{"id":156,"date":"2016-01-08T20:09:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T20:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.comrice\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=156"},"modified":"2019-07-18T09:47:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T08:47:42","slug":"the-good-the-bad-and-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good, the Bad and the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-efklg-165c1a1f1c33a3241b1c2714d87fba42 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-156'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-33de648ef77a65bec90e222b36cd8dfd\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-33de648ef77a65bec90e222b36cd8dfd{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-33de648ef77a65bec90e222b36cd8dfd .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-33de648ef77a65bec90e222b36cd8dfd .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-33de648ef77a65bec90e222b36cd8dfd av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Good, the Bad and the Wild<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3okle4-e0ac5c1ea1d80bc7c0f9bc8a858253a5\">\n.flex_column.av-3okle4-e0ac5c1ea1d80bc7c0f9bc8a858253a5{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-3okle4-e0ac5c1ea1d80bc7c0f9bc8a858253a5 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_fourth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-3kt0zo-7688fd03c9c29b8f7af4e26a8bbb3815'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>One of the good guys?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nick Delisantro is famous \u2013 for his scripts, for his looks and above all for his ruthless bad-boy charm. Eva, on the other hand, has spent her life being an overlooked wallflower! Now she\u2019s got to meet with Mr Tall, Dark and Brooding or her only chance of promotion is over\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Nick can\u2019t stop staring at the mysterious blushing girl who\u2019s dressed like a vixen but frozen under his gaze like a rabbit in the headlights\u2026 He can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s behind that innocent front! But Nick\u2019s about to get far more than he bargained for \u2013 not only does Eva have the key to his secret past, but there\u2019s nothing more dangerously addictive than a good girl going wild\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>2013 RoNA Rose Award finalist<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hot California Nights<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Three hot nights in America&#8217;s Golden State lead to &#8230; More hot nights! But can they also lead to love?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>#1: <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-wild\/\">The Good, the Bad and the Wild<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>#2: <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/one-night-so-pregnant\/\">One Night, So Pregnant!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>#3: <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/too-close-for-comfort\/\">Too Close for Comfort<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Reprinted in: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00SX6CGPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>One Wild Night<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Brothers &amp; Sisters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A series of books linked by brothers and sisters, friends and lovers&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p># 1: <em>Surf, Sea and a Sexy Stranger<\/em>: Maddy &amp; Rye<\/p>\n<p># 2: <em>Cupcakes and Killer Heels<\/em>: Ruby &amp; Callum<\/p>\n<p># 3: <em>The Good, the Bad and the Wild<\/em>: Nick &amp; Eva<\/p>\n<p># 4: <em>One Night, So Pregnant!<\/em>: 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av-24dzck-fe5f03d9fa40d6945e836e83f9fb5491'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u2018Don\u2019t look now, but he\u2019s here and he\u2019s right behind us.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eva Redmond\u2019s heart catapulted into her throat as the urgent whisper from her old college chum Tess sliced through the hum of polite conversation and the tinkle of champagne glasses in the upscale San Francisco art gallery. \u2018Are you sure?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tess looked past Eva\u2019s right shoulder. \u2018Tall? Check.\u2019 She nodded. \u2018Dark? Check. Handsome? Check. The only one not in a suit? Check.\u2019 She grinned at Eva. \u2018Yup, it\u2019s definitely your rebel scriptwriter.\u2019 Her gaze flicked past Eva again. \u2018And you\u2019re in luck. Not only is he alone. But he\u2019s even hotter than his photo.