AROUND CHI-TOWN
Will the Connellys ever cease to amaze?
As Chicagoans primped for the society event of the season, blushing bride Alexandra Connelly wasnât dreaming of her walk down the aisle; she was apparently planning her escape route. On the eve of her near-million-dollar nuptials, the heiress was nowhere to be seen, stranding a flock of white doves and standing up a few hundred guests. Not even scion Grant Connelly knew where the bride-not-to-be had gone.
Paparazzi claim sheâs now licking her wounds across the Atlantic in brother Danielâs kingdom of Altaria, where the azure seas and cloudless skies are warming her frozen heart. Rumor has it that the immensely eligible Prince Phillip of Silverdorn is doing his share of heating up the runaway heiress. The two have been spotted in numerous tête-à -têtes around the picturesque island. Is Phillip catching Alexandra on the rebound, or making his own play?
Meanwhile, back on the home front, Grant Connelly is again making news, having hired two private investigators to look into the dealings at his corporation. Seems the Connellys are up to their eyeballs in mysteries on both sides of the Atlanticâ¦.
Dear Reader,
What could be more satisfying than the sinful yet guilt-free pleasure of enjoying six new passionate, powerful and provocative Silhouette Desire romances this month?
Get started with In Blackhawkâs Bed, Julyâs MAN OF THE MONTH and the latest title in the SECRETS! miniseries by Barbara McCauley. The Royal & the Runaway Bride by Kathryn Jensenâin which the heroine masquerades as a horse trainer and becomes a princessâis the seventh exciting installment in DYNASTIES: THE CONNELLYS, about an American family that discovers its royal roots.
A single mom melts the steely defenses of a brooding ranch hand in Cowboyâs Special Woman by Sara Orwig, while a detective with a secret falls for an innocent beauty in The Secret Millionaire by Ryanne Corey. A CEO persuades a mail-room employee to be his temporary wife in the debut novel Cinderella & the Playboy by Laura Wright, praised by New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber as âa wonderful new voice in Silhouette Desire.â And in Zane: The Wild One by Bronwyn Jameson, the mayorâs daughter turns up the heat on the small townâs bad boy made good.
So pamper the romantic in you by reading all six of these great new love stories from Silhouette Desire!
Enjoy!
Joan Marlow Golan
Senior Editor, Silhouette Desire
has written many novels for young readers as well as for adults. She speed walks, works out with weights and enjoys ballroom dancing for exercise, stress reduction and pleasure. Her children are now grown. She lives in Maryland with her writing companionâSunny, a lovable terrier-mix adopted from a shelter.
Having worked as a hospital switchboard operator, department store sales associate, bank clerk and elementary school teacher, she now splits her days between writing her own books and teaching fiction writing at two local colleges and through a correspondence course. She enjoys helping new writers get a start and speaks âat the drop of a hatâ at writersâ conferences, libraries and schools across the country.
MEET THE CONNELLYS
Meet the Connellys of Chicagoâwealthy, powerful and rocked by scandal, betrayalâ¦and passion!
Whoâs Who in
THE ROYAL & THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
Phillip, Prince of SilverdornâLately his inherited title brings him nothing but troubleâfemale trouble. Itâs enough to make the virile royal totally swear off womenâalmost, anywayâ¦.
Alexandra ConnellyâAfter running away on the eve of her wedding, sheâll take no vow except to remain single and celibateâ¦. Single, anywayâ¦
Gregor PaulusâThe palace aideâs manners are impeccable, but what about his motives?
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
It wasnât that he disliked royal functions. Phillip Kinrowan had grown up in aristocratic circles, attended his first ball before heâd been able to walk, ridden his first Grand Prix champion jumper at Monaco before he turned six and owned an estate by the time he cleared the hurdles of puberty. It was just that he hated advertising his title because of the attention it got him. Attention that more often than not resulted in trouble. Female trouble.
He was reminded of those dangers as he stepped forward to be announced by the page before the ballroom crowd of beautiful people in formal attire. âThe kingdom of Altaria welcomes His Highness, Phillip Kinrowan, prince of Silverdorn!â The pageâs voice rang out in Italian first, then in French and finally in English, in deference to the American in whose honor the celebration was being held.
Phillip winced but kept his facial expression neutral as he descended the grand curving staircase to the gleaming marble floor. Already he was bored. The same faces greeted him at nearly every function. Only the Americans were new to him, as they were to everyone else in his elite social circle. But it was protocol to honor a new king, regardless of where he was raised.