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The Rinucci Brothers #3
The Wedding Arrangement
A GORGEOUS ITALIAN WITHA PROPOSAL...
Luke Rinucci is startled to discover that the tenant of his Rome residenza, Minnie Pepino, is young, blond and sensational! There is an immediate attraction between them, but despite her family's premature plans to arrange the wedding of the year, Minnie holds back, unable to let go of her past.
But the more time Luke spends with Minnie, he sees that beneath her reserved facade there lies a broken heart and painful memories. Luke is determined to be the one man who can make her life whole again....
Luke Rinucci is startled to discover that the tenant of his Rome residenza, Minnie Pepino, is young, blond and sensational! There is an immediate attraction between them, but despite her family's premature plans to arrange the wedding of the year, Minnie holds back, unable to let go of her past.
But the more time Luke spends with Minnie, he sees that beneath her reserved facade there lies a broken heart and painful memories. Luke is determined to be the one man who can make her life whole again....
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2006
About the author
Lucy Gordon
696 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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August 21, 2020
Another Lucy Gordon book, again the feeling of bitterness in the mouth 😖 and churning in the stomach 😣.
First the love and sexual story of Hope, Luke's adoptive mother. There is nothing more disgusting than mixing hard and pure lust with love 😒. The thing between the lady and Franco Rinucci was clearly desire, lust and not love at all 🙄😐. Just see how it started and how it ended. Confusion can be expected coming from a teenager, but from adults? 🤔 And I'm not saying it about the characters 🙅🏻♀️ ... Oh no, I'm saying it about the author! 🤦🏿♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦♀️
The second is the idea that one "love" can replace or erase another 👀. Either one was NOT love or the next one isn't 🤷🏻♀️. Because if one can erase or replace another IN DAYS 🤔🙄 ... We have two characters, a widow who still cries her husband (?) and other character with an impossible love that which never began, but marked the other with fire (?) .. Anyway ... What a disappointment! 😟
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March 28, 2023
WHY why ????
imply that her late husband maybe was unfaithful and that she was living in denial.
I hate that.
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‘I know that she’s a woman in Naples who bore Gianni’s son, years ago, before he met me. He used to see them when he drove his truck down here. He was a good father, but I was the one he loved.’
‘He told you—everything?’ he asked, hardly daring to believe.
‘Of course he did. We loved each other. He wouldn’t have deceived me. He told me everything that I needed to know,’ she added with a slightly ambiguous phrasing that he didn’t notice until later.
He could hardly believe that he’d been let off the hook. Or at least, almost. There was still one tiny hook.
It was on the tip of his tongue to ask if she believed Gianni had been faithful to her on those visits to Elsa. Did she know that he had boasted otherwise?
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that made me sad and left a bad taste in my mouth.
imply that her late husband maybe was unfaithful and that she was living in denial.
I hate that.
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‘I know that she’s a woman in Naples who bore Gianni’s son, years ago, before he met me. He used to see them when he drove his truck down here. He was a good father, but I was the one he loved.’
‘He told you—everything?’ he asked, hardly daring to believe.
‘Of course he did. We loved each other. He wouldn’t have deceived me. He told me everything that I needed to know,’ she added with a slightly ambiguous phrasing that he didn’t notice until later.
He could hardly believe that he’d been let off the hook. Or at least, almost. There was still one tiny hook.
It was on the tip of his tongue to ask if she believed Gianni had been faithful to her on those visits to Elsa. Did she know that he had boasted otherwise?
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that made me sad and left a bad taste in my mouth.
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November 9, 2019
OK, una novela light para pasar el tiempo. La trama se deja entrever desde el principio y en sentido general posee todas las características del género. Nada extraordinario pero está bien.
October 26, 2021
4 Stars! ~ Luke Cayman is Hope Rinucci's adopted son from her first marriage. He's off to Rome to investigate a tenement building in a struggling area of the city, that a debtor has given him title to in way of clearing his debt. Luke's already received alot of correspondence about the condition of the building from a lawyer for the tenants and he's not looking forward to the meeting in person. Minnie Pepino is a success as a lawyer and represents her neighbours for free in their battle with the landlord for repairs. She was widowed four years ago, and can't seem to move on. Luke poses an intriguing challenge. Not only is he handsome and charming, but he fits in the neighbourhood easily when he moves into a vacant apartment in the building. Minnie finds herself drawn to him but can't seem to open her heart until an accident injures Luke and she cradles him in her arms fearing the worse.
I've really come to appreciate Ms. Gordon's talent. Again she weaves an emotional story. Luke, the forever bachelor, finds himself wanting to share his life with Minnie, if only her husband's ghost wasn't always in the way. The secondary characters are delightful and humourous.
I've really come to appreciate Ms. Gordon's talent. Again she weaves an emotional story. Luke, the forever bachelor, finds himself wanting to share his life with Minnie, if only her husband's ghost wasn't always in the way. The secondary characters are delightful and humourous.
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