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The Italian's Ruthless Marriage Bargain (Harlequin Presents Extra)

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Luca Di Rossi Gianluca wants to retain custody of his little girl from her dead mother's family. He doesn't want the child around her nasty grandmother at all, so he needs to have a wife and preferably one with kids to make his stand more solid. Luca is a very rich, playboy and he needs to show that he has a settled down life that would be good for a child. Luca doesn't like to explain his actions he feels that he shouldn't be questioned as he would never lead you wrong.

Dr. Jude Lucas is guardian to her orphaned nieces and nephew. She seems to be doing well for herself and even though she is an author and child expert, she's not an expert w/ hands on experience. Guess knowing what to do and actually being able to do it are two different things. Jude has a soft, gentle heart and she is forgiving.

Their first encounter was hard to get past. Here is this doctor that seemed to be speechless w/ H, I later chalked it up to him throwing her for such a loop that her intelligence drained away from her brain. However that didn't last long. Sure they get lost in themselves and tend to forget things, but do remember later and they are so good together. I wouldn't call his bargain ruthless because he didn't seem like much of a manipulator. Not sure why the back of the book described her as plain because the H didn't seem to think so. She doesn't seem to be a weak h either. I'm pretty sure she knows what she wants and goes after it even though she has to be slightly pushed to do it sometimes. I liked that she trusted him even when at first there was a knee jerk reaction by her and she doubted him. It didn't go far but it showed the humanness of people and how sometimes they do think about that at first but then rationality returns and they figure it all out. Truly believe the HEA in this and believe they all deserve it too! A few light hearted funny moments overall a solid believable romance . . . sweet! They both seem so grown up and not stuck on childish heartaches, carrying around baggage from the past. Each comes to the relationship, and are seen for themselves not what someone else did to them. I liked the he didn't blackmail her either he placed his cards on the table and let her decide.