Kate Burrows is crushing on her boss big time. Aleksei Aleksanou is tall, dark, and every inch the image of a classic Greek god—if said Greek god was incredibly sexy, rich, and a complete player. The only way she can get over him is by quitting her job and seeing the world...once she indulges in one wickedly-hot night with him.
Only now she's pregnant.
Aleksei is furious when Kate arrives on the small Greek island of Naxea and tries to hide the truth for him. He takes matters into his own hands—by announcing the pregnancy to his family and asking her to marry him. Now Kate must decide if she can marry the man of her hottest, sexiest dreams...knowing she will never be the wife of his heart.
She made her way downstairs, and out into the balmy evening air and the main terrace. Aleksei had moved to sit down at a small round table laid for dinner for two. Candles glowed, creating an intimate pool of soft light.
When he saw her standing nervously in the doorway, he stood up. The breath caught in her throat. In the descending darkness, illuminated by the candles and subtle lighting placed among the surrounding foliage on the terrace, he looked gorgeous in a green shirt and black chinos. All the feelings for him that she’d held so tight inside rushed to the surface.
She wanted him more than ever.
He also seemed unusually lost for words as he took in her appearance. For a few seconds, both stood silently, then he gestured for her to come and sit down at the table.
Carefully, she made her way across to the table, and he held a chair out for her. She sat, tried to compose herself and dispel the hot flush of need that heated her skin, glad that she could hide in the flickering candlelight.
He went to an ice bucket that contained a chilled bottle of champagne. He deftly opened it, then offered her a glass of bubbling liquid.
“I think we have something to celebrate,” he suggested cheerfully.
“We do?” What does he know?
“Indeed. Welcome to Naxea, and to my home.”
Joanne Walsh became hooked on romance when her grandma gave her a copy of Gone with the Wind for her birthday. The teachers at her strict girls' school didn't approve of reading such a 'racy' novel and confiscated it. But Joanne had been introduced to Rhett Butler and so began her life-long love affair with the rogue alpha hero. She became a voracious romance reader and, later, enjoyed a long career as an editor for one of the world's leading women's fiction publishers, where she collaborated with some wonderful writers.
These days, Joanne lives in the south of England and divides her time between working as a freelance fiction editor and writing romance, and spending time with her very own real-life hero...
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