Burrowing deeper into the warmth of his body, Alex purred. Or at least that’s what the sound that escaped her throat sounded like. “Wake up, tesoro.” A deep languor claimed every sated muscle, every sensitive nerve ending. Leandro had carried her to...
All Riya had to do, even if reluctantly, was to keep her mother calm and turn up to the wedding. More than once, she had indulged in the idea of leaving even before the wedding. But doing that would have hurt Robert and, of course, her mother. And she wasn’t ruthless enoug...
Wraparound shades shielded his expression from her as he stilled in the foyer at the sight of her. But she still felt his scrutiny as vividly as if he had laid those big hands of his over her skin. Her neck prickled, every inch of her skin stretched taut at his continued perusal. &nbs...
He pulled on his sweatpants and walked to the veranda of his new suite. The sky was gray, with dawn’s first light still a little while away. But he could see the hubbub of activity that had begun near the helipad in the grounds behind the palace. The cold air chafed his ba...
Because desperation had a particularly pungent stink. It probably clung to her pores, spraying whiffs of it over pitying and curious bystanders, betraying her panic. She had never belonged in the uber-rich Milanese society that her stepfather and mother dwelled in, was onl...
In the seat opposite her, dressed in a severely cut Ralph Lauren dress, Emily King sat rigid, the tension from her lanky frame swathing them all. There was such a depth of sadness in her gaze that Olivia couldn’t look away. Ever since she had arrived at Alexander’s penthou...