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Innocent Wife, Baby of Shame
For Patrizio Trelini, everything points to Keira Worthington's infidelity. The ruthless Italian throws his temptress wife out―he won't listen to her lies!
But, two months later, necessity brings Keira back into Patrizio's life, and into his bed, although his heart remains cold.
With her marriage revived, Keira has one last chance to prove her innocence. But she's just discovered she's pregnant! Will Patrizio accept the truth―that Keira's having his child?
But, two months later, necessity brings Keira back into Patrizio's life, and into his bed, although his heart remains cold.
With her marriage revived, Keira has one last chance to prove her innocence. But she's just discovered she's pregnant! Will Patrizio accept the truth―that Keira's having his child?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
About the author
Melanie Milburne
930 books396 followersI grew up on a small farm on the outskirts of Sydney and as a keen horse rider, often competed in local gymkhanas and even broke in a few horses from time to time. As I was surrounded by animals, I decided at an early age to become a nurse, however I couldn’t stand the sight of blood and so opted for a career in teaching. It’s a bit ironic that I married a surgeon.
I read my first Mills & Boon novel when I was 17 and that encouraged me to continue reading romance novels; the lure of the tall dark handsome hero, who in reality I fell in love with and knew I was going to marry on our second date! After marrying a year later, we moved to Scotland with our six week old baby so my husband could work and study for his MD in surgery. After the birth of our second son we came back to Australia to settle in Tasmania.
I went back to University and up-graded my teaching diploma to a degree and then went on to do a Masters but still I felt as if something was missing. I sat down one day and began writing and everything clicked into place - I had finally found ‘my brilliant career’! I used to write from instinct rather than a specific plan, but now, so many books later I find a loose plan doesn't go astray. An idea will pop into my head, sometimes it will be just a simple phrase or a what if question and I'm away.
Writing is a skill that can be learned and the best way to learn it is to read and to write. So many people feel they have a novel in them and very probably they are right-the only trick is to get it out. My advice to ‘would be’ writers is to write, write, and write even more. Carry a notebook at all times and jot down ideas. And like any other activity the more you do, the more it feels comfortable.
I hope you enjoy my stories and look forward to hearing from you.
I read my first Mills & Boon novel when I was 17 and that encouraged me to continue reading romance novels; the lure of the tall dark handsome hero, who in reality I fell in love with and knew I was going to marry on our second date! After marrying a year later, we moved to Scotland with our six week old baby so my husband could work and study for his MD in surgery. After the birth of our second son we came back to Australia to settle in Tasmania.
I went back to University and up-graded my teaching diploma to a degree and then went on to do a Masters but still I felt as if something was missing. I sat down one day and began writing and everything clicked into place - I had finally found ‘my brilliant career’! I used to write from instinct rather than a specific plan, but now, so many books later I find a loose plan doesn't go astray. An idea will pop into my head, sometimes it will be just a simple phrase or a what if question and I'm away.
Writing is a skill that can be learned and the best way to learn it is to read and to write. So many people feel they have a novel in them and very probably they are right-the only trick is to get it out. My advice to ‘would be’ writers is to write, write, and write even more. Carry a notebook at all times and jot down ideas. And like any other activity the more you do, the more it feels comfortable.
I hope you enjoy my stories and look forward to hearing from you.
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March 2, 2017
Fuck this book.
Seriously, with a title that crazy I knew this was going to be a weird one, but this has taken the cake as the worst romance I have ever read.
Ranting, swearing, CAPSLOCK and major spoilers to follow, continue at your own risk.
This book makes me angry. I was consistently rolling my eyes, clenching my fists and wanting to hit my head against a brick wall while I was reading it. Seriously, there is so much highlighted on my kindle that was rage inducing that I may as well have highlighted the entire book.
To provide a little bit of clarity to my rage fueled thoughts, I'm going to take a leaf out of Carmen's book and do a Good, Bad and Ugly review.
The Good:
This is set in my home city of Melbourne. This was the only redeeming feature of this book. And even then - the descriptions of Melbourne are few and far between, and I'm not sure the author has ever actually been here since the way some things were described was very wooden and straight out of a travel book.
The Bad:
The sexual descriptions were horrid.
Keira describes her vagina as follows:
"her most secret place"
"her most feminine place"
"her swollen point of need" and it has "liquid longing weeping from the walls of her femininity"
WHY IS IT WEEPING?! Why is it sad? Oh, I know why it is sad, it's sad because it let Patrizio anywhere near it.
The lack of safe sex in this is terrible. And Patrizio is such a misogynistic asshole that he of course believes that contraception is purely the woman's responsibility. What about STD's you fucking douchecanoe? Oh, that's right, he is more worried about catching something from her than giving her something:
"I hope I'm not going to get some nasty little infection passed on from one of your many girlfriends."
"If anyone should be concerned about being infected, it should be me."
He is saying this, even though he is the one that went and banged other people after they separated:
"He had buried himself in several women since in an effort to expunge her from his memory."
Oh and let's not forget about his mistress that he had the audacity to sneak off to at the company function he attended with Keira. It wasn't stated on the page that he went and slept with the mistress after that, but the fact that he didn't come home to Keira, says it all.
The Ugly:
The misogyny in this book is alarming. Patrizio is a horrible person who has no respect for women, let alone his own wife. He slut shames his own wife every other chapter, sexually manipulates her, emotionally abuses her and physically abuses her repeatedly throughout this book. He has no redeeming qualities and never atones for his past behaviour. He is a piece of shit and if he were a real person I would hunt him down and kill him.
Let's check in on some of the lovely things our leading man says to his wife throughout the book, shall we?
Slut shaming:
"It wasn't Jamie's fault his older sister was a tramp"
"Where you opened your legs for him like the filthy little slut you are."
"You led me to believe you were a virgin. I realise now, of course, that was all an act. You only told me that to reel me in to marry you."
"I'm not going to do it. I am not going to taint myself with soiled goods."
"Because you just could not help yourself, right? Because you are a highly sensual woman who is always on the lookout for a playmate, right?"
At one point he even treats her like a whore and suggests that him buying her a car in exchange for having sex with him is an even trade.
GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU FUCKING PIG.
Sexual manipulation, emotional abuse and blackmail:
Patrizio is constantly playing with Keira's emotions. He will say one thing, then do something completely different. He will fuck her without any regard for her pleasure. And then when she does climax he has the audacity to demand to know who she was thinking about when she reached her peak. He constantly and consistently brings up her "transgression" with her "former lover", even in the middle of fucking her. Then he says lovely things to her like:
"You used me like a whore."
"If that is how you behave, what else do you expect?"
"You are nothing but a cheap little slut"
"You are a wanton witch. You cannot live without a man in your bed. I see the hunger in your eyes."
He blackmails her into staying in their marriage by threatening to stop paying her university fees and her brothers school fees. What a fucking charmer. Also he has no idea about consent:
"What you need to be considering is my consent."
"You have already given me your consent, we are still legally married, remember?"
NO, FUCKFACE. MARRIAGE DOES NOT EQUAL CONSENT.
