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  HER NEW YORK BILLIONAIRE

  by debut author Andrea Bolter

  “In exchange for you posing as my fiancée, as I have outlined, you will be financially compensated and you will become legal owner of this apartment and any items such as clothes and jewels that have been purchased for this position. Your brother’s career will not be impacted negatively should our work together come to an end. And…” He paused for emphasis.

  Holly leaned forward in her chair, her back still board-straight.

  “I have a five-building development under construction in Chelsea. There will be furnished apartments, office lofts and common space lobbies—all in need of artwork. I will commission you for the project.”

  Holly’s lungs emptied. A commission for a big corporate project. That was exactly what she’d hoped she’d find in New York. A chance to have her work seen by thousands of people. The kind of exposure that could lead from one job to the next and to a sustained and successful career.

  This was all too much. Fantastic, frightening, impossible… Obviously getting involved in any way with Ethan Benton was a terrible idea. She’d be beholden to him. Serving another person’s agenda again. Just what she’d come to New York to get away from.

  But this could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. An apartment. A job. It sounded as if he was open to most any demand she could come up with. She really did owe it to herself to contemplate this opportunity.

  Her brain was no longer operating normally. The clock on Ethan’s desk reminded her that it was after midnight. She’d left Fort Pierce early that morning.

  “That really is an incredible offer…” She exhaled. “But I’m too tired to think straight. I’m going to need to sleep on it.”

  “As you wish.”

  Holly moved to collect the luggage she’d arrived with. Ethan beat her to it and hoisted the duffle bag over his shoulder. He wrenched the handle of the suitcase. Its wheels tottered as fast as her mind whirled as she followed him to the bedroom.

  “Goodnight, then.” He placed the bags just inside the doorway and couldn’t get out of the room fast enough.

  Before closing the door she poked her head out and called, “Ethan Benton, you don’t play fair.”

  Over his shoulder, he turned his face back toward her. “I told you. I always get what I want.”

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  HER NEW YORK BILLIONAIRE

  by exciting new author

  Andrea Bolter

  Available September 2017

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  Copyright © 2017 Andrea Bolter

  ISBN-13: 9781488084706

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