Abby is just an ordinary girl working in a cafe. She's staying alone in a small rented flat. She left the orphanage 4 years ago and currently taking an online course to get her degree in business administration. Timothy is a billionaire. Almost been kidnapped when he was 5 years old in front of his kindergarten school. Since then he's wary of showing new people who he really is. All his closest employees is either a black belt in Taekwando, Judo, Karate or Shorinji Kempo. That is his compulsory requirement. What happens when the two of them meet?

For over a year, Theo has been taunting and teasing Thalia. But, when their chemistry reaches an explosive level, their relationship changes its course. However, will a conversation Thalia overhears end things between the two of them, forever? This is a stand-alone novel, but I do recommend reading it after "Till the End of Time" and "With Every Beat of My Heart."

[BOOK 1 OF VALENTINO SERIES] #1 in Wealth - 08/21/2020 #1 in New Years - 02/09/2021 #7 in Young Romance - 02/12/2021 Began: December 2017 Completed: --- • • • Vera Bernacelli had successfully hidden away from the overwhelming fame for some time that her parents' name brought. She had left her home state, New York, to listen to what her heart was urging to do; to follow her dreams out across the coast. She had ran away from her father's pressure to follow in his footsteps, the one thing she desperately didn't want to do. She saw this as an opportunity to bury her dreadful past and move into the future full of new opportunities. When she decided it was the right time to come back into the spotlight, she didn't expect the drastic turn her life would take. The night of her parent's annual New Year's Eve party, she meets an alluring yet mysterious, dominating yet infuriating, wealthy yet arrogant man. Blinded by each other's sexual appeal, they had decided to spend one night together thinking it would be their last. One hookup is what they agreed on. One night was all they needed to satisfy each other's desires. But who would've thought something would have them string back along with each other again? Something that would turn their lives around to leave a permanent mark on them forever? Or rather who? • • •