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eva stared blankly at the six foot square canvas in front of her \u2014 which was titled Explosion of the Senses, but looked more like an explosion in a paint factory to her untrained eye \u2014 and swallowed down the knot of apprehension that had been tightening around her larynx ever since she\u2019d boarded the plane in Heathrow that morning.<\/p>\n<p>The knowledge that the man she\u2019d travelled five thousand miles to meet was standing a few feet away made it feel as if she were trying to swallow a boulder. \u2018Goodie,\u2019 she muttered.<\/p>\n<p>Tess laughed and nudged her. \u2018Don\u2019t sound so pleased.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why would I be pleased?\u2019 Eva whispered back, fairly sure Nick Delisantro\u2019s extreme hotness was not going to work in her favour. If only he were a geeky academic. Sticking with what you knew might be dull. But dull had its advantages.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why wouldn\u2019t you be?\u2019 Tess countered. \u2018Giving a scorching hot guy the news that he\u2019s the heir to a fortune in Italian real estate is what I\u2019d call a win-win situation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eva nobly resisting the urge to sneak a peek over her shoulder. \u2018Yes, but I\u2019m not you am I,\u2019 she remarked wryly as she studied her friend dispassionately.<\/p>\n<p>In her ice-blue, off the shoulder silk gown and six-inch designer heels, Tess looked elegant, slim, super-confident \u2014 and completely at home in the rarefied atmosphere of a gallery opening in San Francisco\u2019s Union Square neighbourhood. Which wasn\u2019t at all surprising. Tess had spent the last three years building a formidable reputation as an events planner in the US and even at university she\u2019d been able to schmooze for England. Eva meanwhile had spent the years since she\u2019d gained her first at Cambridge burying her nose in dusty antiquarian documents and computer research data. She couldn\u2019t schmooze to save her life \u2014 and she\u2019d never felt more out of place than among all these beautiful people who had elevated socialising to an art from.<\/p>\n<p>The admission touched some lonely place deep inside. She shook off the thought. She wasn\u2019t lonely, her life was exactly how she wanted it. Settled, secure, content. Until two days ago, when her boss Henry Crenshawe had demanded she travel half-way round the globe to be humiliated in public.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And it\u2019s not as simple as telling him he could be The Duc D\u2019Alegria\u2019s grandson. I\u2019ll also have to tell him the man he always thought was his biological father isn\u2019t.\u2019 Eva tensed at the thought of having such an intimate conversation with a stranger. A scorching hot stranger who had steadfastly ignored all her attempts to contact him in close to a month. \u2018I shouldn\u2019t have let you talk me into asking him for an appointment here. It\u2019s not appropriate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tess gave an easy shrug. \u2018So don\u2019t ask him straight away. Flirt with him first. He\u2019ll be much more amenable. I guarantee it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eva doubted that. She didn\u2019t know how to flirt and this man was a master at it. During her extensive research for the firm\u2019s high-profile new client, it was one of the few things she\u2019d managed to discover about the elusive Niccolo Carmine Delisantro \u2014 the man who she had deduced was almost certainly the illegitimate grandson Don Vincenzo Palatino Vittorio Savargo De Rossi, The Duca D\u2019Alegria, was offering a small fortune to locate.<\/p>\n<p>The dry facts of Delisantro\u2019s life had told her very little about him as a person \u2014 North London runaway turned successful Hollywood scriptwriter and San Francisco resident who had scripted the biggest box-office hit of the decade five years ago \u2014 except that he was a wow with the ladies and he guarded his privacy like a hawk.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You can take a look now, and see what you\u2019re up against.\u2019 Tess indicated with her champagne flute. \u2018Kate Elmsly\u2019s cornered him,\u2019 she finished, mentioning the perky and persistent gallery owner who had greeted them both earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to even her breathing, Eva turned. And her lungs seized to a halt. The back of her neck bristled as she took a hasty sip of her champagne cocktail. This was worse than she thought.<\/p>\n<p>As she studied the man standing about ten feet away, Eva realised she wasn\u2019t just out of her depth, she was in danger of drowning.