Harlequin Desire January 2021--Box Set 1 of 2 by Maisey Yates (free biff chip and kipper ebooks .txt) 📕

CEO was back onstage. It was her cue to leave so he could make his closing speech, but he motioned for her to stay. “Before you leave, Divya, we have a special presentation.”

She looked in surprise as her parents and Ethan walked onto the stage. He stood in front of her and looked at her with such longing that her legs threatened to buckle underneath her. He dropped to one knee and a hush fell over the crowd.

“I’m sorry I was such an ass and didn’t realize how much you meant to me.”

They were the same words he’d said when he’d crashed her wedding.

“Must you always show up in such a dramatic fashion?” Tears stung her eyes, and her heart felt like it would burst if he didn’t touch her soon.

“I’ve been an idiot.”

“Yes, you have.”

“I don’t need a house. I don’t need children. All I need is you.”

She shook her head. “I need at least three-point-four children, but not now, in a few years.”

He pulled out a ring box and opened it. “I bought you the biggest ring I could find in Vegas.”

Vegas? He’d bought the ring months ago? Tears streamed down her cheeks. She didn’t know whether she wanted to kiss him or punch him.

“I’m a poor musician now. I’m going to sell that ring for cash.”

He held his hand out and she placed hers on top of it.

“Will you marry me for my money?”

She shook her head. “I can make my own money.”

He stayed on his knee, his eyes so impossibly blue, so full of love that her heart burst in her chest.

“I love you, Divya. You make me a better man, you give me strength and I want to spend the rest of my life becoming the man you deserve. Will you marry me?” He’d said the words in perfect Hindi.

She couldn’t speak through the lump in her throat, so she nodded as hard as she could. He slipped the ring onto her finger.

He stood and she fell into his arms.

“Kiss! Kiss!” the crowd chanted, and he obliged. She drank him in, her knees suddenly unable to hold her up, but she knew she wouldn’t fall. He’d hold on to her for the rest of their lives.

Her mother stepped forward and placed a hand on his shoulder. Divya looked at her, silently pleading with her not to ruin the moment. “Ethan, welcome to the family.”

Her mother joined her hands together in silent apology. Then Divya was hugging her parents, and before she knew it, her father and her siblings and Matt and Heather and the kids were all onstage, and she and Ethan were in the center of a giant group hug.

“Run away with me?” she asked.

“My jet is waiting.”

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Running Away with the Bride

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Once she’d decided that she wanted him, she hadn’t stopped to consider…

Did he…not want this? Nina could address the matter in a straightforward way. Yet she opted to play coy instead. Because that always worked. “Hey,” she said, taking a step forward. “We have a few things to celebrate tonight. Let’s order champagne.”

“Did you want me to kiss you in there?”

Oh, God! Why couldn’t he let her play coy? “Yeah…about that… Did you not want to?”

“I had to be sure,” he said. “You remember saying you didn’t want to sleep with me, right?”

“When did I say that?”

“The first night we slept together—or shared a bed, I should say. I don’t want to be something you regret.”

“That’s not possible.”

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is part of the Miami Famous series.

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Scandal in the VIP Suite is the first of (hopefully) many Miami Famous stand-alone romances, filled with Caribbean and Latinx characters freely pursuing love and happiness, yet always teetering on the edge of scandal. I promise to make my heroes and heroines larger-than-life but involve them in truthfully tender relationships.

My debut for Harlequin Desire is set in Miami Beach’s famed Ocean Drive. You’ll meet Julian Knight, a beleaguered action movie star whose masculine image has become toxic to his career. Nina Taylor is a bestselling author suffering from writer’s block. When Nina and Julian get past their initial reservations, they find they are the perfect fit, creatively and emotionally. I hope you love them as much as I