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Lorenzo's Reward
First published 2000 · 288 pages
A whirlwind of passionate promises and hidden agendas set against a backdrop of glamorous European romance.
What it feels like
Reading this classic category romance feels like being swept into a glamorous, high-stakes emotional whirlwind. The narrative moves at a brisk, breathless pace, plunging the reader straight into the intoxicating tension between a brooding, enigmatic hero and a heroine caught in his web. The mood is thick with passion and underlying uncertainty, keeping you on edge as hidden motives threaten to shatter a seemingly perfect fairy tale. Its prose is straightforward but highly evocative, focusing intensely on the sensory rush of attraction and the sharp sting of betrayal. It is a perfect, nostalgic escape for readers who love the dramatic misunderstandings, intense emotional arcs, and unapologetic angst of vintage alpha-male romances.
- Mood
- passionate
- tense
- swoony
- uncertain
- Tone
- dramatic
- earnest
- breathless
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- trust and betrayal · hidden motives · intoxicating desire · the price of seduction
- The writing
- Emotion-forward and accessible, leaning heavily into the sensory details of attraction and internal romantic turmoil.
- The arc
- Moves from sweeping, naive infatuation through a jarring revelation of betrayal, culminating in a dramatic fight for genuine trust.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the high-angst, classic alpha-male dynamics and glamorous settings of vintage category romance.
Content notes
- emotional manipulation
- deception
About the book
Rewarded by passion -- or marriage?
What did handsome Italian businessman Lorenzo Forli mean when he said that Jess would be his "reward"?
When Lorenzo proposed, Jess thought she understood: to make her his wife was what he ultimately wanted. Now she had no qualms about letting her husband-to-be make passionate love to her. But there was a shock in store! Lorenzo had failed to tell Jess something about his past. Could it be that he'd used all the means he possessed to claim the reward he'd really wanted -- to seduce Jess into his bed?
Description from Open Library.
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