Innocent Until His Forbidden Touch is the second and final instalment from The Sicilian 
Cinderella’s mini-series by Carol Marinelli.
Beatrice is the missing twin sister in book one and I was super excited to learn her fate. After discovering who abandoned her at the nunnery when she was a baby, Beatrice is convinced that this is the reason why she’s emotionless. She may be emotionless but she excels at her job as a PR exec and that’s how she finds herself with her latest assignment of cleaning up the rogue Prince Julius’s image. For the first time in her life Beatrice is shocked at how attracted she is to a man but with Prince Julius being a client, there’s nothing she can do about it.
Prince Julius is also quite smitten by Beatrice and when their two worlds collide, their attraction sizzles. In a wonderful royal world, Prince Julius’s life is laid out bare by the author, the region is beautifully described and Beatrice’s thoughts and emotional turmoil is captured well. The essence of Beatrice and Prince Julius’s upbringing and how it shaped them was wonderfully written. Prince Julius was my favourite character. He worked out Beatrice’s nuances pretty quickly and challenged her to be a better version of herself.
Beatrice’s “twin” sister and her husband make an appearance and I really liked how everything was resolved. A really nice conclusion and can be read as a stand-alone.
Book Info:
Publication: September 2022 | Harlequin Presents | Scandalous Sicilian Cinderellas #2
PR pro Beatrice Taylor’s brief is simple—clean up playboy prince Julius’s image before he becomes king. A challenge made infinitely more complicated by the heat she feels for her scandalous, off-limits client! For the first time, innocent Beatrice wants to give in to wild temptation…
Julius’s royal duty doesn’t leave room for private desire. Discovering what lies beyond Beatrice’s impenetrable emotional walls shouldn’t be his priority, but she fascinates him. And one stolen moment presents Julius with an impossible choice: his kingdom or the woman he can’t live without!
