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    Under the Tycoon's Protection

    By Anna Depalo

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    She was a grown woman and
    a successful prosecutor, yet
    Connor Rafferty's raffish greeting
    made Allison Whittaker feel like
    that privileged teen he'd hauled
    from a blue-collar bar years
    before. It seemed that her family
    had employed the security
    tycoon's services to safeguard her
    from recent death threats. Well,
    she could take care of herself.


    It was his kiss she could
    hardly handle.
    His barely restrained ardor should have been her
    warning never to let him move into her home, mere
    footsteps from her bedroom. After all, he'd featured
    prominently in her fantasies, even though he'd
    resisted being anything other than brotherly toward
    her. Until now. When neither of them could afford
    to be distracted.…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin Desire
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    ISBN9781426876936
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    Under the Tycoon's Protection
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    Anna Depalo

    USA Today best-selling author Anna DePalo is a Harvard graduate and former intellectual property attorney. Her books have won the RT Reviewers' Choice Award, the Golden Leaf, the Book Buyer's Best and the NECRWA Readers' Choice, and have been published in over a twenty countries. She lives with her husband, son and daughter in New York. Readers are invited to follow her at www.annadepalo.com, www.facebook.com/AnnaDePaloBooks, and www.twitter.com/Anna_DePalo.

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      I didn’t like it much,it’s just repeating scenes of love making.