The Bought-And-Paid-For Wife
He'd seen pictures. He'd expected beautiful. After all, when a man chooses a trophy wife, he wants one other men will covet. But Tristan Thorpe hadn't appreciated the extent of that beauty — or its powerful clout — until the front door of the Connecticut colonial opened in a rush and she was there, five-and-a-bit feet of breathtaking impact.
Vanessa Thorpe. His father's widow. The enemy.
In every one of those society diary pictures she looked as glossy and polished as a trophy prize should... which had left Tristan speculating over how much was real — the platinum hair? the full lips? the petite but perfectly curved body? — and how much came courtesy of his father's wealth.
He hadn't wondered about the sparklers at her throat and in her ears. Those, he knew, were real. U ... read full excerpt from The Bought-And-Paid-For Wife ebook
