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Harlequin® Presents® welcomes you to the world of
THE CHATSFIELD

Synonymous with style, spectacle…and scandal!

Read on for an exclusive extract from Lynn Raye Harris’s stunning conclusion
to this exciting eight-book series:

HEIRESS’S DEFIANCE

* * *

“Y
OU
HAVE
NO
CONTROL
over me, Christos, no matter what you think. Yes, you control The Chatsfield empire, and you control access to my trust fund. But you won’t intimidate me the way you’ve intimidated my family.” She walked over and put her palms on his desk, leaned over until her eyes were at the same level as his. She was all in now, her emotions whipped to a furious froth that had been bubbling for weeks, ever since this man showed up and started giving orders like a despot.

Christos’s eyes glittered. He stood very slowly, and Lucilla straightened. Even in her heels, she wasn’t as tall as he was. He looked down on her as if she were a bug beneath his custom shoe.

“You’ve been wanting to say that for a while, have you not?” His voice was mild, amused, and yet it also managed to be hard and unflinching.

Her heart raced, her skin heating from the inside out. Yes, she’d been holding it in and, yes, it felt good to finally say what she’d been thinking. But she also felt as if she’d committed an error. She’d admitted to the enemy that she cared very much about his elevation over her when what she really needed to do was be quiet and take him down from the inside.

“I have, indeed. You might be congratulating yourself on dispersing my siblings on your errands, but don’t think you’ll handle me quite so easily.”

His eyes slid over her then, and her stomach tightened. “I wouldn’t dream of
handling you
, Lucilla. But if I did, rest assured, you would do as I wished. And you would enjoy every moment of it.”

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December 2014

Copyright © 2014 by Harlequin Books, S.A.

ISBN-13: 9781460341803

One Night with Morelli

Copyright © 2014 by Kim Lawrence

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