I didn't like this book nearly as much as I have enjoyed others by this author. Gabe was such a jerk and his eventual turnaround didn't make up for his behavior throughout the rest of the book. Abby was a little bit bland as a character too.

Gabe knows when he's in deep **** with his woman, "Gabe grimaced, uncharacteristically on the back foot. ‘I didn’t mean that the way it sounded.’ But she wasn’t to be placated." I liked this book, Gabe was just a misunderstood guy with his foot up his butt, luckily for him his woman saw past all that lol.

I enjoyed the storyline and characters. The hero took a little to warm up to but half way through the book he won me over. Liked the heroine, she was both strong, outspoken and sweet.

Abby was asked by her father to collect documents/information from Gabe Arantini. They met at a party, instant attraction and slept together (Abby new of him and kind of had an infatuation with him but that's not revealed till a little later in the book). Abby was then caught taking pictures of documents that had information on Gabes business. He felt betrayed and kicked her out, saying he never wanted to see her again. The one time he lets down is guard and this is what happens. Major trust issue with Gabe.

Abby becomes pregnant and tries to contact Gabe to let him know. He wants nothing to do with her (he didn't know she was pregnant and didn't give her a chance to explain). Abby never gave her Father the info he wanted and when he found out she was pregnant he threw her out of the house.

One year later. Gabe is at a company party and spies someone that looks like Abby. She works in the kitchen as help. Gabe storms the kitchen, knows the chef and has her fired. She lets him know she had a child, his child and everything changes for Gabe from that point on.

He takes Abby and the baby to his home, actually a castle, in Italy. And from this point on the layers of both their stories and character unfold. The two see different sides of each other, what shaped and molded them into the people they are as well as all the pain from past parental issues that's hindered them. Love how Gabe was a good Father and Abby a wonderful Mother. I appreciated Abby standing up to Gabe when he was a jerk. But what I appreciate most was the last third of the book and how Gabe redeems himself and the relationship. But the best part was the Epilogue, it was wonderful.

Good pacing, nice storyline and good to great character development.