Secrets Of The A-List Complete Collection, Episodes 1-12
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Secrets of the A-List Complete Collection Episodes 1-12
Secrets of the A-List Box Set, Volume 1
Joss Wood, Clare Connelly, Donna Hill and Reese Ryan
Secrets of the A-List Box Set, Volume 2
Helen Lacey, Michelle Major, Yahrah St. John and Cat Schield
Secrets of the A-List Box Set, Volume 3
Maya Blake, Dani Collins and Karen Booth
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Secrets of the A-List Box Set, Volume 1
Back Cover Text
Praise
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 1 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode One
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 2 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode Two
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 3 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode Three
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 4 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode Four
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List Box Set, Volume 2
Back Cover Text
Praise
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 5 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Dedication
Episode Five
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 6 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode Six
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 7 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Dedication
Episode Seven
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 8 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Dedication
Episode Eight
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List Box Set, Volume 3
Back Cover Text
Praise
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 9 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode Nine
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 10 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Dedication
Episode Ten
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 11 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode Eleven
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 12 of 12)
Introduction
About the Author
Episode Twelve
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Epilogue
Copyright
Secrets of the A-List Box Set, Volume 1
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 1 of 12)
Joss Wood
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 2 of 12)
Clare Connelly
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 3 of 12)
Donna Hill
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 4 of 12)
Reese Ryan
The first four episodes in this explosive family drama!
The wealthy Marshall family is untouchable. Or so they thought. But when a car accident puts patriarch Harrison in a coma, cracks appear in the family facade. It seems Harrison had an awful lot of secrets, and he’s not the only one. His wife, Mariella, and children, Luc, Rafe and Elana, not to mention nephew Gabe, all have things they’d rather keep hidden.
Enter a mysterious figure called the Fixer... Who is this person, and what is the Fixer’s connection with Harrison? And with those cracks becoming ever wider, what sins will be revealed?
Super Rich. Super Sexy. Super Addictive.
Secrets of the A-List
Praise for Joss Wood
“What an entertaining read!”
—Harlequin Junkie on His Ex’s Well-Kept Secret
Praise for Clare Connelly
“Another great story with heartbreaking scenes as well as steamy loving parts.”
—Goodreads on The Velasco Love Child
Praise for Donna Hill
“This intelligent and heartwarming love story suits the season...steamy.”
—RT Book Reviews on For You I Will
Praise for Reese Ryan
“Both characters are strong, and their relationship develops naturally, without any force or pretense. Readers will enjoy sharing their bumpy ride to their happy ending.”
—Publishers Weekly on Playing with Desire
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 1 of 12)
Joss Wood
A billionaire on the verge of death. And his family? In free fall...
The wealthy Marshall family is untouchable. Or so they thought. But when a car accident puts patriarch Harrison in a coma, cracks appear in the family facade. It seems Harrison had an awful lot of secrets, and he’s not the only one. His wife, Mariella, and children, Luc, Rafe and Elana, not to mention nephew Gabe, all have things they’d rather keep hidden.
Enter a mysterious figure called the Fixer... Who is this person, and what is the Fixer’s connection with Harrison? And with those cracks becoming ever wider, what sins will be revealed?
Super Rich. Super Sexy. Super Addictive.
Secrets of the A-List
About the Author
JOSS WOOD loves books and traveling—especially to the wild places of southern Africa. She has the domestic skills of a potted plant and drinks far too much coffee.
Joss has written for Harlequin KISS, Harlequin Presents and, most recently, the Harlequin Desire line. After a career in business, she now writes full-time. Joss is a member of the Romance Writers of America and Romance Writers of South Africa.
Visit her Author Profile page at www.millsandboon.co.uk, or josswoodbooks.com, for other titles.
Episode One
Prologue
“He’s in the hands of the trauma surgeon.”
“Status?” The words were supercharged verbal bullets. This information was well paid for—to hell with politeness.
“Bad. Head injuries, broken bones. He was thrown from the vehicle as it hit the guardrail. If he’d been wearing his seat belt, he would’ve been part of the fiery wreck at the bottom of the cliff.”
“Has the family been informed?”
“Not yet,” the EMT replied. “I presume one of the nurses will make those calls in the next few minutes.”
“Have the press gotten wind of the story yet?”
