One night...
Seeing Natasha Pellegrini at her husbandâs funeral propels Matteo Manaserro back to a time before she shattered his trust. Caught in a potent mix of emotion, they surrender to their explosive passion...
One secret...
Unable to share the truth about her passionless marriage, Natasha is a virgin until Matteoâs touch brands her as his.
One baby...
When Matteo discovers Natasha is pregnant, he knows they must present a united front. He may never trust her, but heâs intent on claiming his baby. Except he hasnât bargained on their insatiable chemistry binding them together so completely!
âFor better or worse, weâre going to be tied together by our child for the rest of our livesâand the only way weâre going to get through it is by always being honest with each other. We will argue and disagree, but you must always speak the truth to me.â
Natasha fought to keep her feet grounded and her limbs from turning into fondue. But it was a fight she was losing. Matteoâs breath was warm on her face, his thumb was gently moving on her skin and scorching it, and the heat from his body was almost penetrating her clothes.
Sheâd kissed him without any thought, a desperate compulsion to touch him and comfort him flooding her, and then the fury had struck from nowhere. All her private thoughts about the direction heâd taken his career in converging at the realisation heâd thrown it all away in the pursuit of riches.
And now she wanted to kiss him again.
As if he could sense the need inside her he brought his mouth close to hers, but not quite touchingâthe promise of a kiss.
âAnd now I will ask you something. I want complete honesty,â he whispered, the movement of his words making his lips dance against hers like a breath.
His other hand trailed down her back and clasped her bottom to pull her flush against him. His lips moved lightly over hers, still tantalising her with the promise of his kiss.
âDo you want me to let you go?â
Bound to a Billionaire
Claimed by the most powerful of men!
Felipe Lorenzi, Matteo Manaserro and Daniele Pellegrini.
Three powerful billionaires who want for nothingâin business or in bed. But nothing and no one can touch their closely guarded hearts.
That is until Francesca, Natasha and Eva are each bound to a billionaireâ¦and prove to be a challenge these delicious alpha males canât resist!
Donât miss Michelle Smartâs stunning trilogy
Read Felipe and Francescaâs story in
Protecting His Defiant Innocent
Already available
Read Matteo and Natashaâs story in
Claiming His One-Night Baby
Available now!
And look for
Daniele and Evaâs story in
Buying His Bride of Convenience
October 2017
MICHELLE SMARTâs love affair with books started when she was a baby and she would cuddle them in her cot. A voracious reader of all genres, she found her love of romance established when she stumbled across her first Mills & Boon book at the age of twelve. Sheâs been reading and writing them ever since. Michelle lives in Northamptonshire, with her husband and two young Smarties.
Books by Michelle Smart
Mills & Boon Modern Romance
Once a Moretti Wife
The Perfect Cazorla Wife The Russianâs Ultimatum
Bound to a Billionaire
Protecting His Defiant Innocent
Brides for Billionaires
Married for the Greekâs Convenience
One Night With Consequences
Claiming His Christmas Consequence
Wedlocked!
Wedded, Bedded, Betrayed
The Kalliakis Crown
Talos Claims His Virgin
Theseus Discovers His Heir Helios Crowns His Mistress
Society Weddings
The Greekâs Pregnant Bride
The Irresistible Sicilians
What a Sicilian Husband Wants
The Sicilianâs Unexpected Duty Taming the Notorious Sicilian
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CHAPTER ONE
JAW CLENCHED, HIS heart pounding an irregular beat in his chest, Matteo Manaserro watched the coffin being lowered into the consecrated ground of Castello Miniatoâs private cemetery.
Surrounding the open earth stood hundreds of Pieta Pellegriniâs loved ones, friends, family, colleagues, even some heads of state, with their security details standing back at a discreet distance, all there to say a final goodbye to a man who had been respected the world over for his philanthropic endeavours.
Vanessa Pellegrini, Pietaâs mother, who had buried her husband, Fabio, in the adjoining plot only a year ago, stepped forward, supported by her daughter Francesca. Both women clutched red roses. Francesca turned around to extend a hand to Natasha, Pietaâs widow, who was staring blankly at the wooden box like an ashen-faced statue. The breeze that had filled the early-autumn air had dropped, magnifying the statue effect. Not a single strand of her tumbling honey-blonde hair moved.