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When Falcone's World Stops Turning (Mills & Boon Modern) (2014)

by Abby Green(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

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Romance

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Mills & Boon Modern

series

Blood Brothers

review 1: Writing a review to clear up confusion caused by some other reviews, because I was expecting very different details based on heroine being described as a slut/whore and a cheating heroine. If you are using the average of stars this book is given to decide whether to read this book, please note that several reviewers give books a 1 star review, not on the basis of the writing or the quality of the story but solely on the basis that heroine ever (either before meeting or separating from hero) has sex with another man. If heroine is not a virgin or moves on even in one single instance, the book is given 1 star, even where hero is a total man-ho and with multiple other women during the separation (many of those reviewers are also ok with a married unfaithful hero). Of cour... morese, these reviewers who believe that chastity and fidelity are only female virtues (and the primary basis on which a woman has value as a person) are totally within their rights, we can all have different values and fictional tropes we like, and for me checking their 1 star reviews is a great way to find a heroine I will like--but it seems that the use of non-conventional definitions is confusing to others. I hate heroes who supposedly love heroine but move on to other women during a separation they could have avoided, perhaps if they swallowed some pride, but I don't give those books 1 star on that basis. I also don't give 1 stars when the heroines are virgins after their early 20s, even though I find a 28, 32 or 35 year old virgin to be very sad. Maybe I should use the "1 star rating penalty/boycott method" but then there would be too many 1 stars to give....and sometimes the books are good reads with real angst/emotional connection, which is the basis on which I usually dispense stars. 1) the heroine as a slut/whore: she was a virgin in her twenties, is seduced by playboy hero and falls in love, but he dumps her after a month, telling her there was nothing serious between them, clearly doesn't want the baby when she tells him she's pregnant, accuses her of being a gold digger, and walks (practically runs) away from her in the clinic while he believes she is having a miscarriage. She does something wrong by not telling him the truth but his clear horror at the baby was giving her abdominal cramps and she wanted to protect her baby (from miscarriage and from having a father who doesn't want him, which was her horrible childhood experience). She is with one other man, she is actually dating him, and is with him once. To that reviewer, if a woman meets a man she is dating in a hotel room for sex, she is a slut and a whore. My own view is that if you are single and have children, it is highly responsible to meet in a hotel rather than bring him home. It is not seedy or slutty if you are not cheating. Since they were dating, it was not even a one night stand, although she only did it once. I think the place the author fell down is by making it so awful. Why can hero have many different women and enjoy them, but heroine can't have a healthy sexual response to a man other than hero when he dumped her years ago? It's simply not supported in reality that women physiologically can only enjoy one partner their whole lives (I've been with one guy for nearly 3 decades, please don't call me a slut/whore just because I think heroines can be with other men and have physically enjoyable sex with someone other than hero when they are separated for years, and that hero deserves to feel some jealousy and it's simply not fair that a woman is on ice when he has been with other women). I would actual love to read one where heroine does try to drown her pain with multiple men or at least does have sexual gratification with another man, especially another alpha male! But my favorite is when both parties are celibate because of true love. 2) heroine as cheater--this one is also really inexplicable. The reviewer says his definition of cheating is being with a man when you are still thinking about someone else. So his/her view is that heroine was cheating on the hero who dumped her, left her in a clinic during what he believed was a traumatic miscarriage, has been photographed with other women including a week after leaving her, and for the last 3 of the 4 years since he dumped her has actually been with many different women? Maybe reviewer thinks she was cheating on the guy she was dating cause she was still thinking about the hero who dumped her years ago? I really don't get it, I don't think there is any dictionary in the world that would define cheating this way, of course every reviewer has the right to their opinion, but I think there have been many readers who aren't reading this book because they believe the descriptions of heroine as a cheating whore, but don't have the facts. I would also point out that heroine was depicted as a loving and devoted mother. Again, just my view, but leaving your son once as heroine did (or even regularly!) in the hands of a nursery or excellent babysitter to have an adult relationship does not a bad mother make.
review 2: Abby Green heats up the pages with When Falcon’s World Stops Turning, the first title in her outstanding new trilogy for Harlequin Presents, Blood Brothers.Samantha Rourke had taken one look at handsome billionaire Rafaele Falcone and fallen head over heels in love with him. Their affair had been brief but intense, but when an unexpected twist of fate had forced the two of them apart, a broken-hearted Samantha had packed her bags, left Italy behind and vowed never to clap eyes on Rafaele ever again. Although Samantha’s resolve had never wavered, she soon realised that forgetting her lover was easier said than done. Years might have passed since the last time she had been in his arms, but Samantha has never quite managed to forget Rafaele nor has she forgiven him for smashing her heart into smithereens. Samantha knows that she should despise Rafaele with every bone in her body, yet her body still yearns for his touch. She has tried to put the past behind her, but how can she even contemplate embarking on a relationship with another man when nobody comes close to the sinfully sexy Rafaele Falcone?A heart-breaking episode from his childhood had made Rafaele determined never to let any woman breach the impenetrable walls which he had built around himself. Although Rafaele has no objections to sharing his bed, his heart is strictly off limits. Relationships are not on the agenda for the devastatingly attractive billionaire and his business is the number one priority in his life. Only one woman has ever managed him to get close to him and he had vowed never to make the same mistake again. Samantha Rourke had come into his life and turned his world upside down, but when circumstance had pushed them apart, Rafaele had no choice but to let her walk away. He might not have been short of female company in the last couple of years, however, forgetting Samantha was a feat which he has never quite managed to accomplish.When Rafaele decides to set up a UK base for Falcone Motors, he realises that he needs help – and who better to help him than his old flame, Samantha. Rafaele thinks that Samantha will jump at the chance to work with a company as prestigious as Falcone Motors, so he is stunned when she refuses flat out to have anything to do with him!Samantha is shocked to her very core when Rafaele strides back into her life. Her former lover might still be as attractive as ever, but Sam must keep Rafaele at arm’s length because she cannot risk him finding out a devastating secret that could jeopardise everything which she holds dear to her heart…Packed with searing emotion, dramatic intensity, sizzling sensuality and heart-pounding romance, When Falcone’s World Stops Turning is a compulsively readable tale of powerful secrets, illicit attraction and scorching passion that will keep readers on tenterhooks.Abby Green’s characters are wonderfully drawn and sensitively written with Samantha being a strong, compassionate and intelligent heroine and Rafaele being a gorgeous Italian Alpha hero no reader will be able to resist.When Falcone’s World Stops Turning is a first-class contemporary romance guaranteed to hold readers spellbound and with two further installments of this trilogy to go, I can’t wait to read more about the gorgeous Blood Brothers!This review was originally published on Cataromance. less

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