Heâs known for getting what he wants...
...and sheâs his biggest prize!
Actress Kate Holiday is used to the spotlight, yet is happy melting into the background at a society party. Until the scorching gaze of charismatic Blake Randall rests on her... No acting is required for their sizzling night together! So when he offers Kate a starring role on a billionaireâs armâand in his bed!âdare she say yes?
Born and raised in the Australian bush, MIRANDA LEE was boarding-school-educated, and briefly pursued a career in classical music before moving to Sydney and embracing the world of computers. Happily married, with three daughters, she began writing when family commitments kept her at home. She likes to create stories that are believable, modern, fast-paced and sexy. Her interests include meaty sagas, doing word puzzles, gambling and going to the movies.
Also by Miranda Lee
A Man Without Mercy
Taken Over by the Billionaire
Rich, Ruthless and Renowned miniseries
The Italianâs Ruthless Seduction
The Billionaireâs Ruthless Affair The Playboyâs Ruthless Pursuit
Marrying a Tycoon miniseries
The Magnateâs Tempestuous Marriage
The Tycoonâs Outrageous Proposal The Tycoonâs Scandalous Proposition
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07214-4
THE TYCOONâS SCANDALOUS PROPOSITION
© 2018 Miranda Lee
Published in Great Britain 2018
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CHAPTER ONE
BLAKE STOOD NEXT to the groom, wondering what the hell he was doing, being best man at this wedding. He knew this marriage wouldnât lastâknew it was just a matter of time.
Heâd tried to reason with Lachlan. But nothing could dissuade him. Not even Blakeâs argument that he himself had married at the same ageâtwenty-fourâand the marriage hadnât lasted six months.
At least the bride wasnât an actress, Blake reasoned more positively. Also on the plus side, it wasnât as though marriageâeven a temporary oneâharmed a movie starâs popularity these days. Gone were the days when the powerbrokers of Hollywood had dictated who a star could marry. And when.
The rise of social media had changed all that. The public couldnât get enough of celebrity relationships. They especially enjoyed break-ups and divorces, and any whiff of scandal. Such was life in the spotlight.
Thankfully Blakeâs own life wasnât so much in the spotlightâthough heâd gained a little more attention in the press since moving Fantasy Productions from Sydney to LA fifteen months ago. Still, movie-makersâeven very successful, very wealthy ones like himselfâdidnât grab the headlines the way actors did. Especially those like Lachlan, with his golden boy looks, buffed body and bedroom blue eyes. Add to that buckets of boyish charm and you had a prize publicity package.