Silent. Cold. Chiselled perfection. That is Rikkard Ambrose, the most powerful business mogul in Great Britain. Free-spirited. Fiery. Definitely NOT attracted to the aforementioned business mogul. That is Lilly Linton, his personal secretary and secret weapon. The two have been playing a cat and mouse game for months. So far, Lilly has been able to fight down and deny her attraction to Mr Ambrose. But what happens when suddenly, the dark secrets of his past begin to surface and they are forced to go on a perilous journey into the South-American jungle? A journey they can only survive if they band together? Book 3 in the Watty-Award-winning "Storm and Silence" series.

In the desert, an instant turns life into death and hate into love. In the desert, everything is different. Boundaries break down, and you find yourself doing things that you would never, ever have imagined. Lilly Linton finds this out the hard way: in the shadow of the pyramids, she and her boss, cold, calculating Mr Ambrose, must face death and danger together. Is the desert's heat enough to melt the cold heart of Britain's richest financier? WINNER of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD in the Wattys 2016 Sequel to Robert Thier's #1 Hit 'Storm and Silence'

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

„Talia, Baby, es tut mir so leid, ich meinte das nicht so. Ich bin bereit zu warten, das bin ich wirklich." Ich ergriff meinen Rucksack, riss die Haustüre auf und wartete nur lang genug, um: „Verpiss dich und verrecke!" zu schreien - Nach einer ziemlich hässlichen Trennung von ihrem Freund, die auf ihre Unfähigkeit zurückzuführen ist, jemanden an sich ''heranzulassen'', zwingt Talia den besten Freund ihres Bruders, ihr die Komplexität einer "richtigen" Beziehung beizubringen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Uni-Kurse nichts mit Lebenslektionen zu tun haben! Romantik/Humor/Drama © deutsche Übersetzung 2014 © Edit deutsche Übersetzung 2022