The C.E.O. Takes A Wife He must marry or lose control of his empire. But no ordinary wife would do for Australian tycoon Alex Valente. Emotional entanglements were to be avoided; physical attraction was essential. Struggling designer Olivia Cannington certainly fit both of his requirements...most especially the latter. And she was in such desperate need of his funds, perhaps the beauty would even agree to the second part of his marriage ultimatum: give Valente an heir...within a year. The C.O.O. Must Marry Only blackmail would compel millionaire playboy Nick Valente to marry a woman he hadn't seen in years. To keep his family home, Nick must marry the woman of his father's choosing: Sasha Blake, a long-ago flame. Sasha had been barely out of her teens, but there had been nothing immature about her then -- or his desire for her. Now she would be his wife, and Nick would be free to make love to her as much as he liked. But there was one nagging question in his mind: he knew his reasons for agreeing to this marriage...what were hers? Valente's Baby For Matthew Valente paternity trumped everything. Never mind that his ex-employee Lana had kept his baby a secret for a year or that she was a liar and a thief. Their child would bear the Valente name...and so would she. As tension mounted in the House of Valente, Matthew fought to resist the memories of their past indiscretion. His bewitching bride insisted things were not as they seemed. But as restraint turned to passion, would the corporate king fall victim to the very worst form of takeover -- his heart?