The Sicilian’s Stolen Son

LYNNE GRAHAM

At the Sicilian’s bidding…and bedding!The only link Jemima Barber has to her troubled late twin sister is her nephew. So when the boy’s father storms into their lives, to reclaim the child who was stolen from him, Jemima lets the forbidding Sicilian believe she is her smooth seductress of a sister.Though his son’s mother might be gentler than Luciano Vitale remembers, he’s resolved to make her pay in the most pleasurable way imaginable.  But when he discovers she’s a virgin – her secret is out! Now Luciano has a new proposal: Jemima can atone for her sister’s sins…by becoming his wife!

‘I’m only here for Nicky,’ she reminded him shakily.

‘Liar… My son was not your primary motivation,’ Luciano derided in a raw undertone, thoroughly fed up with her foolish pretences. ‘You came here to be with me. Of course you did.’

Jemima looked up at him, scanning the dark golden eyes that inexplicably turned her insides to mush and made her knees boneless. As he lowered his head her breath caught in her throat and her pupils dilated. Without warning his mouth crashed down on hers with hungry force. That kiss was what she really wanted … what her body mysteriously craved.

He kissed her, and it was simultaneously everything she most wanted and everything she most feared. She wanted him. He was right about that. She had never wanted anything or anybody as much as she wanted Luciano at that moment.

Ducking out of reach, and barefoot, Jemima darted round him and pelted out through the door as though baying hounds were chasing her.

Luciano didn’t understand why she was running away. What possible benefit could she hope to attain by infuriating him? And then the penny dropped and he wondered why he had not immediately grasped her strategy. After all, it was an exceedingly basic strategy: she wanted more. And she knew he was rich enough to deliver a lot more.

LYNNE GRAHAM was born in Northern Ireland and has been a keen romance reader since her teens. She is very happily married to an understanding husband who has learned to cook since she started to write! Her five children keep her on her toes. She has a very large dog who knocks everything over, a very small terrier who barks a lot, and two cats. When time allows, Lynne is a keen gardener.

The Sicilian’s

Stolen Son

Lynne Graham

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

Contents

Cover (#u5ad8be10-882d-58ec-a0ca-3883c391f76b)

Introduction (#uf5bf8b2c-51bc-5fb2-ba03-4c34f65ffd3b)

About the Author (#u312a9407-81cc-52cf-b132-faa8aeede123)

Title Page (#u4b987289-b7b7-5e03-b440-ea61766cf613)

CHAPTER ONE (#ud68485a1-88ed-5b3f-8dab-cced26a845fa)

CHAPTER TWO (#u4dc5e3cb-ee61-5c62-bc99-7c9278b0287b)

CHAPTER THREE (#uf8490712-a139-5c66-9a53-7377371412ab)

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CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_caaf6034-fc0d-5e18-a1db-7a8e3be698cd)

LUCIANO VITALE’S LONDON LAWYER, Charles Bennett, greeted him the moment he stepped off his private jet. The Sicilian billionaire and the professional exchanged polite small talk. Luciano stalked like a lion that had already picked up the scent of prey in the air, impatience and innate aggression girding every step.

He had tracked her down...at last. The thieving child stealer, Jemima Barber. There were no adequate words to convey his loathing for the woman who had stolen his son and then tried to sell the baby back to him like a product. It galled him even more that he would not be able to bring the full force of the law down on Jemima. Not only did he not want his private life laid open to the world’s media again, but he was also all too aware of the likely long-term repercussions of such a vengeful act. Hadn’t he suffered enough at the hands of the press while his wife was alive