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Dreaming Of... Italy: Daring to Trust the Boss / Reunited with Her Italian Ex / The Forbidden Prince
SUSAN MEIER
Lucy Gordon
Alison Roberts
Charmingly Italian…When Olivia Prentiss is unceremoniously demoted to stand PA she’s determined to put up a fight! Soon though Olivia begins to see there is far more to her boss than meets the eye. And on a business trip to Italy, she sees straight through Tucker's exterior to a man with a far more vulnerable edge….When her dream job comes up in Verona, journalist Natasha jumps at the chance… even if it does mean working for the ex who broke her heart. But in a city bursting with romance staying professional is easier said than done.Prince Raoul de Poitier has one month before he must marry and take the crown. Temporarily setting aside his royal identity, he heads to Italy, where he meets Mika Gordon. Their whirlwind fling can only ever be a holiday romance, until Mika discovers that she is carrying the next heir to the throne…!
About the Authors
SUSAN MEIER spent most of her twenties thinking she was a job-hopper – until she began to write and realized everything that had come before was only research! One of eleven children, with twenty-four nieces and nephews and three kids of her own, Susan has had plenty of real-life experience watching romance blossom in unexpected ways. She lives in western Pennsylvania with her wonderful husband, Mike, three children and two overfed, well-cuddled cats, Sophie and Fluffy. You can visit Susan’s website at www.susanmeier.com (http://www.susanmeier.com).
LUCY GORDON cut her writing teeth on magazine journalism, interviewing many of the world’s most interesting men. She’s had many unusual experiences, which have often provided the background for her books. Once, while staying in Venice, she met a Venetian who proposed in two days and they’ve been married ever since. Naturally this has affected her writing, in which romantic Italian men tend to feature strongly. Two of her books have won a Romance Writers of America RITA® Award. You can visit her website at www.lucy-gordon.com (http://www.lucy-gordon.com).
ALISON ROBERTS is a New Zealander, currently lucky enough to live near a beautiful beach in Auckland. She is also lucky enough to write for both the Mills & Boon Romance and Medical Romance lines. A primary schoolteacher in a former life, she is also a qualified paramedic. She loves to travel and dance, drink champagne and spend time with her daughter and her friends.
Dreaming of… Italy
Daring to Trust the Boss
Susan Meier
Reunited with Her Italian Ex
Lucy Gordon
The Forbidden Prince
Alison Roberts
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08356-0
DREAMING OF… ITALY
Daring to Trust the Boss © 2014 Linda Susan Meier Reunited with Her Italian Ex © 2015 Lucy Gordon The Forbidden Prince © 2016 Alison Roberts
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Table of Contents
Cover (#u24680070-ad1e-5434-aad4-00b18b2239f0)
About the Authors (#uf8110f4d-e1e3-57aa-a381-388e525c4658)
Title Page (#u053d9fdf-121b-52e9-8b5c-25595468c6b5)
Copyright (#u6c40eea9-be95-555b-80b6-570fdd583c62)
Daring to Trust the Boss (#ufae0ca8d-3674-50e1-9f34-8bb835ad2ddd)
CHAPTER ONE (#u521d8a1e-c1c8-5a18-aad4-e76847f2d24e)
CHAPTER TWO (#u6b78804e-f3a3-553d-a0bd-3f665124540f)
CHAPTER THREE (#uef7fd455-3326-5c7c-ad92-e9dc424cb96d)
CHAPTER FOUR (#u2661efb1-294d-5be4-a316-d6e4d7059d09)
CHAPTER FIVE (#uf6697963-591a-5ebf-ba25-fff639cbc811)
CHAPTER SIX (#u97a185dc-c940-535b-a2dd-f64a8efefe69)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#u51d9fe86-837f-5116-a497-c1627aaa1b10)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#u1f833de5-e801-5947-9f71-e6fd92baa088)
CHAPTER NINE (#u6ebc1790-7d89-5c1c-9c13-c9828fc914fc)
CHAPTER TEN (#u7eddaded-80be-5235-bd0f-a6576c20b0c7)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
Reunited with Her Italian Ex (#litres_trial_promo)
PROLOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
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CHAPTER TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
The Forbidden Prince (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
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CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
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EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
Daring to Trust the Boss (#u6879cbc6-655c-52b9-9f40-379f3c2fefbd)
Susan Meier
The magic of the Mediterranean…
When accountant Olivia Prentiss joins Tucker Engle’s company, she’s unceremoniously demoted—to stand in as his PA! However, Tucker’s not in for an easy ride. Olivia’s worked hard to get where she is now, and refuses to bow to her gorgeous boss’s commands—however fearsome his reputation.
But soon Olivia begins to see there is far more to her boss than meets the eye. And on a business trip to Italy, she sees straight through Tucker’s hard and proud exterior to a man with a far more vulnerable edge….
CHAPTER ONE (#u6879cbc6-655c-52b9-9f40-379f3c2fefbd)
“I’M OLIVIA PRENTISS, here for my first day in Accounting.”
The gray-haired Human Resources director glanced up with a smile. “Good morning, Olivia. Welcome to Inferno.” She happily flipped through the files in a box on her desk, but when she found the one with “Olivia Prentiss” written on the tab, she winced. “I’m afraid there’s been a change of plans.”
Vivi’s stomach dropped to the floor. “I’m not hired?”
“No. No. Nothing like that. You’ve been reassigned temporarily.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Tucker Engle’s assistant was in an accident last week.”
“Oh. I’m sorry.” She knew Tucker Engle was the CEO and chairman of the board of Inferno. Before she’d interviewed for this job, she’d researched the company and his name had popped up. But the company’s annual statements had said little about the reclusive billionaire. When she’d searched the internet, she’d only found an interview with the Wall Street Journal and a Facebook rant by a former employee who had called him the Grim Reaper because the only time he came out of his ivory tower was to fire someone. Still, none of that information gave her any clue what his assistant’s accident had to do with her.
“As the newest employee in the company, it falls to you to stand in for Betsy.”
Her already-fallen stomach soured. She had to work directly with a guy called the Grim Reaper by his staff?
She gulped. “An accountant stands in for a personal assistant?”
“You won’t be a personal assistant.”
Following the sound of the deep male voice, Vivi swung around. A tall, dark-haired man leaned against the door frame. Her gaze crawled from his shiny black loafers up his black trousers and suit jacket, past his white shirt and sky-blue tie to a pair of emerald-green eyes.
Wow.
“Or even an administrative assistant. You’ll be an assistant.” He pushed away from the door frame and walked over to her. “The assistant to the chairman of the board. The assistant who must be able to read financial reports and change things I need to have changed. An assistant who has to be able to keep up.” His lush mouth thinned. “Do you have a problem with that?”
Intimidation froze her limbs, her tongue, and she could only stare.
“Good.” Obviously taking her silence for acceptance, he headed for the door. “Spend the twenty minutes you need with Mrs. Martin to get your ID badge and fill out your paperwork then report to my office.”
He strode out and she stared at the empty space he left in his wake.
