Category: World Of Billionaires - I write sweet and steamy rom-coms with tear-jerker happy-ever-afters.

Too Ordinary for Love

2/1/2023

Note: This was previously published as Belonging to Ioniko: The Greek Billionaire's Obsession

Why is he staring at me all the time?
Workaholic Schyuler knows she's not the type to attract someone like Ioniko Vlahos, so...
Why is he staring at her all the time?
Why is he inviting her to fly to Athens with him?
And why is he acting jealous when he sees her talking to another man?
A gorgeous billionaire like Ioniko can't possibly be in love with an ordinary girl like her.
Or can he?

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Too Snarky for Love

1/18/2023

Note: Originally published as The Greek Billionaire and His Secretary Boxed Set

She was everything he disliked in a woman, but his body felt differently.
Greek billionaire Stavros Manolis had never met someone he disliked---and desired---as much as he did his new secretary.
Someone clearly needed to teach her some manners, needed to let her know there were better uses for her mouth than letting it run away from her.
Luckily for Willow, that person was him.

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Bedded and Deceived

7/7/2022

Billionaire boss by day, vigilante by night, and my lover in secret...

I've never had a guy hate on me the way my boss does.
And as much as I wish I could say this is a classic case of "the more you hate, the more you love" (Edward and Bella, hello?)...
My boss turning out to be a hundred-year-old vampire is more likely than him being secretly attracted to me.
He hates me that much while---
...
You're thinking I'm an idiot, aren't you?
Impoverished and impressionable twenty-something secretary falls for gorgeous billionaire jerk of a boss.
I know it's the ultimate cliché, and believe me, I know how it works.
I know how it's likely to end.
But it's just too late.
Dmitry Adrianov already has my heart, and it's his to own and cherish...or crush into a thousand irreparable pieces.
...
Which he does.
Because apparently, all that I am to him is an instrument of revenge.

Note: This is a steamy standalone romance. Guaranteed HEA.

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T.G. has a difficult path ahead and behind. Loved but hated at the same time, she is paying for the evil acts of her father and enduring the contempt of her lover. So sad in places but a very good story. ~ Amazon 5-star verified review

Acheron's Woman

12/18/2021

"I'm sorry," Pippi said finally, "but I don't think I'm your type, and it would hurt me to see you bored with my company after just a few minutes."As Pippilotta "Pippi" Jones considered herself allergic to rich, handsome men, finding out that she was required by her work to visit Greek billionaire Acheron Simonides in his home was Pippi's worst dream come true.
But since an order was an order...

Acheron had never been attracted to the shy, sensible sort, but the way the woman so valiantly did her best to resist him resulted in making Ms. Jones the sole exception to the rule. Even so, the billionaire believed it was only a matter of time and skillful negotiation before he could make the little blusher his.
Or so he thought.

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"Yeah, I'm here. Let's just---" She broke off, sensing someone approach from behind, and when she turned around, it was to find Acheron coming to a stop within kissing distance, so blasted close the scent of his cologne was once again teasing her nostrils.
So close. Too close. Impossibly, painfully, agonizingly close.
"Pi?"
"Umm..." Her mind was a blank, with the heat blazing from Acheron's eyes making her feel like a cornered rabbit. She knew she should move, but she couldn't. She knew she should push him away, but she couldn't. Oh, the many things she knew she should do, but couldn't - because the truth was...
She didn't want to do any of them, Pippi realized sickly.
"Pi?" This time, Rue's voice was tinged with serious concern.
"S-Sorry." Her voice came out unnaturally shrill, with Acheron having reached for one of her hands, and oh dear Lord, his touch was scorching, like electricity running through every vein of her body. "I was just thinking of..." Her voice faltered as Acheron raised her hand to his lips.
"Thinking of what?" Rue prompted.
And now, he was slipping one finger into his mouth.
Omigodomigodomigodomigod!
Her finger!
In his mouth!
HER FINGER!
IN HIS MOUTH!
She somehow managed to find her voice. "Fin....findings."
Acheron's eyes laughed at her, but when she tried to yank her hand out of his hold, he retaliated by sucking on her finger, and her knees immediately buckled.
Bloody, bloody, bloody hell!
"Findings about what?"
Pippi found herself clutching one of the balcony posts just to stay upright, her gaze helplessly drawn to the erotic sight of her finger in his mouth.
Oh God, the way his tongue swirled, the scrape of his teeth, and the way he sucked...
"Pippi?"
"It's d-difficult to e-explain." And it was. "I'll call you again. O-Okay?" Her voice caught as Acheron sucked on her finger just a bit harder, enough to make her whole body shiver.
A moment later, she heard Rue whisper, "Oh my."
Oh no.
"I'm so going to tell everyone."

