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Not Just a Convenient Marriage
Boda en Venecia… Sally Franklin fue a Venecia para encontrarse a sí misma… ¡no para casarse con el enigmático Damiano Ferrone! Sin embargo, ya fuera por la magia de la hermosa ciudad o por la atracción que Damiano ejercía sobre ella, Sally no pudo rechazar su proposición de matrimonio. Damiano necesitaba la madre perfecta para su hijo y para ello estaba dispuesto a un matrimonio de conveniencia. Pero no tardó en ver a Sally bajo una luz muy distinta y descubrió que había conseguido mucho más de lo que soñaba… ¡una esposa de verdad!
- GenresRomance
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published August 5, 2014
About the author
Lucy Gordon
699 books91 followersChristine Sparks was born in England, UK. She wanted to be a writer all her life, and began by working on a British women's magazine. As a features writer, she gained a wide variety of experience. She interviewed some of the world's most attractive and interesting men, including Warren Beatty, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Alec Guiness.
Single life was so enjoyable that she put marriage, and even romance, on the back burner, while she went about the world having a great time. Then, while on vacation in Venice, she met a tall, dark handsome Venetian artist, who changed all her ideas in a moment, and proposed on the second day. Three months later they were married. Her friends said a whirlwind romance would never last, but they celebrated their 25 anniversary, they are still married, still happy and in love.
After 13 years on the magazine Christine decided that it was now or never if she was ever going to write that novel. So she wrote Legacy of Fire which became a Silhouette Special Edition, followed by another, Enchantment in Venice. Then she did something crazy gave up her job. Since then she has concentrated entirely on writing romances for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette and has written over 75 books. Her settings have been European and her heroes mainly English or Italian. Christine now claims to be an expert on one particular subject. Italian men are the most romantic in the world. They are also the best cooks.
A few years ago she and her husband returned to Venice and lived there for a couple of years. This proved the perfect base for exploring the rest of Italy, and she has given many of her books Italian settings: Venice (of course), Rome, Florence, Milan, Sicily, Tuscany. She has also used the Rhine in Germany for Song of the Lorelei, for which she won her first RITA Award, in 1991. Her second RITA came in 1998, with His Brother's Child, set in Rome.
Eventually Christine Fiorotto and her husband returned to England, where they now live. She write and he paints, they have no children, but have a cat and a dog.
Single life was so enjoyable that she put marriage, and even romance, on the back burner, while she went about the world having a great time. Then, while on vacation in Venice, she met a tall, dark handsome Venetian artist, who changed all her ideas in a moment, and proposed on the second day. Three months later they were married. Her friends said a whirlwind romance would never last, but they celebrated their 25 anniversary, they are still married, still happy and in love.
After 13 years on the magazine Christine decided that it was now or never if she was ever going to write that novel. So she wrote Legacy of Fire which became a Silhouette Special Edition, followed by another, Enchantment in Venice. Then she did something crazy gave up her job. Since then she has concentrated entirely on writing romances for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette and has written over 75 books. Her settings have been European and her heroes mainly English or Italian. Christine now claims to be an expert on one particular subject. Italian men are the most romantic in the world. They are also the best cooks.
A few years ago she and her husband returned to Venice and lived there for a couple of years. This proved the perfect base for exploring the rest of Italy, and she has given many of her books Italian settings: Venice (of course), Rome, Florence, Milan, Sicily, Tuscany. She has also used the Rhine in Germany for Song of the Lorelei, for which she won her first RITA Award, in 1991. Her second RITA came in 1998, with His Brother's Child, set in Rome.
Eventually Christine Fiorotto and her husband returned to England, where they now live. She write and he paints, they have no children, but have a cat and a dog.
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April 16, 2017
Reading this book is like a trip to Venice and I loved it.
Heroine is a saint. Period.
Heroine is a saint. Period.
July 1, 2015
A trip to Venice for Sally Franklin and her brother turns out magically differently when they get to know Venetian Damiano Ferrone and his sweet little boy Pietro. Sally is beautiful inside and out, and Venice works its charms...
July 19, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this read. I haven't read anything by this author for a while, but this reminded me why I like her. It was a sweet love story. I like the creative use of masks (both literally and figuratively).
October 20, 2018
Rich man falls for poor woman. But the imagery of Venice and the descriptions/hisotry of Carnival masks in Venice was lovely. I would read another by the author but wouldn't go out of my way to find one.
October 5, 2018
3.5 Stars...
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February 13, 2015Not Just a Convenient Marriage by Lucy Gordon. I like the way that the author developed the characters and the relationship. Despite meeting and marrying in a short span of time, I totally understood why the hero and heroine were right for each other and why they both needed each other.
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January 12, 2016"The author captures the beauty of Venice to a tee and this romantic tale, although light on drama, will make readers swoon" (RT Book Reviews).
December 20, 2015
gostei!
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