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“I DO” FOR REVENGE – Abby Green
Harlequin Presents #4236
ISBN: 978-1-335-93917-3
October 2024
Contemporary Series Romance

Italy – Present Day

Flora Gavia was all set to marry billionaire Vittoria Vitale, but he didn’t bother showing up for the wedding ceremony. Feeling betrayed and still dressed in her wedding gown, she arrives at his office to find him working. Vittorio informs Flora that he had no intention of marrying her because he knew her uncle was running a scam on him and he wanted to embarrass the Gavia family. She storms out and he can just chalk it up to another blip on his checkered past, yet he somehow can’t forget her. Six months later while at a party, he spots a familiar woman. It’s Flora—and she’s not a guest but a server there.

Flora never told Vittoria the real reason why she allowed her uncle to arrange a marriage to him. She saw it as a way to escape her uncle after years of being controlled by him and learning later that he’d spent all her trust fund monies. Once the wedding was called off, she was tossed out by her uncle. With no money and no place to go, she eventually landed a spot at a women’s center and found a job as a server. Except, now she has no job when she’s fired after she drops a tray of drinks during the party. And then there is Vittoria. He is insistent on taking care of her and he has a plan to help rehabilitate their reputations after it was tarnished by the aborted marriage. They will pretend to have reunited and are dating once more. The only problem is that now there is a sizzling attraction brewing between them. 

Vittoria blamed Flora’s uncle for bankrupting his family when he was younger. In “I DO” FOR REVENGE, he plotted revenge on the Gavia family, though Flora was going to be the collateral damage. He went along with the wedding plans knowing full well that he wouldn’t show up. Alas, it was Flora who endured the brunt of her uncle’s anger. In one way, though, she got what she wanted, which was to free herself from her uncle. Unfortunately, she had no money after he stole it. But Flora is making the best of things. At first, she refuses Vittoria’s help because she can’t forget that he embarrassed her. However, she finally agrees and moves in with him. It wasn’t supposed to be a sexual relationship, but the desire between them soon bursts into a fiery passion. Will their affair turn into love?

Vittoria is what can best be described as a hot passionate Italian. He has built his empire from the ground up and he’s ruthless in both business and pleasure. Yet, he soon discovers that he needs Flora in his life. He is thinking about her even when they are not in the same room. But he dismisses the idea of love because he has ruled that out of his life. Will Cupid have other ideas? Can he accept that Flora might be the woman he will need to have in his life…forever?

A sizzling hot tale of a couple at odds for much of “I DO” FOR REVENGE who soon discover how much they mean to each other. Don’t miss the tension and passion in this fiery tale. 

Patti Fischer

 
   
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