The Runaway Bride And The Billionaire

The Runaway Bride And The Billionaire
Kate Hardy

He’ll help her forget her past, and may just give her a future too!Immi Marlowe ran away after she was jilted… and on arrival on Isola dei Fiore gorgeous billionaire Matt Stark sweeps her off her feet! On the island’s golden beaches they really connect but, when her past secrets are revealed, what will Matt do to prove they can go the distance?Summer at Villa Rosa – Book 3 of 4

A Mediterranean escape!

Heartbroken jilted bride Immi Marlowe flees to Isola dei Fiore, desperate to get away. But just around the corner from Villa Rosa, a gorgeous billionaire is waiting to sweep her off her feet...

Matt Stark shares Immi’s sense of adventure, and on the island’s golden beaches they form a connection that neither wants to end. Immi’s stay is supposed to be temporary—but with her secret past revealed, how far will Matt go to prove they can go the distance?

Immi noticed that Matt was still holding her hand; she really ought to find a tactful way of removing her hand from his…

Yet for the life of her she couldn’t pull away, because she liked the feeling of his fingers tangled with hers.

They lay there in a strangely companionable silence, just watching the stars, and Matt pointed out a couple more constellations. ‘That one’s Lupus—the wolf.’ They lay until the air started to get chilly, and then Matt sighed. ‘I guess we’d better get back.’

He saw her back to the house—and they still seemed to be holding hands.

This time he kissed her on the cheek. ‘Goodnight, Immi.’

Her skin tingled where his lips had touched her, and it was the easiest thing in the world to kiss his cheek back. Except somehow he’d moved, and she ended up brushing her mouth against his. It felt as if she’d been galvanised. She felt him go very still, too. And then he dropped the blankets and cushions he’d been holding in his free hand, slid his arms round her and kissed her properly.

It felt as if she were floating among the stars they’d just been watching.

Summer at Villa Rosa (#uc9b9894d-55db-5ce6-bd02-d6a675a26020)

Four sisters escape to the Mediterranean...

Only to find reunions, romance...and royalty!

Villa Rosa holds a very special place in the hearts of Posy Marlowe and her three sisters. It’s filled with memories of idyllic summer holidays on L’Isola dei Fiori. And her recent inheritance of the beautiful but fading palazzo from her godmother, Sofia, couldn’t have come at a better time for them all!

Now, this summer, they all escape to L’Isola dei Fiori and discover Villa Rosa again.

Don’t miss all four books in this fabulous quartet:

On sale June: Her Pregnancy Bombshell

by Liz Fielding (Miranda’s story)

On sale July: The Mysterious Italian Houseguest

by Scarlet Wilson (Portia’s story)

On sale August: The Runaway Bride and the Billionaire

by Kate Hardy (Imogen’s story)

On sale September: A Proposal from the Crown Prince

by Jessica Gilmore (Posy’s story)

Only in Mills & Boon Romance.

And on August 7

Jessica Gilmore brings you an exciting online read—a prequel to Summer at Villa Rosa.

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

The Runaway Bride and the Billionaire

Kate Hardy

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

KATE HARDY has always loved books, and could read before she went to school. She discovered Mills & Boon books when she was twelve and decided this was what she wanted to do. When she isn’t writing Kate enjoys reading, cinema, ballroom dancing and the gym. You can contact her via her website: www.katehardy.com (http://www.katehardy.com).

To Liz Fielding, Scarlet Wilson and Jessica Gilmore—

I thoroughly enjoyed our time creating

the Marlowe girls and Villa Rosa!

Contents

Cover (#u426b7b25-9f28-5efb-8a2a-2262fbfd52ac)

Back Cover Text (#u7f872a3d-3427-57cc-bdb5-25be3b1264f6)

Introduction (#u54c26ca1-3791-52aa-a375-e7a0082f1f0e)

Summer at Villa Rosa (#u2d8d9f52-b901-5741-84a7-6186bc1499ea)

Title Page (#u0f2e06f9-5be7-5143-9d87-09b784e66583)

About the Author (#ufca49fcb-0853-51da-881e-acaa6eeda1de)

Dedication (#ua469ac7f-9fc0-503b-93ae-132caeb8e5e3)

PROLOGUE (#u66b0862b-c62e-5876-9a07-ca131e84aa0b)

CHAPTER ONE (#uf18ef576-e123-5ca2-9958-d266d0a5e5a5)

CHAPTER TWO (#u4be86c64-9537-5ae9-9b39-1f57997a04ca)

CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)