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The Forbidden Ferrara

by Sarah Morgan (Goodreads Author)

3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 · rating details · 226 ratings · 36 reviews

A Ferrara should never share a bed with a Baracchi-however high the stakes! Dark-hearted Santino Ferrara has always remembered how long-legged, hot-tempered Fia Baracchi felt in his arms-much to his frustration. Then a million-dollar business deal throws them together, and keeping his distance is no longer an option.

But Fia is living a lie. If it's ever discovered that he...more

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Published May 22nd 2012 by Harlequin (first published May 18th 2012)

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Aug 28, 2012 Fiona Marsden rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: If you like hot and steamy with good storyline

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Don't ask me how it happened. It was supposed to be just a little peek before bedtime. I read the excerpt on the authors site and it finished at a point of maximum impact. I just wanted to know what came next. What came next was 1am and it was all over bar the clean up.

Fia is a resiliant woman who responded to her loveless childhood by building herself a little family around her restaurant to provide a loving environment for her son. Having watched the Ferrara family from a distance as a child,...more Don't ask me how it happened. It was supposed to be just a little peek before bedtime. I read the excerpt on the authors site and it finished at a point of maximum impact. I just wanted to know what came next. What came next was 1am and it was all over bar the clean up.

Fia is a resiliant woman who responded to her loveless childhood by building herself a little family around her restaurant to provide a loving environment for her son. Having watched the Ferrara family from a distance as a child, due to a feud between the two families, her one wish was to be part of that extended happy family. They do say, be careful what you wish for.

Santino Ferrara is a cute little puppy dog who follows Fia around with his soft Spaniel's eyes. Nah! Just kidding. Santino stalks into the story smouldering with a heat just a smidgeon lower than 280 degrees C. If Christiano was hot then Santino is off the charts. If we met a third Ferrara with the heat rising exponentially he would have to take the entire responsibility for Global Warming.

Both the heroine and hero are still recovering from the conflagration of their time together one tragic night three years ago. When Santino walks into Fia's kitchen, there is a lot more simmering than what's on the stove. The revelation that Fia has more than memories of that night knocks Santino for a loop and brings out the Sicilian Family man to a macho extreme.

So shocked and concerned is he about his son that he fails to consider Fia at all in his plans except as mother to his son and bedmate. Though bedmate isn't entirely the right term when these two get together. Things got so hot I had to step back and take a breath. (If you don't believe me, check my Twitter feed)

But I couldn't stay away for long. I had to know what happened next. Cos this is where the story became really interesting. I don't know what it is about these Ferrara males and their penchant for emotionally unavailable females but they sure do know how to up the ante when it's needed.

By the time I was cleaning up the salt water from my keyboard I was one very satisfied camper. A lovely ending to a well written book.
Just my cup of hot chocolate.(less)

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Sep 05, 2012 Dalia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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4.5 stars
Another highly emotional book from the wonderfully talented Sarah Morgan !!
Despite the feud between their families, Santo & Fia shared a very passionate night. Three years later, when santo walks into FIa s restaurant, he has the chock of his life : he has a son.
Santo is an alpha hero to whom family is everything. He always get what he wants, and he wants to marry Fia for the sake of his son Luca. With his "" my way or no way" attitude, he is too cruel to Fia. Not for once does he...more

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Sep 05, 2012 Silvertulip21 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I absolutely loved it , I was crying by the end of the book . He was so amazing with her but not the begging , he was horrible , I wanted to shout my lungs of the things he said to her. He blinded himself of the good things she did just because he was angry she did n`t tell him about his son . Did not stop for a second to think what happened to her after that night. the good thing is he tried his best to fix his mistakes.And I loved her , she is very good mother and a strong woman even if she di...more

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Jun 24, 2012 Desere Steenberg rated it 5 of 5 stars

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The Forbidden Ferrara by the wonderfully talented Sarah Morgan is the second book about two very delicious and incredible bothers.

Santo has always gotten whatever he wanted and this time around he will not only have his son but he will at any and all costs have the one and only woman responsible for turning his blood to boiling point and not only in anger but in pure unbridled passion.

