Wicked Heat

Wicked Heat
Kelli Ireland

A destination wedding… …where anything goes! A top-secret celeb wedding could turn struggling event co-ordinator Ella Montgomery’s life around—but the mystery bride’s gorgeous brother, Liam, secretly wants to sabotage the ceremony. When Ella and Liam meet at the resort in Bora Bora, their immediate chemistry leads to a scorching encounter in the honeymoon suite. As the week goes on, Liam turns up the heat, and Ella soon falls under his spell…but will his hidden agenda ruin everything?

A top-secret celebrity wedding, an exotic location and a devastatingly handsome brother of the bride… Everything’s coming together for event coordinator Ella, but will her new flame’s hidden agenda destroy her career and her happily-ever-after?

Event coordinator Ella Montgomery’s efforts to rebuild her shattered career seem to have paid off when she’s offered the chance to plan a top-secret destination wedding for a mystery celebrity. The bride wants to keep her identity a secret until the big day, so Ella has to work with a proxy: the bride’s distractingly sexy brother, Liam.

The pair finds their red-hot chemistry impossible to resist, and it doesn’t take long for them to well and truly christen the honeymoon suite. Their fling in paradise only gets hotter as the big day, and the biggest moment of Ella’s career, draws closer.

But Liam is hiding something—something big—and it could ruin everything. Convinced that his sister’s fiancé is a devious gold digger, Liam is determined to derail the nuptials, even if that means misleading the beautiful new woman in his life. Ella was hopeful for a future with Liam...but when catastrophe strikes the wedding, can their passionate affair survive Liam’s betrayal?

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KELLI IRELAND spent a decade as a name on a door in corporate America. Unexpectedly liberated by fate’s sense of humour, she chose to carpe the diem and pursue her passion for writing. A fan of happily-ever-afters, she found she loved being the puppet master for the most unlikely couples. Seeing them through the best and worst of each other while helping them survive the joys and disasters of falling in love? Best. Thing. Ever. Visit Kelli’s website at kelliireland.com (http://www.kelliireland.com).

Wicked Heat

Kelli Ireland

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ISBN: 978-1-474-08692-9

WICKED HEAT

© 2019 Denise Tompkins

Published in Great Britain 2019

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