He's also incredibly forceful and handsy with Keira which I am putting in the physical abuse category. He is constantly grabbing her, shaking her and touching her when she does not necessarily want his attentions. She is constantly flinching away from him:
"She shrank away from him, wincing as she physically prepared herself, her eyes closing as she waited for it."
Oh and when he went on a business trip and was out of town for a few days he had her followed because:
"It was within my interests to make sure you were not tempted to stray."
The women in this book seem to think that this type of behaviour is normal and perfectly acceptable. It is not . The housekeepers advice to Keira? "Just love him to bits." I don't know how she could ever love such a horrific imitation of a man, but she does. She will take any scrap of affection he deems to throw her way and she enjoys it.
"He no longer loved her but he desired her, which was the only compensation she could claim."
Keira is a downtrodden victim of emotional and physical abuse and I want so much better for her than what she got. She should own and be proud of her sexuality, not ashamed of going after pleasure with her own husband. I am saddened by the way women, sexuality and relationships were portrayed in this book. It's alarming that this was written by a woman and that it manages to have a 3.27 rating on Goodreads.
Tl;dr - The worst romance I have ever read. Our leading lady is slut-shamed repeatedly throughout the book and the leading man is a misogynistic asshole. Do not read it. I do not recommend it.
Negative one million stars
Val, don't do it.
Seriously, with a title that crazy I knew this was going to be a weird one, but this has taken the cake as the worst romance I have ever read.
Ranting, swearing, CAPSLOCK and major spoilers to follow, continue at your own risk.
This book makes me angry. I was consistently rolling my eyes, clenching my fists and wanting to hit my head against a brick wall while I was reading it. Seriously, there is so much highlighted on my kindle that was rage inducing that I may as well have highlighted the entire book.
To provide a little bit of clarity to my rage fueled thoughts, I'm going to take a leaf out of Carmen's book and do a Good, Bad and Ugly review.
The Good:
This is set in my home city of Melbourne. This was the only redeeming feature of this book. And even then - the descriptions of Melbourne are few and far between, and I'm not sure the author has ever actually been here since the way some things were described was very wooden and straight out of a travel book.
The Bad:
The sexual descriptions were horrid.
Keira describes her vagina as follows:
"her most secret place"
"her most feminine place"
"her swollen point of need" and it has "liquid longing weeping from the walls of her femininity"
WHY IS IT WEEPING?! Why is it sad? Oh, I know why it is sad, it's sad because it let Patrizio anywhere near it.
The lack of safe sex in this is terrible. And Patrizio is such a misogynistic asshole that he of course believes that contraception is purely the woman's responsibility. What about STD's you fucking douchecanoe? Oh, that's right, he is more worried about catching something from her than giving her something:
"I hope I'm not going to get some nasty little infection passed on from one of your many girlfriends."
"If anyone should be concerned about being infected, it should be me."
He is saying this, even though he is the one that went and banged other people after they separated:
"He had buried himself in several women since in an effort to expunge her from his memory."
Oh and let's not forget about his mistress that he had the audacity to sneak off to at the company function he attended with Keira. It wasn't stated on the page that he went and slept with the mistress after that, but the fact that he didn't come home to Keira, says it all.
The Ugly:
The misogyny in this book is alarming. Patrizio is a horrible person who has no respect for women, let alone his own wife. He slut shames his own wife every other chapter, sexually manipulates her, emotionally abuses her and physically abuses her repeatedly throughout this book. He has no redeeming qualities and never atones for his past behaviour. He is a piece of shit and if he were a real person I would hunt him down and kill him.
Let's check in on some of the lovely things our leading man says to his wife throughout the book, shall we?
Slut shaming:
"It wasn't Jamie's fault his older sister was a tramp"
"Where you opened your legs for him like the filthy little slut you are."
"You led me to believe you were a virgin. I realise now, of course, that was all an act. You only told me that to reel me in to marry you."
"I'm not going to do it. I am not going to taint myself with soiled goods."
"Because you just could not help yourself, right? Because you are a highly sensual woman who is always on the lookout for a playmate, right?"
At one point he even treats her like a whore and suggests that him buying her a car in exchange for having sex with him is an even trade.
GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU FUCKING PIG.
Sexual manipulation, emotional abuse and blackmail:
Patrizio is constantly playing with Keira's emotions. He will say one thing, then do something completely different. He will fuck her without any regard for her pleasure. And then when she does climax he has the audacity to demand to know who she was thinking about when she reached her peak. He constantly and consistently brings up her "transgression" with her "former lover", even in the middle of fucking her. Then he says lovely things to her like:
"You used me like a whore."
"If that is how you behave, what else do you expect?"
"You are nothing but a cheap little slut"
"You are a wanton witch. You cannot live without a man in your bed. I see the hunger in your eyes."
He blackmails her into staying in their marriage by threatening to stop paying her university fees and her brothers school fees. What a fucking charmer. Also he has no idea about consent:
"What you need to be considering is my consent."
"You have already given me your consent, we are still legally married, remember?"
NO, FUCKFACE. MARRIAGE DOES NOT EQUAL CONSENT.
He's also incredibly forceful and handsy with Keira which I am putting in the physical abuse category. He is constantly grabbing her, shaking her and touching her when she does not necessarily want his attentions. She is constantly flinching away from him:
"She shrank away from him, wincing as she physically prepared herself, her eyes closing as she waited for it."
Oh and when he went on a business trip and was out of town for a few days he had her followed because:
"It was within my interests to make sure you were not tempted to stray."
The women in this book seem to think that this type of behaviour is normal and perfectly acceptable. It is not . The housekeepers advice to Keira? "Just love him to bits." I don't know how she could ever love such a horrific imitation of a man, but she does. She will take any scrap of affection he deems to throw her way and she enjoys it.
"He no longer loved her but he desired her, which was the only compensation she could claim."
Keira is a downtrodden victim of emotional and physical abuse and I want so much better for her than what she got. She should own and be proud of her sexuality, not ashamed of going after pleasure with her own husband. I am saddened by the way women, sexuality and relationships were portrayed in this book. It's alarming that this was written by a woman and that it manages to have a 3.27 rating on Goodreads.
Tl;dr - The worst romance I have ever read. Our leading lady is slut-shamed repeatedly throughout the book and the leading man is a misogynistic asshole. Do not read it. I do not recommend it.
Negative one million stars
Val, don't do it.
May 10, 2022
Note to myself: when browsing through Scribd always check Goodreads BEFORE you read a book! Never again. Never again....
I read it again!!!! What the heck was I thinking. I cried through the entire book. And the worst thing was, that he was the cheater. They were only apart two months, two freaking months and he already had slept with several women. He even had a mistress/girlfriend that he slept with the day before he got back with his wife. He planned to go back to her after the fake six week reconciliation. And you know the real WTF moment was? At the end, when his cheating wasn't even addressed??? HE cheated. They were still married and all those vile nasty things he said. He apologized for them, but never mentioned that he had been a manwhore for those 60 days apart. And Merrick the lying disgusting POS that was her friend? She forgave him. OMG. MY stomach hurts so bad. I can't stop thinking about how she forgave all three of the evil men in her life. Her Father, Her husband and her best friend. Far far better person than me. I would have. been on an episode of Snapped for sure. I just can't even believe it was never addressed. I remember the first time I read it I kept hoping he would say he lied about the OW but he never did. I was just so disgusted by him. I cannot believe this story. It is awful. So why the heck did I read it again? Because I am an idiot. Even this time I still kept hoping there would be a clarification or at least a grovel but no, he never paid for his crimes. I don't think I would ever forgive him. She was just so naive and just so self loathing. I really really hate this book. I am deleting it from my Kindle completely. I am just so angry at myself for reading it again.
