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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Sicilan Husband, Blackmailed Bride by Kate Walker


Title: Sicilian Husband, Blackmailed Bride

Author: Kate Walker

Line: Presents

Release month: USA - April 07

The S-Factor: Sizzling!

Back-Blurb:

Dark, proud and sinfully gorgeous, Guido Corsentino is determined to reclaim his wife! Outwardly, Amber is perfect and untouchable, but Guido knows the passionate woman inside. One kiss and he's certain she'll give him whatever he demands.

But Guido is also certain of something else: Amber ran away from him once—so she won't be given the opportunity to run again. He'll protect her from the consequences of her actions…in his bed!

Review:

Again, Kate Walker has written a spellbinding story, one that took this reader on such an emotional journey.

Like so many of us who have attended formal wedding’s and heard the clergy say “if anyone knows just cause why these two should not be joined…….”, this is exactly how this story begins and I believe where Ms. Walker got her particular idea for this story. Just think about it for a minute, how would you react if someone spoke out? Well, our handsome, sexy alpha Guido does just that and then some, taking everyone present at the wedding by surprise.

When Amber met Guido in Las Vegas, there was an immediate attraction, strong emotions, and longing. So when Guido realized he had to have her, there was only one choice and that was to ask her to marry him. Amber’s feelings for him were so strong that she immediately said yes and wanted to marry immediately; they did! However, their relationship was based on one of misunderstanding, lack of communication and secrets. When Amber realized she married him and did not know him she ran and with a man she later promised to marry. At this wedding, the story begins.

Guido arrives at the wedding just in time and forces Amber to leave her wedding, confront the groom, admit she is married to Guido and leaves for Sicily and his home. It is there, she finds out his secret…….he’s wealthy, they are married and will remain so and he has not been honest with her. It is here, they both examine themselves, their past, and present and where Amber realizes that she has loved him always, is vulnerable to him and loves him with desperation. And Guido? He believes Amber had never been strong enough to believe in him. He also realizes that he is the only person that has ever stood by her.

I actually felt like I was caught in the eye of a storm. While reading Guido and Amber’s story I was on edge, anticipating at every turn, the outcome, wishing and wanting them to resolve their differences and find love again.

The Sicilian Husband, Blackmailed Bride is the first book in the duo Corsentino’s brother’s series, with Vito’s story being next (The Sicilian's Red-Hot Revenge) . These Sicilian men are strong, hard working and love intensely. I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved this first book and I am looking forward to next

Reviewed by: Marilyn

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Did you know that the “seed” for this book was two fold……ideas from a friend she met at an RWA Conference and “What if?”.

“And then there was the ‘what if’ moment. For some time I had also had an opening scene in my head. A scene in which a wedding is taking place and that moment comes – you know the one – the one where the priest says, ‘If anyone here knows of any reason why these two people should not be joined together, let him speak now of forever hold his peace.’ I’ve been to lots of weddings and no one ever steps forward at that moment and says anything.” (Kate Walker’s Blog) To find out more, why not visit her
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Sunday, March 11, 2007

One-Night Baby by Susan Stephens


Title: One-Night Baby
Author: Susan Stephens
Line: Mills and Boon Modern Romance
Release month: March 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering
Back-Blurb:

The Italian millionaire’s love-child…

When sweet, virginal Kate Mulhoon met top Hollywood producer Santino Rossi she was swept away by his fiery passion. He knew nothing of her innocence, or of the baby they made that night…

That intimate, sensuous evening is etched on Santino’s mind – so when Kate appears on his film set in Rome, five years later, the gorgeous Italian millionaire is in the mood for a re-run of their passionate affair. The only problem is Kate’s obvious evasion of his attentions…

Santino’s determined to find out what she’s hiding, and once he does he will make her his… Her secret can’t be that bad…can it?

Review:

In her latest Mills and Boon Modern Romance, One-Night Baby, best-selling author Susan Stephens blends sex, passion, intrigue and secrets in an unforgettable romance you will find impossible to put down!

Kate Mulhoon had always been a good girl – until Italian billionaire Santino Rossi came in to her life and she unleashed her wild side and spent an unforgettable night of passion in his arms. But when Santino went back to Italy, Kate realised that she was pregnant with his baby! Although Kate found herself homeless as her parents disowned her and penniless, she vowed not to let circumstances get her down and she’s managed to juggle motherhood with a busy career.

But the past is about to catch up with her for Kate finds herself face to face with Santino once again and although five years have passed since that unforgettable night, Santino is determined to make Kate his once again.

But Kate wants nothing to do with Santino, but will she able to resist the gorgeous billionaire? And will she be able to keep her secret?

