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BECOMING DANTE All his life, Gabe Moretti has denied his Dante heritage - but when he meets Kat Malloy, his late wife's cousin, the Dante Inferno cannot be ignored. He tells himself it's only business - her hand in exchange for his mother's precious necklace. But when one touch leads to another - and a kiss to more - Gabe realises he's in over his head. the deeper the passion...To find an heirloom lost for centuries, Vicki St. Cyr must enlist the help of her former flame, treasure hunter Jack Drummond. But by bedding the man who broke her heart, she's in danger of losing the plot. Their nights together are hot and passionate. But if Vicki recovers her heirloom, will the flames die out once more...?
- Sales Rank: #2507234 in Books
- Published on: 2012-11-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.62" h x .50" w x 4.21" l, .30 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 192 pages
About the Author
USA Today bestselling author, Day Leclaire is described by Harlequin as “one of our most popular writers ever!” Day’s passionate stories warm the heart, which may explain the impressive 10 nominations she's received for the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Award. “There's no better way to spend each day than writing romances.” Visit www.dayleclaire.com.
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Gabe Moretti's office door slammed open and one of the most beautiful women he'd ever seen swept in. At her appearance, an odd sizzle raced through him, something he'd never experienced before, something that jarred him from complacency and threw all his senses on high alert.
She's yours, came an insidious whisper. Take the woman!
Gabe shoved aside the bizarre thought and focused on her, his brows drawing together. She was tall, or rather her three inch heels gave the illusion of height, and emphasized her delicate, almost fragile bone structure. Despite her slender frame, womanly curves filled out a charcoal-and-white suit that could only be Christian Dior. A black wool coat framed the outfit. Hair the color of banked embers fell away from a sculpted face and formed a heavy twist at her nape. But there was more to her than mere beauty. Character and sheer force of will melded with her appearance, while intelligence glittered in eyes a pale, startling green, eyes that were haunting…and haunted. They gave her an almost painful vulnerability, one Gabe reacted to with unsettling intensity. Get. The. Woman.
The primal demand overcame thought and reason, the visceral tug almost more than he could withstand. Time slowed, stilled, stealing his intellect, his icy control, all that drove him and made him the man he'd fought to become. Desire honed into one imperative…this woman, in this place, captured within this moment. And all the while, the insidious whisper lashed at him. Take her. Make her yours. Brand her with your touch. Your possession. Heat crackled, unbearable in its intensity, ungovernable in its strength. It slipped deep inside, infiltrated his veins with each beat of his heart. It took root, sending out endless tendrils that blossomed within his soul. And then time sped up, thrusting him back into the here and now.
The woman checked her forward motion as though sensing some disturbance. She hesitated, her gaze locking with his. Clearly, he wasn't what she'd anticipated and his curiosity grew. Who or what had she been expecting? Or was she simply reacting to him in the same way he reacted to her?
"Gabe Moretti?" she asked in a deep, husky voice that threatened to fry sense and sensibility.
She's the one!
"I'm sorry, Mr. Moretti." His assistant, Sarah, hurried into the office. "She refused to make an appointment and demanded to see you immediately."
Gabe flipped closed the file he'd been reviewing and stood. He pinned the mystery woman with the sort of steely look that had earned him the nickname "Iceman" among both competitors and adversaries. Maybe he reacted so strongly because of the inner voice hammering at him—one he'd never heard before and hoped never to hear again. Or maybe it was to hold instinct at bay, one that insisted he ignore civilized behavior and take what he wanted, regardless of consequence. She simply returned his look with one of her own, the expression in her crystalline eyes as brilliant and fierce as Dante fire diamonds.
Ice versus fire, an intriguing combination.
"Why don't we start at the beginning?" he suggested. It impressed the hell out of him that he could speak so calmly while desire fomented within, splashing through him in hot, messy waves. "Such as, who are you?"
"Don't you recognize me? You should." Amusement filtered through the statement. "I'm Kat Malloy."
The simple statement impacted like a punch to the gut. So much for some fool, intuitive voice. Not only was this woman not the one, she could never be the one. No matter how badly he wanted her on a physical level, she was the last woman in existence he would take to his bed—or ever want in his bed. He'd seen her only once before in his entire life. Even then, he'd felt a similar reaction, though nowhere near this strong. Perhaps his earlier reaction had been mitigated by the fact that she'd been in another man's bed—her cousin's fiance's, no less.
Gabe glanced at his assistant and gave a subtle jerk of his head.
The instant he and Kat were alone, he approached and delivered the first salvo. "Maybe if you weren't wearing clothes, I'd have an easier time remembering you."
Irritation flashed through her gaze like emerald lightning. "How kind of you to bring that up. Ever the gentleman."
