Title: Pregnant in the Italian’s Palazzo
(The Greek’s Race to the Altar #3)
Author: Amanda Cinelli
Published: January 2023
Genre: Harlequin Presents, Mills & Boon Modern, Accidental-Pregnancy

Blurb:

Flying first – class had nine-month consequences! Get swept away by Amanda Cinelli’s passionate pregnancy romance.

The consequence of their sky-high encounter:

“I’m pregnant!”

Fashion designer Aria Dane needs to get from New York to London. The simple solution? Nysio Bacchetti’s private jet. Yet there’s nothing simple about the collision between free-spirited Aria and guarded Nysio. And for one flight, they yield to explosive desire...

Weeks later, the Italian billionaire can’t get Aria out of his head. To stop his perfectly ordered world from descending into chaos, Nysio’s sole option is to finish what they started... only, once Aria arrives at his grand palazzo, they discover something truly life-changing – her unexpected pregnancy!

My Review:

Wow, it’s been a while since I last enjoyed accidental-pregnancy trope from Harlequin presents and Amanda Cinelli has truly completed The Greek’s Race to the Altar series with the promise within and this book made me read and savour it thoroughly! And the cover is so captivating!

On his step-brother’s failed wedding day, Nysio doesn’t plan to fulfil his ruthless father’s stipulation but when he spots Aria, he can’t help but following her until he impulsively offers his private jet for her after what she has done. Wow, I couldn’t tell how steamy and how perfectly set it was on their way in his private jet! I was utterly blown away by their one-hot-night! Nysio and Aria do have strong electric sexual tension from the beginning. Well, as I assumed, one night was never enough thus Nysio does what he has to do to bring Aria back. Interestingly Florence and a Palazzo are the perfect place for guarded Nysio to invite her. I loved his palazzo to be frank, despite being remotely placed in Florence, it’s beautifully portrayed.

What I loved from this book was its characters. Amanda Cinelli has always outlined autistic and remarkable characters which actually are relevant to our surroundings. Aria is curvy and she wants to design lingerie for curvy women (it’s was the most wonderful idea I had ever read from a book), she also has ADHD meanwhile Nysio is socially awkward and bossy but it seemed to me that they ideally complete one another.

It’s a charming and wonderful read. I enjoyed Amanda Cinelli’s writing immensely. Thank you, Amanda Cinelli for this ARC which I voluntary reviewed.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

Amanda Cinelli was born into a large Irish Italian family and raised in the leafy-green suburbs of County Dublin, Ireland. After dabbling in a few different career paths, she finally found her calling as an author upon winning an online writing competition with her first finished novel. With three small daughters at home, she usually spends her days doing school runs, changing diapers and writing romance. She still considers herself unbelievably lucky to be able to call this her day job. Follow her at https://amanda-cinelli.com/ or her Twitter https://twitter.com/AcinelliAuthor
 

 

Title: Beguiling Her Enemy Warrior
(Shieldmaiden Sisters Book 3)
Author: Lucy Morris
Published: January 2023
Genre: Historical Romance, Harlequin Historical, Mills & Boon Historical, Enemies-to-Lovers

Blurb:

A dramatic, enemies to lovers Viking romance

Kidnapped by the warrior

Tempted by the man...

Captures by the infamous Lord Rhys, a Welsh prince intent on revenge against her family, Viking healer Helga must keep her wits about her if she’s to be freed. Easier said than done when she desires him rather than fears him! Helga senses there’s good inside Rhys and feels compelled to reach his heart. But first, she must make him see there’s more to her than just his enemy...

My Review:

Bravo ... Bravo ...  Lucy Morris! This last instalment for Shieldmaiden Sisters has captivated me all along and I hadn’t been able to move on!

As I had read the prior series I thought that I was rather familiar with Helga, the unique sister whom possesses healing skill yet I was wrong. Lucy Morris brought a very strong, too kind, remarkable, wise, and friendly shieldmaiden. She is everything I wanted in a heroine!

I knew from the beginning that I would love Helga and Rhys’s story. Rhys presumes that Helga is the weakest among her sisters but when he kidnaps her, he doesn’t expect that she will fight with fierce resistance. Succeeded in kidnapping her, Rhys takes her as his hostage in return for his missing sister. Rhys is a typical prince who carries onerous burden, the burden to protect his Welsh terrain from the Norse, especially the infuriating Ulf (Argh, this old man had made me mad from the first book) who wants to attack his land and people. On their journey, despite being a hostage, Helga is kindly treated and she isn’t afraid of Rhys, she even has an audacity to tease him over and over even though he is her enemy.

Oh my! I couldn’t stop myself from turning the pages over and over and letting me be taken into their journey. I loved its rich detailed historical settings and superstitions. They kept me glued until the end. I felt like I was under Lucy Morris’s spell especially the tender scene when Helga accidentally knocked her toe and Rhys is so warmly and increasingly concerned of her. It’s smartly framed especially the strategy used to attack Ulf. I was so fascinated by the Shieldmaidens. The epilogue! Loved it so much! For me, this is truly a compelling Viking story. This book might be a standalone but I would recommend reading the prior series as they are as captivating as this. Thank you, Lucy Morris, for this ARC which I voluntary reviewed.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

Lucy Morris lives in Essex, UK, with her husband, two young children and two cats. She has a massively sweet tooth and loves gin, bubbly and Irn-Bru. She is a member of the UK Romantic Novelists’ Association and is delighted to begin her publishing journey with Harlequin Historical in 2021 with her first release ‘The Viking Chief’s Marriage Alliance’.

She adores writing strong, passionate women and the brave honourable men who fall in love with them. Weaving her fascination with the dark age of medieval Europe with her compulsion to give her characters a happily ever after. But only after they’ve had an adventure along the way. Follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/LMorris_Author