Fia's character is that of a strong,independent,hard working and loving single mother who having...more

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Sep 07, 2012 Joyfully Reviewed rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Three years ago, Santino Ferrara and Fia Baracchi shared a very intimate night. A night that Santino just knew that Fia needed something, and he offered her comfort with no words being spoken just being there for her. But after their one and only night both of them locked it up and didn’t ever cross paths again until Santo wa looking to expand the family business. However, the land they need is now owned by the Baracchi family, their enemies for the past several generations! Santo seeks to obtai...more Three years ago, Santino Ferrara and Fia Baracchi shared a very intimate night. A night that Santino just knew that Fia needed something, and he offered her comfort with no words being spoken just being there for her. But after their one and only night both of them locked it up and didn’t ever cross paths again until Santo wa looking to expand the family business. However, the land they need is now owned by the Baracchi family, their enemies for the past several generations! Santo seeks to obtain a deal with Fia’s obstinate grandfather…until he discovers that Fia kept a secret from their night long ago. Now he is going to force her to right some wrongs in order to make a better present/future for all.

The Forbidden Ferrara was an enjoyable, fast-paced, romantic read with an alpha hero and a hurting heroine finding their HEA. I understood why neither Santo nor Fia approached the other after their one night together, but I did not like that Santo seemed to like to score points off of Fia with her secret keeping. It felt that Fia let him do that some as she seems to hide her emotions a lot because of her traumatic childhood, but she did finally thaw a little in The Forbidden Ferrara, and she called him to task a few times. It was almost as if she needed to feel a deeper sense of security before she would rise to the occasion in some instances, and I felt that she attained that with Santo even though it wasn’t always obvious to either of them.

Sure Santo was a bit controlling and pushy in The Forbidden Ferrara, but he never intentionally hurt Fia, and he made her face up to situations that ultimately were better for her. She seemed to grow so much in The Forbidden Ferrara, and I truly adored Santo’s acceptance and interaction with the child, but then I am a sucker for a man mothering a child like that. Santo matured as well over the course of the story, and I found his grand gesture for Fia completely romantic. This is where it all began as far as I was concerned. They went full circle then. Fia loved Santo because of his take charge attitude, and I did as well. Over the course of Fia’s life, she came to understand that when the chips were down and she needed sanctuary, she could find it with the Ferraras’ unbeknownst to them except for Santo. He never hurt her even then when she needed the sanctuary. When Santo forced her to make things right, he was still planning for long term as evidenced by his prophetic statement, but she didn’t listen to him then. Yes, Fia loved Santo from the beginning, but I also believe that Santo had feelings for her from that one night they shared in The Forbidden Ferrara. He locked his feelings away just as Fia did, but they were all coming back to him as the story progressed.

While I found The Forbidden Ferrara to be a captivatingly fun read, there were a couple of issues that I had with the story. They are rather minor and only involved characters that weren’t ever brought into the action as well as some things taking place in a scene. There could have been a bit better clarification on Fia’s mother and those issues because it didn’t make sense to me that she claimed her father would come after her, but he didn’t want the responsibility in the beginning either. Also it seemed that the author lost track of what Santo and Fia were doing in the shower. I only mentioned it because it threw me out of the story a bit while I had been completely immersed in the action taking place in The Forbidden Ferrara.

Santo and Fia shared some awfully yummy times together in The Forbidden Ferrara, and their banter could be amusing as well, especially when Fia challenged Santo about satisfying her in the bedroom! In the end, I thoroughly enjoyed The Forbidden Ferrara and while Santo did put some pressure on Fia, I felt that she still had a choice to make, and she chose what was best for her child. I also liked to visit briefly with Santo’s family, and I found the closing lines where they play on the previous title very clever.

I Joyfully Recommend The Forbidden Ferrara because I like it when the heroine has the baggage and the hero has to work with it!

