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Claiming His Christmas Wife by Dani Collins
5.0
No one say that I didn't read a Christmas story in the Christmas month. And that too a title by my favourite author! This is the thirteenth book I am reading by [a:Dani Collins|6572063|Dani Collins|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1505087522p2/6572063.jpg]
Travis Sanders gets an extremely important call in between his high-level meeting about Imogen Gantry. And he is swamped in lustful memories from four years back, memories he had wiped off from his mind, or at least tried to, of his divorced wife. He has unsavoury thoughts of imagining her dead, before the person calling him from the hospital even gets a word in, as he would have much preferred that because of her betrayal and manipulation!
They had been married for all of fifteen minutes and he knew practically nothing about her. And then he gets to know that her father is dead, predeceased by her mother and elder sister. And that she has no surviving relatives except him.
It is a week before Christmas and on the brink of consciousness, Imogen thinks she has died. And that her pitiable way of dying perhaps would have pleased her father and Travis. Travis, whom she had married at the age of twenty when she was studying journalism. And just as she opens her eyes and sees him in the hospital, she thinks maybe he cares though that is disproved in the next second with his tone which is disparaging. The marriage certificate led the hospital calling Travis, and she doesn't even know where the divorce papers are.
I love Imogen aka Immy's smart-ass mouth. She has such sassy comebacks for everything Travis throws at her. Though I felt so bad for how alone and hurt she was. She had such a sad, horrible childhood that it gave her nightmares.
I love the knight in sarcastic armour trope as well as the damsel in fiery distress one. And when Travis takes Imogen to his penthouse after seeing the condition of her rental accommodation, my heart danced with joy. But the shock turned to surprise that was waiting for them at Travis' penthouse... I loved this story so much!
Dani Collins has written beautiful lines for the heroine. Her writing shines in this one. Also, the way she connects characters from her previous books to this one is amazing!
1. I haven't yet read [b:Bought by Her Italian Boss|28815812|Bought by Her Italian Boss|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1457320841l/28815812._SY75_.jpg|49031882], which has Travis' step-sister Gwyn's story. Gwyn and Vittorio have been shown as a loveable family in this story with their two children, Antonietta (Toni) and Enrico. So, should have read that first.
2. I have read [b:No Longer Forbidden?|16242484|No Longer Forbidden?|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1355140194l/16242484._SY75_.jpg|22255986] and I'm so happy to see Nic and Rowan here. I remembered about Rowan deciding to tell her mother's story and it was so endearing to see her hiring Imogen as the biographer.
The epilogue was a unique one. While of course, it was a happy one, it was so, so emotional. But it was totally unexpected, different from what I've read till now. Wow!
Travis Sanders gets an extremely important call in between his high-level meeting about Imogen Gantry. And he is swamped in lustful memories from four years back, memories he had wiped off from his mind, or at least tried to, of his divorced wife. He has unsavoury thoughts of imagining her dead, before the person calling him from the hospital even gets a word in, as he would have much preferred that because of her betrayal and manipulation!
I don’t want to be your self-destructive impulse ...
They had been married for all of fifteen minutes and he knew practically nothing about her. And then he gets to know that her father is dead, predeceased by her mother and elder sister. And that she has no surviving relatives except him.
Abject loss struck before she’d even had time to process the safe feeling of being cradled against his chest.
It is a week before Christmas and on the brink of consciousness, Imogen thinks she has died. And that her pitiable way of dying perhaps would have pleased her father and Travis. Travis, whom she had married at the age of twenty when she was studying journalism. And just as she opens her eyes and sees him in the hospital, she thinks maybe he cares though that is disproved in the next second with his tone which is disparaging. The marriage certificate led the hospital calling Travis, and she doesn't even know where the divorce papers are.
It would be nice to connect with someone without getting hurt.
I love Imogen aka Immy's smart-ass mouth. She has such sassy comebacks for everything Travis throws at her. Though I felt so bad for how alone and hurt she was. She had such a sad, horrible childhood that it gave her nightmares.
You look like a gangster. I don’t have your money. You’ll have to break my knees.
I love the knight in sarcastic armour trope as well as the damsel in fiery distress one. And when Travis takes Imogen to his penthouse after seeing the condition of her rental accommodation, my heart danced with joy. But the shock turned to surprise that was waiting for them at Travis' penthouse... I loved this story so much!
Dani Collins has written beautiful lines for the heroine. Her writing shines in this one. Also, the way she connects characters from her previous books to this one is amazing!
1. I haven't yet read [b:Bought by Her Italian Boss|28815812|Bought by Her Italian Boss|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1457320841l/28815812._SY75_.jpg|49031882], which has Travis' step-sister Gwyn's story. Gwyn and Vittorio have been shown as a loveable family in this story with their two children, Antonietta (Toni) and Enrico. So, should have read that first.
2. I have read [b:No Longer Forbidden?|16242484|No Longer Forbidden?|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1355140194l/16242484._SY75_.jpg|22255986] and I'm so happy to see Nic and Rowan here. I remembered about Rowan deciding to tell her mother's story and it was so endearing to see her hiring Imogen as the biographer.
The epilogue was a unique one. While of course, it was a happy one, it was so, so emotional. But it was totally unexpected, different from what I've read till now. Wow!