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Orsini Brothers #4
Nicolo: The Powerful Sicilian
Nicolo Orsini has better things to do than visit some ancient Tuscan vineyard! Yet, when family and business mix, he has little choice. Then he meets Alessia Antoninni—a spoiled little princess, with a smart mouth and pert figure—and the trip instantly becomes more interesting!
Alessia's been told that the Orsini name spells danger. But she wasn't expecting Nick's potent masculinity. With her heart and her business at risk, soon she is giving in to all his demands….
Alessia's been told that the Orsini name spells danger. But she wasn't expecting Nick's potent masculinity. With her heart and her business at risk, soon she is giving in to all his demands….
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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Sandra Marton
674 books540 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 13, 2017
So we come, at last to Nicolo, the youngest Orsini brother’s story….as we have become familiar with their father, Cesare Orsini, capo di capo of the NYC mafia family, we know by now his kind of machinations – finding a bride for all his sons and not afraid of using whatever devious means available.
This time he’s sent Nicolo to buy a vineyard in Bella Tuscany
……….a place I most love in Europe.
This is definitely my favorite book in this mini-series.
I fell totally for Nicolo
and I adored
Principessa Alessia Antoninni.
The sexy son of a “thug” and a princess descent from the aristocratic de Medici family - okay never mind that her father has squandered the family fortune...at least they still have their titles!!!!! …..what an awesome combination!!!!!!!!! Alessia is such a fabulous character…quirky, snobbish like all aristos are….and totally adorable.
Their first meeting is an absolute hoot!!! Outside the airport, Alessia crashes into Nicolo’s Ferrari..totally her fault of course. So what happens next is so hilarious…..
The interaction between these two throughout the book is absolutely fantastic. Sandra Marton really writes great dialogue. It’s one of the things I like about her writing. Witty and sparkly that you just can’t help smiling as you are reading the lines.
And the sexual tension and chemistry….hot and wow…never mind that they start off disliking each other…she thinks he’s a peasant and he thinks she’s just a spoilt and useless woman who uses her looks and title to get everything she wants.
But both are so wrong….and soon they begin a scorching affair……..Nico is so romantic…when he takes her to the villa he has arranged for their first time together……SWOON!!!!!!!! SO SO ROMANTIC…. And their love scenes are passionate and hot enough to start a fire…burning hot.
He takes her to New York and what he does next is totally reprehensible…not giving anything else away and let’s just say that, with some prodding from his lovely family, he does redeem himself in the end and lucky for him that he did….as I just so wanted to “sock” him in his jaw.
I loved how this family’s story has progressed through the four books and just in case you might think that this is the end to Cesare “Machiavellian” Orsini’s plans…it’s absolutely not!!!
He may be rubbing his hands in glee…seeing all his plans come together in finding a suitable wife for each of his sons….don’t forget…he still has two lovely daughters, Anna and Isabella and he has plans for them too!!!!!!!!!
Now to look forward to the Orsini Brides….wow ....I am loving this Orsini Dynasty.
This time he’s sent Nicolo to buy a vineyard in Bella Tuscany
……….a place I most love in Europe.This is definitely my favorite book in this mini-series.
I fell totally for Nicolo
and I adoredPrincipessa Alessia Antoninni.The sexy son of a “thug” and a princess descent from the aristocratic de Medici family - okay never mind that her father has squandered the family fortune...at least they still have their titles!!!!! …..what an awesome combination!!!!!!!!! Alessia is such a fabulous character…quirky, snobbish like all aristos are….and totally adorable.
Their first meeting is an absolute hoot!!! Outside the airport, Alessia crashes into Nicolo’s Ferrari..totally her fault of course. So what happens next is so hilarious…..
“First you try to walk through me. Now you try to drive through me!” His mouth thinned. “Did you ever hear of paying attention to what you’re doing?”You see, Alessia is a TERRIBLE driver, which you discover a bit later….so on to her reply…
So much for easing the tension. Alessia drew herself up.Alessia, did you not see what car he's driving..it's a FERRARI!!!
