The Innocent And The Playboy

By Sophie Weston

"He's a heartbreaker and should leave a baby like you alone "

These words had echoed around eighteen–year–old Rachel's head as she watched Ricky mix with some of the world's most beautiful people at the luxurious Villa Azul. At first he had seemed more approachable than the sophisticated crowd, but she had been deceived: he was no better than the rest. He was nothing more than a playboy, bent on seduction.

She had escaped him then, but now, nine years later, Riccardo di Stefano was the head of the multinational empire, threatening to take over Rachel's company. She was no longer an innocent he had made sure of that but was he still the consummate playboy?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jul 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781460866115

Sophie Weston

Sophie Weston was born in London, where she always returns after the travels that she loves. She wrote her first book - with her own illustrations - at the age of four but was in her 20s before she produced her first romance. Choosing a career was a major problem. It was not so much that she didn't know what she wanted to do, as that she wanted to do everything. So she filed and photocopied and experimented. And all the time she drew on her experiences to create her Mills & Boon books. She edited press releases for a Latin American embassy in London (The Latin Afffair); lectured in the Arabian Gulf (The Sheikh's Bride); waitressed in Paris (Midnight Wedding); and made herself hated by getting under people's feet asking stupid questions - under the grand title of consultant - all over the world (The Millionaire's Daughter). She has one house, three cats, and about a million books. She writes compulsively, Scottish dances poorly, grows more plants than she has room for, and makes a mean meringue.