101 parts Complete MatureEdward Masen, twenty-eight, is the most popular escort working for Esme Platt at Buying Love, Inc. He's the best at what he does and no woman goes unsatisfied. He's smooth, sexy, dangerous and in control. In many ways. In all things. However, his employer holds him to this job due to the debt he needs to repay. He's a slave to the job in more ways than one. He lives in the best apartments, dresses in designer clothing and drives the best cars. All of it, though, can disappear in a moment's notice all because of Esme knows Edward's darkest secret.
Isabella Swan, twenty-six, is an heiress to the Swan hotel fortune. Her father, Charlie Swan, owns a string of high-end hotels and resorts all over the world. Bella, as her friends call her, is going through a nasty divorce from her husband, Riley. He cheated on Bella with the limo driver, the gardener, the pool boy and Bella's assistant, Maggie. Bella is bitter and angry, hating all men and most of all, her abhorrent soon-to-be ex-husband.
Charlie is having a grand opening for his newest hotel in Seattle, Swan Towers. Bella is expected to be there with a date for this lavish opening party. Rose, Bella's best friend, suggested that she use a male escort, handing her Esme Platt's card for Buying Love, Inc. Bella calls and asks for the best. Edward arrives, dressed in his designer tuxedo, all suave and debonair, but detached and cold. However, the attraction between the two is palpable.
Will they succumb to their attraction? Will Edward pull Bella down the dark path in his need for control? Or will Bella be his light? Or is this all a ploy for just buying love?