“I don’t like your attitude.”
“You don’t like my attitude?”
He laughed. The laugh was ugly. Insulting. Alessia narrowed her eyes.
“There is no point to this conversation,” she said coldly. “I suggest we exchange insurance information. There has been no injury to either of us and only the slightest one to your vulgar automobile. I will, therefore, forgive your insulting attitude.”
“My car is vulgar? My attitude is insulting, but you will forgive it?” The man glared at her. “What the hell is with this country anyway?”
The interaction between these two throughout the book is absolutely fantastic. Sandra Marton really writes great dialogue. It’s one of the things I like about her writing. Witty and sparkly that you just can’t help smiling as you are reading the lines.
And the sexual tension and chemistry….hot and wow…never mind that they start off disliking each other…she thinks he’s a peasant and he thinks she’s just a spoilt and useless woman who uses her looks and title to get everything she wants.
But both are so wrong….and soon they begin a scorching affair……..Nico is so romantic…when he takes her to the villa he has arranged for their first time together……SWOON!!!!!!!! SO SO ROMANTIC…. And their love scenes are passionate and hot enough to start a fire…burning hot.
\But soon things go awry….her dissolute father who has been using her mother’s health to blackmail Alessia into doing his bidding, does something really nasty and Nico is not prepared to listen to her side of the story. He feels betrayed and she discovers she’s pregnant. Nico believes she did this on purpose to get his money….so far from the truth…but being the alpha male, Nico refuses to believe anything she says.
He takes her to New York and what he does next is totally reprehensible…not giving anything else away and let’s just say that, with some prodding from his lovely family, he does redeem himself in the end and lucky for him that he did….as I just so wanted to “sock” him in his jaw.
I loved how this family’s story has progressed through the four books and just in case you might think that this is the end to Cesare “Machiavellian” Orsini’s plans…it’s absolutely not!!!
He may be rubbing his hands in glee…seeing all his plans come together in finding a suitable wife for each of his sons….don’t forget…he still has two lovely daughters, Anna and Isabella and he has plans for them too!!!!!!!!!
Now to look forward to the Orsini Brides….wow ....I am loving this Orsini Dynasty.
March 8, 2019
Not a lot of conflict until the last two chapters. Hero is an investment banker who is asked by his reformed mafia thug father to look into investing in a vineyard in Tuscany. The heroine is a public relations “princess” who is asked by her Italian nobility father to be nice to the hero so they can keep the vineyard in the family. He threatens her with moving her mother out of a private mental health facility to a public one.
Hero is a playboy (he has a naked woman waiting for him at his flat after he is done with the family wedding). Hero has no respect for his father (this is never resolved with any of the brothers and this is the last book in the series). Nevertheless, he agrees to visit the vineyard.
H/h meet and fall instantly in lust. The H kisses her at the airport. He kisses her after a harrowing ride to the villa with the heroine driving well below the speed limit because she is so nervous. Then he plays footsie and handsy during a dinner party that same day. They have sex without a condom that night and you know the rest.
She’s pregnant within a month.
H/h marry – but hero overhears the heroine demand money from her father right before their wedding. He concludes heroine doesn’t really love him – she just set him up for a cut of the loan? Honestly, it makes no sense. Maybe that’s why SM stuck this black moment at the very end where no one had to examine it too closely.
The hero has wild thoughts about cheating on the heroine with another woman to assuage his pain. He makes plans to see a lawyer. He tries not to look at the sonogram. He does none of these things but he's a drama king for a week or two until the h goes to the hospital for spotting. She and baby are fine, but hero is now ready to listen to the heroine’s explanation and he declares his love.
It’s all kind of phoned in – with the heroine’s bad driving the most memorable part of the story.
Hero is a playboy (he has a naked woman waiting for him at his flat after he is done with the family wedding). Hero has no respect for his father (this is never resolved with any of the brothers and this is the last book in the series). Nevertheless, he agrees to visit the vineyard.
