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Project: Passion #1
Project: Runaway Heiress
Undercover Fashionista
When her designs keep showing up on a rival's runway, heiress and fashion designer Lily Zaccaro vows to catch the thief. She comes up with the perfect plan—run off to L.A. and go undercover as personal assistant to the other label's CEO, Nigel Statham, aka the sexiest Brit alive.
As long work days turn into sizzling nights, Lily struggles to stay focused on her secret mission. She desperately hopes that Nigel is innocent because their relationship is anything but! In the face of so much deception, pretty soon their newfound love is hanging on by a thread….
When her designs keep showing up on a rival's runway, heiress and fashion designer Lily Zaccaro vows to catch the thief. She comes up with the perfect plan—run off to L.A. and go undercover as personal assistant to the other label's CEO, Nigel Statham, aka the sexiest Brit alive.
As long work days turn into sizzling nights, Lily struggles to stay focused on her secret mission. She desperately hopes that Nigel is innocent because their relationship is anything but! In the face of so much deception, pretty soon their newfound love is hanging on by a thread….
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 2, 2011
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About the author
Heidi Betts
184 books375 followersUSA Today bestselling author Heidi Betts is the daughter of an Arabian sheik and a Las Vegas showgirl, as well as the heiress to the Chocolate is Better Than Sex Candy Company fortune. Because of this, she eats chocolate in all its many delicious forms for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in-between snacks . . . without ever gaining an ounce on her perfect five-foot-nine, size zero figure.
Each and every one of her breathtaking, award-winning novels has been adapted to film and gone on to become a phenomenal box office smash, featuring such mega-stars as Hugh Jackman and Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts, and Harrison Ford and Charlize Theron.
Heidi readily admits that she is only able to write such passionate love stories because of her real-life happily-ever-after romance with superstar actor Dwayne Johnson, who makes every day a fairy tale. When she’s not writing or making hot, toe-curling love with her “Rock” of a husband, Heidi can often be found riding naked on horseback (a la Lady Godiva) along the beaches of Malibu or hobnobbing with the rich and famous on Martha’s Vineyard.
If you’d like to experience your own perfect, idyllic life just like Heidi Betts, be sure to take the little purple pill. (Not the red one. Never the red one.)
Read more about Heidi's current and upcoming releases at her website: www.HeidiBetts.com
Chat with Heidi at her "WIPs and Chains" blog: www.HeidiBetts.com/WIPsandChains
And visit Heidi on Twitter (@HeidiBetts), Facebook (/FansofHeidiBetts), & Pinterest (/TheHeidiBetts)
Each and every one of her breathtaking, award-winning novels has been adapted to film and gone on to become a phenomenal box office smash, featuring such mega-stars as Hugh Jackman and Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts, and Harrison Ford and Charlize Theron.
Heidi readily admits that she is only able to write such passionate love stories because of her real-life happily-ever-after romance with superstar actor Dwayne Johnson, who makes every day a fairy tale. When she’s not writing or making hot, toe-curling love with her “Rock” of a husband, Heidi can often be found riding naked on horseback (a la Lady Godiva) along the beaches of Malibu or hobnobbing with the rich and famous on Martha’s Vineyard.
If you’d like to experience your own perfect, idyllic life just like Heidi Betts, be sure to take the little purple pill. (Not the red one. Never the red one.)
Read more about Heidi's current and upcoming releases at her website: www.HeidiBetts.com
Chat with Heidi at her "WIPs and Chains" blog: www.HeidiBetts.com/WIPsandChains
And visit Heidi on Twitter (@HeidiBetts), Facebook (/FansofHeidiBetts), & Pinterest (/TheHeidiBetts)
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April 21, 2013
I kind of felt disconnected from the story and wanted to laugh at heroine's actions and motivations. Her designs are stolen and instead of telling her sisters and letting the PI she hired do the work, she takes off and goes undercover in the guilty company as the hero's PA. Isn't that corporate espionage or something? Then she gets involved with the boss, another stupid move. Of course the culprit is obvious. I just didn't find anything special in the book.
November 22, 2015
Good book with some interesting peeks into the fashion industry. I liked both Lily and Nigel. Lily and her sisters had their own designing business that was starting to do well. She was furious when some of her designs showed up at another fashion house and was determined to find out who the thief was. She came up with the brilliant idea to go undercover as the CEO's personal assistant and use the time to snoop around. She fully expected to dislike him and discover that he was behind the theft. She didn't expect him to be irresistibly sexy and a nice guy on top of that. I liked the way that Lily put everything she had into her mission. She was pretty clever to be able to take on a PA job without the experience. The more time she spent with Nigel the more she believed he was innocent of knowing where the designs came from, but the more her guilt over her deception grew. By the time their trip to Miami was done she knew she had fallen for him and had to find the truth and the courage to tell him about her presence.
Nigel was a nice guy. He knew his business and wanted to make a success of it, but was fighting the unrealistic expectations of his father. Not being able to keep a PA wasn't helping anything. Lily's arrival was both good and bad for him. It was good because she obviously knew what she was doing and was able to keep up with him. It was bad because he was intensely attracted to her and knew that sex and the workplace did not mix. I loved the way that his growing feelings for her caused such a dent in his self confidence that he kept putting his foot in his mouth. I didn't expect to see the awesome Brit that shook up. When Lily came clean with him about who she was and why she was there he was hurt and furious and felt betrayed.
