Bartered [The Encounter Trilogy]

**Hugo Xavier, a French playboy hell-bent on possessing Isobel, a gorgeous Greek pauper. 

​Set in Monaco, this is a story about a man who has it all but his past ensures he can't acquire what he yearns the most...and a woman, whose heart isn't up for bargaining, no matter the cost. 

A tug-of war of seduction, of wills, of pride.

A whirlwind affair that will change both of their lives forever.**

A woman could be… Everything. Anything. Nothing. 

I was a connoisseur of beautiful things, women included. I didn't just have one, but three—all exotic, stunning and would do anything I asked. 

My life was grand. It was perfect and I was content with it all, until a little minx came along. The second our eyes clashed, giving me a glimpse of her violet blue depths that had a mixture of stubbornness and will but with a hint of something else… 

Choices were made. Decisions were done. 

And for the very first time in my life, I was challenged with something risky, merely igniting the animal in me.