H/h meet and fall instantly in lust. The H kisses her at the airport. He kisses her after a harrowing ride to the villa with the heroine driving well below the speed limit because she is so nervous. Then he plays footsie and handsy during a dinner party that same day. They have sex without a condom that night and you know the rest.
She’s pregnant within a month.
H/h marry – but hero overhears the heroine demand money from her father right before their wedding. He concludes heroine doesn’t really love him – she just set him up for a cut of the loan? Honestly, it makes no sense. Maybe that’s why SM stuck this black moment at the very end where no one had to examine it too closely.
The hero has wild thoughts about cheating on the heroine with another woman to assuage his pain. He makes plans to see a lawyer. He tries not to look at the sonogram. He does none of these things but he's a drama king for a week or two until the h goes to the hospital for spotting. She and baby are fine, but hero is now ready to listen to the heroine’s explanation and he declares his love.
It’s all kind of phoned in – with the heroine’s bad driving the most memorable part of the story.
July 13, 2017
3 stars that could have easily been 4, even 4.5
The story I liked, the H going reluctantly to do his father's mission, he doesn't believe in love because when he was getting closer to the fall he discovered he'd been fooled, the woman only wanted him to buy a bank.
The h is living her life apart from her not-so-stellar titled father, but holding an air of superiority without loosing her humility. She's going to be hostess instead of her father so the American will invest in daddy's vineyards so he keeps mommy in a private clinic, because obviously she can't get enough money in her PR job to pay for the clinic by herself 😓 fine, I'll try to go with the flow.
The H and h meeting didn't go well and their animosity was entertaining.
Somehow after so many HPs you would think I just let it be when the MCs think/talk about past lovers. Well maybe with the Hs because the authors always tell us that they are young healthy males so they have satisfactory sex lives. But when it comes to the hs I get this:
"No, she wasn't a virgin. She was a modern woman. But what she knew about sex compared to what Nicolo must think she knew...
It was laughable.
She'd slept with a boy at school. He'd been as naive as she and, after a couple of weeks, they'd drifted back to being friends instead of lovers. Then, three years ago, there'd been an older man. A graphics artist. That had lasted all of a tepid month before he'd admitted he'd finally realized he preferred men."
And that only reminded me of the naked lady that was supposed to wait for him in his bed while he went to his bother's wedding at the beginning of the book. I had already gotten over it, but this thing with the h made me roll my eyes every three pages because I kept remembering it. Which it's a shame because the rest of the story was decent enough but I was already distracted.
Besides, after their first wedding he was going a bit crazy almost to the non-consent limit, thankfully he controlled himself and stayed away from her.
And I thought that being the last of the series I'd get some kind of reconciliation or something with the Mafioso father after all he is their father and he got them their wives, but no, I got nothing.
I guess after how much I loved Raffaele's book I was left disappointed by his brother's stories.
The story I liked, the H going reluctantly to do his father's mission, he doesn't believe in love because when he was getting closer to the fall he discovered he'd been fooled, the woman only wanted him to buy a bank.
The h is living her life apart from her not-so-stellar titled father, but holding an air of superiority without loosing her humility. She's going to be hostess instead of her father so the American will invest in daddy's vineyards so he keeps mommy in a private clinic, because obviously she can't get enough money in her PR job to pay for the clinic by herself 😓 fine, I'll try to go with the flow.
The H and h meeting didn't go well and their animosity was entertaining.
Somehow after so many HPs you would think I just let it be when the MCs think/talk about past lovers. Well maybe with the Hs because the authors always tell us that they are young healthy males so they have satisfactory sex lives. But when it comes to the hs I get this:
"No, she wasn't a virgin. She was a modern woman. But what she knew about sex compared to what Nicolo must think she knew...
It was laughable.
She'd slept with a boy at school. He'd been as naive as she and, after a couple of weeks, they'd drifted back to being friends instead of lovers. Then, three years ago, there'd been an older man. A graphics artist. That had lasted all of a tepid month before he'd admitted he'd finally realized he preferred men."
