âDoes anyone here present...â
Scarlett Ravenwood takes an enormous risk interrupting Vincenzo Borgiaâs wedding. Heâs rich and powerful, whereas sheâs penniless and alone, but she needs his help...to protect their unborn child!
Vincenzoâs furious that Scarlett kept the pregnancy from him, but to claim his heir he has no other option than to make her his wife.
Scarlett hadnât imagined a 24 carat diamond would feel so heavy; it weighs on the ache in her heart. Because she might not get the one, truly priceless, thing she desires...for his heart is off-limits!
Why did Scarlett have such power over him?
For the last two weeks, since sheâd left him standing on Madison Avenue with a stunned look on his face, heâd thought of nothing else. All Vinâs considerable resources had been dedicated to one task: finding her.
She was in his blood. He hadnât been able to forget her. Not from the first moment heâd seen her in that bar. From the moment heâd first taken her in his arms. From the moment sheâd disappeared from his bed after the best sex of his life.
From the moment sheâd violently crashed his wedding and told him she was pregnant with his baby.
Scarlett Ravenwood was half-angel, half-demon. There was a reason he hadnât seduced any other woman for over eight monthsâan eternity for a man like Vin. Heâd been haunted by Scarlett: haunted body and soul, driven half mad by memories of her naked in his arms.
Scarlett was the woman for him. The one he wanted. And he intended to have her.
One Night With Consequences
When one night...leads to pregnancy!
When succumbing to a night of unbridled desire itâs impossible to think past the morning after!
But, with the sheets barely settled, that little blue line appears on the pregnancy test and it doesnât take long to realise that one night of white-hot passion has turned into a lifetime of consequences!
Only one question remains:
How do you tell a man youâve just met that youâre about to share more than just his bed?
Find out in:
Her Nine Month Confession by Kim Lawrence An Heir Fit for a King by Abby Green Larenzoâs Christmas Baby by Kate Hewitt Illicit Night with the Greek by Susanna Carr A Vow to Secure His Legacy by Annie West Bound to the Tuscan Billionaire by Susan Stephens The Shock Cassano Baby by Andie Brock The Greekâs Nine-Month Redemption by Maisey Yates An Heir to Make A Marriage by Abby Green Crowned for the Princeâs Heir by Sharon Kendrick Look for more One Night With Consequences coming soon!
USA TODAY bestselling author JENNIE LUCASâS parents owned a bookstore and she grew up surrounded by books, dreaming about faraway lands. A fourth-generation Westerner, she went east at sixteen to boarding school on scholarship, wandered the world, got married, then finally worked her way through college before happily returning to her hometown. A 2010 RITA® finalist and 2005 Golden Heart® winner, she lives in Idaho with her husband and children.
To Pippa Roscoe, editor extraordinaire.
CHAPTER ONE
âYOU HAVE TWO CHOICES, Scarlett.â Her ex-bossâs greedy eyes slowly traveled from her pregnant belly to the full breasts straining the fabric of her black maternity dress. âEither you sign this paperwork to give your baby away when itâs born, and become my wife immediately, or...â
âOr what?â Scarlett Ravenwood tried to move away from the papers he was pushing toward her. But the manâs overmuscled bulk took up most of the backseat of the limousine.
âOr...Iâll have Dr. Marston declare you insane. And have you committed.â His fleshy lips curved into a pleasant smile. âFor your own safety, of course. Because any sane woman would obviously wish to marry me. And then youâll lose your baby anyway, wonât you?â
Scarlett stared at him, barely seeing the gleaming buildings of Manhattan passing behind him as they drove down Fifth Avenue. Blaise Falkner was handsome, rich. And a monster.
âYouâre joking, right?â She gave an awkward laugh. âCome on, Blaise. What century do you think weâre living in?â
âThe century a rich man can do whatever he wants. To whomever he wants.â Reaching out, he twisted a tendril of her long red hair around a thick finger. âWhoâs going to stop me? You?â
Scarlettâs mouth went dry. For the last two years, sheâd lived in his Upper East Side mansion as nursing assistant for his dying mother, and over that time Blaise had made increasingly forceful advances. Only his imperious mother, horrified at the thought of her precious heir lowering himself to the household help, had kept him at bay.
But now Mrs. Falkner was dead, and Blaise was rich beyond imagination. While Scarlett was nothing more than an orphan whoâd come to New York desperate for a job. Ever since sheâd arrived, sheâd been isolated in the sickroom, obeying the sharp orders of nurses and doing the worst tasks caring for a fretful, mean-spirited invalid. She had no friends in New York. No one to take her side against him.