- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Mills & Boon (4 Jun 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0263878104
- ISBN-13: 978-0263878103
- Product Dimensions: 16.4 x 10.4 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 222,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Gold-digger, or innocent secretary? When Gemma Cardone's boss is hospitalised, and Stafano Marinetti, his estranged son, takes over the family shipyard, she is caught between duty and desire... Her duty - Gemma's relationship with Stefano's father was totally innocent but steeped in secrecy. However, Stefano suspects she was his father's lover. Gemma can never tell the real truth - it would tear Stefano's family apart. His desire - Gemma has never met a man as determined or intense as Stefano. In his presence, she melts. Though she knows he despises her, between his sheets it's a different story...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I didn't see it coming, the sadness I would feel for both the hero Stefano and the heroine Gemmna in Janette Kenny's Innocent In the Italian's Possession. Betrayal, secrets, loss of family plus sensual tension that literally leaps and sizzles off of the pages of this amazing romance.
Gemma Cardone was a most dedicated personal assistant to Cesare Marinetti. Her boss had lost so much......the death of his wife and his oldest son and years without his younger son Stefano. Add to his the fact he found out he had a love child who was seriously ill in Milan. Plus the fact his business was failing and he had suffered a heart attack. Through out it all. Gemma was devoted to her boss. And now she was forced to work for Stefano Marinetti a well known Italian billionaire and playboy while her boss was in the hospital. Could she keep the secrets from him as she promised Cesare?
Stefano didn't want to be at Marinetti Shipping, but family was family and he owed the revenge he promised his mother against his father's PA Gemma because they both believed Gemma to be his father's mistress. What he didn't count on was how much he would be immediately attracted to her and want her for himself. Every step of the way Gemma tempts him, stirs him but he's determined to find out what secrets she's keeping from him. He's demanding, he's arrogant and he's determined so much so that he demands she work for both his father's company and his as well.
Gemma shouldered so many responsibilities.....her grandmother and the family Inn, her brother, Rachel who was Casare's young daughter and on top of that, keeping her promise to her boss about the state of things. Add to that the attraction she felt towards Stefano and the churning emotions she experienced daily. Always doing for others and I began to wonder when would she get her turn at happiness? Could that happiness be in the form of Stefano Marinetti?
Talk about passion exploding off the pages of this rollercoaster romance from the beginning to the end. I began to wonder when some of the secrets would be revealed so this couple could have a chance at happiness. However, even though this arrogant Italian found Gemma irresistible and finally bedded her, he was so dense I wanted to shake him. It was brilliant how author Janette Kenny put up road blocks every step of the way in Innocent in the Italian's Possession. She made this romance extremely entertaining and also a very emotional read.
Behind the Book: http://www.iheartpresents.com/2010/06/the-rebel-son-returns-by-janette-kenny/
Gemma Cardone was a most dedicated personal assistant to Cesare Marinetti. Her boss had lost so much......the death of his wife and his oldest son and years without his younger son Stefano. Add to his the fact he found out he had a love child who was seriously ill in Milan. Plus the fact his business was failing and he had suffered a heart attack. Through out it all. Gemma was devoted to her boss. And now she was forced to work for Stefano Marinetti a well known Italian billionaire and playboy while her boss was in the hospital. Could she keep the secrets from him as she promised Cesare?
Stefano didn't want to be at Marinetti Shipping, but family was family and he owed the revenge he promised his mother against his father's PA Gemma because they both believed Gemma to be his father's mistress. What he didn't count on was how much he would be immediately attracted to her and want her for himself. Every step of the way Gemma tempts him, stirs him but he's determined to find out what secrets she's keeping from him. He's demanding, he's arrogant and he's determined so much so that he demands she work for both his father's company and his as well.
Gemma shouldered so many responsibilities.....her grandmother and the family Inn, her brother, Rachel who was Casare's young daughter and on top of that, keeping her promise to her boss about the state of things. Add to that the attraction she felt towards Stefano and the churning emotions she experienced daily. Always doing for others and I began to wonder when would she get her turn at happiness? Could that happiness be in the form of Stefano Marinetti?
Talk about passion exploding off the pages of this rollercoaster romance from the beginning to the end. I began to wonder when some of the secrets would be revealed so this couple could have a chance at happiness. However, even though this arrogant Italian found Gemma irresistible and finally bedded her, he was so dense I wanted to shake him. It was brilliant how author Janette Kenny put up road blocks every step of the way in Innocent in the Italian's Possession. She made this romance extremely entertaining and also a very emotional read.
Behind the Book: http://www.iheartpresents.com/2010/06/the-rebel-son-returns-by-janette-kenny/
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I enjoyed this book, although I found myself quite cross with Stephano! He came thundering in with vengeance on his mind (against the alleged gold-digger who messed up his parents marriage). He was so short-sighted that he couldn't even recognise that Gemma wasn't like that. Poor girl seemed to carry everyone's burdens. I was pleased to see that although she gave in to the chemistry that blazed from the pages, she wasn't a doormat! I just hate these spineless heroines who allow themselves to be treated like they have no worth because the man is attractive and loaded (total insults to us readers). It had was a good realistic story-line with likable characters. Wonder if Stephano's friend (Jean) has a story coming?
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Never Again
10 July 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback
So this is ROMANCE, Janette Kenny style! Alas, it found it anything but--where were the essential components, things like an enjoyable read, story involvement or even simple escape?
I find it hard to believe that any publisher would publish a manuscript in which a large percentage of the plot development in the first eighty pages moves forward through the endless, highly repetitive ramblings of the two main characters, Gemma and Stefano's, unspoken thoughts.
