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Sicilian's Bride for a Price
She’ll be his wife…
But at what cost?
Billionaire Dante Vittori spent years building his impeccable reputation—no easy feat following his father’s incarceration. To counter a business threat, ruthless Dante must do the unthinkable—get married! Free-spirited heiress Alisha will do anything to save her mother’s charity—even marry the man she hates. But neither expects the intense heat between them! Suddenly the price of their marriage is more than they bargained for…
Get swept away by this intense and emotional marriage of convenience!
But at what cost?
Billionaire Dante Vittori spent years building his impeccable reputation—no easy feat following his father’s incarceration. To counter a business threat, ruthless Dante must do the unthinkable—get married! Free-spirited heiress Alisha will do anything to save her mother’s charity—even marry the man she hates. But neither expects the intense heat between them! Suddenly the price of their marriage is more than they bargained for…
Get swept away by this intense and emotional marriage of convenience!
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 16, 2018
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Tara Pammi
501 books194 followersTara Pammi can't remember a moment when she wasn't lost in a book, especially a romance which, for a teenager, was much more exciting than mathematics textbook. Before long, she was hiding romance novels within bigger textbooks, smuggling them into the home through her unsuspecting younger cousin’s school bag, and cycling more than a few miles to her favorite library to borrow more.
Through numerous ‘true’ loves :-) and traveling thousands of miles from family and friends, her attachment to books and especially romance novels stayed constant.
One fine day, toiling away as a grad student in a basement lab, Tara started typing the beginning of a story instead of her thesis. But it wasn’t until years later, encouraged by her real life hero, Tara realized what she truly wanted to do was to write.
Tara lives in Texas with her real life hero and her two little girls. When she isn't writing or reading, Tara can be found failing in the kitchen, watching TV or making resolutions to exercise more, or even a little.
Through numerous ‘true’ loves :-) and traveling thousands of miles from family and friends, her attachment to books and especially romance novels stayed constant.
One fine day, toiling away as a grad student in a basement lab, Tara started typing the beginning of a story instead of her thesis. But it wasn’t until years later, encouraged by her real life hero, Tara realized what she truly wanted to do was to write.
Tara lives in Texas with her real life hero and her two little girls. When she isn't writing or reading, Tara can be found failing in the kitchen, watching TV or making resolutions to exercise more, or even a little.
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October 19, 2018
So I'd had big hopes for this novel, because I'd really enjoyed Tara Pammi's last HP,
Sheikh's Baby of Revenge
. But alas ! This novel was not very enjoyable because Alisha, the heroine, drove me up the f*****g wall with her bitter personality and her selfish, destructive, bratty lost heiress shenanigans - both as a teenager and when she met the H again as a 26 yr old woman. To quote Macbeth, Alisha was "an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." She did sort of redeem herself at the end, in my eyes, but she's one of those characters who entrench themselves so firmly into my U Annoy Me box that it was hard to take her out of it. And the H, Dante, was a little much of a Beta hero for my personal taste. Dante was so bland and boring when compared to the sexy studly, scrumptious, alpha male H Adir from
Sheikh's Baby of Revenge
.
And, although I'd enjoyed this author's previous novel, I'm nobody's fangirl; even Lynne Graham ( my fav HP author of all time ) has gotten bad reviews when I failed to enjoy a book of hers. I'm always honest in my reviews, I NEVER do ARC's, have zero interest in book blogging and am not interested in being part of anybody's PR campaign. If I love a book I'll show my appreciation in a wonderful manner, but when I failed to enjoy a book I'm not afraid of delineating clearly why I felt that way. So, now that's we've established my neutrality, let's move on...
This story dealt with a H, Dante, who'd been mentored from the time he'd been a teenager, by the heroine's millionaire dad. Dante's father had committed suicide to escape imprisonment after being apprehended for a Ponzi scheme. The heroine's father, Vickram Matta, took the teenaged Dante to live in his home and embraced him as a foster son/protege. Alisha, the adolescent heroine, had been bitterly jealous of the love and attention her dad had bestowed upon Dante and her resentment/hate was manifested in nasty and vindictive ways:
1. She destroyed a pair of valuable cufflinks that her father ( or brother ) had gifted to Dante.
2. She burned the first expensive business suit that her dad had bought for Dante.
3. She hissed, spat, insulted, spurned and poured total hate upon the teenaged H just because her daddy adored him. I don't understand that type of behaviour and I have a lot of tolerance for spoilt bratty teenaged girls because I used to be one. But even I knew just how far to take my brat shit behaviour because there are certain things that a good person just does not do ! Insulting a guest/foster brother in one's home is not a good thing. What made it worse was that she'd also had a crush on Dante. The flashback internal monologues of both MC's suggested that Dante had done nothing to deserve the heroine's ill treatment of him. It wasn't his fault that he was a young genius business protege that her father adored and wished had been his son.
