Lizzie shook her head. âI thought you understood, but you knew nothing about my life thenâjust as you know nothing about it now.â
âAs you know nothing about mine,â Chico fired back.
And as the temperature soared between them she whirled around. She started to say somethingâsomething angry to hit back at himâsomething passionate to express all the hurt sheâd felt when she was only fifteenâbut as she speared a glance into Chicoâs blazing eyes he reached out and caught her close.
She held her breath and stared up at him. He wouldnât dareâsurely he wouldnât dare?
His grip tightened and slowly and deliberately he brought her inch by reluctant inch to within a whisper of his mouth. And when he brushed her lips with his she shivered and sighedâbecause she could do nothing else. It was a signal for him to move closer, until his hard body could control hers, and then, resting his forearm on the wall above her head, he dipped his head to tease her with almost-kisses until she was helpless with desire. Need collected inside her until finally it overwhelmed her.
Welcome to the hot, sultryand successful world of Brazilian polo!Get ready to spend many
HOT BRAZILIAN NIGHTS
with Brazilâs sexiest polo champions!
Forget privilege and prestige, this is Gaucho Poloâ
hard, hot and unforgiving ⦠like the men who play the game!
Off the field the Thunderbolts are notorious
heartbreakers, but what happens when they meet the one person who can tame that unbridled passion?
You may have already met
gorgeous team captain Gabe in Christmas Nights with the Polo Player
Now get ready to meet the rest of the team in:
In the Brazilianâs Debt March 2015
At the Brazilianâs Command April 2015
And look out for Lucas and Karinaâs stories coming soon!
Available from www.millsandboon.co.uk
Or visit the authorâs website:
www.susanstephens.com/thunderbolt
SUSAN STEPHENS was a professional singer before meeting her husband on the Mediterranean island of Malta. In true Mills & Boon® Modern⢠Romance style they met on Monday, became engaged on Friday and married three months later. Susan enjoys entertaining, travel and going to the theatre. To relax she reads, cooks and plays the piano, and when sheâs had enough of relaxing she throws herself off mountains on skis, or gallops through the countryside singing loudly.
For my wonderful readers who love their bad boys
safely confined within the covers of a book. Chico is for you.
CHAPTER ONE
REVENGE IS A DISH best served cold.
Lizzie thought about her fatherâs words as the transport plane lost height, bringing them closer to their destination. Determination was an admirable quality, her father had insisted with his usual bluff confidence, founded on nothing more than one of his hunches and the dregs from a bottle of Scotch. His Lizzie wasnât short of determination. She would rebuild the family pride where he had failed.
How many other apparently confident people put on an act in order to reassure others? Lizzie wondered as she peered out of the small, grainy window. She had been planning to embark on this advanced training programme with horses in Brazil for years, and just hoped she wasnât shooting too high. She was determined to set the family business back on its feet, but flying for hours over miles of uninhabited nothingness in Brazil had thrown her. She felt so far away from home, and seeing Chico Fernandez again after all these years was going to dent her confidence even more.
âHow come youâre not nervous?â Lizzieâs friend and fellow groom Danny Cameron demanded, clutching on tightly to Lizzieâs hand as the plane dropped like a stone.
She put on one hell of an act? She wasnât a great traveller, and probably felt the same fear as Danny. As the ground came up to meet them like a slap in the face, her stomach roiled. The distinctly unglamorous transporter, known as the Carrier Pigeon to the staff of Fazenda Fernandez, appeared to dive-bomb its target, which was a rambling ranch in the middle of the pampas in Brazil.
âWeâll be fine,â she soothed Danny, hoping for the best.
Would they make it?
Would she make it, more to the point? Never mind that the runway was short, and the plane was loaded down with horses, grooms, and equipment, all heading to the world-class training ranch of the infamous hard man of polo, Chico Fernandez. She might make it to the ground safely, but would she make it safely out of here with both her heart and her reputation intact? It seemed incredible now that Chico had once meant so much to her, but sheâd been fifteen the last time sheâd seen him in person, when, for one glorious summer, Chico had been her closest friend and confidant, until her parents started referring to him in the same tone people reserved for the devil.