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Her Ruthless Italian Boss (Harlequin Presents Extra)

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Once again, the title author must not have read the book. The boss may be Italian, but he is far from ruthless. So much for trying to guess a plot line from the title. I agree with Reading RN that the review by Marilyn Shoemaker is about a whole different book. I do not agree that the book was absolutely terrible, but it definitely is no where near a great romance novel. The story line is just not believable. Lucas Francisco is portrayed as a maimed soldier with no resources who inherits an art business on its last legs and within 5 years becomes a self made billionaire so well known and respected that he has become a world wide icon in the art world. Come on now, that is totally unbelievable, even for a romance novel!

The story line has very little to recommend it and could easily have been put together with romance boilerplate slightly modified to change the names of the characters. The attempts to give Beth and Luca any kind of depth of character fell far short for me. In short, the book contains shallow characters with a story line lacking any resemblance to reality. Only two stars for this one.

The other review is glowing, but it is about a whole different book! This book was absolutely terrible. Not just a bit terrible, but absolutely horrible. The main character was a whiny self involved woman with no back bone, who's main purpose in life is to get back with the man that she has always loved. The accidently meet up again when she realizes that she's working for him. If she is so desperate, how come she hasn't contacted him b/f this? There are pieces of the backstory, but it's spread out so thin, good luck trying to figure out what happened in the past. (Something about a mutual friend who was jealous, and a wedding ultimatum?) I got half way through it, listening to her secretly hope that he would fall back in love with her and was so disgusted that i returned the book! There are much better Harlequin books out there, so don't waste your time on this one!

Most definitely a Cinderella story literally from rags to wealth beyond imagine for Lucy Abbott and her daughter Chloe. Add revenge, desire and mystery; it's an incredible love story and journey as wonderfully written by author Jennie Lucas.

For most of her life Lucy and her mother lived from payday to payday and moved from town to town. Her mother died at an early age leaving Lucy to survive in foster care. Now on top of everything else, Lucy finds herself nearly destitute trying to support herself and an infant. She's working at a gas station convenience store, with a letch for a boss, working more than one job just to support them. On top of everything else, the father of her child denies his paternity and wants nothing to do with either of them.

Lucy is determined to provide and care for Chloe and will go to any lengths to do so. As one will learn she is a woman of honour and extreme strength and wants the family she never experienced for her daughter and herself. A father for Chloe is at the top of her list since she never knew her own father nor experienced the warmth of family.

The handsome and wealthy Prince Maximo has a grudge and seeks revenge. He returns to the US and has a plan, one in which will benefit him in a business sense but it all revolves around Lucy. He sits waiting to make his move, gets Lucy fired from her job, takes Lucy and Chloe to his hotel and in the end forces Lucy to sign documents with the pretence she will get revenge from her daughter's father. He takes them with him to his palace in Italy and guarantees her security and financial support in return for the signed documents. Unknown to her, she is giving up more than she's aware and you will be shocked to learn the truth.

The Italian Prince, Wedlocked Wife is an amazing love story full of lust, lies, deceit and revenge. It's also about healing, coming home and the true lessons that money isn't everything. Maximo with his blindness for revenge softens when he actually gets to know Lucy and Chloe. He is brought to his knees and your heart will melt when you read how love creeps into his heart. Jennie Lucas's talent shines through in this very intense and beautiful love story!