A holiday proposal - Ellie Darkins

A whirlwind romance

Joss knows the one thing that will make his dying father happy is to see his son find love But he's sworn off romance forever! So, he decides to ask his father's fiercely intelligent assistant Eva to be his fake fiance. Only for Eva, the ruse could threaten the life she's worked so hard for. How will she keep her head when she's losing her heart to her new boss?

Vittorio Martelli's promise to repay his late father's debt leads him to penniless and unemployed Jackie Benton. To start with, he offers her a prestigious job in Rome working for him. Jackie cannot believe her luck when this Italian stranger hands her a lifeline. But when she gets to Rome, she discovers Vittorio also needs a convenient fiance - and Jackie is the perfect candidate!

When heartbroken Becky Shaw retreats to the Cotswolds for Christmas, she expects to be warming herself by the fire - not in the arms of Italian billionaire Theo Rushing. It's meant to be a holiday fling, until Theo reveals he needs a fake fiance and sweeps Becky away to Italy. Becky agrees to a 'relationship' in name only. But as the heat intensifies, will they pass the point of no return?