Scandalous Billionaires
Eve Gaddy, Katherine Garbera, Kathleen O’Brien, Mimi Wells, Nancy Robards Thompson
Publication date: May 3rd 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Escape to Italy’s fabled Amalfi Coast with five USA Today Bestselling and award-winning authors for a limited time at a special price – only $0.99!
The exclusive Isola del Sole is a billionaires’ playground. Intrigue, adrenaline, and deception rule the day for the wealthy De Luca brothers and their closest friends—but only the right women can ignite their passions during the hot Amalfi nights…
The Billionaire’s Temptation
Rocco De Luca lives and loves in the fast lane. Filling in for his older brother for a few weeks sounds… well, boring. Until he meets Steffi Harlan, who’s in charge of keeping the playboy out of trouble. Except Steffi isn’t immune to Rocco’s charms.
They burn up the nights they spend together… But can they both survive love in the fast lane?
The Billionaire’s Deception
Shel Myerson, wildly successful TV mogul, has no privacy thanks to a recent and ugly public breakup. What he doesn’t expect is to be mistaken as an employee by Janine Pike, the one person in Europe who also doesn’t have any idea who he is.
Shel and Janine discover their chemistry is combustible–but will their budding relationship survive the heat once the press catches on?
The Billionaire’s Betrayal
Matteo De Luca’s single focus is rebuilding his hotel empire, and he’s close to achieving his goal, but there’s a sexy distraction standing in his way. Helena Von Lienz knows it’s finally time to let go. But what she finds are some unexpected truths about her late hubby, and a strong sensual shared desire with Matteo.
Will mixing business with pleasure be the end, or just the beginning, for Matteo and Helena?
The Billionaire’s Secret
When Sophie Smith’s dearest friend asks her to be her stand in at an Amalfi resort, Sophie won’t let her down. Turns out, she get used to this life, especially handsome gardener Declan Muldoon who’s more thrilling than any of the billionaires around.
But Sophie’s not the only one pretending. Declan is actually the black sheep of a very wealthy family, a man in need of an heiress. An heiress exactly like who Sophie is pretending to be…
The Billionaire’s Charade
Summer St. Croix hates weddings. But when she meets hot-as-sin Luke Vanetti, he promises to give her a reason to like them. It’s all sexy fun and games until Summer realizes that Luke is none other than her new boss. And her first assignment is posing as his fiance.
Playing the happy couple is hard enough during the day, but the nights might turn the charade into more than just a job for both of them.
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EXCERPT:
The Billionaire’s Betrayal by Nancy
Robards Thompson
“Your
husband was a good man, Baroness. I’m sorry for your loss.” A good man. Was he?
Helena
Von Lienz smiled politely and bit the insides of her cheeks to keep from asking
the stranger the question that had been burning in her gut since her late
husband, Anton Von Lienz, died in the fiery crash off the Amalfi Coast highway
six months ago with Enzo De Luca, patriarch of the esteemed De Luca family.
But
the well-wisher had already moved along the impromptu receiving line to speak
to Matteo De Luca, oldest son of Enzo, who stood next Lena. Another unknown
person stepped up to gush similar empty sentiments.
Matteo
had assured her only family would attend the memorial service to scatter
Anton’s and Enzo’s ashes. She certainly hadn’t counted on each and every person
queuing up to express their condolences. But somehow, after the memorial, she
and Matteo had found themselves wedged into a corner of the terrace under a
fruit-bearing lemon tree that was next to an obnoxiously lush bougainvillea.
She was numb with grief, so fresh it felt as if the accident had happened
yesterday rather than nearly half a year ago. In some ways, it seemed as if
Anton had been gone for a long time. In other ways, it seemed as if it was just
yesterday. Due to the nature of the accident – the car plunging off the cliff –
the Italian police had investigated. It had taken time. So only now were they
here, scattering the ashes, saying their goodbyes.
Lena
glanced down the seemingly endless line of well-wishers. It snaked around the
lavish infinity pool that blended into the Mediterranean from its perch high
atop the upper patio of the De Luca family’s compound on the aptly named
crescent-shaped island of Isola della Luna.
Obviously,
the meaning of family was relative to the De Luca clan. Their nuclear family
included the five De Luca brothers, Matteo, Rocco, Nico, Marco and Alessandro.
When she factored in other blood relations such as their nona, various uncles
and cousins – and who could forget Prince Santino III, the reigning monarch of
Isola del Sole – he was related to them somehow, but Lena couldn’t remember
exactly – the guest list became unmanageable.
When
the honorary family was added in – heaven forbid they left out anyone – it was
downright ridiculous. Judging by the crowd, Lena wondered if there was a single
soul left on the big island, Isola del Sole. But her shoes pinched and her face
hurt from forced cordiality, which didn’t match how she felt inside. Inside,
she was just numb. All she wanted was to excuse herself and disappear from this
infernal ring of hell that had ripped wide open the wounds she’d worked so hard
to heal.
When
Matteo had called her about plans for the joint memorial service, Lena had
almost declined. Standing here now, she wished she had opted for something more
private, because returning to the place where her husband had lost his life was
a lot more difficult than she expected for so many different reasons.
But
the stark reality remained— scattering Anton’s ashes by herself hadn’t felt
right either. Since Anton didn’t have family, except for three ex-wives who had
come before Lena and couldn’t be bothered to attend the service, it seemed as
if the De Lucas were the closest thing to relatives Anton had. He’d certainly
spent enough time at the family’s private compound. In he fourteen years that
Lena had been married to Anton, she’d never been invited.
Until
now.
Her
heart was heavy. But when Matteo had said, “The famiglia needs closure. Enzo’s
and Anton’s friends need closure. I’m sure you do, too,” she’d agreed to leave
Miami and make the trek back to the Amalfi coast she where she’d vowed she’d
never return.
Famous
last words.
When
she set aside her pride, she had to admit there probably wasn’t a better final
resting place for her late husband.
Now
that she was here, she wished she could find the peace of mind and heart that
Matteo claimed would come through a simple ceremony where people told
heartwarming and sometimes bawdy stories about the men.
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