"I wouldn't advise going down that road," he said, very, very gently. "Otherwise I'll be forced to discuss how well you fit the definition of a lady."
She dismissed his warning with a casual shrug, though based on the sweep of color darkening her cheekbones, his comment hit home. Good. So long as he kept their relationship adversarial, it wouldn't allow for any other emotions to creep in—like lust. Or passion. Or the need to rip her clothes off and imprint himself on her, body and soul.
"You've refused every attempt to make an appointment," she said. "The very least you could do is have the courtesy to hear my proposition before throwing me out."
He simply stared at her. Something in his demeanor must have penetrated her annoyance and she stilled, eyeing him warily…a succulent doe scenting a hungry predator. About damn time. He maintained his silence, allowing it to grow until cold, raw bitterness settled between them. And all the while that hideous voice hammered at him, making demands about Kat Malloy he had zero intention of listening to, let alone following.
"I owe you nothing. Maybe my late wife did. After all, you were Jessa's cousin," he said at last. He paused a beat before adding in a conversational tone, "Did you know she loved you like a sister? Even after what you did, even after your little fling with Benson Winters, she still spent the last two years of her life grieving over her lost relationship with you."
"Did she?" Kat raised a sleek eyebrow. "She certainly had a peculiar way of showing it, especially considering she turned our grandmother against me and vilified me in the press. For some reason that just doesn't strike me as very sisterly."
He saw red. "Maybe because you slept with her fiance. And though I ultimately benefited since she turned to me for consolation, it was a despicable thing to do."
The Malloy woman rallied with impressive speed. "So everyone keeps telling me. For some strange reason, I have a slightly different take on what happened that night."
She gave his office a cursory glance, noting the generous sitting area where he often entertained clients. Ignoring the chairs, she chose the couch. She shrugged off her coat, tossed it over one of the arms and made herself at home, crossing her legs—gorgeous, shapely legs, he couldn't help but notice. Legs he would give almost anything to have wrapped around him. Of course, even a viper had a sinuous shape. That didn't mean he'd get close enough to feel the sting of her fangs or be infected by her poison. Not that his inner voice gave him any peace on that front. Apparently, it didn't care about fangs or poison, only about those legs, and how tight they could hold him.
Regarding him with remarkable self-possession, she said, "Before you throw me out, you should be aware of one vital detail." She smiled her siren's smile. "I have something you want."
He waved that aside. "You have nothing I want, now or ever."
She folded her hands in her lap. So proper. So decorous. So bloody classy. And every bit of it a lie. "Actually, the detail I'm referring to is Heart's Desire."
He froze. Son of a bitch! He'd spent years attempting to purchase his mother's fire diamond necklace from Matilda Chatsworth, without success. Kat's grandmother knew damn well how badly he wanted it, that he'd literally do anything necessary to get it back. Granted, not the best negotiating tactics for someone with his skill and experience. But he'd been far younger then, and lacked the ability to maintain a poker face, especially when it came to something that carried so much emotional baggage.
The necklace had been created by his mother, Cara, when she first started working for Dantes as one of their jewelry designers. During those early, heady days, she'd met and fallen in love with Dominic Dante, the owner's son. Their affair had been passionate and all-consuming, teetering on the brink of marriage. But instead of choosing his mother, Dominic had taken a wife with a bank account balance that would assist Dantes' bottom line, no doubt at the urging of his parents. After his betrayal, his mother had accepted a position at Dantes, New York, and moved on with her life—until Dominic had swooped in years afterward and, unable to resist, she'd indulged in a one-night stand with him. That one night resulted in Gabe's and his twin sister, Lucia's, conception, causing Cara to leave Dantes permanently.
According to Dominic, he'd never forgotten Cara, his love never dying. He spent years attempting to find her, frustrated by how successfully she'd fallen off the grid. Eventually, fifteen years later, he tracked her down, and discovered she'd borne his twins. This time he proposed to her, despite still being married to his wife, Laura. He gave Cara a necklace she'd created for the firm, one he named Heart's Desire in her honor, along with a ring as a promise that he'd come to her after his divorce, marry her and legitimize his bastard twins by adopting them and bestowing the Dante name on them. Of course, that had never happened and all Cara Moretti had been left with were empty promises and the dying flames of the fire diamonds Dominic had given her.
Gabe had been twenty when his mother became ill and, desperate for money to care for her, he'd sold the fire diamond necklace to Matilda Chatsworth. The money had also provided him with a start in life. Despite knowing he'd h...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
a great hit
By Finney
Gabe was a very mistrustful person. He believed the worst of Kat. When Kat came back into his life offering a deal of engagement to appease her grandmother in exchange for the necklace that belonged to his mother. He couldn't resist the chance to get back his mothers necklace, even at the expense of being engaged to a woman he has learned to despise for 5 years. Gabe begins to rethink his opinion of Kat and rethink their fake engagement, especially after he involves the Dante's and allows them to become a part of his life. He realizes what a true family is and his cold demeanor begins to melt.