And that only reminded me of the naked lady that was supposed to wait for him in his bed while he went to his bother's wedding at the beginning of the book. I had already gotten over it, but this thing with the h made me roll my eyes every three pages because I kept remembering it. Which it's a shame because the rest of the story was decent enough but I was already distracted.
Besides, after their first wedding he was going a bit crazy almost to the non-consent limit, thankfully he controlled himself and stayed away from her.
And I thought that being the last of the series I'd get some kind of reconciliation or something with the Mafioso father after all he is their father and he got them their wives, but no, I got nothing.
I guess after how much I loved Raffaele's book I was left disappointed by his brother's stories.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 26, 2019
They were part of each other, Raffaele, Dante, Falco and him.
This sentence beautifully brings to a close the Orsini Brothers series. Though their sisters' tales are still left, the Orsini Brides duology.
This one continues from the previous book, where Nicolo is by himself, and Cesare catches up with him to have 'the talk'. He is alone now, in a way, with all his brothers married. He is going to be soon, he just doesn't know it yet. I sometimes wonder what exactly is the charm of these stories, when I know the ending, that it still pulls me towards them.
Nick is one step ahead of all his brothers. He had had a serious relationship in the past which none of his brothers knows about. Which not even I know about, seeing that the author didn't reveal anything about it. The latest game in Cesare's hat is that he wants to purchase a winery from Prince Vittorio Antoninni of Tuscany. And he wants to send Nick there for financial evaluation. A kind of similar task has been assigned to Alessia by her father, the Prince. She handles Public Relations for celebrities and has been asked to handle Nick. Though it is under duress, as her father has threatened her to withhold payments to the private sanatorio where her mother is admitted.
While Nick thinks of her as a party girl, she thinks of him being someone whose IQ equals to that of a snail, a hoodlum, who else, but Cesare Orsini. Oh, what a shock she's gonna receive. Nick, on seeing who his tour guide is, changes his plans of staying there for two days. Instead, he decides to spend two weeks, if only to teach humility to the arrogant princess. He thinks of her as an Ice Princess, his sister's book is named after it, funny. But, he kisses Alessia whenever he feels like it. Though his sharp instincts make him realise that there's more to this business deal and he decides to step in, in place of Cesare.
This book has one of the hottest build-ups I have read until now. And it was followed by a shotgun marriage. The misunderstanding came at such a point in the story that I wasn't expecting it.
Finally, the Orsini sisters make an impactful appearance because the next stories are theirs? Anna and Izzy (for Isabelle).
P.S. The title of all the four books in this series is so apt! And I think I will have to wait for the other two books before Cesare's true role in all that has happened is revealed.
September 16, 2017
It was an OK read. Nicolo is sent by his gangster father to Tuscany to see if a vineyard is suitable to invest in. The owner's daughter is coerced by her father to entertain this American gangster or the father would withdraw monetary support from Alessia's ailing mother. Nicolo isn't impressed by the Princess or her attitude until he learns that there is more to her than he believed. Then he overhears a conversation between Alessia and her father that convinces Nicolo that his new wife has betrayed and lied to him.
Because of this, That's why I marked it down from 4* to 3*.
Because of this, That's why I marked it down from 4* to 3*.
June 28, 2017
Ah, what an awesome read! It more than made up for the choppy, weird story that was Falco's.
Alessia's anger made sense: it was mostly due to fear of being found out. Their crazy misunderstandings were MAYBE just out of left field: a little honesty at this point would've made things a hell lot easier. And MAYBE, while it was a bit tropey for Nick to make things up to Alessia , it was still a good read.
I just wished that the brothers didn't end up resorting to kissing their wives senseless just to shut them up, coz that got old after a while. :P
And gotta love using Cesare as a matchmaker in all the books. It got a bit silly by the Dante's story, but it was oddly still a delight.
Alessia's anger made sense: it was mostly due to fear of being found out. Their crazy misunderstandings were MAYBE just out of left field: a little honesty at this point would've made things a hell lot easier. And MAYBE, while it was a bit tropey for Nick to make things up to Alessia , it was still a good read.
