From under the mistletoe… …to down the aisle! When brooding bachelor Gabe Arantini learns the innocent beauty he shared a steamy festive night with is the daughter of his business rival, he’s furious. The following Christmas, Abby returns with shocking news–she’s had his child! Gabe knows he must marry Abby to legitimize his son. But can this be a marriage in name only, or will their … name only, or will their red-hot chemistry take over?
Feel the heat in this festive secret baby romance!
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Read both of the Christmas Seductions books:
Book 1: Bound by Their Christmas Baby
Book 2: The Season to Sin (from Harlequin Dare)
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Let me start my review with this….I absolutely loved this novel. This novel was everything that I could’ve asked for and so much more.
A beautifully written, highly emotional read that I literally couldn’t put down. I was completely captivated with all things Gabe and Abby.
Gabe, a billionaire in his own right has built an empire from the ground up with his best friend Noah. But Gabe has a haunted past that contained so much torment and hurt, Gabe refuses to allow anyone in. Love is an emotion that he refuses to feel because it only ends in one thing….Heartache.
Whereas Abby, a beautiful woman will do anything for love. Abby’s past still haunts her, but she believes that no matter how bad people seem you should never give up finding their goodness within.
But what happens when these two opposites collide?
What happens when Gabe and Abby share one night together?
A night that neither of them will ever forget.
One walks away devastated, trust destroyed.
One walks away with an all-consuming guilt chipping away daily.
Two people, one night that irrevocably changes their lives, and for all the wrong reasons.
So what happens when Gabe and Abby are reunited again?
You have a relationship that is nothing short of explosive.
You have secrets that will be revealed.
You have hurt and pain that will be resurfaced.
You have words thrown that cut like knives to the soul.
You have Gabe and Abby, two people trying to remedy all their wrongs.
And you have a read that will simply blow your mind, capture your heart and stay with you well after you have finished it.
I just adored Gabe and Abby’s story. A mix of heartache, warmth, hurt, pain and breathtaking beauty, Bound By Their Christmas Baby for me was a perfect read that I lost myself in. I couldn’t get enough of either of them. A perfect read that will stay with me always.
5 stars
3.5 Stars
Gabe was something else, I don’t even know. It took time to get into this, very slow moving at first. The last half I read all in one day. I just had a hard time with Gabe, I did not like him at all. The author did very well making us dislike the hero. It takes good writing to dislike a character so strongly. When we finally got more back story it started to make sense.
I recommend giving it a try.
Clare Connelly really knows how to get to the heart and soul of her characters and this one is a beauty, sensual, moving and a must read for any romance reader that loves some tension and sensuality with a wounded hero and heroine, throw in a castle in the Alps of Italy, a baby and it is Christmas time, what more could you want?
Gabe Arantini is a self- made billionaire, tough and hard he swears never to love after the way he was treated as a child, he only has one person that means a lot to him and that is his best friend and business partner Noah, so when he spends a very sensual night with Abby Howard and finds her the most untrustworthy woma, he is even more determined to not love, so when one year later he runs into her he is shocked at the feelings he has and the announcement that she makes shakes him even further.
Abby has done it really tough since that night she spent with Gabe, finding herself pregnant and not pleasing her wealthy father she is abandoned and left to manage with her beautiful son Raf working hard in a top restaurant and is stunned when the man she has never forgotten walks in and has her sacked on the spot. Abby is determined to finally be able to tell Gabe about Raf and when she does he pushes her into marriage and a move to Italy, this pushes Abby’s emotions sky high.
This is a fantastic story, I savoured every word as I got to know and love both Gabe and Abby, yes there were times I could have yelled at Gabe’s pushing and the reasons why he wanted marriage so much, but the spark between them was no way going away and their journey to a HEA is and up- hill battle of wits and understanding, then trust needs to be there, and then a beautiful ending. This is a story that I highly recommend, thank you MS Connelly for hours of reading pleasure and it was so good catching up with Noah and Holly.
Bound by Their Christmas Baby by Clare Connelly is the story of Gabe and Abby.
Abby was sent by her father to get some information about Gabe but she ended up sleeping with him. When she was caught by Gabe getting that information he gets hostile and makes her leave. Abby didn’t go forward with helping her father but he ends up kicking her out. When Abby tried to contact Gabe to let him know she is with child he doesn’t take her call or allow her to get near him. Then later he spots her and goes to get her fired but she confronts him about the baby. Things move forward after that…although Gabe still has trust issues.
Enjoyed their story.