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She’d been warned constantly over the past few months: Stefano Cortez could not be trusted.  \nBe careful, Miss Wolfe. You won’t be able to resist him. No woman can.  \nGuard your heart, miss. The broken hearts he’s scattered are as infinite as stars.  \nI have nothing to worry about, Annabelle told herself fiercely. Stefano Cortez might be the equestrian world’s most famous playboy, but he would have no effect on her. She wouldn’t let those stupid warnings make her lose her nerve!  \nBut her body still trembled, and she knew it wasn’t just from all the coffee she’d gulped down on the long, dusty drive from Portugal to northern Spain.  \nSlamming her truck door with a bang, Annabelle stretched her stiff limbs, trying to shake off her nervous fear. It didn’t work. Warnings about Stefano Cortez’s charm had been repeated too often lately, repeated everywhere she’d visited for her photojournalism series on Europe’s top-ten horse ranches for Equestrian magazine.  \nStefano Cortez’s ranch, Santo Castillo, was the final one of her assignment. He sold the most expensive, exclusive horses in the world, and even then, only to customers he deemed worthy. Wealthy buyers fell over themselves to get the reclusive ranch owner’s approval. But that was nothing compared to what women did for his attention.  \nThe world’s number-one stud farm, the current joke went, is owned by the world’s number-one stud.  \nAnnabelle rolled her tight shoulders. If Stefano Cortez was even a fraction of the man he was reputed to be, he would definitely try to lure her into bed. Most men usually did, unfortunately. It was a long-standing joke to all her colleagues and assistants.  \nBut Stefano Cortez took seduction to a whole new level. According to rumor, no woman had ever turned Cortez down. Ever. And what if the rumors were true? What if by some horrible chance Annabelle fell into his bed like all therest?  \nNo way, she told herself, biting down on her lip. Annabelle didn’t have a passionate bone in her body. She was cold and proud and rude—didn’t men always say so after she refused their advances? At thirty-three, she was a confirmed spinster, immune to any playboy’s charm. After everything she’d been through, she’d never let any man close to her.  \nShe would be on her guard with Stefano Cortez, and if he tried any smooth moves on her, she’d laugh in his face.  \nWouldn’t she   ?  \nLooking around her, Annabelle took a deep breath. So where was he? Where was the famous playboy who would apparently try to drag her into his bed the moment he saw her?  \nShe saw half-wild horses racing across wide gold-colored fields, beneath a blue sky that stretched forever. She heard the burble of a nearby stream and birdsong rising from the forested hills. June in northern Spain. It was so beautiful here that she turned to reach through the truck’s open window for her camera bag on the seat.  \nA man’s deep voice spoke behind her.  \n“So you have arrived at last.”  \nAnnabelle froze. Slinging her bag on her shoulder, she braced herself and slowly turned around.  \nAnd nearly gasped.  \nStefano Cortez stood before her, his eyes dark and luminous as fire beneath the Spanish sun. At five-ten, Annabelle was far from petite, but she had to tilt her head back to look into his gorgeously chiseled face.  \nHe was even more devastating in person than in photographs. At thirty-five, he was breath-takingly handsome, dark-haired and strong with a lean, muscular physique. His worn jeans fit snugly against trim hips. The sleeves of his black shirt were rolled up, revealing tanned forearms laced with dark hair, showing he clearly was not afraid of physical labor. His chin-length dark hair was pulled back into a leather tie at the base of his neck.  \nHe held his powerful body absolutely still as his d","cbCaitxnMtZk0P4W","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitxnMtZk0P4W","pdf",592415,188,"English","# Chapter One\n## Annabelle Wolfe arrives at Santo Castillo\n## Warnings about Stefano Cortez\n## Meeting Stefano Cortez and mounting tension","[{\"question\":\"Why does Annabelle come to Santo Castillo?\",\"answer\":\"Annabelle arrives for a photojournalism series covering Europe’s top-ten horse ranches, with Santo Castillo as her final assignment.\"},{\"question\":\"What warnings has Annabelle heard about Stefano Cortez?\",\"answer\":\"She has been repeatedly warned that Stefano cannot be trusted, that women cannot resist him, and that he leaves many broken hearts.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Annabelle react when Stefano appears?\",\"answer\":\"Annabelle braces herself and tries to stay poised, but Stefano’s presence and words quickly unsettle her resolve and draw out intense, unexpected heat between them.\"}]","Forgotten Daughter - Chapter One | PDF",290]