Scorned Heir by Victoria Paige
She’s about to fake-date the bad boy of Manhattan.
Seraphina Moretti is half-in-love with her best friend’s brother.
An arranged marriage is in her future and the groom is not the object of her affection.
But then the devil of Wall Street whispers in her ear.
Telling her to follow her heart, that the unrequited love she’s feeling is reciprocated.
She just needs to use a ploy as old as time.
Jealousy.
Matteo De Lucci will use subterfuge to get what he wants.
And what he wants is to prevent a union between two families that would make a powerful organization unstoppable.
The key was through Sera’s affection for his business partner.
And fake-dating Sera is the path to his endgame.
When the enemy makes a bold move, the lines between what is real and what is fake start to blur.
Sera begins to crave the man she shouldn’t be falling for.
And Matteo starts to get possessive over a woman who has feelings for another.
When all their families weigh in, marriage between them might be inevitable.
But would it be fake or real?
- File Name:scorned-heir-by-victoria-paige.epub
- Original Title:Scorned Heir: A Fake Dating Romance
- Creator:Victoria Paige
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B0C66DGKGX
- Date:2023-09-25T16:00:00+00:00
- File Size:583.251 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Contents
- 4. About
- 5. Author’s Note
- 6. Dedication
- 7. Chapter 1
- 8. Chapter 2
- 9. Chapter 3
- 10. Chapter 4
- 11. Chapter 5
- 12. Chapter 6
- 13. Chapter 7
- 14. Chapter 8
- 15. Chapter 9
- 16. Chapter 10
- 17. Chapter 11
- 18. Chapter 12
- 19. Chapter 13
- 20. Chapter 14
- 21. Chapter 15
- 22. Chapter 16
- 23. Chapter 17
- 24. Chapter 18
- 25. Chapter 19
- 26. Chapter 20
- 27. Chapter 21
- 28. Chapter 22
- 29. Chapter 23
- 30. Chapter 24
- 31. Chapter 25
- 32. Chapter 26
- 33. Chapter 27
- 34. Chapter 28
- 35. Chapter 29
- 36. Chapter 30
- 37. Chapter 31
- 38. Chapter 32
- 39. Chapter 33
- 40. Chapter 34
- 41. Chapter 35
- 42. Chapter 36
- 43. Chapter 37
- 44. Epilogue
- 45. Family Tree
- 46. Afterword
- 47. Connect with the Author
- 48. Also by Victoria Paige
Scorned Heir, Book 1 of the Scorned Fate series, was about 26-year-old Seraphina "Sera" Moretti, the "Moretti Mafia Princess", and 27-year-old Matteo De Lucci, the head of De Lucci Transnational corporation.
Side Note: Matteo was the eldest child of Cesar and Ava De Lucci, the main characters from De Lucci's Obsession, which should be read before this series.
Sera had had a crush on Daniel Wu, her BFF's brother, for as long as she could remember. However, she also knew that, as a mafia princess, she was destined for an arranged marriage...and NOT to Daniel. Matteo told her that if she "fake dated" him, then perhaps that would create enough jealousy in Daniel for him to fall for Sera. It ended up backfiring on everyone. The man she was pledged to learned of Matteo's attention towards Sera, and he was not happy that some other guy was showing interest in his woman.
The rest of the book was wrapped around Matteo trying to extricate himself from the mess he created by lying to Sera, and the consequences that followed. There were some plot twists which were expected, but some of them were surprising as they cropped up.
The concept of time was way off in this book. There were moments when the author made the reader think weeks or months had passed when, in fact, it had only been hours or even a couple of days. That wasn't very clear.
The angst and drama were both high in this story, but the emotional rollercoaster was off the charts, as is typical when it involves anything to do with the mafia. The plot twists were overflowing, but not to the point that they interfered with the smooth flow of the book.
Both main characters were well-developed and mature, with plenty of room for growth. The supporting characters were great, and it was good to read about the characters both from past and future books. The epilogue was not only used to end this story, but it opened the doorway to the next book in the series.
I gave this book a four-star rating. It was well-written and the characters were interesting, even the "bad guys". I look forward to reading the rest of the books as they become available.