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When Suzanne's friend Pietro invited her to visit his family in Italy, she expected a short, pleasant holiday. Certainly she had not foreseen that she would fall in love, swiftly and desperately, with Pietro's forbidding cousin Mazzaro di Falcone. But Mazzaro was married - albeit unhappily - with a child, and divorce was out of the question. Was there anything but heartbreak ahead of Suzanne?
153 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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Anne Mather
798 books358 followersAnne Mather is the pseudonym used by Mildred Grieveson, a popular British author of over 160 romance novels. She also signed novels as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming.
Mildred Grieveson began to write down stories in her childhood years. The first novel that she actually finished, Caroline (1965), was also her first book to be published. Her novel, Leopard in the Snow (1974), was developed into a 1978 film.
Mildred Grieveson began to write down stories in her childhood years. The first novel that she actually finished, Caroline (1965), was also her first book to be published. Her novel, Leopard in the Snow (1974), was developed into a 1978 film.
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September 2, 2020
In many ways, this is a typical tortured romance by Anne Mather, with the hero trapped in a terrible marriage by an Eeevvvil Wife, and an ingenue, virginal heroine who is instantly and desperately besotted with him. What elevated this story, at least for me, was the Epically wachtastic 1960s (or 1970s) fashion porn. Absolutely hilarious :)
The heroine arrives at hero's Italian castle straight from groovy London wearing her purple corduroy pants suit, which the hero's aunt looks disapprovingly upon since in her day, women weren't supposed to wear trousers.
So she tries to impress the hero by the more feminine attire of a silk jersey dress in shades of green, yellow, blue, and purple which clings to her straining breasts (lol), a gold medallion pendant, and cork-soled sandals.
OW is dressed head to toe in Gucci resort wear, but her best accessory is her much younger boy-toy that she shamelessly flaunts in front of her husband.
The hero though is the big winner in the fashion sweepstakes. This brooding Italian aristocrat positively knocks heroine's breath out with his tight fitting hide (HIDE!!!) pants and loose-fitting silk purple tunic with embroidered black motif, or his comparatively sober cream denim suit.
Oh and if you wonder how the author solved this love quadrangle betweenthe cook, the thief, his wife and her lover heroine, hero, hero's wife and her lover, author simply has the latter two die in a convenient plane crash, leaving the way clear for our adulterous pair. And voila happy ending and hopefully a lot more of those iconic fashion moments for the rest of their lives :)
The heroine arrives at hero's Italian castle straight from groovy London wearing her purple corduroy pants suit, which the hero's aunt looks disapprovingly upon since in her day, women weren't supposed to wear trousers.
So she tries to impress the hero by the more feminine attire of a silk jersey dress in shades of green, yellow, blue, and purple which clings to her straining breasts (lol), a gold medallion pendant, and cork-soled sandals.
OW is dressed head to toe in Gucci resort wear, but her best accessory is her much younger boy-toy that she shamelessly flaunts in front of her husband.
The hero though is the big winner in the fashion sweepstakes. This brooding Italian aristocrat positively knocks heroine's breath out with his tight fitting hide (HIDE!!!) pants and loose-fitting silk purple tunic with embroidered black motif, or his comparatively sober cream denim suit.
Oh and if you wonder how the author solved this love quadrangle between
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December 30, 2019
"Love me, Suzanne. Whatever happens!"
-Mazarro
I love the descriptions when the beautiful Suzanne Hunt is on a journey with her friend to visit his family in Italy.The mountains,trees and flowers made it all vivid,and its so easily to lure your imagnation into Anne Mather`s world.Suzanne feels strange emotions meeting her friends married cousin Mazzaro di Falcone-and soon knows when he sends her a flower the next morning that he feels the same.The romance is forbidden,and i loved it!Mazzaro`s wife is such a despicable bitch that i wanted to slap her out of the book and later on throttle her.Mazzaro`s ten year old daughter Elena was a delight to read about,i adored her shyness and obvious adoration for her father and Suzanne,and she clearly wanted them to end up together.
There is much passion and sexual tension without any sex-scenes which the author perfectly managed to convey.I wish Suzanne and Mazzaro all the happiness in the world in their Villa in Italy!
