The Santangeli Marriage (Harlequin Presents Extra) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sara Craven (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 2009 | Series: Harlequin Presents Extra (Book 61)

Orphan Marisa was raised by the wealthy Santangeli family. Their only demand is that she marries their son - renowned playboy Lorenzo. But Marisa flees; Lorenzo vows to fetch his virgin bride home - you do not say no to a Santangeli!

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (July 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037352725X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373527250
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,346,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Love the author, hate the hero, August 9, 2009

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D. Blacker "the romance novel lover" (The Woods in CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Santangeli Marriage (Harlequin Presents Extra) (Mass Market Paperback)

One let me say that I love to read Harlequin books by Sara Craven (I tend to like the old authors because the "hero" is usually stronger).

So the book is about a nineteen year old Marisa, who was adopted as a child by the wealthy Santangeli family after the death of her parents (who left her with no money at all). Marisa of course is in love with the only child and heir Lorenzo Santangeli, who of course could not have cared less about her. Marisa is essentially emotionally blackmailed into marrying Lorenzo because of the fact that his family paid for all her care and schooling since she was a child. So Marisa marries Lorenzo and finds out about his mistress that he had at the time of his marriage proposal (i.e. couldn't keep it in his pants or do the decent thing and break up with her first). So of course Marisa runs back to London.... So what will happen with this marriage of convenience that is just to provide heirs and settle Marisa's "debt"? *****SPOILERS*****

Spoilers.... The reason I gave this story 2 stars is because the hero was such an arrogant, womanizing, jerk, who could not keep it in his pants. First he proposes to her and he still has a mistress... but it gets worse. Here they are married and he after only a few months of not getting any because they are seperated he has an affair with a married woman. What is so hard about being faithful? I hate when the "hero" can't keep it in his pants. Then he doesn't understand why she is upset when she was in England and not providing any, but he should be forgiven because "he was going to tell her". The hypocrite of course would have blown his top if his virginal bride had of course had sex with another man while they were seperated. The "hero" was an immoral arrogant rat, who would have deserved her cheating on him. He did not fit my standards of a "hero" at all.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disjointed and a bit of a bummer, March 21, 2010

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Mae Adamson "The Popster" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Santangeli Marriage (Harlequin Presents Extra) (Mass Market Paperback)

As a long time Harlequin reader, I have seen this plot before-many times. I have not, however, ever read a Harlequin as dark and depressing as this one. I found the hero AND the heroine to be unlikable. The story was steeped in misery.

The hero, who knew his bride was a virgin, consummated the marriage in the coldest, more cruel manner I have ever seen. He did it on the floor without so much as a kiss. A scene like that does not belong in a Harlequin romance.

This is not the only jerky thing the hero does. He asks the heroine to marry him while he still has a mistress and commits infidelity after the wedding.

I don't know why the writer thought anyone would be interested in a hero such as this. I guess the writer tried to redeem him by having him take the high road when yet another tragedy was heaped upon the heroine at the end of the book. Bully for him, but that was not enough.

The heroine was bitter and whiney. Craven really did not seem to put much into her characterization. She was more a put upon victim than a likable character. The only emotion she showed other than misery was anger which manifested itself in her giving the hero a BLACK EYE. Like the consummation scene, such a thing has no place in a Harlequin.

I did not like the way the story was written. Too many flashbacks and disjointed conversation and introspection made the narrative hard to follow.

This book was torturous to read and not worth the effort. If you are on an oncredible high, have reached an unhealthty level of happiness and need something negative to take the edge off, read this book. It will take you down a couple on nothches. Otherwise, I recommend this one be skipped.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not a great ending, March 9, 2011

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Mom in Michigan "parentof3" (Rochester Hills, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Santangeli Marriage (Harlequin Presents Extra) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was just ok. The whole infidelity aspect wasn't what earned it a 2 star rating from me. I usually enjoy groveling from the hero. I just didn't care for the infertility at the end. In this day and age, there are just too many treatments available. I wish the author had included an epilogue so we could see how everybody ended up.