Rumours on the Red Carpet
When the chance of a dream holiday lands in Thia Hammond’s lap, it’s too much to resist.Suddenly this innocent waitress is propelled from her quiet English life into the glittering world of New York’s scandalous elite and the glare of the paparazzi flashbulbs.Catching the eye of internationally renowned business mogul Lucien Steele, Thia’s about to learn a thing or two about life and love in the fast lane!For once in her carefully ordered existence she will take, not what is safe, but what she really wants.
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Lucien slowly lifted Thiaâs hand to his lips, his gaze still holding hers as those lips grazed the back of her knuckles, tongue rasping, tasting.
âNothing could be as beautiful as you,â he murmured, and the warmth of his breath brushed lightly against her over-sensitised skin.
At this moment in time, Thia finished ruefully inside her head. Right here and right now she had Lucienâs complete attention. But tomorrow it would be different.
Oh, to hell with tomorrow!
For once in her carefully constructed life she was going to take what she wanted, not what was safe, or what she could afford, but what she wanted.
And tonight she so very much wanted to be here with Lucien.
She lowered her lashes as she pulled her hand gently from his grasp before moving them to unfasten the belt of the robe. She shrugged the black silk from her shoulders, hearing Lucienâs breath catching in his throat as she allowed the robe to slide down her arms to fall onto the carpet at her feet.
She was completely naked in front of him.
SCANDAL IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The truth is more shocking than the headlines!
Named and most definitely shamed, these media darlings have learnt the hard way that the press always loves a scandal!
Having a devastatingly gorgeous man on their arm only adds fuel to the media frenzy. Especially when the attraction between them burns hotter and brighter than a paparazzoâs flashbulb â¦
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by Michelle Conder
BACK IN THE HEADLINES
by Sharon Kendrick
NO MORE SWEET SURRENDER
by Caitlin Crews
A TASTE OF THE FORBIDDEN
by Carole Mortimer
A GAME WITH ONE WINNER
by Lynn Raye Harris
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CAROLE MORTIMER was born in England, the youngest of three children. She began writing in 1978, and has now written over one hundred and fifty books for Harlequin Mills & Boon>®. Carole has six sons: Matthew, Joshua, Timothy, Michael, David and Peter. She says, âIâm happily married to Peter senior; weâre best friends as well as lovers, which is probably the best recipe for a successful relationship. We live in a lovely part of England.â
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Peter, as always.
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
âENJOYING THE VIEW...?â
Thia tensed, a shiver of awareness quivering down the length of her spine at the sound of that deep voice coming out of the darkness behind her, before turning quickly to search those shadows for the man who had just spoken to her.
She was able to make out a tall figure in the moonlight just feet away from where she stood, alone on the balcony that surrounded the whole of this luxurious penthouse apartment on the fortieth floor of one of the impressive buildings lighting up the New York skyline. Only dim light spilled from the open French doors of the apartment further down the balconyâalong with the sound of tinkling laughter and the chatter of the fifty or so party guests still insideâmaking it impossible for Thia to see any more than that the man was very tall, dark and broad-shouldered. Imposingly so.
Dangerously so...?
The wariness still humming through her body just at the sound of the deep and seductive timbre of his voice said a definite yes!
Thiaâs fingers tightened about the breast-high balustrade in front of her. âI was, yes...â she answered pointedly.
âYouâre a Brit,â he observed deeply.
âFrom London,â Thia confirmed shortly, really hoping that he would take note of that terseness and leave her to her solitude.
The New York night skyline, amazing as it was, hadnât been Thiaâs main reason for coming outside into the balmy evening air fifteen minutes ago, when the other guests had all been preoccupied with their excitement at the late arrival of Lucien Steele, American zillionaire businessman, and the partyâs guest of honour. That so many high-profile actors, actresses and politicians had turned out for the event was indicative of the amount of power the man wielded.
After all Jonathanâs hype about him Thia had to admit that she hadnât found him so prepossessingâa man of middle age and average height, slightly stocky and balding. But maybe all that money and power made him more attractive? In any event, Thia had just been grateful that he had arrived at lastâif only because it had allowed her to slip outside and be aloneâinstead of just feeling alone.
Thia certainly hadnât intended to find herself alone on the balcony with a man who exuded such an intensity of power and sexual attraction she could almost taste it...