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Jul 30, 2012 Julie Bonello rated it 4 of 5 stars

USA Today best-selling author Sarah Morgan is at her inimitable best with The Forbidden Ferrara, a dazzling tale of bitter feuds, dark secrets and illicit passion guaranteed to hold readers spellbound from start to finish!

The Ferrara and Baracchi families have despised each other for generations and their long-standing feud shows no signs of abating with the passing of time. Bitterness and hatred had turned these two families into sworn enemies and nobody can ever envisage them ever getting alon...more USA Today best-selling author Sarah Morgan is at her inimitable best with The Forbidden Ferrara, a dazzling tale of bitter feuds, dark secrets and illicit passion guaranteed to hold readers spellbound from start to finish!

The Ferrara and Baracchi families have despised each other for generations and their long-standing feud shows no signs of abating with the passing of time. Bitterness and hatred had turned these two families into sworn enemies and nobody can ever envisage them ever getting along – but spirited chef Fia Baracchi knows different…

Having grown up in a house where love and laughter were in short supply, Fia Baracchi had always envied the closeness and affection which abounded in the Ferrara household. As a child, fights and arguments were a daily occurrence in Fia’s home and she used to draw comfort from imagining herself as a member of the Ferrara family. The older she got, the more Fia wished that she hadn’t been born a Baracchi – and the more she yearned for the devastatingly attractive Santino Ferrara to look at her with something other than derision and disdain! Fia wanted nothing more than to be swept up into Santino’s powerful arms – but a Ferrara male would rather die than contemplate a future with a member of the Baracchi clan. However, one passionate night had changed all that…

Fia has never been able to forget the night she had spent with Santino – especially as she had ended up pregnant with his baby! Nobody knows the truth about her child’s paternity and Fia is determined to take this secret with her to the grave. With Santino frequently away on business, their paths have hardly crossed in the last couple of years – and that’s just how Fia likes it! Her son means the world to her and she is not prepared to let Santino ride roughshod over her and take her beloved child away from her. However, it looks like Fia’s luck is about to run out because Santino is back in Italy – and he’s not best pleased to discover that Fia has kept his son a secret from him.

Determined to make up for lost time and to make Fia pay for depriving him of the first few years of his son’s life, Santino vows to teach her a lesson – starting in the bedroom! Santino’s fiery kisses reawaken feelings deep within Fia that she had long forgotten! Unbridled passion soon gives way to something more, but are Santino and Fia ready to face up to the truth about their feelings for one another? Or will they continue to let the past destroy their future?

Impossible to put down contemporary romances packed with highly charged emotional drama and sizzling sensuality is what Sarah Morgan does best and The Forbidden Ferrara is certainly no exception! A gripping and passionate romantic tale with a deliciously saturnine hero I absolutely loved and a strong and sassy heroine readers will relate to and cheer for, this hugely enjoyable story of old rivalries, second chances and everlasting love continues to confirm Sarah Morgan’s standing as one of contemporary romance’s most gifted writers!(less)

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Jun 21, 2012 Tracie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I loved Once a Ferrara Wife... so I had high hopes for this book. Sadly it didn't live up to my expectations.

For about 3/4 of the book Santos is an unmitigated ass. He is unnecessarily cruel to Fia and controlling and demanding. It is his way or no way at all. Despite all evidence of Luca being well cared for he insults Fia's parenting and accuses her of all unthinkable things just because her last name and the family she came from.

I liked Fia in the beginning of the book. She worked hard to be...more

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Jun 17, 2012 Judy & Marianne from Long and Short Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I thought that Cristiano was a tough nut to crack but his brother, Santo has a more challenging situation to deal with in The Forbidden Ferrara as readers are treated to an unusual spin in this engaging romance. You know the old saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side”? In this story it’s the truth and the conflict is compelling and fascinating.

Imagine a woman who yearns for a family life filled with love, affection and...more Originally posted at: http://www.longandshortreviews.blogsp...

I thought that Cristiano was a tough nut to crack but his brother, Santo has a more challenging situation to deal with in The Forbidden Ferrara as readers are treated to an unusual spin in this engaging romance. You know the old saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side”? In this story it’s the truth and the conflict is compelling and fascinating.

