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Bella Benedict's five grown children are scattered around the world like a handful of precious jewels. Now she's dying and she has one last, secret wish. To bring her children home. And to give them what she once had: a marriage of passion.Wealthy playboy Max Benedict has no interest in long-term commitment. He had his heart broken once and that was enough. Instead, he travels the world, working as a sometime spy for the CIA. When he's asked to investigate a foreign threat against the president, he doesn't think twice about accepting—until he hears who he'll be working with in London.FBI Special Agent Kristin Lassiter is under investigation and on the verge of losing everything—her savings, her job, her beloved father. So when Bella Benedict approaches her with the offer to pay her mounting debts, she's tempted to accept.
About the Author
Joan Johnston is the top 5 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of 62 contemporary and historical novels and novellas with more than 15 million copies of her books in print. Joan's bestselling Bitter Creek, Hawk's Way, and Benedict Brothers series have enchanted readers during her 35-year writing career.Joan's adventures traveling the world as an Air Force brat - encountering a cobra on the back porch and letting a baby octopus crawl on her hand in the Philippines, getting her teeth straightened by a Danish dentist in Casablanca, watching a camel get slaughtered at the souk in Marrakech, and learning to ride on an Arabian stallion in Morocco - made her curious about the world and gave her a love of travel. That rich upbringing - as one of seven kids - gave her the material to become the writer she is today Joan loves to entertain and her creative table settings and menus are featured in her monthly newsletter. Joan also plays tennis and hikes in the mountains around Boulder, Colorado, where she lives. Joan earned a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida, an M.A. in Theater from the University of Illinois and a J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin. Joan has an eclectic background and has worked as a director of theatre, drama critic, newspaper editor, college professor (at Barry University and the University of Miami) and attorney (with Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Miami, Florida) on her way to becoming a full-time writer. She has also raised two pretty great kids.Her books have been published by Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Harlequin. Joan has also self-published a number of contemporary novels and novellas.You can find out more about Joan at www.joanjohnston.com. Find her on social media at https://www.facebook.com/joanjohnstonauthor, https://twitter.com/joanjohnston, https://www.bookbub.com/profile/joan-johnston, and https://www.instagram.com/joanjohnstonwrites/
