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PROLOGUE

THE TERMS OF his grandfather’s last will and testao Santos, to whom they had come as no surprise To inherit he must marry It was that simple If he did not marry within a specific timeframe the ranch he loved in Brazil, and had built up into a world-class concern, would be handed over to a board of trustees who didn’t know one end of a horse from the other

His grandfather had suffered froo recalled as he prepared to land the jet he had piloted fro of his best friend, Chico, in Scotland Tiago ive up his freedorandfather had believed was more important than the individuals who bore that name

‘The narandfather had stated on his deathbed ‘It is tio If you don’t provide an heir, our family will disappear without a trace’

‘And if I h to have a child?’

‘You will adopt,’ the old man had said, as if a child could be so easily co-opted into his plan ‘If you refuseyou have worked so hard to rebuild’

‘And the faenerations? Would you disinherit them too?’

‘Your bleeding heart is wasted on o Do you think I care what happens when I’acy randfather had protested ‘Do you think I won this land with theyou to do? You’re with a different woman every week—pick one of the you to breed on a woet a child to bear our name You knoill happen if you don’t You don’t even have to keep her Just keep the child’

There was no way to argue with someone on his deathbed, and for that reason alone he had held his tongue But one thing was sure: whatever it took, he would save the ranch

CHAPTER ONE

THE FIST CAME out of nowhere and s fro off oblivion, she blanked for a rabbed her wrists and pinned them above her head Before she drew her next breath a powerful thigh was ras Terror clawed at her throat Pain stabbed her body Theon top of her She was alone in the stables, apart fro party was playing so loudly no one would hear her scream

No as she going to be raped Not if she could help it, Danny determined

Fear and fury gave her strength But not enough!