his dying grandfather he offer Lily the marriage she so wanted months ago.
I loved the heroine! I don't think she was a doormat at all. She accepts the hero's marriage proposal cause she couldn't deny her child the life Vito could give it. Plus she couldn't bear the thought of her baby enduring a childhood as tough as hers. The hero thinks he is infertile so he doesn't believe he is the father of Lily's baby but of course in reality he has no such problems, his ex wife lied to him as to why she couldn't get pregnant.
It was a sweet story, I enjoyed reading it very much!
I loved the heroine! I don't think she was a doormat at all. She accepts the hero's marriage proposal cause she couldn't deny her child the life Vito could give it. Plus she couldn't bear the thought of her baby enduring a childhood as tough as hers. The hero thinks he is infertile so he doesn't believe he is the father of Lily's baby but of course in reality he has no such problems, his ex wife lied to him as to why she couldn't get pregnant.
It was a sweet story, I enjoyed reading it very much!
January 16, 2019
What a story! Lily was a total doormat and Vito was a gigantic asshat. Vito was not only scathingly hateful to Lily, but he was also extrememly stubborn and blind to his own stupidity. He's much rather keep hating on Lily, than to just go back to the damned doctor and get a fertility test to prove his point. I truly enjoyed Vito's hateful behavior towards Lily throughout the story. It was also fun watching that hate slowly morph into affection, despite his misguided beliefs about the heroine.
The only thing I really disliked about this story was Vito forcing Lily to marry him for the sake of his beloved, dying grandfather, who Vito supposedly adored. For all the adoration he had for the old man, he spent almost zero time with his grandfather before his death. Had it not been for Lily spending as much time as she did with this beloved character, the grandfather would have died a very lonely death. Other than that, this was a fairly enjoyable story for me.
February 23, 2013
In what world does it make sense to marry a woman you think is deceitful and unfaithful? It what world does it make sense to marry a man you know to be cruel and unforgiving for your unborn child's sake? The world of Harlequin Presents, of course!
This was a fun read if you just don't think about it too hard. Vito is pretty awful, but there are enough little touches to make it clear that he really does care about Lily, in his affronted tycoon way. It's not very plausible that Vito would trust his Evil Ex-Wife's word so easily, yet instantly believe Lily is a liar and a cheater, but we're not looking for plausible here, right?
This was a fun read if you just don't think about it too hard. Vito is pretty awful, but there are enough little touches to make it clear that he really does care about Lily, in his affronted tycoon way. It's not very plausible that Vito would trust his Evil Ex-Wife's word so easily, yet instantly believe Lily is a liar and a cheater, but we're not looking for plausible here, right?
January 22, 2012
I hate it when the asshole hero puts the doormat heroine through hell- for months- and when he ends up saying 'oops, I guess I was wrong, but I love you'- she immediately forgives him (like it was nothing) and admits that she has always loved him.
October 9, 2024
I didn’t find this hero all that different than most of the Harlequin heros. I mean, this kind of asshole hero is kinda why I hang here. 🤷🏼♀️😂 The heroine tho… I wanted to like her but she just gave in too quickly. And I say this as someone who has a soft heart for the heroines other readers call doormats. She forgave him instantly, and I needed him to have to work for it. Thats WHY I’m reading these books with the royal jackasses… I want to see them scramble for their heroine. So, this gets 3 stars because I was pretty invested in this trainwreck. (It would have been way more fun with some OW drama. 😅🤡)
June 4, 2021
The ruthless Italian tycoon and his pregnant mistress...Powerful and arrogant, Vito Salvatore thinks Lily Chase is different from the women he normally beds. But when she tells him she's pregnant, he calls her a gold digger and throws her out!A marriage by arrangement!But now Vito needs a Salvatore heir. So he'll take Lily as his convenient bride!
January 11, 2012
When the heroine Lily tells the hero Vito that she is pregnant, she is shocked that his reaction to the news is to throw her out. A couple of months later Vito sees Lily again, working once more in the job she gave up to be with him and not looking well. Despite the fact that he believes she slept with another man, he can't get her out of his mind and he still fiercely desires her. Vito's beloved grandfather is seriously ill and Vito knows how much he wants to see Vito settled. He asks Lily to marry him thinking he will be able to kill two birds with one stone, and after his grandfather passes then he can divorce her. Naturally he doesn't tell Lily this, and she thinks he has finally realised that she is carrying his baby and she is happy that they are going to be a family. Everything seems fine at first, the passion between them is still as hot as ever, but as the months pass Lily begins to realise that Vito doesn't ever want to talk about the baby and refuses to open up to her. Which hurts her as she has given everything of herself to him.
I enjoyed this book, it has a nice, well written story that maximises the use of many traditional plot elements. The hero is a well developed character; complex and interesting, as well as caring. There is a lot of passion between the hero and heroine, and it really suits the mood of the story. The pace is just about perfect for the story, and it allowed the relationship to develop gradually, which felt very natural. There is a nice bit grovelling from the hero at the end, and that is always good!
