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A princess and a Southern billionaire are expecting twins! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann!
His focus is on his family's football dynasty. Louisiana billionaire Gervais Reynaud has no time for romance. But he can't say no to a tryst with Erika Mitras. True, she's a princess, but in no way prim…or proper. Their time together is unbelievable…and all too short.
When Erika said goodbye, she meant it. But now she must tell Gervais the truth. He's about to be a father…to royal twins. After leaving her overbearing family, Erika wants nothing from Gervais. But the tempting tycoon just may charm her into a future she desires all too much.
- Sales Rank: #411627 in Books
- Published on: 2016-02-09
- Released on: 2016-02-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.55" h x .69" w x 4.27" l, .21 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 256 pages
About the Author
USA Today bestseller Catherine Mann has books in print in more than 20 countries with Desire, Romantic Suspense, HQN and other Harlequin lines. A five-time RITA finalist, she has won both the RITA and the Bookseller's Best Awards. Catherine resides in Florida with her aviator husband, their four children and a menagerie of pets. For more information, visit: http://catherinemann.com
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Princess Erika Birgitta Inger Freya Mitras of Holsgrof knew how to make a royally memorable appearance.
Her mother had taught her well. And Erika needed all the confidence she could garner striding onto the practice field full of larger-than-life men in training. Most important, she needed all her confidence to face one particular man. The leader of this testosterone domain, the owner of the state-of-the-art training facility where he now presided. Players dotted the field in black-and-gold uniforms, their padded shoulders crashing against each other. Shouts, grunts and curses volleyed. Men who appeared to be trainers or coaches jogged alongside them, barking instructions or blowing whistles.
She'd finished her military stint a month ago, her hopes of serving her country in combat having been sidelined by her parents' interference. They'd shuffled her into some safe figurehead job that made her realize the family's Viking-warrior heritage would not be carried on through her. She'd been so disillusioned, adrift and on edge the day she attended the soccer game, she had been reckless.
Too reckless. And that weekend of indulgence brought her here. Now. To New Orleans. To Gervais.
Her Jimmy Choo heels sank into the most plush grass ever as she stepped onto the practice field of the New Orleans Hurricanes. She'd assumed this particularly American game was played on Astroturf. And assumptions were what she had to avoid when it came to her current adventure in the United States.
She had not intended to see Gervais Reynaud again after he left the United Kingdom. Their weekend of dates—and amazing, mind-blowing sex—had been an escape from rules and protocol and everything else that had kept her life rigidly in check for so long. She'd had relationships in the past, carefully chosen and approved. This was her first encounter of her own choosing.
And it had turned out to be far more memorable than she could have ever imagined.
She felt the weight of his eyes from across the open stretch of greenery. Or perhaps he had noticed her only because of the sudden silence. Players now stood still, their shouts dimming to a dull echo.
The rest of the place faded for her while she focused on Gervais Reynaud standing at the foot of the bleachers, as tall as any of the players. He was muscular, more so than the average man but more understated than the men in uniform nearby. She knew he had played in his youth and through college but had chosen a business route in the family's shipping enterprise until he had bought the New Orleans Hurricanes football team. The American football team. She understood the difference now. She also knew Gervais's purchase of the team had attracted a great deal of press coverage in business and sports media alike.
He had not told her much about his life, but before she made her trip here she had made a point of learning more about him and his family.
It certainly was amazing what a few internet searches could reveal.
Tracing their ancestry deep into Acadian history, the Reynaud family first built their fortune in shipping, a business that his grandfather patriarch Leon Reynaud had expanded into a thriving cruise ship company. Leon also turned a love of sports into another successful venture when he'd purchased shares in a Texas football team, learning the business from the inside out. His elder son, Christophe, inherited the shares but promptly sold them to buy a baseball team, creating a deep family rift.
Leon passed his intense love of football to his younger son, Theo, whose promising career as a quarterback in Atlanta was cut short due to injury and excess after his marriage to a celebrated supermodel fell apart. Theo had three sons from his marriage, Gervais, Henri and Jean-Pierre, and one from an earlier affair, Dempsey. All of the sons inherited a passion for the game, playing in college and groomed for the NFL.
While the elder two sons broke ties with their father to bring corporate savvy to the front office of the relatively new team, the younger two sons both continued their careers on the field. The Reynaud brothers were especially well-known in Louisiana, where their football exploits were discussed—as much a topic of conversation as the women in their lives. She'd overheard references to each in the lobby of the five-star hotel where she'd spent the night in New Orleans.
Would she be the topic of such conversation once her "encounter" with Gervais became public knowledge? There would be no way to hide it from his football world much longer.
Football. A game she still cared very little about, a fact he had teased her about during their weekend together, a weekend where they had spent more time undressed than clothed. Her gaze was drawn back to that well-honed body of his that had made such passionate love to her.
