Reckless Nights in Rome by C.C. MacKenzie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This UK based author is a professional in finance, fitness, interior design, construction and of course writer of romance filled with passion.

Storyline: Nico Ferranti, a business tycoon who has an empire of businesses in hospitality industry across Europe, acquires Ludlow Hall, a prime property belonging to the Ludlow family. He partners with Alexander, a Ludlow family member wherein he comes across Bronte Ludlow, sister of Alexander. Nico, a cut throat businessman, who grew from dust, aims at acquiring The Dower House, inherited by Bronte and also running a successful wedding cake business under the name of Sweet Sensations. He first seduces Bronte in his own style, just like any other woman whom he wants to sleep with, in order to get his job done but later passionately falls in love with her, after his unending sexual encounters with her. Bronte also initially, hates Nico knowing his intention but later falls in love with him for the same reasons. Meanwhile, Alexander meets with an accident in Rome, while on a business trip. This is where and when, Nico differentiates his love from lust with Bronte. Both of them discover that they come from similar backgrounds of being alienated and cheated by their parents with respect to their births. Finally the story comes to a happy ending with Bronte getting pregnant and Nico marrying her and later being blessed with twins.

Positives: An exquisite book of extreme lust which matures into love later. The way sexual encounters between Nico and Bronte have been explained turns on any kind of reader. Once again, it is emphasized in this book that True love wins over all other emotions in this world. A woman’s orgasm has never been so well explained in any of the books I have read till now. The termination of a powerful man’s pride and arrogance at the sight of the woman he is destined to love is well brought out.
‘Monkey sex’ – a word used to describe frequent, reckless and untamed sex is quite innovative.

Negatives: A woman is once again shown to have succumbed to lust and power of an Alpha Male like Nico. Though Bronte initially could resist Nico, her will power could not stand long in front of Nico’s maleness and seducing powers. I somehow felt that the author pressed on the fact that however mentally strong is any woman, one day, she will have to surrender to a man, Lust seems to be the main agenda in this relationship between Nico and Bronte, through which Nico seems to have achieved his goal of acquiring the Dover House, which otherwise would have been impossible with a woman like Bronte.


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