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Ruthless Revenge: Priceless Proposal: The Sicilian's Surprise Wife / Secret Heiress, Secret Baby / Guardian to the Heiress
Margaret Way
Emily McKay
Tara Pammi
Her Perfect ProtectorStefan Bianco is a man with one thing on his mind. Revenge. Stunning Clio Norwood; the only woman to ever resist Stefan’s seduction is the key to his revenge, and Stefan has the key to her freedom…Long-lost heiress Meg Lathem has a secret daughter, who needs life-saving surgery, so Meg asks for help from the child’s ruthless father, Grant Sheppard. Grant finds his feelings for Meg run deep. Can he convince Meg he’s genuine this time?Heiress Carol Chancellor is doesn’t know her relatives thanks to a bitter feud. Fortunately, hotshot Sydney lawyer Damon Hunter is on hand to protect her and soon Carol realises that it's not just her safety that's in danger – but also her heart.…
About the Authors (#u9cc5936a-86f3-5050-9e9a-447b841e5cdd)
TARA PAMMI can’t remember a moment when she wasn’t lost in a book, especially a romance which was much more exciting than a mathematics textbook. Years later, Tara’s wild imagination and love for the written word revealed what she really wanted to do. Now she pairs Alpha males who think they know everything with strong women who knock that theory and them off their feet!
EMILY MCKAY has been reading romance novels since she was eleven years old. Her first Mills & Boon romance book came free in a box of Hefty garbage bags. She has been reading and loving romance novels ever since. She lives in Texas with her geeky husband, her two kids and too many pets. Her debut novel, Baby, Be Mine, was a RITA® Award finalist for Best First Book and Best Short Contemporary. She was also a 2009 RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award nominee for Series Romance. To learn more, visit her website, www.emilymckay.com (http://www.emilymckay.com).
USA Today bestselling author MARGARET WAY was born and raised in the River City of Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia. A conservatorium trained professional musician, in 1969 she decided to fulfil a childhood dream to write a book and have it published. She submitted a manuscript to the iconic publishing firm of Mills & Boon in London. To her delight the manuscript received immediate acceptance. The first book published in 1970 King Country was an outstanding success heralding the start of a long and very successful career. An award-winning author of more than 130 books, published in 114 countries in 34 languages, Margaret Way is a three-time finalist in the Romance Writers of Australia’s RUBY Award.
Ruthless Revenge: Priceless Proposal
The Sicilian’s Surprise Wife
Tara Pammi
Secret Heiress, Secret Baby
Emily McKay
Guardian to the Heiress
Margaret Way
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08538-0
RUTHLESS REVENGE: PRICELESS PROPOSAL
The Sicilian’s Surprise Wife © 2015 Harlequin Books SA Secret Heiress, Secret Baby © 2015 Emily McKaskle Guardian to the Heiress © Margaret Way Pty Ltd 2013
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Table of Contents
Cover (#u4b0ef915-0fd1-5c2c-8df3-da075c35201d)
About the Authors (#ud37c330a-4748-5725-bac1-bd47fc5be11b)
Title Page (#u6369f1de-b73a-5951-af5c-4574354bd8df)
Copyright (#ua6ea171b-051f-5174-9ef1-f4b890eb5dfd)
The Sicilian’s Surprise Wife (#ua00e83b3-ec87-5887-99f0-a8e2a74ded42)
Dedication (#ue2cdc90b-ac64-56ce-a586-acaf954e4cc7)
CHAPTER ONE (#u7d84e298-ef0d-5735-badc-beac48ac8c08)
CHAPTER TWO (#u6762e38a-49dd-5c04-9a87-2d304feed4e4)
CHAPTER THREE (#u9bc44a07-6288-5dca-97d0-04b1cae8ed56)
CHAPTER FOUR (#u6aebc804-5ae0-5731-822c-85d86a22235c)
CHAPTER FIVE (#uf7e1090e-318a-51ed-86ab-d6b570541ad7)
CHAPTER SIX (#ufcb4884d-6fce-50b8-b3ad-0af87c76e7e9)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#uac18e8dc-9df5-559f-94bb-60676b413fdc)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#u882ca4b6-6ef1-5288-9d60-c7bdd9b27ef9)
CHAPTER NINE (#u4d124349-f700-5812-946b-444b1f6187f7)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
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Secret Heiress, Secret Baby (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
Prologue (#litres_trial_promo)
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Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)
Guardian to the Heiress (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#ue2cdc90b-ac64-56ce-a586-acaf954e4cc7)
PROLOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
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EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
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Tara Pammi
For the three wonderful ladies who made working on this book such a treat – Andie, Jen and Michelle.
CHAPTER ONE (#u9cc5936a-86f3-5050-9e9a-447b841e5cdd)
SHE FELT LIKE GLASS, stretched so tightly that a gentle tap could shatter her forever.
Clutching her wrap tight in her fingers, Clio Norwood looked around for her fiancé, Jackson.
Ashley, his secretary, who had arrived unannounced and interrupted their meeting with a client Jackson was determined to add to his cap, was nowhere to be seen either. Something distasteful hovered in the back of Clio’s mind, as if waiting to strike.
With the small get-together of the ultrarich in full swing atop the Empire State Building, Manhattan glittered around them.
Usually, the vibrant, unrelenting pulse of the city that had become home to Clio over the past decade filled her with unending spirit for life. It had kept her going even when she had been struggling after graduation from Columbia University. And had helped her swallow her failures and her naive, broken expectations of making it by herself in the city that never slept.
But tonight, even New York couldn’t puncture the bubble of dread that had begun to pervade her of late.
Jackson had returned last night after three weeks from an overseas trip and had been in a stinker of a mood as he liked to call it, because he had missed out on some real estate deal.
They had barely exchanged a word all day today as she had been at work. When she had returned to the posh flat they had been living in for the past year, he had commanded her to get ready for this party tonight.
Commanded and not asked, much less requested. A pattern that was becoming more and more obvious to Clio. Still, she knew the stress of his business, understood the driving need to make one’s mark in the world, so she had given in.
Even if she was still bone tired from the out-of-season flu she had had a week ago.
Tonight, Jackson needed her help to convince Mrs. Alcott, an old friend of her parents’, to hire him as her personal investment banker. With her estates in Britain and substantial family business, Jane Alcott would be a coup for Jackson’s already flourishing career.
But they hadn’t even greeted Jane properly before Ashley had approached Jackson with a desperate glint in her eye.
Loath to create a scene, Clio had clenched her teeth and smiled serenely even as she saw the curious looks and stifled whispers among Jackson’s clients’ wives and girlfriends. Even the utter kindness of Jane’s question if everything was all right between Jackson and her had been unbearable.
What was going on with him? What was going on between them?