Italian Nights to Claim the Virgin
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited
Published: 2023
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780008928773
First sentence: ALESSIO DI BARI COULD cope with the fact that Nicola Bennett disliked him. He was used to women disliking him—usually when they finally realised he had no intention of budging from his negative position on matrimony, or indeed any form of long-term commitment.
Description: Billionaire Alessio di Bari can think of nothing worse than attending another fraught family event alone. So, upon finding Nicola Bennett, who had day job in art gallery, moonlighting as a waitress to make ends meet, they strike a bargain. He’ll pay her to accompany him to Italy…as his girlfriend! 
She needs money b/c her brother is in jail, and his gf is pregnant. Nicola helos them financially. 
Nicola is no stranger to playing the poised sophisticate. It’s how she survived her penniless upbringing. But her connection with the equally-as-closed-off Alessio leaves her breathless with desire. To experience his touch, the innocent just has to find the courage to ask for it…