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365 Days
by Blanka Lipińska
Important things to know:
Don Massimo Torricelli, head of the Sicilian crime family
- He prefers rough sex
-He had seen a woman in his dreams for over five years after being in a coma following a shooting that killed his father and injured him.
-For years, he searched for her.
-He leaves Anna when he sees Laura, putting Laura in danger.
-His half-brother, Domenico, also plays an important role.
Laura Biel is a Polish woman with whom he is obsessed.
-At the beginning of the book, she works in the hotel industry, and her feelings and decisions about her job are explained in detail.
-She is attracted to men who have a dark and dangerous appearance.
-Feisty and can strike out in self-defense or self-preservation
-Laura has a boyfriend, Martin, but they don't seem compatible. His sex drive is lower than hers, and she feels less important than his work.
This is a general timeline, and I will do my best to avoid revealing too many spoilers.
-In different scenes, we are introduced to Massimo and Laura and gain insight into their professions.
-Laura's intense fear of flying and claustrophobia becomes apparent when she and Martin travel to Sicily.
-Laura and Massimo meet for the first time at a restaurant.
-Massimo's men kidnap Laura, and she wakes up in his mansion
-Laura meets Massimo once again in his library.
-Massimo unknowingly drugged Laura with sleeping pills, not realizing that she had a heart condition.
-He shares with Laura details about his injury, talks about his dreams of her, and shows her a portrait.
-He shows her pictures of Martin cheating and tells her he made Martin believe she left him and collected all her things
-If she does not fall in love with him in 365 days, he will let her go.
-Shows her pictures of her family so she knows he can reach them if she tries to escape.
-He shoots a man in the driveway. Laura freaks out, and we see him give her medicine for her heart condition for the first time.
-He attempts to charm her during a romantic dinner, asking her to teach him how to be gentle for her.
-There is a shower scene that illustrates the dynamic between Massimo and Laura.
-After getting her phone back, Laura answers her mother's missed calls and gives an excuse as to why she won't be home soon
-Mossimo takes Laura on a trip and forces her onto the private plane despite her fear of flying and claustrophobia.
-his way of handling the situation is to tie her arms with his belt on a bed in the back of the plane and make her choose between her giving him or him giving her oral sex as punishment (SIR, you said at the beginning of the book you would never touch her without her consent!)
-when they get to the hotel, more kinky scenes where he forces her, while restrained, to watch him enjoy the "service" of another woman
-One of her stupid revenge choices is to do a sexy dance in front of someone deliberately. Massimo punishes a man for getting touchy-feely. (This leads to something that will occur later in the trilogy)
-(spoiler alert) He didn't kill him, he just shot his hands
Fast forward
-As Massimo has business to attend to, Laura stays on his yacht for a few days without him
-He returns, she falls off the yacht, and he saves her
-he claims he implanted a birth control implant in her arm on the first night while she was asleep. (SIR, you said you wouldn't touch her if she didn't consent?)
-Also, spoiler alert: the implant is not what he claims
Fast forward
-Massimo has an urgent meeting, so he gets Laura a diving lesson
Fast forward
-They are dancing together. Then Anna shows up, and Laura's life is threatened
Fast forward
-When Massimio offers her to go to Warsaw, she acts pleased; the two assume things; she goes to Sicily but tires of waiting for him and returns to Poland, the news reports Sicilian mob boss is shot
-Domenico explains Massimo has a transmitter implant like hers. She does not actually have birth control in her arm.
Fast forward
-Massimo still takes care of Laura even though he thinks she left him.
-When Laura goes to see Olga, she describes Massimo as a perfect male specimen
- Laura and Olga spoil themselves, including a spa visit where she gets her hair cut and colored blonde.
- In a club, she runs into Martin, who says he didn't cheat. He takes her back to her apartment, and Massimo is there.
-She flips out on him for scaring her for two weeks. There is blood in the bed from his injuries after they had sex
-Her only choice is to stop seeing Martin, or he'll kill him.
-She informs him that she knows Martins' cheating incident was orchestrated by him and that the transmitter is not a birth control device
-He admits he wants her pregnant so she can't leave. She says if she's pregnant, he'll get to see his kid, but not her.
-As she meets Carlo and his wife, Massimo's friend who lives in Poland,
-Martin sends flowers, Massimo threatens to kill him, Laura takes away his phone and apartment key, offers sex
- He proposes after she tells him she loves him.
-Martin sends more flowers, Massimo chases him, Laura intervenes
- He meets Laura's parents. Her mom doesn't like him
-At a family wedding, he meets her brother, and she runs into a dangerous ex
When the ex drugs her, Massimo prevents the assault from happening, and he "gets rid" of him
-Laura finds out she's pregnant when she goes to the doctor to find out what she was drugged with
-Laura doesn't tell him, Domenico knows, Olga knows
Fast forward
-Domenico takes Laura and Olga to a friend's shop for wedding dresses, Laura purchases her gown, Olga purchases her maid of honor gown
-Domenico is the woman's occasional lover, which is important further in the Trilogy
-Laura doesn't want a security detail, an SUV hits her car intentionally, and Laura and Olga are not injured
In the end
-Instead of getting married, Massimo wants to send her away so he can protect her; she gets mad at him for wanting to separate from her because he wants to protect her
My feelings
- why is a woman with a heart condition drinking so much alcohol?
The standard expectation of fear is lost far too quickly, and it seems like his good looks and being spoiled were enough to win her over.
-why tell her you won't touch her without her consent when it quickly becomes apparent that's not how you roll?
There are spicy scenes in the sex scenes.
Here are some trigger warnings I would like to share: kidnapping, non-consensual acts, violence, murder, attempted sexual assault, stalking, drugging, and deception regarding birth control.