But, wait, Gemma, the helpless heroine doesn't think--clueless doesn't begin to cover it. She gives money to her addicted brother because, for unknown reasons, she believes he's cleaned up his act--no checking, no thought as to what addiction's about, what addicts are like. She gives more money to her Nonna who's running their inn--again no checking to see what's going on there because, instead, Gemma spends all her free time embroiled in helping her elderly employer clean up his mess. Wow, lessons in enmeshment, enabling and general messupyourlife stupidity all in one package. The borrowed money--no wait, it was given to Gemma for her gift of bone marrow--is then called in by Genna's employer's son, Stefano, who, despite the lack of any written contract, demands repayment, beginning immediately or he'll. . . bet you can guess.
In all Western countries organs, bones, blood, bone marrow, etc. are not negotiable--i.e., for sale. But, hey, not to worry, in Harlequin fashion, forget reality, sex cures all, in a manner of speaking, of course.
I find it hard to believe that any publisher would publish a manuscript in which a large percentage of the plot development in the first eighty pages moves forward through the endless, highly repetitive ramblings of the two main characters, Gemma and Stefano's, unspoken thoughts.
But, wait, Gemma, the helpless heroine doesn't think--clueless doesn't begin to cover it. She gives money to her addicted brother because, for unknown reasons, she believes he's cleaned up his act--no checking, no thought as to what addiction's about, what addicts are like. She gives more money to her Nonna who's running their inn--again no checking to see what's going on there because, instead, Gemma spends all her free time embroiled in helping her elderly employer clean up his mess. Wow, lessons in enmeshment, enabling and general messupyourlife stupidity all in one package. The borrowed money--no wait, it was given to Gemma for her gift of bone marrow--is then called in by Genna's employer's son, Stefano, who, despite the lack of any written contract, demands repayment, beginning immediately or he'll. . . bet you can guess.
In all Western countries organs, bones, blood, bone marrow, etc. are not negotiable--i.e., for sale. But, hey, not to worry, in Harlequin fashion, forget reality, sex cures all, in a manner of speaking, of course.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
"Gold digger or ordinary secretary?"
28 Jun 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I didn't see it coming, the sadness I would feel for both the hero Stefano and the heroine Gemmna in Janette Kenny's Innocent In the Italian's Possession. Betrayal, secrets, loss of family plus sensual tension that literally leaps and sizzles off of the pages of this amazing romance.
Gemma Cardone was a most dedicated personal assistant to Cesare Marinetti. Her boss had lost so much......the death of his wife and his oldest son and years without his younger son Stefano. Add to his the fact he found out he had a love child who was seriously ill in Milan. Plus the fact his business was failing and he had suffered a heart attack. Through out it all. Gemma was devoted to her boss. And now she was forced to work for Stefano Marinetti a well known Italian billionaire and playboy while her boss was in the hospital. Could she keep the secrets from him as she promised Cesare?
Stefano didn't want to be at Marinetti Shipping, but family was family and he owed the revenge he promised his mother against his father's PA Gemma because they both believed Gemma to be his father's mistress. What he didn't count on was how much he would be immediately attracted to her and want her for himself. Every step of the way Gemma tempts him, stirs him but he's determined to find out what secrets she's keeping from him. He's demanding, he's arrogant and he's determined so much so that he demands she work for both his father's company and his as well.
Gemma shouldered so many responsibilities.....her grandmother and the family Inn, her brother, Rachel who was Casare's young daughter and on top of that, keeping her promise to her boss about the state of things. Add to that the attraction she felt towards Stefano and the churning emotions she experienced daily. Always doing for others and I began to wonder when would she get her turn at happiness? Could that happiness be in the form of Stefano Marinetti?
Talk about passion exploding off the pages of this rollercoaster romance from the beginning to the end. I began to wonder when some of the secrets would be revealed so this couple could have a chance at happiness. However, even though this arrogant Italian found Gemma irresistible and finally bedded her, he was so dense I wanted to shake him. It was brilliant how author Janette Kenny put up road blocks every step of the way in Innocent in the Italian's Possession. She made this romance extremely entertaining and also a very emotional read.
Behind the Book: [...]
Gemma Cardone was a most dedicated personal assistant to Cesare Marinetti. Her boss had lost so much......the death of his wife and his oldest son and years without his younger son Stefano. Add to his the fact he found out he had a love child who was seriously ill in Milan. Plus the fact his business was failing and he had suffered a heart attack. Through out it all. Gemma was devoted to her boss. And now she was forced to work for Stefano Marinetti a well known Italian billionaire and playboy while her boss was in the hospital. Could she keep the secrets from him as she promised Cesare?
Stefano didn't want to be at Marinetti Shipping, but family was family and he owed the revenge he promised his mother against his father's PA Gemma because they both believed Gemma to be his father's mistress. What he didn't count on was how much he would be immediately attracted to her and want her for himself. Every step of the way Gemma tempts him, stirs him but he's determined to find out what secrets she's keeping from him. He's demanding, he's arrogant and he's determined so much so that he demands she work for both his father's company and his as well.
Gemma shouldered so many responsibilities.....her grandmother and the family Inn, her brother, Rachel who was Casare's young daughter and on top of that, keeping her promise to her boss about the state of things. Add to that the attraction she felt towards Stefano and the churning emotions she experienced daily. Always doing for others and I began to wonder when would she get her turn at happiness? Could that happiness be in the form of Stefano Marinetti?
Talk about passion exploding off the pages of this rollercoaster romance from the beginning to the end. I began to wonder when some of the secrets would be revealed so this couple could have a chance at happiness. However, even though this arrogant Italian found Gemma irresistible and finally bedded her, he was so dense I wanted to shake him. It was brilliant how author Janette Kenny put up road blocks every step of the way in Innocent in the Italian's Possession. She made this romance extremely entertaining and also a very emotional read.
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