Harlequin Kimani Romance April 2015 Box Set: An Island Affair\Bet on My Heart\Mine Tonight\One to Love by Monica Richardson

Author:Monica Richardson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin Desire
Publisher: Harlequin

Chapter 2

No one knew her here.

Anonymity and every indulgence she could request on a pristine speck of Seychelles paradise might not be enough to make Bindi Paxton completely forget the crapstorm she’d made of her life in the States, but she couldn’t deny it came close.

A Mahé island hideaway? Sparkling white-sand beaches that unrolled into radiant crystal waters? Hot, vibrant days and warm, teasing evening breezes? A secluded ten-thousand-euro-a-night coastline estate?

Cora Island might be considered a Silhouette wannabe—geographically smaller with appealing attractions mimicking that of the larger island—and its nightlife left something to be desired, but it was four square kilometers of preserved beauty and creole architecture.

And strangers who didn’t know who she was and what she’d done.

Recent reality found her subletting a showgirl’s apartment and living off the sale of her Lamborghini and what she earned hawking gossip to tabloids in Las Vegas. Packing her bags and jetting off for a prepaid vacation was one last glorious throwback to the lifestyle she’d probably never have again.

She’d come here to find what she needed: a sense of direction. She didn’t mind that people wondered why her coveted rental estate was adorned in romantic Valentine’s Day glamour yet she was traveling solo.

Aside from souvenirs, selfies and a sense of peace she hadn’t been able to find in Las Vegas, she intended to take no part of her island experience home to the US with her.

If not for an email reminder from the Mahé to Cora helicopter service, she might’ve forgotten about the vacation and Valentine’s Day altogether.

Plan the trip, Bindi. It’s yours. My gift to you. By Valentine’s Day, you’re going to be my wife.

Her ex-fiancé and his dead promises. Those promises plus a handcrafted engagement ring had reeled her into Alessandro Franco’s world, and she’d let herself drown in illusions of marriage and the kind of stability only money and status could secure.

Then he’d lied, cheated and dropped her ass. At least she hadn’t slept with him.

“To holding out,” Bindi muttered into her champagne flute. Withholding sex ended a war in Lysistrata but hadn’t earned her a prenup-free marriage. The Krug Clos d’Ambonnay sparkled silently as she drank.

Delegating her hostess duties to a perky server, she deserted her front-door post. Greeting “Bienvenue! Viens dans!” and passing out lock necklaces to women and key necklaces to men weren’t rocket science, but got old fast.

Bindi hadn’t wanted to waste Valentine’s harping on how she’d let yet another man con and abuse her. Determined to spend every euro in the discretionary allowance account Alessandro had arranged for her, she’d told people at the hotel and the island’s bar to save the date for a lock-and-key party at her estate, Villa Soleil.

Guests drank liquor, sampled offerings from an aphrodisiac-themed buffet, indulged in the creamy white and rich dark streams of chocolate pouring from the golden fountain, flirted as keys twisted into locks.

Carefully snaking through the crush, Bindi felt the delicate lock pendant bounce against her in a quiet rhythm. No key had breached her lock, but perhaps the moment had come to change that.

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