High Risk
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“Darling?” he eventually asked. He didn’t know quite what he had been expecting from her underwear; maybe a little lace, maybe he’d even been hoping for an old-fashioned corset with hooks and eyes and buttons he could slowly get to work on. But this?
“Yes?”
“Are you wearing long johns under your wedding dress?”
She nodded with satisfaction. “They’re fleece. So cozy. Are you getting undressed?”
She helped him take off his clothes as he pulled down her long johns. They lay on the animal furs, and she giggled until his hand moved between her legs. Then she gasped for breath instead. He knelt over her, kissed her stomach. Pulled off her panties, which did actually have a little lace on them. Kissed her again, mumbled into her warm skin, and kissed her again and again until she was panting beneath him.
* * *
That night, the Northern Lights danced above Abisko in a way they rarely ever do. In fact, there were many who could confirm that it was an extraordinary show. Perhaps the biggest ever. The kind the papers would write about and the wedding guests would talk about for years to come. But Ambra and Tom saw none of it. They were otherwise engaged.
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ALL IN
Trust is the most precious commodity of all . . .
In the cutthroat world of Sweden’s financial elite, no one knows that better than corporate raider David Hammar. Ruthless. Notorious. Unstoppable. He’s out to hijack the ultimate prize: Investum. After years of planning, all the players are in place; he needs just one member of the aristocratic owning family on his side—Natalia De la Grip.
Elegant, brilliant, driven to succeed in a man’s world, Natalia is curious about David’s unexpected invitation to lunch. Everyone knows that he is rich, dangerous, and unethical. But she soon discovers he is also deeply scarred.
The attraction between these two is impossible, but the long Swedish nights unfold an affair that will bring to light shocking secrets, forever alter a family, and force both Natalia and David to confront their innermost fears and desires.
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“A compelling story that has heat and heart.”
—New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown
“All In is sexy, smart, and completely unputdownable. Breathtaking, from start to finish.”
—New York Times bestselling author Tessa Dare
“Everything a reader could want!”
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“I’ve been searching for this feeling all year: this book left me absolutely breathless.”
—New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren
“Fast-paced, sexy and smart!”
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FALLING
A gripping, glittering novel of scandal and suspense that ranges from Sweden to New York City to Africa, from the bestselling author of All In . . .
Alexander de la Grip is known in the tabloids and gossip blogs as a rich, decadent, jet-setting playboy who spends most of his days recovering from the night before. With a string of beautiful conquests, he seems to care about nothing and no one.
Isobel Sørensen has treated patients in refugee camps and war zones, and is about to depart Sweden for a pediatric hospital in Chad. Devoted to her humanitarian work, she cares almost too deeply. Especially when she learns that Alexander is withholding desperately needed funds from her aid foundation.
Is it because she’s the only woman who ever told him to go to hell?
As the two push each other’s boundaries to the breaking point, the truth turns out to be much more complicated. Pain, love, trust, betrayal. Which will triumph when safety is nothing but an empty word?
Praise for FALLING
“Outstanding . . . Complex, fully realized characters, settings that range from Swedish castles to a barely equipped hospital with exhausted personnel and dying children, and a dangerous rescue mission with a breathtaking finale make this a page turner to savor.”
—Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
“One of Ahrnstedt’s greatest strengths is her ability to recognize the romantic potential in the smallest of everyday details, and it is one of those details that makes both the romantic story lines in this second High Stakes novel so compelling.”—RT Book Reviews
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SIMONA AHRNSTEDT was born in Prague and is a licensed psychologist, a cognitive behavioral therapist and, most important, a bestselling author. As her novels have swept best-seller lists in her native Sweden, she has become a spokesperson for books by women, for women, and about women. Her provocative women’s fiction has been sold in multiple languages as well as in audio format. She lives outside of Stockholm, Sweden, with her two teenagers.