Marriage to a Billionaire

To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner Alexa Maria McKenzie casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend's older brother-the powerful man who once shattered her heart.Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn't believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father's corporation, he needs a wife and needs one fast. When he discovers his sister's childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he offers Alexa a bold proposition.A marriage in name only with certain rules: Avoid entanglement. Keep things all business. Do not fall in love. The arrangement is only for a year so the rules shouldn't be that hard to follow, right?Except fate has a way of upsetting the best-laid plans . . .

The sexy second installment in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire trilogy, this contemporary billionaire romance from "one of the most exciting breakout novelists" (USA TODAY) Jennifer Probst delivers passion, family loyalty, and a marriage of convenience that feels all too real. To honor his late father's final wish, hot, single billionaire Michael Conte must find a suitable bride-and quickly-so his traditional Italian family will allow his sister to marry. Determined to protect his freedom, Michael proposes a temporary arrangement to fiery, independent photographer Maggie Ryan: pose as his fiancée during her upcoming trip to Milan, and he'll back off from pursuing her best friend and end their dangerously flirtatious standoff. But once they arrive in Italy, their fake engagement ignites very real desire. What begins as a no-strings-attached arrangement turns into a slow-burn battle of wills, family expectations, and undeniable chemistry. As passion deepens and loyalties are tested, Maggie and Michael must decide whether their pretend relationship can survive the truth-and whether love is the one commitment neither of them planned for. A steamy marriage-of-convenience romance filled with sexual tension, sharp banter, and emotional payoff, this installment in the Marriage to a Billionaire series blends family drama, Italian glamour, and irresistible attraction. Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn't stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a Master's degree in English literature, and rescue two shelter dogs. Now she is writing again. She is the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her book, The Marriage Bargain spent twenty-six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Her work has been translated in over a dozen countries, sold over a million copies, and was dubbed a "romance phenom" by Kirkus Reviews. She makes her home in upstate New York with the whole crew. Her sons keep her active, stressed, joyous, and sad her house will never be truly clean.

The exciting bestselling author who thrilled readers with The Marriage Bargain and The Marriage Trap, Jennifer Probst rounds out her sizzling trilogy. Carina Conte has had a crush on her brother Michael's best friend, Max Gray, since she was a teenager. Now she's earned her MBA and come to work at Michael's new venture, America's fastest-growing bakery empire. But some things never change: her family still treats her like a child. With three drop-dead gorgeous siblings, she's still the ugly duckling of the bunch. And Max, the company's new CEO, still barely notices her. Max knows Carina Conte is strictly off limits. But hot-blooded lust wins out at a conference when the two share a scorching one-night stand-and are busted by her mother! Now, forced by old-world Italian tradition into a marriage he's not ready for, Max is miserable-and Carina is furious. Her new husband is about to realize that hell hath no fury like a woman transformed....

"Nonstop sexual tension crackles off the page" (Laura Kaye) in the sizzling final installment in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire saga by Jennifer Probst. Her sisters have found wedded bliss with their wealthy, wonderful dream men, but not Julietta Conte. She's stayed on terra firma as top executive of the family's corporation, La Dolce Famiglia bakery. Work is her passion, and her trendy Milan apartment her sanctuary...until Sawyer Wells, a masculine masterpiece in a suit, lures her out of hiding with an irresistible offer: an exclusive partnership with his international chain of boutique hotels. Julietta's been burned before-and trusting her brother-in-law's friend, whose powerful gaze alone has her rethinking the best use of a conference room, is the riskiest proposition. But with a once-in-a- career chance to take the bakery global, will she mix stone-cold business with red-hot seduction?