A Tainted Beauty
Series: What His Money Can't Buy
Publisher: Harlequin (UK)
Published: 2012
ISBN-13: 9780263227697
First sentence: SOMEONE was watching her.  The little hairs prickled on the back of Lily’s neck and somehow she just knew. Lifting her head from her pastry-making, she narrowed her eyes against the brightness outside to see the powerful figure of a man standing at the far end of the garden.
Description: Ciro D’Angelo has bought Lily Scott’s home from her stepmother, leaving Lily with nothing. She and Ciro soon realize a strong attraction to the point where Ciro proposes marriage. But problems emerge after the wedding. . 

This is a grest blurb for this book,
It's the only description that doesn't spoil the first 9 ch.
Great read, great love story, great grovel, 
b/c he done her wrong!
WARNING reading reviews? Huge spoilers!

Very loosely connected to playing the Greek's Game 
* What His Money Can't Buy duet - Sharon Kendrick
1) ♡Playing the Greek's Game (Zac Constantinides & Emma Geary) 
2) ♡Tainted Beauty (Ciro D'Angelo & Lily Scott) 
Both are really stand-alone - but this is the correct chrono reading order

These were both marked as -DNR- but, idk why, but i read them, and i liked them