...of course you will cry and of course you cannot stop reading once you started it. Pipi and Archeron have a lot in their lives but most important and not so obvious to them, they have each other. ~ Amazon verified 5-star review

The Italian Billionaire's Abandoned wife

12/16/2021

He abandoned her on their wedding night...

His name is Marcus Ravelli, and he's very, very Italian. Utterly wicked, absolutely arrogant, and smoldering hot. He's one of my brother's closest friends, and we met one unforgettable summer, when he was eighteen, and I was nineteen.
I've never forgotten him, and when we meet again, sparks start flying like ten years haven't gone by. I want him more than ever, and so when he asks me to marry him, I say yes...only to have him break my heart in the most cruel way there is.
I want a divorce, but my Italian billionaire husband offers me a deal instead...

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World of Billionaires - How the books are interconnected...

9/24/2021

For those interested, here's a quick rundown of the books in this series.

The Greek Billionaire and I, a fast-paced read with lots of steamy, funny, and angsty bits, starts off with cynical Greek billionaire Mykolas finding the misplaced cellphone of schoolteacher Velvet, whose colleague is Mairi...and who happens to be the heroine of our next story, which is...

The Art of Catching a Greek Billionaire is the first of Damen and Mairi's story, and it is FREE to read on Nook , Kobo , iTunes , and Google Play. I want it to be free, too on Amazon, but Amazon's taking a bit of time to price-match. There are six installments in total for this story, and alternatively, you can opt to buy The Greek Billionaire Romance Serials to get the entire set. Mairi grew up with her spinster aunts reading her old school Harlequin / Mills and Boon novels as bedtime stories (the PG version, of course). It turned her into a hopeless romantic who then dreamt of falling in love with her own Greek billionaire. And as it turns out, she ended up having not just one or two but three (maybe even four?) Greek billionaires "vying" for her hand. While Damen ultimately ended up being her one true love, the other Greek billionaire, Stavros Manolis, ended up starring in his own book, which is...

The Greek Billionaire and His Secretary is the first of Stavros and Willow's story, and it is FREE to read. There are four installments in total for this story, and alternatively, you can opt to buy The Greek Billionaire and His Secretary Boxed Set to have all four parts in one book. Willow is a foul-mouthed literary editor who has a (sort-of) one-night stand with Stavros, who then ends up becoming her boss. This starts off as a workplace affair before turning into a globe-trotting romance that, similar to all the books in this series, will have you laughing and crying and falling in love all over again. Along the way, we also meet Willem and Serenity, and these two will then become the main couple of our next book, which is...

My Dutch Billionaire is the first of Willem and Serenity's story, and it is also FREE to read. Alternatively, you can read their entire story by downloading My Dutch Billionaire (Complete Trilogy) instead. Willem is a Dutch billionaire who's rather infamous for being icily handsome with his blond hair and blue eyes as well as icily efficient. Serenity, who met Willem when he was dating her older sister, became later on known as Willem Jr. because like Willem, she's icily beautiful (same blond hair and blue eyes) and icily efficient. This is a bit of a Cinderella retelling, with an age gap twist (he's fourteen years older). Anyway, one of Willem's closest friends is Kyrillos Gavis, whom we meet in this series and will soon see again in the next book, which is...