Don Massimo Torricelli, head of the Sicilian crime family
- He prefers rough sex
-He had seen a woman in his dreams for over five years after being in a coma following a shooting that killed his father and injured him.
-For years, he searched for her.
-He leaves Anna when he sees Laura, putting Laura in danger.
-His half-brother, Domenico, also plays an important role.
Laura Biel is a Polish woman with whom he is obsessed.
-At the beginning of the book, she works in the hotel industry, and her feelings and decisions about her job are explained in detail.
-She is attracted to men who have a dark and dangerous appearance.
-Feisty and can strike out in self-defense or self-preservation
-Laura has a boyfriend, Martin, but they don't seem compatible. His sex drive is lower than hers, and she feels less important than his work.
This is a general timeline, and I will do my best to avoid revealing too many spoilers.
-In different scenes, we are introduced to Massimo and Laura and gain insight into their professions.
-Laura's intense fear of flying and claustrophobia becomes apparent when she and Martin travel to Sicily.
-Laura and Massimo meet for the first time at a restaurant.
-Massimo's men kidnap Laura, and she wakes up in his mansion
-Laura meets Massimo once again in his library.
-Massimo unknowingly drugged Laura with sleeping pills, not realizing that she had a heart condition.
-He shares with Laura details about his injury, talks about his dreams of her, and shows her a portrait.
-He shows her pictures of Martin cheating and tells her he made Martin believe she left him and collected all her things
-If she does not fall in love with him in 365 days, he will let her go.
-Shows her pictures of her family so she knows he can reach them if she tries to escape.
-He shoots a man in the driveway. Laura freaks out, and we see him give her medicine for her heart condition for the first time.
-He attempts to charm her during a romantic dinner, asking her to teach him how to be gentle for her.
-There is a shower scene that illustrates the dynamic between Massimo and Laura.
-After getting her phone back, Laura answers her mother's missed calls and gives an excuse as to why she won't be home soon
-Mossimo takes Laura on a trip and forces her onto the private plane despite her fear of flying and claustrophobia.
-his way of handling the situation is to tie her arms with his belt on a bed in the back of the plane and make her choose between her giving him or him giving her oral sex as punishment (SIR, you said at the beginning of the book you would never touch her without her consent!)
-when they get to the hotel, more kinky scenes where he forces her, while restrained, to watch him enjoy the "service" of another woman
-One of her stupid revenge choices is to do a sexy dance in front of someone deliberately. Massimo punishes a man for getting touchy-feely. (This leads to something that will occur later in the trilogy)
-(spoiler alert) He didn't kill him, he just shot his hands
Fast forward
-As Massimo has business to attend to, Laura stays on his yacht for a few days without him
-He returns, she falls off the yacht, and he saves her
-he claims he implanted a birth control implant in her arm on the first night while she was asleep. (SIR, you said you wouldn't touch her if she didn't consent?)
-Also, spoiler alert: the implant is not what he claims
Fast forward
-Massimo has an urgent meeting, so he gets Laura a diving lesson
Fast forward
-They are dancing together. Then Anna shows up, and Laura's life is threatened
Fast forward
-When Massimio offers her to go to Warsaw, she acts pleased; the two assume things; she goes to Sicily but tires of waiting for him and returns to Poland, the news reports Sicilian mob boss is shot
-Domenico explains Massimo has a transmitter implant like hers. She does not actually have birth control in her arm.
Fast forward
-Massimo still takes care of Laura even though he thinks she left him.
-When Laura goes to see Olga, she describes Massimo as a perfect male specimen
- Laura and Olga spoil themselves, including a spa visit where she gets her hair cut and colored blonde.
- In a club, she runs into Martin, who says he didn't cheat. He takes her back to her apartment, and Massimo is there.
-She flips out on him for scaring her for two weeks. There is blood in the bed from his injuries after they had sex
-Her only choice is to stop seeing Martin, or he'll kill him.
-She informs him that she knows Martins' cheating incident was orchestrated by him and that the transmitter is not a birth control device
-He admits he wants her pregnant so she can't leave. She says if she's pregnant, he'll get to see his kid, but not her.
-As she meets Carlo and his wife, Massimo's friend who lives in Poland,
-Martin sends flowers, Massimo threatens to kill him, Laura takes away his phone and apartment key, offers sex
- He proposes after she tells him she loves him.
-Martin sends more flowers, Massimo chases him, Laura intervenes
- He meets Laura's parents. Her mom doesn't like him
-At a family wedding, he meets her brother, and she runs into a dangerous ex
When the ex drugs her, Massimo prevents the assault from happening, and he "gets rid" of him
-Laura finds out she's pregnant when she goes to the doctor to find out what she was drugged with
-Laura doesn't tell him, Domenico knows, Olga knows
Fast forward
-Domenico takes Laura and Olga to a friend's shop for wedding dresses, Laura purchases her gown, Olga purchases her maid of honor gown
-Domenico is the woman's occasional lover, which is important further in the Trilogy
-Laura doesn't want a security detail, an SUV hits her car intentionally, and Laura and Olga are not injured
In the end
-Instead of getting married, Massimo wants to send her away so he can protect her; she gets mad at him for wanting to separate from her because he wants to protect her
My feelings
- why is a woman with a heart condition drinking so much alcohol?
The standard expectation of fear is lost far too quickly, and it seems like his good looks and being spoiled were enough to win her over.
-why tell her you won't touch her without her consent when it quickly becomes apparent that's not how you roll?
There are spicy scenes in the sex scenes.
Here are some trigger warnings I would like to share: kidnapping, non-consensual acts, violence, murder, attempted sexual assault, stalking, drugging, and deception regarding birth control.