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Orsini Brothers #2
Dante: Claiming His Secret Love-Child
Gabriella Ramos-Viera fell for Dante's raw masculinity and ended up pregnant and alone—with no choice but to return home in shame.
Tough corporate raider Dante Orsini has set his sights on a huge Brazilian ranch. However, he discovers it's to be inherited by Gabriella, the one woman he's never been able to forget…. But where's the New York career woman he once knew? And who's the dark-haired little boy who calls her Mommy?
Tough corporate raider Dante Orsini has set his sights on a huge Brazilian ranch. However, he discovers it's to be inherited by Gabriella, the one woman he's never been able to forget…. But where's the New York career woman he once knew? And who's the dark-haired little boy who calls her Mommy?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Sandra Marton
675 books541 followersI've been a writer, one way or another, all my life. Before I could read, I made up poems and my mom wrote them down for me. In elementary school, my teachers almost always let me write poems or stories instead of requiring me to do art projects. Always, I dreamed of becoming a published writer...and that dream came true! I write novels about sexy, powerful men and independent-minded women, and what happens when they find each other and fall in love. My books are sexy and romantic, and they've very often full of romantic suspense. I write the kinds of books I love to read, and I hope that makes my readers happy.
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July 11, 2017
The 2nd book in Sandra Marton’s fabulous The Orsini Brothers family saga, which continues with Dante and how his life is about to change…..you see, his father, the head capo of the East Coast mafia, is up to his old tricks…no no….not that kind of tricks…this time he’s busy sorting out Dante’s “love-life”, like he did with Raffaele, who we met in the 1st book and now happily married.
What a dog!!!! That was my first impression of Dante.
The fact that he’s gorgeous, rich with all the trappings that go with that…you know, the private jets, amazing apartments, fast cars and fast women, did not excuse his appalling behavior towards Gabriella Ramos-Viera, the woman he’s been having an affair for over a year. !!!! As we know…e doesn’t do relationships…right!!! He wants to have fun with a woman and then move on to the next one………what a slut!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I mean Dante..he’s something else!!!
So how does he end it with Gabriella? Invites her to dinner and offers her a pair of earrings..never mind that they are diamond earrings – as a Goodbye, Sayonara, Get Lost present!!!! It’s been nice but it’s over but hey you still receive an expensive present for spending time with me!!!!!!!! Can you believe it!!!! And poor Gabriella- when she's just about to tell him the, what she thought, good news that she was pregnant!!! Talk about bad timing!!!!!!
So what’s a girl got to do when given the “boot’? She goes back home to Brazil to look after her sick father and he’s onto the next woman!!!!! Ooh, he’s never been able to forget her! Right!! Dog!!!!!
See I’m still hating Dante!
Anyway, Cesare Orsini has a plan for Dante…..
Loverboy is asked to fly to Brazil to buy a ranch on his behalf. And why should Dante agree to do something for the father he so does not like??The use of emotional blackmail soon gets him flying out to do his father’s “bidding’.
Dante’s plan is to fly in, buy the ranch and get out immediately…after all Brazil reminds him too much of a woman he once knew and still thinks a lot about!!! But the plan doesn't work out that way, because he soon discovers that his father’s old friend has died financially ruined, the ranch is about to be auctioned off by his daughter, who turns out to be THE Gabriella he once knew. Kismet!!!!
I really liked Gabriella.
She’s beautiful both inside and out, independent and has experienced much pain and sadness in her life. Her father and brother’s death has left her bereft and so alone and the only light in her life is her baby son, who is the spitting image of Dante ….remember Gabriella wanting to tell Dante about her pregnancy before he so cruelly discarded her???? She’s no longer prepared to be some man’s doormat!!!
Despite the deep feelings she still has for Dante, Gabriella doesn't want anything to do with him and he feels the same thing. However, there is no denying the strong and passionate and yes, hot chemistry that still exists between them.
