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ITALIAN’S CHRISTMAS ACQUISITION – Millie Adams
Harlequin Presents #4243
ISBN: 978-1-335-93924-1
November 2024
Contemporary Series Romance

Snowflake Falls, Wyoming & New York City – Present Day

Noelle Holiday owns a Christmas tree farm and a bed & breakfast in a small town. Christmas and a snowstorm are fast approaching, keeping her busy. She spots a handsome mysterious stranger and thinks nothing of it until he approaches her at the tree farm. Noelle learns that he is the CEO of the corporation that wants to buy her businesses and turn them into a posh resort. She has been battling with her mother over this, as Noelle is not interested. The man, Italian billionaire Rocco Moretti is so persistent about the offer that he arranges for her current bed & breakfast guests to move to another resort. He wants to spend the time to persuade Noelle. But he couldn’t have predicted the blizzard that would trap them together. 

The longer Noelle and Rocco spend time alone in ITALIAN’S CHRISTMAS ACQUISITION, the more they find themselves attracted to each other. Of course, since they can’t leave, the only thing to do is to enjoy it—and each other. Noelle isn’t into one-night stands, but she makes an exception for Rocco. He seems determined to “steal” her birthright out from under her, but then he comes up with a counterproposal. If she agrees to marry him and bear him a child, then he won’t buy her out. Turns out that the only reason he is after her property is that he’s been directed to keep expanding their acquisitions according to the instructions in his mother’s will that are being carried out by the board of directors. Rocco has to continue to expand the company or marry and begin a family. By marrying Noelle, he can stop acquiring new properties on the order of the BOD, and she gets to keep her home. However, one of the conditions of marrying him is that she must make her home with him—New York City. And Noelle must go with Rocco now so that they marry in the big city. 

It's clear by readers in ITALIAN’S CHRISTMAS ACQUISITION that Noelle and Rocco are intensely attracted to each other and it’s no wonder that they fall in love. But Rocco has had a tainted childhood as he was raised by his hoarding mother with mental illness. Even in death, she continues to control him. With Noelle’s help, he will now finally break free of his childhood, but only if he can get past the trauma. Meanwhile, Noelle continues to have friction with her mother, who wants to sell. Didn’t her mother love Noelle’s father and the legacy they were continuing in Snowflake Falls? Can she ever understand why her mother wanted to get rid of the business?

They came together out of desire and need, but will Noelle and Rocco stay together forever in the name of love? Find out the answer by picking up a copy of ITALIAN’S CHRISTMAS ACQUISITION.

Patti Fischer

 
   
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