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The De Santis Marriage
288 pages
A high-angst, emotionally charged battle of wills wrapped in a glamorous, high-stakes marriage of convenience.
What it feels like
Reading this is like stepping into a time capsule of classic, high-octane category romance, where the emotions are dialed up to eleven and the tension never lets up. The atmosphere is thick with angst and explosive chemistry, driven by a fast-paced narrative that thrives on melodrama and intense power dynamics. It delivers the quintessential guilty-pleasure experience of a marriage of convenience, complete with glamorous backdrops and a fiercely unapologetic alpha hero. The prose is breathless and hyper-focused on the characters' internal turmoil and physical reactions, making every loaded glance feel monumental. Readers who crave the delicious friction of forced proximity and the satisfying emotional arc from bitter resentment to passionate devotion will devour this in a single sitting.
- Mood
- emotionally charged
- tense
- glamorous
- Tone
- melodramatic
- intense
- passionate
- angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- power dynamics · forced proximity · hidden vulnerability · marriage of convenience
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and dialogue-heavy, focusing intensely on physical reactions and internal angst.
- The arc
- Moves from coerced resentment and high-stakes tension to passionate surrender and mutual vulnerability.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love classic, high-angst category romance with unapologetic alpha billionaires and marriage-of-convenience tropes.
Content notes
- blackmail/coercion
- emotional manipulation
- pregnancy
About the book
Italian tycoon Luciano De Santis is breathtaking in every way: he has power, success--and a devastating effect on women. Now Luc needs a bride--and he's decided that ordinary Lizzy Hadley will be his wife! He's set his trap and blackmailed her, and he knows she can't refuse him. But there's one condition Luc fails to mention--as his wife, Lizzy must produce an heir!
Description from Open Library.
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