Dante immediately makes a non-negotiable decision (he is after all that thing we call ALPHA-MALE) to take Gabriella and the baby with him to New York…and that’s when I began to thaw towards him. He did redeem himself!!!!! It was sweet and romantic watching him getting to know Gabriella again
and his son too. And all the involvement from his family was another nice touch.
By the end of this book I found myself liking this couple very much. Their relationship rekindles and it’s not only deeply emotional but sexually hot. There are some really fabulous love scenes between the two.
So do Dante & Gabrielle live happily ever after?????? Get the book and find out.
An enjoyable read
Now onto the next book to check out what Cesere Orsini’s “plan” for Falco, the next son, is!!! Let me just say that the Orsini capo is a true Machiavellian!!!!!
What a dog!!!! That was my first impression of Dante.
The fact that he’s gorgeous, rich with all the trappings that go with that…you know, the private jets, amazing apartments, fast cars and fast women, did not excuse his appalling behavior towards Gabriella Ramos-Viera, the woman he’s been having an affair for over a year. !!!! As we know…e doesn’t do relationships…right!!! He wants to have fun with a woman and then move on to the next one………what a slut!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I mean Dante..he’s something else!!! So how does he end it with Gabriella? Invites her to dinner and offers her a pair of earrings..never mind that they are diamond earrings – as a Goodbye, Sayonara, Get Lost present!!!! It’s been nice but it’s over but hey you still receive an expensive present for spending time with me!!!!!!!! Can you believe it!!!! And poor Gabriella- when she's just about to tell him the, what she thought, good news that she was pregnant!!! Talk about bad timing!!!!!!
So what’s a girl got to do when given the “boot’? She goes back home to Brazil to look after her sick father and he’s onto the next woman!!!!! Ooh, he’s never been able to forget her! Right!! Dog!!!!!
See I’m still hating Dante!
Anyway, Cesare Orsini has a plan for Dante…..
Loverboy is asked to fly to Brazil to buy a ranch on his behalf. And why should Dante agree to do something for the father he so does not like??The use of emotional blackmail soon gets him flying out to do his father’s “bidding’.
Dante’s plan is to fly in, buy the ranch and get out immediately…after all Brazil reminds him too much of a woman he once knew and still thinks a lot about!!! But the plan doesn't work out that way, because he soon discovers that his father’s old friend has died financially ruined, the ranch is about to be auctioned off by his daughter, who turns out to be THE Gabriella he once knew. Kismet!!!!
I really liked Gabriella.
She’s beautiful both inside and out, independent and has experienced much pain and sadness in her life. Her father and brother’s death has left her bereft and so alone and the only light in her life is her baby son, who is the spitting image of Dante ….remember Gabriella wanting to tell Dante about her pregnancy before he so cruelly discarded her???? She’s no longer prepared to be some man’s doormat!!!Despite the deep feelings she still has for Dante, Gabriella doesn't want anything to do with him and he feels the same thing. However, there is no denying the strong and passionate and yes, hot chemistry that still exists between them.
Dante immediately makes a non-negotiable decision (he is after all that thing we call ALPHA-MALE) to take Gabriella and the baby with him to New York…and that’s when I began to thaw towards him. He did redeem himself!!!!! It was sweet and romantic watching him getting to know Gabriella again
and his son too. And all the involvement from his family was another nice touch.By the end of this book I found myself liking this couple very much. Their relationship rekindles and it’s not only deeply emotional but sexually hot. There are some really fabulous love scenes between the two.
So do Dante & Gabrielle live happily ever after?????? Get the book and find out.
An enjoyable read
Now onto the next book to check out what Cesere Orsini’s “plan” for Falco, the next son, is!!! Let me just say that the Orsini capo is a true Machiavellian!!!!!