Imagine a woman who yearns for a family life filled with love, affection and unconditional support. What she grew up with was pure dysfunction at its harshest; add in a poisonous feud between that perfect family and her own and readers will find a woman worth reading about. Fia’s strength of character comes through by her determination and focus in breaking the toxic shackles that bind her. She has reasons for her single minded pursuit of her ideal life and it becomes all too clear when both protagonists are together.

The way Santo is written fascinated me. At first, it was all about him; his feelings, his interpretations and how he justified his resulting actions. He feels strongly, passionately and hotly and yet he’s a man to be respected because no matter how livid he became, he remained rational, in control and never struck out in a physically vicious manner. He does have a sharp tongue though. I suppose calling him rational may be giving him too much credit. He's gobsmacked in this story and watching him transition from 100% business to 100% personal was quite fun. Then the author has him transitioning to seeing the other side of the coin and, being the man he is, he admitted his fallibility – sort of. It’s amazing how men of wealth and power can take a messy situation and iron it out with authority. Oh, to have that kind of chutzpah.

Ms. Morgan allows a reader to be in both Fia and Santo’s heads, and through their internal dialogues I was able to see how their relationship changed from viewing each other as adversaries to accomplices. It wasn’t an easy road to traverse because there are a few presumptions, assumptions and a lot of hard feelings to work through. The author made their emotional conflict believable and relatable. Certainly, the impetus for their forced collaboration was powerful and very dramatic. Yet, for all the heartache, uncertainty and mixed-up communication, their physical attraction could not be denied. That was made very clear to me. Their bodies knew what their minds could not accept. At least, not until all the clutter from that ages old family squabble gets sorted out. How that happens was not only a surprise for me, but a shock to Fia, the heroine. It was one of the nicest surprises in the story and I liked the twist.

It’s not all strife and stress. At times Santo is delightful as a puppy, eager to please and so excited … well, excited puppies have accidents. Over eager men make blunders and gaffs of epic proportions and Santo, the shark of a businessman, gets a ‘goober’ award for some of his choices. He alternates between being wonderful and romantic to being a clueless male. Very fun to watch.

The most romantic element came from making a dream come true. This isn’t a fairy tale so it wasn’t a simple, magical fix. It was messy, volatile and had many ups and downs but the ultimate payoff made reading this story worth every flip of the page. I even enjoyed the brief cameos of Dani, Santo’s sister and his older brother, Cristiano. This book is a standalone read, but since I read the previous one, it was nice to see how the other couple was doing – like a love check-up.

The Forbidden Ferrara once again illustrates why Ms. Morgan is one of my favorite authors. She writes about people that feel, that triumph over seemingly impossible odds, and celebrates the joys of new-found love. It’s a spicy sweet romance with thorns that kept me glued to its pages until the final love-filled moments. It’s an enjoyable read. (less)

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May 02, 2012 Saly rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I love the elder brother's story, sadly this didn't have the same emotional intensity and pull and ended up only being an average read. The h/H families have feuded for years mainly because the heroine's family isn't willing to let it go. Three years ago the h/H spent an explosive night together then all hell broke loose, her brother died and the hero was blamed even though it was her brother who had stolen his car.

Three years later the hero wants their families to end the feud and finds out tha...more

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Apr 24, 2012 RLA rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

3.5 stars

I have been waiting for this book to finally land in my hands for ages! I loved the first book in this duet by Sarah Morgan (Once a Ferrara Wife...), so I was pretty excited about this one.

I have to be honest and say that I was a little disappointed with this one. I'm not saying this is a bad book, it most definitely is not! I just felt it wasn't quite there.

