by Amy DeLuca
Newport Billionaires Box Set 1: Books 1-3
Fairy Tale Retelling Romances for Sweet Romance Fans
AMY DELUCA
Contents
Foreword
About
The Billionaire’s Black Book
1. The Babbling
2. Bestia the Beast
3. Second Helping
4. The Contract
5. Be Our Guest
6. In Trouble
7. Pulling Back the Curtain
8. The Groveling Olympics
9. Secret Garden
10. Shave and a Haircut
11. Rogue Wave
12. Curiosity Killed the Article
13. Page Seven
14. When In Rome
15. Craving
16. You Were Right
17. Beach Day
18. Queen Viper
19. A Risk Too Great
20. More Than Anything
21. Surprise Package
22. The Last Chapter
Epilogue
The Billionaire’s White Lie
About
1. Biologically Incapable of Cool
2. Hide and Seek
3. Mirror mirror
4. Nice work, Bozo
5. Pity for the Win
6. A New Approach
7. Snow White
8. The Pact
9. Friends and Housemates
10. Sheer Torture
11. Secret Beach
12. Sponging Off the Chipp Charity Fund
13. Like Siblings
14. Missing Lipstick
15. I Want You
16. Worthy of You
17. Out to Dinner
18. Bad Timing
19. Just Friends
20. Good at Pretending
21. The Kiss
22. Second Thoughts
23. Fifth Wheel
24. Slipping Away
25. One Last Chance
26. Just Like His Father
27. Cold Turkey
28. Voice from the Past
29. Favorite Season
30. The Fairytale Wedding
Epilogue
The Billionaire’s Blue Blood
About
1. Overtime
2. Memory Lane
3. Dust and Ashes
4. Thank You for Your Business
5. Things Left Unsaid
6. Peace with the Past
7. Drastic Measures
8. Slime Day
9. Luxury Waterfront Accommodations
10. So Close and Still So Far
11. World’s Unluckiest House Maid
12. Winds of Fate
13. Fool Me Once
14. While You Were Sleeping
15. You Didn’t Know
16. Irate Caveman
17. Her First and Only
18. Genetic Gifts
19. Rainbows on Demand
20. Someone I’d Like You to Meet
21. Two Options
22. Impossible Dream
23. The Helpers
24. Not Royal Material
25. Root of the Problem
26. The Long and Winding Road
Epilogue
Next in Series
Afterword
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Book 1- The Billionaire’s Black Book- A Beauty and the Beast Story
She's been sent into the lair of the beast...
Newspaper writer Bonnie Hamelin has just been handed a dream assignment from her senior editor—an exclusive interview with billionaire author Jack R. R. Bestia, whose hugely popular fantasy series has been made into a hit cable show adored by millions of fans worldwide.
Correction—it should be a dream assignment, but for Bonnie, the prospect of interviewing this particular author seems more like a nightmare. It’s not just that he has a reputation for being reclusive and temperamental. And it’s not that she doesn’t like Jack’s books—in fact, she loves them—he's her favorite author of all-time. But the first (and last) time they met… well, let’s just say she didn’t make the best impression.
This beauty's brains terrify him...
Superstar author Jack Bestia does not have any interest in doing an interview. He does have:
-a huge deadline looming
-a strong preference for privacy
-some pretty nasty scars from his last relationship
-and a big, BIG secret.
He definitely doesn’t want a snooping reporter anywhere near his seaside Newport, Rhode Island mansion. Unfortunately, his publisher isn’t interested in his preferences, his schedule, or his excuses. The seventh and final book in his bestselling series is two years overdue, and Jack’s on thin ice, at risk of getting cut from the publishing house altogether. He has no choice but to welcome Bonnie into his private world.
But he doesn’t have to make it easy for her.
He’ll act every bit as beastly as the tabloids have claimed he does, and she won’t want to spend a minute longer in his presence than absolutely necessary. That plan—and an iron-clad non-disclosure agreement—will ensure that no one finds out the awful truth.
When Bonnie’s curiosity gets the better of her and she sees the wrong thing at the wrong time in the wrong place… Jack takes drastic measures, forcing her to stay in his secluded seaside castle until his new book comes out, a virtual prisoner. It’s the only way to protect his secret.
Unfortunately, he failed to anticipate the effect this clever and determined beauty might have on his household… and his heart.
