International Billionaires II - Wife By Force

I enjoyed this book. The characters were so real and their love beautiful. Dante proved his love for Lara again and again. Yes, I do recommend this book. Truly an enjoyable love story with a little mystery thrown into the mix. I look forward to reading more novels by this author.
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This book dragged with repeated dialogue. My goodness. How did this book get so many 5 star reviews? Sure, the author tried to build angst with silly hostility and ridiculous arguments but it was a massive fail. There was no depth of character development and when the characters where “reaching” it was just repeatedly cut short with some silly assumption. Then after 20 chapters, it’s all summed up in 4 pages of dialogue before an epilogue with “Guess when? What? Where? Who? Kids? Ages?”. Three stars are generous for the novella.

This like Caro LaFever's other books, are fantastic. Her books are so unlike many of the romance novels, as the couples don't just fall in love, in all of them it is a process of time and lots of hard work on each person's part. But it makes it all that much sweeter when they get together in the end and find love. Also, with her endings (spoiler alert) the epilogue usually goes years later and shows the results of that love. I love her books and look forward to reading all of her other ones!

This booked had me experiencing all sort of emotions from tears, joy frustration, laughter. So well written, Dante has been in love with Lara forever, but he just keeps upsetting her with his actions. Drama and emotion filed, keeps thee reader entertained. At times I just wanted to smack him for his arrogance, Lara had to learn to let go of past hurts, while Dante has to learn to have fun and express his emotions.

Wife by Force
International Billionaires II: The Italians
By: Caro LaFever
Reviewed By: Elizabeth/snoopypeach

Laura is regaining her life and freedom after a dismal marriage. At a friend's wedding she's not prepared for the encounter with her childhood best friend and the man who destroyed her heart years ago.

Dante is the head of his family and the family company, he is accustomed to people deferring to him and never being able to let his guard down. With his legendary control he thinks he's ready to see Laura, the woman he has loved since he was a young, and be able to keep his composure. But, can two passionate people with so many misconceptions between them keep their emotions and tempers under control?

From love to hate to love Laura and Dante battle it out through these pages! Without giving anything away, there was so much baggage between these two, and they certainly punished each other for them. As I was reading I was swept away in the back story of their childhood and then bounced around the tale of their present. From one minute to the next I wasn't sure who I wanted to smack up side the head the most! But the frustration was part of the story's charm. Before I knew it I was completely invested in the outcome with these two! The author does a marvelous job of grabbing your hand and taking you on one crazy emotional ride. The characters are fully developed and are so easy to become enthralled with, even the secondary characters are interesting and add the perfect finishing pieces to this story. In true romance novel style the end rushes past with great overtures and grand displays. This is a wonderfully emotional, passionate, sexy and heart aching romance! I would recommend it to anyone who loves a romance that's worth the wait, or simply a romance that will keep you enthralled till the very last word!

Received an ARC copy.

Loved it!! Great story. Strong,willed, controlling man vs strong-willed woman. Both misunderstanding each other, but, go ally realizing their love for each other. Ups and downs, as with any related/marriage, but it works out in the end. WONDERFUL STORY!!!
Looking forward to reading the next book.

I really enjoyed the book. The story line stayed consistent with the make up of the main characters, which I like. Two people who love each other but have to open lines of communication found it difficult to do so. The humor and teasing back and forth was great. Just a good read and read the book all the way throughWife By Force: International Billionaires II: The Italians

Good read. Dante made his feelings clear from the start, really a good guy. Lara acted so immature. I got so frustrated with her. Definitely got into the book judging by the various opinions I have on characters.

I really enjoyed this story. Dante and Lara were meant to be together. Their story was rife with all kinds of problems which was hard for them to get through. Carol Fever is a very good writer. I intend to read many more of her books.