I usually love a 'secret baby' book but there has to be a good reason for the baby being kept secret - in this book I don't really...more

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May 29, 2012 Mandi Schreiner rated it 3 of 5 stars

There is a nasty feud on the coast of Sicily between the Ferrara family and the Baracchi family. The two families hate each other for many reasons but that isn’t stopping Santino Ferrara from wanting to expand his hotel onto Baracchi land. His family thinks he is crazy and the Baracchi family would never in a million years sell their land to him. But what they don’t know is Santino and Fia Baracchi had a passionate night three years ago. When it was over, they both walked away and never spoke ag...more There is a nasty feud on the coast of Sicily between the Ferrara family and the Baracchi family. The two families hate each other for many reasons but that isn’t stopping Santino Ferrara from wanting to expand his hotel onto Baracchi land. His family thinks he is crazy and the Baracchi family would never in a million years sell their land to him. But what they don’t know is Santino and Fia Baracchi had a passionate night three years ago. When it was over, they both walked away and never spoke again. But Santino thinks he can influence her to sway her grandfather to sell his land.

But Fia has a secret. When they slept together that one time three years ago, nine months later she had his son. Santino’s heir has been living very close to him all this time and he had no idea. And when he barges into Fia’s restaurant and takes one look at the toddler, he knows he is his.

I enjoyed the previous book in this series, but this one isn’t as good in my opinion. I actually don’t mind a secret baby plot although I think it is important how events turn out once the baby is out in the open. It is pretty rotten to hide someone’s child from them and I’m not sure Fia’s reasons for being secretive sat well with me.

Santino is so alpha, that when he finds out Fia has been hiding his son from him, he loses it and demands she marry him. I felt like that was a little over the top, but expected from these Ferrara men. Fia resists at first, but then the next day she sees Santino playing with her son for a few minutes and magically thinks they all need to be together as a family. And then their relationship just didn’t unfold well for me. Santino is too bossy and domineering and I never felt like he loosened up at all throughout the book. I didn’t feel Fia’s love for him, maybe acceptance that he belonged in their child’s life, but not love. And likewise for Santino.

The feud between the families fizzles a little too. I don’t know, this one was just too over the top in testosterone and not enough romance for me.

Rating: C(less)

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May 15, 2012 Booklover rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This was a good read for me,liked the way Santo tries to make his marriage work but two things irritated me first

-Santo's reaction when he found out about Luca,if Fia was at fault for keeping the child then he is also equally at fault cause he never bothered to ask or check back after one month even if then Fia had kept the pregnancy then his reaction would have been justified

-Fia was very weak character,her jumping to conclusions and constantly thinking negative about herself frustrated me.

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May 07, 2013 Trudy Miner rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Ferraras and the Baracchis have been feuding for generations but Santino and Fia grew up together and one night they got together briefly. Now, three years later, Santino wants to buy Baracchi land for his hotel development and he comes to Fia's Beach Shack restaurant to discuss the matter with her where he gets the shock of his life! Forced into a marriage that she didn't want for Luca's sake, can Fia and Santino overcome their childhoods, bury the family feud and find love?

I loved this sto...more

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Oct 08, 2012 J.R. Newell rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book was a bit uneven for me. The first half was a pure category romance cliche (secret baby and a dominating alpha male hero insisting on marriage). But instead of meekly giving in to the hero's demands to get married, the heroine showed some spunk and stood up for what she believed was best for herself and her son. Of course, by the middle of the book, the marriage took place but after that is when the story really took off for the better. The relationship gained depth, the characters wen...more

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May 05, 2012 Vashti rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This is Fia's and Santino's book and while it did not have the emotional punch as Laurel and Christiano's story I enjoyed this one quite alot.Three years ago Fia and Santio spent an erotic night of sex and a pregnancy resulted .She never told him about the baby because there was contention between the two families.One night Santino shows up at her resturant and finds out he has a son.The story moves along nicely,progressing to the couple marring for the sake of Luca,their son.Fia carries around...more

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May 08, 2012 Sara HarlequinJunkie rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Ever since I read about dark smoldering Santo in Once a Ferrara wife, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book and Santo was delicious for use of a better word. Wow!