-Mazarro
I love the descriptions when the beautiful Suzanne Hunt is on a journey with her friend to visit his family in Italy.The mountains,trees and flowers made it all vivid,and its so easily to lure your imagnation into Anne Mather`s world.Suzanne feels strange emotions meeting her friends married cousin Mazzaro di Falcone-and soon knows when he sends her a flower the next morning that he feels the same.The romance is forbidden,and i loved it!Mazzaro`s wife is such a despicable bitch that i wanted to slap her out of the book and later on throttle her.Mazzaro`s ten year old daughter Elena was a delight to read about,i adored her shyness and obvious adoration for her father and Suzanne,and she clearly wanted them to end up together.
There is much passion and sexual tension without any sex-scenes which the author perfectly managed to convey.I wish Suzanne and Mazzaro all the happiness in the world in their Villa in Italy!
April 5, 2022
Usual married and older hero with young naive heroine who fall in love but can't marry because.
Because.
...
The hero here is an impoverished italian count who married an evil woman and has a 10 yo daughter.
The hero and his wife are basically separated but live together and the hero pretends to be crippled because he doesn't want to have sex with his wife.
That was fun.
And it was also fun the description of all those 70s fashion, from Gucci to Emilio Pucci, for a better review see Naksed.
The hero won't divorce his wife because he's afraid to lose his daughter, but eventually he decides to ask for separation and AM decides to solve her own way, that is, she kills the evil ow.
All is well in the end.
Not very much to say here, the book was written in the 70 and I would like to remind you all that divorce in Italy was allowed since 1970, and Italy was (and is still) a very catholic country, where divorce was and is considered not possible for a couple who married in church (!!!) so it's easy to understand that it was quite difficult to get a divorce at that time, and the law always favoured wives and gave them total custody of children.
So the hero would have had to give up his daughter to his evil and nasty wife, who tried to kill him when he had a ski accident and it's understandable that he shouldn't want to let his young daughter with that woman.
Thank god the author decided to solve it her way.
Because.
...
The hero here is an impoverished italian count who married an evil woman and has a 10 yo daughter.
The hero and his wife are basically separated but live together and the hero pretends to be crippled because he doesn't want to have sex with his wife.
That was fun.
And it was also fun the description of all those 70s fashion, from Gucci to Emilio Pucci, for a better review see Naksed.
The hero won't divorce his wife because he's afraid to lose his daughter, but eventually he decides to ask for separation and AM decides to solve her own way, that is, she kills the evil ow.
All is well in the end.
Not very much to say here, the book was written in the 70 and I would like to remind you all that divorce in Italy was allowed since 1970, and Italy was (and is still) a very catholic country, where divorce was and is considered not possible for a couple who married in church (!!!) so it's easy to understand that it was quite difficult to get a divorce at that time, and the law always favoured wives and gave them total custody of children.
So the hero would have had to give up his daughter to his evil and nasty wife, who tried to kill him when he had a ski accident and it's understandable that he shouldn't want to let his young daughter with that woman.
Thank god the author decided to solve it her way.
October 11, 2025
ITS SOOO GOOD!
That said: I love an age gap and I love a married hero. Sadly the latter is kinda hard to come across done well. Enter THIS married hero. Who is also smart and nice and Itaaaalian!!! Oh, yeah.
I found him hot! Reaaaal hot! (Note to hubby who will never read this: but not as hot as you dear) There’s something about Anne Mathers heroes that turns my brain into teenage fan girl mush. Somewhere in a reasonable part I know her heroes don’t look like the guy you’d be drooling over rl but the way she describes them. Repeat: Hot! Hot! Hot!
In tight-fitting hide pants and a loosely fitting tunic of purple silk embroidered with a black motif, he was an imposing adversary
Oh boy! I need therapy.
‘And do you mind if I take off my jacket?’
‘Of course not.’
As she set cups on a tray, Mazzaro came to the kitchen door. He had shed his jacket and unfastened his shirt almost to his waist.
The author earlier described him as having a ‘pelt of dark hair’ PELT! And he’s been invited for coffee. Literally. Coffee. Thankfully a page later he asks for the closest route to the bedroom.
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He ran a lazy hand over the darkness of his hair, putting a strain on the buttons of his shirt so that one parted to reveal the cloud of fine dark hair beneath.
That’s the afternoon walk in the park. And as at some point they are holding each other and she turns to kiss his chest:
her mouth and nose filled with his fine hair.
ROFL! There’s more descriptions of his chest hair than of her flowing golden locks. Anne Mather is the best author EVER!
Taking a step back into sanity. Suzanne is a nice heroine. She’s got spine, she’s got a job and she takes initiative. Had a couple of “She didn’t do that, did she?” moments I really enjoyed. She deserves more review space but I’m fangirling for Mazzaro.
