Sheâs been a very good girl...
Now sheâs learning to be bad!
Ditched at the altar for being boring in bed, prim lawyer Maya Martin goes on a solo Amalfi Coast honeymoon with one goal in mind: proving her ex wrong! And when she meets tattooed, hard-bodied Charlie Teller, he seems just the man for the jobâheâs so hot itâs criminal! This Christmas, Charlie will help Maya unleash her wild side...over and over again!
USA TODAY bestselling and RITA>® Awardânominated author CAITLIN CREWS loves writing romance. She teaches her favourite romance novels in creative writing classes at places like UCLA Extensionâs prestigious Writersâ Program, where she finally gets to utilise the MA and PhD in English Literature that she received from the University of York in England. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest, with her very own hero and too many pets. Visit her at caitlincrews.com.
ISBN: 978-1-474-07148-2
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© 2018 Caitlin Crews
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EVERYONE WARNED HER not to go to Italy.
They said it was a bad gut reaction that she would regret, bitterly.
âIt will be like a funeral march,â Maya Martinâs older sister, Melinda, had asserted, her familiar body vibrating with the force of her outrage that her sister had been treated so shabbily. Maya could relate. She had been in a constant state of outrageâor maybe it was fury, possibly covering up something like griefâever since Ethan had made his ugly little announcement and ruined all of the plans Maya had made. For her wedding and her life. âYou canât possibly take your own honeymoon trip alone. It will make you crazy.â
âMore crazy than being left at the altar? Almost literally?â Maya had retorted, standing there with her hair and makeup exquisite and ready for the ceremony her father had canceled after it became clear Ethan couldnât be reasoned with. âBecause thatâs hard to imagine.â
Melinda had made a face. But the facts were simple and incontrovertible.
Ethan, who Maya had been set to marry that very day, was not in love.
Not with Maya, anyway.
âWeâve always been best friends before we were anything else,â he had said, in his usual warm way, his hazel eyes bright and clear, not tormented. That part had seemed significant later. âHavenât we?â
Maya had been sitting in the pretty silk bathrobe sheâd bought for precisely that purpose: getting ready the morning of her wedding. Her hair was finally done. Her makeup was pristine and perfect for photos. Sheâd been about to step into her lovely white dress when Ethan had talked himself past her mother and sister, even though everyone knew it was bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the ceremony and the Martins were nothing if not sticklers for convention.
Everyone was correct. It was very bad luck.
âOf course weâre best friends,â Maya had said, feeling warm and happy, shot straight through with sweetness.
It made her feel sick now.
She hadnât seen it coming. Sheâd been thinking about how she and Ethan had started together at the same Seven Sisters firm in Toronto after their articling placements. Theyâd worked on cases together. Theyâd grown closer and closer. Eventually, all those late nights and weekends had led to more. A year after that, theyâd moved into a condo in chic, trendy Yorkville together. When Ethan had proposed six months later, it had seemed like the next, perfect, logical step.