BOOK REVIEW- He Said Always The ( Lost Corisis #1) by Ruth Cardello *

    

 General Fiction (Adult) | Romance

Description

From New York Times bestselling author Ruth Cardello comes another hot Corisi romance about a bet, a love story, and the secrets that ruin relationships.

When billionaire and tech start-up capitalist Gian Romano strikes a bet with his niece Judy—the daughter of Dominic Corisi—to find even more of the Corisi family, his search leads him to the Boston area. But when he pops into a store, the woman who runs it becomes an instant distraction from his mission. Teagan is beautiful, strong, and too smart not to see through him.

What started as a friendly family bet quickly becomes complicated when sparks fly between Gian and Teagan. Nothing is as simple as it appears, and together they discover the past still has the power to hurt the ones they both love. Teagan won’t settle for less than the truth from Gian, but when it comes to her own secret aspirations, she holds back. If they learn to trust each other, they just might discover that some secrets are better when shared.

They’ll have to trust each other completely, or else their love, along with Gian’s lead on Judy, will be doomed.  AMAZON LINK

4 STARS

 

 

Interesting start to the story about how Judy and Gian began the search for more Corisis siblings.  Aside from one selfish reason, Judy also wanted to bless her father Dominic by finding more family for him.  Gian joined in to partially keep Judy out of trouble but also to help his half-brother Dominic too.  
Teagan is smart, hard-working and has quite the secret or two going on.  She is also fiercely protective of her "adopted" family, the Ragsdale's.  Riley and Kal are the youngest members of the family and she is friends with them.  Well, it's probably more accurate to say that Riley is more like a sister to Teagan and they help balance each other out.  They are so close that Riley is really the only person who knows about Teagan's secret project.
Gian had quite the interesting family dynamics as well and when you think about it he also had an "adopted" family, the Romanos.  Something that Teagan and Gian have in common.  Gian also knows almost instantly that Teagan is "The One".  His Romano father had experienced something similar when he met his wife.  I liked the romance between Teagan and Gian and although he had a rocky start with her, he begins to know how best to interact with her as time went on.  Of course his father's advice had been helpful too.   One thing that the couple had no trouble agreeing on was the good sex that they were having.  In that area there was NO problem.
Judy was a surprise to see as an adult, I wasn't expecting that.  I had read other books in this series and in them she was still a child.  She was smart and kind of sneaky in those books and it looks like she hasn't quite outgrown that yet.  But yeah she will have a confrontation coming that will set her on her much needed ear. 

On a side note I would say that the larger cast of people took me a few minutes to sort out, which I wasn't expecting.   But I did like how the story ended.

"I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”