New York, USA; Mykonos, Greece; Paris, France - Present Day

Tristan Sabina needs a favor, and when he asks his assistant, Sheri Donnelly, to accompany him to the Greek Islands, she jumps at the opportunity. Who wouldn’t? Sheri has been obsessed with the sexy Frenchman ever since he became her boss six months ago, but company policy and the fact that Tristan is eons out of her league keeps her passion in check and their relationship strictly business. Now Tristan needs her help. His friend Christos Theakis is getting married on the Greek island of Mykonos and has asked his friends, Tristan and Count Guillermo de Cuaron y Bautista de la Cruz (or just plain Gui, as his best friends call him), to provide wedding attendants for his bride to be, Ava Monroe. Tristan thinks that Sheri will help Ava feel comfortable since they're both American, and he trusts Sheri to accept his proposition without the strings another woman would expect. He is sure that the dowdy Sheri will never pester him with ideas of happily-ever-after. Tristan has gone down that road once, and he will not travel there again.

On the romantic Greek island, Tristan and Sheri grow closer, and a passionate night spent in his bachelor apartment unfortunately catches the eyes of the ever-present paparazzi. Tristan shrugs off the media coverage, but Sheri is shocked and horrified. Embarrassed, she never wants to show her face again anywhere, and she doesn’t really have to -- everyone has already seen her naked body on the cover page of every newspaper in the world! Tristan thinks he can keep the press away if he simply asks Sheri to become his pretend fiancée, but just until the attention blows over. Pretend? Sheri doesn’t want pretend anything -- tabloids or not. If she is to become Tristan’s fiancée, she wants it all, for real!

I love nothing more than to read about a suave, sexy hero who travels all over the world and still returns to the love of his life. THE WEALTHY FRENCHMAN'S PROPOSITION is the second story in the Sons of Privilege mini-series and features Tristan Sabina's romance with American girl, Sheri Donnelly. Tristan once married the love of his life, and he refuses to believe that another woman can take his dead wife's place, but when Sheri gets under his skin, all bets are off. Sheri would love to have a relationship with Tristan, the passion when they come together is explosive, but it's everything else that upsets her. His world of affluence is far above her humble station in life, and she does not know how to handle the constant media pressure and reporters.

The secondary characters include Tristan's two friends, Gui and Christos, and Tristan's family in France. This book stands alone, but you really don't want to miss out on the final installment of these stories. Look for Gui's story in THE SPANISH ARISTOCRAT'S WOMAN coming up next month. In the meantime, check out the author's website at www.katherinegarbera.com and pick up a copy of THE WEALTHY FRENCHMAN'S PROPOSITION today!

Diana Risso