Transformed by his tantalizing touch... A single look from Salvatore Di Luca. That's all it took for virgin Lina's life to change--forever. For one night, she escaped from her ordinary, suffocating life...and found freedom in the Sicilian's arms! It defies every rule Salvatore has set himself, but he just can't resist enchanting Lina. Still, he refuses to let her into his fiercely guarded world. Until he finds their impulsive encounter cost Lina everything... He may never trust her, but if Lina is staying in his luxurious mansion, it will be in his bed!
His Until Midnight... ? When millionaire Matteo Santini bought one night with Bella Gatti it was to protect her innocence from the dangerous game she was caught up in. He never expected to be so undone by their fierce attraction – nor by her disappearance the next day.
Interior designer Kate is working on a room for one of her clients when she has a chance meeting with the son of one of Sicily's most esteemed families, Giovanni Calvelli. While his cold and arrogant disposition initially leaves Kate turned off, for some reason she can't take her eyes off the macho magnate. While Kate thinks she'll never see him again, just a few hours later Giovanni shows up at her home with a forgotten article, and with one foot in the doorway says, "You're into me, aren't you? You don't have to hide it. The feeling is mutual."
‘Marry me this weekend.' He will wed his Cinderella! Sicilian billionaire Gabriel Salvetti offers a simple exchange - for her hand in marriage he'll save Francesca Mancini's ancestral home. Penniless Frankie has the aristocratic name Gabriel needs to redeem his family's notorious reputation and their blatant physical attraction can only sweeten the deal. But when he discovers his convenient bride is a virgin, one taste is enough to make Gabriel crave his wife - forever!
When people think of dock-side dining in Massachusetts they imagine buttery toasted lobster rolls, steaming bowls of creamy fish chowder, and alabaster-white slabs of baked cod piled with bread crumbs, but its rich and varied cuisine reflects all who have come to call these seaports home. Cultures––including, Sicilian, Portuguese, Finnish, and Irish––that fished and worked the granite quarries there a century ago were so tightly bound that generations have stayed and continue to leave their culinary mark on coastline. In Cod We Trust features over 175 recipes that celebrate the area’s unique place in the culinary world, and is a photographic journey for both people who love the area and those who hope to visit one day.
In this classic contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author, an amnesiac single mother can’t remember the man who may be her son’s father. Milly doesn’t remember Gianni D’Angelo. All she knows is that she was found after a hit-and-run accident, pregnant and with her memory gone. So Milly is horrified when she learns that she was once Gianni’s mistress . . . and now he’s claiming her little boy is his son! Gianni’s solution is simple: marriage! Originally published in 1999.
From a USA Today–bestselling author, when a billionaire discovers his estranged wife has had his child in secret, their marriage gets a second chance. When Emma’s billionaire Sicilian husband found out she was infertile, their marriage was over. Then, back in England, Emma discovered the impossible had happened—she was pregnant! But life is hard, and, unable to pay her bills, she has only one option: Vincenzo. Now that he knows he’s a father, Vincenzo will claim his son and if Emma is to stay with her beloved child, she must return to the marriage bed!
A provocative new theory about fairy tales from one of the world's leading authorities If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread—or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. In this book, renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold—and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, Zipes presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation in an ever-growing variety of media. In making his case, Zipes considers a wide range of fascinating examples, including fairy tales told, collected, and written by women in the nineteenth century; Catherine Breillat's film adaptation of Perrault's "Bluebeard"; and contemporary fairy-tale drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs that critique canonical print versions. While we may never be able to fully explain fairy tales, The Irresistible Fairy Tale provides a powerful theory of how and why they evolved—and why we still use them to make meaning of our lives.
A tycoon hungers for vengeance—but can he break the heart of his enemy’s innocent daughter? “You wanted to marry me, and you will.Only it will be on my terms . . . ” Vicenzu is surprised by Imma Buscetta, daughter of the rival who took everything from his family. His plan is to marry her for revenge, yet Imma’s beauty disarms this most nonchalant of tycoons. But he will reclaim what’s rightfully his. Innocent, stifled Imma throws caution to the wind with Vicenzu. But after just one earth-shattering encounter, she’s stunned when he proposes! Until she learns his motives . . . If Vicenzu seeks vengeance from their union, she wants freedom. So begins the most passionate of negotiations . . .
