Billionaire Romance

Unlocking Love in the Workplace: A Story of Redemption and Ambition.Dalia Bellizzi, a 29-year old software engineer, secures a new job in her field, but never expected she'd be working for a man known for his icy exterior.Luca Gallea, an entrepreneur with ambition to expand his design company on a global scale, has always kept his emotions under lock and key. Love was never a part of his journey to success, and he plans to keep it that way.As Dalia and Luca draw closer together, their defences weaken due to an undeniable attraction. But can they overcome their wounded pasts to balance love and ambition?If you like office romance that puts you on a roller coaster ride, you'll love Risk To The Heart, the first book in Lucy Appadoo's Billionaire Romance Series. Lucy Appadoo is a prolific reader and author of the Friends In Crisis Series. After a childhood spent reading and imagining escapist worlds, Lucy has put her imagination into stories. Her work as a rehabilitation counsellor, and former work as a counsellor in private practice, have led to an interest in writing inspirational stories about authentic, driven women who manage adversity with strength and heart. She writes in the genres of romantic suspense/thrillers with significant life themes and contemporary romance.Lucy's interests include researching crime stories and news to inspire her work, watching crime thrillers and suspenseful movies, travel, exercising, reading for entertainment or knowledge, meditation, and spending time with friends and family. She also appreciates her Italian background and culture, which has inspired her to write imaginative stories about her parents' childhoods, leading to The Italian Family Series novels.Check out Lucy's website and sign up for a FREE exclusive suspenseful novella here: www.lucyappadooauthor.com.au

I'm homeless, stalked, and desperate. My new billionaire boss was supposed to be my salvation. Instead, he awakens dark desires that could destroy us both. Rock bottom has a name: sleeping in my car while my psychotic ex hunts me. I need this job like I need oxygen. Nate Brockton needs a secretary. Not a mistress, not a distraction-just pure professionalism. After his father's scandal, he has iron-clad rules: never mix work and women. I'm perfect. Ambitious, guarded, willing to give everything. Exactly what he wants. Except he didn't count on what I do to him. Every stolen glance burns my skin. Every accidental touch sends sparks flying. The way he grips my wrists when showing me something-dominant, possessive, anything but professional. He fights it. I see it in his clenched jaw, in the way he keeps his distance. But his dark instincts bleed through the facade. When my ex tracks me down and Nate takes me home, all rules shatter. One night. One mistake. Consequences neither of us saw coming. Because Nate Brockton controls everything-his company, his emotions, his life. Everything except me. And it's driving him insane. Now I'm trapped between a man who wants to destroy me and one who wants to own me. And I don't know which is more dangerous.

I made a deal with my billionaire boss to save my brother's career. Pretend to be his perfect girlfriend. Simple. Except we share a forbidden past-and he's determined to make me his again. Jonas Matthews owns everything: a sports empire, a championship baseball team, and the power to destroy my little brother's dreams with one word. When he threatens to cut my brother Nico from the team, I'll do anything to stop him. Even accept his twisted proposal: be his fake girlfriend, help him close the biggest deal of his career, and he'll let Nico stay. The rules are clear: Public displays only. No touching behind closed doors. Definitely no kissing like we used to. Because Jonas doesn't know I still remember. Every stolen moment. Every broken promise. Every reason I ran from him three years ago. But my body remembers too. The way his hand burns through the silk of my dress at charity galas. How his jaw tightens when other men look at me. The dangerous edge in his voice when he whispers threats that sound like promises: "You're playing with fire, Mae." He's right. Every fake kiss ignites real flames. Every practiced touch awakens the hunger we buried. And when he corners me in his office, eyes dark with possession, I realize the truth. This was never about the deal. He doesn't want a pretend girlfriend. He wants me. In his bed. In his life. Forever. And God help me, I'm starting to want it too. But when our secret past threatens everything-his empire, my brother's future, the walls we've built-we'll have to decide: Is what we have worth burning it all down?

Can you leave your wounded pasts behind?Gina Cassani, a driven data scientist, dreams of running her own marketing business. She thrives on control in both her career and personal life, but when she finds herself pitching a campaign to Stephen Farrugiya, a handsome billionaire who owns a chain of health centres, her composure begins to spiral.Stephen, who built his businesses in memory of his late fiancée, doesn't appreciate Gina's assumptions-or her attitude-but for the sake of his business, he's willing to tolerate her.With the tension between them growing into attraction, they must decide if they can fight through their fears and heal-or if love is a risk they can't afford.If you love steamy opposites-attract and enemies-to-lovers tropes, you'll love –Hearts Unravelled, the third book in Lucy Appadoo's Billionaire Romance Series. Lucy Appadoo is a prolific reader and author of the Friends In Crisis Series. After a childhood spent reading and imagining escapist worlds, Lucy has put her imagination into stories. Her work as a rehabilitation counsellor, and former work as a counsellor in private practice, have led to an interest in writing inspirational stories about authentic, driven women who manage adversity with strength and heart. She writes in the genres of romantic suspense/thrillers with significant life themes and contemporary romance.Lucy's interests include researching crime stories and news to inspire her work, watching crime thrillers and suspenseful movies, travel, exercising, reading for entertainment or knowledge, meditation, and spending time with friends and family. She also appreciates her Italian background and culture, which has inspired her to write imaginative stories about her parents' childhoods, leading to The Italian Family Series novels.Check out Lucy's website and sign up for a FREE exclusive suspenseful novella here: www.lucyappadooauthor.com.au

