Elixir of Wife (Dux Ducis Book 1)

Part of one of the most powerful families on the planet, Nerva Imperatores was a financial wizard, a chocolatier and according to many who d met him ten kinds of bastard. Yeah, well, whatever. He was wealthy, handsome, and brilliant so he really couldn t be bothered giving a damn what others thought...and then he met Sorpresa Venetia, a feisty American who would be a perfect variable in his vendetta.

Doctoral candidate at a prestigious university, Sorpresa wasn t vain but she was proud of three things: her big sister Aglaia, her brilliant triplet nieces, and the fact that she could kick a person in the face thanks to her prowess in karate. People were always surprised that a woman carrying two-hundred plus pounds could get her foot up so high well, after they regained consciousness.

A trip to Italy to insure that her nieces (the model, the mad scientist and the inventor) left it standing for others who might want to enjoy it, Sorpresa stumbled across Carezza chocolates and the man who created them. After that first bite of culinary orgasm, nearly every waking moment was spent devising ways (that didn t involve the breaking of treaties and the commission of felonies) to get the hot Italian to make her chocolate on demand.

Nerva only saw his vendetta; Sopresa only saw chocolate. Everyone else saw the sparks between the two. The question was, when would they see it and when they did, would they burn down Atlanta and Italy with the force of their desire and who would be left standing.