About The Italian Billionaire’s Christmas Bride: A Christmas Romance Novel (Gemstone Billionaire):
Get Cozy with this heartwarming story perfect for your holiday reading.
“I couldn’t get away for a holiday this year but was lucky enough to stumble across Mollie Mathews book. With inviting backdrops of Italy and Fiji to set the scene and passionate but angst-ridden leading characters, it makes the perfect holiday reading.” —5-star review.
This Christmas, award-winning author Mollie Mathews returns with another heartfelt exploration of the power of love to heal the deepest hurts. Perfect for fans of Danielle Steel, Sarah Morgan and Jojo Moyes
What if the person who is so, so, so wrong for you is really so, so, so right, but you’re too afraid to give love a chance?
Last Christmas, art therapist Issy Riley was jilted by her fiancé. This Christmas she’s running away. A week with a client on his private Fijian island promises to save her from cheating men and the London festive season. But when the client turns out to be a gorgeous and magnetic Italian billionaire, he threatens her resolve to never again trust her heart to the wrong man.
Milan fashion house leader and avowed bachelor Massimiliano Balforni has no intention of taking a vacation, despite his sister’s insistence that he subject himself to an art therapy retreat following a minor heart attack. With an important collection due, he intends to fire his therapist and work, instead. But the determined and striking Issy gives his heart palpitations of a far more dangerous kind.
The one thing Max and Issy agree on: they are as wrong for each other as wrong gets. He’s a workaholic playboy who believes emotion is a weakness. She’s a romantic who yearns for a happily ever after.
As the tropical heat soars, they discover that in this battle between work and play, resistance only fuels attraction—and sometimes two wrongs make a very passionate right.
It is set in two beautiful paradises—Milano, Italy, and the tropical Pacific islands of Fiji.
Praise for Book One in the Gemstone Billionaire’s series—The Italian Billionaire’s Christmas Bride
Reader Reviews:
“Mollie Mathews has created an instantly gripping dynamic between Issy and Massimiliano that beautifully blends their animosity and their undeniable attraction, making the tension soar.” ~ Laura, Harlequin Mills, and Boon
“I really enjoy Mollie’s style of writing – it’s in the 21st century and relates to every woman who has been trashed by a bloke. The abandonment issues experienced by Max are also so relevant to our current world, so many have been emotionally stunted or abandoned. This is a story that resonates with me and I could not put it down. Mollie is just such a good writer with enormous appeal in her story – an excellent read on a rainy day.” ~ Rae Waterhouse
“I couldn’t get away for a holiday this year but was lucky enough to stumble across Mollie Mathews book Married by Christmas. With inviting backdrops of Italy and Fiji to set the scene and passionate but angst ridden leading characters, it makes the perfect holiday reading.” ~ Laura Virgo
“A gorgeous escapist read. Loved the flirty spark between Max and Issy, and as for the location … sigh … I wanna be there. Will definitely be looking out for other books by this author. Recommended.” ~ Amazon Review
If this is the first time you have read a Gemstone Billionaire story, you can easily read each book as a standalone.
Get lost in more holiday reads by Mollie Mathews:
Christmas For One
Love All Of Me
The Sweet Christmas Romance Collection
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Author Bio:
MOLLIE MATHEWS is an award-winning author known for her “sensual, beautiful, empowered stories enveloped in true romance” (Amazon review) and characters who feel real.
Whether they be Italian billionaires, handsome sheikhs, maverick cowboys, empowered heroines, or everyday people, readers of Mollie’s romances say she “is a beyond compelling storyteller with the gift and the power to make you experience her remarkable craft on a whole other level.”
She lives in the idyllic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, on a rural property overlooking the sea. There, surrounded by nature’s beauty and inspiration, she writes her love stories.
Mollie passionately believes books are medicine and the power of romance to transform people’s lives. Her stories are unashamedly positive, hopeful, and optimistic. Despite the struggles and obstacles the people in her stories face, they are always rewarded with love and the happily ever after of their dreams.
Happy reading xxx
Mollie