Pollyanna and the Greek Billionaire is my first marriage romance, and I think this story is one of the books that made me cry the hardest. The first book is free, but you can alternatively buy Pollyanna and the Greek Billionaire (Complete Trilogy) to read the book in one go. Anyway, when we first met Kyr in MDB, he was already separated from Pollyanna, and we even met his kids! In this book, we go all the way back to the beginning, and we find out how he first fell in love with Anna. As for the next book in the series, we'll head back to Netherlands and say hello to the de Konigh family again. If you remember Willem's younger brother Jaak, well...

Bad Boy Billionaire is the story of Jaak and Ilse and it's free to read in Kindle Unlimited. The book is based in Amsterdam, and it's one of my favorites because of how the scenery just became such an integral part of their romance. Jaak is the de Konigh clan's "black sheep" while Ilse is a hard-working tourist guide in Amsterdam's famous red light district. After this, we'll hop on to another de Konigh sibling, Anneke, whose love story is up next in...

My Italian Billionaire is a two-part story of Anneke, the younger sister of Jaak and Willem, and Marcus Ravelli, who you may have already met in one of my college romance books. Anneke and Marcus met when they were teenagers and reconnected again ten years later. Anneke considers herself too sensible and boring, but with the Italian billionaire she ends up doing lots of exciting things like...well, you'll have to read their story to find out. But after this, we'll head back to Miami, where Damen and Mairi now live. And speaking of Greek billionaires, you've met Acheron ever so briefly in The Greek Billionaire Romance Serials, and it's now his turn to fall in love in...

Acheron's Woman is the story of criminal-turned-billionaire Acheron and his employee Pippi, who's the breadwinner for her happy but all-too-large family with her single mother, two aunts, and four younger sisters. Pippi definitely hasn't any time with love, which is a good thing since Acheron is only after an affair. Or is it really a good thing? As for the next book, it's a Greek billionaire's younger sister whose turn to fall in love has come up in...

Truly, Madly, Deeply is my first contemporary professor-student romance, and this book is what I am and will always be most proud of. TMD is free to read with Kindle Unlimited so I do hope you give it a try. The story begins with Mairi's former student (now her sister-in-law) Diana on her first day in graduate school in a European winter town (think Swiss Alps) and right away earning the ire of her sexy, sarcastic, and mysterious professor. I love this book so much that I personally read this every so often, and it never fails to make me cry! After this, we head back to the USA again, since it's the last of Mairi's Greek billionaires who will be falling in love in...

Belonging to Ioniko: The Greek Billionaire's Obsession is the story of Schuyler and Ioniko, whom you first met in The Greek Billionaire Romance Serials. Ioniko is in the States to visit his younger sister Katya, who now owns a co-working space. It's there that he finds himself obsessed with Schuyler, who's the only woman in the place who hasn't tried to capture his attention.

TOO SCARED TO LOVE: TEXTING A STRANGER ROMANCE

9/2/2021

When Greek billionaire Mykolas Sallis finds a misplaced cellphone...
Snarky-and-curvy schoolteacher Velvet can't believe the stranger she's been "texting" with turns out to be a man way, way out of her league.
Even more surprising: she ends up saying 'yes' to a marriage of conveniencewhile pretending she isn't head over heels with Mykolas.

Note: Steamy feel-good read with just the right pinch of heartbreak to make their happy-ever-after all the sweeter.