This is another case of a very effective writer that made me have the feels, made me cry, made me hurt but the plot was just so disappointing and totally heartbreaking for me. I know cheating is my big trigger for many reasons and that I am a circus freak about it, so again this is just my personal opinion. Don't hate me. The writing was good but I just wish that we'd seen groveling or something. Saying I am going to be sorry for a long time. just doesn't cut it for me.
p.s. I do believe on my Snapped version of this story, they would never have found his body, ever, and she would get all his money and a new man who was worthy of her. Maybe not Snapped because they always get caught, but a Lifetime movie perhaps??? Something to think about. lol
p.s.s. Another rant sorry. And the world still thinks she is a slutty cheater!!!! That is just not right. I think Ms. Milburne needs to add an epilogue where the Freaking BEST Friend has to confess it to the whole world, and the Hero would say that he never slept with any of those women.. I cannot believe that wasn't addressed. I would have jumped out of my sick bed and body slammed him to the floor and then poured bleach all over him. I could go on and on but believe me that is just so irritating. I need to go read a Garwood or a good serial killer book and move on.
I know, Circus Freak for sure. Sorry.
I read it again!!!! What the heck was I thinking. I cried through the entire book. And the worst thing was, that he was the cheater. They were only apart two months, two freaking months and he already had slept with several women. He even had a mistress/girlfriend that he slept with the day before he got back with his wife. He planned to go back to her after the fake six week reconciliation. And you know the real WTF moment was? At the end, when his cheating wasn't even addressed??? HE cheated. They were still married and all those vile nasty things he said. He apologized for them, but never mentioned that he had been a manwhore for those 60 days apart. And Merrick the lying disgusting POS that was her friend? She forgave him. OMG. MY stomach hurts so bad. I can't stop thinking about how she forgave all three of the evil men in her life. Her Father, Her husband and her best friend. Far far better person than me. I would have. been on an episode of Snapped for sure. I just can't even believe it was never addressed. I remember the first time I read it I kept hoping he would say he lied about the OW but he never did. I was just so disgusted by him. I cannot believe this story. It is awful. So why the heck did I read it again? Because I am an idiot. Even this time I still kept hoping there would be a clarification or at least a grovel but no, he never paid for his crimes. I don't think I would ever forgive him. She was just so naive and just so self loathing. I really really hate this book. I am deleting it from my Kindle completely. I am just so angry at myself for reading it again.
This is another case of a very effective writer that made me have the feels, made me cry, made me hurt but the plot was just so disappointing and totally heartbreaking for me. I know cheating is my big trigger for many reasons and that I am a circus freak about it, so again this is just my personal opinion. Don't hate me. The writing was good but I just wish that we'd seen groveling or something. Saying I am going to be sorry for a long time. just doesn't cut it for me.
p.s. I do believe on my Snapped version of this story, they would never have found his body, ever, and she would get all his money and a new man who was worthy of her. Maybe not Snapped because they always get caught, but a Lifetime movie perhaps??? Something to think about. lol
p.s.s. Another rant sorry. And the world still thinks she is a slutty cheater!!!! That is just not right. I think Ms. Milburne needs to add an epilogue where the Freaking BEST Friend has to confess it to the whole world, and the Hero would say that he never slept with any of those women.. I cannot believe that wasn't addressed. I would have jumped out of my sick bed and body slammed him to the floor and then poured bleach all over him. I could go on and on but believe me that is just so irritating. I need to go read a Garwood or a good serial killer book and move on.
I know, Circus Freak for sure. Sorry.
November 15, 2017
and that is really all I got for this....
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 24, 2016
I hate this book. It needs to die a long suffering death.
What doesn't it have?
A stupid, strident heroine, Keira, perhaps one of the most immature h ever and that's saying something. She's either screaming hysterically at the H or screaming during sex. Yawn. Needs to die.
Cruel, sadistic bastard of a hero, frickin' Patrizio. He thinks she's cheated on him and he calls her slut, whore. Tells her he would catch a disease if he slept with her because of all the other...well you get the picture. Then has sex with her. Die, you SOB, die.
Keira's parents are a piece of work as well, unsupportive and critical. Horrible. Expire, por favor.
Even her guy best friend.If you can't rely on your fictional best friend from childhood, who can you rely on?
Only good characters were her little brother Jamie and the maid. Maybe they can get together for March/December romance. Oh yeah, the H did not rape her, but every other trope occurred and not in the fun way.
The worst thing! I already read this once. Forgot about it and then read it again.
What doesn't it have?
A stupid, strident heroine, Keira, perhaps one of the most immature h ever and that's saying something. She's either screaming hysterically at the H or screaming during sex. Yawn. Needs to die.
Cruel, sadistic bastard of a hero, frickin' Patrizio. He thinks she's cheated on him and he calls her slut, whore. Tells her he would catch a disease if he slept with her because of all the other...well you get the picture. Then has sex with her. Die, you SOB, die.
Keira's parents are a piece of work as well, unsupportive and critical. Horrible. Expire, por favor.
Even her guy best friend.If you can't rely on your fictional best friend from childhood, who can you rely on?
Only good characters were her little brother Jamie and the maid. Maybe they can get together for March/December romance. Oh yeah, the H did not rape her, but every other trope occurred and not in the fun way.
The worst thing! I already read this once. Forgot about it and then read it again.
June 29, 2021
HA! Agent Scully and Vintage have dubbed this Innocent Readers, Characters of Shame . I, however, am not an innocent reader since I dove into this well-warned.
Yes, the hero is hurtful and mean and said he had a tit-for-tat sexual relationship while they were separated.
And yes, the heroine is confused as to whether she slept with her bf that night, but she believes him because he was her bf from childhood.
And yes, this is Melanie Milburne's trademark heroine who beats herself up and wallows in the guilt.
And of course the heroine's mother had the same thing happen to her when she was a newlywed, which is why her dad is so horrible.
And gay bff is sorry - no sooory. He's moving to Canada to be all gay and stuff.
Hero is also sorry - but he never mentions the other women. Hmmm?
Heroine has been sorry all along.
Hero's nephew and heroine's brother are not sorry for faking their fight.
Me? Am I sorry I read it? Nope this one was ridiculous, but the OTT emotions were about right for a MM story.
Yes, the hero is hurtful and mean and said he had a tit-for-tat sexual relationship while they were separated.
And yes, the heroine is confused as to whether she slept with her bf that night, but she believes him because he was her bf from childhood.
And yes, this is Melanie Milburne's trademark heroine who beats herself up and wallows in the guilt.
And of course the heroine's mother had the same thing happen to her when she was a newlywed, which is why her dad is so horrible.
And gay bff is sorry - no sooory. He's moving to Canada to be all gay and stuff.
