Passions ignite for these gorgeous and wealthy bachelors!
The Millionaire’s
Club: Jacob,
Logan & Marc
Three arrogant and seductive heroes you’ll
never forget from three favourite authors!
In July 2010 Mills & Boon bring you four classic collections, each featuring three favourite romances by our bestselling authors
THE PRINCES’ BRIDES
by Sandra Marton
The Italian Prince’s Pregnant Bride
The Greek Prince’s Chosen Wife
The Spanish Prince’s Virgin Bride
TYCOON’S CHOICE
Kept by the Tycoon by Lee Wilkinson
Taken by the Tycoon by Kathryn Ross
The Tycoon’s Proposal by Leigh Michaels
THE MILLIONAIRE’S CLUB:
JACOB, LOGAN & MARC
Black-Tie Seduction by Cindy Gerard
Less-Than-Innocent Invitation by Shirley Rogers
Strictly Confidential Attraction by Brenda Jackson
SAYING ‘YES!’ TO THE BOSS
Having Her Boss’s Baby by Susan Mallery
Business or Pleasure? by Julie Hogan
Business Affairs by Shirley Rogers
The Millionaire’s
Club: Jacob,
Logan & Marc
Cindy Gerard
Shirley Rogers
Brenda Jackson
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Black-Tie Seduction, Less-than-Innocent Invitation and Strictly Confidential Attraction were first published in Great Britain by Harlequin Mills & Boon Limited in separate, single volumes.
Black-Tie Seduction © Harlequin Books S.A. 2005 Less-than-Innocent Invitation © Harlequin Books S.A. 2005 Strictly Confidential Attraction © Harlequin Books S.A. 2005
Special thanks and acknowledgement are given to Cindy Gerard, Shirley Rogers and Brenda Jackson for their contribution to THE MILLIONAI RE’S CLUB series.
ISBN: 978-1-408-92109-8
Version: 2019-01-18
Black-Tie Seduction
by
Cindy Gerard has repeatedly made appearances on several bestseller lists, including USA TODAY.
With numerous industry awards to her credit – among them the Romance Writers of America’s RITA® Award and the National Reader’s Choice Award – this former Golden Heart finalist and repeat Romantic Times nominee is the real deal. As one book reviewer put it, “Cindy Gerard provides everything romance readers want in a love story, passion, gut-wrenching emotion, intriguing characters and a captivating plot. This storyteller extraordinaire delivers all of this and more!”
Cindy and her husband, Tom, live in the Midwest on a mini-farm with quarter horses, cats and two very spoiled dogs. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, travelling and spending time at their cabin in northern Minnesota unwinding with family and friends.
Cindy loves to hear from her readers and invites you to visit her website at www.cindygerard.com.
This book is dedicated to the fabulous women who worked so hard to make this new segment of THE MILLIONAIRE’S CLUB saga the best yet!
Shirley Rogers, Brenda Jackson, Michelle Celmer, Sara Orwig and Kristi Gold.
Ladies, it’s been my great pleasure!
Prologue
From the diary of Jessamine Golden July 4, 1905
Dear Diary,
Today my life changed. It came out of the blue. Like a lightning strike in the midst of a sunset storm or the fireworks lighting up the sky during tonight’s celebration of our country’s independence. I’m not sure how else to describe what happened to me when I first set eyes on Brad Webster—or how to describe the clash of wills when he drew me aside and told me how things were going to be.
“I run a clean town,” he said. “I don’t want any trouble from you.”
He looked stern and angry and so very serious when he talked to me. And yet he didn’t arrest me, this man who walks on the opposite path that fate has set for me.
Sheriff Brad Webster. Just writing his name makes my heart kick around inside my chest like a string of wild ponies. Saying it out loud makes my fingers tremble and my face flush hot and sends strange warm flames licking through my belly. You’d think I’d been smoking locoweed. And it is loco for me to be so obsessed by him.
But despite his anger at me, he is the most beautiful man…if a man can be called beautiful. I remember some years ago Daddy and I were riding strays and we came upon this herd of wild mustangs. The stallion was big and ink-black and, oh, he was the prettiest thing I’d ever seen. Sleek and muscled, tall and strong. One look in that big guy’s eyes and you knew he was proud and brave.
That’s what I thought when I saw the sheriff. Like that wild stallion, he is proud and brave. His hair is ink-black. His eyes are the most fascinating Texas-sky-blue. And