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“Ms. Lambert? A gentleman found your phone in the faculty room.”
Velvet accepted the phone, bemused at the way the librarian was looking at her with interest. “A gentleman?” That seemed an odd way to refer to one of the male teachers, so she asked the younger girl, “Who is it?”
“He says he’ll call you.”
“Oh. Okay. Umm, thanks.” Slowly, she turned around and left the library, feeling like she had just had the oddest conversation in her life, and that was saying something. As she headed to the teachers’ dorm, her phone buzzed in her pocket, startling her.
Fishing it out and seeing an unidentified number, Velvet answered the call. “Hello?”
Mykolas leaned back against the plush cushions of his yacht’s custom-designed sofa. He had hoped to meet the intriguing Velvet Lambert – a little digging in her phone allowed him to figure out her name – but his meeting with his stepsister had to be cut short because of an emergency back in Athens.
Velvet’s frown was evident in her voice, and this made his smile widen. “You have found your phone then.”
The voice at the other end of the line was decidedly Greek, a deep accented baritone filled with sensual confidence and natural arrogance. Oh no, Velvet immediately thought. Her friend Mairi’s Greek billionaire sounded exactly like this, and look what had happened to her. Granted, Mairi and Damen Leventis were a couple now – they had just gotten engaged last night, in fact – but even so, the sheer amount of drama the two had gone through to earn their happy ever after was too much for Velvet.
And so she said crisply, “Yes, I did. Thank you for handing it to the librarian. Goodbye.”
Mykolas gazed at the phone in amusement. That was the first time a woman had hung up on him.
Velvet’s frown became more pronounced as her phone vibrated, signaling an incoming message. Persistent just like Mairi’s Greek billionaire. This really wasn’t good.
I have a confession to make, Velvet Lambert. I went through your phone and read a couple of your messages.
About to cross the street to get to the dorm, Velvet abruptly stopped walking with an infuriated gasp. How dare he?
All of them had come from your ardent admirers. Their devotion to you makes me want to see you and find out whether you are as desirable as they make you sound to be. However, I am not like most men who are easily swayed by appearance. I want my woman not only wonderful to look at but wonderful to spend time with as well.
I am sure that you are the same. So I propose a bet.
And that was that.
Velvet waited for another incoming message, but none came. If he thought leaving her hanging like that would make her call him---
Velvet’s phone rang, and she froze. Don’t answer it, Velvet, an inner voice cautioned inside her head. To distract herself, she resumed walking, crossing the street to get to the teachers’ dorm. She took the stairs steadily and tried to keep her heartbeat at pace with her steps.
Her phone stopped ringing just as she slid the key into the knob and unlocked her door.
Good, Velvet told herself. He’s lost his patience. She pushed the door shut with her hip and after dropping her bag to the floor, she threw herself on her bed and gazed up at the ceiling. Seconds ticked by. Slowly, she placed her hand on her heart, which was still thudding. Restlessness built inside her, and Velvet realized that she hadn’t been this annoyed – or this intrigued – in ages.
The librarian had called the person who found her phone a gentleman. Most likely, he wasn’t working for the school then. Was he a visiting professor? The thought had her wrinkling her nose.
Her phone rang again.
Before she could think twice, Velvet answered the phone. “Hello?”
Mykolas purred, “You sound breathless.”
Damn it, but she was. “Don’t take it personally,” she managed to quip. “I’m always like this when talking to potential stalkers.”
“You’d be lucky if I stalk you.”
Damn it, damn it, damn it but why did this man’s voice sound so sexy to her? He was arrogant as hell, which was usually a turn off for her but right now, it was the opposite. There was just something about his voice that told her this man had every right to be arrogant. He was that...desirable.

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Too Naive for Love

8/29/2021

* This was previously published as The Greek Billionaire Romance Serials.

She thought she was his girlfriend. He thought she understood she was his mistress.

Mairi Tanner grew up listening to bedtime stories about Greek billionaires falling in love, and so of course she had to fly to Athens to find her own Greek billionaire to marry.
And since she wasn't shy about letting other people know of her fantasies...
The man of her dreams readily mistook her as a gold-digger instead of his future bride.