I just wished that the brothers didn't end up resorting to kissing their wives senseless just to shut them up, coz that got old after a while. :P
And gotta love using Cesare as a matchmaker in all the books. It got a bit silly by the Dante's story, but it was oddly still a delight.
October 9, 2024
Nuostabus ir lengvas atostogų skaitinys ♡
March 4, 2013
This book is fantastic. Nicolo Orsini does not like is father or what is father stands for, but he does tolerate him for the sake of his mother and sisters. When is father asks him to go and check on a Tuscan Vineyard that is owned by a man who stole property from his mother's family he reluctantly goes. The owner wants Don Orsini to invest money to help the vineyard, his daughter Alessia has been told that the Orsini's spell trouble she tries to scare Nicolo away when he arrives and it only intrigues him more. Her father has told her she needs to show Nicolo the vineyard and have a dinner party for him. The story will grab you and you will need to keep reading until you get to the end
March 12, 2015
intense and romantic! they fell insanely for each other at first sight! intense dislike, yet they cud not keep their hands off each other. niccolo was absolutely marshmallow where alessia was concerned and i loved his brooding near the melodramatic climax at the end, as it depicted his despair at believing his wife did not love him and was a cheap little liar! all his brooding thoughts about divorce were just dat: thoughts! i can vouch dat he wud not have done it. he was crazy about her!
June 3, 2021
Nicolo Orsini has better things to do than visit some ancient Tuscan vineyard! Yet, when family and business mix, he has little choice. Then he meets Alessia Antoninni--a spoiled little princess, with a smart mouth and pert figure--and the trip instantly becomes more interesting!Alessia's been told that the Orsini name spells danger. But she wasn't expecting Nick's potent masculinity. With her heart "and "her business at risk, soon she is giving in to "all "his demands.... (less)
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December 23, 2014Miniseries: The Orsini Brothers
April 21, 2022
I liked the H’s personality but I quite often didn’t understand his motivations for behaving certain ways.
The writing itself not bad, especially for a harlequin, but I felt like I was making a lot of excuses for the H in my head so I could make his reasoning somehow work in my head.
He was otherwise an interesting and even likable character, so when he did something that didn’t have a good excuse or seemed out of character in order to further the plot, it really stood out.
Because of this, I had trouble staying engaged with the story and near the end I DNF.
The writing itself not bad, especially for a harlequin, but I felt like I was making a lot of excuses for the H in my head so I could make his reasoning somehow work in my head.
He was otherwise an interesting and even likable character, so when he did something that didn’t have a good excuse or seemed out of character in order to further the plot, it really stood out.
Because of this, I had trouble staying engaged with the story and near the end I DNF.
December 20, 2023
I would give this a zero if I could.
This book is about a rape fantasising, controlling, manipulating, narcissistic thug. He likes to think he's a nice guy, but he's really not.
His victim is a princess, with a dad that doesn't care and a mum that's not mentally stable. She's fairly innocent regarding adult relationships, and I can see how she got sucked in.
This book does not have a happy ending, it's a nightmare that never ends.
This book is about a rape fantasising, controlling, manipulating, narcissistic thug. He likes to think he's a nice guy, but he's really not.
His victim is a princess, with a dad that doesn't care and a mum that's not mentally stable. She's fairly innocent regarding adult relationships, and I can see how she got sucked in.
This book does not have a happy ending, it's a nightmare that never ends.
November 22, 2023
يعني الكتاب واضح من غلافه :)
November 12, 2012
Bueno al igual que sus anteriores tres hermanos,Nicolo tiene que hacerle un favor a su padre don Cesare.Al igual que todos sus hermanos,Nicolo tampoco esta de acuerdo con la vida de mafioso de Cesare,pero va a ayudarlo y alli se encuentra con Alessia que aunque la atraccion fue de ambos,instantanea no se soportan porque cada uno tiene ideas pre consebidas de ellos;ella piensa que el es un mafioso como su padre y el piensa de ella que es una princesa mimada.