Hero is also sorry - but he never mentions the other women. Hmmm?
Heroine has been sorry all along.
Hero's nephew and heroine's brother are not sorry for faking their fight.
Me? Am I sorry I read it? Nope this one was ridiculous, but the OTT emotions were about right for a MM story.
November 18, 2011
Just ignore the book,it was so horrible
I was like this,wanna save your head avoid the book
Do Not Recommend it
I was like this,wanna save your head avoid the book
Do Not Recommend it
September 19, 2016
I wanted A bigger grovel scene and an epic one!!! He treats like shit is whoring around like there is no tomorrow and after a few days. He is an asshole and I totally hated him. I would have hired a hit man on him so fast. I hated him so much. While she was wearing the hair shirt for something even if she had done it, which she didn't, was not as big a betrayal as what he had done!! Where do they get the sense of entitlement when they treat their wife like shit to be all sanctimonious because their wife are doing what they are doing themselves!!! How many mistresses did he have or sleep with??? I will never read this book again, it just got me soooo pissed I wanted to hit something. Why are the woman so forgiving? I guess I am a vengeful bitch cause I would make his life a living hell and take him to the cleaners royally!!! Do not recommend!
January 3, 2010
I felt sorry for the heroine, thought the hero was an absolute ass, and spent much of my reading time pulling my hair out! The heroine takes the blame – not to mention the public ridicule – for something you later find that she didn’t do. This is probably where the “Innocent Wife” part of the title comes from. Anyway, the hero offers her a six-week reconciliation before they finalize their very, very messy divorce. The reasons for it were rather ridiculous to me, but it served to get guy and girl together in one place, so I was willing to go with it. What I wasn’t willing to go along with was the hateful way the hero treated his wife. His treatment of her was insulting and bordered on sexual and emotional abuse. I could not see why the woman loved him at all.
I didn’t like the double standard to the story either. It really bothered me that the hero slept around during their very, very short separation, while they were still legally married, and that he took great pleasure in telling his wife about it. Never once does she call him on this, not even after they find that she never cheated on him in the first place! He accuses her of destroying his love because she gave herself to another man, but his sleeping around is okay and doesn’t even warrant an apology in the end? This issue is never resolved and the unfairness and stupidity of it left me feeling very sullen and disappointed.
I found this a hard story to rate. I want to give it 1 star because of all the issues I had with it, but I must admit that it was very well-written and the plot was quite intricate. The author did a very good job of feeding me little tidbits of info as the story went along, little things that furthered the story and broadened the mystery of what actually happened between the heroine and the guy she allegedly slept with. I suppose, just for that, I should give it an extra star – although it’s a grudgingly given one.
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I didn’t like the double standard to the story either. It really bothered me that the hero slept around during their very, very short separation, while they were still legally married, and that he took great pleasure in telling his wife about it. Never once does she call him on this, not even after they find that she never cheated on him in the first place! He accuses her of destroying his love because she gave herself to another man, but his sleeping around is okay and doesn’t even warrant an apology in the end? This issue is never resolved and the unfairness and stupidity of it left me feeling very sullen and disappointed.
I found this a hard story to rate. I want to give it 1 star because of all the issues I had with it, but I must admit that it was very well-written and the plot was quite intricate. The author did a very good job of feeding me little tidbits of info as the story went along, little things that furthered the story and broadened the mystery of what actually happened between the heroine and the guy she allegedly slept with. I suppose, just for that, I should give it an extra star – although it’s a grudgingly given one.
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February 10, 2023
I was very disappointed with how easily the husband got off the hook in the end. I mean, it is harlequin romance, so I expect that forgiveness and a reconciliation are going to be the end result and I’m perfectly fine with that. However, I do expect some excellent groveling and a little angst after all that buildup. Unfortunately, this story failed to deliver that for me. After everything regarding the wife’s alleged infidelity was out in the open the author never even addressed all of the husband’s misdeeds, of which there were MANY. It ended abruptly and left me feeling frustrated. I just wanted to scream, “Are you SERIOUS!” and throw my Kindle across the room.
February 12, 2023
First read: 18 May, 2021. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Second read: 12 February, 2023. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Patrizio is my ALL TIME FAVORITE HP HERO. I swearrrrr the respect I have for this man for showing his love for his cheating wife in the only way he knew how, by slut shaming and throwing asides at her every chance he got and then groveling for only a page or two. Purrrrr, my boy. You have nothing to be sorry for. If only I could find 3 or 4 more fictional heroes that match Patrizio’s energy I would die a happy person.
And I only just realized it the second time around BUT Keira is such a dummy; every time Patrizio confronted her about her alleged unfaithfulness and gave her an opening to potentially absolve herself of a mistake she didn’t remember committing, she just told him that she HAD cheated on him and she based all these convictions on the fact that the sheets in which she had found herself naked the next morning were R U M P L E D. You’d think maybe finding a discarded condom or semen would have been more concrete evidence of her adultery, but apparently rumpled sheets are just as damning. I need this girl’s morals. And her husband too. 🥰
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Hell hath no fury like an Italian man scorned (and betrayed).
This book is the queen of all HP books. It is a gem. A treasure. A work of art. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed an HP book this much without feeling the itch to skim or skip the pages. It was probably because the H was an A-grade asshole and there was no groveling until the last 10 pages.
Keira finds some incriminating pictures of her husband with his part-time business assistant. Distraught with misery and shattered by his betrayal, she lies and tells him she is in love with another man (not a very good lie in hindsight) and asks him for a divorce. Affronted by such callous accusations and her confession, Patrizio’s primal instinct is to...bang her? You know to give her something to remember him by. Hmm, yum.
Besides herself with despair, Keira approaches her closet friend, Garth, and in a state of inebriation, makes the mistake of sleeping with him. Matters get worse when Patrizio finds her naked in Garth’s bed. Though, judging by the book’s title anyone can make a guess if she did or didn’t sleep with him. 😬
Anyhow, 2 months later Patrizio offers Keira a six-week reconciliation where they will live as man and wife and sleep in the same bed, but not have any kind of sexual relation, because Patrizio loathes Keira and has no desire of sharing his body with her. And can you guess if he held true to his word? You guessed it right, my folks. One taste of Keira had our boy unzipping his pants and whipping out his shlong. Not that I was complaining, I thoroughly enjoyed their sexual reunion.
Patrizio never missed the chance to slut-shame Keira (definitelynot the reason for the 5 star rating☺️). Lucky, ahem, poor Keira had to suffer lots of verbal abuse, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I loved every second of it. Sorry not sorry.
Hmm, double yum!
Patrizio can have my babies (I mean if he wants to have babies with me. Guess I would have to sleep with my best friend to get him to fall hopelessly in love with me. Yikes.)
Second read: 12 February, 2023. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Patrizio is my ALL TIME FAVORITE HP HERO. I swearrrrr the respect I have for this man for showing his love for his cheating wife in the only way he knew how, by slut shaming and throwing asides at her every chance he got and then groveling for only a page or two. Purrrrr, my boy. You have nothing to be sorry for. If only I could find 3 or 4 more fictional heroes that match Patrizio’s energy I would die a happy person.
