Escaping with the Billionaire: The Maverick Prince / Billionaire, M.D.
Two fan-favorite romance stories from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Mann and Olivia Gates.The Maverick PrinceHe's known as Tony Medina, Texas shipping magnate. But then his royal heritage is splashed across the tabloids, and his lover, Shannon Crawford, is furious! Tony whisks her away to his secret island retreat, claiming he's guarding her from the paparazzi. But his true goal is to win Shannon back…by any means necessary.Billionaire, M.D.Vowing to care for and protect Cybele, a pregnant widow, following an accident, Dr. Rodrigo Valderrama takes her to his palatial seafront estate. He also vows to never let her know his true feelings. But even with all his brilliant skills, he fears he won't be able to keep Cybele if she discovers his role in her pregnancy.
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Two fan-favorite romance stories from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Mann and Olivia Gates.
The Maverick Prince
He’s known as Tony Medina, Texas shipping magnate. But then his royal heritage is splashed across the tabloids, and his lover, Shannon Crawford, is furious! Tony whisks her away to his secret island retreat, claiming he’s guarding her from the paparazzi. But his true goal is to win Shannon back…by any means necessary.
Billionaire, M.D.
Vowing to care for and protect Cybele, a pregnant widow, following an accident, Dr. Rodrigo Valderrama takes her to his palatial seafront estate. He also vows to never let her know his true feelings. But even with all his brilliant skills, he fears he won’t be able to keep Cybele if she discovers his role in her pregnancy.
Escaping with the Billionaire
The Maverick Prince
Catherine Mann
Billionaire, M.D.
Olivia Gates
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USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann has books in print in more than twenty countries with titles from Harlequin Desire, Harlequin Romantic Suspense and HQN Books, among others. A five-time RITA® Award finalist, she has won both the RITA® Award and the Booksellers’ Best Award. Catherine resides in Florida with her aviator husband, their four children and a menagerie of pets. For more information, visit catherinemann.com.
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To my favorite little princesses and princes—Megan, Frances, James and Zach. Thank you for inviting Aunt Cathy to your prince and princess tea parties. The snack cakes and Sprite were absolutely magical!
Prologue
GlobalIntruder.com
Exclusive: For Immediate Release
Royalty Revealed!
Do you have a prince living next door? Quite possibly!
Courtesy of a positive identification made by one of the GlobalIntruder.com’s very own photo-journalists, we’ve successfully landed the scoop of the year. The deposed Medina monarchy has not, as was rumored, set up shop in a highly secured fortress in Argentina. The three Medina heirs—with their billions—have been living under assumed names and rubbing elbows with everyday Americans for decades.
We hear the sexy baby of the family, Antonio, is already taken in Texas by his waitress girlfriend Shannon Crawford. She’d better watch her back now that word is out about her secret shipping magnate!
Meanwhile, never fear, ladies. There are still two single and studly Medina men left. Our sources reveal that Duarte dwells in his plush resort in Martha’s Vineyard. Carlos—a surgeon, no less—resides in Tacoma. Wonder if he makes house calls?
No word yet on their father, King Enrique Medina, former ruler of San Rinaldo, an island off the coast of Spain. But our best reporters are hot on the trail.
For the latest update on how to nab a prince, check back in with the GlobalIntruder.com. And remember, you heard it here first!
Chapter 1
Galveston Bay, Texas
“King takes the queen.” Antonio Medina declared his victory and raked in the chips, having bluffed with a simple high-card hand in Texas Hold’Em.
Ignoring an incoming call on his iPhone, he stacked his winnings. He didn’t often have time for poker since his fishing charter company went global, but joining backroom games at his pal Vernon’s Galveston Bay Grille had become a more frequent occurrence of late. Since Shannon. His gaze snapped to the long skinny windows on either side of the door leading out to the main dining area where she worked.
No sign of Shannon’s slim body, winding her way through the brass, crystal and white linen of the five-star restaurant. Disappointment chewed at him in spite of his win.
A cell phone chime cut the air, then a second right afterward. Not his either time, although the noise still forced his focus back to the private table while two of Vernon Wolfe’s cronies pressed the ignore button, cutting the ringing short. Vernon’s poker pals were all about forty years senior to Antonio. But the old shrimp-boat captain turned restaurateur had saved Antonio’s bacon back when he’d been a teen. So if Vernon beckoned, Antonio did his damnedest to show. The fact that Shannon also worked here provided extra oomph to the request.
Vernon creaked back in the leather chair, also disregarding his cell phone currently crooning “Son of a Sailor” from his belt. “Ballsy move holding with just a king, Tony,” he said, his voice perpetually raspy from years of shouting on deck. His face still sported a year-round tan, eyes raccoon ringed from sunglasses. “I thought Glenn had a royal flush with his queen and jack showing.”
