Quand vient la nuit...

Résumé

Parce qu’elle ne peut s’opposer à la décision de son père, le puissant milliardaire Jack Frazier, Mia se résout à épouser Alexandre Mavridis, un homme d’affaires dont elle ignore tout. Cette union forcée semble satisfaire chacune des parties en présence : Alexandre recouvrera la propriété de l’île que sa famille, touchée par un revers de fortune, avait autrefois cédée à Jack Frazier, et ce dernier obtiendra l’assurance de voir bientôt sa fille unique enceinte d’un héritier digne de ce nom. Quant à Mia… Tout semble indiquer qu’elle a accepté de partager le lit d’Alexandre en échange d’une forte somme d’argent promise par son père. Il n’en est rien, bien sûr – mais la jeune femme se garde de détromper son fiancé. Moins il en saura sur la véritable raison qui l’a poussée à consentir à ce marché abject, mieux cela vaudra. D’ailleurs, elle se l’est juré : jamais elle n’éprouvera le moindre sentiment pour son futur mari. Ce qui ne l’empêchera pas, la nuit venue, de céder au désir fou qu’il lui inspire…

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Description en VO :

Forced to marry!

When Mia Frazier agreed to her father's demand to marry Greek millionaire Alexander Doumas, she knew both men stood to gain from the deal--Alex would win back his family's island, and Mia's father would get the grandson and heir he so desperately longed for. But what about Mia?

She had her own reason for agreeing to be Alex's wife--which was not financial gain, as Alex cynically believed. But how could the truth stay hidden, when she shared such intense passion with her new husband...and was now carrying his child?

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Mia, the daughter of a wealthy family, has just become the pawn in a cruel transaction. Due to the death of her older brother, her father now has no male heir. To remedy the situation, he promises his daughter's hand in marriage to a businessman named Alexander. However, this is not just an engagement, it's also a business deal. The purpose of this marriage is for a male heir. If one is born, then Alexander must deliver the boy to Mia's father, and in exchange Alexander will receive an entire island in the Aegean Sea. This arrangement that so resembles slavery makes Alexander angry, and the fact that Mia does exactly as her father says has him looking on both her and her father with disgust. Mia, however despicable the situation, complies with her father's wishes...