Alisha was like this bratty little chihuahua who's deliberately trying to aggravate the other dog:
Now I like strong, feisty heroines with a purpose. I am bit bitchy myself so I can even admire a bitchy heroine if I think her slight bitchiness is warranted. In Alisha's case, I don't think it was. I honestly saw no reason for her behaviour. She just seemed like this bitter, selfish girl with major daddy issues that really had a lot to do with her parents's broken marriage. She blamed her father because he'd been a workaholic and her mother had divorced him for that sole reason. I can't understand such drastic action, personally. I can understand divorcing someone for adultery or domestic violence or because you've simply fallen out of love with that person. But, maybe it's the Catholic part of me that feels it's a little extreme to rush to divorce someone you still love, just because he's a workaholic.
Somehow, the heroine saw her dad as the villain in this scenario and she developed a huge chip....no, it more a boulder on her shoulder as far as men and marriage were concerned. Anyway, the MC's get married because they both want to prevent her devious uncle from trying to gain controlling interest in her late dad's company, Matta Steel. It's ironic that it's the H, who is not a biological member of the Matta family, who ends up as the big head honcho billionaire in charge of it all. Incidentally, this is the second HP I've read with a heroine of Eastern Indian descent. The first one had been Abby Green's Restless Billionaire and that had been much better, more erotic, with sexier MC's, and was far more enjoyable !
This is the heroine, Alisha:
This is the H, Dante:
The novel was well written but the actual romantic storyline took a little too long to get started. Then there was some irrelevant drama with a former OW called Francesca and the H's sourpuss mother. I knew I was starting to lose interest when my mind kept picking up on irrelevant factual trivia, like how many times the heroine wore pink or tops/dresses with spagetti straps. And I know the novel would become a lost cause for me when I actually hoped the heroine was wearing the correct type of bra with those spagetti strap outfits ! Lol.
This cute cat is having more fun rolling around than I'd done while reading this book !
The ending was nice enough but there was no epilogue unfortunately. I can't rate this novel higher because I didn't feel captivated by the MC's or have any faith in their feelings for each other for most of the story. They seemed to share intense sexual chemistry but both were extremely stubborn and selfish individuals who waited until the very end to compromise. It was the heroine who actually confessed her love first, though, and that did surprise me !
This obviously failed to enchant me the way Sheikh's Baby of Revenge had done, but I'm not gonna write off this author. I'll probably give her another chance. After all, I gave Kate Hewitt and Dani Collins second chances and they wowed me with Desert Prince's Stolen Bride and Sheikh's Princess of Convenience respectively. Hmnn...maybe it's the sheikh thing ! Lol. My point is, that Tara Pammi has not yet made it to my F*ck This Sh*t bookshelf, the way Lucy Monroe has done after her 2 horrible, boring, chick lit styled, loser novels this year. In fact, I can safely say that I might not be reading any of Lucy Monroe's future books because her new trend is not in keeping with my personal concept of romance in HPlandia. I'll happily re-read Lucy's old books but not the upcoming ones.
Safety: No cheating, no OM, a wannabe former OW. Both MC's were celibate during their short separation. The heroine had 2 lovers before the H and the H claimed to have had 5 lovers. I found that a bit difficult to weigh against an earlier part of the novel where information had been provided about his numerous former girlfriends. But, maybe the author meant to imply that some of these many girlfriends were not actually lovers...
And, although I'd enjoyed this author's previous novel, I'm nobody's fangirl; even Lynne Graham ( my fav HP author of all time ) has gotten bad reviews when I failed to enjoy a book of hers. I'm always honest in my reviews, I NEVER do ARC's, have zero interest in book blogging and am not interested in being part of anybody's PR campaign. If I love a book I'll show my appreciation in a wonderful manner, but when I failed to enjoy a book I'm not afraid of delineating clearly why I felt that way. So, now that's we've established my neutrality, let's move on...
