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A Proposal from the Italian Count - cover

A Proposal from the Italian Count

Lucy Gordon

Publisher: Harlequin Romance

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Summary

To repay an old debt…Deliciously handsome Count Vittorio Martelli’s promise to repay his late father’s debt leads him to penniless and unemployed Jackie Benton. So to start with, he offers her a prestigious job in Rome working for him!He’ll take her as his fiancée!Jackie cannot believe her luck when an Italian stranger hands her a lifeline out of the blue. But when she gets there she discovers Vittorio also needs a convenient fiancée…and feisty, hardworking Jackie is the perfect candidate!
Available since: 10/01/2017.
Print length: 256 pages.

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