
The Santangeli Marriage
Orphan Marisa was raised by the wealthy Santangeli family. Their only demand was that she marry their son....Italian billionaire and renowned playboy Lorenzo Santangeli is expecting to receive his money's worth from his innocent wife on their wedding night. But Marisa, 20, flees--how can she share a bed with the man who married her solely to produce an heir?Lorenzo, 30, vows to bring his virgin bride home--you do not say no to a Santangeli! Once she's back she'll be his completely, and he is determined to enjoy every minute of it.... Heed these 3 readers warnings: Reasons to read/not read this book... He does her, a horrid first time After that one and done he cheats for months marriage, until daddy tells him to go back to wife - screws his wife within days of leaving the OW, married woman's bed (super ew!) Never ever says kind words to her, Never ever shows ANY attributes to attract her to him, Yet she falls in love? With what? Abuse? A very very unhealthy relationship Although he thinks good thinks he NEVER acts on them He only "says" what was in his letters AFTER he is sure she destroyed them w/o reading them, he claims he said in them that he loved her, yeah right. There are thousands of other books to read... Please read anything else... Spoiler alert: horrid book, take heed of those bad GR reviews! Did not appear to have HEA Book to avoid, cheats for months on his newlywed, after he does her a horrid first time, not a romance, not even a good kind of pain, like Natasha Anders series the Unwanted series. Thousands of other books out there, skip this one
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Fiction · Romance
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- 978-0-2638-6989-7
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- English
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- OL34110950M
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Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.
Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
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