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“A nice girl, mm?”
Everything that could quiver in her body did quiver at the way he said the words. It was as if he was subtly challenging her to prove to him that she wasn’t always a nice girl – with him. And oh, oh dear! That gaze of his! Mairi’s eyes flitted towards Diana in panic, but the younger girl appeared entirely unaware that her own brother was doing his best to seduce her with his eyes – and it was working!
Her mind shut down, panic setting in completely. What if Damen Leventis was the one? What if he was not the one? Oh God, she was so confused! She needed a moment to herself, needed a moment to think, preferably with a drier pair of panties.
Mairi looked down, pretending to check the time on her watch. She squeaked out, “Gosh, look at the time. I need to get back to the conference---”
“Perfect,” Damen agreed smoothly. Something was suddenly wrong. He felt his beautiful quarry deliberately trying to shut him out. No woman had ever tried to shut him out before, and that this woman was doing so made Damen cynically wonder if it was simply a ploy to make him more interested in her.
He nodded to Diana, his voice commanding as he said, “Lead the way, Diana. I would like to speak with your teacher in private.”
The word ‘private’ made Mairi’s head shoot up. “I don’t think---”
Diana made a face. “Don’t bully her.”
“I do not bully,” Damen answered in a cool voice. “Now go ahead and lead us.”
Mairi looked at Diana, begging the girl not to leave her alone with Damen. But all the girl did was shrug and say apologetically, “I’m sorry, Ms. Yay. He’s the boss, you know.”
Mairi would have believed her student was sincerely apologetic if not for the mischievous grin on Diana’s face. If she wasn’t mistaken, Diana had the look of someone who was trying to play matchmaker. That would have been cool – later. Right now? With Mairi in full panic mode?
“Traitor,” Mairi muttered under her breath as Diana left her alone with her brother.
“Pardon?”
Mairi cleared her throat. “I, umm, said, ‘till later’ to your sister.” She started walking as briskly as she could, following Diana to the stairs. Unfortunately, it was ridiculously easy for Damen Leventis’ long-legged strides to keep pace with her.
“Are you trying to run away from me, Ms. Tanner?” Dark amusement underlined his voice.
She blinked rapidly at him as if utterly confused. “Who? Me? Why would I?”
He smirked.
Drat. That was such a sexy look on Damen Leventis. She had to look away or she’d start to drool.
“I hope you are not mad with my sister, Ms. Tanner.”
“I’m not.” She meant it.
“If I were to be truthful, I am amazed at her transformation. When I overheard her talking to you – she is never like that at home, Ms. Tanner.”
Damen’s voice was sincere, even humbled, and her panic receded a little at the sound of it. She started to answer, but by then they had to start weaving their way through the scores of parents crowding the hall leading to the conference room. Almost everyone they walked past was keen to greet Damen, with the men either exuberant or deferential while the women were blatantly appreciative.
It enthralled and repelled her at the same time, with a good amount of jealousy mixed in, the way the women’s eyes, tipped with heavy fake lashes, blatantly ogled every inch of Damen Leventis’ body.
She honestly wanted to do the same thing. Damen was worth staring at, after all, but her inhibitions kept her from doing so.
Diana turned at the corner of the hallway and they followed suit. More people called out to Damen, who only nodded in acknowledgment, his expression aloof. It unnerved Mairi, the way even the wealthiest-looking people around them appeared almost obsequious as they courted his attention…which was still solely focused on her.
“She is doing well in school, Ms. Tanner? Please be honest with me.”
Mairi relaxed at the realization that they were still talking about Diana, which was a completely safe subject and unlikely to make her imagine more lustful thoughts about the hot, hot, hot man walking next to her. “Diana is doing better and better each day, Mr. Leventis. It takes your sister longer than usual to…relax and be herself but when she does, I’ve seen for myself that she is a well-adjusted child.”
She paused, trying to choose her next words with care, mindful of how the majority of the headmistress’ dos and don’ts dealt with never acknowledging the school’s patrons are less than perfect.
“Your sister looks up to you, Mr. Leventis. I was happy to see that you two appear to have a close relationship. As long as you continue giving her the time and attention she needs, she will be fine.”
Mairi waited, hoping Diana’s brother would give in and talk more about Diana’s situation at home. But all he eventually did was nod and murmur noncommittally, “I will always do my best to support my sister.”
Oh well. Maybe she really was the only person who always took the first bait offered.
