Rossellini's Revenge Affair by Yvonne Lindsay

Rossellini's Revenge Affair Reviews

• 
  StMargarets

  Rage read if you're in mood:
  
  Heroine finds out when hubby dies in a car wreck that:
  (a) he was having an affair
  (b) had taken all of their savings and was in debt
  Later she finds out:
  (c) husband's mistress is pregnant and on life support so the baby can gestate to viability
  This is salt in the wound because heroine is infertile. To further rub salt, the husband named heroine as a guardian if he died.
  
  Hero is the brother of the OW and he blames the *heroine* for not giving her husband a divorce so his sister could marry the adulterer
  
  His revenge plan:
  (a) make sure her car, house are seized, her credit frozen, her job lost
  (b) swoop in to comfort her/then dump
  (c) guilt her into loving her husband's baby
  (d) offer her money so he can have full custody of her husband's baby.
  
  Oh, and daddy dearest won't help heroine because he washed his hand of her when she married the adulterer a few years back.
  
  All of this bad behavior is the *heroine's* fault even though the hero knew his sister was going out with a married man who was fraudulently embezzling money to pay for his two "wives."
  
  But he enjoys all the revenge sex.
  
  Eventually, the hero kicks her out. He thoughtfully explains his revenge scheme before picking up the baby she was guilt-ed into bonding with and now will never see again. Heroine runs away and obtains the equivalent of a New Zealand bedsit and a job as a waitress.
  
  Yes, the hero grovels after a few weeks without sex.
  
  And no, it's not a good enough grovel. How can *any* grovel fix this hot, gaslighting mess?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 
  boogenhagen

  Raffaelle the hero in this story is a schmuck. No questions, doubts or arguments. While Lana the heroine, is a little too naive for her own good, I could empathize with her problems and felt badly for her.
  
  As other's have mentioned the plot, I won't rehash it. I will say that Raff's decision for vengeance is completely stupid. If he was so concerned with his sister's adulterous affair and was convinced that Lana was holding up the divorce, why in THREE years did he never confront Lana? And what kind of stereotypical Italian male, as he appears to be in every other way, would let his spoilt baby sister be in an adulterous affair to begin with?
  
  The reasoning in the plot was idiotic and Raff's actions were just plain spiteful and cowardly. I understand grief does crazy things to people, but how much of a brilliant businessman could he be if he couldn't even investigate what was really going on with his sister and her lover in three years. Obviously, he must have had really good people working for him, otherwise he would be totally broke.
  
  I admit, I love my share of bad boys in romance novels, but Raff isn't bad he is just stupid, spiteful and petty. Keelhauling is probably too good for him, skilletting is too good for him, we are gonna have to go the Margo approved scaphism rout.
  
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaphism)
  
  My only hope for the unbelievable HEA was that Lana would eventually see a therapist to get over her distressing taste in men and kick him to the gutter, where he belonged, and then find herself a decent man.
• 
  Kay

  4 Stars! ~ In the span of 48 hours, Lana Whittaker’s life had been ripped apart, and as each hour passed, more was taken from her. First, her husband’s sudden death in a tragic accident leaving his mistress of the past three years lying brain-dead in hospital kept alive only to continue nurturing her unborn child. Second, was the knowledge that her marriage had been a sham, that while she had loved Kyle, he had lead a double life. To support that double life Kyle had been diverting funds from his clients and borrowing heavily, he was a master juggler. And that brought the third shock, everything is gone, her home, her possessions, her bank accounts are frozen, all to cover Kyle’s debts. And the biggest shock was that Kyle had left guardianship of his children (should he have any) to Lana, his wife; this meant that the mistress’ unborn child was hers to raise. Raffaele Rossillini knows he has a lot to atone for. He was the one to introduce his sister Maria to Kyle Whittaker. He believed Kyle that his beautiful trophy wife had refused continuously over the past three years to give Kyle the divorce he sought. Raffaele had not kept the promise he had made to his mother that he would always look after Maria, but he would avenge her death. Lana Whittaker would be made to pay for destroying Maria’s life and that of the man Maria had loved, the husband Lana had refused to set free. First he will seduce her, gain custody of his sister’s baby, and then he will discard her.
  