Pietro was one of those unique <|%>*! that needs a punch for the readers satisfaction. Sadly he doesn’t get it. The story was good and I was hooked on trying to understand the family dynamics. No big mystery -I guessed the main bit- but nicely enough written to keep your interest.
That said: I love an age gap and I love a married hero. Sadly the latter is kinda hard to come across done well. Enter THIS married hero. Who is also smart and nice and Itaaaalian!!! Oh, yeah.
I found him hot! Reaaaal hot! (Note to hubby who will never read this: but not as hot as you dear) There’s something about Anne Mathers heroes that turns my brain into teenage fan girl mush. Somewhere in a reasonable part I know her heroes don’t look like the guy you’d be drooling over rl but the way she describes them. Repeat: Hot! Hot! Hot!
In tight-fitting hide pants and a loosely fitting tunic of purple silk embroidered with a black motif, he was an imposing adversary
Oh boy! I need therapy.
‘And do you mind if I take off my jacket?’
‘Of course not.’
As she set cups on a tray, Mazzaro came to the kitchen door. He had shed his jacket and unfastened his shirt almost to his waist.
The author earlier described him as having a ‘pelt of dark hair’ PELT! And he’s been invited for coffee. Literally. Coffee. Thankfully a page later he asks for the closest route to the bedroom.
I LOVE THE BOOKS I READ!
He ran a lazy hand over the darkness of his hair, putting a strain on the buttons of his shirt so that one parted to reveal the cloud of fine dark hair beneath.
That’s the afternoon walk in the park. And as at some point they are holding each other and she turns to kiss his chest:
her mouth and nose filled with his fine hair.
ROFL! There’s more descriptions of his chest hair than of her flowing golden locks. Anne Mather is the best author EVER!
Taking a step back into sanity. Suzanne is a nice heroine. She’s got spine, she’s got a job and she takes initiative. Had a couple of “She didn’t do that, did she?” moments I really enjoyed. She deserves more review space but I’m fangirling for Mazzaro.
Pietro was one of those unique <|%>*! that needs a punch for the readers satisfaction. Sadly he doesn’t get it. The story was good and I was hooked on trying to understand the family dynamics. No big mystery -I guessed the main bit- but nicely enough written to keep your interest.
January 27, 2015
I loved it. Heroine's unrequited love for a married man, his disability, his scars, his evil wife and heroine's many love interests made this a very angsty entertaining read!
May 1, 2013
سَ أعيشُ جنُونِي مثلَمآ أرِيدُه " أَنـَآ " ♥
دمتم بسلام
دمتم بسلام
June 12, 2017
Well this was pretty readable even if there was quite the heaping helping of insta love.
June 16, 2024
“The Medici Lover” is the story of Suzanne and Mazarro.
So this has it all: A count hero living in a castle, a smitten heroine, hero faking illness, an unscrupulous brother, an evil wife, a sweet daughter, loads of drama, chest hair and HEA.
it was ok!
SWE
3.5/5
So this has it all: A count hero living in a castle, a smitten heroine, hero faking illness, an unscrupulous brother, an evil wife, a sweet daughter, loads of drama, chest hair and HEA.
it was ok!
SWE
3.5/5
August 15, 2012
The hero and heroine met thanks to the heroes cousin Pietro. They had an instant attraction together but nothing could be done because the hero was already married to a vicious gold digging tramp who used her own daughter as collateral. The hero and heroine soon realize that they will give up almost anything to remain together and when a plane crash happens that dreams looks empty, or does it?
Great read, it was an emotional novel. I liked it!
Great read, it was an emotional novel. I liked it!
