Book excerpt: USA Today–Bestselling Author: He gave her a million reasons to say “I do”—but can he give her a reason to truly become his? Athena Howard can’t believe she did it. In an outrageously large white dress, she climbed out the window and escaped The Wedding of the Year and the fiancé who lied to her. And she fell . . . straight into Luca De Rossi’s arms! It must be fate. Luca has just two weeks to marry and meet the terms of his grandmother’s will. The cutthroat businessman offers Athena one million pounds to become Mrs. De Rossi in name only, unless the allure of his new wife’s purity proves too much for this cynical playboy to resist claiming on their wedding night . . .