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– Нет никаких причин, – отрезала Олимпия. – Ничто не может оправдать отца, который пропустил совершеннолетие собственной дочери. Альберт замолчал. До этой весны, собственно уже прошедшей, ее рассудительный и доброжелательный отец, экономист по профессии, готов был на все ради своей единственной дочери.…

Она решила, что выход Майка на пенсию не нуждается в подобном сопровождении. Вечеринка будет гламурной, непринужденной и веселой. Блестящее празднование в честь вдохновения, которым он одаривал всех своих студентов. И дань его карьере. На стенах среди ню, пейзажей и абстракций – коллекцию они собирали…

А снискать одобрение мушкетеров – вещь немаловажная. В те времена, когда наравне с корридой театр влек к себе и патрициев, и плебеев, одинаково пользуясь у тех и других любовью страстной и пристрастной, даже самые прославленные авторы в прологе старались польстить этой шумной и взыскательной части публики,…

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CONTENTS Cover Extract Dear Reader About the Author Title Page Dedication Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter…

Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Copyright Chapter One “Wrecked!” creamed the caption beneath the photo of a woman being bundled, gla y eyed into the back of a police car. “Che co a cha facenda?” Hi black eye glittering, Giovanni threw down the new paper and turned to hi pin…

CHAPTER ONE VICTORIA INTENSELY DISLIKED place like thi . Gym with boxing ring , hanging punching bag and variou other accoutrement . The lighting wa dim, ca ting everything in a dull hadow. It wa probably for the be t, all thing con idered, el e it might reveal the tain from dirt, blood…

Wayne’ heavy boot connected with the partially opened bedroom door, winging it wide. He tood a moment, quinting again t the oft light of the bed ide table. “You till awake?” he a ked unnece arily. “You promi ed you’d be home hour ago,” he aid. He clo ed the door, trode awkwardly to the…

Where wa Je e? Her father had hired the tall, hand ome ranch hand two month ago, ju t before he’d come home for ummer vacation from Arizona State. The moment he’d laid eye on him, he’d fallen hopele ly in love. Though they’d never poken the word out loud, Abby wa certain that Je e felt the…

—Goodread ‘You know that feeling you get after you read an incredibly awe ome book...the feeling that you don’t know what to read next becau e the book you ju t read wa o awe ome...? That’ exactly how I feel.’ —Goodread on The Baby That Changed Her Life Content Cover Back Cover…

Back then he’d been full of hope and plan that when he grew up, when he wa old enough to et out on hi own life adventure, then he’d finally under tand what the fu wa all about. Why it had been o ea y for hi parent to leave him behind. He wondered when all that impenetrable hope had become fru…

‘Mi Matte on i here, Mr Valenti,’ hi receptioni t purred over the intercom, interrupting hi thought . Dante tood up, preparing to avour the revenge. ‘Send her in.’ Nothing had changed, then, Faye thought to her elf a he took a deep breath and ank down tentatively on the pri tine ofa indicated…

Her heart rate till doubled, but for another rea on. Ye . Becau e of their hi tory and how he’d o deeply brui ed her tender feeling over ten year ago with hi all-or-nothing ultimatum . He wanted her to give over her hard won control of her life, and heaven help her, he’d once truly tempted her.…

EPILOGUE Extract Copyright CHAPTER ONE “NO.” A paper fluttered down on her temporary de k, lowly floating pa t Becky Engli h’ unburned no e. She looked up, and tried not to let her reaction to what he aw—or rather, whom he aw— how on her face. The rich and utterly exy…

Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve …

Or who me ed with her Mozart! ‘She look like a baby,’ Sophie aid, then turned, miling, a he heard her hu band’ voice. ‘Glad you’re both here,’ Alexander Gib on aid quietly. ‘Sophie, Marty, I’d like you both to meet Dr Carlo Quintero. He’ the baby’ father.’ Gib’ eye ought out Marty,…

Then hi oft lip grazed her knuckle and the touch unlea hed other feeling that had nothing to do with anxiety and everything to do with awarene . “Th-thank you,” he aid. Dark brown eye a e ed her. “Plea e forgive my boldne , but I am compelled to ay that I did not expect that you would be…

Chapter One PRINCE CRISTIANO DI SAVAR'E lipped the la t tud into hi tuxedo hirt and traightened the point of hi collar a he gazed at hi reflection. The yacht rocked gently beneath hi feet, but that wa the only indication he wa on board a hip and not in a luxury hotel room. He’d flown…

Wa that true love? Carrie wondered. Darkne wa tealing over the land cape and a waiter wa lighting ome candle on the table nearby ready for the evening ahead. A yet the place wa quiet, ju t one other couple dining at a table tucked away in a far corner. She glanced at her watch. Jo wa now…

A en e of triumph naked through Rocco a he rai ed hi gla in a mirror alute. The pro pect of wooing the immaculately bred and oh, o proper M Honora Winthrop flowed like deliciou nectar through hi vein . Hi gut clenched hard. Thi moment wa it. He wa finally tanding at the pinnacle of everything…