Back story: Santo and Fia’s family have feuded over the years, so it comes as a shock to Santo when he learns that one night of passion with Fia resulted in a pregnancy and a son he hasn’t know about for 3 yrs. Santo decides to make right by Fia and Luca and proposes...more

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May 21, 2012 Christine rated it 5 of 5 stars

The first page immediately grabbed my interest- the story is very intriguing and the descriptions are very accurate. Up to now all I can say is GREAT!!!

I just finished it- their passion leaps off the page! The plot is AMAZING! Will definitely read another book by Sarah Morgan. I just could not put this one down. I started reading it at about one in the morning and I thought that only half an hour had gone by, but when I looked at the alarm clock it was actually 3.30 - I could not be bothered!!!...more

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Aug 12, 2012 Alex Economides rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I love Italian heroes and the Ferrara brothers, Cristiano & Santo are absolutely fabulous. Having first met Santo Ferrara in the first book Once a Ferrara Wife I was really looking forward to his book.

This is such an emotional, gripping, romantic and passionate tale of two people with so many obstacles in their way to finding each other.

It’s like reading Romeo & Juliet just that here we have the bitter feud between the Ferrara & Barrachi families and Santo & Fia do not die at the...more I love Italian heroes and the Ferrara brothers, Cristiano & Santo are absolutely fabulous. Having first met Santo Ferrara in the first book Once a Ferrara Wife I was really looking forward to his book.

This is such an emotional, gripping, romantic and passionate tale of two people with so many obstacles in their way to finding each other.

It’s like reading Romeo & Juliet just that here we have the bitter feud between the Ferrara & Barrachi families and Santo & Fia do not die at the end!!!! There are so many secrets, misunderstandings and so much baggage that I first I wondered if these two people would find each other.

At times I became impatient with Fia’s reaction and behavior when she meets Santo again, not having seen him since they had spent a crazy night of passion years ago, which had repercussions that will tie their lives together and forever. What was the matter with her, I thought? But as I became more familiar with her I realized how much pain and sorrow she had felt being in such a dysfunctional family – being abandoned by her mother when she was a little girl, her cruel father and her brother’s deaths and left only with a grumpy grandfather in her life. I ached for her yearning to have her own loving family one day. I liked that Fia showed a bit of sassiness and wasn’t one of those “wimpy” heroines and

Santo has a huge and loving family and once he discovers that Fia has his son from their first and only night together, is determined to marry her and make her and their son, part of his family.
I did find Santo a bit overbearing at times and then he goes and does some amazing and sweet things for Fia – check rose petals!!!! Geez was I mad with Fia’s reaction to his romantic gesture!!!! The chemistry between these two is sizzling and hot with some really sensual and beautiful “get togethers”.

I got totally involved in these people who became so real to me…I wanted so much for them to find happiness together, for Fia finally finding people who loved and cared for her. I felt their pain, their love, their longing, their insecurities and finally their happiness.
The whole Italian family scenarios were so spot on….interfering and loving relatives, cousins and more cousins, aunts and uncles all giving advice and love…crazy and loving and so beautiful.
Oh yes, the last scene of the book is just too incredible for words. It's so beautiful and makes you realize what a person will do for someone they love and care for. Santo, you rock baby!!!!!!!!

What I love about this author, who is one of my favorite Mills & Boon’s authors is how she creates people, places, feelings that stay with you for a very long time. This is what great writing is all about – creating characters that you grow to love and want them to be happy and where love will win in the end. I would love to read more about the Ferrara’s – like their sister Dani, who is so engaging and endearing.

Book Synopsis:
A Ferrara should never share a bed with a Baracchi—however high the stakes!
Dark-hearted Santo Ferrara has always remembered how long-legged, hot-tempered Fia Baracchi felt in his arms—much to his frustration. Then a million-dollar business deal throws them together, and keeping his distance is no longer an option.
But Fia is living a lie. If it's ever discovered that her precious little son is Santino's heir, she'll be disowned—their families' feud is legendary! But her real fear? That she can't forget the scorching memories of her one night with the enemy—and that she still craves more.…(less)

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May 04, 2012 Tia rated it 4 of 5 stars

When the hero saw the heroine and discovered he had a son from one night of passion, he aimed to make it right. So he married not because he had t but because even when they were mere teenagers, he loved her. She loved him too, so she married him hoping he would eventually love her. When the misunderstandings get sorted out, things become clear, they were made for each other.

