Luca was too besotted for someone who didn't think he had any feelings for any woman over the eight years they've worked together. And he chased after her not only cause she was indispensable to his company because he loved her.. gag. And just when I again thought it couldn't get worse…He manipulated her into marrying him. The full picture of the situation is: Luca is engaged to another woman, chosen by his grandmother, and he doesn't want to marry her at all; and Valentina's grandmother—the most important person of her life—,who suffers from Alzheimer, goes missing and in a moment feeling desperate, Val begs for Luca's help, promising to do anything he wants in return. Only that he already had people looking for the elderly lady, but she didn't know that. So he took it as an opportunity to convince her to marry him, telling this is a way for him to escape a marriage that is condemned to never work and for her to have access to the best healthcare for her family. hermanas el ultimo 20% es una falopeada tremenda, ya me da paja escribirlo, ME DIO PAJA LEERLO IMAGINENSE, me inhalo estos libros de romance en cinco horas pero estuve como tres dias con esta poronga traigo de vuelta lo de wattpad porque hay una escena particular donde van a un baile y dura un solo capitulo y básicamente se resumen en esto: -el le saca una foto a ella con el vestido lindo - llegan al baile - hablan con un millonario ricachon - se rien - termina el capítulo I’m going to try and keep this brief because I could rave about the romance between Luca and Val for HOURS. They were just that good. Like I mentioned earlier they are definitely boy falls first and harder trope and that is a personal favorite of mine. Luca was down bad from beginning to end and while it took Val a little longer to get there it made sense as to why. Luca had some of the most heart stopping lines I’ve ever read, including the one I have at the beginning of this review. Luca and Val have the angst we’ve come to expect from Catharina Maura, but the happy ending makes it all worth it. Watching Luca and Val fall in love was the highlight of my January! I am a terrible highlighter when I read because I get so caught up in the moment but I have almost 200 highlights from this book that’s how much I loved it. Also their spicy scenes were some of the best I’ve read from this author.

And one more thing that made me give this book more than five stars was the extended epilogue (iykyk). It just rounded up the story so well and made me fall in love even more with the characters and their relationship than I already have! llega un punto que es asquerosamente cheesy, hace dos días se casaron (por conveniencia) y ya le estas diciendo “my love” chupame la poronga I don’t care what anyone says about this book, whether they liked it or not… THIS IS IT FOR ME!!! Another new favourite romance read of mine and I couldn’t be happier!!! Before I started this book, I already knew that I would love it but boy did it EXCEED my expectations!!!!They have been working together and known each other for seven years at the moment the book is settled, but they have no relationship other than the professional one. She's always cold towards him, just like he's towards her. They find each other attractive, yes, but they don't think of ever admitting, much less acting on it. At least, not until Luca sees Valentina close to someone else at an event they're attending together, and gets so jealous that his next actions lead them not to be on speaking (nor tolerating) terms for a long while—and for context of how bad this was, he tried to apologize at least a dozen times but I don't think anything could mend their relationship. This book is 72 chapters long, and I can think of about 15 chapters (at least) that could have been scrapped completely. About 80% of this book was just Luca and Valentina forgiving each other. They were constantly having conversations about if or when they will forgive each other for some minor offense. The spicy scenes were all exactly the same, so I just skimmed over all of them (and there were a lot). Even the language was repetitive. If I had to read that there was a "flash of pain" in someone's eyes one more time...

Boss x secretary, forbidden romance (at first), amazing grovelling, man obsessed with his woman, he falls first AND HARDER, he literally begs for her (!!!), grumpy x grumpy, marriage of convenience and so so so much more!!

Valentina my favorite ice queen. God I love this woman. She was the perfect equal to Luca in every way. From the beginning when they “hated” each other and she purposefully tried to annoy him to the end when we finally got to see her let her guard down she was just the strongest character. I loved that we never saw her bow to Luca’s dominance. Instead she matched him. We got to see her battle her own demons and open her heart up and it was such a beautiful journey to watch. I also loved the glimpses of friendship we got to see with her and Raven and Sierra. i cannot wait to see the little girl gang the Windsor girls create! He was too passive and too, idk, he didn't have much personality outside of being in love and trying to assure valentina of his love and being a good son to his dead parents and valentina was either a boss bitch or a mess cause of her insecurities. Para empezar la protagonista no es sumisa ni dejada al contrario es un personaje fuerte y decido a veces un poco bitch pero nunca llegué a odiarla. Aresraven: it was so good to see my babies again. Getting to see their wedding again was magical, and I loved all the comments Luca and Val made about them being oblivious idiots. hello pot meet kettle. In the first third of the book that ran paralell with the story in Book 1, I sensed some timeline issues. E.g Raven coming blithely to deliver shoes to Valentina for her date - since this happens on the day the media storm in Book 1 happens and while Hannah's poisonous scheme was at its climax, I really doubt Raven was in mind at that moment to be blithe about anything.

And just like that, they get married. Also, just like that, out of nowhere, he completely changes and starts to treat her like a queen. Or something.While I very much enjoyed the story's premise, (there's a little mystery and a long-standing working relationship with two non-virginal successful adults), I think the way the characters talk to each other once they get into the schmexy phase gave me cringe vibes more than a few times. Dos, Luca, es un amor, a pesar de que era frio y distante y por arrebatos decía cosas que no quería siempre se disculpaba y trataba de hacer las cosas mejor, nunca se comportó como un imbécil con ella todo lo contrario hizo todo para conquistarla.

and usually a possessive, active hero who would do anything to get the woman he wants is hot as hell. but maybe just don’t use the ill grandmother as a way to make your move. los matrimonio por conveniencia/arreglados se están volviendo mi trope favorito junto con el fake dating. stars are only for Luca (he deserved better tho)… man’s OBSESSED WITH HIS WIFE. This is the type of love i love .. OBSESSED WITH A TOUCH OF TOXIC IN IT 🥵. He actually deserved some grovelling from Valentina after she broke up with him but he forgave her too easily🤷🏻‍♀️. Okay i understand she was in a depressive stage and had just lost her grandma but after everything luca did for her .. ensuring her at every step and erasing her insecurities & fear … being there for the whole time and making her happy … taking care of her and her family even before she uttered anything out of her mouth …. she had to end things & say Luca could never make her happy ??!?!? Say what girl !!!!screaming crying shaking throwing up. This was my favorite book of January. I am feeling so many things. Full review to come but the Windsor family is the best fictional family I’ve ever read about aparte los dos son infumables, la mina me tenia las pelotas por el suelo y el chabon tampoco se quedaba atrás, literalmente tienen conversaciones repetidas como cinco veces cada dos capitulos, la puta que los pario me tienen HARTA