This story dealt with a H, Dante, who'd been mentored from the time he'd been a teenager, by the heroine's millionaire dad. Dante's father had committed suicide to escape imprisonment after being apprehended for a Ponzi scheme. The heroine's father, Vickram Matta, took the teenaged Dante to live in his home and embraced him as a foster son/protege. Alisha, the adolescent heroine, had been bitterly jealous of the love and attention her dad had bestowed upon Dante and her resentment/hate was manifested in nasty and vindictive ways:
1. She destroyed a pair of valuable cufflinks that her father ( or brother ) had gifted to Dante.
2. She burned the first expensive business suit that her dad had bought for Dante.
3. She hissed, spat, insulted, spurned and poured total hate upon the teenaged H just because her daddy adored him. I don't understand that type of behaviour and I have a lot of tolerance for spoilt bratty teenaged girls because I used to be one. But even I knew just how far to take my brat shit behaviour because there are certain things that a good person just does not do ! Insulting a guest/foster brother in one's home is not a good thing. What made it worse was that she'd also had a crush on Dante. The flashback internal monologues of both MC's suggested that Dante had done nothing to deserve the heroine's ill treatment of him. It wasn't his fault that he was a young genius business protege that her father adored and wished had been his son.
Alisha was like this bratty little chihuahua who's deliberately trying to aggravate the other dog:
Now I like strong, feisty heroines with a purpose. I am bit bitchy myself so I can even admire a bitchy heroine if I think her slight bitchiness is warranted. In Alisha's case, I don't think it was. I honestly saw no reason for her behaviour. She just seemed like this bitter, selfish girl with major daddy issues that really had a lot to do with her parents's broken marriage. She blamed her father because he'd been a workaholic and her mother had divorced him for that sole reason. I can't understand such drastic action, personally. I can understand divorcing someone for adultery or domestic violence or because you've simply fallen out of love with that person. But, maybe it's the Catholic part of me that feels it's a little extreme to rush to divorce someone you still love, just because he's a workaholic.
Somehow, the heroine saw her dad as the villain in this scenario and she developed a huge chip....no, it more a boulder on her shoulder as far as men and marriage were concerned. Anyway, the MC's get married because they both want to prevent her devious uncle from trying to gain controlling interest in her late dad's company, Matta Steel. It's ironic that it's the H, who is not a biological member of the Matta family, who ends up as the big head honcho billionaire in charge of it all. Incidentally, this is the second HP I've read with a heroine of Eastern Indian descent. The first one had been Abby Green's Restless Billionaire and that had been much better, more erotic, with sexier MC's, and was far more enjoyable !
This is the heroine, Alisha:
This is the H, Dante:
The novel was well written but the actual romantic storyline took a little too long to get started. Then there was some irrelevant drama with a former OW called Francesca and the H's sourpuss mother. I knew I was starting to lose interest when my mind kept picking up on irrelevant factual trivia, like how many times the heroine wore pink or tops/dresses with spagetti straps. And I know the novel would become a lost cause for me when I actually hoped the heroine was wearing the correct type of bra with those spagetti strap outfits ! Lol.
This cute cat is having more fun rolling around than I'd done while reading this book !
The ending was nice enough but there was no epilogue unfortunately. I can't rate this novel higher because I didn't feel captivated by the MC's or have any faith in their feelings for each other for most of the story. They seemed to share intense sexual chemistry but both were extremely stubborn and selfish individuals who waited until the very end to compromise. It was the heroine who actually confessed her love first, though, and that did surprise me !
This obviously failed to enchant me the way Sheikh's Baby of Revenge had done, but I'm not gonna write off this author. I'll probably give her another chance. After all, I gave Kate Hewitt and Dani Collins second chances and they wowed me with Desert Prince's Stolen Bride and Sheikh's Princess of Convenience respectively. Hmnn...maybe it's the sheikh thing ! Lol. My point is, that Tara Pammi has not yet made it to my F*ck This Sh*t bookshelf, the way Lucy Monroe has done after her 2 horrible, boring, chick lit styled, loser novels this year. In fact, I can safely say that I might not be reading any of Lucy Monroe's future books because her new trend is not in keeping with my personal concept of romance in HPlandia. I'll happily re-read Lucy's old books but not the upcoming ones.
