ONCE IN PARIS

by Diana Palmer

Overview

It was in Paris she first saw him. He was tall, handsome—utterly dangerous. Inexplicably drawn to him, Brianne Martin pulled a grief-stricken Pierce Hutton back from the depths of despair. He was forever grateful, but he drew the line at seducing a woman half his age.

It was in Paris she fell in love. Although Pierce was strictly off-limits, Brianne couldn’t imagine surrendering her innocence to anyone but him. Certainly not to her stepfather’s corrupt business associate. Obsessed with Brianne since their first meeting, this man would stop at nothing in his relentless pursuit of her, including masterminding a marriage to merge their powerful families. All seemed lost, until Pierce passionately saved Brianne’s life…as she’d once saved his.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459246973
Publisher:	Harlequin
Publication date:	06/15/2012
Series:	Hutton & Co.
Sold by:	HARLEQUIN
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	618 KB

About the Author

The prolific author of more than one hundred books, Diana Palmer got her start as a newspaper reporter. A New York Times bestselling author and voted one of the top ten romance writers in America, she has a gift for telling the most sensual tales with charm and humor. Diana lives with her family in Cornelia, Georgia.

Editorial Reviews

"The dialogue is charming, the characters likable. . . the sex sizzling, and the roller-coaster emotions. . . (will give fans an enjoyable ride)."(Publishers Weekly)

Paris Nights and Romance!

What is more romantic than the City of Lights, a glass of champagne, and a tall, dark, and handsome hunk? Well, there's more to Diana Palmer's intriguing and page-turning romance, Once in Paris, than that -- including the threat of a forced marriage, the love of a man for a young woman he cannot have, and the wealth and beauty that is Paris. This rich, lush novel of passion and riches will capture millions of hearts as young Brianne Martin learns the truth about love and life.

Brianne's life looks smooth and easy on the outside, but on the inside, she's weathered some rough storms for a young woman in her late teens. She adored her father, but within months after his death, Brianne's mother had married a fabulously wealthy and notoriously cold man. Her mother was always a bit of a social climber, but Brianne is horrified when her stepfather and mother suggest that Brianne go off to boarding school in France rather than live with them in their mansion on Nassau. But Brianne adapts to Paris and manages to take frequent trips to the Louvre. One afternoon, she begins talking with a man there who happens to be a business associate of her stepfather's. His name is L. Pierce Hutton, and he's still grieving for his beloved wife, who died a few years earlier.

Immediately, there's a connection between Brianne, 19, and Hutton, who has only a year or two before hitting 40. Soon, love blossoms between them, but Hutton draws back from this because he has no intention of falling in love with a woman half his age. But on a return trip to her parents' home in Nassau, Brianne's stepfather is soon pushing her toward a marriage of convenience with another associate of his, Phillipe Sabon. Sabon is Hutton's age, a Middle Easterner who is smooth as silk and as crafty as a fox -- but Brianne finds him cold. She is too deeply in love with Hutton to consider any other man, but Hutton has convinced himself he's not yet ready to love again.

As Brianne gets further embroiled in the plan to marry her off to a man she distrusts, her passion for Hutton grows stronger -- and Once in Paris reaches heights of dramatic tension and romance that few novels do. Plots are hatched and marriages are arranged, but true love burns hot for Brianne, who through it all remains courageous, smart, and mature. This is a simply written, gorgeous love story about the transcendence of the human heart. Do not miss this book.
— Jessi Rose Lucas, barnesandnoble.com

Jessi Rose Lucas