And I only just realized it the second time around BUT Keira is such a dummy; every time Patrizio confronted her about her alleged unfaithfulness and gave her an opening to potentially absolve herself of a mistake she didn’t remember committing, she just told him that she HAD cheated on him and she based all these convictions on the fact that the sheets in which she had found herself naked the next morning were R U M P L E D. You’d think maybe finding a discarded condom or semen would have been more concrete evidence of her adultery, but apparently rumpled sheets are just as damning. I need this girl’s morals. And her husband too. 🥰
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Hell hath no fury like an Italian man scorned (and betrayed).
This book is the queen of all HP books. It is a gem. A treasure. A work of art. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed an HP book this much without feeling the itch to skim or skip the pages. It was probably because the H was an A-grade asshole and there was no groveling until the last 10 pages.
Keira finds some incriminating pictures of her husband with his part-time business assistant. Distraught with misery and shattered by his betrayal, she lies and tells him she is in love with another man (not a very good lie in hindsight) and asks him for a divorce. Affronted by such callous accusations and her confession, Patrizio’s primal instinct is to...bang her? You know to give her something to remember him by. Hmm, yum.
“He spun her around, her hands flat against the door, her skirt hitched up around her waist, the tiny barrier of her lacy knickers shoved to one side as he drove into her slick moistness with fast-paced deep thrusts that had her whimpering in pleasure within seconds.
She was still trying to get her breathing back in order when he withdrew from her. She slowly turned around, hot colour coursing through her at her own wanton weakness.
‘That should give you something to remember me by,’ he said in a flinty tone as he re-zipped his trousers.”
Besides herself with despair, Keira approaches her closet friend, Garth, and in a state of inebriation, makes the mistake of sleeping with him. Matters get worse when Patrizio finds her naked in Garth’s bed. Though, judging by the book’s title anyone can make a guess if she did or didn’t sleep with him. 😬
Anyhow, 2 months later Patrizio offers Keira a six-week reconciliation where they will live as man and wife and sleep in the same bed, but not have any kind of sexual relation, because Patrizio loathes Keira and has no desire of sharing his body with her. And can you guess if he held true to his word? You guessed it right, my folks. One taste of Keira had our boy unzipping his pants and whipping out his shlong. Not that I was complaining, I thoroughly enjoyed their sexual reunion.
“He lifted his mouth from her breast to look into her eyes. ‘You are the only person who can reduce me to this within seconds,’ he said. ‘I swore I would not touch you, but now that I have I do not want to stop.”
Patrizio never missed the chance to slut-shame Keira (definitely
“You used me like a whore.’
His top lip tilted insolently. ‘If that is how you behave, what else do you expect?”
“He caught her by the arm and turned her to face him. ‘You are exactly as my nephew described you,’ he bit out. ‘A filthy little slut who—”
“But I am not going to do it,’ Patrizio said, moving away from her. ‘I am not going to taint myself with soiled goods.”
Hmm, double yum!
Patrizio can have my babies (I mean if he wants to have babies with me. Guess I would have to sleep with my best friend to get him to fall hopelessly in love with me. Yikes.)
November 17, 2018
Quick opinion: this book is icky and not in a fun way. I would not advise wasting one's time on it.
Setup: Angry millionaire businessman was in the process of divorcing his demoralized wife for her infidelity, but now they have to fake a reconciliation because his nephew and her younger brother are feuding at school over the breakup and are risking their academic futures.
Everything that is wrong with the book:
• The hero is a slut-shaming hypocrite who doesn't understand the concept of consent. (Although I am obliged to note he isn't actually a rapist in this book.) Please see Dino-Jess's review for more detail delivered with greater ferocity and better formatting.
• The heroine is a clump of damp tissue.
• The OW is a waste of those two letters. The hero's sex life during the break was better served as a series of nameless (to the reader) hookups. Giving it form and a name simply raised my expectations, which weren't met. They weren't even approached. Dear authors: I am your litmus test. If you can't get me to rise emotionally to your OW bait, you've done it wrong.
• The best friend OM was . I owe an apology to Myra from Night of Possession for calling her the worst friend ever. Myra, you're a saint and a chum.
• Everything is fixed when both the hero and and the heroine learn the truth at the 96% mark and HEA. No actual (clearly necessary) growth took place during their fake reconciliation, which consisted entirely of the hero saying filthy things to the invertebrate heroine before, during, and after repeated sexual encounters because they do have mutual lust on their side.
Half-hearted analysis: I feel as if Milburne is trying to reproduce vintage Lynne Graham (The Veranchetti Marriage, The Cozakis Bride, The Mistress Wife) without understanding how Lynne Graham works. Or she's like those hurt/comfort fanfic authors who are really all about the hurt.
So I wasn't even going to review this book because I don't care enough about any of the characters to be sad or for my angry reactions to stick around. It's an evaporating anger. Then I remembered where I had heard the author's name before: in an SBTB podcast interview with Kate Cuthbert on the topic of "breaking up with damaging conventions in romance." Cuthbert gave a keynote speech at RWA Australia that referenced a speech Milburne had given at the Australian Romance Reader Awards.
This must be one of those books. This MUST be one of those books. Based on the hearsay evidence of this speech, I feel obligated to give Milburne another try. Eventually.
Setup: Angry millionaire businessman was in the process of divorcing his demoralized wife for her infidelity, but now they have to fake a reconciliation because his nephew and her younger brother are feuding at school over the breakup and are risking their academic futures.
Everything that is wrong with the book:
• The hero is a slut-shaming hypocrite who doesn't understand the concept of consent. (Although I am obliged to note he isn't actually a rapist in this book.) Please see Dino-Jess's review for more detail delivered with greater ferocity and better formatting.
• The heroine is a clump of damp tissue.
• The OW is a waste of those two letters. The hero's sex life during the break was better served as a series of nameless (to the reader) hookups. Giving it form and a name simply raised my expectations, which weren't met. They weren't even approached. Dear authors: I am your litmus test. If you can't get me to rise emotionally to your OW bait, you've done it wrong.
• The best friend OM was . I owe an apology to Myra from Night of Possession for calling her the worst friend ever. Myra, you're a saint and a chum.
• Everything is fixed when both the hero and and the heroine learn the truth at the 96% mark and HEA. No actual (clearly necessary) growth took place during their fake reconciliation, which consisted entirely of the hero saying filthy things to the invertebrate heroine before, during, and after repeated sexual encounters because they do have mutual lust on their side.
Half-hearted analysis: I feel as if Milburne is trying to reproduce vintage Lynne Graham (The Veranchetti Marriage, The Cozakis Bride, The Mistress Wife) without understanding how Lynne Graham works. Or she's like those hurt/comfort fanfic authors who are really all about the hurt.
So I wasn't even going to review this book because I don't care enough about any of the characters to be sad or for my angry reactions to stick around. It's an evaporating anger. Then I remembered where I had heard the author's name before: in an SBTB podcast interview with Kate Cuthbert on the topic of "breaking up with damaging conventions in romance." Cuthbert gave a keynote speech at RWA Australia that referenced a speech Milburne had given at the Australian Romance Reader Awards.