Safety: No cheating, no OM, a wannabe former OW. Both MC's were celibate during their short separation. The heroine had 2 lovers before the H and the H claimed to have had 5 lovers. I found that a bit difficult to weigh against an earlier part of the novel where information had been provided about his numerous former girlfriends. But, maybe the author meant to imply that some of these many girlfriends were not actually lovers...
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October 11, 2018
Heroine was cruel mean and hateful. I’m done with this author.
October 19, 2018
Sicilian’s Bride for a Price by Tara Pammi is a sexy, passionate marriage of convenience romance.
Dante Vittori has worked to build his reputation after his father was jailed for running a ponzi scheme. An executive now with the Matta Steel company, the loss of its founder Neel and son Vikram have left Dante in a precarious position. The only way to retain some ownership is for Dante to marry Vikram’s sister, Alisha and get her voting shares.
Alisha has no interest in Matta Steel or the family whom she was estranged from for the last several years. A childhood crush on Vikram’s friend Dante has all but disappeared – until Dante walks back into her life. She’s spent the last several years pursuing her photography career but is low on funds and having difficulty keeping up her deceased mother’s charity. Dante’s proposal of marriage in return for money is cold but efficient. They’ll both get what they want. But there’s something else between them, a passion that’s blazing to life. Can they get over the past and find a real future as husband and wife?
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Dante Vittori has worked to build his reputation after his father was jailed for running a ponzi scheme. An executive now with the Matta Steel company, the loss of its founder Neel and son Vikram have left Dante in a precarious position. The only way to retain some ownership is for Dante to marry Vikram’s sister, Alisha and get her voting shares.
Alisha has no interest in Matta Steel or the family whom she was estranged from for the last several years. A childhood crush on Vikram’s friend Dante has all but disappeared – until Dante walks back into her life. She’s spent the last several years pursuing her photography career but is low on funds and having difficulty keeping up her deceased mother’s charity. Dante’s proposal of marriage in return for money is cold but efficient. They’ll both get what they want. But there’s something else between them, a passion that’s blazing to life. Can they get over the past and find a real future as husband and wife?
For more of this review please visit Harlequin Junkie: http://harlequinjunkie.com/review-sic...
January 6, 2019
The tug-o-war of emotions between Dante and Alisha is tumultuous at times. Alisha got on my nerves for most parts, I really hated the way she treated Dante. I felt sorry for poor, poor Dante. The romance is a struggle because I couldn’t wrap my head around Alisha’s attitude (and she does have an attitude problem) but overall the writing is genuine.
October 1, 2018
This is a very erotic read and Tara Pammi doesn't disappoint with very strong characters and a great plot! I would give this 5 stars if the ending wasn't so abrupt and there isn't an epilogue. A great read that I just couldn't put down!
November 29, 2018
Suitably alpha H and wannabe hippie h, nice destinations, an element of h's Asian background which was nice to read. The story in a nutshell; H was mentored by h's father; the same father who ignored his daughter all the time. So they are lifelong enemies as h seemed to delight in throwing tantrums as a child; burning his clothes, shredding his important papers, etc. Her father kicks her away and embarks on a photography / waitressing career in Bangkok. H tracks her down as he needs her shares in father's company which can only be transferred upon her marriage; in return he agrees to fund her mother's charity. They marry, live together and then they move to sleeping together, where h is happy to declare her love while H goes back and forth.
Can I just say; I am tired of the mummys-charity-money-problems-H-will-fund-charity-in-return-for-marriage plot? It seems a lot of h's have a charitable trusts which needs money; I guess we have moved on from sick relatives needing treatment (insurance policies, health benefits galore made it redundant) onto charitable trust.
Anyways; H seemed to be more developed and a better character. h seemed to blame H for her father's treatment instead of placing the blame where it belonged; on her father.
Honestly, h seemed to be an annoying character. H touted her as a talented person and she may have been; I just failed to see what was special about her.
Its like; some great elements (I see them as loose threads) were used by the author but those threads were not pulled together very well; so I guess I can say it was a great mish-mash but unfortunately it remained a mish-mash ...
