The Billionaire
Princess
Author: Christina Tetreault
Publisher: Christina
Tetreault (March 30, 2013)
Length: 318 pages
Subgenres:
Contemporary, Suspense, Romance
BLURB:
She was raised as an American Princess
Following the betrayal of a
former lover, Sara Sherbrooke swore off relationships, too afraid she would be
used again. Instead she has devoted all
her energy to succeeding in politics without relying on her family name. That is until one night in Hawaii with her
brother's best friend Christopher Hall.
He is a self-made billionaire
Technological genius and
CEO of Hall Technology, Christopher Hall first met Sara Sherbrooke when he and
Jake Sherbrooke were college roommates.
While attending Jake's wedding in Hawaii, Christopher is reintroduced to
Sara, a beauty who was once way out of his league. But now as the most eligible bachelor in
Silicon Valley, the only thing stopping Christopher from pursuing Sara is the
thought of betraying his best friend.
As they work together to
promote a new education initiative, neither can deny the attraction between them. But will their growing romance be worth all
of the consequences?
Excerpt 1
As Sara sat sipping a bottle of sparkling water, the door
opened again. Silently, she watched as
Christopher Hall climbed in. If she
hadn't seen him countless times on the web, she never would’ve recognized the
man who'd climbed in the limo as her brother's Cal Tech roommate. She recalled meeting the tall skinny kid with
shaggy light brown hair and glasses when her family moved Jake into his dorm
freshman year. On the few occasions she
had seen him back then he'd been dressed in jeans, Converse sneakers and
t-shirts with hard-rock bands emblazoned on them. The man seated across from her now seemed to
be someone else entirely.
Today his light brown hair was cut fashionably short and
there was no sign of the glasses he used to wear. And those were not the only changes she
noticed. There was no missing the way
his broad shoulders filled out his dress shirt.
For a second Sara sat speechless and stared at the man, as
her pulse kicked up a few notches. Before he noticed her staring, Sara
regrouped and pasted on her best society smile. “Hi Christopher. Did Jake tell
you what is going on?”
Christopher shook his head.
“No. He just said to get out here,
but I have a guess.”
Sara expected him to continue and let her in on his
suspicions. Instead he grabbed a soda
water for himself. When several minutes
passed and he didn't say anything else, she couldn't keep herself from asking
her next question, “So, what is your guess?”
Christopher paused with the bottle halfway to his mouth. “My money is on a wedding, but it's just a
guess.”
“A wedding? No. Charlie and Jake wouldn't do that. Our parents would be furious.”
“Like I said it's just a guess, but I know Jake and an
out-of-the-blue wedding wouldn't surprise me at all.”
Would her brother do that to their parents? Sure a sudden
unexpected wedding might be something Jake would talk about, but not something
he'd ever go through with. Jake Sherbrooke and Charlotte O'Brien's wedding
would be a huge affair much like Dylan and Callie's the year before. Considering the size of the Sherbrooke family
and the fact that the American public seemed so fascinated by them, how could
it be anything less?
But if not a wedding like Christopher predicted, what other
reason could Jake have for asking Christopher and her to Hawaii on such short
notice? Other than an impromptu wedding
like Christopher suggested nothing else made any sense.
“Have you meet Charlie?” Sara asked in an attempt to start a
conversation. Over the years they'd had
few conversations so Sara figured she could either ask him about his company or
the one thing they had in common, her brother.
Christopher returned his water to the holder near the door
and Sara's eyes watched the way the muscles in his upper arm flexed and moved. The sight sent her hand toward the air vent,
which she redirected toward her face.
“I meet her last year at Jake's office and we've all gotten
together several times since. I like
her. She seems perfect for him.”
“I think so too.” Sara
reached for more water. “She's
definitely the right woman for my brother.”
She took a sip from the bottle and then asked him about his company.
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About the Author:
Author
Bio:
I wrote my first story with
characters similar to those in the Sweet Valley Twins books at the age of 10 on
my grandmother's manual typewriter. As I got older my stories and characters
became more mature. During my freshman year at UMass Dartmouth, I read my first
romance novel and fell in love with the genre. I have been writing contemporary
romance ever since.
Today I live with my husband, three
beautiful daughters and two dogs in Massachusetts. Whenever I have a free
moment you'll find me either reading a romance novel or working on my most
current story
Author Links:
Website: www.christinatetreault.com
twitter: @cgricci
