Desperado (37 page)

O
nce upon a time, in a magic kingdom, there
lived a handsome prince. Prince Charming, he was called by one and all. And to this land came a gentle princess. You could say she was Cinderella . . . Wall Street Cinderella. Okay, if you're going to be a stickler for accuracy, in this fairy tale the kingdom is Manhattan. But there's magic in the Big Apple, isn't there? And maybe he can be Prince Not-So-Charming at times, and “gentle” isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking of this princess. But they're looking for happily ever after just the same—and they're going to get it.

SANDRA HILL
is the author of numerous
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling romances. She worked for more than ten years as a features writer and education editor for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Writing about serious issues taught her the merits of seeking the lighter side of even the darkest stories. She lives with her husband and dogs in Pennsylvania.

Visit her website at
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V
AMPIRE
IN
P
ARADISE

C
HRISTMAS
IN
T
RANSYLVANIA

K
ISS
OF
W
RATH

T
HE
P
IRATE
B
RIDE

K
ISS
OF
T
EMPTATION

K
ISS
OF
S
URRENDER

K
ISS
OF
P
RIDE

T
HE
N
ORSE
K
ING
'
S
D
AUGHTER

T
HE
V
IKING
T
AKES
A
K
NIGHT

V
IKING
IN
L
OVE

T
HE
L
OVE
P
OTION

T
HE
V
ERY
V
IRILE
V
IKING

H
OT
& H
EAVY

W
ET
& W
ILD

A T
ALE
OF
T
WO
V
IKINGS

T
HE
V
IKING'S
C
APTIVE

(formerly M
Y
F
AIR
V
IKING
)

T
HE
B
LUE
V
IKING

T
RULY
, M
ADLY
V
IKING

F
RANKLY
, M
Y
D
EAR

T
HE
T
ARNISHED
L
ADY

T
HE
B
EWITCHED
V
IKING

T
HE
R
ELUCTANT
V
IKING

T
HE
O
UTLAW
V
IKING

L
OVE
M
E
T
ENDER

T
HE
L
AST
V
IKING

S
WEETER
S
AVAGE
L
OVE

D
ESPERADO

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

DESPERADO
. Copyright © 1997, 2015 by Sandra Hill. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition MAY 2015 ISBN: 9780062304735

Print Edition ISBN: 9780062019028

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