Single mom Lucy Abbott is working as many hours as she can, but still can barely afford to feed her baby daughter.
Struggling through late shifts at a South Chicago gas station, she faces eviction and unpaid medical bills for her little girl. Then Prince Maximo d'Aquilla offers her millions, and a way out of her desperate life.
Their midnight wedding seals a thirty-million-dollar deal—promising instant security if she plays his devoted bride! Max whisks her away to Italy…and soon she's totally his!
At his magnificent Villa Uccello on Lake Como, he showers Chloe with affection. A secluded getaway to Sicily becomes a scorching game of seduction, melting away her desperate vow to never risk her heart again!
Max has seduced her completely. But is he driven by revenge, or desire? And is he ruthless enough to walk away from his captive bride?
- Marriage of Convenience: Maximo plots to seize control of the Ferrazzi fashion dynasty, offering a temporary union that will keep his penniless bride and her infant daughter safe forever.
- Alpha Male Hero: Accustomed to women succumbing without a fight, the ruthless prince finds his iron control shattered by a spirited cashier who demands cold, hard facts instead of sweet seductions.
- Billionaire Romance: A bitter, twenty-year family vendetta drives Maximo to settle old scores, even as confronting Lucy's cowardly ex in Rome brings unexpected reckonings.
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Single mom Lucy Abbott is working as many hours as she can, but still can barely afford to feed her baby daughter.
Struggling through late shifts at a South Chicago gas station, she faces eviction and unpaid medical bills for her little girl. Then Prince Maximo d'Aquilla offers her millions, and...