Christmas Contract For His Cinderella
December in the brooding Sicilian’s castle… Spending the Christmas holidays with the man who broke her heart is Monet’s worst nightmare. But when commanding Marcu’s children urgently need a nanny she can’t refuse. Landing back in his aristocratic world, where free-spirited Monet never belonged, is bittersweet torture…and Marcu doesn’t anticipate his overly ordered life being disrupted by the enchanting woman Monet’s become. Duty has always dictated his actions—making Monet, with her infamous family history, strictly forbidden. But as their long-simmering passion burns intensely enough to melt the snow will Marcu finally claim his Christmas Cinderella…?
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December in the brooding Sicilian’s castle...
Spending the holidays with the man who broke her heart is Monet’s worst nightmare. But when commanding Marcu’s children urgently need a nanny, she can’t refuse. Landing back in his aristocratic world, where free-spirited Monet never belonged, is bittersweet torture...
Marcu doesn’t anticipate his overly ordered life being disrupted by the enchanting woman Monet’s become. Duty has always dictated his actions, making Monet, with her infamous family history, strictly forbidden. But when their long-simmering passion burns intensely enough to melt the snow, will Marcu finally claim his Christmas Cinderella...?
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author JANE PORTER has written forty romances and eleven women’s fiction novels since her first sale to Mills & Boon in 2000. A five-time RITA® Award finalist, Jane is known for her passionate, emotional and sensual novels, and loves nothing more than alpha heroes, exotic locations and happy-ever-afters. Today Jane lives in sunny San Clemente, California, with her surfer husband and three sons. Visit janeporter.com.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08852-7
CHRISTMAS CONTRACT FOR HIS CINDERELLA
© 2019 Jane Porter
Published in Great Britain 2019
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Contents
Note to Readers
CHAPTER ONE
MONET WILDE WAS in the back room on the fifth floor of Bernard Department Store, searching for a customer’s missing gown, which she was sure had gone to alterations but apparently had never actually arrived there, when one of her salesgirls appeared, informing her that a gentleman was waiting for her, and while he was brusque, he was not as irritable as Mrs. Wilkerson, who couldn’t understand how her daughter’s bridal gown could just disappear.
Monet sighed and reached up to smooth a dark tendril that had come loose from her neat chignon, aware that she dressed more matronly than most matrons, but as the manager of the bridal department it was important to maintain a sense of decorum. “Did he say what he wants?” she asked with a glance at the clock on the stockroom wall. Fifteen minutes until closing. Fifteen minutes to find a very expensive gown for a very irate mother of the bride.
“You.” The salesgirl’s expression turned rueful. “Well, he asked for you. By name.”
Monet’s heart fell. “Tell me we haven’t misplaced another gown.”
“He didn’t say. He just asked for you.”
