The Marriage Merger
Flora Claibourne had arranged a business trip specifically to avoid having to work with handsome Bram Farraday Gifford. Only, her plan had backfired; he'd decided to come with her!Instead of nine to five, now she was forced to be with this powerfully attractive man constantly - on a romantic tropical island. She craved his touch, his kiss, but the barriers she'd erected around herself were too strong, too high.She wouldn't let anyone near - and Bram was intrigued…and willing to accept the challenge to find out why….
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âDonât do that, Flora.â
âWhat? What am I doing?â
âYouâre treating me like the enemy again. Iâm here. Iâm with you.â For a moment their gazes locked. âFor you, not against you. Iâll come with you.â
Flora felt as if the ground were crumbling beneath her feet. That like the cliff face before them, the foundations upon which she lived her life were being undermined by Bram Gifford. First he had taken her hand and she had not pulled away. Too late, sheâd learned that she was not immune to the touch of a manâs hand, a certain look in his eyes, the hot lick of desire.
Heâd kissed her with a sweetness that was designed to turn her head, make her forget that they were rivals. That they were both after the same prize.
And sheâd forgotten.
Dear Reader,
Welcome to my brand-new trilogy, BOARDROOM BRIDEGROOMS.
Claibourne & Farraday is âthe most stylish department store in London.â On the retirement of their father, the three talented Claibourne sisters are all set to take the store into the twenty-first century. Romana as head of public relations, Flora, a designer, and India, the oldest of the sisters, stepping into her fatherâs shoes as managing director.
But the Farradays, three dynamic businessmen with plans of their own for Claibourne & Farraday, are determined to take full control of the store back into Farraday hands.
India invites the Farraday cousins to âwork-shadowâ the sisters in order to find out what it takes to run the store. In this book, quiet reserved Flora tries to avoid being work-shadowedâonly, her plan backfires, and sheâs now stuck with playboy Bram Farraday Gifford on a romantic island paradiseâ¦.
With love,
Liz Fielding
To find out more about Liz Fielding, visit her Web site at www.lizfielding.com
BOARDROOM BRIDEGROOMS!
Itâs a marriage takeover!
Read all three books in this exciting trilogy by Liz Fielding!
The Corporate Bridegroom
The Marriage Merger
The Tycoonâs Takeover
The Marriage Merger
Liz Fielding
For Betty, Nancy, Doris, Glenys and Eiddwenâ¦my mother and her sistersâ¦with all my love
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
PROLOGUE
CITY DIARY, LONDON EVENING POST
WHAT is going on at Claibourne & Farraday?
Following the departure of Peter Claibourne last month, itâs rumoured that Londonâs most stylish department store has become a war zone, with the Claibournes and the Farradays in a battle to control the boardroom.
The two families each own forty-nine per cent of the store, with the remaining âgolden shareâ of two per cent passing to the oldest male heir of either family, and with it total control over the future of the company.
Peterâs lovely daughters, who have been part of the store since their pictures appeared in C&Fâs first mail order catalogue for nursery furniture, have cited equality in the workforce and refused to move over. I am informed that, confident of their position, they have invited the Farradays to âshadowâ them during the next few months, promising to step down if the men can do a better job.
Todayâs surprise announcement of the marriage of Romana Claibourne, youngest of the Claibourne girls, to Niall Farraday Macaulay in a brief ceremony in Las Vegas would suggest one Farraday was so impressed with the woman he was shadowing that he married her.
With Bram Farraday Gifford about to take his turn shadowing jewellery buyer and designer Flora Claibourne, we await the outcome with considerable interest. Watch this space.
MEMORANDUM
From: J D FARRADAY To: BRAM FARRADAY GIFFORD Subject: CLAIBOURNE & FARRADAY
Bram, the Claibourne girls are playing dirty. If Romana Claibourne was able to subvert Niall to their cause, she must be a lot cleverer than she looks. Flora Claibourne, as you will see from the file Iâm biking over to you, just looks clever.
Since the gloves are now off, I see no reason why you shouldnât employ your infamous charm to even the score.
From: Dr T Myan, Minister of Antiquities, Saraminda To: Flora Claibourne, London
My dear Miss Claibourne
You will no doubt have seen sensational reports of the discovery of a rich burial site in Saraminda. As you can guess, we have been overwhelmed with requests from journalists wishing to view this âlost princessâ, as they have dubbed her.
As a matter of urgency my government has asked me to approach you, as an authority on ancient jewellery and the author of Ashanti Gold, to write about the treasure. Your combination of scholarship and vivid writing would put this truly extraordinary find above lurid exploitation.
I would be grateful if you could respond by return.
Your honoured friend
Tipi Myan
FAX
From: INDIA CLAIBOURNE To: BRAM GIFFORD Subject: WORK SHADOWING
Miss Flora Claibourne will be travelling to Saraminda on Wednesday 1st May on a work-related project. Since you will be shadowing her during that month I have made arrangements for you to travel with her. I attach an itinerary for your information.