January 3, 2018
I try not to read the same author two books in a row. It isn't fair to the author if I start noticing all of their quirks and habits. (All writers have them - it's what you look for when you're an English major and you're trying to write a paper to wow your professor)
I read the first story in this series of four world-weary investment/hedge fund billionaire brothers not too long ago and I remembered it too well because this brother was interchangeable with the hero inRaffaele: Taming His Tempestuous Virgin. Same commitment phobe schtik, same contempt for his Mafioso father, same bro-dynamic (all chicks are golddiggers, you can only trust four people on the planet, etc. . )same inability to express himself which hurts the heroine.
He's a *guy* billionaire and he's not into these feelings,etc . . . Until he is and then he's standing in the rain in Central Park blurting out his love. Awww.
The heroine is a former model who got her walking papers in the form of diamond earrings when the playboy hero was afraid he was getting too dependent on her. She didn't tell him she was pregnant because why bother? She went home to watch her father and then her brother die and to have a cute baby boy. She has thought of the hero every day. Hero has been banging a bunch of other chicks and has had fleeting thoughts of the heroine.
The catalyst with this story is the same as the first in the series. The father sends his son on a seemingly unrelated errand and the son ends up falling for the girl. In this case the hero goes to Brazil and tries to buy the heroine's ranch at an auction.
He realizes he has a son, and the rest of the story is the hero trying to figure out how he feels and what he wants to do. The heroine doesn't have much agency in this one because this is a hero-centric story and of course she loves him.
I wasn't as sold on the romance in this one. The hero really hadn't thought of her in all the time they were apart. Without the baby I don't know if he would have bothered with her. Still, it was an enjoyable - if predictable - read.
I read the first story in this series of four world-weary investment/hedge fund billionaire brothers not too long ago and I remembered it too well because this brother was interchangeable with the hero inRaffaele: Taming His Tempestuous Virgin. Same commitment phobe schtik, same contempt for his Mafioso father, same bro-dynamic (all chicks are golddiggers, you can only trust four people on the planet, etc. . )same inability to express himself which hurts the heroine.
He's a *guy* billionaire and he's not into these feelings,etc . . . Until he is and then he's standing in the rain in Central Park blurting out his love. Awww.
The heroine is a former model who got her walking papers in the form of diamond earrings when the playboy hero was afraid he was getting too dependent on her. She didn't tell him she was pregnant because why bother? She went home to watch her father and then her brother die and to have a cute baby boy. She has thought of the hero every day. Hero has been banging a bunch of other chicks and has had fleeting thoughts of the heroine.
The catalyst with this story is the same as the first in the series. The father sends his son on a seemingly unrelated errand and the son ends up falling for the girl. In this case the hero goes to Brazil and tries to buy the heroine's ranch at an auction.
He realizes he has a son, and the rest of the story is the hero trying to figure out how he feels and what he wants to do. The heroine doesn't have much agency in this one because this is a hero-centric story and of course she loves him.
I wasn't as sold on the romance in this one. The hero really hadn't thought of her in all the time they were apart. Without the baby I don't know if he would have bothered with her. Still, it was an enjoyable - if predictable - read.
March 4, 2017
I love the heroine, but despite my best attempt, I am sorry I still think Dante is an absolute jerk and a bastard (I was gonna add a dog as well, then decided against it, because dogs are loyal) and a louse!
No matter what he did, no redemption is enough for him (and I hate it when it is ok for guys to be with other women after break up, but they are over the moon to find the woman has stayed celibate, even though in this case she was pregnant, I am somewhat of a feminist, sue me!).
So 3 star from me, I much preferred Rafaelle's story, he was a sweeter jerk :D
No matter what he did, no redemption is enough for him (and I hate it when it is ok for guys to be with other women after break up, but they are over the moon to find the woman has stayed celibate, even though in this case she was pregnant, I am somewhat of a feminist, sue me!).
So 3 star from me, I much preferred Rafaelle's story, he was a sweeter jerk :D
November 16, 2018
***2.5 STARS***
I loved the premise of this story, woman dumped by the man she loves just before she was going to tell him she was pregnant with his baby. Feeling unwanted and unloved, she heads back home to take care of her dying father (who never loved her) and her terminal brother. She then finds out her father has so much enormous debt they are going to lose the family ranch. This was all good, but the story had so many plot holes from that point on, that it made it impossible to believe.
