Padova Pearls, The

by Lee Wilkinson

Copyright 2007 by Lee Wilkinson. All Rights Reserved.

Categories:  Contemporary  Harlequin  Romance

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Series

Dinner at 8 miniseries, part of Harlequin Presents (a Harlequin series)

Description

Rare beauty Sophia Jordan has captured wealthy businessman Stephen Haviland's eye. And in Venice he'll execute his ruthless plan. . . . Sophia is swept off her feet by the handsome British billionaire, not realizing that Stephen knows something she doesn't: she is heiress to the priceless Padova pearls.

Once the truth is revealed Stephen will see Sophia, and the pearls, in naked glory. . . .

About The Author

Lee Wilkinson was born in Nottingham, the only child of loving parents. She was educated at an all-girls' school, and after leaving, tried her hand at several jobs, including modeling swimwear.

At 22 she met and married her husband, Denis. They had a traditional white wedding and a honeymoon in Italy, and have been happily married ever since. They have two children, a son and a daughter—both now grown up and married—and four lovely grandchildren.

Lee's writing career began with short stories and serials for magazines and newspapers before going on to novels. She has had more than 20 Mills and Boon romance novels published to date.

Amongst her hobbies are reading, gardening, walking, and cooking. Traveling is her main love, and teaming up with her daughter and American son-in-law, she and her husband spent a year going round the world, taking in India, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the States.

Last year she rented a palazzo in the heart of Venice, followed by a quick hop aboard the Orient Express. Lee is currently saving up for a whirlwind tour of Japan, a romantic and exotic destination she has wanted to visit since childhood.

At present she lives with her husband in a 300-year-old stone cottage in a picturesque Derbyshire village, which gets cut off by snow most winters.

Extended Copyright Information

Copyright 2007 by Lee Wilkinson.

All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3B 3K9.

Published in January 2008 by Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. and DailyLit.

Opening Lines (Experimental)

THE early June evening was damp and overcast, prematurely dark. Sophia Jordan, a plastic carrier bag in her hand, a stone-coloured mac belted round her slim waist, was hurrying home. Back to the ground floor flat in Roleston Square, Belgravia, she had shared with her late father, Peter.
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