Husband by Necessity - Recommendations

• Vol: 1
• 2000

"Vicki, you're as beautiful as the spirits of the night. Will you marry me?" Vicki was given this passionate proposal by Claudio Varelli, the second son of a prominent, wealthy Italian family. However, three months later, the day before they are to announce their engagement, Claudio's brother, Maurizio, informs her, "You are going to marry me." Vicki plummets from the peak of happiness to the depths of darkness. In the end, Vicki is persuaded by Maurizio saying, "This is the only way to save both you and the Varelli family," and she begins her married life with him. Maurizio's love engulfs her like a gentle hug, but Vicki's heart is always full of uneasiness. Maurizio! Do you pity me? Do you love me? Or are you just trying to protect your family's reputation? Vicki begins "a journey to find true love" on the set of a lavish household befitting that of a wealthy Italian family.... 

• Vol: 1
• 2012

Alicia chases after one of the wealthiest men in the world to a high-end resort near Lake Como, Italy. Her sister, who was abandoned by him after getting pregnant with his baby, is now in a coma after a car accident. Dante is a very handsome and sexy man, but he is a lowlife. Alicia intends to make him pay. With stealthy determination, she sneaks into his house with the paparazzi. When she is about to snag a scoop of his breakup with his girlfriend, Dante gives Alicia a passionate kiss in front of flashing cameras, declaring that she is his new girlfriend…!

• Vol: 1
• 2010

Jodie, who had her engagement broken off right before the wedding by her fiancé, escapes to Italy from her hometown. Her misty eyes and the treacherous road conditions cause her to have an accident in a unknown place. The person who offers help to her while she is in distress is an incredibly handsome man driving an expensive sports car that is totally ill-suited for the woods. As soon as he learns her desperate situation, he arrogantly makes her an incredible proposition!

• Vol: 1
• 2012

“I’m here to take you home, Isabella. You’re grandpa wants to see you!” Jenny panics when one day a gorgeous Italian man named Dante suddenly shows up with demands. What should I do? I’m actually not Isabella, I’m Jenny! Isabella, her best friend, died from a car accident. Knowing full well it was illegal, but in order to get work, Jenny decided to use Isabella’s identity. After finding out the truth, Dante ruthlessly states, “If you don’t want to go to jail, then come to Italy with me as Isabella!” With this, Dante forces Jenny to return home with him…

• Vol: 1
• 2001

Terri has come to Venice in order to search for her missing brother. Upon reaching her hotel, she's greeted by a tall, handsome man. Though she treats him like a porter, Terri soon learns from another employee that he is none other than the hotel's owner, Maurizio Vazani. Left red faced and mortified, her phone rings. It's the big man himself, calling with a dinner invitation…

• Vol: 1
• 2008

When her father whisked her away from her mother, Francesca "Frankie" Vitale was exiled to Sardinia, an island off the coast of Italy. Later, when her dad died, Frankie was stuck with a family she didn't understand, emotionally or linguistically. As a child, she had an intense crush on Santino, an older boy in her town. After a night of harmless fun leads them to a shotgun marriage, they go their separate ways, linked only by paper. When they reunite, will their marriage actually start, or will they break their bonds forever?

• Vol: 1
• 2008

Jewelry expert Harriet d'Estino’s sister has set her up on a date with a rich Italian, Marco Calvani, the son of a good family friend. She agrees to meet him, so he arrives the next day to tests her abilities as an antiques dealer. He shows her an heirloom from his family, and she appraises the piece, but her critique isn’t up to his expectations, so he dismisses her abilities. But everything is business with Marco, and he offers to pay her if she’ll agrees to say she's engaged to him and spend time with his mother in Italy. Given the financial stresses her business is under, Harriet agrees and becomes friends with Marco's mom, Lucia. What sort of secrets will Lucia reveal to her about the Calvani family…and about Marco?

• Vol: 1
• 2011

Laura has come to Tuscany, the birthplace of opera, to work as part of the staff for a high-society charity concert held by young millionaire Fabian Moritzzoni. Surrounded by expert staff and beautiful music, Laura spends many busy, productive days there. Then one day Fabian looks at her as if he’s sizing her up before he springs a shocking proposal on her in a cold voice. “When the event is over, will you sign a marriage contract with me?”

• Vol: 2
• 2015

Rafe, a businessman based in New York, had received a request from his Italian father. Go to Sicily, meet someone against whom his father had committed a sin and marry that man's daughter. Surprisingly his usually arrogant father wasn't ordering him, but asking him! Feeling bound to help, Rafe headed to Sicily but was attacked by a suspicious couple on his way there. When he turned the tables and subdued them, he discovered that they were an old man and a woman so beautiful she made him gasp! Swayed by her beauty, Rafe ended up kissing her before he knew what he was doing!

• Vol: 1
• 2011

Saskia "Sashie" Ford and Lucius "Luke" Armytage have never gotten along. As step siblings, they’re not related by blood, but Sashie’s always been out to draw blood. So Luke does his best to stay out of her way. When they bump into each other at the family's summer home in Tuscany, they might find that they need each other…but can the two of them coexist under one roof?