This story strived for angst, but for me, the angst level totally missed the mark. These HP stories are such a crap shoot. I either love them or loathe them. This one was just a big, unbelievable disappointment.
March 11, 2013
Another awesome read by Sandra Marton. Gabriella is a gorgeous model and Dante Orsini is her cynic aloof lover. When he feels their relationship has run its course he breaks up with her. But what he doesn't know is that Gabby just found out she is pregnant. A year later his father asks him to go to Brazil and save a ruined ranch. There he finds out the owner of the ranch is his ex lover and now mother of his child Gabriella.
There is an amazing chemistry between these two, it was sizzling. The Gabriella/Daniel moments were adorable and so was the Dante/Daniel interaction. Adorable little baby! My only problem was the abrupt epilogue. I wanted a little brother or sister for baby Daniel. Other than that it was passionate, intense and sexy!
There is an amazing chemistry between these two, it was sizzling. The Gabriella/Daniel moments were adorable and so was the Dante/Daniel interaction. Adorable little baby! My only problem was the abrupt epilogue. I wanted a little brother or sister for baby Daniel. Other than that it was passionate, intense and sexy!
November 27, 2019
"Dante: Claiming His Secret Love-Child" is the story of Gabriella and Dante.
Hmm. Nope.
Another secret baby trope, but it did not work for me. So yeah, h and H had a passionate relationship. The H then goes to dump the h, but she runs away. He moves on, and sexes every female in the radius. Then one day his father forces him to travel back to Brazil, and he decides to check up on his ex. Within seconds, he believes OM, labels her a whore, finds out she's a mother, guesses the child's paternity and refuses to believe her. In the second half, he does get his head out of his stinky rectum and sorta repent, but it was too late for me.
1. I do not like heroes who apparently had never forgotten the heroine- but his actions were completely the opposite and the book begins with him reminiscing about his sexual partners
2. He's a douche
3. Why is she celibate, and he isn't? And who gave him the right to be jealous of OM?
GRRRR
Unsafe
1.5/5
Hmm. Nope.
Another secret baby trope, but it did not work for me. So yeah, h and H had a passionate relationship. The H then goes to dump the h, but she runs away. He moves on, and sexes every female in the radius. Then one day his father forces him to travel back to Brazil, and he decides to check up on his ex. Within seconds, he believes OM, labels her a whore, finds out she's a mother, guesses the child's paternity and refuses to believe her. In the second half, he does get his head out of his stinky rectum and sorta repent, but it was too late for me.
1. I do not like heroes who apparently had never forgotten the heroine- but his actions were completely the opposite and the book begins with him reminiscing about his sexual partners
2. He's a douche
3. Why is she celibate, and he isn't? And who gave him the right to be jealous of OM?
GRRRR
Unsafe
1.5/5
July 10, 2017
2.5 stars
Mild spoilers ahead (See? I remembered to add the warning 😉)
First thing, being a book involving Brazil I was expecting something more OTT like The disobedient virgin also by Sandra Marton, Playing the dutiful wife by Carol Marinelli or Master of her innocence by Chantelle Shaw.
Fine, maybe it was because the H wasn't Brazilian and they spent more time in NY than Brazil, but still I was missing more drama.
I didn't like either MCs.
The H was a manwhore: slept with some women, had not a care in the world after breaking up the h. Don't think he would have tracked her down because coward. Plus he was TSTL at times, you know, typical HPs H.
The h kept her son a secret because the H broke up with her. Poor girl while she fell in love with him, for him she was just another warm body, so that gives her the right not to tell him he's to become a father ever. 😒😒😒
Why did I keep reading? Her sarcasm and his sudden transformation to caring and competent father were entertaining enough, besides I was waiting for the rest of the Orsini clan to show (they did but not enough for me) and a confrontation with Mr. Mafioso because he obviously knew about Gaby and Daniel when he sent Dante to Brazil (but that never happened).
