An Enticing Debt to Pay. Annie West
Dial R for Revenge…
Forgiveness is a foreign concept to wealthy investment trader Jonas Deveson. Someone has been stealing from him. He’s got a good idea who it is and she’s going to pay.…
Seeing the harsh lines that bitterness has carved into Jonas’s handsome features, Ravenna Ruggiero knows he’ll never see the shades of gray in her actions.
Jonas blackmails Ravenna into working as his housekeeper to pay off her debt, but living under the same roof leads to unexpected yet forbidden temptation, and Jonas is no longer sure who is being punished!
Jonas would make her pay for what she’d done.
He’d make sure Ravenna learned the value of the money she’d taken, and when he’d finished with her she’d understand the value of hard work too. She’d repay her debt in full. There’d be no easy escape if she tried batting those long eyelashes at him.
The realisation stilled his impetuous need to taste her. Yet he couldn’t draw back. He was trapped by a hunger sharper and more potent than he’d known in years.
That infuriated him even more than the missing money. He burned with it. The fire in his belly was white-hot, with a virulent mix of lust and self-disgust at his weakness.
AT HIS SERVICE
From glass slippers to silk sheets
From washing his sheets to slipping between them, from ironing his shirts to ripping them off … When the job description said ‘full benefits package’, this wasn’t quite what she had in mind!
But when you work for a man who’s used to getting everything he wants, how do you stop yourself becoming his latest acquisition?
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AN ENTICING DEBT TO PAY by Annie West
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An Enticing Debt to Pay
Annie West
ANNIE WEST has devoted her life to an intensive study of tall, dark, charismatic heroes who cause the best kind of trouble in the lives of their heroines. As a sideline she’s also researched dream-worthy locations for romance—from bustling, vibrant cities to desert encampments and fairytale castles. It’s hard work but she loves a challenge. Annie lives with her family at beautiful Lake Macquarie, on Australia’s east coast. She loves to hear from readers and you can contact her at www.annie-west.com or at PO Box 1041, Warners Bay, NSW 2282, Australia.
Recent titles by the same author:
IMPRISONED BY A VOW
CAPTIVE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
DEFYING HER DESERT DUTY
UNDONE BY HIS TOUCH
Did you know these are also available as eBooks? Visit www.millsandboon.co.uk
For dearest Claire whose hard work, exuberance and sheer talent are an inspiration.
With love.
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
‘I’M AFRAID THE latest audit has thrown up an...irregularity.’
Jonas looked across his wide, polished desk and frowned as his Head of Finance shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
What sort of irregularity could make Charles Barker palpably nervous? He was the best. Jonas made it a policy only to employ the best. He didn’t have patience for underperformers. Barker ran his part of Jonas’ business enterprise like a well-oiled machine.
‘A significant irregularity?’
Barker shook his head. ‘Not in overall financial terms.’
Since the company’s total assets figured in the billions, Jonas supposed he should be relieved, but watching Barker loosen his tie, Jonas felt a prickle of foreboding.
‘Spit it out, Charles.’
The other man smiled, but it turned into a grimace as he passed his laptop across the desk.
‘There. The top two lines.’
Jonas noted the first entry—a transfer of several thousand pounds. Below it another, much larger entry. No details were provided for either.
‘What am I looking at?’
‘Withdrawals against your original investment account.’
Jonas’ frown became a scowl. He used that account now only to transfer personal funds between investments.
‘Someone accessed my account?’ But the answer was obvious. Jonas hadn’t made these withdrawals. He managed day-to-day expenses elsewhere and, though large by normal standards, the withdrawals weren’t significant enough to match his usual personal investments.
‘We’ve traced them.’ Of course, Barker would make it his business to have an answer before he fronted Jonas with the problem.
‘And?’ Curiosity rose.
‘You’ll remember the account was originally set up as part of a family enterprise.’
How could Jonas forget? His father had given him chapter and verse on how to run a business, pretending he, as head of the family, was the senior partner in the enterprise. But they’d both known it was Jonas’ talent for spotting a sound investment, and his ruthless hunger for success, that had turned the floundering investment company around. Piers had simply been along for the ride, revelling in the novelty of success. Until father and son had parted ways.
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