A good read.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
I enjoyed this book, it has a nice, well written story that maximises the use of many traditional plot elements. The hero is a well developed character; complex and interesting, as well as caring. There is a lot of passion between the hero and heroine, and it really suits the mood of the story. The pace is just about perfect for the story, and it allowed the relationship to develop gradually, which felt very natural. There is a nice bit grovelling from the hero at the end, and that is always good!
A good read.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
September 20, 2018
Do you know in Lego Batman when Alfred tells Bruce he needs to go to a party and he pouts on the floor? That's this hero. A whinny little douche. The heroine just trying to use logic with the man and he just acts like she is the most crazy person ever. My favorite parts were the heroine with the grandfather, there was real relationship building. Cut out her mom, she was just sad and nothing was resolved with the heroine's father, but the hero used it against the heroine whenever he wanted. The hero doesn't remotely believe the heroine until he gets his own proof, instead of her word...such trust. He didn't grovel nearly enough for how he treated her. Heroine, baby and grandpa didn't need this jerk around at all. Heroine had no reason to love him...ever.
April 12, 2013
the hero was such an ass i could not like the book. i could not give it only one star however as the book is well written and entertaining. natalie rivers is indeed a great and talented author. so i gave one star more. my problem with the book was that vito was a damn ass, terrible bastard
February 19, 2022
The blurb here was promising but alas, a very bland milk pudding of a harlequin this was.
June 1, 2018
Okay, so this hero? Not only an ass, but also a complete and utter idiot.
I mean, seriously? What kind of idiot is told he's infertile and then NOT ONLY doesn't get a second, third, and seventeenth opinion, but NEVER EVEN READS THE SODDING PAPERWORK? And THEN! AND THEN! When his girlfriend tells him she's pregnant, he not only doesn't go and check the paperwork (just incase his bitch ex maybe lied to him, like she lied about wanting kids in the first place) he refuses a paternity test!
Seriously, the way this dude treated the heroine, I'd have pushed him into a canal after their first dinner date.
And let's not get into the heroine's lack of spine. Yes, she maintains, despite his protests, that the child is his, but the way she allows him to treat her is...well. I'd feel sorry for her if she showed any inclination of trying to stand up for herself, but if you lie down and take it, don't be surprised when you get treated like a doormat.
Despite all that, I really did enjoy this book. Sometimes you need a bit of rage to get the blood pumping, yeah?
I mean, seriously? What kind of idiot is told he's infertile and then NOT ONLY doesn't get a second, third, and seventeenth opinion, but NEVER EVEN READS THE SODDING PAPERWORK? And THEN! AND THEN! When his girlfriend tells him she's pregnant, he not only doesn't go and check the paperwork (just incase his bitch ex maybe lied to him, like she lied about wanting kids in the first place) he refuses a paternity test!
Seriously, the way this dude treated the heroine, I'd have pushed him into a canal after their first dinner date.
And let's not get into the heroine's lack of spine. Yes, she maintains, despite his protests, that the child is his, but the way she allows him to treat her is...well. I'd feel sorry for her if she showed any inclination of trying to stand up for herself, but if you lie down and take it, don't be surprised when you get treated like a doormat.
Despite all that, I really did enjoy this book. Sometimes you need a bit of rage to get the blood pumping, yeah?
December 22, 2014
A good read.
The passion and heat between Lily and Vito is really sexy hot!
A matter of trust exists that they need to overcome that really challenges their emotions and their relationship bringing pain and heartache. Lily is almost too sweet and forgiving to be real; most people being human would have made him beg first. I was kind of looking forward to a little humble pie for sexy Vito. I loved the city of Venice and the loving relationship Lily developes with Vito's grandfather these really help the story along so charmingly.
Not as in depth as some of the author's other books but still worth the read.
The passion and heat between Lily and Vito is really sexy hot!
A matter of trust exists that they need to overcome that really challenges their emotions and their relationship bringing pain and heartache. Lily is almost too sweet and forgiving to be real; most people being human would have made him beg first. I was kind of looking forward to a little humble pie for sexy Vito. I loved the city of Venice and the loving relationship Lily developes with Vito's grandfather these really help the story along so charmingly.
Not as in depth as some of the author's other books but still worth the read.
December 4, 2016
The book was well written but the hero and heroine are complete idiots!
He is an overbearing pompous ass who thinks he's always right and is a moron for loving him.
She returns to a man who treats her and her baby like trash because he believes something his exwife told him? God, he deserved the ex wife.
He is an overbearing pompous ass who thinks he's always right and is a moron for loving him.
She returns to a man who treats her and her baby like trash because he believes something his exwife told him? God, he deserved the ex wife.
November 3, 2025
Managed to finish but it wasn’t easy. Where do authors conjure such stupid, gullible, naive people, especially hs that have so little self respect they sleep with men they know plan to throw them out, in fact did it once before? And Hs who are too arrogant to even be able to think about being infertile.
