The Rogue's Fortune

The Rogue's Fortune
Cat Schield

Elizabeth Minerva tries to steer clear of legendary adventurer Roark Black and focus on her career. But the rakish treasure hunter is the only one who can help her, if she’ll do him one tiny favour…To save his beloved auction house and his own reputation from ruin, Roark needs to settle down… fast! After a six-month "engagement," he and Elizabeth can go their separate ways. But Roark knows priceless objects, and Elizabeth is the real deal.Now he intends to keep her…by any means necessary.

“Alone at last.”

Roark came up behind her, his breath warm and provocative against her neck.

“I think our engagement party was a success.”

Was that her, sounding breathy and turned on? All night she’d been swamped with the longing to feel his hands on her.

“We achieved what we set out to do. The auction house board knows that beauty has tamed the beast.”

Despite the way his fingers wandered along her waist, with turbulent results, Elizabeth chuckled. “I think I’d characterize you more like the big bad wolf.”

He spun her around so abruptly her mouth opened in a startled huff.

“Then prepare to be gobbled up.”

She knew this was what she needed to guard against. But then his lips captured hers, robbing her of breath, torching her senses, and a wave of longing crashed into her, drowning all thought… .

The Rogue’s Fortune

Cat Schield

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

CAT SCHIELD has been reading and writing romance since high school. Although she graduated from college with a BA in Business, her idea of a perfect career was writing books for Harlequin Mills & Boon

. And now, after winning the Romance Writers of America 2010 Golden Heart Award for series contemporary romance, that dream has come true.

Cat lives in Minnesota, with her daughter Emily and their Burmese cat. When she’s not writing sexy, romantic stories she can be found sailing with friends on the St Croix River, or in more exotic locales like the Caribbean and Europe. She loves to hear from readers. Find her at www.catschield.com or follow her on Twitter @catschield

Recent titles by the same author:

THE NANNY TRAP

A TRICKY PROPOSITION

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A WIN-WIN PROPOSITION

Did you know these are also available as eBooks? Visit www.millsandboon.co.uk

To my Aunt Sophie

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THE HIGHEST BIDDER

At this high-stakes auction house where everything is for sale, true love is priceless.

Don’t miss a single story in this new continuity!

GILDED SECRETS by Maureen Child

EXQUISITE ACQUISITIONS by Charlene Sands

A SILKEN SEDUCTION by Yvonne Lindsay

A PRECIOUS INHERITANCE by Paula Roe

THE ROGUE’S FORTUNE by Cat Schield

GOLDEN BETRAYALS by Barbara Dunlop

Special thanks and acknowledgment to Cat Schield for her contribution to The Highest Bidder miniseries.

Contents

Chapter One (#u90f971b6-e75a-563f-9b3c-f9a4fa34d516)

Chapter Two (#u9115db8f-aa6a-5a46-9a27-7531826f4160)

Chapter Three (#ue7b5a919-19cf-5e7c-90e4-b0d5d0999283)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Bonus Story (#litres_trial_promo)