Bound by the Marcolini Diamonds (Mills & Boon Modern ) [Paperback]

I have had this book on my shelf for some time, but have only now just read this. Wow what I was missing, every now and then you get a real gem from Mills and Boon and this is certainly a gem. Sabrina's best friend Laura who was married to Ric, have named her as joint guardian to their baby Molly, they have been tragically killed in an accident. The other named guardian is Mario Marcolini. laura's stepmother wants custody of baby Molly, and as she is entirely unsuitable to have care of a baby, Mario tells Sabrina that he and she should marry to forstall Laura's stepmother Ingrid laying any claim on the child. initially Sabrina baulks at the idea but he is very rich and she is not only out of work but has recently been implicated in a scandal,which Mario uses to his advantage, plus as she is a nanny by profession she is convenient as a care giver for Molly. They go back to Italy Mario's home.Already having been married in Australia. Sabrina finds Mario's oozing sexuality hard to resist, he thinks she is nothing but a gold digger. Mario's constant insults to Sabrina reminding her of the recent scandal attached to her name angers her as he does not believe she is innocent. What I liked about this book was when Mario discovers the truth, his contrition and guilt is complete, and not just confined to a couple of lines as is usual in these books, I really thought that was done so well. The sexual chemistry between Sabrina and Mario was intense, the love scenes were really HOT.I would thoroughly recommend this book from Ms.Milburne.

Bound by the Marcolini Diamonds is book two in Melanie Milburne's The Marcolini Men. It will make the reader think how far and to what lengths one would go for a friend. It's an incredibly moving and magnificent story with one hot Italian alpha and a sweet Australian nanny. Milburne has written an incredible love story, one with a battle of wills and temptation.

Sabrina is a sweet woman who adores children and in her profession as a nanny has been wrongly accused as to having an affair and breaking up a family. Now on top of everything else, she's lost her best friend and her husband in an automobile accident. She and Mario Marcolini have been made co-custodians of their surviving baby Molly. Sabrina has only had one other experience with the sexy and ruthless billionaire Mario and wonders how she will carry out her friend's wishes as she is now unemployed and lives in Australia while Mario resides in Italy. A short meeting with Mario after the funeral, she realizes he plans to take Molly to Italy and with his low opinion of her and all of his money, she wonders how she will play a part in Molly's life.

It's very obvious Mario has deep feelings for his departed friend Rick and feels an overwhelming responsibility to Molly. Even though he's not to keen on Sabrina because of the scandal she's caused, he realizes he needs someone to care for the baby and since she has all of the qualifications, the looks, and the body he decides the only option is a marriage of convenience. Of course it's secretly one he's looking forward and he's hopeful theirs will be a physical marriage with all of the benefits. He's also determined once Molly is older he will compensate Molly for her time and they will end the marriage. However, Mario realizes after a passionate kiss he's never felt anything like it; the fire of the kiss and her touch. Even though his parents had a happy enough marriage, he wasn't sure he wanted the responsibility or that sort of emotion in his life.

Can Sabrina survive this marriage? He constantly brings up the alledged affair and she can't understand why he won't try to understand that it was a set-up. Surely being in the press like he was should make him understand how things get twisted around? One thing she's sure of is that women come and go in Mario's life and he's holding all the cards.
As one can well imagine, there's a lot of emotion in this vibrant love story, loss of their best friends, loving Molly as they both do, their shared passion which taunts them both and the roller coaster emotions on top of everything else, a lot to take in and digest for them. So when they act on their desire and Mario realizes she inexperienced, can you imagine how he feels and that he got it wrong by believing the worst of Sabrina?

Both of the books in The Marcolini Men were exceptional and Mario and his brother learned valuable lessons about their women, valuable lessons we should all learn like trust and believing in each other because in the end both brother's wanted it all.....love and marriage.

Behind the Book:

"The story behind Mario and Sabrina was more to do with the issue of what you would do for a friend. How far would you go to protect a young baby that you have been given guardianship of? For Sabrina this was a huge decision as by agreeing to marry Mario Marcolini she was effectively giving up her own dreams of a happy marriage and children of her own one day. It was a fun book to write as Mario and Sabrina struck sparks off each other right from the start." M. Milburne