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  ‘Hello, beautiful,’ he said as they reached each other and he drew her towards him for a kiss, savouring the feel of her mouth on his and breathing in her reassuring scent.

  ‘How was your meeting?’ she asked with a breathy laugh when he finally let her go.

  ‘It went well, I think, though they were more impressed by the fact I’m married to you,’ he said, gently brushing her hair away from her face to gaze into her eyes. ‘My incredible, talented wife.’

  She raised both eyebrows in an expression of wry modesty, then smiled, unable to keep a straight face. ‘I couldn’t have done it without you,’ she murmured, sliding her hands up to cup his jaw and leaning forwards to kiss him firmly on the lips. ‘So let’s go and celebrate our perfect partnership.’

  And with that they linked hands and walked together to their next destination, driven on by the excitement of all the new adventures they had lying ahead of them.

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  Pastry chef Gemma Rizzo never expected to see Vincenzo Gagliardi again. And now he’s not just the duke who left her broken-hearted…he’s her boss!

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  RETURN OF HER ITALIAN DUKE

  Since he’d returned to Italy, thoughts of Gemma had come back full force. At times he’d been so preoccupied, the guys were probably ready to give up on him. To think that after all this time and searching for her, she was right here. Bracing himself, he took the few steps necessary to reach Takis’s office.

  With the door ajar he could see a polished-looking woman in a blue-and-white suit with dark honey-blond hair falling to her shoulders. She stood near the desk with her head bowed, so he couldn’t yet see her profile.

  Vincenzo swallowed hard to realize Gemma was no longer the teenager with short hair he used to spot when she came bounding up the stone steps of the castello from school wearing her uniform. She’d grown into a curvaceous woman.

  “Gemma.” He said her name, but it came out gravelly.

  A sharp intake of breath reverberated in the office. She wheeled around. Those unforgettable brilliant green eyes with the darker green rims fastened on him. A stillness seemed to surround her. She grabbed hold of the desk.

  “Vincenzo—I—I think I must be hallucinating.”

  “I’m in the same condition.” His gaze fell on the lips he’d kissed that unforgettable night. Their shape hadn’t changed, nor the lovely mold of her facial features.

  She appeared to have trouble catching her breath. “What’s going on? I don’t understand.”

  “Please sit down and I’ll tell you.”

  He could see she was trembling. When she didn’t do his bidding, he said, “I have a better idea. Let’s go for a ride in my car. It’s parked out front. We’ll drive to the lake at the back of the estate, where no one will bother us. Maybe by the time we reach it, your shock will have worn off enough to talk to me.”

  Hectic color spilled into her cheeks. “Surely you’re joking. After ten years of silence, you suddenly show up here this morning, honestly thinking I would go anywhere with you?”

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  RETURN OF HER ITALIAN DUKE

  by Rebecca Winters

  Available March 2017

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  Copyright © 2017 Rebecca Winters

  ISBN: 978-1-474-05921-3

  THE UNFORGETTABLE SPANISH TYCOON

  © 2017 Christy McKellen

  Published in Great Britain 2016

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