April 7, 2014
رواية رائعة بل اكثر احببت قوة البطلة واللقاء الاول وهي ترتدي اللون الاحمر وطريقة الكاتبه
جعلتني اراه امامي بعينيه الخضراوان ونظرته الحادة ,جميل كيف تطورت العلاقه بينهما وشعرت بحزنها عندما ظنت انه توفى ,روايه تقرأ لأكثر من مرة ومرة وايام جميله نقصي مع الرواية
جعلتني اراه امامي بعينيه الخضراوان ونظرته الحادة ,جميل كيف تطورت العلاقه بينهما وشعرت بحزنها عندما ظنت انه توفى ,روايه تقرأ لأكثر من مرة ومرة وايام جميله نقصي مع الرواية
May 6, 2015
بحب رومانسية روايات عبير بحبها فعلا :)
September 7, 2023
3.5 ⭐️ I didn’t round up as I don’t think I would read it again. However, I thought it was a well done story and I love the references to the 70’s. Some reviews to check out: Raffaella gives an overview with spoilers but I like the added information about Italians Catholicism and approach to marriage. People living in 2023 where divorce is common place may not realize that it wasn’t so simple once upon a time. Even today people hold to tradition and will not entertain divorce. Naksed gives a great review with pictures of seventies fashion that is spot on. I was a child of the seventies, and can remember wearing some mini versions of outfits. To this day, I am a huge fan of corduroy. Azet’ s review is what brought me to this story. I find we like a lot the same type of heroes/stories. I also enjoy many of Anne Mather’s stories although she is not for everyone. Her heroes are often dogs and sometimes, unlike other authors who have dog heroes, her heroes don’t seem as ott in love with the heroines.
Things I was wary of, loved, or found interesting
I was very wary of the fact that the H is married. He is very married except the relationship has been non-sexual for several years. They have a 10 year old daughter, and divorce is not being entertained as they are Italian Catholics living in the 70’s. The H would most likely lose his daughter to the wife who really shows no interest in the child.
Mazzarro, the hero, is in his late 30’s. About 3 years ago, he suffered a horrific skiing accident which left him scarred and unable to walk without the use of walking sticks. Although, despite his scarring and physical disability he still exudes a certain amount of animal magnetism which makes women take note. He owns a family villa in Italy which parts of are opened to the public as a museum certain times of the year. He ekes out a living from the estate, but refuses to part with artifacts that could bring in some money. His much younger cousin Pietro finds the hero’ lack of money grubbing to be a fault. Mazzaro hasn’t slept with his wife(or anyone else) in several years. Without a male heir the estates will be passed down to the cousin eventually.
Pietro, the cousin, befriends the heroine in England. He would like their friendship to become more, but she is not onboard with that. He brings her to Italy for a long weekend, probably hoping to change her mind. He may have also brought her as a misdirect to his cousin Mazzaro as it is obvious that Pietro and Mazzaro’s wife Sophia are rather affectionate with each other. Pietro’ s mom also lives at the estate and is not a fan of her son’s affection for his cousin’s wife.
Suzanne is the heroine. She is 24 and went with Pietro to avoid the affections of an older man back home. She keeps reiterating to Pietro that they are and will only be friends but the fact that she accepted an invitation to Italy with him, gives him hope for more. Upon arriving to the villa, Suzanne finds herself unwillingly drawn to the married hero Mazzaro. I think this is where AM does some of her best writing.
As Azet pointed out in her review, the chemistry and longing between these 2 jumps off the pages. The most they ever share in the story is a kiss, but one can feel the conflict each is fighting. She knows she needs to resist him as he is a married man. He knows that he needs to resist her because she is young and innocent. He knows that it would be wrong to offer her the position of mistress as he cannot offer her marriage. Although these two do not share tons of pages together, the time they spend on page is impactful. You know it is done right when you are rooting for two people to actually commit adultery. Especially, once we learn how truly horrible the wife Sophia is.
Sophia(wife/ow) snagged herself the hero over 13 years ago with her sexual prowess and unexpected pregnancy. Marriage ensued, but there was no baby nine months later. In fact, Elena their daughter wasn’t born til 3 years into the marriage. Sophia originally thought being married to a count would be thrilling, however our count wasn’t much into partying and money wasn’t as plentiful as she probably expected. She filled her days with countless affairs. From the sounds of it, the hero was faithful even knowing that his wife was sharing her charms with others. When his accident happened, he made sure to keep his wife at a distance. Here is the thing about Sophia, although she has the affairs she still wants to be sexed up by her husband. She is put out by the fact that he isn’t interested in her anymore.
Other characters:
Carlo, lover of Sophia who also tries to be one with the h
Elena, 10 year old daughter, she would love to replace her mom with the h. The mom has little to do with Elena and even the hero doesn’t spend as much time with his daughter since his accident. The aunt, Pietro’s mom, seems to be the one who takes charge of the daughter, but she is very old school and raises her like a nun. We also meet Fezik who the h has been trying to escape/avoid, but who is later a good friend.
We don’t learn the full viciousness of the wife Sophia til the last 20 percent of the book. AM makes sure to give her a proper goodbye, so our H and h can live together forever and ever.