I loved this story, same as all the Dante books. I can't wait for Gabe's twin, Lucia's story. I hope the stories continue with Primo's and Nonna's great grandchildren. I'll just have to be patient and wait and see.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Premise was good but the writing kept interrupting my suspension of disbelief
By Loves To Read
This was a pretty good story. I haven't read any of the other books in this series, but I liked the idea of the inferno causing soul mates to recognize each other at the first touch. Both Gabe and Kat were good in their roles and the supporting cast were likeable too.
My only issues have to do with the writing. Throughout the whole book there's an underlying sense of contrivance. The back story tells us that five years ago Kat was involved in a big scandal. Gabe found Kat in bed with her cousin, Jessa's senatorial-candidate fiance. Kat was called a whore both by the press and by Gabe and even Kat's beloved grandmother disowned her. Gabe went on to marry Jessa, who then suffered an untimely death by car accident three years later. But Gabe still feels fiercely loyal to his late wife and believes that Kat is evil personified.
Of course, because Kat is our heroine, the truth is that she was set up and never had an affair with the senator. But, because Gabe believes he's got all the facts, helpfully provided by his late wife, he proceeds to treat Kat abominably throughout the whole first half of the book. I know a lot of people who read this book will dislike Gabe for treating Kat so poorly, and I'm usually the first one to cry foul when a hero is an abusive brute, but in this book I just couldn't get past the contrivance of it all. I found it extremely hard to believe that Kat never ONCE tried to defend herself to Gabe. She deliberately let him continue to think the worst of her without lifting a finger to correct his wrong ideas.
I kind of felt like Gabe got set up by the author. He found Kat naked in bed with the senator for heaven's sake, of course he's going to believe they're sleeping together. No one can really fault him for thinking that five years ago. And then he had years of marriage to Jessa, who took pains to constantly paint Kat as the villain. Of course when he met Kat in the beginning of this book he'd start out believing the worst in her. But Kat never does anything to disabuse him of his false beliefs, and I just can't believe that any woman in her position would keep quiet about it all. It was all just plot contrivance to set Gabe up for the shocking moment of discovery halfway through the book, so the author could maximize his feelings of guilt.
Likewise, I didn't see any reason why, once Gabe figured out that Kat had never slept with the senator, Kat refused to just tell him the rest of the story. Any normal person would have taken that opportunity to finish clearing their name by explaining the whole tale, so it felt very artificial that Kat refused to do it for reasons that were never explained. It was just a deliberate effort to drag out the big reveal until the very end of the book. And I have to say that I felt kind of let down by said big reveal. After waiting the entire story to find out why and how Jessa had set Kat up, the answer wasn't that earth-shattering.
I find it hard to maintain my suspension of disbelief in a story when the characters don't behave the way real people do (magical palm-burning inferno soul mate stuff notwithstanding). I think we were supposed to feel like Kat was some holier than holy beacon of morality and dignity because she just sat quietly by and allowed Gabe and everyone else to call her bad names while she alone knew the truth of her innocence, but instead it made her seem like a pointless, self-inflicted martyr.
Aside from those issues I also found it distracting that certain phrases were repeated multiple times throughout the story. The idea that Gabe wanted to/needed to put his "brand of possession" on Kat was repeated about six times. And towards the end there's a scene where Gabe's faith in Kat is tested and he goes through this internal argument about whether to trust her or go back to his old, "it's me against the world" attitude. Then in the very next scene Kat goes through a word-for-word identical internal argument with herself too. I know this was done deliberately but it still felt jarring and yanked me out of the story. If I'm thinking about the words of a book instead of the story, it's not a good thing.
All in all, I liked the premise of the story but the writing kept getting in the way.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Mixed feelings
By Sandy Milan
I liked the book on the whole and it's probably worth 3.5 stars. If you've read the whole series then you can't not read this one. I suppose what I most disliked is how the h was so badly treated originally by the H and by her own family. It took a long time for the H to see her for who she really is but then when he does, he comes through for her in an amazing way.
This is the book that ties all the stories together and gives us more insight into the father of Sev, Lazz, Marco and Niccolo. He is the Dante who never married his inferno mate and whose life ended up a mess. He is also the father of the H in this book as he had had a one night stand with the H's mother and it resulted in the birth of the H and his twin sister. The H's mother was in fact the H's father's inferno mate but he chose not to marry her, with disastrous results for all his children.
I liked knowing all the background details. The only untold story is the H's twin sister's, other wise the author told us every one of the Dantes' stories. It was an entertaining series with a romantic premise.
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