Can I just say; I am tired of the mummys-charity-money-problems-H-will-fund-charity-in-return-for-marriage plot? It seems a lot of h's have a charitable trusts which needs money; I guess we have moved on from sick relatives needing treatment (insurance policies, health benefits galore made it redundant) onto charitable trust.
Anyways; H seemed to be more developed and a better character. h seemed to blame H for her father's treatment instead of placing the blame where it belonged; on her father.
Honestly, h seemed to be an annoying character. H touted her as a talented person and she may have been; I just failed to see what was special about her.
Its like; some great elements (I see them as loose threads) were used by the author but those threads were not pulled together very well; so I guess I can say it was a great mish-mash but unfortunately it remained a mish-mash ...
October 13, 2018
Mindblowing! My second HP interracial romance and I loved it. It was between Sicilian Hero and an Indian Heroine. I must say I enjoyed this throughly. This could have been a 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 but there was no epilogue ,the story ended abruptly.
Alisha was an heiress who left home to live humbly because she felt she didn't belong with her father,brother and Dante. She envied her father's relationship with them, despite having a teenage crush on Dante she relied on hatred and angst to hold him afar. Dante on the other hand kept a close eye on her.
After Alisha 's father died and her brother was declared dead, Dante stand to lose his majority hold on the steel company so in order to achieve his goal he had to marry Alisha to get hold of her shares which belong to her mother.Alisha was impulsive,defiant,strongwilled and had a mouth like a loose cannon. She was feisty and vulnerable. Dante blackmailed Alisha into marrying him, after some hometruths she relinquished her hate and her love grew.
Dante had a poor impression on love so he refused to lift the barriers of his heart. The passion between Dante and Alisha was a minefield and mind blowing. Dante restrained as much as he could from succumbing to his wife while Alisha have all. It took Alisha new decision in her career to leave Dante to force him to realise how much he loved her and hence the two found their HEA.....
I enjoyed the MC no Asshat and no doormat.TP I enjoyed your book.
Alisha was an heiress who left home to live humbly because she felt she didn't belong with her father,brother and Dante. She envied her father's relationship with them, despite having a teenage crush on Dante she relied on hatred and angst to hold him afar. Dante on the other hand kept a close eye on her.
After Alisha 's father died and her brother was declared dead, Dante stand to lose his majority hold on the steel company so in order to achieve his goal he had to marry Alisha to get hold of her shares which belong to her mother.Alisha was impulsive,defiant,strongwilled and had a mouth like a loose cannon. She was feisty and vulnerable. Dante blackmailed Alisha into marrying him, after some hometruths she relinquished her hate and her love grew.
Dante had a poor impression on love so he refused to lift the barriers of his heart. The passion between Dante and Alisha was a minefield and mind blowing. Dante restrained as much as he could from succumbing to his wife while Alisha have all. It took Alisha new decision in her career to leave Dante to force him to realise how much he loved her and hence the two found their HEA.....
I enjoyed the MC no Asshat and no doormat.TP I enjoyed your book.
May 30, 2020
Ivy H wrote an excellent review of the story so I’ll just rant...
1. Heroine was annoying! Really annoying.
2. She really thought it was reasonable to ask her MOC husband to walk away for 18 months from his CEO role... just to follow her around to the world’s poverty spots? He’d married her to stabilize her late father’s company from nefarious actors and he’s supposed to trust that suddenly everything would just be okay during an absence of a year and a half? That’s so naive and unrealistic... yet so like her.
3. Ridiculously poor ending with no Epilogue... was anything resolved? Would they live HEA? Where? When? How?
4. The story felt so uneven... I got bored, confused, not sure who I might be rooting for...
I don’t have a great impression of this author’s work so far, which is disappointing.
1. Heroine was annoying! Really annoying.
2. She really thought it was reasonable to ask her MOC husband to walk away for 18 months from his CEO role... just to follow her around to the world’s poverty spots? He’d married her to stabilize her late father’s company from nefarious actors and he’s supposed to trust that suddenly everything would just be okay during an absence of a year and a half? That’s so naive and unrealistic... yet so like her.
3. Ridiculously poor ending with no Epilogue... was anything resolved? Would they live HEA? Where? When? How?
4. The story felt so uneven... I got bored, confused, not sure who I might be rooting for...
I don’t have a great impression of this author’s work so far, which is disappointing.