His dark eyes heated her with memories as he strode toward her. His long legs ate the ground in giant slices, his khakis and sports jacket declaring him in the middle of a workday. He stopped in front of her, his broad shoulders blocking the sun and casting his handsome face in shadows. But she didn't have to see to know his jaw would be peppered with the stubble that seemed to grow in seconds after he shaved. Her fingers—her body—remembered the texture of that rasp well.
Her breath caught somewhere in her chest.
He folded his arms over his chest, just under the Hurricanes logo stitched on the front of his jacket. "Welcome to the States, Erika. No one mentioned your intention to visit. I thought you didn't like sports."
"And yet, here I am." And in need of privacy out of the bright Louisiana sun and the even brighter curious eyes of his team and staff. She needed space and courage to tell him why she'd made this unexpected journey across the Atlantic to this muggy bayou state. "This is not an official royal visit."
"And you're not in uniform." His eyes glided over her wraparound dress.
"I'm out of the service now to begin furthering my studies." About to return to school to be a nurse-practitioner, the career field she'd hoped to pursue in the military, but they would not allow her such an in-the-field position, instead preferring to dress her up and trot her around as a figurehead translator. "I am here for a conference on homeopathic herbs and scents." A part of her passion in the nursing field, and a totally made-up excuse for being here today.
"The homeopathic scents for healing, right? Are you here to share specially scented deodorant with my players? Because they could certainly use it." His mouth tipped with a smile.
"Are you interested in such a line?" Still jet-lagged from the transatlantic flight, she was ill prepared to exchange pleasantries, much less ones filled with taunts at her career choice.
"Is that why you are here? For business before you start your new degree?"
She could not just banter with him. She simply could not. "Please, can we go somewhere private to talk?"
He searched her eyes for a long moment before gesturing over his shoulder. "I'm in the middle of a meeting with sponsors. How about supper?"
"I am not here for seduction," she stated bluntly.
"Okay." His eyebrows shot upward. "I thought I asked you to join me for gumbo not sex. But now that we're talking about sex—"
"We are not." She cut him short. "Finish your meeting if you must, but I need to speak with you as soon as possible. Privately. Unless you want your personal business and mine overheard by all of your team straining to listen."
She definitely was not ready for them to hear she was pregnant with the heir to the Reynaud family dynasty.
She was back. Princess Erika, the sexy seductress who'd filled his dreams since they'd parted ways nearly three months ago. And even though he should be paying attention to the deal with his sponsors, he could not tear his eyes away from her. From the swish of her curves and hips. And the long platinum-blond hair that made her look completely otherworldly.
He needed to focus, but damn. She was mesmerizing.
And apparently, every team member on the field was also aware of that fact. From their top wide receiver Wildcard to running back Freight Train.
Gervais turned his attention back to finishing up his conversation with the director of player personnel— Beau Durant—responsible for draft picks, trades, acquiring the right players and negotiating contracts. An old college friend, Beau shared his friend's interest in running a football team. He took a businesslike, numbers approach to the job and wed that with his personal interest in football. Like Gervais, he had a position in his family's multinational corporation, but football was his obsession.
"Gervais, I'd love to stay and chat, but we have another meeting to get to. We'll be in touch," his former college roommate promised.
"Perfect, Beau. Thank you," he said, offering him a sincere handshake. Beau's eyes were on the princess even if he didn't ask the obvious question. Beau was an all-business kind of guy who never pried. He'd always said he didn't want others sticking their noses in his private life, either.
The eyes of the whole damn team remained on the princess, in fact. Which made Gervais steam with pro-tectiveness.
He barked over to his half brother, the head coach, "Dempsey, don't your boys have something better to do than stand around drooling over a woman like pimply teenage boys?"
Dempsey smirked. "All right, men. Back to practice. You can stare at pretty girls on someone else's time. Now, move!" Henri Reynaud, the Hurricanes' quarterback and Gervais's brother, shot him a look of half amusement. But he slung his helmet back on and began to make his way into formation. The Bayou Bomber, a nickname Henri had earned during his college days at LSU, would not be so easily dissuaded from his obvious curiosity.
Dempsey scratched some numbers out on his paper. Absently, he asked, "What's with the royal visit?"
"We have some…unresolved issues from our time in England."
"Your time together?" Dempsey's wicked grin spread, and he clucked his tongue.
He might as well come clean in an understated way. The truth would be apparent soon enough. "We had a quiet…relationship."
"Very damn quiet if I didn't hear about it." Crossing his arms, he did his best to look hurt.
"You were busy with the team. As it should be."
"So you have some transcontinental dating relationship with Europe's most eligible princess?"
"Reading the tabloids again, Dempsey?"
"Gotta keep up with my players' antics somehow." He shrugged it off.
"Well, don't let her hear you discussing her eligibility. She's military. She might well be able to kick your ass."
"Military, huh? That's surprising."
"She said male royals serve. Why not females? She just finished up her time." Which had seemed to bother her. He understood well about trying to find where you fit in a high-profile family.
