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Italian Mavericks: Bound By The Italian's Bargain: The Italian's Ruthless Seduction / Bound to the Tuscan Billionaire / Bought by Her Italian Boss
Susan Stephens
Miranda Lee
Dani Collins
A temptation she can’t refuse…If Sergio Mancini wants something, he only has to click his fingers to get it. Except for Bella Williams. But their one night together only inflames their passion – and now he wants more!*For gardener Cassandra Rich, working in the foothills of Tuscany is the perfect way to escape her past. Until Marco di Fivizzano graces the villa with his presence and Cassandra with his attention.*Gwyn Ellis is in big trouble. Scandalous photos of her have been released online, slandering her and threatening her hard-earned job with Donatelli International Bank. No one wants to hear how she’s been framed…no one except her boss, the darkly sexy Vittorio Donatelli!
About the Authors
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.
SUSAN STEPHENS was a professional singer before meeting her husband on the Mediterranean island of Malta. In true Modern Romance style they met on Monday, became engaged on Friday and married three months later. Susan enjoys entertaining, travel and going to the theater. To relax she reads, cooks and plays the piano, and when she’s had enough of relaxing she throws herself off mountains on skis, or gallops through the countryside singing loudly.
Canadian DANI COLLINS knew in high school that she wanted to write romance for a living. Twenty-five years later, after marrying her high school sweetheart, having two kids with him, working at several generic office jobs and submitting countless manuscripts, she got ‘The Call’. Her first Modern Romance novel won the Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best First in Series from RT Book Reviews. She now works in her own office, writing romance.
Italian Mavericks: Bound by the Italian’s Bargain
The Italian’s Ruthless Seduction
Miranda Lee
Bound to the Tuscan Billionaire
Susan Stephens
Bought by Her Italian Boss
Dani Collins
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ISBN: 978-1-474-09509-9
ITALIAN MAVERICKS: BOUND BY THE ITALIAN’S BARGAIN
The Italian’s Ruthless Seduction © 2016 Miranda Lee Bound to the Tuscan Billionaire © 2016 Susan Stephens Bought by Her Italian Boss © 2016 Dani Collins
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Table of Contents
Cover (#ub6364508-5137-5915-adb1-d955d70e35fa)
About the Authors (#ucd0e64e2-528c-5253-9f40-1fd02dfd7b92)
Title Page (#u4440d320-1424-5073-8e7a-15bef5994390)
Copyright (#u4909b29f-bfe7-506e-9311-3d1e5d897aff)
The Italian’s Ruthless Seduction (#u77c10364-07ef-59fb-b81a-8751adb3007d)
CHAPTER ONE (#u6794eb0b-0696-5cd9-90b7-e936f921ec17)
CHAPTER TWO (#u39a8a8e9-d47e-510f-b5bc-bb6849423187)
CHAPTER THREE (#ub8d56bd0-bec8-54fc-929f-62a986ceb0bf)
CHAPTER FOUR (#u581db03b-de66-541a-a303-fd1733182f09)
CHAPTER FIVE (#u97d02e3a-bf63-5952-9f16-fd464f4d3bf1)
CHAPTER SIX (#uae3739fe-45bf-5286-b917-47b1e34aec3f)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#ufa8f52bf-d44d-5faa-9708-34588c730d2d)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#uf345c84d-2ce3-578f-ad09-a299c39bb6d2)
CHAPTER NINE (#ub173e5f0-00fd-5b8a-b2d6-4bcd7c4df9a9)
CHAPTER TEN (#uf3c06ec5-5e19-50f6-9fa1-e9ef4b5ddb70)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#u8caae3e6-bfab-591d-8521-cd83b0df862c)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#u81a26cd9-24e2-576f-a3b5-7056cf7011cd)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#u4ab97fd8-d8c6-584a-8eb9-889cafe7306a)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#u01e039d9-cbd7-55f7-91c0-0ef3b224d318)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#uf5df801a-0e11-5b1c-a548-20f51f396121)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#u90a1d201-3ac4-5ff0-a17f-8cf204d98698)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN (#u9ddd3e11-ba1c-504f-a734-4a16c025eb61)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINETEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
Bound to the Tuscan Billionaire (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
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)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
Bought by Her Italian Boss (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
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)
EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
The Italian’s Ruthless Seduction (#u05dafb25-506a-5672-8213-7d5e994377c5)
Miranda Lee
CHAPTER ONE (#u05dafb25-506a-5672-8213-7d5e994377c5)
I SHOULD BE HAPPIER, Sergio thought as he snapped off the shower, stepped out onto the luxuriously soft bath mat and reached for an even more luxurious bath sheet. Today I became a billionaire. Today, my two best friends became billionaires as well. If that doesn’t make me happy, then what will?
Sergio frowned as he dried himself vigorously. Why wasn’t he happier? Why wasn’t he thrilled to pieces with the four-point-six billion they’d been paid for the Wild Over Wine franchise? Why did signing that contract today leave him feeling just a little...empty?
Wise people did say it was the journey that gave the most satisfaction, not the destination, he conceded with a resigned shrug of his broad shoulders. The irrefutable fact was that the three members of the Bachelors’ Club had now reached their destination. Well...almost. None of them had turned thirty-five yet, though they would soon. His own thirty-fifth birthday was just over a fortnight away.
Sergio smiled a wry smile as he recalled the night they’d formed the Bachelors’ Club. How young they were at the time. Not that any of them had realised it back then. They’d felt incredibly mature, older at twenty-three than a lot of the other students at Oxford in their year. More confident than most as well, each of them having been blessed with good looks as well as above-average intelligence. They’d also been very ambitious.
At least, he and Alex had been ambitious. Jeremy—who’d already had a private income—had just gone along for the ride.
It had been a Friday night, several months after they’d first met. They’d been in Jeremy’s room, of course. His room had been so much bigger and better than the one Sergio and Alex had shared. They had all been more than a little intoxicated when Sergio—who had a tendency to become philosophical when he drank—had asked the others what their goals were in life.
‘Definitely not marriage,’ had been Jeremy’s rather scathing remark.
