About the Authors
SHARON KENDRICK once won a national writing competition by describing her ideal date: being flown to an exotic island by a gorgeous and powerful man. Little did she realise that she’d just wandered into her dream job! Today she writes for Mills & Boon, featuring often stubborn but always to die for heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. She believes that the best books are those you never want to end. Just like life…
Growing up near the beach, ANNIE WEST spent lots of time observing tall, burnished lifeguards—early research! Now she spends her days fantasising about gorgeous men and their love lives. Annie has been a reader all her life. She also loves travel, long walks, good company and great food. You can contact her at [email protected] or via PO Box 1041, Warners Bay, NSW 2282, Australia.
Also By Sharon Kendrick
The Billionaire’s Defiant AcquisitionCrowned for the Prince’s HeirDi Sione’s Virgin MistressA Royal Vow of ConvenienceSecrets of a Billionaire’s MistressThe Sheikh’s Bought WifeThe Pregnant Kavakos BrideThe Italian’s Christmas Secret
The Bond of Billionaires miniseries
Claimed for Makarov’s BabyThe Sheikh’s Christmas Conquest
Also By Annie West
The Sinner’s Marriage RedemptionSeducing His Enemy’s DaughterA Vow to Secure His LegacyThe Flaw in Raffaele’s RevengeThe Desert King’s Secret HeirThe Desert King’s Captive Bride
The Princess Seductions miniseries
His Majesty’s Temporary BrideThe Greek’s Forbidden Princess
Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk
Bound to the Sicilian’s Bed/Contracted for the Petrakis Heir
Bound to the Sicilian’s Bed
Sharon Kendrick
Contracted for the Petrakis Heir
Annie West
www.millsandboon.co.uk
ISBN: 978-1-474-09558-7
BOUND TO THE SICILIAN’S BED/CONTRACTED FOR THE PETRAKIS HEIR
Bound to the Sicilian’s Bed © 2018 Sharon Kendrick Contracted for the Petrakis Heir © 2018 Annie West
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Rocco’s outrageous proposition:
His estranged wife will spend one final weekend in his bed!
When Rocco’s runaway wife asks for a divorce, the Sicilian billionaire seizes his chance! They’ve never discussed their painful past, but this is the perfect opportunity to get Nicole out of his system for good. He offers her a deal: if Nicole wants to move on with her life, she will be his one last time!
For darling Pete Crone, who is a constant inspiration to this sometimes (!) frazzled writer, and has many of the attributes of the romantic hero.
And for Charlie Bell, director at Vardags—the amazing law firm with the amazing view over London—who provided invaluable help for this story.
CHAPTER ONE
ROCCO BARBERI FELT anger pumping through his veins and it was enough to stop him in his tracks. Because he didn’t do anger. He was known as a man of cool calculation. His implacable Sicilian features were notorious for never betraying a flicker of emotion and his business rivals often said he would have made a world-class poker player. So why was rage flooding through him like hot lava as he stood outside a tiny art shop in some God-forsaken Cornish town?