October 15, 2018
Alisha was a real, flawed, feisty heroine and I worried that Dante would be another asshole Presents hero who won't deserve her. But he did. He said sorry when he was wrong, he realized that Ali was a real woman ( with a past and everything) and he totally became the man she loved and deserved.
I love it when TP writes honest to real, 3d heroines - who make mistakes, who've had lovers before and not virginal goody two shoes. When she does them right, her heroines are real and fierce.
I love it when TP writes honest to real, 3d heroines - who make mistakes, who've had lovers before and not virginal goody two shoes. When she does them right, her heroines are real and fierce.
November 18, 2018
While I did like certain aspects of the story, the heroine ruined the rest for me. Alisha came across as being quite childish and mean for most of the book, downright annoying for the rest... she didn't deserve Dante. Lack of an epilogue made the story seem unfinished.
January 14, 2019
Alisha Matta is off limits. she has always been off limits. The daughter of his mentor and boss, she was everything he should avoid. But, with the death of her father and brother, she is the only hope Dante Vittori has in keeping the company he is devoted his.
Alisha had long hated the family business. Seeing her father and brother lose themselves in to the advancement of the company just made her rebal more and more. And her teenage crush on Dante had been a major disaster. Now, he wants her to help him keep the company. To let him stay in charge. And all she wants, is to love him.
A nice story.
Alisha had long hated the family business. Seeing her father and brother lose themselves in to the advancement of the company just made her rebal more and more. And her teenage crush on Dante had been a major disaster. Now, he wants her to help him keep the company. To let him stay in charge. And all she wants, is to love him.
A nice story.
October 30, 2018
I love Tara Pammi's writing style. This one felt a bit too conformist for me. 3.5 stars
She's loved him forever, she'll love him no matter what. He'll toss her around the bedroom like a rag-doll during sex marathons because all harlequin heroines weigh about 40kgs. She'll wait forever for him (to share her love) because her love is enough for both of them...................cue, abrupt change in direction
S P O I L E R below
Just when you get the feeling that Dante, the ice-berg is melting, in obligatory (of late) harlequin style, Alesha, the heroine presents him with an ultimatum. What? Three pages ago, she'll do whatever he asks, love him enough for both of them etc etc but now, NOW she wants him to give up his career so that they can turn into modern day gypsy nomads doing a photographic tour of the slums of the world - "as long as they have each other, their love will keep them safe". A month later he caves, throws it all away and chases after her. What? That sucks!
I think Ms Pammi's inner feminist, likes the idea of a man on his knees at the mercy of his chosen bride. Personally, i have no problem with compromise but like to see some from both sides. I like the clarity of race, Ms Pammi drapes over her heroines (while others hide behind occasional mentions of darker skin, never really disclosing the ethnicity of their lead character).
Yes, agree with others, it needed an epilogue.
She's loved him forever, she'll love him no matter what. He'll toss her around the bedroom like a rag-doll during sex marathons because all harlequin heroines weigh about 40kgs. She'll wait forever for him (to share her love) because her love is enough for both of them...................cue, abrupt change in direction
S P O I L E R below
Just when you get the feeling that Dante, the ice-berg is melting, in obligatory (of late) harlequin style, Alesha, the heroine presents him with an ultimatum. What? Three pages ago, she'll do whatever he asks, love him enough for both of them etc etc but now, NOW she wants him to give up his career so that they can turn into modern day gypsy nomads doing a photographic tour of the slums of the world - "as long as they have each other, their love will keep them safe". A month later he caves, throws it all away and chases after her. What? That sucks!
I think Ms Pammi's inner feminist, likes the idea of a man on his knees at the mercy of his chosen bride. Personally, i have no problem with compromise but like to see some from both sides. I like the clarity of race, Ms Pammi drapes over her heroines (while others hide behind occasional mentions of darker skin, never really disclosing the ethnicity of their lead character).
Yes, agree with others, it needed an epilogue.
December 21, 2018
Dante -Sicilian.His rich mother has divorced his father who went to jail for a ponsi scam. Dante was taken in by Neel Matta, a Hindi industrialist in London. Neel's son, Vikram (Vicky ) became Dante's best friend. Now both father and son are dead , with Dante serving as the CEO of the business. But he needs to stop Neel's brother from getting the majority in the company.
