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The Infamous Italian's Secret Baby
by Carole Mortimer
I picked up this novel knowing I would likely hate it, but one star is all I can handle giving The Infamous Italian’s Secret Baby (and yeah, I totally grabbed it because of the title, sue me).
Sometimes a girl just wants to read the book equivalent of a Lifetime Movie, okay?
I had to check multiple times that this book was not labeled “urban fantasy”, because the way Bella was rooted to the spot whenever Gabriel approached her spoke of some creepy vampire hypnosis or fae enchantments.
IT’S BECAUSE HE’S NOT A MAN, BELLA, HE’S SOME SORT OF SEX DEMON, OUT TO STEAL YOUR LIFE FORCE.
Or maybe just to accidentally impregnate you and never call ever again. How pedestrian.
Bella’s reasoning for not informing Gabriel about their son is shaky at best, incredibly self-centered at worst. He promised to call, with what seemed to be relative sincerity, when he left her in his bed to work. It was that day that he was involved in a horrific racing accident that killed two other drivers and left him in a short-term coma, where he then had to deal with the possibility of life-long paralysis and recovery from severe burns. Contacting a one night stand, especially when you’re unable to actually pony up the booty for a booty call, seems like an incredibly low priority under those circumstances. I usually despise the male counterpart in this genre, but dude, give him a break.
Bella may as well just be a stubborn pair of surprisingly full, yet sensitive breasts, for all the character she was ascribed. Outside of my brief sense of sympathy for his situation, I didn't like Gabriel much more. A bundle of alpha male stereotypes, his clear disregard for a woman’s personal boundaries and his tendency to fall into Broodmeister 9000 mode made him far more unattractive than any of his scars could have. Truly, a match made in heaven.
Spoiler alert: In the end, they have three more kids, but these ones aren’t a secret.
NEW THINGS I LEARNED:
You can buy a Caribbean island complete with a picturesque bungalow for the low, low price of $3.5 million dollars. According to the website, it's "not often that a picture postcard private island is offered for sale and rarer still at an affordable price." Jump on this bargain while you still can!
Sometimes a girl just wants to read the book equivalent of a Lifetime Movie, okay?
I had to check multiple times that this book was not labeled “urban fantasy”, because the way Bella was rooted to the spot whenever Gabriel approached her spoke of some creepy vampire hypnosis or fae enchantments.
Bella could feel the heat radiating from his body, could smell his tangy aftershave, the male scent of him that invaded and claimed the senses, filling her with a warm lethargy, a need to move closer to all that heady maleness.
A need Bella was unable to resist as she felt herself swaying towards himk. She made an effort at the last moment not to do so … What was happening to her?
She never reacted to men like this. At least, she never had before …
IT’S BECAUSE HE’S NOT A MAN, BELLA, HE’S SOME SORT OF SEX DEMON, OUT TO STEAL YOUR LIFE FORCE.
Or maybe just to accidentally impregnate you and never call ever again. How pedestrian.
Bella’s reasoning for not informing Gabriel about their son is shaky at best, incredibly self-centered at worst. He promised to call, with what seemed to be relative sincerity, when he left her in his bed to work. It was that day that he was involved in a horrific racing accident that killed two other drivers and left him in a short-term coma, where he then had to deal with the possibility of life-long paralysis and recovery from severe burns. Contacting a one night stand, especially when you’re unable to actually pony up the booty for a booty call, seems like an incredibly low priority under those circumstances. I usually despise the male counterpart in this genre, but dude, give him a break.
Bella may as well just be a stubborn pair of surprisingly full, yet sensitive breasts, for all the character she was ascribed. Outside of my brief sense of sympathy for his situation, I didn't like Gabriel much more. A bundle of alpha male stereotypes, his clear disregard for a woman’s personal boundaries and his tendency to fall into Broodmeister 9000 mode made him far more unattractive than any of his scars could have. Truly, a match made in heaven.
Spoiler alert: In the end, they have three more kids, but these ones aren’t a secret.
NEW THINGS I LEARNED:
You can buy a Caribbean island complete with a picturesque bungalow for the low, low price of $3.5 million dollars. According to the website, it's "not often that a picture postcard private island is offered for sale and rarer still at an affordable price." Jump on this bargain while you still can!