Miranda Liasson does a great job in showing how far two people will go to save their family even if when an old family feud is involved. Maddie Kingston wants to save her family business and Nick Holter has every intention of avenging her family for ruining his grandfather's career.
Maddie Kingston quits her job and returns home to North Carolina after her father has a stroke and attempts to save the the family's shoe company. In order to do this she's willing to spend every dime she possesses to buy self-made billionaire Nick Holter in a charity auction where she will use the weekend to take him back home to North Carolina and convince him to help save her family's business and the jobs of many.
When Nick realizes it's his ex-girlfriend Maddie that has won the weekend with him he is not happy about it. He has been avoiding all of Maddie's phone call because he has no intention of helping the family that destroyed his grandfather's career. Nick feels he owes his grandfather after everything his grandfather did for him. Now that he is able to give his grandfather back what he lost he plans to take away Maddie's family business. Even though Maddie still has feelings for Nick, she will do whatever she has to in order to help her family.
Nick's plans of revenge change once he learns of Maddie's father's illness. He also still has feelings for Maddie from their time together years ago. But the old family feud stands between them.
Maddie, her family and Nick are shocked when his grandfather reveals the reason behind they long time feud between their families.
Maddie has always felt like a failure and lacks confidence in herself. So when Nick does not reveal one final secret he has been withholding, that just reaffirms her lack of confidence in herself and makes her feel that Nick does not trust her decisions. So when she tells Nick to leave he does.
Nick is miserable when he leaves and realizes he handled things wrong with Maddie. He has every confidence that Maddie is capable of and will save her family's shoe business. He just needs to go back and convince Maddie that he believes in her.
This weekend, treat yourself to an all-new romance from Indulgence...Getting even.One step at a time...
Maddie Kingston just walked away from everything in order to take over her family's struggling shoe business. And she's in some serious trouble. The majority of the company's shares have been bought out by none other than Maddie's ex-boyfriend, self-made billionaire Nick Holter. Now Maddie needs his help...even if it means buying Nick from a charity bachelor auction.
After the Kingstons destroyed his grandfather's career, Nick vowed to take over their company. He's inches from victory when he finds himself bought and paid for...by his sexy ex-girlfriend who's hell-bent on saving her family's company. Between their families' feud and their own unfinished business, tempers - and emotions - run hot. Too hot.
Because kissing with the enemy is a guaranteed shoe-in for trouble...
She yanked the blanket off the bed. βYou can take the
bed,β
she said, then threw it down on the hard, short
banquette.
He should have let it go, let her go, but his heart
compelled him to act, and he flew after her in two
barefoot
strides. His arm caught her elbow and whirled her toward
him.
Her eyes glinted with anger; he saw it even in the dim
light. It was hard, even now, not to gather her up and
kiss
her senseless, drag her down onto the bed and not come up
until heβd finished exploring every last curve and
valley.
His muscles actually trembled. Why was he always a flash
of
a second away from losing control with her? Like that one
fine night when they couldnβt keep their hands off each
other. Years and years of bound up feelings finally let
loose. For that one and only time, heβd felt a glimmer of
hope that maybe the past didnβt predict the future, that
there really was forgiveness and mending and fresh
chances.
But that had only lasted until the phone rang at dawn.
Maddie stood there staring at him. His hand still clung
to
her arm as though he
feared she would bolt like a scared rabbit out of the
camper
and into the woods. She shrugged it briskly away.
βBusiness
is business, right, Nick? From now on, letβs just keep
everything else out of it.β
She thought he was unfeeling, some kind of sociopath who
pulled family businesses out from under people for
pleasure.
She couldnβt have been more wrong.
His gaze locked on hers. Raw emotion registered, lust and
sadness and torment, and for a raw, brutal instant, Nick
felt it all run through his heart like a blade.
He did feel, and she had no idea how much.
He tugged the blanket from her hands. βIβm taking the
seat.
Good night.β As soon as this god-awful weekend was done,
heβd force himself to forget her. It would be easy,
because
sheβd hate him for real when all was said and done.
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