I'm broke, desperate, and serving drinks to cocky athletes who think I'm on the menu. One scorching night with the team's billionaire playboy changes everything. Now I'm caught between a deal I can't refuse and a billionaire who won't take no for an answer. The hole in my bank account brought me to this sports bar. The hole Kenny Masters burns through my defenses might destroy me. He's everything I swore to avoid: devastating smile, bulging bank account, and a reputation for collecting women like trophies. The star player who has different girls draped over him every night. Except tonight, his eyes are locked on me. "What brings you to me, honey?" The question ignites something forbidden. Something reckless. Something that makes me forget I'm just the broke bartender serving his whiskey. One touch and electricity crackles between us. One kiss and my rules shatter. One night and I'm ruined for anyone else. For a moment-one stupid, beautiful moment-I believe I'm different. That the way he held me meant something. That his whispered promises weren't just pillow talk. Then comes the deal: Be his. Exclusively. Leave the bar behind and he'll take care of everything. Translation: He wants a kept woman. A pretty possession. Just another trophy, except this one he doesn't plan to share. But someone forgot to tell his teammate the rules. Now I'm being hunted by a man who thinks I'm fair game, while the one who claims to own me watches with cold indifference. Because Kenny got what he wanted, didn't he? Except he keeps showing up. Keeps staking his claim. Keeps looking at me like he's starving and I'm his last meal. And I'm starting to realize Kenny Masters doesn't share his toys. The question is: Am I just another game to him, or is the playboy finally ready to play for keeps?

I'm pregnant with his baby, broke, and a loan shark is about to destroy everything I love. And the billionaire doesn't know about our child-yet. But when he offers a deal to save me, keeping my secret becomes impossible. One night. One mistake. One positive pregnancy test that changes everything. Justin Vale collects women like fine wine and discards them just as easily. I knew his reputation. Knew I should run when he slid onto the barstool, all devastating charm and calculated seduction. But I was drowning-a loan shark circling my bar, my sister's mistakes crushing me-and he looked like salvation in a designer suit. "What will you give me if I help you, baby?" The words dripped like honey laced with poison. I should have walked away. Instead, I let him burn through my defenses. Let him worship my body like I was something precious. Let myself believe, for one desperate night, that maybe I was. Reality hit with the morning light. His deal laid out like a business contract: Be his public girlfriend. Play the devoted partner. In exchange, he'll make my debts disappear. Translation: Be his latest acquisition until he gets bored. I ran. Called him every name I could think of. Swore I'd rather lose everything than be another notch on his bedpost. Then two lines on a plastic stick rewrote my entire future. Now the loan shark's at my door, threatening to take the only home I've ever known. My bank account screams empty. And growing inside me is a secret that would give Justin Vale exactly what every billionaire wants-an heir. He doesn't know about the baby. But when he finds out, the playboy who collects and discards will become something far more dangerous: a man who never lets go of what's his. The question is: Am I strong enough to resist when he comes for us both?

I'm the physiotherapist who broke the cardinal rule: never touch a client intimately. Now I'm pregnant with the billionaire playboy's baby, fired, and completely alone. But he doesn't know what he threw away yet-our baby. My hands were supposed to heal his body, not worship it. My job was fixing his shoulder, not falling into his bed. But Nico Klein doesn't play by anyone's rules-especially mine. "You're mine, baby. Don't forget that," he growls against my neck, marking me in places my uniform will hide. I came to this elite rehabilitation center broken-a career-ending accident stealing my dreams of dancing, leaving me with scars inside and out. This job was my second chance. My only chance. Nico was my downfall. Filthy rich, devastatingly charming, with a different woman in every city. I knew what he was. Knew the clinic's iron-clad rule: touch a client inappropriately, lose everything. One scandal and we're both gone. But knowing and resisting are two different things. Every "professional" massage became torture. His muscles flexing under my touch, his eyes promising things that would ruin us both. The way he'd trap me against the treatment table, whispering all the filthy things he wanted to do when no one was watching. We lasted three weeks. One taste and I was addicted. Secret touches in empty hallways. Stolen nights in his penthouse. His hands erasing every scar, making me feel whole again. Until the morning our secret exploded across every tabloid headline. He chose his reputation. I lost my career. Fair trade, right? Except now I'm staring at two pink lines, unemployed, and watching him in the society pages like nothing happened. Like I never existed. Like he didn't promise forever while buried inside me. He thinks it's over. He's wrong. Because Nico Klein is about to learn that some scandals are just the beginning.