Book 2- The Billionaire’s White Lie- A Snow White Story
Winter landscape photographer Kristal Bianco has just been kicked out of her family home… by her jealous step-mother. Though Kristal’s father always encouraged her to pursue her art, his untimely death forced her to face the fact that it doesn’t pay the bills. Neither does running the charitable foundation created by her late mom.
So, she’s traded her camera for a waitress’s order pad and gone from life in a mansion on Newport’s famed Bellevue Avenue to couch-surfing at her best friend’s tiny two-bedroom apartment. Cinda’s been a lifesaver, but Kristal can only impose for so long. She needs a new place to live—the sooner and cheaper the better.
Thanks to a knack for coding, a whole lot of hard work, and his six best friends/business partners, billionaire software designer Hunter Bestia has almost everything he ever wanted when growing up poor among the rich kids of Newport, Rhode Island. Almost.
He’s made his tech start-up the biggest online payment processor in the world, earned his first billion, and has women throwing themselves at him everywhere he goes. Actually, that last thing wasn’t on his list. The only girl he’s really ever wanted was—and still is—out of his league. And his money means nothing to her.
But when Hunter and Kristal end up accidentally spending seven minutes in heaven—in this case, a dark room at a high society party—together, he begins to think she might not be so indifferent to him after all.
And when he learns she’s desperate for a temporary place to live, he concocts a little white lie to convince her to move in with him… and his six housemates.
After all, their rented mansion has plenty of room. And there’s no way he’s leaving Snow White out in the cold this winter. Not when there’s even the smalles
t chance his lifelong crush might finally wake up and see he’s the prince she’s been waiting for.
The Billionaire’s White Lie is a full-length sweet billionaire romance fairytale retelling of Snow White. It’s a standalone secret admirer/friends-to-lovers/roommates/forbidden love romance with no cheating or cliffhangers but plenty of humor and one heck of a happily ever after.
Book 3- The Billionaire’s Blue Blood- A Cinderella Story
She’s risen from the ashes of heartbreak…
No-nonsense single mom Cinda Brown is not looking for Prince Charming. The last time she fell for a handsome, sophisticated, wealthy guy, he left her at the worst possible time without a look backward or even a word of explanation. He did leave her with a lovely parting gift, though… which arrived nine months later.
Now in charge of her own business—the Fairy Godmother Cleaning Agency—Cinda has her hands full managing her employees, including her two hapless step-sisters, and keeping her four-year-old son AJ happy, healthy, fed, and clothed. It’s not easy doing it all on her own, but she has zero interest in a new relationship. And who has the time? Her high society clients expect their Newport, Rhode Island mansions to be sparkling—on schedule—come hell, high water, or hurricane.
So when a flu epidemic sweeps through her agency the day before the royal family of Aubernesse is to arrive in Newport, Cinda puts on a uniform and picks up the slack, working furiously to make sure their gorgeous vacation home is immaculate and ready for the elaborate ball they’re planning to throw.
He’s looking for the perfect fit…
European prince Alexander Wessex isn’t happy to be back in Newport for the first time in five years. He’s stayed away so long for a reason. While the rest of his family continues to vacation in the beautiful seaside American town every year, the place lost its magic for him long ago—the night the only girl he’s ever loved proved beyond a shadow of a doubt she didn’t feel the same.
But this trip is non-negotiable, a matter of duty. He’s planning to fly in, attend the ridiculous ball his mother is so insistent upon, then get back to his life in Europe as quickly as possible. That is until he arrives at the family estate early and catches the cleaning crew still at work.
And gets a look at the woman beneath that coating of dust, ash, and spiderwebs…
The Blue-Blooded Billionaire is a full-length sweet billionaire romance fairytale retelling of Cinderella. It’s a standalone secret baby/stranded together/royal hero romance with no cheating or cliffhangers but plenty of humor, heart, and hurricane force winds.
Turn the page to begin your journey in the glamorous and romantic world of the Newport Billionaires…
Copyright © 2019 by Amy Deluca
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One
The Babbling
You can’t truly understand the meaning of the word “humiliation” until you’ve ugly-cried in front of the most gorgeous man you’ve ever seen in your life—then been escorted away by security. —Bonnie Hamelin
A line of people stretched down the East 12th Street sidewalk in Manhattan, disappearing under the iconic red awning of Strand Bookstore. Though Bonnie had gotten there early for the signing, she hadn’t managed to snag a spot under the protective covering near the front of the line.