At the table beforehand, [Melanie Milburne] told me that she wasn’t sure how her speech would be received, that she was nervous because what she had to say was controversial. And then she got up, and she said that after a stellar career and nearly eighty titles to her name, not only were there some books that she wished she could go back and rewrite, but that there were some of which she was actively ashamed. Ashamed.
This must be one of those books. This MUST be one of those books. Based on the hearsay evidence of this speech, I feel obligated to give Milburne another try. Eventually.
November 15, 2022
Update
September 24/2022
It needs a re-skimming o re-scanning because I don't remember too much or almost anything about the story 😱🤔🤷🏻♀️ Maybe when I read it the first time, I was in a good day, or I didn't take my readings very seriously or I wasn't very PICKY as I am today 😅 After reading other reviews I think this rating it going to get lower. I could "pass" 🙄😒 non celibate heros while the MCs are not married, but if they are married...🐖 I don't think I could forgive that.
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First reading: 2012
Original rating: 4.0
September 24/2022
It needs a re-skimming o re-scanning because I don't remember too much or almost anything about the story 😱🤔🤷🏻♀️ Maybe when I read it the first time, I was in a good day, or I didn't take my readings very seriously or I wasn't very PICKY as I am today 😅 After reading other reviews I think this rating it going to get lower. I could "pass" 🙄😒 non celibate heros while the MCs are not married, but if they are married...🐖 I don't think I could forgive that.
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First reading: 2012
Original rating: 4.0
March 22, 2021
2.45 CRAZY Soapy Stars
Picked this up on Scribd solely for the name, and went in blind. Although, if I’m going to be honest, after seeing all the single star ratings… I’d have jumped right in. 😊 This is classic soapy/smut/trash so it can/should NOT be taken seriously. It’s a train-wreck, and completely OTT illogical drama-llama. If you’re not fluid in this genre… I’d skip it… UNLESS you’re interested in a RAGE read.
There’s TONS of spoilers out there, so I’ll make this brief. In a nutshell, Kiera and Patrizio are getting a divorce, because after a stupid argument she tells him that she never loved him and loves someone else. She proceeds to visit her BFF (Garth) and loses her memory for the rest of the night. P visits said BFF the next morning to track down his wayward wife, only to find her naked and rumpled in Garth’s bed!! Kiera confirms that she did have sex, (cuz Garth told her) but didn’t mean to, and only loves him. Patrizio is humiliated!! Even the press caught her “walk of shame” and plastered it all over the tabloids. He immediately kicks her to the curb, and files for divorce. Months later the couple decides to “pretend reconcile” so their fighting teen family members can pass finals, and not ruin their futures. And so it goes…
P is a total asshole; he insults her, and freely admits that he’s slept with OW since filing for divorce. Kiera is a complete dumbass, but still wants P to take her back. Unfortunately, she goes about this by… remaining firm that she’s a cheating skank even with the no-memory situation; keeping her pregnancy secret because she’s unsure of the father, and contacting Garth behind P’s back.
Bottom Line- I waffled on the rating, I can handle, and enjoy the OTT ridiculous “Dynasty” variety of soapy- smut, but I found myself skimming. This might’ve been just a smidge too stupid for me, and the ending felt rushed. I did appreciate the craptastic explanation, but was once again let down by Kiera and her spineless ways.
Picked this up on Scribd solely for the name, and went in blind. Although, if I’m going to be honest, after seeing all the single star ratings… I’d have jumped right in. 😊 This is classic soapy/smut/trash so it can/should NOT be taken seriously. It’s a train-wreck, and completely OTT illogical drama-llama. If you’re not fluid in this genre… I’d skip it… UNLESS you’re interested in a RAGE read.
There’s TONS of spoilers out there, so I’ll make this brief. In a nutshell, Kiera and Patrizio are getting a divorce, because after a stupid argument she tells him that she never loved him and loves someone else. She proceeds to visit her BFF (Garth) and loses her memory for the rest of the night. P visits said BFF the next morning to track down his wayward wife, only to find her naked and rumpled in Garth’s bed!! Kiera confirms that she did have sex, (cuz Garth told her) but didn’t mean to, and only loves him. Patrizio is humiliated!! Even the press caught her “walk of shame” and plastered it all over the tabloids. He immediately kicks her to the curb, and files for divorce. Months later the couple decides to “pretend reconcile” so their fighting teen family members can pass finals, and not ruin their futures. And so it goes…
P is a total asshole; he insults her, and freely admits that he’s slept with OW since filing for divorce. Kiera is a complete dumbass, but still wants P to take her back. Unfortunately, she goes about this by… remaining firm that she’s a cheating skank even with the no-memory situation; keeping her pregnancy secret because she’s unsure of the father, and contacting Garth behind P’s back.
Bottom Line- I waffled on the rating, I can handle, and enjoy the OTT ridiculous “Dynasty” variety of soapy- smut, but I found myself skimming. This might’ve been just a smidge too stupid for me, and the ending felt rushed. I did appreciate the craptastic explanation, but was once again let down by Kiera and her spineless ways.
January 6, 2021
After reading some of the reviews, I was not sure why I gave this four stars, so I re-read it.
Yes, it deserves the one/two star reviews, but the angst and drama still gets it four stars in my HP rating system. YMMV
Yes, it deserves the one/two star reviews, but the angst and drama still gets it four stars in my HP rating system. YMMV
April 28, 2013
Oookay.. This story is ridiculous.
Kiera was lying in Garth's bed, naked. And Patrizio is nothing but furious. He despised her for betraying him and when she said nothing but apology, he was ready to kick her out of his life. But things happen, and the sparks is still ignite between them..
The storyline is good, great in fact. Full of angst, exactly what I like. BUT!
But, the execution is damn awful. Miss Millburne describe Patrizio's hateful blatantly and I don't like it. He's just pure hatred and I don't understand how Kiera stand his hates. If I were her, I just go and move on no matter how much I "love" him. Because he show nothing but hate. And up and down, they goes from arguing to having sex in a matter of minute, and that's kind of strange. I mean, Patrizio's words are burning yet she still manage to have sex with him after hearing it? Seriously? I just don't get it. And Patrizio manage to have sex with ANOTHER woman to get even. I was like whaaaaat? He didn't even apologize to her. I don't dig this one. Not at all.
Could be better.
Kiera was lying in Garth's bed, naked. And Patrizio is nothing but furious. He despised her for betraying him and when she said nothing but apology, he was ready to kick her out of his life. But things happen, and the sparks is still ignite between them..
The storyline is good, great in fact. Full of angst, exactly what I like. BUT!
But, the execution is damn awful. Miss Millburne describe Patrizio's hateful blatantly and I don't like it. He's just pure hatred and I don't understand how Kiera stand his hates. If I were her, I just go and move on no matter how much I "love" him. Because he show nothing but hate. And up and down, they goes from arguing to having sex in a matter of minute, and that's kind of strange. I mean, Patrizio's words are burning yet she still manage to have sex with him after hearing it? Seriously? I just don't get it. And Patrizio manage to have sex with ANOTHER woman to get even. I was like whaaaaat? He didn't even apologize to her. I don't dig this one. Not at all.
Could be better.
February 13, 2023
funny cause he was the cheater 🙏🏼
one of my favs but I needed more groveling.
one of my favs but I needed more groveling.
