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Bought For The Marriage Bed by Melanie Milburne
5.0
Re-reading this gem, my first ever Mills and Boon read.
Nadia Selbourne wants to give up her four-month-old daughter, Georgia. Her identical twin sister Nina, pleads with her and requests her to at least consider raising her in memory of Andre, Georgia's deceased father. As soon as Nadia steps out to pursue her future somewhere else, leaving Georgia in Nina's care, where she anyways stays most of the time, in comes Marc Marcello, billionaire playboy of Sydney and Andre's older brother. Marc, who hasn't even shed a tear for his dead brother, in order to smoothly run the Sydney branch of the Italian Marcello merchant bank, seeing also that his father is terminally ill. But now, per his Papa's instructions, he is there to 'buy' the child from Nadia.
Yep, buy, because Nadia had threatened senior Marcello of giving up the baby for adoption. Nadia is a bad, bad woman. She tries to pawn off her daughter, in order to lead a better life. But there's also to consider the background the sisters come from. Nadia is obviously a very disturbed lady if she can hurt a helpless baby like that. There's plenty of angst in this story as he believes her to be the reason for his brother's death, she who has slept around all of Sydney. He mistakes Nina for her sister and the fear of giving up on Georgia makes Nina go on with the charade. Nina is also contemptuous of him, his views, and his lifestyle. They marry on Marc's coercion because both have something that will end up in neither of them getting custody of Georgia.
I loved the beautiful relationship and love that is between Nina and Georgia, that an aunt can love her niece more than her own mother is indeed something special! But I also felt a little sad for Georgia, neither of her parents wanted her. It was wonderful to see Marc and Nina step up in that role. In spite of the hatred, he couldn't help but get lost in her smoky grey eyes.
Marc's behaviour towards Nina, in the beginning, is understandable but, later on, the way he protects her is so sweet. And the climax is just heartbreaking. Though when reading it for the first time, I somehow missed a tiny detail. While Nina gets to know about Marc's past, Marc doesn't get to know hers. At least not fully, and not in a way of a proper conversation. And the ending seemed hurried, without an epilogue.
In spite of all that, this one is a keeper. A fantastic twin story! Although my views can be considered to be prejudiced because this was my first Mills and Boon and it will always be very special to me. Among the five books that I've since read, this one's my favourite work by [a:Melanie Milburne|71685|Melanie Milburne|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1438216141p2/71685.jpg].
Nadia Selbourne wants to give up her four-month-old daughter, Georgia. Her identical twin sister Nina, pleads with her and requests her to at least consider raising her in memory of Andre, Georgia's deceased father. As soon as Nadia steps out to pursue her future somewhere else, leaving Georgia in Nina's care, where she anyways stays most of the time, in comes Marc Marcello, billionaire playboy of Sydney and Andre's older brother. Marc, who hasn't even shed a tear for his dead brother, in order to smoothly run the Sydney branch of the Italian Marcello merchant bank, seeing also that his father is terminally ill. But now, per his Papa's instructions, he is there to 'buy' the child from Nadia.
Yep, buy, because Nadia had threatened senior Marcello of giving up the baby for adoption. Nadia is a bad, bad woman. She tries to pawn off her daughter, in order to lead a better life. But there's also to consider the background the sisters come from. Nadia is obviously a very disturbed lady if she can hurt a helpless baby like that. There's plenty of angst in this story as he believes her to be the reason for his brother's death, she who has slept around all of Sydney. He mistakes Nina for her sister and the fear of giving up on Georgia makes Nina go on with the charade. Nina is also contemptuous of him, his views, and his lifestyle. They marry on Marc's coercion because both have something that will end up in neither of them getting custody of Georgia.
I loved the beautiful relationship and love that is between Nina and Georgia, that an aunt can love her niece more than her own mother is indeed something special! But I also felt a little sad for Georgia, neither of her parents wanted her. It was wonderful to see Marc and Nina step up in that role. In spite of the hatred, he couldn't help but get lost in her smoky grey eyes.
Marc's behaviour towards Nina, in the beginning, is understandable but, later on, the way he protects her is so sweet. And the climax is just heartbreaking. Though when reading it for the first time, I somehow missed a tiny detail. While Nina gets to know about Marc's past, Marc doesn't get to know hers. At least not fully, and not in a way of a proper conversation. And the ending seemed hurried, without an epilogue.
In spite of all that, this one is a keeper. A fantastic twin story! Although my views can be considered to be prejudiced because this was my first Mills and Boon and it will always be very special to me. Among the five books that I've since read, this one's my favourite work by [a:Melanie Milburne|71685|Melanie Milburne|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1438216141p2/71685.jpg].