Penniless Virgin To Sicilian's Bride (Conveniently Wed!) by Melanie Milburne

Author:Melanie Milburne [Milburne, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Conveniently Wed!, Billionaire Tycoon, Ancestral Home, Aristocratic Name, Secret Virgin, Marriage of Convenience
Publisher: Harlequin Presents; Original edition
Published: 2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Once their meal was over, Gabriel them drove back to the villa with his thoughts going back over their dinner conversation. It was a new experience for him to talk about his family with someone. He had not spoken of his mother’s death for years. He didn’t even talk about it with his sister Carli, mostly because she didn’t remember their mother. The phone call out on the terrace earlier that evening had been from one of his brothers. Nothing could sour Gabriel’s mood more than a conversation with Ricci. Carli had apparently let slip to Ricci that Gabriel had warned her about associating with the rest of the family. Carli was torn between two worlds—the so-called security of their criminal family and making her own way. So far, she hadn’t quite made up her mind.

But somehow, Frankie had got him to open up about his difficult family background—the pain and shame of it he could never quite shake off. He carried it with him like the scar on his face. His past could never be erased no matter how much he tried to distance himself from it. It followed him like a toxic vapour, poisoning his thoughts, robbing him of what little joy he had managed to claw for himself out of living a decent, hardworking and productive life.

Gabriel knew he was flirting with danger by marrying Frankie. She was an old-fashioned girl at heart looking for her handsome prince to ride off into the sunset with her. But he couldn’t give her false hope. Neither could he allow her sink into financial ruin while he had the means to protect her. He had calculated the risks, measured them and decided that a short-term marriage would solve both of their problems. Was he a misguided fool for insisting on the no-falling-in-love rule? He’d never had an issue with developing feelings for other partners. He admired and respected many of the women he had dated but he had never developed lasting feelings for any one of them.

But the more time he spent with Frankie the more he realised he had never allowed anyone else close enough to know him. To understand the things that drove him, the ghosts and shadows of his past that had shaped him into who he was today.

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