April 25, 2012
One again dealing with one of the most arrogant heroes ever! He seems to think just because he's got money that every woman is a gold digger, so when the heroine says she's pregnant, he presumes she's the same way, even though she's been with him for a while, saw her personality etc. /facepalm
January 31, 2015
This read like it was written by a robot -- choppy writing, too much character stream of consciousness. Ludicrous that the H never looked at the test results, and I didn't like how it only dawned on him right at the end that he loved the h. It was ok to skim, but not very satisfying.
June 3, 2013
I really hated the hero in this book. The whole thing kind of drove me crazy.
March 31, 2017
I don't know why I continue to read books like this.
September 14, 2023
** SPOILERS ABOUND**
This one was hard to read. Let’s face it we don’t read these for realism.
I could accept that the H did not check his results when told them by his wife, at the time.
I could accept that his first response was to kick the h out when he found out she was pregnant and therefore must have cheated on him.
I could even accept, albeit unwillingly, that he thought marrying her for her child, to give his dying grandfather happiness, then planning to kick her and the baby out as soon as the grandfather had died, was a good idea.
I could accept the h taking this behaviour from him at least initially due to shock.
I could accept him bullying her into the marriage by using her own background against her.
I found it hard to accept that having gone through the divorce from the first wife and her behaviour, it never occurred to him in the light of the h unwavering in her account, he never even had a glimmer of a second thought.
Even when the h confronts him over putting the child at risk because of failing to mention his medical status, he only then thinks “hmm, maybe it could be my baby”.
I also found it hard to accept that the h, having found a sliver of a backbone when asking him to leave the hospital lasts only as long as seeing a glimpse of his mopey face before forgiving all, because she loves him.
I know I am not seeking realism when I read this genre but this was way too close to the beaten woman going back saying “But I love him!”
This one was hard to read. Let’s face it we don’t read these for realism.
I could accept that the H did not check his results when told them by his wife, at the time.
I could accept that his first response was to kick the h out when he found out she was pregnant and therefore must have cheated on him.
I could even accept, albeit unwillingly, that he thought marrying her for her child, to give his dying grandfather happiness, then planning to kick her and the baby out as soon as the grandfather had died, was a good idea.
I could accept the h taking this behaviour from him at least initially due to shock.
I could accept him bullying her into the marriage by using her own background against her.
I found it hard to accept that having gone through the divorce from the first wife and her behaviour, it never occurred to him in the light of the h unwavering in her account, he never even had a glimmer of a second thought.
Even when the h confronts him over putting the child at risk because of failing to mention his medical status, he only then thinks “hmm, maybe it could be my baby”.
I also found it hard to accept that the h, having found a sliver of a backbone when asking him to leave the hospital lasts only as long as seeing a glimpse of his mopey face before forgiving all, because she loves him.
I know I am not seeking realism when I read this genre but this was way too close to the beaten woman going back saying “But I love him!”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 28, 2024
"The Salvatore Marriage Deal" is the story of Vito and Lily.
Dumb-a(s)(s) hero keeps heroine as his mistress, then kicks her out when she's pregnant, then blackmails her into being his wife to appease his dying grandparent. He then verbally abuses her throughout the book, and treats her with low dignity only for the climax to be
What an id!ot.
Safe
1.5/5
Dumb-a(s)(s) hero keeps heroine as his mistress, then kicks her out when she's pregnant, then blackmails her into being his wife to appease his dying grandparent. He then verbally abuses her throughout the book, and treats her with low dignity only for the climax to be
What an id!ot.
Safe
1.5/5
December 12, 2020
Reading this book was the worst punishment anyone-myself included, has ever inflicted on me.
I discarded it many times but picked it up again each time because I'm a literary masochist that can't stand to not finish a book I've started.
The first few pages were disgusting but shockingly, it got even a lot more disgusting while featuring the most spineless heroine I ever read about.
I discarded it many times but picked it up again each time because I'm a literary masochist that can't stand to not finish a book I've started.
The first few pages were disgusting but shockingly, it got even a lot more disgusting while featuring the most spineless heroine I ever read about.
July 4, 2020
Motherf$#?!ing!!! Ugh!!!! I hated the dimwitted H...he treated her so badly and there was not enough groveling...always, more groveling is needed! Ugh, I need a drink. Writing is fine but H is not redeemable.
April 14, 2024
Clásica novela dominguera.
Tiene las escenas eróticas más detalladas que otras novelas de este estilo (y subsidiaria del sello editorial), pero eso no quita que el romance que relatan es tóxico.
Definitivamente no habría dicho que sí (yo en una situación ligeramente parecido).
Tiene las escenas eróticas más detalladas que otras novelas de este estilo (y subsidiaria del sello editorial), pero eso no quita que el romance que relatan es tóxico.
Definitivamente no habría dicho que sí (yo en una situación ligeramente parecido).
August 3, 2025
Dumb
There are no words. Just dumb. Sometimes times authors make the flimsiest reasons to push a story this is one of them. And to have the lead female be such a door mat was painful to read. Skipped to the end.
There are no words. Just dumb. Sometimes times authors make the flimsiest reasons to push a story this is one of them. And to have the lead female be such a door mat was painful to read. Skipped to the end.
September 20, 2019
Reader's block made me do it.
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