The Billionaire's Pollyanna
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A fun-loving young woman yearning for financial freedom and love becomes entangled in lies and scandal while working for a cynical billionaire.
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Katerina Ramos, a recent grad drowning in student loan debt, interns at one of Las Vegas' prestigious marketing firms, while also moonlighting as a dancer to make ends meet.
Her life becomes more complicated when an annoying coworker blackmails her to pose as his girlfriend to advance his career. She readily agrees in fear of being exposed and fired from her internship. But things go from bad to worse when she discovers the handsome man she's been engaging in cat-and-mouse encounters with at the club is her reclusive boss.
Closed off, marketing genius William Cardona has learned the hard way how betrayal can come from unexpected people. He's come to enjoy his solitude until he meets a charming dancer that awakens him from his mundane life. Though she keeps her identity hidden, the attraction is instant and she helps him realize he's finally ready for more than surface-level connections.
When the scandal of espionage circulates at work, Katerina is assigned as William's assistant to help find the traitor. As they work closely together, he finds himself torn between the clever and impulsive intern who's already dating someone at his agency and the outgoing, mysterious dancer he feels a deep connection with.
Under the mounting pressure of financial obligations, Katerina finds herself way in over her head. Tangled in a web of lies she's created, and struggling to overcome career-ending extortion, she fights not to lose the only valuable asset she has left-her heart
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#53 A co-worker who irritates you the most just asked you for a big favor. They are not who or what they appear. And they know you're not either.
#45 Keep your happily ever after, it ain't mine
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