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Welcome Marie...
I’m very excited about my new clean romance series
about those hottie billionaires we all love and want to meet – The
Tycoons! I’m currently looking for ARC
(advanced reader copy) readers who will read my stories and leave a review on
Amazon. Please email me if you’re interested (author.mariehiggins@gmail.com).
When Nicole
Adkins tumbles into billionaire Mick Remington’s lap and looks into his
smoldering eyes, she all but stops breathing. He looks like the sexy model on
the front of a romance novel cover. Unfortunately, she’s heard about his brazen
reputation with women and she’s not about to let herself be taken in.
Nicole’s
grandfather is nearing his last days on earth, and his poor health has taken
its toll on the family business – her inheritance. But when Mick Remington
shows up in town, she fears the worst. He’s here to take control of her
grandfather’s business. The company is ripe for a takeover, and Nicole isn’t
about to let that happen no matter how sweet and charming Mick pretends to be.
Mick claims to
want to help, but with her entire future on the line, Nicole doesn’t know
who to trust. As she spends more time with Mick, she begins to fear her
heart may be as at risk as her company.
Unedited Excerpt of The Billionaire’s Pursuit:
ONE
“Mary,” Nicole kept her
voice low, “I can’t do this. I feel so… cheap.”
Her friend’s fit of
laughter was so loud, Nicole pulled the phone away from her ear for a moment.
When the sound died down, Nicole gritted her teeth. “I mean it, Mary. You
picked the wrong woman.”
“First off,” her friend
said with laughter in her voice, “you’re definitely not cheap, especially since
you’re wearing a Trina Kurk’s designer dress. And no, I didn’t pick the wrong
woman. You are perfect for this
role.”
“But wearing this dress
makes me feel like I could charm the socks off any man who walks by.”
“Great, Nikki. Go with
that and use it to your advantage.”
Nicole grumbled
underneath her breath. “But this isn’t me. I don’t wear fancy clothes like I’m
going to one of Paris Hilton’s parties. I’m more comfortable in a pair of
shorts and a tee-shirt and flip-flops. ”
“Nikki, don’t worry about
what you’re wearing. Keep in mind that you’re a woman on a mission. You must
stay focused.”
Closing her eyes, she
inhaled deeply and slowly. “Yes, I’m on a mission, but I don’t want him to
think I’m like most women with loose morals who regularly hit on him.”
“You’re not,” Mary
reasoned. “All you’re trying to do is catch his eye and make him want to date
you. At that point, you’ll be able to get him to open up and share some
information about himself, and hopefully, we’ll find a way to bring him down.”
“Yes, I hope we can,
too.” Frowning, Nicole opened her eyes and sighed. Mick Remington was in town
to buy out her grandfather’s company… a company that was going to be hers one
day. She couldn’t let Remington take away her inheritance.
Nicole moved out of the
hall and back into the main lounge. She scanned the bar before studying the
booths. “Tell me what he looks like again.”
“Seriously, Nikki? Can’t
you remember seeing him on that tabloid magazine two months ago?”
“Well, I think I
remember,” Nicole muttered.
“Mick Remington is
probably the hottest guy in the lounge. Six-foot-four, broad shoulders, dark
brown hair, and a trimmed goatee. The article I read about him mentioned his
gray eyes will make any woman drool.”
Nicole snorted a laugh.
“Well, I will be the one woman who won’t drool, I promise.”
She continued searching
for the man her friend had described, but she couldn’t find anyone who fit that
description. Nicole stepped into the lounge a little further, continuing to
hold the phone to her ear. Out of the corner of her eye, a handsome man with
broad shoulders and dark brown hair captured her attention as he walked away
from the bar and to a booth, holding a drink. He scooted on the seat and set
his drink next to a folder of papers on the table.
He was here. “I think I see him.”
“Great!” Mary’s voice
lifted with excitement. “Now make your move, babe. Strut your stuff in front of
him.”
Nicole rubbed her
forehead, but it didn’t relieve the pain knocking against her skull. She ended
the call before sliding the cell into her purse. Sucking in a deep breath, she
squared her shoulders. Mary was right. This must be done. It didn’t matter how
underhanded the plan; someone needed to stop this man.
She wrung her hands
against her waist, mentally going over her checklist. She’d charm him and
convince him to tell her about his next business takeover. If that didn’t work,
she’d let him take her to his hotel room and she’d put a sleeping pill in his
drink. Once he was passed out, she’d look for information that would help them
fight the takeover of Adkins Dev-Tech, her grandfather’s company. And, if that
didn’t work, Mary was ready with her camera to take pictures of Nicole and
Remington in compromising positions.
Nicole shivered with
disgust. She prayed it wouldn’t come to that. Besides, blackmailing a successful
business man like Mick Remington could be dangerous.
Taking a deep breath for
courage, she ran moist palms over her dress to help dry her hands faster. She
also tried to pull the hem of the dress down to cover more of her bare legs,
but the material wouldn’t budge. On shaky three-inch high-heels, she headed
toward Mick Remington’s table, keeping her focus on the back of his dark head
and wide shoulders.
With each step, she
clenched her jaw a little tighter. How could she act sweet and docile toward
him when she loathed the very ground he slithered upon? What if he found her
attractive? He’d want to touch her. The very thought of being so intimate made
her stomach roll.
Nicole’s plan had to
succeed. Grandpa James had one foot in the grave, and she would inherit the
company after he was gone. But not if Mick Remington sank his uncaring claws
into it first. If that man took over,
the town’s very existence would be demolished.
No pressure. It wasn’t
like everyone in Colorado Springs source of income rested upon her shoulders.
Laughter exploded from the
bar just as a cowboy jumped back. His stomped his booted heel directly on her
foot. Crying out, she stumbled away from him… and fell right into Mr.
Remington’s lap. The man’s muscular arms wrapped around her waist as a gush of
air escaped his mouth, brushing her cheek. He smelled like mints – not alcohol.
How refreshing.
The throbbing pain in her
foot brought her back to what she was doing on his lap in the first place.
Tears gathered in her eyes from the pain in her foot.
Nervously, she turned and
met Remington’s dark stare. Worry etched his handsome expression at first, but
within seconds, kindness replaced it as his gaze practically caressed every
inch of her face.
A sharp breath caught in
her throat. This couldn’t possibly be Mick Remington. From what she’d heard,
the man didn’t have an ounce of kindness.
Nicole blinked a couple
times, and focused back on the dream-man still gazing at her with a look that
didn’t fit his reputation. Had she fallen on the wrong person?
Book #2 – The Missing Billionaire
No blurb yet, but this story will be about my
billionaire being in the Witness Protection Program.
Author’s Bio
Marie Higgins is a best-selling author of Christian
and sweet romance novels; from refined bad-boy heroes who make your heart melt
to the feisty heroines who somehow manage to love them regardless of their
faults. She has 51 heartwarming on-the-edge-of-your-seat stories, and broadened
her readership by writing mystery/suspense, humor, time-travel, paranormal,
along with her love for historical romances. Her readers have dubbed her
"Queen of Tease", because of all her twists and unexpected endings.
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