Susan Stephens is one of my favourite Modern Romance writers and One-Night Baby is another one of her books that is heading straight for my keeper shelf! Her characters, Santino and Kate, leap off the pages and Susan’s wonderful ability to bring her exotic settings vividly to life ensures that the reader will feel as if she’s in Rome watching the action unfold.

With characters that’s impossibly not to care about, steamy sex, dramatic emotional intensity and poignant romance, One-Night Baby will keep you turning the pages late into the night and eagerly anticipating Susan Stephens’s next Modern Romance!

Reviewed By: Julie

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Did you know that Susan Stephens is a talented singer as well as being a talented novelist? To find out more about Susan why not visit her Website or her Blog?

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

The Italian's Forced Bride by Kate Walker


Title: The Italian's Forced Bride

Author: Kate Walker

Line: Modern

Release month: UK -Feb 2007

The S-Factor: Sizzling!

Back-Blurb:

Alice spent six passionate months as Domenico’s mistress – until she made the worst mistake of all: falling in love. She knew he would never love her back, would soon discard her – so she left him.

But now the fiercely attractive Italian is demanding her back in his bed. And this time, when Domenico finds out she’s carrying his child; he may never let her go
Review:

THE ITALIAN’S FORCED BRIDE by Kate Walker is magnificent; a stunning and powerful love story that I immediately had to read from cover to cover. This love story of Dom and Alice had me in tears, angry and sighing all at once.

Alice who has been Domenico’s Parrisi’s lover for months realizes that she loves him but he is incapable of returning that love. She also overhears gossip one evening that points to him having a mistress so she flees and moves back to England. However, life sometimes plays tricks and for Alice that’s the case when she finds out that she is carrying Dom’s child. She feels she needs to tell Dom of her pregnancy so she writes him a letter asking him to come to her so she can tell him the truth.

Upon Dom’s arrival in England, this story takes on emotions so powerful it leaves the reader sitting on edge. Upon hearing the news, Dom demands marriage and takes Alice back with him to Italy. All I can say so as not to give the story away, is that there are scenes which will take your breath away, secrets and tragedy and in the end a love so sweet and tender it will leave you laughing and crying at the same time.
Congratulations to Kate Walker on yet another magical love story.
Reviewed by: Marilyn

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Did you know that Kate got the idea for The Italian's Forced Bride from a line in a BBC Radio Interview: "I looked at him and I thought – that child is the one and only person in this whole world who has my blood in his veins." To find out more, why not visit her website or her Blog?




Sunday, January 14, 2007

The Italian Billionaire's Virgin - Christina Hollis


Title: The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin

Author: Christina Hollis

Line: Mills and Boon Modern Romance

Release month: Jan 2007

The S-Factor: Simmering

Back-Blurb:



An innocent for the taking…


When he finds out that Contessa Larissa Alfere-Tiziano has inherited a ruined Tuscan palace, gorgeous, ruthless, Italian property magnate Antonio Michaeli-Isola is determined to reclaim his birthright and make the palazzo his own! And if that means seducing and then discarding the beautiful, spoilt Contessa…then he will.


But Rissa is keeping up a pretence that her title has forced upon her. Though Antonio thinks she’s no better than a gold-digging adventuress, in reality the vulnerable virgin is struggling to make ends meet. As she gives him her innocence, will Antonio realise his misapprehension…before it’s too late?

Review:


The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin is a fantastic debut novel by Christina Hollis. Romantic, moving and engrossing, The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin is an unmissable tale which no Mills and Boon Modern Romance reader should miss!

Italian property magnate Antonio Michaeli-Isola is absolutely furious when he sees the Contessa Larissa Alfere-Tiziano move into the ruined Tuscan palazzo which is his birthright. How dare such a vapid gold digging bimbo take away the home he’s coveted ever since he was a child? Antonio vows to take back what is rightfully his and he decides to seduce and marry Larissa and then dump her once he gets his hand on the palazzo.

However, when Antonio meets Larissa, he realizes that she’s anything but the shallow air head he thought her to be and he soon realizes that he wants her in his bed and by his side as his wife – for life!

The Italian Billionaire’ s Virgin is a fantastic page-turner written by an up and coming star of the genre! Christina Hollis has created two wonderful characters which leap off the pages and which will live in the reader’s mind long after the last page is turned.

The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin is a wonderful tale that has got it all – a sexy Latin hero, a resolute heroine, steamy romance, powerful emotion and a narrative which will eagerly keep you turning the pages late into the night!

Reviewed by: Julie

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Did you know that Christina Hollis was inspired to set The Italian Billionaire’s Virgin in Tuscan after spending a holiday in Tuscany? To find out more why not visit her Website...

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