Luring A Lady

A privileged heiress. A rugged carpenter. A love that defies the odds ‘The most successful novelist on Planet Earth.’ Washington Post ‘A storyteller of immeasurable diversity and talent**.**’ Publisher’s Weekly The second book in the Stanislaski family saga by New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Sydney Hayward grew up surrounded by wealth and privilege, but nothing prepared her for becoming a business owner. Inheriting her grandfather's property empire means fighting to be taken seriously in a world of suits and sceptics. And the last thing she needs is a rugged carpenter storming into her sleek Manhattan office with mud on his boots and fire in his eyes. Mikhail Stanislaski doesn't care about corporate politics. His neighbours are living with broken heating, flooded floors and crumbling walls, and somebody has to answer for it. Refusing to let the new boss hide behind her wealth, Mikhail boldly challenges Sydney to honour the responsibilities she owes to the community. Mikhail is everything Sydney has been taught to dismiss: a blunt, passionate sculptor utterly unimpressed by her title or her pearls. Yet he sees straight through her polished armour to the lonely, longing woman underneath. As their reluctant partnership deepens into something neither of them planned, Sydney is forced to confront a truth she's been running from for years. Her marriage didn't fail because she was broken – it failed because she was never truly seen. But Mikhail sees her. All of her. When corporate sabotage threatens everything she's worked for, and Mikhail demands all or nothing, Sydney must face her greatest fear: will she bravely risk her carefully rebuilt world on a love that promises to be anything but safe? Sparkling, passionate and deeply moving, Luring A Lady is the opposites attract romance you won't be able to put down.