His epiphany and road to telling her 'I love you' were the best part of the book that got me to up half a star.
Mild spoilers ahead (See? I remembered to add the warning 😉)
First thing, being a book involving Brazil I was expecting something more OTT like The disobedient virgin also by Sandra Marton, Playing the dutiful wife by Carol Marinelli or Master of her innocence by Chantelle Shaw.
Fine, maybe it was because the H wasn't Brazilian and they spent more time in NY than Brazil, but still I was missing more drama.
I didn't like either MCs.
The H was a manwhore: slept with some women, had not a care in the world after breaking up the h. Don't think he would have tracked her down because coward. Plus he was TSTL at times, you know, typical HPs H.
The h kept her son a secret because the H broke up with her. Poor girl while she fell in love with him, for him she was just another warm body, so that gives her the right not to tell him he's to become a father ever. 😒😒😒
Why did I keep reading? Her sarcasm and his sudden transformation to caring and competent father were entertaining enough, besides I was waiting for the rest of the Orsini clan to show (they did but not enough for me) and a confrontation with Mr. Mafioso because he obviously knew about Gaby and Daniel when he sent Dante to Brazil (but that never happened).
His epiphany and road to telling her 'I love you' were the best part of the book that got me to up half a star.
March 18, 2023
This second part of the Orsini brothers is not as good as the first part with Rafaele.
This brother Dante has dumped the h a year before the book starts for no other reason than that it was time for him to move on. He never went looking for her after she left. So I don’t believe in his love for her. I feel he wants their baby and she is just welcome to join them.
This brother Dante has dumped the h a year before the book starts for no other reason than that it was time for him to move on. He never went looking for her after she left. So I don’t believe in his love for her. I feel he wants their baby and she is just welcome to join them.
January 9, 2017
4 Reunited Lovers Stars
Another good story in the series and another of the Orsini brothers to bite the bullet and get hitched.
I enjoyed his story. Firstly because I liked the rapport between the characters and Gabriella's spunk. I also loved that it was a secret baby book - my favorite theme!
Good story, well written and interesting characters. Good series so far.
Another good story in the series and another of the Orsini brothers to bite the bullet and get hitched.
I enjoyed his story. Firstly because I liked the rapport between the characters and Gabriella's spunk. I also loved that it was a secret baby book - my favorite theme!
Good story, well written and interesting characters. Good series so far.
December 17, 2016
I'm pretty sure I've read all the series now, even if I haven't reviewed it on here. I did enjoy this novel although it was short and sweet with very little drama. For the type of series it is, it was good.
September 7, 2013
Another well written story by SM!
May 20, 2019
3-1/2 stars rounded up to 4. I liked this one better than the other in the series which I read. Told mostly from the hero's point of view. Pretty well written although the conflict seemed as if it was over very quickly.
June 21, 2019
This is my second read of this book.
Cesare Orsini, whom we met in the previous book, the all-powerful don, wants to atone for his sins through his son's good deeds. So, he has tasks for all his sons. In the first book, Raffaele had his task cut out and now it's Dante's turn.
Dante Orsini wakes up from a nightmare, where he sees himself in a settled life, married with kids. Ha! What a nightmare! And then he thinks of the betrayal when he was young. Followed by thoughts of Gabriella Reyes.
He is ruder to Cesare than Rafe was. But, Cesare also lured him in with the only thing that mattered the most to Dante, his profession as an investor. It is about investment, Viera y Filho, an enormous fazenda in Brazil. Cesare wants to buy the property now. He had turned down Viera, with whom he had 'business' when the latter had approached him for a loan. With Viera's son not capable of handling the affairs of the ranch and himself very ill, Cesare wants to redeem himself by buying the ranch.
On the other hand, Gabriella reminisces about her days as a model and Dante Orsini's lover. With her father and brother dead, she's all alone in the world, in that enormous ranch, which fell into disrepair.
