Book excerpt: Sicilian Engagement Series, Book One Billionaire Lorenzo Ferrante has tried marriage before and knows it for the trap it is. However, like it or not, he needs a fiancée now in order to close a deal that will set him free from his family’s sordid past. All the Sicilian wants is to start fresh somewhere and build a good life for himself and his two little girls. A wife would also be able to help him care for and guide his twin daughters. It’s as simple as that. Thanks to her lowlife brother, Lora Pryce-Howard is being blackmailed into playing Lorenzo Ferrante’s fiancée. She’ll have to play along if she wants to keep her business, a roof over her ailing mother’s head, and her brother alive. She refuses to be seduced by a luxurious Mediterranean lifestyle, but it’s Lorenzo’s soft words and burning kisses that make it impossible to leave. Money can buy the billionaire a fiancée, but it may cost more than he’s willing to give to gain her heart.