Harlequin Presents #1824: A Savage Betrayal

LOVED IT great read for me regardless when she wrote it. I thought it might not have been good since it was written a while back. But i love it

Description from the book back cover: Mina Carroll had fallen in love with her boss, Cesare Falcone, and consequently into his bed - only to find herself dismissed by him as a gold-digging tramp! But her only betrayal of him was one of necessity - she was determined to keep the consequences of their tempestuous one-night stand to herself. Four years later they were reunited and this time Cesare proposed, but Mina soon discovered that his offer of marriage was just a savage charade, designed to give their daughter a name and allow him to pursue his revenge at his leisure!

This was a great book. Excellent chemistry, story line and dialouge. The book starts with Mina, the heroine, at a charity function that she works at. There's a sepcial VIP guest that is coming to speak and donate for the charity. Low and behold, the VIP is Cesear Falcone. I think it was three years ago that Mina started working for Cesear as his assistant. They were both attracted to each other but since he was her boss he resisted untill one night when he came on to her and they ended up sleeping together. He goes off to a business trip in Hong Kong the next morning. Mina comes out of the bedroom to see Cesear's jerk-off brother. He's involved in some dodgey dealings and he thought that she overheard him on the phone so he tells Cesear the Mina is a crook and is stealing money. He fires her without telling her why. She thinks she's fired because she slept with him. Anyway three years later he wants her to repay him - in bed. He planned a quick affair untill he gets her out of her system. But then he finds out that she gave birth to their daughter. The scenes with the daughter is cute and funny - when she starts his ferrari and then bites him. Add a hero who is obviously in love with her, a mix of jealousy from him and a lovely ending then you've got a keeper of a book.