Title: The Italian's Wife
Author: Lynne Graham
Series: -
Genre: Romance/
Harlequin Presents
Year Published:
2002
Rating: 3 of 5
stars
THE HERO. . .
Saverio ‘Rio’
Lombardi M.D. At first I thought that Lynne Graham finally writing a medical
romance because of the hero’s title. But even if he had a doctor title, it’s
never mentioned if he ever practices as a doctor. A bit disappointed about that
because I really want Lynne’s hero as anything other than a tycoon. But regardless,
I really like Rio’s character. I thought of him as cute. As far as I read, this
is the first LG’s hero who is not an asshat, not even a little. When he confessed that he felt less of a man when he saw his fiancée cheating with
another girl, my heart went for him. I truly love this hero :3
THE HEROINE. . .
Holly Sansom, a homeless single mother. Maybe this is also the first time
for LG where the child is not the hero’s. I’m neutral about this character. A bit
dumb because of her insecurities, but which heroine who doesn’t? Nothing stand
out, so can’t tell more than this.
THE STORY. . .
The book opened with Rio caught his fiance cheating with...another girl. It’s
so rare a lebian/gay feature in harlequin story, and maybe this is the first
for LG. Anyway, after left the fiancée’s apartment, his
limo almost hit Holly who’s wandering with her son because she’s homeless. When
Rio discover that Holly is homeless, he offer to provide temporary acommodation
for Holly. After that, well, as you can guest, their explosive attraction led
to sex, in which unfortunately the condom broke. Rio then propose to Holly,
saying that that’s the right thing to do, when really he is just want to tie
Holly to him. Like I said, he is a real
babe. He’s good with Holly’s son, Timmy, too. My favourite part is when Rio
played with Timmy one morning, Holly is still asleep. The way Rio describe
Timmy’s mischief when Rio brought him to the bathroom while he went for shower,
I can imagine it, and I laughed really hard. I really like domestic part like
that.
THE QUOTE. . .
'I just thought you'd think less of me if you knew
the truth. My fiancée turning to another woman... It may sound stupid to you,
but I was afraid it might take the stars out of your eyes when you looked at me.’
Rio Lombardi
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