A Touch of Notoriety

A Touch of Notoriety
Carole Mortimer

Rules are made to be broken Beth Blake has a perfectly normal life in London – until a secret from the past thrusts her into notoriety and she finds herself in Argentina, under the watchful eye of a bodyguard. Controlling, insufferable and sinfully sexy to boot, Raphael Cordoba is a thorn in her independent side!Guarding Beth should be easy for Raphael – as long as he remembers the golden rule: Do not touch the client. Especially when she’s the sister of your best friend! But feisty Beth requires a particular attentiveness that brings illicit temptation even closer…‘Fastpaced, full of passion and perfect for all romantics!’ – Meg, Retail Sales, Lichfield

Beth stilled, knowing from the closeness of Raphael’s voice that he was standing just behind her.

‘Beth?’

She turned to face him, wavering slightly as she found that Raphael was standing only inches away from her, those piercing blue eyes still narrowed in his harshly chiselled face.

Her eyes flashed darkly. ‘What more do you want from me?’

What did Raphael want from this woman?

It was easy to imagine making love to her: kissing those delectable and poutingly stubborn lips, enjoying and pleasuring those lean, silkily slender curves, caressing and tasting the fullness of her breasts.

Oh, yes—it was all too easy for Raphael to imagine making slow and leisurely love with Beth Blake.

But the sister of his best friend, the daughter of the couple who had long ago taken him in as one of their own…?

No, Raphael could only ever be the man who stood in silent watch over that woman—who ensured, for her family’s sake, that no harm came to her ever again.

BUENOS AIRES NIGHTS

After dark with Argentina’s most infamous billionaires!

Cesar Navarro and Raphael Cordoba—

two Argentinians with the wealth, magnetism and ruthlessness to break many a woman’s heart…

Grace and Beth—

two ordinary British women about to make their

first foray into the sultry heat of Buenos Aires nights…

Read all about Grace and her boss Cesar in:

A TASTE OF THE FORBIDDEN

April 2013

and Beth and her bodyguard Raphael in:

A TOUCH OF NOTORIETY

May 2013

About the Author

CAROLE MORTIMER was born in England, the youngest of three children. She began writing in 1978, and has now written over one hundred and fifty books for Harlequin Mills & Boon

. Carole has six sons: Matthew, Joshua, Timothy, Michael, David and Peter. She says, ‘I’m happily married to Peter senior; we’re best friends as well as lovers, which is probably the best recipe for a successful relationship. We live in a lovely part of England.’

Recent titles by the same author:

A TASTE OF THE FORBIDDEN

(Buenos Aires Nights)

HIS REPUTATION PRECEDES HIM

(The Lyonedes Legacy)

DEFYING DRAKON

(The Lyonedes Legacy)

THE TALK OF HOLLYWOOD

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A Touch of

Notoriety

Carole Mortimer

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

CHAPTER ONE

‘PARDON, SEÑORITA?’

Beth looked up to smile at the handsome young man who, until a few moments ago, had been sitting at a neighbouring table enjoying a cup of coffee at the same outside café in the San Telmo area of Buenos Aires, and shooting her the occasional admiring glance from beautiful chocolate-brown eyes.

But before she could respond she saw a movement out of the corner of her eye as another man approached at a speed totally at odds with his overwhelming height and muscular build. Two seconds later one of the younger man’s arms was twisted painfully up behind his back, totally immobilising him.

‘Raphael!’ Beth muttered in embarrassed protest as she rose to her feet, very tall and slim in a black T-shirt and denims beneath her brown leather jacket.

Raphael didn’t so much as glance at her. ‘Back off,’ he ordered the startled young man coldly, not easing his grip for a second, his expression grimly detached.

‘You’re the one who should back off, Raphael!’ Beth shot him an exasperated glance. ‘In fact, you shouldn’t even be here…’ So much for believing she had managed to escape for even a short time; she should have known that Raphael Cordoba would eventually track her down and ruin her few moments of peace!

‘Is this man bothering you?’ The young Argentinian braved the other man’s wrath as he now spoke to her in heavily accented English.

Was Raphael Cordoba bothering her?

Raphael Cordoba had been ‘bothering’ Beth since the moment she first met him! And not just because she hated having him dog her footsteps day and night…