January 11, 2012
The heroine Keira is trying hard to move on with her life, even though she knows she is the one who ruined it. She is certainly not expecting her soon-to-be-ex husband Patrizio, the hero, to come and see her. Patrizio can never forgive Keira for what she did, yet a situation has led him to ask her for a brief, pretend reconciliation. Keira struggles with her shame over her actions even though she can't actually remember what happened. Patrizio's scorn towards her hurts, but she takes it knowing she deserves it. Patrizio is pretty sure he hates Keira but he can't ignore the fact that he still fiercely desires her. Keira realises that the damage has been done to their marriage, but when she finds out that she is pregnant she is determined to find out exactly what happened. But when she does it is even more heartbreaking for her.
This is a difficult review to write, there are quite a few bad reviews of this book so I started reading this one with a bit of trepidation. This is certainly not a book for everyone. There is a lot of anger and sadness in this book, and that creates a very intense mood. But, I actually liked it. Yes, the hero acts badly towards the heroine, but I think this is totally understandable and realistic, after what had happened between them. The hero is hurting, and I think the author did a good job of showing this. The heroine might seem like she is a doormat, but I thought she was quite mature in accepting the blame. What these two characters go through in this book, individually and together, is filled with despair as well as realism, and the story is a very true representation of what can happen to people and a marriage after adultery.
What let's this book down hugely is the situation that causes the hero to suggest the reconciliation - it is really lame!
A sad and traumatic story about a marriage in crisis that I found absorbing from start to finish.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
This is a difficult review to write, there are quite a few bad reviews of this book so I started reading this one with a bit of trepidation. This is certainly not a book for everyone. There is a lot of anger and sadness in this book, and that creates a very intense mood. But, I actually liked it. Yes, the hero acts badly towards the heroine, but I think this is totally understandable and realistic, after what had happened between them. The hero is hurting, and I think the author did a good job of showing this. The heroine might seem like she is a doormat, but I thought she was quite mature in accepting the blame. What these two characters go through in this book, individually and together, is filled with despair as well as realism, and the story is a very true representation of what can happen to people and a marriage after adultery.
What let's this book down hugely is the situation that causes the hero to suggest the reconciliation - it is really lame!
A sad and traumatic story about a marriage in crisis that I found absorbing from start to finish.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
August 11, 2014
There is nothing redeeming about any character in this whole book and Of course, they can't keep their hands off each other. She was a pathetic excuse for a woman and he was just a scumbag; Plain and simple!
September 11, 2020
Amazing how many of HPlands worst elements are included in this one and yet it sounded so promising: second chance at love, great! a heroine who meets her husband while working on her graduate degree in painting, Hey me too!
But the H has offensively double standard views about sex. The h is an insecure young virgin accepting blame and feeling shame for something she didn't do, while what she does do, in this case she's an art student, is ludicrously trite and over-simplified. There is a gay character assigned a role that's really offensive and the H and even his teenage cousin are verbally abusive and vile to the h.
It even has the ridiculous contrivance of the "press" creating scandal by avidly and improbably reporting on the lives of these idiot non-celebrities!
Infuriating and asinine.
But the H has offensively double standard views about sex. The h is an insecure young virgin accepting blame and feeling shame for something she didn't do, while what she does do, in this case she's an art student, is ludicrously trite and over-simplified. There is a gay character assigned a role that's really offensive and the H and even his teenage cousin are verbally abusive and vile to the h.
It even has the ridiculous contrivance of the "press" creating scandal by avidly and improbably reporting on the lives of these idiot non-celebrities!
Infuriating and asinine.
December 31, 2020
How bad can it be?? How bad can this one be?? Considering the number of vintage HP I’ve read, considering I’ve read Penny Jordan’s Perfect Sinner, my asshole barometer and my tolerance of TSTL heroines are pretty high. I cannot say how much I HATED this book.
1. She’s an immature idiot.
2. He is an irredeemable, slut shaming pig, an unforgivable hypocrite.
3. The villain is a closeted gay man, why?
Horrible would be kind.
1. She’s an immature idiot.
2. He is an irredeemable, slut shaming pig, an unforgivable hypocrite.
3. The villain is a closeted gay man, why?
Horrible would be kind.
August 10, 2013
Steamy, intense, emotional! Loved this book and both hero and heroine were amazing people. Both were hurt and heartbroken because of Keira's alleged cheating but their love conquers all!
August 27, 2022
“She took him to paradise and swallowed the evidence.” This writer has a rather flowery way to describe a woman giving a man a BJ. 😄
Anyway, the whole mess starts when the h thinks wrongly that the H has cheated on her. To get back at him, she lies to the H that she is in love with another man.
Then she goes off to the house of a male BFF. The next day the H finds the h butt naked in the bed of her male BFF. The BFF says he and the h slept together. The h thinks that’s true.
They separate and he files for divorce. I therefore don’t see much wrong with him moving on with other women after his wife cheated on him and they are separated.
And in my opinion it’s only natural he wants to rub her face in her betrayal, again and again. Who would just forgive and forget? I wouldn’t.
So contrary to all the other reviewers who hated the H, I hated the h.
She lied to him and she deceived him by saying that she was in love with another man, by saying that she used birth control when she was not, by hiding from him for so long that she was pregnant.
And most of all why I hate her: they weren’t even married for a year and in the divorce she demands through her lawyer half of what he owns, half of his money, while she was the one who cheated on him. Wtf.
Anyway, the whole mess starts when the h thinks wrongly that the H has cheated on her. To get back at him, she lies to the H that she is in love with another man.
Then she goes off to the house of a male BFF. The next day the H finds the h butt naked in the bed of her male BFF. The BFF says he and the h slept together. The h thinks that’s true.
They separate and he files for divorce. I therefore don’t see much wrong with him moving on with other women after his wife cheated on him and they are separated.
And in my opinion it’s only natural he wants to rub her face in her betrayal, again and again. Who would just forgive and forget? I wouldn’t.
So contrary to all the other reviewers who hated the H, I hated the h.
She lied to him and she deceived him by saying that she was in love with another man, by saying that she used birth control when she was not, by hiding from him for so long that she was pregnant.
And most of all why I hate her: they weren’t even married for a year and in the divorce she demands through her lawyer half of what he owns, half of his money, while she was the one who cheated on him. Wtf.
December 27, 2013
well, keira really took the price 4 the lowest scum on earth ! she was so awfully pathetic, made me want 2 throw up ! it's all very good 2be repentant, 2 regret past felonies but she was up2 her neck in it; so deep wid guilt, remorse, depression. she really had 2 stand up 4 herself. while she had been wallowing in self-pity 4 2months, patrizio had been whoring himself u no. n she was not angry like she was not angry dat bruno called her a slut whenever n wherever or when bruno read her messages on her mobile n passed them on 2 patrizio. this was a very horrible book. adultery is a big n very delicate issue, i'm sorry 2 say dat mrs milburne handled it badly
April 16, 2016
Stories like these seem like tales of what happens after the marriage and happily ever afters. Things don't always work out. The main thing that bothered me was the fact that the hero, during the separation (of two months), slept with other women. Like actually slept with them. Yes, he was planning on divorcing her, but still. At least wait until the divorce is final! If he merely spun some lies/tales of his mistress(es) to make her jealous or hurt her (dick move, yes, but not as bad as the reality IMO) I could have over looked that, but to actually sleep with other women did seem like cheating and didn't endear me to him. Also, part of me understood his comments that he said in anger and hurt -- about her being a slut, etc -- I mean, I think it's very realistic that when in that situation, things like that will be said. It happens. But I felt it was constant, throughout the whole story. I just wanted him to say something else besides calling her a liar or commenting on her supposed whoring around. It got old. His turn-around happened a bit too late, IMO as well. Oddly, and I assume it was because I was in the mood for a more angsty story, I didn't mind all this too much. This is definitely a story you have to be in the mood for, I think.
