title: Prelude to a Love Story
author: Julienne, Corinne
description: Sometimes unimaginable endings are the Prelude to a Love Story! Elizabeth Wakefield is a closeted Romantic, surrounded by men who are not.Discovering on Valentine's Day the remnants of a dinner, an engagement ring's box, and her spouse having sex, drives Liz from her contaminated home to other arrangements. Soon Liz is embroiled in a bitter divorce, which could financially cripple her.Her office struggle is just as perilous. She fights for equal treatment against a glass ceiling weaponized by a prejudiced, and misogynistic Branch Manager. If she doesn't reach her production goals before the end of the month, a career milestone will be denied her. She needs to close a big account...immediately. Meanwhile, Prescott Hamilton, also a frustrated Romantic, yields to family pressures and proposes to their choice of a suitable wife, a mistake he immediately regrets. To survive, he becomes a workaholic, browbeating his employees with unreasonable demands, and earns a reputation of someone no one wants to deal with.His hot-headed firing of the broker for his company's Pension Account, leaves him fiduciarily exposed, in immediate need of a new broker and the wrath of his future in-laws, as the sacked broker is a close relative. It triggers an intervention, where both families try to force his commitment to a wedding date, an obligation he has avoided for three years. Despite Prescott Hamilton's instructions, an unsolicited mailing of Elizabeth Wakefield reaches his desk. The broker and executive could be the solution to the other's business problems. But the Global Pension Account might be too big for her assignment and his intention is to make it a temporary transfer...that is, until they meet...and then their other problem becomes apparent too. Corinne Julienne writes suspenseful romantic novels with passion. The eleven-book CarpeDiem series takes place in New York City and Florence, Italy, two of her favorite cities.