Secrets of Bella Terra: A Scarlet Deception Novel - Softcover

Dodd, Christina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451413091 ISBN 13: 9780451413093

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2011

Synopsis

Three powerful brothers tormented by their pasts, a priceless bottle of wine, and a precious lost pink diamond collide in this suspenseful new contemporary romantic suspense series from New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd!SECRETS OF BELLA TERRAThe Story Begins...Brooding and sexy Rafe Di Luca has returned to his family's luxurious vineyard resort and discovers that a long-ago quarrel has ignited once more, forcing him to work with Brooke Petersson, the woman he seduced ... and betrayed.     As the danger escalates and their passion threatens to rage out of control, Brooke fights her treacherous longing for a man who will never truly share his life with any woman. Remembering the anguish of the love they shared, she vows that Rafe may possess her body, but never again will he reach her fiercely guarded heart.     The peril they face will either bring them together, or destroy them both ... unless they uncover the secret that will change everything.
Customers who like books by Nora Roberts and Julie Garwood will enjoy this story. Now a RITA Award Finalist!

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Read an excerpt from SECRETS OF BELLA TERRA: Rafe, in the wrong time zone and fortified with wine and whisky, reached out to twirl Brooke's dark hair around his finger.            She slapped his hand away.            He tried again. "Pretty," he said, fascinated by the shiny black luster.            She turned on him, and her expression mirrored Mrs. Marino's frustration and anger. "Look! Today, you act all concerned about me and how I'm doing too much for your grandmother and at the resort, and I finally get to bed at a decent hour, and buster, I was asleep, and you call me to spring you out of jail. And look at you! Split lip. Bruised throat. An ear half-torn off. And for what? A fun little brawl?"            Rafe scratched his head. He had a goose egg back there, too, but he wasn't going to tell her that. "It's not that bad."            "It's not like any of us need hospitalization," Stefano said.            Mrs. Marino cracked him across the brow.            Brooke continued, "Do you really think I'm going to cuddle with you now? Now? When you're all bloody and disgusting, and you stink of liquor and God knows what else? I don't think so!"            Rafe knew he should shut up, but he couldn't stop himself. "Sometimes a fight is fun. If you ever hit someone, you'd know what I mean."            Brooke punched with her fist and slammed him in the solar plexus, right at the base of his breastbone.            The force of the blow sent him staggering backward.            "You're right." She smiled tightly. "That was very satisfying."
The Bella Terra series:
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About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd builds worlds filled with romance and adventure and creates the most distinctive characters in fiction today. Her fifty novels -- paranormals, historicals and romantic suspense -- have been translated into twenty-five languages, featured by Doubleday Book Club, recorded on Books on Tape for the Blind, won Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart and RITA Awards and been called the year's best by Library Journal. Dodd herself has been a clue in the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle -- her mother was totally impressed. Publishers Weekly praises Christina's style that "showcases Dodd's easy, addictive charm and steamy storytelling." With more than fifteen million of her books in print, her legions of fans always know that when they pick up a Christina Dodd book, they know they've found a story "For the wild at heart!"
 
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Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0451413091
• ISBN 13: 9780451413093
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448