April 6, 2017
Como sempre o homem pode trair a mulher, ter quantas amantes quiser e etc... mas quando é a vez dele levar um chifre, fica todo ofendido e não aceita de maneira alguma. Nem aceita falar sobre o assunto e ver a questão de angulo diverso.
Outra coisa que detesto é que o homem não pode ficar sem sexo, já a mulher nos livrinhos fica anos e anos sem e leva na boa, kkkkk!
A mulher deve perdoar, se humilhar, aceitar, dar a cara a tapas e etc..., já o homem pode tudo!
Não gostei!
Evite!!!!!
Outra coisa que detesto é que o homem não pode ficar sem sexo, já a mulher nos livrinhos fica anos e anos sem e leva na boa, kkkkk!
A mulher deve perdoar, se humilhar, aceitar, dar a cara a tapas e etc..., já o homem pode tudo!
Não gostei!
Evite!!!!!
November 14, 2018
What????
I would have rated this story 4 stars EXCEPT FOR THE LAST CHAPTER! Okay, deep breath. For months the h had been vilified by her husband, parents and the media. The H admitted to affairs and having a mistress while they were still married. He treated her with contempt. After all of that, the parents totally negate years of neglect with a single visit?!
The idiotic way the h forgave everyone and resumed a life of rainbows was a little too much.
I would have rated this story 4 stars EXCEPT FOR THE LAST CHAPTER! Okay, deep breath. For months the h had been vilified by her husband, parents and the media. The H admitted to affairs and having a mistress while they were still married. He treated her with contempt. After all of that, the parents totally negate years of neglect with a single visit?!
The idiotic way the h forgave everyone and resumed a life of rainbows was a little too much.
avoid
November 16, 2017Cheating.
July 7, 2018
Oh k...alot going on in this one. The heroine is written so inconsistently that you aren't sure if you are rooting for her or not. Sometimes she is feisty and then other times she is a doormat, make up your mind. "I accept everything everyone says because it's true.""Why don't you love me?" Uhhh we can't keep up with you girl. There were like 3 side plots going on that all affected JUST the heroine.
The hero was pretty much a lost cause, since every single scene he is in prior to the last chapter has 'slut/whore/tramp' coming out of his mouth toward the heroine. He believes she is the cause of every damn thing that was happening : 'did you cause that earthquake? I think you did you harlot'.
Us as readers know that the heroine is wrongly condemned, since it is mentioned 50 times, 'she doesn't remember'. But why don't the heroine or hero take this seriously? Not recalling a period of time that wrecked your life and involved someone you know only to brush it off. 'Ah well, let's take that as gospel."
Who was that chick sending photos and messages? Never hear about her ever. And the 'secret revealed', was such a letdown, there could have been a lot more going on with that.
And of course the hero 'apologizing' and saying 'he'd never forgive himself for what he said'....dude we know you went straight back to being an a-hole the NEXT DAY.
Not enough redemption. Skip it.
The hero was pretty much a lost cause, since every single scene he is in prior to the last chapter has 'slut/whore/tramp' coming out of his mouth toward the heroine. He believes she is the cause of every damn thing that was happening : 'did you cause that earthquake? I think you did you harlot'.
Us as readers know that the heroine is wrongly condemned, since it is mentioned 50 times, 'she doesn't remember'. But why don't the heroine or hero take this seriously? Not recalling a period of time that wrecked your life and involved someone you know only to brush it off. 'Ah well, let's take that as gospel."
Who was that chick sending photos and messages? Never hear about her ever. And the 'secret revealed', was such a letdown, there could have been a lot more going on with that.
And of course the hero 'apologizing' and saying 'he'd never forgive himself for what he said'....dude we know you went straight back to being an a-hole the NEXT DAY.
Not enough redemption. Skip it.
June 27, 2021
Surprisingly, I didn’t hate that the H screwed around during their 2 month separation, because that is exactly what I want every HP doormat heroines who got cheated on to do, so his action seemed logical. Yes, we the readers know she didn’t really cheat but the story is, they don’t know that.
The woman he loved and married fucked her friend. He walked in and saw her naked spread eagle in the OMs bed, and she admitted that she DID cheat on him. What do you expect a heartbroken man to do? Remain celibate for 12 yrs and pine for her like what most hp doormat heroines do? Fuck that! It was understandable that he would console himself with other women to get over her. And revenge taste great!
I however got pissed when he didn’t come home one night when they were fake back together, sharing the same bed. That one night that they went to a party and the h saw him speaking to his mistress. It is assumed that he was with her that night, although he said he broke things off with her temporarily for their fake 6 weeks recollection. Maybe that was explained later in the book? But then the next morning, they have sex for the first time since their separation… that’s so disgusting.
In any case, I DNF at 60% because I disliked everyone in this story and the heroines martyrdom got tiresome.
Pros. Love scenes were hot for hp!
The woman he loved and married fucked her friend. He walked in and saw her naked spread eagle in the OMs bed, and she admitted that she DID cheat on him. What do you expect a heartbroken man to do? Remain celibate for 12 yrs and pine for her like what most hp doormat heroines do? Fuck that! It was understandable that he would console himself with other women to get over her. And revenge taste great!
I however got pissed when he didn’t come home one night when they were fake back together, sharing the same bed. That one night that they went to a party and the h saw him speaking to his mistress. It is assumed that he was with her that night, although he said he broke things off with her temporarily for their fake 6 weeks recollection. Maybe that was explained later in the book? But then the next morning, they have sex for the first time since their separation… that’s so disgusting.
In any case, I DNF at 60% because I disliked everyone in this story and the heroines martyrdom got tiresome.
Pros. Love scenes were hot for hp!
January 30, 2016
This book got a lot of low reviews. I however thought the author is very talented, and did an excellent job with this story. I didn’t like the title of the book. On the other hand I could feel the strong emotions that Patrizo, and Keira were feeling. Pain, love, raised voiced, and tender touches was felt from the pages of this book. This book was not a cookie cutter mold from other plots in other books. I loved the twist about the best friend in this book. I have to say… I didn’t see that one coming. Patrizo was hurt by his wife’s actions, so he said some mean things, and raised his voice. He also treated his wife like fine china, with his tender touches. You could see how much he loved his wife, through his actions, not his words. His wife Keira loved her husband, but was hurt by his words. Sometimes when you’re hurt you can’t help but lash out, or defend yourself. You will have to read it, to find out how they get back to together!
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