Billionaire Without A Past
When one night isn’t enough…Nikolai Eristov lives by one rule: never look back. The inscrutable tycoon has buried his past so deep that, to the outside world, the only thing driving him is his personal chauffeur.Until Nikolai meets elegant ballet dancer Rachel Cary at a wedding… Behind her practised smile and innate sensuality, he glimpses a woman running from shadows as dark as his own.One electric night together leads Nicolai to promise Rachel two weeks of exquisite pleasure. Except for the first time, this indomitable billionaire lied. Because two weeks isn’t nearly enough!
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The past had finally caught up with him and he wanted it back where it belonged.
And then another stinging thought occurredâRachel would find out too. Today and tonight had been amazing, and soon it would be spoiled when she discovered the truth.
Nikolai had never had to deal with thisâa lover knowing.
And what a loverâ¦
It would be bad enough telling his friends and seeing the distaste in their eyes, answering difficult questions. But Rachel�
Yuri would say he was running from things, hiding things, and that wasnât Nikolaiâs way at all. Yet at four in the morning he went into the bedroom and picked his clothes up from the floor and dressed.
âRachelâ¦â His voice was not as measured as he preferred, and he had to clear his throat, but she just lay thereâpretending, Nikolai was sure, to be asleep.
He didnât say her name againâhe just collected his belongings and was gone.
As the door closed behind him he was almost tempted to knock and say⦠What? That heâd locked himself out? Orâ¦?
No, better that she hated him than for the truth to come out, he thought as he stepped out onto the dark London streets.
Nikolai had thought heâd long ago dealt with his past.
It would seem heâd been wrong.
Sexy, scandalous and impossible to resist!
Daniil, Roman, Sev and Nikolai have come a long way from the Russian orphanage they grew up in. These days the four sexy tycoons dominate the worldâs stageâand they are just as famed for their prowess between the sheets!
Untamed and untouched by emotion, can these ruthless men find women to redeem them?
You wonât want to miss these sizzling Russians in this sensational quartet from
USA TODAY bestselling author Carol Marinelli
available only from Mills & Boon Modern Romance!
Find out where it all started in
The Price of His Redemption December 2015 Available now!
The Cost of the Forbidden January 2016 Available now!
And donât miss the dramatic conclusion
Return of the Untamed BillionaireComing in June 2016
CAROL MARINELLI is a Taurus, with Taurus rising, yet still thinks she is a secret Gemini. Originally from England, she now lives in Australia and is the single mother of three. Apart from her children, writing romance and the friendships forged along the way are her passion. She chooses to believe in a happy-ever-after for all, and strives for that in her writing.
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NIKOLAI ERISTOV HAD dealt with his difficult past.
Or rather he had been quite sure that he had.
Yet this morning, after his preferred strong tea had been poured by his butler, Nikolai did not reach for the cup as he usually wouldâhe could not be sure that his hand would not shake, and he had long ago decided to never let another person glimpse his weakness.
It was how he had come to survive.
With breakfast served, his butler went to leave the sumptuous master suite on the bridge deck of the superyacht but Nikolai called him back.
âI need you to take care of something for me this morning.â
âCertainly.â
âI need a new a suit.â
âSavile Row and Jermyn Street areââ
âNo,â Nikolai interrupted. The butler had misunderstood his request. Nikolai did not want one of Londonâs finest tailors to be brought to the yacht, neither did he want to go and visit them. âI want you to go to a department store and purchase a suit for me. You have my measurements.â
âI do, butââ
Nikolai gave a brief, impatient shake of his head. He did not need to explain his thinking to his butler so instead he stated his requirements. âI want you to purchase a charcoal suit and I also need a shirt and tie that would be suitable to wear to a church wedding. Oh, and I shall need shoes too.â
âYou want me to buy you clothes off the peg?â his butler carefully checked, and well he mightâNikolai was tall and broad shouldered and dressed exquisitely. His outfits came from top designersâall of whom wanted him wearing their name, just for the chance that his dark, brooding good looks would be photographed in one of their creations. Why on earth would he send his butler to a department store when his dressing room was lined with the best of the best?
âYes,â Nikolai said, âand I need you to go soon. The wedding is at two.â
Nikolai then told him the price range that he had in mind for his outfit and he saw his usually impassive butler blinkâafter all, the champagne that had been in the empty bottle he had removed from the bedside that morning had cost only a little less than had been allocated for today. That said, Nikolai spent thousands on champagne. Still, for him, it was a modest budget indeed.
âI wasnât aware that it was that time again and so soon!â The butler made a small joke and, given it was late spring, Nikolai conceded a small smile.