Imagine Dante's shock, when instead of a meeting with only Viera's lawyer, he meets his future wife and his four-month-old son, Daniel. And that too in a complicated situation where her ancestral property is being auctioned. One of the men explicitly implies that he slept with Gabriella and Dante begins to think badly of her. There's a mention of the heroine comparing themselves to Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. My most favourite onscreen romcom pair.
Dante wanted to set up a life of comfort for both baby and mamma, but something happened which led him to take them both back to New York with him. I wonder why the Orsini Brothers always find a way to blame the women in their life, to the point that something they say also may have been manipulation by the women. But, for someone who hasn't ever had anything to do with babies, I admired Dante for his honesty and his small steps towards trying to make everything right.
Interesting, how both Rafe and Dante think of taking time off almost together, after a long time. And towards the end, Rafe's marriage, the real one, is also mentioned. It was amusing to see Nick and Falco so relaxed, knowing the next two stories were to surprise them. Ha!
An excellent second chance story.
Cesare Orsini, whom we met in the previous book, the all-powerful don, wants to atone for his sins through his son's good deeds. So, he has tasks for all his sons. In the first book, Raffaele had his task cut out and now it's Dante's turn.
Dante Orsini wakes up from a nightmare, where he sees himself in a settled life, married with kids. Ha! What a nightmare! And then he thinks of the betrayal when he was young. Followed by thoughts of Gabriella Reyes.
He is ruder to Cesare than Rafe was. But, Cesare also lured him in with the only thing that mattered the most to Dante, his profession as an investor. It is about investment, Viera y Filho, an enormous fazenda in Brazil. Cesare wants to buy the property now. He had turned down Viera, with whom he had 'business' when the latter had approached him for a loan. With Viera's son not capable of handling the affairs of the ranch and himself very ill, Cesare wants to redeem himself by buying the ranch.
On the other hand, Gabriella reminisces about her days as a model and Dante Orsini's lover. With her father and brother dead, she's all alone in the world, in that enormous ranch, which fell into disrepair.
Imagine Dante's shock, when instead of a meeting with only Viera's lawyer, he meets his future wife and his four-month-old son, Daniel. And that too in a complicated situation where her ancestral property is being auctioned. One of the men explicitly implies that he slept with Gabriella and Dante begins to think badly of her. There's a mention of the heroine comparing themselves to Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. My most favourite onscreen romcom pair.
Dante wanted to set up a life of comfort for both baby and mamma, but something happened which led him to take them both back to New York with him. I wonder why the Orsini Brothers always find a way to blame the women in their life, to the point that something they say also may have been manipulation by the women. But, for someone who hasn't ever had anything to do with babies, I admired Dante for his honesty and his small steps towards trying to make everything right.
Interesting, how both Rafe and Dante think of taking time off almost together, after a long time. And towards the end, Rafe's marriage, the real one, is also mentioned. It was amusing to see Nick and Falco so relaxed, knowing the next two stories were to surprise them. Ha!
An excellent second chance story.
February 6, 2012
This was a decent read. Not a very deep look at the characters' interaction -- mostly she would say something and then he would kiss her w/out explanation even though doing so didn't match up with how he was supposedly feeling at the moment. So, probably pretty forgettable, but a decent modern story if you're looking for a light read.
July 2, 2011
another jerk "hero" and another secret pregnancy
August 29, 2020
قراتها بعنوان دانتي بترجمة منتدى روايتي
الجزء الثاني من سلسلة الاخوة اورسيني
استمتعت بها كثيرا
متشوقه لباقي السلسلة
الجزء الثاني من سلسلة الاخوة اورسيني
استمتعت بها كثيرا
متشوقه لباقي السلسلة
July 16, 2018
Hold up....why should us readers believe that the hero loves the heroine after he dumps her and goes off to bang other chicks? What about his 'first love'? I bet that WAS his baby! Dumb ass listening to brothers who literally are as stupid as he is.
