No one had ever looked at her and seen perfection—until now.Delicate, titian-haired Theresa Noble has met her father’s associates in the past, but the gorgeous, Italian-born Sandro De Lucci leaves her speechless. Eighteen months into their marriage, however, Sandro has turned to ice. Desperate to escape a relationship that has proven to be as stubbornly passionate as it is cold and hateful, … and hateful, Theresa summons up the courage to ask for a divorce. But before he’ll grant her request, Sandro demands something from Theresa: a son.
The stalemate sickens her. Never mind that Sandro has yet to introduce Theresa to the large family that means so much to him. Or that Theresa overhears her husband on the phone with a mystery woman. Most damning is that Theresa senses, in Sandro’s treatment of her, the behind-the-scenes machinations of Jackson Noble, her cruel father. From the depths of her anxiety, Theresa must seek an empowering truth about the husband who calls her, with such cold affection, his cara, his beloved.
Revised edition: This edition of The Unwanted Wife includes editorial revisions.
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I didn’t think my heart could bear it all the way. I lost count how many times my heart and soul lost a piece of itself. It was such a tear-jerker, I really didn’t know I could cry this much and be fustrated at the same time.
I love this kind of books
I know i’m late to the game with this book but really I wish I could give it ten stars. I loved every second of it. I found it because I asked for a recommendation where the hero feels bad and grovels. Boy did this one do that. This was a great story about misunderstandings and coming back together. I loved it.
This was such a sweet 2nd chance romance. Sebastian and Haven’s story was just so wonderful.
Haven comes back to help out at her old dance studio, she knew she would run into Sebastian at some point in there small town. She just didn’t expect it to be when he brings his daughter Chloe to her dance class.
Now that Haven is back Sebastian is going to do everything in his power to make her stay.
“the last time I was truly happy and carefree was when I was with you. It took me coming home to you. It took coming back to the small town of Hope to see that being a dancer is no longer my dream.”
I enjoyed this book so much. If you want a detailed review of this book check my blog – stylusreviews.wordpress.com
When I was in my late teens/early 20s, my one guilty reading pleasure was sneaking a few Mills & Boon romances. I loved them for their alpha heroes, especially if they were European and peppered their speech with endearments in their mother tongue, even when you knew they despised the heroine but continued to lust after them. LOL
Well, this story made me feel very nostalgic for those M&B books. A book friend had raved about this story recently and I’ve been sitting on this series for…five flippin’ years(!!) – after purchasing each one for 1GBP! Shocking, I know! LOL
Anyway, adored it! I couldn’t put the darn thing down and stayed up until stupid o’clock to finish it and have only had five hours sleep. So, yeah, Theresa and Alessandro’s story just totally hooked me.
“Why would you even want a child with a woman you despise?”
Theresa went into their marriage with hearts in her eyes but she got a rude awakening almost as soon as they were married. She persevered but, deep inside, her love and her spirit were slowly withering from Sandro’s cold treatment and dismissal of her, and her failure to give him the only thing he seems to want out of their marriage. The only place they showed harmony was in the marital bed, which despite his seeming hatred of her, where he insists she sleeps.
When revelations come to light, we start seeing a change in Sandro. Just as Theresa is finally asserting her independence, it appears that he is just starting to make the effort to know his wife.
“I have this life, with you. It’s the only one that matters to me.”
True to an M&B hero, Sandro is a commanding and possessive SOB but full of passion. We see his loyalty to his family and what he’s willing to do to make them happy. We see plenty of what Theresa is feeling and thinking but only him through her eyes, but we get plenty of clues about the change of heart that he’s going through. Theresa herself goes through a big change from a needy doormat to someone full of fire and stubbornness. Her dogged stubbornness is to the point of annoying but we can see she’s totally pushing Sandro’s buttons to the limit. I loved that sometimes he reacted angrily to it and, other times, he displayed the patience of a saint.
I thoroughly enjoyed the storytelling – the fieriness between them, the love scenes (my favourite is the one where they kiss for the first time and he can’t seem to get enough of her), and their emotional journey to finding their truths (yep, totally had tears on my pillow whilst reading this story!).
The Unwanted Woman was a fabulous marriage of convenience/marriage in trouble story. I enjoyed how Sandro made me feel. Pissed off but I didn’t hate him cause I knew he would turn on his good side and perhaps give me some grovel later. I love a good grovel. Let’s just say he didn’t disappoint. Before the swoon worthy Sandro appeared I had to experience what a cold hearted jerk he could be to his wife Theresa. I liked her growth as well, finally standing up for herself and not be treated like a doormat.
Sandro’s redemption arc gave me what I needed and expected. Him and Theresa slowly finding their way back to each other and getting to know one another deeper was my favorite part of the story.
The Unwanted Wife was my first book from this author and it will definitely not be my last.
Theresa knows her husband, Sandro, doesn’t really love her any more than her father. When she asks for a divorce only to have Sandro refuse she is confused, clearly he would be happier without her since he hates her so much. When she learns that her father practically sold her as a baby maker and that her husband accepted the deal her devastation is complete. Sandro reason though noble don’t take away her pain. When she discovers she is pregnant she also discovers a light at the end of the tunnel and plans for her divorce and making sure her father never gets his hands on her son. Sandro has other plans because he does in fact love his wife but he thought her to be part of her father’s master plan and resented her for his being forced to marry her. Now he knows the truth and every day he prays for a way to make things right with his Theresa, while screwing it up even more. His only hope is a daughter so she will have to stay in the marriage.
I will stand by my original review, it really easy to get into the characters, the world that Natasha Anders created is pretty detailed except for the bedroom scenes which were not too graphic but just enough to make them steamy. The emotionally charged scenes were well thought out and written in such a way that I could really connect and stick with the story. These days with all the ups and downs of our fight for justice that my family and myself have been going through we have each had to focus on that one thing that can allow us a brief respite from the nightmare we are living with; as mine is books and writing I want to thank Natasha for being such an author that can write a book that can keep the reader involved in the book and allowing that escape.Given the number of edits I found the five-star rating I had to give The Unwanted Wife will be reduced to a four-star rating.
This review posting contains the body of the review, which is only a portion of the original review which was originally posted here https://lauralusbookreviews.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-unwanted-wife-unwanted-1-by-natasha.html
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book when I started. And I didn’t– I Loved it. It became a true love story. And I became a fan of Natasha’s.