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The Italian's Pregnant Prisoner
Maisey Yates
Pregnant…and at his mercy!Charlotte Adair spent her life locked away in a tower. Her father’s death frees her to find the one man she’s ever loved…only to discover billionaire Rafe Costa is now blind, believes she betrayed him, and is bent on a vengeful seduction!Rafe is shocked to realise that Charlotte is a virgin, but weeks after their scorching encounter, he learns she’s pregnant – with twins! To claim his heirs, Rafe steals Charlotte away to his castle, but she is a far from biddable prisoner. She is irresistible, defiant, and Rafe must seduce her into compliance!Book 3 in the Once Upon A Seduction… trilogy
Pregnant...and at his mercy!
Charlotte Adair spent her life locked away in a tower. Her father’s death frees her to find the one man she’s ever loved...only to discover billionaire Rafe Costa is now blind, believes she betrayed him and is bent on a vengeful seduction!
Rafe is shocked to realize that Charlotte is a virgin, but weeks after their scorching encounter, he learns she’s pregnant—with twins! To claim his heirs, Rafe steals Charlotte away to his castle, but she is far from a biddable prisoner. She is irresistible, defiant, and Rafe must seduce her into compliance!
“What exactly are you proposing?” Charlotte asked, her words cool.
“I’ll make it very clear. I don’t care what you’ve been doing for the past five years. I don’t care what you do tomorrow, for that matter. I care about tonight. Tonight I want to make sure we finish what is between us. Tonight I want you in my bed.”
Rafe jerked back when trembling fingers touched his lower lip. The shock of it immobilized him. It had been so long since he had been touched. So he stood absolutely still as she traced his lower lip, his upper lip, mimicking what he had just done to her. She traced his jaw and then moved her fingers, featherlight, down the side of his neck, where they came to rest on his pulse.
“Unless you’re afraid of me,” she said, “then it appears I still have the same effect on you that I once did.”
He held her chin, keeping her still. “That may be. But one thing has changed. I do not love you, Charlotte. Quite the opposite. If I take you to my bed you will be giving yourself to a man who hates you. Though I wonder if that matters? Because it certainly doesn’t matter to me. I find that I want you regardless.”
“One night?” And this time a slight tremble worked its way into her words.
“Just one,” he responded.
She let out a long, slow breath that echoed in the corridor around them. “Okay. One night.”
Three innocents encounter forbidden temptation in this enticing new fairy-tale trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates...
Once Upon a Seduction...
Belle, Briar and Charlotte have lived sheltered lives, far from temptation—but three billionaires are determined to claim them!
Belle has traded herself for her father’s freedom—but the dark-hearted Prince keeping her prisoner threatens to unleash an unknown sensuality...
Meanwhile Briar awakens to find herself abducted by Prince Felipe—who blackmails her into becoming his royal bride...
And Charlotte is reunited with the billionaire who once climbed a tower to steal her innocence—and Rafe is about to discover the secret consequences!
Find out if these young women can tame their powerful men—and have their happily-ever-after!
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The Italian’s Pregnant Prisoner
Maisey Yates
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
MAISEY YATES is a New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty romance novels. She has a coffee habit she has no interest in kicking, and a slight Pinterest addiction. She lives with her husband and children in the Pacific Northwest. When Maisey isn’t writing, she can be found singing in the grocery store, shopping for shoes online and probably not doing dishes. Check out her website: maiseyyates.com (http://www.maiseyyates.com/).
Books by Maisey Yates
Mills & Boon Modern Romance
Carides’s Forgotten Wife
Bound to the Warrior King
His Diamond of Convenience
To Defy a Sheikh
One Night to Risk It All
Once Upon a Seduction...
The Prince’s Captive Virgin
The Prince’s Stolen Virgin
The Billionaire’s Legacy
The Last Di Sione Claims His Prize
Heirs Before Vows
The Spaniard’s Pregnant Bride
The Prince’s Pregnant Mistress
The Italian’s Pregnant Virgin
One Night With Consequences
The Greek’s Nine-Month Redemption
Married for Amari’s Heir
Princes of Petras
A Christmas Vow of Seduction
The Queen’s New Year Secret
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To the Presents team.
You believed in me first.
I didn’t know when I sent in my chapters eight years ago that this was where it would lead.
I’m so glad it did.
Contents
Cover (#u11b296fd-885f-570b-a930-ba2df179c582)
Back Cover Text (#ucca4a941-8a52-5020-bec6-f531b6bf0400)
Introduction (#ubcb34711-cb08-56ba-9788-305d404b7b7f)
Once Upon a Seduction... (#u15fa18f8-8ae1-5ac2-9bdb-1ad92d790bca)
Title Page (#u5c21314d-a41e-55db-8725-afd57d65fb31)
About the Author (#uc4a3915d-0409-508e-a42f-62e7d54af722)
Dedication (#uc3aca8eb-79f8-5815-a6df-b46378b1524b)
CHAPTER ONE (#u355971e0-616e-5ea5-9eae-b2cc0158ae6d)
CHAPTER TWO (#uddc9ff45-a895-5127-aef7-64e01672faa1)
CHAPTER THREE (#u1f979d73-7797-5ad4-9ebd-ccba18077649)
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CHAPTER ONE (#u10ffb0d5-1120-54db-9450-d730539d945a)
Once upon a time...
LET DOWN YOUR HAIR...
Charlotte Adair’s heart was pounding so hard she was sure the person next to her could hear it. And she was shaking. Shaking and fighting against the rising tide of emotions and memories that were threatening to compromise her ability to think straight.
Although, it could easily be argued that her being here at all was proving she lacked any ability to think with clarity.
She had escaped. For five years she had been free.
But there was unfinished business. Rafe.
He would always be unfinished business. There would be no fixing that. But she could see him. She could see him one more time.
And, at least, he wouldn’t be able to see her.
Pain burst in her chest, hot and acidic, her stomach tightening. Yes, his abandonment had hurt her. Immeasurably. But that didn’t mean the thought of such a powerful man being injured in the way he had been wasn’t painful.
Of course, any thoughts of Rafe were painful.
And as she stood in the darkened corner of the antechamber that led into the ballroom, her palms beginning to sweat, the red gown she was wearing started to feel so tight she could scarcely breathe.
She couldn’t hold off the memories any longer...
* * *
“Let down your hair.”
“You know I’m not allowed to,” Charlotte said, moving away from Rafe, every nerve ending in her body tingling. Every part of her demanding that she follow his simply issued command, regardless of the consequences.
Which was basically the same demand she’d been issuing to herself from the moment she’d first seen him.
She wanted him. Whatever that had meant at first, she hadn’t fully known. Only that she wanted to be near him. Always.
“I see. And what exactly are the rules concerning men in your bedroom?”