Here comes the solution. Neel's rebel daughter, Alisha (Ali ) has quarreled with him and left home at
18. Now she roams the world as a photographer.Dante flies to Thailand where she is based and proposes marriage + she'll pass him her shares.
So they marry ,starting a marriage of convenience which soon becomes a real one. Ali is independent,
proud, and feels sorry for not reconciling with her father. Then one day she is given a chance of lifetime to make her name in photography.How will Dante react to that ?
There aren't many Hindi heroines in romance books.We get a glimpse inside Hindi world with its customs and festivals. Ali is no biddable wife.
There is the choice between love and work ,family versus obligations, two people from different cultures coming together.
Here comes the solution. Neel's rebel daughter, Alisha (Ali ) has quarreled with him and left home at
18. Now she roams the world as a photographer.Dante flies to Thailand where she is based and proposes marriage + she'll pass him her shares.
So they marry ,starting a marriage of convenience which soon becomes a real one. Ali is independent,
proud, and feels sorry for not reconciling with her father. Then one day she is given a chance of lifetime to make her name in photography.How will Dante react to that ?
There aren't many Hindi heroines in romance books.We get a glimpse inside Hindi world with its customs and festivals. Ali is no biddable wife.
There is the choice between love and work ,family versus obligations, two people from different cultures coming together.
July 27, 2024
I didn't like it. I didn't like the heroine all that much and the ending was horrible.
It was not at all reasonable/believeable for her to ask and want her Billionaire husband to take a leave of absence from his company for 18 months to go on a photography trip.
That seems like the kind of trip you do as a single person or with a partner that has the same interest.
Heroine started out annoying, but got better once she quit being so combative with hero. However she decided to go on a photography trip for 18 months and broke up with hero because he did not react how she wanted him to. He said for her to go and he didn't want to hold her back and he'd wait for her.
She said she wanted him to tell her not to go, but in my opinion had he said she shouldn't go that she still would have got mad that he was stifling her dreams. She wanted him to go with her and leave his company for her, that was supremely selfish of her. Np.
It was not at all reasonable/believeable for her to ask and want her Billionaire husband to take a leave of absence from his company for 18 months to go on a photography trip.
That seems like the kind of trip you do as a single person or with a partner that has the same interest.
Heroine started out annoying, but got better once she quit being so combative with hero. However she decided to go on a photography trip for 18 months and broke up with hero because he did not react how she wanted him to. He said for her to go and he didn't want to hold her back and he'd wait for her.
She said she wanted him to tell her not to go, but in my opinion had he said she shouldn't go that she still would have got mad that he was stifling her dreams. She wanted him to go with her and leave his company for her, that was supremely selfish of her. Np.
May 15, 2019
This book had all the promise of a great story but it failed miserably. Dante the drop dead gorgeous rich Italian billionaire, the deal that Ally couldn’t refuse and the heat she felt just fell short. Dante was cold and he didn’t defrost until about chapter 8-9. By then I really didn’t care, Ally was in love and miserable most of this book. I tried, I actually finished the book even though I wanted to throw my kindle across the room. Even the ending couldn’t make up for this disappointing story, can’t recommend this book unless you run out of sleeping pills.
March 20, 2019
Yooooo! I only picked up this book at the library because I was so shocked to see a book in this genre subset written by a brown person. Good for you girl!! Also decent writing so I don’t regret reading it at all but this isn’t my preferred genre so it still remains to be seen IF i will read anymore of her books.
November 27, 2018
I was really disappointed. The characters spent most of the book fighting and thinking then fighting some more...& then oh I love him after he gave up everything for me!
Main girl is so annoying/selfish.
Main girl is so annoying/selfish.
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October 18, 2018
A passionate romantic read with 2 strong passionate characters whats not to love.
June 14, 2024
Overall enjoyable but the characters were both a bit stilted. The intimate scenes were very well written. Seemed a bit rushed at the end. (Library)
April 13, 2019
Amo fuerte los libros de matrimonios arreglados. Dante, un hombre que se hizo a si mismo, recurre a la hija rebelde de su mentor, Alisha para no perder el control de la empresa pero entre día y día van saliendo sentimientos, secretos y pasión que les hace ver que a pesar de no soportarse el amor es más fuerte. Ideal para leer en unas pocas horas y entretenido.
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