So many jump kisses, just outta nowhere. Auction: Pow! Feeding a baby: Zam! Super sick: Gotcha!
The whole ranch thing with that sleazy guy just sorta floats away and is resolved in a paragraph in the epilogue.
I think the heroine could have felt more lost and abandoned, she has no family cause they died, no hero cause he dumped her, no JOB to pay for her kid cause she had a kid, and a creep who wants to sleep with her for her childhood home....that seems like a pretty frightening and frustrating. But she is pretty flippant about it all. And only stands up to her at the last moment to try to get on her own feet. But no worries cause the hero is there to realize he always loved her?....k....yippy for feminism.
So many jump kisses, just outta nowhere. Auction: Pow! Feeding a baby: Zam! Super sick: Gotcha!
The whole ranch thing with that sleazy guy just sorta floats away and is resolved in a paragraph in the epilogue.
I think the heroine could have felt more lost and abandoned, she has no family cause they died, no hero cause he dumped her, no JOB to pay for her kid cause she had a kid, and a creep who wants to sleep with her for her childhood home....that seems like a pretty frightening and frustrating. But she is pretty flippant about it all. And only stands up to her at the last moment to try to get on her own feet. But no worries cause the hero is there to realize he always loved her?....k....yippy for feminism.
April 11, 2017
Two Sandra Marton books in one day? MORE, if I had more time! This book about Dante was fantastic. It had all my favourite elements: second chance, secret baby (which sometimes doesn't work, but in this case, worked a charm!), and a slow burning love.
I think that I've found a new favourite author. One that could beautifully explain the process of how the H and h could slowly fall in love before falling into bed with one another. I can't wait to read the next two in the series, and perhaps her back catalogue of books!
I think that I've found a new favourite author. One that could beautifully explain the process of how the H and h could slowly fall in love before falling into bed with one another. I can't wait to read the next two in the series, and perhaps her back catalogue of books!
June 7, 2021
Gabriella Ramos-Viera fell for Dante's raw masculinity and ended up pregnant and alone--with no choice but to return home in shame.Tough corporate raider Dante Orsini has set his sights on a huge Brazilian ranch. However, he discovers it's to be inherited by Gabriella, the one woman he's never been able to forget.... But where's the New York career woman he once knew? And who's the dark-haired little boy who calls her Mommy?
August 5, 2017
If Dante had been even remotely unattractive, all the forced kissing and grabbing he's been doing would have been considered assault.
It's not even the sexy aggressive type. He's just being gropey and controlling and demanding. Ugh.
I love me some romantic tussling but from what I've read, there was none.
It's not even the sexy aggressive type. He's just being gropey and controlling and demanding. Ugh.
I love me some romantic tussling but from what I've read, there was none.
October 10, 2012
Sandra Marton - Sonsuz Mutluluk
Sevmedikleri babalarının bir nevi aracılığıyla ne hikmetse artık ikinci Orsini kardeşimizde mutluluğu buluyor güzeldi..
Sevmedikleri babalarının bir nevi aracılığıyla ne hikmetse artık ikinci Orsini kardeşimizde mutluluğu buluyor güzeldi..
June 23, 2013
Sandra I loved this story of the Orisini family and the romance between Dante and Gaby. It was a great story and it inspires me to want to read me.
September 18, 2016
A lovely, and brilliantly written story!
January 12, 2025
delicious intrigue
They’d been lovers until Dante chose to end the relationship with a gift of expensive ears. Gabriela simply walked away from him without a backward glance. Dante continued to run through women for more than a year, when his father sent him to Brazil to buy a ranch from an old friend in debt.
What Dante found instead was the woman he had never been able to forget and son he never knew he had.
It seemed that Gabriela owned the ranch that was now up for auction. He’d buy it for her and give it her. But things didn’t quite turn out. Accusations that she was the mistress of a powerful Brazilian ready to buy the ranch and woman sent him off in a rage. Out bidding Gabriela’s lover, was just what he needed to get even with her, before he returned to New York. It would take several tries before he headed to New York, along with Gabriela and their son.
