Kidnapped For The Acosta Heir

SUSAN STEPHENS was a professional singer before meeting her husband on the Mediterranean island of Malta. In true Harlequin style, they met on Monday, became engaged on Friday and married three months later. Susan enjoys entertaining, travel and going to the theater. To relax, she reads, cooks and plays the piano, and when she’s had enough of relaxing, she throws herself off mountains on skis or gallops through the countryside singing loudly. Books by Susan Stephens Snowbound with His Forbidden Innocent Passion in Paradise A Scandalous Midnight in Madrid A Bride Fit for a Prince? Secret Heirs of Billionaires The Secret Kept from the Greek The Acostas! One Scandalous Christmas Eve The Playboy Prince of Scandal Forbidden to Her Spanish Boss Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk. Kidnapped for the Acosta Heir Susan Stephens www.millsandboon.co.uk ISBN: 978-0-008-92883-4 KIDNAPPED FOR THE ACOSTA HEIR © 2023 by Susan Stephens Published in Great Britain 2023by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Enterprises ULC. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, locations and incidents are purely fictional and bear no relationship to any real life individuals, living or dead, or to any actual places, business establishments, locations, events or incidents. Any resemblance is entirely coincidental. 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Tension radiated from him in suffocating waves. “Just tell me why you’ve done this, Alejandro.” “I would have thought that was obvious.” Lifting his head, he studied her without warmth. “Why did you hide the fact that you’re pregnant?” “I didn’t hide it—” “You just didn’t get around to telling me?” The chilling timbre of his voice made it sound as if they were two strangers who had never shared a moment’s intimacy, and all that had ever been between them was sex. “I only just found out myself.” Welcome to the world of The Acostas! Passion, temptation and seduction! Meet Argentina’s most scandalous family! Follow these notorious heartbreakers’ legacies in these other sizzling stories by USA TODAY bestselling author Susan Stephens: The Untamed ArgentinianThe Shameless Life of Ruiz AcostaThe Argentinian’s SolaceA Taste of the UntamedThe Man From Her Wayward PastTaming the Last AcostaChristmas Nights with the Polo PlayerOne Scandalous Christmas EveThe Playboy Prince of ScandalForbidden to Her Spanish BossKidnapped for the Acosta Heir All available now! Huge thanks to you, my loyal readers, for loving my Acosta guys. I thought there would be five Acosta stories, but with your encouragement, those sizzling-hot bad boys just kept leaping onto the page! Thanks to my family for their good humor and patience, and my friends for the same. Not forgetting my scrupulous and effective editor, Nic, and every member of the team it takes to make a book. And of course, my husband for his unstinting love and support. Happy reading everyone! Contents Cover About the Author Booklist Title Page Copyright Note to Readers Introduction The Acostas Dedication CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN CHAPTER SIXTEEN CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN EPILOGUE Extract About the Publisher CHAPTER ONE HE BURNED LIKE a fire in the centre of the room. Outwardly cool and contained, and good-looking beyond the bounds of reason, Alejandro Acosta was rugged and tanned like a man who spent less time behind a desk than he did riding horses on the vast landholding he ruled over in Spain. And his eyes. Dark eyes that seemed to plumb her soul. What did she know about him? Apart from the fact that he had been her late brother Tom’s best friend and was a member of the immensely powerful Acosta family, Sienna knew precisely nothing. His glance washed over her with indifference. ‘Won’t you sit down?’ Acosta’s voice was deeply masculine, and almost insultingly brusque. She’d heard it said that Alejandro had continued to work for the army long after he left the forces. Tom had let slip that having made a fortune in tech, prior to