OH the times: One of the reasons I love these older Harley’s, is because they give you a snapshot in time. In this case, the h has a conversation with her mom. The mother is worried that her daughter has become promiscuous and the topic of the birth control pill is brought up. The birth control pill was created in the 60’s and the mom tells the h that she needs to be chaste as the pill has not been around long enough and nobody knows what the long term effects of taking it would be. I found this humorous as I see and hear conversations about this when it pertains to current vaccinations etc…It is just a reminder that certain arguments over things have been around for a long time.
Overall I found this to be a good story to read. For people who like quick fixes and sex then this will be a no go for you.
Things I was wary of, loved, or found interesting
I was very wary of the fact that the H is married. He is very married except the relationship has been non-sexual for several years. They have a 10 year old daughter, and divorce is not being entertained as they are Italian Catholics living in the 70’s. The H would most likely lose his daughter to the wife who really shows no interest in the child.
Mazzarro, the hero, is in his late 30’s. About 3 years ago, he suffered a horrific skiing accident which left him scarred and unable to walk without the use of walking sticks. Although, despite his scarring and physical disability he still exudes a certain amount of animal magnetism which makes women take note. He owns a family villa in Italy which parts of are opened to the public as a museum certain times of the year. He ekes out a living from the estate, but refuses to part with artifacts that could bring in some money. His much younger cousin Pietro finds the hero’ lack of money grubbing to be a fault. Mazzaro hasn’t slept with his wife(or anyone else) in several years. Without a male heir the estates will be passed down to the cousin eventually.
Pietro, the cousin, befriends the heroine in England. He would like their friendship to become more, but she is not onboard with that. He brings her to Italy for a long weekend, probably hoping to change her mind. He may have also brought her as a misdirect to his cousin Mazzaro as it is obvious that Pietro and Mazzaro’s wife Sophia are rather affectionate with each other. Pietro’ s mom also lives at the estate and is not a fan of her son’s affection for his cousin’s wife.
Suzanne is the heroine. She is 24 and went with Pietro to avoid the affections of an older man back home. She keeps reiterating to Pietro that they are and will only be friends but the fact that she accepted an invitation to Italy with him, gives him hope for more. Upon arriving to the villa, Suzanne finds herself unwillingly drawn to the married hero Mazzaro. I think this is where AM does some of her best writing.
As Azet pointed out in her review, the chemistry and longing between these 2 jumps off the pages. The most they ever share in the story is a kiss, but one can feel the conflict each is fighting. She knows she needs to resist him as he is a married man. He knows that he needs to resist her because she is young and innocent. He knows that it would be wrong to offer her the position of mistress as he cannot offer her marriage. Although these two do not share tons of pages together, the time they spend on page is impactful. You know it is done right when you are rooting for two people to actually commit adultery. Especially, once we learn how truly horrible the wife Sophia is.
Sophia(wife/ow) snagged herself the hero over 13 years ago with her sexual prowess and unexpected pregnancy. Marriage ensued, but there was no baby nine months later. In fact, Elena their daughter wasn’t born til 3 years into the marriage. Sophia originally thought being married to a count would be thrilling, however our count wasn’t much into partying and money wasn’t as plentiful as she probably expected. She filled her days with countless affairs. From the sounds of it, the hero was faithful even knowing that his wife was sharing her charms with others. When his accident happened, he made sure to keep his wife at a distance. Here is the thing about Sophia, although she has the affairs she still wants to be sexed up by her husband. She is put out by the fact that he isn’t interested in her anymore.
Other characters:
Carlo, lover of Sophia who also tries to be one with the h
Elena, 10 year old daughter, she would love to replace her mom with the h. The mom has little to do with Elena and even the hero doesn’t spend as much time with his daughter since his accident. The aunt, Pietro’s mom, seems to be the one who takes charge of the daughter, but she is very old school and raises her like a nun. We also meet Fezik who the h has been trying to escape/avoid, but who is later a good friend.
We don’t learn the full viciousness of the wife Sophia til the last 20 percent of the book. AM makes sure to give her a proper goodbye, so our H and h can live together forever and ever.
OH the times: One of the reasons I love these older Harley’s, is because they give you a snapshot in time. In this case, the h has a conversation with her mom. The mother is worried that her daughter has become promiscuous and the topic of the birth control pill is brought up. The birth control pill was created in the 60’s and the mom tells the h that she needs to be chaste as the pill has not been around long enough and nobody knows what the long term effects of taking it would be. I found this humorous as I see and hear conversations about this when it pertains to current vaccinations etc…It is just a reminder that certain arguments over things have been around for a long time.
