The Billionaire's Christmas Cinderella
She’s as pure as winter snow…Can her innocence redeem him?Charismatic Manhattan tycoon Abe Devereux is famed for his cold heart. Meeting compassionate nanny Naomi, who’s determined to see the good in him, is a novelty—as is the potency of their undeniable connection! Abe’s notoriously merciless, and he wants this shy Cinderella between his sheets by Christmas.But will seducing gentle Naomi be Abe’s biggest risk or his greatest chance of redemption?
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She’s as pure as winter snow...
Can her innocence redeem him?
Charismatic Manhattan tycoon Abe Devereux is famed for his cold heart. So meeting compassionate nanny Naomi, who’s determined to see the good in him, is a novelty—as is the potency of their undeniable connection! Abe is notoriously merciless, and he wants this shy Cinderella between his sheets by Christmas. But will seducing gentle Naomi be Abe’s biggest risk, or his greatest chance of redemption?
Lose yourself in this captivating Cinderella romance!
CAROL MARINELLI recently filled in a form asking for her job title. Thrilled to be able to put down her answer, she put ‘writer’. Then it asked what Carol did for relaxation and she put down the truth—‘writing’. The third question asked for her hobbies. Well, not wanting to look obsessed, she crossed her fingers and answered ‘swimming’—but, given that the chlorine in the pool does terrible things to her highlights, I’m sure you can guess the real answer!
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07280-9
THE BILLIONAIRE’S CHRISTMAS CINDERELLA
© 2018 Carol Marinelli
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Dear Sam.
With love, always. xxxx
Contents
‘I KNOW THAT this is a very difficult time for the Devereux family. However—’
‘That may be the case but it has no bearing on this discussion.’
Abe Devereux interrupted the Sheikh when few people would. It was an online meeting, with Abe in his stunning high-rise New York City office and Sheikh Prince Khalid in Al-Kazan, but Abe would have responded in the same terse manner had they met face to face.
The Devereux family was extending its empire into the Middle East. The first hotel was under construction in Dubai and the site for the next had recently been sourced in Al-Kazan.
Except the landowners, Khalid had just informed Abe, had added several million to their previous asking price. To refuse jeopardised not only the Al-Kazan project—the knock-on effect would be huge. If the Devereuxes didn’t agree to the new asking price, then construction in Dubai might cease.
Abe refused to be bullied.
Khalid was very possibly relying on the fact that he was a personal friend of Abe’s younger brother, Ethan. Or perhaps he had hoped for a rare moment of weakness or distraction, given that Jobe Devereux, the head of the Devereux empire, was gravely ill.
But there would be no weakness or distraction from Abe.
Khalid would soon come to understand that he was dealing with the most ruthless of the Devereuxes.
Abe would never be swayed by emotion.
This was business, and nothing ever got in the way of that.
‘Whose side are you on, Khalid?’ Abe asked the question few would dare. ‘We are supposed to be in this venture together.’