Pienso que ya aqui ya era suficiente que se volviera a explicar la vida deshonesta de Cesare.Entiendo que lo hagan por los que no hayan leido la serie en su totalidad o por los que no la lean segun el orden de publicacion.Pero si los leiste todos los publicados como yo se torna ya demaciado repetitivo.
Volviendo a la novela,por peor que ellos se llevaran al final la atraccion pudo mas que la razón y sucumbieron a ella,hasta que Alessia queda embarazada y las cosas como siempre cambian ya que el piensa que ella lo engano y se dejo quedar embarazada,ella huye y como siempre sucede al final el amor triunfa.
Al final salen las dos hermanas Orsini diciendo que el matrimonio no es para ellas.
Pienso que ya aqui ya era suficiente que se volviera a explicar la vida deshonesta de Cesare.Entiendo que lo hagan por los que no hayan leido la serie en su totalidad o por los que no la lean segun el orden de publicacion.Pero si los leiste todos los publicados como yo se torna ya demaciado repetitivo.
Volviendo a la novela,por peor que ellos se llevaran al final la atraccion pudo mas que la razón y sucumbieron a ella,hasta que Alessia queda embarazada y las cosas como siempre cambian ya que el piensa que ella lo engano y se dejo quedar embarazada,ella huye y como siempre sucede al final el amor triunfa.
Al final salen las dos hermanas Orsini diciendo que el matrimonio no es para ellas.
February 7, 2011
My favorite in the Orsini Brothers series; mainly because it is slightly different than the first three books.
Don't get me wrong; it still has a similar plot and the storyline is predictable. If you have read one of the Orsini Brothers story (or Knight Brothers), you have pretty much read them all.
But the conflict in this story is not what I expected, which is refreshing. Thus giving Nicolo's story that extra edge.
Don't get me wrong; it still has a similar plot and the storyline is predictable. If you have read one of the Orsini Brothers story (or Knight Brothers), you have pretty much read them all.
But the conflict in this story is not what I expected, which is refreshing. Thus giving Nicolo's story that extra edge.
October 25, 2015
This is a re read of the Orsini Series. I have a favorite brother in this story series. But Nick is a good read. The Princess had character and she had spunk. But this is the end of the four brothers series. They were sent to do a favor for their father and in the process meet the girls they were suppose to marry. They just had different processes in getting to that conclusion.
August 21, 2013
It's pretty gratifying when a subseries wraps up with two women saying "Why would I want to tie myself down to a man?" It's jaw-dropping when this happens in a Harlequin Presents, with possible sequel bait.
December 15, 2015
One thing for certain, this Orsini brother is a Neanderthal. Who forcefully kisses someone upon meeting them the first time? Loved the quirky comebacks and snide remarks.
Book cover critique: the male model used looks more like what the oldest brother should look like.
Book cover critique: the male model used looks more like what the oldest brother should look like.
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December 23, 2014Miniseries: The Orsini Brothers
December 1, 2011
This was the first book I read in this series and I'd consider reading the others - even though some reviews say this one is the best of all four.
June 4, 2012
I enjoyed all the books in the Orsini Bros. series. Very good harlequins.
October 10, 2012
Sandra Marton - Aşk Hep Kazanır
Serinin bütün kitapları başarılı kesinlikle okunası bir seri..
Serinin bütün kitapları başarılı kesinlikle okunası bir seri..
February 8, 2014
i read the whole series & i LOVED IT, it my favorite series .. but i have to say Raffaele definitely's my favorite brother ^_^ just adore him :)but i love Nicolo too, he's so CUTEEEE xD
August 7, 2018
This book was amazing and Between all the three brothers, I like Nicolo more, Don't know why but I prefer to be with someone like Nicolo hhhh....
June 21, 2015
I enjoyed this book. This is the first book in the Orsini Brothers I've read, but I plan to read the others. Seems like a great series to read.
December 30, 2015
totally luv it
April 12, 2017
I cried! !!!!!!!!
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