VALENTINO'S LOVE-CHILD
Contemporary Romance
Faith has suffered great loss in her life and has relocated to a sunny Sicilian village to live a quiet life and to create her art. She meets Valentino and they become lovers. They have been lovers for almost a year.
Although Faith has been his lover longer than any of his previous mistresses Valentino will never love her or marry her. He had promised his dead wife he would never put another in her place in his heart or in his life.
Faith thinks she can never have a family of her own. And then the condom breaks.
Faith's hopes for a future with Valentino start to build when he begins to act out of character, but they are soon dashed against the cruel rocks of his honesty. Her expectations are not unreasonable. She is led to believe he is thawing in his attitudes. She is really a very likable character.
There are two problems with this book. On page 9 the dead Sicilian wife's name is Ranata on page 36 her name becomes Maura which I always thought was an Irish name. For several chapters I thought Ranata and Maura were two different women and I wondered how many women he had loved and pledged his eternal devotion to. "Maura" is mentioned often throughout the book and is integral to the romance. When you have to go back to re-read names or struggle to find out which character is which it detracts from your enjoyment of the overall story.
My other problem was the ending was too rushed. I have felt this way about all Harlequin Presents since they shortened the length of the books. I keep waiting for the authors to adjust to the shorter length by making adjustments in the body and making sure there will still be a satisfying wind-up at the end. But it hasn't happened that way. Everything gets rushed in the end. And we are told what happens rather then being allowed to observe it happening.
The story is wonderful. It made me cry, it made me care, it made me laugh. It did everything a good story should. The overall writing is strong it would have rated a five, but due to the above mentioned problems I could not give it a higher rating then 
.
It wasn't just the name change, but the name it was changed to. It just didn't fit the story and so detracted from it.
For more information about Lucy Monroe's books please visit the author's website at: http://www.lucymunroe.com
Yours forever between the covers of a book,
Lady Mischief
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