She owes him a wedding night...
He’ll collect it in Greece!
It’s heart-stopping for architect Helena to learn that her mystery client is Theo Nikolaidis—her ex-fiancé! Unwilling to sacrifice her hard-fought independence, she ended their engagement, but memories of their passion were harder to leave behind...
Theo has one goal: seeking vengeance on his runaway bride! Yet their return to the Greek island they had planned to call home complicates everything. Theo can’t escape their past...or the intense connection that spectacularly reignites! Will this tycoon be tempted to rewrite the rules of his revenge?
Theo didn’t bother hiding the wide grin that formed on his lips.
This moment, when he wiped the smile off Helena Armstrong’s face, was a moment to savor, a moment deserving of a glass of fine wine, and if he were a man for exquisite canapés, a plateful of them. As it was, Theo was a man who preferred hearty food, but a huge bowl of his grandmother’s kokkinisto didn’t quite fit this picture-perfect moment.
He rose to his feet and stretched out a hand, tilting his head expectantly. “Good morning, Helena,” he said with an even wider smile, and was rewarded by Helena’s beautiful face turning the color of a sun-ripened tomato. “It is a pleasure to see you again.”
He was quite sure he heard a collective intake of breath from the others in the room.
“You two know each other?”
Passion in Paradise
Exotic escapes...and red-hot romances!
Step into a jet-set world where first class is the only way to travel. From Monte Carlo to Tuscany, you’ll find a billionaire at every turn! But no billionaire is complete without the perfect romance. Especially when that passion is found in the most incredible destinations...
Find out what happens in:
The Innocent’s Forgotten Wedding by Lynne Graham
The Italian’s Pregnant Cinderella by Caitlin Crews
Kidnapped for His Royal Heir by Maya Blake
His Greek Wedding Night Debt by Michelle Smart
The Spaniard’s Surprise Love-Child by Kim Lawrence
My Shocking Monte Carlo Confession by Heidi Rice
A Bride Fit for a Prince? by Susan Stephens
A Scandal Made in London by Lucy King
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Michelle Smart
His Greek Wedding Night Debt
Michelle Smart’s love affair with books started when she was a baby, when she would cuddle them in her cot. A voracious reader of all genres, she found her love of romance established when she stumbled across her first Harlequin book at the age of twelve. She’s been reading—and writing—them ever since. Michelle lives in Northamptonshire, England, with her husband and two young Smarties.
Books by Michelle Smart
Harlequin Presents
Conveniently Wed!
The Sicilian’s Bought Cinderella
Cinderella Seductions
A Cinderella to Secure His Heir
The Greek’s Pregnant Cinderella
Passion in Paradise
A Passionate Reunion in Fiji
Rings of Vengeance
Billionaire’s Bride for Revenge
Marriage Made in Blackmail
Billionaire’s Baby of Redemption
Visit the Author Profile page at Harlequin.com for more titles.
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
EPILOGUE
EXCERPT FROM THE SPANIARD'S SURPRISE LOVE-CHILD BY KIM LAWRENCE
CHAPTER ONE
HELENA ARMSTRONG GAVE her appearance one final look-over.
Mascara and eyeliner intact and unsmudged? Check.
Nude lipstick on the lips and not the teeth? Check.
Thick chestnut hair secured in a professional bun at the base of the neck without any stray distracting strands? Check.
Silver and blue swirl tailored A-line skirt clean and uncreased? Check.
Black blouse clean and uncreased and no gapping around the bust? Check.
Black tights ladder free? Check.
Black heels clean if not easy to walk in? Check.
Thick-framed spectacles fingerprint free? Check.
Drawing tube ready to grab hold of? Check.
Heartbeat under vague semblance of control...? Oh, well, a girl couldn’t have everything.
Helena was as ready and prepared as she could be. It was time to make her first major pitch to a client. The blueprints she’d spent a month toiling over were ready to be unveiled to the mystery client who’d driven them all to distraction.
The mystery client, who’d used lawyers up to this point to remain under the cloak of anonymity—which in itself had led to fevered speculation within the firm as to who he or she could be—had invited their firm and four others to pitch for the opportunity to design a house for him. Or her. This would be no ordinary house, nor even an ordinary mansion. The successful lead architect would be flown to a Greek island, name still to be revealed, and tasked with designing a thousand-square-metre villa in traditional Cycladic style from scratch. Each firm was to put forward an architect with an understanding of the Greek language and a leaning towards classical European architecture to pitch. Helena, who had a Greek mother and an adoration of classical architecture, fitted the bill perfectly for her firm. Her father’s cruel manner in forcing the Greek language on her had finally paid off.
She’d swallowed her unease at the thought of having to work on an island that was part of the country she’d spent three years actively avoiding, and thrown herself into the pitch. She hadn’t fooled herself into thinking she had a chance of winning as no doubt she would be the youngest and least experienced but it was good practice and the successful pitch would be rewarded with a prize unlike any other. Not only would the successful firm make a good sum from it, but also the lead architect would receive a hefty signing-on bonus and a completion bonus, which together would enable Helena to write off her mountain of debt and have a little spare. All she’d been tasked to do for the pitch was show how she would turn an old Greek school into a trio of luxury holiday-let apartments.
Helena headed through the open-plan layout to the boardroom with murmurs of ‘good luck’ ringing in her ears. The majority of the staff had watched her develop and mature from a naïve twenty-one-year-old graduate to a twenty-six-year-old architect.
When she walked through the boardroom door, she was fortified to meet Stanley’s eye and be on the receiving end of an encouraging wink. She wanted desperately to make the architect who’d taken her under his wing five years
