Review: Heroine with a backbone!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2011
Eight years ago Charlie met and had a summer affair with Riccardo who she thought was a vineyard worker. Of course he owns the vineyard and everythng around it. She lies about her age she is only 18 and he is 26. She thought he wouldn't give her the time of day if he knew her real age. Thinking that he is poor she follows him to his mother's house and lo and behold, it's a mansion. His mother promptly tells her that her rich italian son will not marry a non italian gold digger such as herself. Riccardo the H also tells her that they are too young and to get to steppin'. OUCH.They bump into each other 8yrs later and he finds out she had his baby and now he has an 8yr old daughter. What I loved is that he arrogantly demands marriage. She quite promptly say NO! She is not about to trust him after what he did to her. It was also quite refreshing to read an HP where the h turns the tables on the arrogant H. He sees the h in a club with her date, he leaves his date to go after the h and dances with her. When the H's date approaches the h tells her how the H has been talking about her and are there wedding bell's ringing? I almost fell off my chair laughing when I read that. No hurt feelngs and welling tear filled eyes for our Charlotte...Pow take that committment phobe! This book produced quite a few chuckles.My only complaint was the last chapter it was kind of choppy...and when he tells her that she completes him..well lets just say only Tom Cruise could have pulled off that line...and it wasn't that great back then either.But all in all this was a fantastic read and I am now going to purchase more of Cathy Williams books if this is what I have to look forward to!