Overall I found this to be a good story to read. For people who like quick fixes and sex then this will be a no go for you.
December 7, 2015
Suzanne just wanted to get away for a few days and a co-worker asked her to go visit his family with him in Italy. She didn't know that he had told his Mother he was bringing his girl-friend. She hadn't even been out on a date with him. The whole family and the trip was a surprise from start to finish. All she wanted to do was go back to London to her job and apartment and forget them all. She wished she had never gone.
October 19, 2021
The heroines speech patterns irritated me so much that I lost interest in this, already boring, book. She echoed the last two words that are said to her and started every sentence like this: "But-but I love your injured skin." And "Why-why did you make love to me?" And it came fast and furiously at the end when she falls apart assuming H has died in plane crash.
August 30, 2018
I didn't like that he was a married man .....but it gave the story angst
March 22, 2024
A heroine who falls in love with a married man. I just read this again and I remember the cover of the original book from 1977. I read it back then and I thought it was awesome how they fall in love. I wasn't married back then so attitudes do change and while this is basically cheating, they made his wife such a terrible person that you actually rooted for the scuz bucket cheaters! lol. She was totally a piece of work. She got hers in the end at least but it was rather harsh. The little girl was sweet, but everyone else just seemed to be shady. Even her own Mother! Lol. And seriously I didn't see them fall in love. They were barely together except for the white bikini at the waterfall scene with his daughter but they still fell in love. Plus his chest hair and a Sophisticated cream denim suit with a silk green blouse for him, almost made me queazy! When she kissed the chest hair and felt it on her lips I almost died! Laughing! very dated but I do remember it with affection. I was one sick puppy back then for sure! Omg!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 3, 2022
Well, this was a... a book, certainly. In some respects it was extra-Gothic - old house, Italian family who hate each other, sullen neglected child, hero is horribly scarred and married - but in others it wasn't - Mather has to go to some pretty aggressive gyrations to explain why the heroine doesn't really care that the hero is married but the hero cannot possibly consider divorce. She does a good job building up the sexual tension between the two leads in some respects, but it all just seemed emotionally unhealthy and when the heroine flees back to London one wonders why she didn't do that sooner. The HEA is aggressively out-of-the-blue, and allows for no shades of gray - just in case anyone might be offended by the preceding hundred-odd pages of near-adultery.
November 13, 2024
Tall,dark,and handsome meets the girl of his dreams. Oops he's already married. I read this book as a teenager and I thought it was so romantic. I've read it as an adult and I loved it all over again!
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March 14, 2021
One of my favourites of hers when I read it as a young teen
SYNOPSIS:
An unexpected affair-When Suzanne's friend Pietro invited her to visit his family in Italy, she expected a short, pleasant holiday-nothing more. She had not foreseen that instead she would fall in love, swiftly and desperately, with Pietro's cousin, Mazzaro di Falcone, and that he would return her feeling. But Mazzaro was an aristocrat, the head of his family; he was married-albeit unhappily-with a child, and divorce seemed out of the question. Suzanne could be facing nothing but heartbreak-was Mazzaro worth the risk?
SYNOPSIS:
An unexpected affair-When Suzanne's friend Pietro invited her to visit his family in Italy, she expected a short, pleasant holiday-nothing more. She had not foreseen that instead she would fall in love, swiftly and desperately, with Pietro's cousin, Mazzaro di Falcone, and that he would return her feeling. But Mazzaro was an aristocrat, the head of his family; he was married-albeit unhappily-with a child, and divorce seemed out of the question. Suzanne could be facing nothing but heartbreak-was Mazzaro worth the risk?
June 9, 2021
Suzanne's decision to visit Villa Falcone was an impulse.
Suddenly she was thrust into a family whose passions and jealousies pervaded their ancestral Italian home.
Perhaps she had been meant to go, Suzanne thought later; otherwise she would never have met Mazzaro di Falcone, the brooding keeper of his ancient family's treasures.
Mazzaro burst into her complacent life like a bomb--and Suzanne knew she would never be the same again!
Suddenly she was thrust into a family whose passions and jealousies pervaded their ancestral Italian home.
Perhaps she had been meant to go, Suzanne thought later; otherwise she would never have met Mazzaro di Falcone, the brooding keeper of his ancient family's treasures.
Mazzaro burst into her complacent life like a bomb--and Suzanne knew she would never be the same again!
November 20, 2014
This was sorta mediocre.
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