Imagining the young woman glancing toward the entrance to the ER—her brown eyes would be scanning the hallway for the more familiar members of the press corps. “Not yet, but they will soon. News that Harrison Marshall is in critical condition will spread like a California wildfire.”
A few low curses escaped. “Prognosis?”
The EMT remained silent, in preparation to deliver the bad news, and sucked in a deep breath. “Not good. Prepare yourself.”
Prepare yourself. Pity that suggestion didn’t come with a how-to manual.
The Fixer disconnected the call and looked down at the hand clutching the cell phone, noting with annoyance the trembling fingers holding the expensive phone in a tight grip. Breathe, dammit. He’s not dead.
Not yet, anyway.
The Fixer swiped a thumb across the screen of the smartphone and looked at the call log, realizing the last conversation they’d shared was probably shortly before Harrison’s Bugatti Veyron made its acquaintance with the highway’s low guardrail. According to another source on the payroll, a California Highway Patrol officer, the responding officers had few doubts that this was anything but an accident—the Pacific Coast Highway had seen many cars leave its surface thanks to its unforgiving twists and bends—but, because Harrison Marshall was Harrison Marshall, world-renowned hospitality entrepreneur, his accident would attract investigation. And attention.
Attention the Fixer did not need.
At least the authorities wouldn’t find Harrison’s last call suspicious, as there would be records of twenty other calls from Harrison to this cell number this week alone. With luck the authorities would assume that the much-ticketed Harrison had been speeding again and lost control of his car when he threw it around a treacherous bend.
Nobody had to know that there was a strong possibility that Harrison’s past—their past—had finally caught up with them.
The Fixer walked across the second-story living room and onto the upstairs balcony to grip the wrought-iron railing with a taut grip. Casa de Catalina, named after the wife of the first owner of this property, a wealthy real estate baron, had views of both the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Like everything else at Casa Cat, as it was fondly called, the views were world-class. The Fixer idly wondered how much money Harrison and Mariella had spent restoring the sprawling century-old mansion. The budget probably matched the GDP of a small third-world country. It was huge, tastefully decorated, luxurious and rich...the hub of the Marshall empire. Would Harrison see it again? Could he be allowed to?
Alive or dead could be worked with, but brain injuries would be, well, difficult. To say the least.
The Fixer stared down, eyes bouncing from the bright blue pool to the red tiles of the guest cottage and the contrasting greens of the landscaped garden, not taking in any of the details of the opulent estate. Had Harrison asked for something someone wasn’t prepared to relinquish? Had he stumbled on a secret someone was prepared to kill for? Could someone closer to home have accidentally-on-purpose caused his car to leave the Pacific Coast Highway?
Or was this, simply, an accident?
The Fixer didn’t know, and that lack of knowledge grated, frightened. Knowledge was power, and the Fixer was always, thanks to the Marshall-Santiago empire, in the right place at the right time to acquire that knowledge—privy to so many private conversations and all sorts of shenanigans. All it took was a whispered suggestion that a stubborn and embarrassing problem could be solved by bending the rules—for a hefty fee—and word got around.
With Harrison’s “accident,” the spotlight would be very firmly focused on the Marshall family. Fuck. This news would be the leading story everywhere. The Fixer had no doubt that the Marshalls would rally together and face this challenge as a united front, but there was a strong possibility that the secretive nature of what they did would be revealed. No problem was unsolvable, however, as they had proved over the years. They’d dealt with vengeful wives and pissed-off discarded mistresses, bad business deals, royal muck-ups in foreign countries. They’d yet to fail, and now wasn’t the time to start. Not when so much was at stake.
Every problem held a solution, and the Fixer recognized the need to step away from the fear, the worry and the emotion of the situation. When one looked at Harrison’s accident as a problem, it was easy to see that the quickest and most efficient solution was for Harrison to wake up and talk—or for him to die. Harsh but true. This was one of the few situations when money, dammit, was not the answer. It would help, it would conceal and confuse, stir up the already muddy waters, but a broken body needed time and skill and luck to heal. For today, the Fixer could try to contain the situation. A waiting game would be played, with eyes and ears wide open.
The Fixer would give Harrison some time to recover.
But not too much. Before long some far-reaching and tough decisions on Harrison’s future would have to be made.
The Fixer would not hesitate to make those decisions. It wouldn’t, after all, be the first time...