  This is my first book by Yvonne Lindsay, and it will not be my last. She has a very pleasing voice and has written a very compelling story. When a friend a blogged about this book, I raised my concerns about the premise. And though I still have problems with the premise Heads up! … spoilers …..
  
  From the first chapter we are made aware that Lana had no knowledge of her husband’s affair or of his dire financial situation. Also from the first chapter we learn that Raffaele knew about Maria’s involvement with a married man and yet he didn’t intervene. We learn that Raffaele had liked Kyle, had actually introduced him to his sister, leant him money, and took his word for it that Kyle’s wife had refused to grant a divorce. This is the part that bothers me.
  
  In my opinion, this very Italian man with such strong family ties should not have condoned his sister’s affair with a married man. He should have insisted the affair stop, or stepped in and made sure of the facts. We are told that Maria had been headstrong, and willful and that Raffaelle had indulged her since their mother’s death. Further, Raffaele lived in Italy and not in New Zealand where the affair was taking place. Still, Raffaele had three years to intervene, and months of knowledge that his sister was pregnant by a married man. And all of the should haves I’ve listed here, Raffaele confesses to himself later in the book.
  
  It just doesn’t sit with me that under any circumstance he would condone the affair with a married man, whether the married man spoke the truth or not. This provides doubt or contradiction to Raffaele’s character and the foundation for his revenge.
  
  So I’m torn. How is it possible that I can disapprove greatly the basis for Raffaele’s revenge and yet still have loved the book? I suppose it’s because Ms. Lindsay is a talented storyteller and had me involved from the first page. , I was able to become engrossed in the lives of Lana and Raffaele. What makes this book work, is the skill with which Ms. Lindsay gives us insight into Raffaele and manages to give him great depth. He’s a hero that is ruthless yet vulnerable, angry yet compassionate. Lana’s quiet courage and silent suffering is palpable. I class this one as one for the keeper shelf.
• 
  Corandra

  
  3.5 stars
• 
  Tia

  I never did really understand why a husband who cheats on his wife with a mistress would not get the blame. It's so stupid to blame the wife and it was so obvious the now decease husband was a total fraud and liar. Heck, even the mistress was a bit. For the mistress's brother to blame the wife, that was just wrong! I'm glad it shaped up different but I still wanted to plant my foot in the "heroes" ass.
• 
  Luscious librarian

  "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." - Dorothy Parker
  
  OMG this has got to be the weirdest book with the dumbest meanest H I have ever read. I won't spoil it because 1) other people have already done so and 2) it makes me sick to have to describe the plot again. This book is what I imagine would happen if JK Rowling made either Crabbe or Goyle italian and wrote a romance. The H is a thug, bully and pretty much psycho.
  
  He actually blames a woman in a marriage for sleeping with her husband. Why? Because his sister is in a relationship with said woman's husband and won't divorce her to marry his tarty sister. And the poor h is so beaten and shattered by her wretched husband's betrayal and this anal wart's logic that she actually apologises for everything and helps him look after her husband's mistress's baby. The gaps in logic are bigger than continents and believe me when I tell you the grand reconciliation does not make up for it. When that woman wakes up from her walking coma and PTSD, she's going to go for H's head with a brick. And I would pay good money to read THAT book.
  
• 
  Jac K

  This is Silhouette’s version of
  Ruthlessly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded. They both feature an Italian big brother who wants the h to pay for the death of his beloved sister; they both die in car accidents with their lovers. (IMHO the HP version is better) In Rossellini’s Revenge Affair, Raffaele’s reasoning for wanting revenge is out there… even for soapy-smut. He’s pissed at Lana, because she didn’t divorce her hubs (Kyle) so R’s pregnant OW sister (Maria) could marry him.
  
  He despised and loathed her with every breath in his body.
  Widowed when she should have been divorced.
  
  His reasoning is that the car accident would’ve never happened if Kyle was free to marry Maria, and she wouldn’t have cried so much that her baby, conceived in an adulterous affair, was going to be a bastard had Lana just stepped out of the way. Never mind that Lana was clueless of the affair, and that Raff introduced his sister to the cheating bastard, and encouraged the relationship… It’s all Lana’s fault… so stupid
  
  Raff also doesn’t take the typical revenge route of rage orgasms, and broody outbursts; he makes sure she has no car, job, money or home so she’s dependent on him… so he can dump her with nothing. He’s the worst. After that we get ONE seriously lacking grovel scene, and a rushed ending.
  