<\/p>\n<p>Tess was right. The grainy photo she\u2019d managed to find on the internet didn\u2019t do Nick Delisantro justice.<\/p>\n<p>No mere human being had a right to that level of perfection. Thick wavy hair the colour of rich caramel curled to touch the collar of a worn black leather bomber jacket which matched his thin black sweater and jeans. Sharp angular cheekbones with a hint of stubble, tanned olive skin to highlight his Italian heritage and a honed, muscular six foot plus physique combined to set him apart from the pampered crowd of local celebrities and dignitaries. His dark brooding masculine beauty drew female eyes, and hers were no exception \u2014 the relaxed, almost insolent way he leaned against the bare brick column as the gallery owner chatted effusively, only made him seem more aloof. Surly, sexy, supremely magnetic, effortlessly successful as a hunter-gatherer but with a dangerous edge, Nick Delisantro was the perfect male prototype to ensure the survival of his species.<\/p>\n<p>Eva sighed, a shiver running down her spine then sprinting straight back up again. While she was the female prototype to ensure it failed. An academic whose knowledge of men and sex included a few fumbled encounters as a post-grad and a secret passion for florid historical romance novels that had half-naked men with exceptional pecs on the covers.<\/p>\n<p>She swung back to face the Explosion of the Senses, her own senses imploding as her gaze skimmed down the designer gown Tess had lent her. \u2018This isn\u2019t going to work,\u2019 she murmured, more to herself than her friend. \u2018I look ridiculous.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The crimson velvet creation with it\u2019s split skirt and plunging neckline would look sensational on her friend, but Eva was two inches shorter and had several extra inches round the bust. The gown had made her feel exhilarated when she\u2019d squeezed into it an hour ago, but now only made her feel like more of a fraud.<\/p>\n<p>She wasn\u2019t one of those stunning damsels in distress with long flowing tresses and enough spirit to bring a marauding pirate captain to his knees. She was a risk-averse academic with a wardrobe full of beige who was still technically-speaking a virgin at the ripe old age of twenty-four.<\/p>\n<p>Tess placed a comforting hand on Eva\u2019s forearm. \u2018You do not look ridiculous. You look voluptuous.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eva crossed her arms over her chest. \u2018Flashing my boobs at him is not the way to go here,\u2019 she said, feeling more uncomfortable by the second. \u2018I should just go to his agent\u2019s office tomorrow morning and ask him for an appointment.\u2019 That would be the safe, smart thing to do, and had been Eva\u2019s plan all along until Tess had discovered through her many contacts that Nick Delisantro was attending tonight\u2019s gala opening and wheedled them both an invite.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cleavage is never a bad thing where men are concerned,\u2019 Tess asserted. \u2018And you said this commission is important,\u2019 she urged. \u2018If his agent blows you off, what are you going to tell your boss?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eva didn\u2019t have an answer for that. Mr Crenshawe had told her in no uncertain terms that Roots Registry valued the De Rossi commission, and if Eva delivered the missing heir before one of the rival companies the Duca had hired located him too, she would finally be in line for a promotion.<\/p>\n<p>It was a powerful incentive. Eva adored her job. Poring over diaries and journals and correlating the evidence left by birth, marriage and death certificates allowed her to imagine lives often lived centuries ago \u2014 their passions, their pain, their triumphs and tragedies. And the promotion she\u2019d worked so hard for would finally give her the job security she craved.<\/p>\n<p>Tess craned her neck to peer past Eva. \u2018It looks like he\u2019s shaken off Kate,\u2019 she continued. \u2018Go now.\u2019 She prodded Eva with her elbow. \u2018Brush past him on your way to the bar. The dress will do the rest.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And if it doesn\u2019t?\u2019 Eva asked tentatively, not sure the revealing dress was something she could actually control.<\/p>\n<p>Tess shrugged. \u2018Then you haven\u2019t lost a thing. We\u2019ll go back to my place and you can try out plan B for Boring tomorrow.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Okay,\u2019 Eva took a shuddering breath, feeling as if she were about to walk the plank \u2014 in nothing but her underwear. \u2018I\u2019ll walk past him on my way to the toilet.\u2019 How hard could that be? \u2018But then we\u2019re leaving.