Hotel chain mogul Sol DuMont is about to learn that some of lifeβs biggest surprises come in deceptively small packagesβnamely a petite heiress named Rain whoβs hell-bent on upsetting her familyβs expectationsβin this first book in the all new series by Thea de Salle, set against the sultry backdrop of New Orleans.
Thirty-seven-year-old Sol DuMont is a divorcee and the owner of a mid-sized hotel chain in New Orleans. Since Hurricane Katrina, his fatherβs death, and the decision that he and his ex-wife Maddy are far better off friends than lovers, heβs lost interest in almost everything he held dearβparties, people, and pushing limits.
All his limits.
Then Arianna Barrington checks into his hotel.
Twenty-four-year-old Arianna βRainβ Barrington could have been societyβs sweetheart. Her family is moneyed, connected press darlings, and make sweeping headlines from coast to coast for reasons both good and bad. But when her mother shoves her at Charles Harwoodβthe obnoxious, entitled heir of Harwood Corpβto cement a billion-dollar business merger, Rain does the only thing she can think of to escape: she creates a scandal so big Harwood doesnβt want her anymore before fleeing to New Orleans for much-needed rest and relaxation.
All she wants is jazz piano, beignets, and to sail the Mississippi. What she gets is Sol DuMont, a whirlwind affair, and a hands-on education in sex, power play, and pushing limits.
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