Changing the subject to prevent any awkwardness between them, Mairi started talking about how Diana was doing in her class.
Damen listened intently but had to cough once or twice, mainly to cover the unexpected chuckle that threatened to escape him. Mairi Tanner was acting like a proud mother hen, and it was even more amusing considering how her freshly scrubbed looks didn’t make her look much older than his sister.
Looking at her, all Damen could wonder was if she would still be able to maintain that innocent smile when he finally had her in his bed and made her come with his mouth.
When she stopped talking, Damen asked abruptly, “Is there anything else I should know? Any subjects she has difficulty handling?”
“You would have to ask the other professors about that, Mr. Leventis, but as far as I know she is doing very well across the board.” Mairi did her very best not to sound boastful, but honestly – she wanted to boast. Diana was one of the Class E girls, and Mairi liked to think she had played a hand in helping Diana find her academic footing in school.
Mairi’s Ms. Sunshine look on her face only made Damen’s cock ache even more painfully.
Striving to keep his tone level even though all he wanted was to growl at Mairi to get down on her knees and have his cock in her mouth, Damen asked, “Then there is nothing else to discuss?”
“Nothing---”
“Good. We can concentrate on us then.” This time, Damen did not bother to conceal the strength of his desire. “I want you in my bed, Ms. Tanner.”
Mairi stumbled, but he was quick to catch her, his hand cupping her elbow.
With both of them bent halfway down, Damen moved closer, enough for his softly voiced words to caress her ear. “May I make love to you tonight?”
He expected her to pretend surprise, indignation, or maybe play coy – the last being the most unattractive but still not enough to dissuade him from taking her. He already wanted this woman too much to give up right now, even if she turned out to be a gold digger like everyone else.
But instead, she looked at him with wonder on her face.
Damen stilled.
Mairi’s head was whirling. Had she heard him correctly? Had he really said he wanted to love her tonight? Was this it then? Was he wondering if she was the one for him as well?
“You feel it too?” she whispered.
For a moment, Damen was perplexed as to why Mairi had to question his lust for her. Was it not enough for her that he was doing his best not to undress her with his gaze? Seeing her still looking at him like he was fucking Superman with a huge dick, Damen finally decided just to go along with it.
Maybe she wasn’t as innocent as he had thought. Maybe this was one of her little tricks, meant to make Damen desire her even more.
He said huskily, “I fucking feel it hard.”
She shivered.
Ah, fuck. It may really be one of her tricks. Only the most experienced woman could have guessed how that little shiver would make Damen struggle for self-control, trying his damnedest not to pre-ejaculate like a damn teenager.
“Tonight then?” he whispered as he slowly helped her up.
She swallowed.
Damen’s nostrils flared. “When you swallow like that, Ms. Tanner…”
His harsh tone confused her. “Wh-what’s wrong?”
“You make me imagine how you would look like, swallowing my cum, your mouth loving my cock.”
Never had anyone said such words to her. Never had she thought she would meet a man who could say something like that with a serious face and not make her run the other way, thinking she had just come across a maniac. And never, oh dear, never did she think a man she had just met, saying such words to her, would make Mairi feel like she was drowning in need.
For a man’s body.
For him.
For the Greek billionaire she had always dreamt to meet, fall in love with, and live happily ever after with.
There was a very soft look on Mairi’s beautiful face. It was a look that mesmerized and made Damen wary at the same time. Conscious of how they were attracting a lot of attention, he stepped back to put some distance between them and said carefully, “Ms. Tanner?”
“I love you.” The words just came out and then she turned around and floated away.
For the first time in his life, Damen Leventis was left gaping and speechless.
Had he just heard her say---
And then he saw where she was heading. “Ms. Tanner, wait!”
She looked at him over her shoulder with a still-vague look on her face. “Huh?” She turned around but it was too late.
Bam.

Too Broken for Love

8/22/2021

Note: Previously published as My Dutch Billionaire
I was fourteen, he was twenty-eight.
I was a failure and the black sheep in my family.
He was the Dutch billionaire every girl wanted to marry.
I wanted him to be mine, but he was dating my older sister.
And so I tried to forget.
I tried to stop loving him.
I tried, but it just kept hurting until I realized that nothing would work.
Nothing…except learning how to live without Willem de Konigh.

Other themes: office romance, boss-secretary romance, love triangle, Cinderella retelling

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