Alissa needs to marry quickly in order to inherit a castello. She needs the money from that to pay for her sister’s medical bills. Alissa makes plans to marry a friend but he never shows up! In his place is Dario, a ruthless man who wants the castello back into his family’s holdings. Alissa and Dario do not like each other at all but they agree to marry for six months. Once she inherits the castello, she’ll sell it to Dario. For the next six months they will live together but separately.
But it doesn’t work that way. Neither Alissa nor Dario expected the intense sexual awareness. And when Alissa requests an advance for the castello, Dario wants sex as payment. And he’s a little surprise that she agrees! When he discovers why Alissa needed the money, he realizes his grave error. Little does he know that Alissa is wondering if she allowed herself into that agreement as an excuse to go to bed with her husband. Dario does everything in his power to make up for his behavior, and if Alissa wants to repair the relationship, she needs to make the first move.
This book is a provocative read, but the building love between Alissa and Dario is what makes the story so good. Don’t miss this one! Blackmailed Bride, Inexperienced Wife is a December 2009 Harlequin Presents Extra and part of the Innocent Wives collection. For more information about this book and other works by Annie West, visit her website.
