Scandal: Unclaimed Love-Child

MELANIE MILBURNE

He’ll claim his baby…by whatever means! Billionaire Luca Sabbatini may have ruthlessly cast Bronte from his life…but he’d be lying if he said he’d forgotten this sweet ballerina. That’s why he’s back, and ready to reawaken their lost passion. Only this time he finds Bronte isn’t quite so biddable! Her better judgement is urging her to walk away.Bronte has been lured into Luca’s lair before… This time, however, the secret she’s hiding will have its repercussions!THE SABBATINI BROTHERS Three powerful playboys from the richest dynasty in Europe! Ruthless, irresistible…impossible to tame?

Scandal: Unclaimed Love-Child

by

Melanie Milburne

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

MELANIE MILBURNE says: ‘I am married to a surgeon, Steve, and have two gorgeous sons, Paul and Phil. I live in Hobart, Tasmania, where I enjoy an active life as a long-distance runner and a nationally ranked top ten Master’s swimmer. I also have a Master’s Degree in Education, but my children totally turned me off the idea of teaching! When not running or swimming I write, and when I’m not doing all of the above I’m reading. And if someone could invent a way for me to read during a four-kilometre swim I’d be even happier!’

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Did you know that Melanie also writes for Mills & Boon® Medical™ Romance?

THE SABBATINI BROTHERS

Three powerful playboysfrom the richest dynasty in Europe!Ruthless, irresistible…impossible to tame?

Luca, Giorgio and Nicolо have Italian fire and

passion coursing through their blood. And

now they are looking for the one thing that

money can’t buy…the love of a good woman!

This month meet Lucaas he makes a scandalous discovery!

Luca took a breath, but it felt as if he wasbreathing through barbed wire. His throat feltraw and his chest so tight it ached unbearably.He scored his hair with his fingers, notsurprised to see how unsteady his hand was.He could feel the tremors of rage rollingthrough him. Rage and remorse—a juxtaposition of emotions that made it hardfor him to think clearly.

He had a child.

Look out for gorgeous Giorgioand notorious Nicolо Sabbatini,coming soon in Modern™ Romance

To Carey and Laura Denholm, such wonderful friendsand fabulous company. Thanks for being there for uswhen we needed it most and thanks toofor all the side-splitting jokes! XX

Chapter One

BRONTE was doing a hamstring stretch at the barre when she heard the studio door open. She looked in the wall-to-ceiling mirror, her heart screeching to a halt when she saw a tall dark figure come in behind her. Her eyes flared in shock, her hands instantly dampening where they clung to the barre. Her heart started up again, but this time with a staccato beat which seemed to mimic the frantic jumble of her thoughts.

It couldn’t be.

She must be imagining it.

Of course she was imagining it!

It couldn’t be Luca.

Her mind was playing tricks. It always did when she was tired or stressed. And she was both.

She curled her fingers around the barre, opening and closing her eyes to clear her head. She opened them again and her heart gave another almighty stumble.

It just couldn’t possibly be Luca Sabbatini. There were hundreds, no, possibly thousands of stunningly handsome dark-haired men who might just by chance wander into her studio and—

‘Hello, Bronte.’

Oh, dear God, it was him.

Bronte took a slow deep breath and straightened her shoulders as she turned and faced him. ‘Luca,’ she said with cool politeness. ‘I hope you’re not thinking of booking in for the first class of the afternoon. It’s full.’

His dark eyes roamed over her close-fitting dance wear-clad body slowly, lingering for a heart-stopping moment on her mouth, before meshing his gaze with hers. ‘You look as beautiful and as graceful as ever,’ he said as if she hadn’t spoken.

Bronte felt a frisson of emotion rush through her at the sound of his voice: rich and dark and deep and smoky with its