Instead, she was somewhere in the middle of it, huddled under an umbrella with her neighbor and new friend Else. They’d already waited more than an hour as the line inched toward the enormous bookstore’s glass front doors.
Posters were tacked at intervals along the exterior of the building’s large, painted windows.
YES! We have Book 6!
And
Book Signing Tonight-NYT and USA Today Bestselling Fantasy Author Jack Bestia.
And
Thank you for your patience.
It was hard to be patient. For one thing, the cats-and-dogs rainstorm had upgraded within the last few minutes to tigers-and-rabid-wolves, and the umbrella wasn’t very large.
For another, a monumental experience waited at the other end of the line. Bonnie was finally, finally going to see her all-time favorite author in person.
Excitement simmered and popped inside her, making it nearly impossible to stand still. Bonnie had read everything Jack Bestia had ever written. Like the rest of Onyx Nation, as his millions of enthusiastic fans were known, she was eagerly awaiting next year’s release of Anthem in Obsidian, the seventh and final book in the Onyx Throne series.
Unlike Bonnie, most of them hadn’t discovered his genius until that cable network had launched a high-budget drama series based on his epic fantasy novels.
She took some pride in being one of his earliest fans. Long before the Onyx series even released, she’d read his very first book, which most people had never heard of, and fallen head over heels in literary love.
“Are you sure this guy is worth it?” Else asked in her charming Southern accent. “You already have the eBook. You could just order the hardcover online.”
“I’m sure. I want a signed book. I want to meet him,” Bonnie insisted. “Besides, the rain will probably let up any minute.”
After spending the past few years living and working in small towns, she was finally in a place big enough to merit a stop on one of Jack’s book tours. His success had exploded in the past few years as the TV show had led to action figures, coloring books, costumes, and board games, in addition to the audiobooks and foreign translations his bestselling series had already spawned.
Now that she had the chance to see him in person, Bonnie wasn’t going to let a little water stand in her way.
“Okay, if you say so.” Else drew closer under the umbrella. “But you owe me a chick flick. Maybe two.”
Bonnie’s neighbor from the apartment next door didn’t share her love of books. But Else had been the first person to befriend Bonnie when she’d moved to New York City a week ago, and she’d just earned friend-for-life status by heroically dashing across the street to The Bean and returning with two steaming hot chai lattes.
Bonnie clutched her cup greedily, letting the heat warm her chilled fingers and waft over her cold nose. The men in line around them groaned with envy and longing over their hot drinks.
Or more likely, it was Else herself that had captured their attention. With her long golden hair, longer legs, and the kind of cheekbones cameras couldn’t get enough of, the fledgling model was always capturing men’s attention. It was hard to miss how they stared everywhere she went. Tonight was no exception. Bonnie had noticed several of the guys trying to catch Else’s eye.
Bonnie couldn’t blame them. Even soaking wet, her friend was gorgeous. And she was genuinely nice. Else had volunteered to walk the six blocks there with Bonnie since she was still getting the hang of navigating the city.
“It’s okay if you want to leave,” Bonnie told her. “Really. It’s so yucky out, and I know you’re not really into this. We could just meet up later on.”
Obviously eavesdropping, a nice-looking guy with a neat beard stepped out of line a few spots ahead of them.
“Listen, I was thinking about bailing myself. I’d love to buy you another one of those.” He gestured to Else’s lidded cup. “Or maybe dinner… if you’re hungry.”
His gaze slid down her body, her legs, and back up, finally reaching her face. “I know I am.”
Ewwwww. Apparently, the pickup lines in Manhattan were no better than they’d been in Ithaca. Or Syracuse. Bonnie’s high hopes for being single in the city were sinking fast.
Else smiled sweetly. “No thanks. I’m here with my friend.”
“Yeah, Right. Of course.”
Undeterred, the guy pulled out his wallet and extracted a business card, offering it to her with two fingers.
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bsp; “Maybe another time. We could drive out to my place in the Hamptons one weekend. My number’s here. My secretary’s a registered pit bull, but I’ll give her your name so your call will get right through to me. I’m an investment banker,” he added, raising his brows and obviously waiting for her to hand over her name in exchange for that tidbit of info.
“It’s Jennifer,” she lied.
The guy smiled. “Jennifer. I hope to hear from you soon.”
When he returned to his spot in line, Else tossed the card into the nearby trash bin.
“Why’d you do that?” Bonnie asked. “How do you know he wasn’t ‘the one?’”
