Rosanna Battigelli - Swept Away By The Enigmatic Tycoon

Running from heartache...

only to find a second chance where she least expects it?

There’s no place like home for brokenhearted Justine Winter. Until her sanctuary comes under threat from property developer Casson Forrester. Determined not to let anyone take advantage of her again, Justine goes head-to-head with the formidable millionaire but must resist his charms! For the man she glimpses beneath the brooding exterior could be far more of a threat—to her heart...

ROSANNA BATTIGELLI loved Mills & Boon Romances as a teenager and dreamed of being a romance writer. For a family trip to Italy when she was fifteen, she packed enough Mills & Boons to last the month! Rosanna’s passion for reading and her love of children resulted in a stellar teaching career, with four Best Practice Awards, and she also pursued another passion: writing. She has been published in over a dozen anthologies, and since retiring her dream of being a Mills & Boon writer has come true!

Swept Away by the Enigmatic Tycoon is Rosanna Battigelli’s debut title Look out for more books from Rosanna Battigelli Coming soon

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Swept Away by the Enigmatic Tycoon

Rosanna Battigelli

www.millsandboon.co.uk

ISBN: 978-1-474-07764-4

SWEPT AWAY BY THE ENIGMATIC TYCOON

© 2018 Rosanna Battigelli

Published in Great Britain 2018

by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, locations and incidents are purely fictional and bear no relationship to any real life individuals, living or dead, or to any actual places, business establishments, locations, events or incidents. Any resemblance is entirely coincidental.

By payment of the required fees, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right and licence to download and install this e-book on your personal computer, tablet computer, smart phone or other electronic reading device only (each a “Licensed Device”) and to access, display and read the text of this e-book on-screen on your Licensed Device. Except to the extent any of these acts shall be permitted pursuant to any mandatory provision of applicable law but no further, no part of this e-book or its text or images may be reproduced, transmitted, distributed, translated, converted or adapted for use on another file format, communicated to the public, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher.

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To Nic, who has always believed in me as a writer, read every draft, made delicious meals and gone along with my dreams. Here’s to a new chapter in our lives, Nic! xo

Contents

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Back Cover Text Running from heartache... only to find a second chance where she least expects it? There’s no place like home for brokenhearted Justine Winter. Until her sanctuary comes under threat from property developer Casson Forrester. Determined not to let anyone take advantage of her again, Justine goes head-to-head with the formidable millionaire but must resist his charms! For the man she glimpses beneath the brooding exterior could be far more of a threat—to her heart...

About the Author ROSANNA BATTIGELLI loved Mills & Boon Romances as a teenager and dreamed of being a romance writer. For a family trip to Italy when she was fifteen, she packed enough Mills & Boons to last the month! Rosanna’s passion for reading and her love of children resulted in a stellar teaching career, with four Best Practice Awards, and she also pursued another passion: writing. She has been published in over a dozen anthologies, and since retiring her dream of being a Mills & Boon writer has come true!

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Copyright ISBN: 978-1-474-07764-4 SWEPT AWAY BY THE ENIGMATIC TYCOON © 2018 Rosanna Battigelli Published in Great Britain 2018 by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, locations and incidents are purely fictional and bear no relationship to any real life individuals, living or dead, or to any actual places, business establishments, locations, events or incidents. Any resemblance is entirely coincidental. By payment of the required fees, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right and licence to download and install this e-book on your personal computer, tablet computer, smart phone or other electronic reading device only (each a “Licensed Device”) and to access, display and read the text of this e-book on-screen on your Licensed Device. Except to the extent any of these acts shall be permitted pursuant to any mandatory provision of applicable law but no further, no part of this e-book or its text or images may be reproduced, transmitted, distributed, translated, converted or adapted for use on another file format, communicated to the public, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher. ® and ™ are trademarks owned and used by the trademark owner and/or its licensee. Trademarks marked with ® are registered with the United Kingdom Patent Office and/or the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and in other countries. www.millsandboon.co.uk

Dedication To Nic, who has always believed in me as a writer, read every draft, made delicious meals and gone along with my dreams. Here’s to a new chapter in our lives, Nic! xo

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

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

EPILOGUE

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CHAPTER ONE

JUSTINE SURVEYED THE peaceful tableau lazily. The waters of Georgian Bay were calmer today, and she watched the gentle undulations with pleasure, letting her senses revel in the rugged beauty before her.