Episode on the Riviera

By Mack Reynolds

She had coolly planned a campaign to settle her difficulties. A trip to the French Riviera. A stranger - an attractive man without strings. One who would welcome an affair with an American girl.

The first man she ran into was expatriate Steve Cogswell. Good! Just right, thought Nadine.

Until Gerald Silletoe followed her from the States and tried to force her to marry him, using every method from blackmail to mayhem . . .

Until Steve’s luscious ex-wife, Fay, showed up. And Mart Gunther, his ex-business partner . . .

Until Steve was robbed of the money he needed to pay off gambler Constantin Kamiros . . .

And until Nadine got into Steve’s bed and begged for what she didn’t want . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Release date: Jan 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781440563157

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