Chapter Five
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 7 of 12)
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 8 of 12)
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 5 of 12)
Helen Lacey
Sex, shopping...and scandal!
Tensions are running high in the Marshall clan—but temptations are running higher. Escaping to Paris for some pre-wedding shopping, Elana and Rafe come face-to-face with a mysterious stranger—one with an explosive secret link to their family. And speaking of connections—those are some white-hot sparks flying between Mariella and Joe. But who spies their tryst with her little eye?
Super Rich. Super Sexy. Super Addictive.
Secrets of the A-List—read all 12 episodes!
HELEN LACEY grew up reading Black Beauty and Little House on the Prairie. These childhood classics inspired her to write her first book when she was seven, a story about a girl and her horse. She loves writing for Harlequin Special Edition, where she can create strong heroes with soft hearts and heroines with gumption who get their happily-ever-after. For more about Helen, visit her website, helenlacey.com.
Thank you to my always supportive editor Susan Litman for inviting me to be a part of this fabulous serial and for the opportunity to work alongside a group of such talented and inspirational authors.
Gabe is the Fixer? His top-secret role in Harrison’s side business has been going on beneath the eyes of the Marshall family over the years and no one had any idea! But now Thom knows. And what Thom does with this information could be life changing...or ending. Either way, it’s just another day’s work for the Fixer.
Gabe Santiago stared at Thom. The last thing he wanted to do was get into anything with the other man. Not tonight. Not when he had so many other things on his mind. But he would do what he had to do. What his job demanded. As he always did.
“This is business?” Thom shook his head, then he spoke again, his voice quiet. “How long have you been doing this stuff?”
Gabe kept his emotions in check. “This stuff?”
Thom shrugged one shoulder nervously. “You know...the fixing stuff.”
He sensed it would be wrong to smile, despite the overdramatic near fear in Thom’s voice. There was nothing remotely amusing about his work. It was serious stuff. Sometimes life and death serious.
“Does it really matter?”
Thom shifted on his feet, clearly uncomfortable as he exhaled a shuddering breath. “I guess not. I just thought...”
“You thought what?”
The other man looked as though he wanted to plummet into a sinkhole. “I wondered why it’s all such a big secret.”
“Because it has to be. Secrets are secrets for a reason,” Gabe reminded him. “You should know that...considering.”
Gabe noticed Thom’s response in a microsecond. The other man’s jaw tightened. His hands curled into fists. His shoulders straightened. Which was the usual comeback when someone felt cornered. Gabe was well acquainted with the fight-or-flight response in people. And Thom, to his