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She handed Tess her empty champagne flute and smoothed shaky palms down the luxurious velvet. The soft, seductive material brushed against her thighs as she concentrated on not falling flat on her face in the unfamiliar four-inch heels she\u2019d also borrowed from Tess. She glanced towards him as she drew level, positive he wouldn\u2019t even have noticed her. And froze.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy lidded chocolate eyes, as bold and insolent as the rest of him, caught hers and held. The image of Rafe, the pirate captain from her favourite, much-thumbed novel, shimmered like a mirage then cleared. A shaky breath gushed out as she stared back, transfixed by the way the overhead light caught the golden flecks in his irises. The colour was unusually striking and very familiar. She\u2019d seen the exact same shade when the Duca had arrived at their offices in London to hand over his dead son\u2019s journal.<\/p>\n<p>His grandson\u2019s lips lifted a fraction on one side, as if he were enjoying a private joke, then his gaze dipped. Eva\u2019s heart punched her ribcage with the force of a heavyweight champ.<\/p>\n<p>The lazy perusal raked over her sensitized skin like a physical caress, before his gaze met hers again. \u2018Do I know you?\u2019 he asked, the tone husky and amused, curt British vowels laced with the hint of a Californian drawl.<\/p>\n<p>Eva shook her head, her tongue apparently stapled to the roof of her mouth.<br \/>\n\u2018So why have you and your friend been spying on me?\u2019 he asked.<\/p>\n<p><em>Good lord, he has bionic hearing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eva\u2019s breathing choked to a stop. Then released in a rush as her common sense caught up with the kick of panic. He couldn\u2019t possibly have heard them, with all the hard surfaces the noise level in the gallery was loud and discordant. He must have spotted Tess watching him. Tess wasn\u2019t exactly subtle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We couldn\u2019t help it,\u2019 she said, trying to think of a viable excuse. \u2018You\u2019re a lot more intriguing than the art.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Is that right?\u2019 One brow lifted, making her breathing accelerate. \u2018I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s a compliment. A daytime soap would be more intriguing than this stuff.\u2019 The disdainful comment was belied by the wry tone. \u2018What\u2019s so intriguing about me?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eva\u2019s breathing slowed and she began to get a little light-headed. Was he flirting with her?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You don\u2019t belong here,\u2019 she stammered, the fierce buzz of anticipation in her stomach coming from nowhere. \u2018But you don\u2019t care. That\u2019s unusual in a social situation. The normal response is to want to participate. To be part of the crowd. That makes you intriguing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The words trailed off as his lips quirked in a curious grin, softening his angular features.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stop lecturing, you idiot. You sound like a professor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He straightened away from the column, making her aware that he was at least half a foot taller than her, even in her borrowed heels.<\/p>\n<p>Lifting his arm, he propped it against the column, angling his body so he shielded them both from the rest of the gallery. He stood close enough for her to smell the tantalising musk of soap and leather and pheromones. And see the crescent shaped scar drawing a white line through the shadow of stubble on his cheek. The pirate fantasy flickered at the edges of her consciousness. She forced it back, but not before the pulse of heat rippled over her skin and made her heart rate shoot back up to warp speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You worked all that out after a few minutes?\u2019 he drawled.<\/p>\n<p>Guilt tightened the muscles in her throat.<\/p>\n<p><em>Not exactly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s what I do. I\u2019m an anthropologist.\u2019 Of sorts. \u2018I study people and their behaviour patterns. How they interact socially and culturally.\u2019 It wasn\u2019t exactly a lie, and she had a BSc to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018An anthropologist,\u2019 he said, savouring the word as if it were a rare single malt whisky. His gaze roamed over her, and her nipples squeezed into hard, aching points. \u2018I\u2019ve never met an anthropologist before.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And he wasn\u2019t meeting one now, she thought, her gaze flicking away from his. 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