I loved the way that the two of them were eventually able to overcome their obstacles. While part of the mystery has been solved there is still no resolution. I don't know whose story is next, Juliet or Zoe, but I think I saw a hint of things to come for Juliet. Now if I just knew when the next book is due to come out - I hate to wait!
Nigel was a nice guy. He knew his business and wanted to make a success of it, but was fighting the unrealistic expectations of his father. Not being able to keep a PA wasn't helping anything. Lily's arrival was both good and bad for him. It was good because she obviously knew what she was doing and was able to keep up with him. It was bad because he was intensely attracted to her and knew that sex and the workplace did not mix. I loved the way that his growing feelings for her caused such a dent in his self confidence that he kept putting his foot in his mouth. I didn't expect to see the awesome Brit that shook up. When Lily came clean with him about who she was and why she was there he was hurt and furious and felt betrayed.
I loved the way that the two of them were eventually able to overcome their obstacles. While part of the mystery has been solved there is still no resolution. I don't know whose story is next, Juliet or Zoe, but I think I saw a hint of things to come for Juliet. Now if I just knew when the next book is due to come out - I hate to wait!
August 2, 2022
I really enjoyed this. I love anything to do with designers and clothing manufacturing as I do love sewing, so this was right up my alley. Although it's obvious who stole her designs, I wish the book would have spent just a smidge more time showing her looking into the theft a bit more. Overall, I loved the romance, but the ending is open ended as to what happens to the thief.
September 11, 2019
Protagonistas: Lily & Nigel
Profesiones: Diseñadora de Ropa & Empresario
Pais: USA
Profesiones: Diseñadora de Ropa & Empresario
Pais: USA
April 2, 2013
Lily has created something to be proud of. She has started her own fashion house in New York. With her sisters doing the accessories and shoes they are a creating something special. When her designs start showing up in LA at a competitors house she is determined to find out who is stealing her designs. To that end she takes a job as personal assistant position with Nigel Statham, CEO of Ashdown Abbey the company at which her designs are appearing. She doesn't expect to be so darn attracted to him. All she can hope is that he isn't involved with the theft.
Nigel Statham is trying to bring Britain’s Ashdown Abbey fashions to America. He works hard and is having trouble finding a PA he can keep. In LA everyone is an actress or a wanna be designer. He needs a PA so when Lily shows up and is competent he is conflicted. He is thrilled to have an efficient PA but his attraction to her is darned inconvenient. Will the attraction last when he finds out she is not who she appears to be?
This is a sweet contemporary romance. I really liked Nigel and Lily and wanted to see them succeed but they had a lot of obstacles in the way. Heidi Betts handled it realistically and well.
On a side note: I've followed Ms. Betts blog http://heidibetts.com/wipsandchains/ for a year or so now and have enjoyed her humor and watching the book writing process from afar. She had a couple of days where this book tried her patience. All I can say is that from my perspective it was well worth the angst because the final product was so well done.
Nigel Statham is trying to bring Britain’s Ashdown Abbey fashions to America. He works hard and is having trouble finding a PA he can keep. In LA everyone is an actress or a wanna be designer. He needs a PA so when Lily shows up and is competent he is conflicted. He is thrilled to have an efficient PA but his attraction to her is darned inconvenient. Will the attraction last when he finds out she is not who she appears to be?
This is a sweet contemporary romance. I really liked Nigel and Lily and wanted to see them succeed but they had a lot of obstacles in the way. Heidi Betts handled it realistically and well.
On a side note: I've followed Ms. Betts blog http://heidibetts.com/wipsandchains/ for a year or so now and have enjoyed her humor and watching the book writing process from afar. She had a couple of days where this book tried her patience. All I can say is that from my perspective it was well worth the angst because the final product was so well done.
April 15, 2013
In Project: Runaway Heiress by Heidi Betts, fashion designer Lily Zaccaro has just found out that her designs for her fall fashion have been stolen. Now she has gone undercover at Ashdown Abbey to try and find out who the thief is.
Nigel Statham, CEO of Ashdown Abbey, needs to be find a PA that is not an actress. Being based in LA, does not help him at all, all his previous PA’s quit as soon as they get a hand commercial or something else. It takes him more time to train PA’s than the actual time he spends working on making the LA branch successful. Read More...
Nigel Statham, CEO of Ashdown Abbey, needs to be find a PA that is not an actress. Being based in LA, does not help him at all, all his previous PA’s quit as soon as they get a hand commercial or something else. It takes him more time to train PA’s than the actual time he spends working on making the LA branch successful. Read More...
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January 28, 2014
Heidi Betts ile yıldızım bir türlü barışmadı benim...Hikayede eksik bir şeyler vardı ne ara birlikte oldular ne oldu anlamadım...
February 7, 2019
Giriş- gelişme- sonuç gibi kavramlardan tamamen yoksun.
Damdan düşer gibi direkt konuya girdi ve olaylar bir hafta falan içinde olup bitti. Sonu da yarım bırakılmıştı. Daha heyecanlı olacağını ummuştum ama hayal kırıklığına uğrattı maalesef.
Damdan düşer gibi direkt konuya girdi ve olaylar bir hafta falan içinde olup bitti. Sonu da yarım bırakılmıştı. Daha heyecanlı olacağını ummuştum ama hayal kırıklığına uğrattı maalesef.
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