There was a lot happening not simply a straightforward romance. Which made this a story to dig in. The romance was was heated and took some detours before the HEA.
They’d been lovers until Dante chose to end the relationship with a gift of expensive ears. Gabriela simply walked away from him without a backward glance. Dante continued to run through women for more than a year, when his father sent him to Brazil to buy a ranch from an old friend in debt.
What Dante found instead was the woman he had never been able to forget and son he never knew he had.
It seemed that Gabriela owned the ranch that was now up for auction. He’d buy it for her and give it her. But things didn’t quite turn out. Accusations that she was the mistress of a powerful Brazilian ready to buy the ranch and woman sent him off in a rage. Out bidding Gabriela’s lover, was just what he needed to get even with her, before he returned to New York. It would take several tries before he headed to New York, along with Gabriela and their son.
There was a lot happening not simply a straightforward romance. Which made this a story to dig in. The romance was was heated and took some detours before the HEA.
January 9, 2026
This guy takes denial to whole new levels. He's constantly making choices he blames her for. The fact that he so regularly rewrites past conversations made the resolution (where he realizes how he miscommunicated) feel strongly deus ex machina to me.
Kinda liked the heroine, though.
And the fact that he had sex while in love with the heroine actually bugged me less in this one than in some others, because he basically broke up with her in the first place because he was falling in love with her, so of course he's going to run off and try to block her out of his brain with other women.
But the idea that he truly loved her, even though it's made clear he barely knew her, did make it super-hard to buy the "great sex equals true love" trope the whole book hinges on. But it kind of worked for me, because one thing he clearly admired about her was her basic honesty, which he did recognize and understand. And which is probably why he fell for her in the first place.
Kinda liked the heroine, though.
And the fact that he had sex while in love with the heroine actually bugged me less in this one than in some others, because he basically broke up with her in the first place because he was falling in love with her, so of course he's going to run off and try to block her out of his brain with other women.
But the idea that he truly loved her, even though it's made clear he barely knew her, did make it super-hard to buy the "great sex equals true love" trope the whole book hinges on. But it kind of worked for me, because one thing he clearly admired about her was her basic honesty, which he did recognize and understand. And which is probably why he fell for her in the first place.
June 3, 2024
O cara era um machista babaca e tóxico, e a mulher era uma boba Capacho dele, ao envés dela ficar com raiva do babaca ela cai nos braços dele sempre que ele quer, e meu Deus o cara cria fanfics na cabeça dele do que ela fez ou sobre ela e do nada fica furioso que maluco! O clássico machista que acredita e da voto de confiança pra qualquer u menos pra mulher que ele diz gostar, não tem como terminar um livro desses, se a mulher tivesse um pingo de personalidade talvez, se ela fizesse ele sofrer mas não ela é uma completa pamonha
May 13, 2025
Abandoned, not a big fan of heroines that had multiple sexual partners before the hero. Also do not like the hero who to me represents a sleazy character, he dumps heroine because relationship was getting too comfortable, and right away starts sleeping around with half of female population. Disgusting. And he only started to develop? Any kind of emotional or physical feelings towards the heroine after finding heroine again in Brazil? Really not my cup of tea… abounded and can’t get a refund. 😭
March 21, 2025
2 star is me being extremely kind.
One would think the heroine is an accessory in this book.
Could she follow a thought-process/decision through?
Writers should give their female characters much more humanity and not pander to the patriarchy.
There was no resolution of how things had ended between them. She just allowed him bulldoze his way back to her life.
Yea, HEA but the end here doesn’t justify the means.
One would think the heroine is an accessory in this book.
Could she follow a thought-process/decision through?
Writers should give their female characters much more humanity and not pander to the patriarchy.
There was no resolution of how things had ended between them. She just allowed him bulldoze his way back to her life.
Yea, HEA but the end here doesn’t justify the means.
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