Warning: 18+ Only
For the Preface
Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16056862-the-unwanted-wife?ac=1&from_search=true
I found this book purely by chance and man did I discover a jewel! Theresa blew my mind – quite literally! My feminist-self couldn’t help but be extremely proud of that girl.
If you like angsty books…then this one is definitely for you!
For 18 months, Alessandro (Sandro) and Theresa have been in a loveless and emotionless marriage until finally Theresa puts her foot down and asks for a divorce.
“I refuse to let you walk all over me anymore. Its time you started showing me some respect!” - Theresa
But Sandro refuses! And why won’t he agree to the divorce?
(But I won’t spoil that for you… :P)
So Theresa puts up a fight to get what she wants - out of this marriage. And of course Sandro tries to persuade her otherwise.
“I thought we could have lunch together…go out somewhere. We haven’t done that in a while”
“Try never”, she half-laughed incredulously
Call it arrogance…but I absolutely loved watching Sandro grovel and struggle to regain her trust and her love.
“You have never been my husband. A husband loves, honours and cherishes! A husband is a lover and a champion… Look into the next room if you want to see what a real husband is, because you are no such thing!”
There is drama yes but not the sort that makes you cringe. I loved how Natasha Andrews drew out Sandro’s feeling little by little…letting both Theresa and me discover the true man behind that emotionless façade.
"I can't go back to being the naive girl who loved you with all her heart."
"But maybe...the woman who replaced that girl could find a way to love the flawed man she'd once placed on a pedestal he had no business being on?"
We also finally get a glimpse into Sandro’s head and why he was - literally - a walking contradiction. This was one of those books (for me anyway) that leaves this warm tingling feeling inside long after you have finished it. There is a lot of passion involved with their chemistry sometimes spiraling out of control…but in end you as a reader also feel this contentment inside when the two leads finally get their HEA.