  Bottom Line This is OK, if you can look past the stupid revenge reason, and H's actions; it's written ok, and free with scribd. BUT if the concept interest you, I’d suggest reading HP’s version of Ruthlessly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded these are both free to read with scribd, and it’s the better choice.
  
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  Mudpie

  Very angsty and dramatic due to the way Lana was stripped of everything she owned and knew literally. ..were bailiffs so cruel as to confiscate even underwear or groceries?
  
  Lana's infertility was heartbreaking and to make her inherit the lovechild of her dead husband and his secret lover was too cruel. On one hand she got a child to love but on the other it was the ultimate proof of his betrayal.
  
  As for Raffaele...everything is so wrong with him I know not where to start. To introduce his beloved sister to a business partner was nothing wrong. But when she began an adulterous love affair with said partner and TO ENCOURAGE IT BECAUSE SAID MARRIED MAN MADE HER HAPPY...gosh.
  
  They didn't think anything was wrong? That once Kyle had divorced Lana so Maria could live happily ever after? Maybe Kyle fed them a load of bullsh!t that he was unhappily married...well he lied about most things so why not everything?!
  
  But if Raffaele and his sister thought her happiness could be built upon a broken marriage and someone else's sorrows then it's not something I can respect at all.
  
  The angst is really well done here so 3* for that and Lana's ability to rise from nothing and stood up and support herself by whatever honest means she could. Wish Raffaele had to grovel harder and longer! He needed to BEG for forgiveness let alone for Lana to marry him!
  
  PS. Why hire PIs when the paparazzi could locate people way more efficiently? LOL
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  Ana María

  No está mal pero al mismo tiempo es ridícula o ¿yo entendí todo mal?:
  él se quiere vengar de ella porque era la esposa del amante de su hermana (¿?) que se mató en un accidente y que si ella le hubiera dado el divorcio para que el esposo (o ex en el caso que se lo hubiese dado) se hubiera casado con su hermana ¿todo estaría bien?. O sea, ¿es así? ¿o entendí cualquier cosa?
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  Ada

  Por más que la lea, siempre lloro
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  GuisBell

  Que terrible en serio, pobre Lana parece que todo lo malo que hizo su marido ella lo tenia que pagar, que horror, aunque aun no entendió porque, la única victima de todo ese desastre fue ella...
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  Viridiana Ivashkov

  2.5
  Placeres culposos xD de vez en cuando me gusta leer estos dramones románticos. Entretenido y para pasar el rato. Eso si está lleno de clichés y es una historia corta, sin grandes pretensiones.
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  Zayra Walik

  No puedo decir que no me gusto la trama porque seria mentir, pero no tiene nada nuevo. Los personajes son predecibles y un poco sosos. La lectura fue muy rapida y fue entretenida.
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  Luisa B.

  A veces resulta de lo más entretenido poder perderse en las paginas de una historia rosa.
  Los protagonistas no es que fuesen lo mejor, y su relación tampoco es que fuese la más profunda. Pero eso es algo que todos sabemos cuando cogemos un libro de esta editorial precisamente ^^
  Me sentía de humor para una historia cursi y corta, y eso definitivamente me lo dio esta...
  Al ser un libro tan corto resulta rápido de leer, y en general no te aburres. Eso si, el final predecible y empalagoso, sacado más de una telenovela que de otra cosa, con los protagonistas descubriendo mágicamente que se adoran y no pueden vivir el uno sin el otro.
  
  
  
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  Asteropê

  Good revenge story with a decent grovel.
  
  The only thing that annoyed me was how the hero blamed the heroine for his sister's death. His sister was a mistress, having an affair with a married man. His sister was the one in the wrong, not the heroine (the wife). I'm glad he saw the error of his ways, though.
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  Sheila

  
  http://www.goodreads.com/assets/layou...
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  Nony

  Conmovedora historia.
  Solo una duda: él no quiere hijos propios? Nunca lo sabremos...