When trouble comes to stayâ¦
Unimpressed by his motherâs new companion, shrewd Italian billionaire Dante Leonetti is determined to oust the cuckoo from his castle. After all, what could this beautiful, intelligent young woman want with his family other than a slice of their fortune?
Topaz Marshallâs search for her father brought her into Danteâs world and now sheâs experiencing Leonettiâs ferocious reputation firsthand. Knowing Dante thinks sheâs a gold digger, she is shocked when he turns on his legendary charm. Dante is determined to seduce the truth from her lips and Topaz must do everything in her power to resist.
âWhat are you doing?â Topsy said breathlessly, struggling to pull air into her depleted lungs as Danteâs lean hands trailed down her arms.
âWhat I wanted to do the minute I first saw you,â he husked. âDiscover how you taste.â
âNo, thanks,â Topsy told him thinly, fighting her weakness with all her might even though she was insanely tempted to move forward and sink into the hard muscular heat of him.
âIs that a ânoâ in Topsy land or simply a prudent ânot here, not nowâ?â Dante enquired with terrifyingly smooth assurance.
âItâs a no, never. Iâm sorry. That shouldnât have happened. I work for your mother. I donât think she would like meââ
âI assure you that it is many, many years since my mother worried about who I take to my bed,â Dante sliced in very drily. âWeâre both single. I want you and you want meââ
âFor a moment of madness,â Topsy quipped. âBut Iâm glad it didnât go any further.â
âLiarâ¦â Dante murmured soft and low.
A BRIDE FOR A BILLIONAIRE
The men who have everything finally meet their match!
The Marshall sisters have carved their own way in the world for as long as they can remember. So if some arrogant billionaire thinks he can sweep in and whisk them off their stilettos heâs got another think coming!
It will take more than a private jet and a wallet full of cash to win over these feisty, determined women. Luckily these men enjoy a challenge, and they have more than their bank accounts going for them!
Read Kat Marshallâs story in
A RICH MANâS WHIM May 2013
Read Sapphire Marshallâs story in
THE SHEIKHâS PRIZE June 2013
Read Emerald Marshallâs story in
THE BILLIONAIREâS TROPHY August 2013
This month read Topaz Marshallâs story in
CHALLENGING DANTE
LYNNE GRAHAM was born in Northern Ireland and has been a keen Mills & Boon>® reader since her teens. She is very happily married, with an understanding husband who has learned to cook since she started to write! Her five children keep her on her toes. She has a very large dog, which knocks everything over, a very small terrier, which barks a lot, and two cats. When time allows, Lynne is a keen gardener.
Recent titles by the same author:
THE BILLIONAIREâS TROPHY
(A Bride for a Billionaire) THE SHEIKHâS PRIZE (A Bride for a Billionaire) A RICH MANâS WHIM (A Bride for a Billionaire) A RING TO SECURE HIS HEIR
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CHAPTER ONE
DANTE LEONETTI, INTERNATIONAL BANKER, renowned philanthropist and the Conte di Martino to those whom such archaic titles mattered, frowned at the news that his childhood friend, Marco Savonelli, was outside his office waiting to see him. Something had to be seriously wrong to drag Marco from his village doctorâs surgery all the way to the fast-moving financial centre of Milan.
Lean, darkly handsome features composed in a frown, Dante pushed long brown fingers through his luxuriant black hair in a gesture of concern rare for a man with his tough, self-disciplined temperament. Surely Marcoâs visit could only be related to the fund? Between them the two men were engaged in raising money by a variety of means to finance pioneering medical treatment in the USA for a village child stricken with leukaemia. From the outset, Dante had offered to cover the entire cost of the venture but Marco had persuaded him that it would be much more diplomatic to allow the village community as a whole to assume responsibility and volunteer their services to raise the thousands of euros required. Various public events had accordingly been organised and a fancy-dress ball at Danteâs family home, the Castello Leonetti in Tuscany, was the next big date and indeed the grand finale on the calendar, Dante recalled grimly, for he would have preferred to make a huge donation rather than be forced to dress up in comical clothes like a child at play. He had no patience for such nonsense.
His phone pinged and although he sighed he was conditioned by years as a banker to always be on the alert. But the message was not from one of his aides warning him of some potential crisis. It was from his mistress, the beautiful Della, and he frowned down at the picture of her superb breasts, his handsome mouth curling with irritation as he deleted the shot with an impatient stab. He didnât want dirty pictures on his mobile; he was not a teenage boy, he reflected grimly. Clearly it was time to give Della the proverbial golden handshake and make a smooth exit. Unhappily the prospect of pastures new to explore held no attraction for him yet he knew he was bored with Della and even more bored with her colossal vanity and her avarice.