"Carole Montemarte, the Hurricanes' press relations coordinator, will have a blast spinning that for the media. Royalty for a girlfriend? Nice, dude. And she chased you clear across the ocean. You are quite the man."
Except that didn't make sense. She'd ignored his calls after he left the country. Granted, what they'd shared blew his mind, and he didn't have the time or energy for a transcontinental relationship. So his calls had been more…obligatory. Had she known that? Was that the reason she'd ignored him?
So why show up here now?
He sure as hell intended to find out.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Struggle with Erika
By Melody May
Well, His Pregnant Princess Bride was an all right read. Okay, I struggle with the princess. Erika frustrated me to know end. I was afraid I would crack a tooth, because I was grinding so hard on my frustration on Erika. Don't get me wrong I get that she wants to be independent and thought as her own person. Understand that, and I understand that she didn't want to be under her parents thumb. Her title as a princess was kind of like a curtesy title, because they didn't really rule the land. However, I saw her self more times than not. When she found out that she was pregnant she wanted to continue on the path she set out for herself with no regard to others. I liked that she wanted to be nurse practitioner, but she was kind to Gervais hey I'm going to do my own thing, I'm pregnant too. Ahhhhh!
I adore Gervais, because he wanted to be a standup guy and be part of her life, but she wanted him to stay at arms length. I liked that he straight up told her he wanted to be in the babies life which kind put a damper on her plans, but at the same time she was going to press forward with her plans with no regard towards his feeling. Yes, I had the urge throat punched her when she shut Gervais down. I mean he could have been a dick and said I want nothing to do with the kid be gone. No, he was like not going to happen. So, he set out a plan to try to win her at any cost. WOOT! Fortunately, she's going to have a complicated pregnancy, which had to rethink her plan.
Overall, His Pregnant Princess Bride was an all right read. I struggle with Erika till the bitter end, but I adore Gervais for standing up and try to take care of his unborn child. We get a glimpse of his brothers here and there and I'm curious to see what happens with them.
Copy provided by author via Tasty Book Tours.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Sweet Fast Read
By Wednesday @ Busy Bumble Bee Book Reviews
I love Catherine Mann's books. This is the first time I have been able to review a book of hers. And I was really happy to be able to have that chance. This book brings together two of my favorite things, princesses and babies.
I have to say Princess Erika was one of the harder characters to a read on. And what I mean by that is it took awhile to warm up to her character. She was a bit standoffish and guarded at first. But I warmed up to her when she started opening up.
I really enjoyed Gervais. He was sweet, caring, loving, successful and sexy. You could tell how much he wanted to be a part of his children's lives.
I got this book just at the right time. The last few weeks I had been reading books that had been dark. So it was nice to be able to read something that was lighter and on the sweeter side. I really enjoyed the characters in this book. And even enjoyed the secondary characters.
I'm giving this book 4 out of 5 stars and can't wait to read more in this series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Great start to a new series
By eskiemama
Gervais Reynaud owner of New Orleans Hurricanes football team & Princess Erika Mirtas a Nordiac Princess meet during a soccer game at Wembley Stadium, where Gervais was previewing the stadium due to his team having a pre-season exhibition game. After spending a weekend together of amazing mind-blowing sex, Gervais doesn't hear from Erika, who never answerd any of his calls, until almost 3 months when she walks onto his practice field. The news she is about to tell him will rock his world, that he is going to be a father. Erika had just planned on telling Gervais he was going to be a father, to see if he wanted to be an active father& walk away, but Gervais had other plans. After Erika turns down his marriage proposal, he ask her to stay with him for 2 weeks to get to know each other & after those 2 weeks they would re-evaluate the situation. Will Erika change her mind after 2 weeks or will she take his babies & leave.
" I thought I asked you to join me for gumbo not sex. But now that we're talking about sex-"
Gervais is loyal, protective & will do anything to keep Erika & his childen with him. After having a father like he did makes him more determined to do that, if it means grade A romance Erika will get grade A romance. But he is determined to be a full-time responible father. But Erika has plans of her own she wants to go back to school an be a nurse practioner & marriage isn't in the cards for her especially to a man who only wants to marry her cause she is having his children. Boy does Gervais have his hands full trying to convince this stubborn, proud woman that their is more to their relationship than sex.
"Thank you, my brother. That means a lot to me. But this my child. Not some mistake, Not just a responsiblity. My child."
This is the first book of the Bayou Billionaires series with Catherine Mann & Joanne Rock. Also this is my first read by Catherine Mann and I can tell you it will not be my last. This was a touching , sincere, moving book, I just couldn't put it down. Catherine has me wanting to read the rest of the Bayou Billionaires to find out about Gervais & Erika's babies. I can not wait to read about Dempsey, Henri & to hear about the mysterious Jean-Pierre. You will not regret picking this book up, but beware, make sure you have a few hours you will not be interrupted, you will not be able to put it down.
I received a free copy for my honest review
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