It was a totally sweet and enlightening book. I was uber glad to see another Ferrara book out there.

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Nov 14, 2012 Leona rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I so enjoyed this book...second chances is my favorite trope, and when in the hands of a writer like Sarah Morgan, you can't help but get a 5 star read.

I actually enjoyed this one more than the first book. I felt this one really delivered a much more loving story. For me, the first was a little too dark. Especially the way Christiano refused to take responsibility for abandoning his wife....The fact that he didn't take the time to truly understand what happened, lessened him. I also couldn't res...more

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Mar 14, 2013 Jenny rated it 4 of 5 stars

I hated the first book so I was very reluctant to read this one but I am glad I did. The first story had an awful heroine and a flat doormat hero so I couldn't connect with it. But this one was emotional and intense. It was a story full of chemistry, passion, true love and second chances to get it right and fighting for what you want.

I loved Santos from the moment he entered the story. He’s hot, sexy, possessive and 100% alpha. Most importantly he is instantly smitten with his son and becomes a...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Joanne rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed The Forbidden Ferrara though like many other reviewers, I think the first one (Once a Ferrara Wife) is better.

In saying that I just love Sarah Morgan's books :) and love her larger than life heroes who just smoulder with sexuality and literally walk off the page!

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May 20, 2012 Joy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow, this was my 2nd Sarah Morgan. I really really enjoyed and couldn't put it down. The story was really interesting, while you could virtually feel the main characters sizzle with chemistry. I couldn't put it down until I'd finished it. THat's how you know a book has got to you!

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Oct 25, 2012 Janice rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, favorites, ferrara-brothers, harlequin-presents, hp-challenge, keeper

2nd book in the Ferrara Brothers series. The first about Cristiano was very good, but this one about Santino was my favorite of the two. Santino is the ultimate alpha male but he's not cruel. The chemistry between Fia and Santino was smokin hot! Excellent hp.

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Aug 18, 2012 Ladyacct rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: shorts

Good story, strong characters both heroine (who was abused as a child) and hero (who is your typical HP alpha male). Made me laugh too which was a plus and no typo/editing issues.

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Jul 09, 2012 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, harlequin-presents, series-ferrara-brothers, rating-4_5-stars, location-italy, job-hotel-realestate-magnate, job-chef-cook-restaurateur, heat-level-r, read-in-2012, trope-childhood-trauma, trope-arranged-convenient-marriage, trope-others-against-relationship, trope-reunion-reconciliation, trope-secret-baby-child

Overall rating -- 4.5 stars

Really enjoyed this book! I would have rated it 5 stars except that I just couldn't give five stars to a modern HP that includes a (view spoiler).

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May 27, 2012 Jane Litte rated it 3 of 5 stars

Didn't like that Santos was written in such a way that he was always right and Fia was always wrong. Very domineering and Fia was wimpy, particularly for a Morgan heroine. Disappointed.

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Dec 15, 2012 willaful rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: reunited-or-have-history, same-old-same-old, forced-arranged-or-conv-marriage, star-crossed-or-forbidden-luv, pos-the-world-revolves-around-heroi, bye, angsty-goodness

If I hadn't already read a thousand secret baby HPs, I might really like this. I liked Fia, a successful but affection starved heroine from a very dysfunctional family. Her wistfulness about Santo's loving family is touching. Still, at its core it's the same old story -- you had my baby, now you must marry me! You only married me for the baby and you don't love me! Tired of it.

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May 05, 2012 ms bookjunkie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, harlequin-silhouette-m-b, romance, to-reread, contemporary

3.5 stars

*wipes tears* Man, that worked for me. Need to reread very soon.

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Jan 06, 2013 Susan Carlisle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wonderful book. Not to be missed Sarah Morgan in excellent here.

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