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Wanted
Mistress and Mother
256 pages
A passionate, emotionally charged romance where a ruthless man's carefully constructed walls are dismantled by intense desire and tender healing.
What it feels like
This contemporary romance delivers a brisk, emotionally charged reading experience that balances intense physical passion with tender familial healing. The atmosphere is steeped in the friction between a ruthless, emotionally guarded protagonist and the vibrant, nurturing energy of a landscape architect bringing life back to a troubled home. Readers will feel the crackle of undeniable attraction pushing against carefully constructed emotional walls. The prose focuses heavily on sensory details, from the creation of a magical, healing garden to the steamy, high-stakes romantic encounters. It is a perfect fit for readers who devour stories about guarded widowers, single fathers, and the overwhelming power of desire to break down a cynic's defenses and forge a new family.
- Mood
- emotionally charged
- steamy
- romantic
- hopeful
- Tone
- passionate
- intense
- dramatic
- tender
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- emotional walls · healing through nature · intense attraction · found family · grief and recovery
- The writing
- Emotionally direct and sensory, focusing on the friction of intense attraction and the tender details of a healing environment.
- The arc
- Moves from guarded professionalism and raw physical desire to vulnerable emotional surrender and familial healing.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love high-stakes emotional romance featuring guarded single fathers, passionate encounters, and the softening of a ruthless hero.
Content notes
- grief
- accident trauma
- child in distress
About the book
When ruthless Italian barrister Dante Costello hires Matilda Hamilton, he sees an opportunity. Matilda's job is to create a magical garden, in the hope it will help Dante's troubled little girl. However, since attraction between them is hot and intense, why not take Matilda as his mistress, as well? Dante has always kept his emotions firmly under wraps when it comes to relationships. But this time will he succeed when his desire for Matilda is pushing him to the edge of control?
Description from Open Library.
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