UNFORGETTABLE IN LOVE
~ The Maverick Billionaires, Book 7 ~
© 2022 Bella Andre & Jennifer Skully
Meet the Maverick Billionaires—sexy, self-made men from the wrong side of town who survived hell together and now have everything they ever wanted. But when a Maverick falls head over heels for an incredible woman he never saw coming, he will soon find that true love is the only thing he ever really needed…
Lyssa Spencer is the apple of the Mavericks’ eyes, the little sister they adore and vow to protect. But Lyssa isn’t a little girl anymore. More than anything, she wishes they could see she’s a grown woman and perfectly able to take care of herself. Her new boss, Cal Danniger, certainly appreciates and respects her abilities. And she appreciates Cal…in every way possible. Yet she can’t imagine he’d ever consider dating her, not when her brothers would rip him limb from limb if he so much as looked at her the wrong way. But boy, does she ever want him to look at her just that way.
The Mavericks are Cal Danniger’s best friends as well as his business partners. So when they ask him to watch over Lyssa by giving her a job in the San Francisco Bay Area, of course he agrees. While she impresses him with how smart, dependable, hardworking, and dedicated she is, he’s not at all prepared for the powerful, sizzling attraction that takes everything in him to fight. He needs to keep his hands off her no matter what, even as he dreams of all her sweet spots he desperately wants to touch.
After one passionate and unforgettable night in London that neither can resist, Cal vows never to let it happen again…if he could only stop thinking about Lyssa, or wanting so much more.
Between a secret Lyssa is keeping from him and the Maverick Billionaires hell-bent on protecting her at all costs, do they have any chance of finding a future together?
A note from Bella & Jennifer
When we began to write about the Maverick Billionaires, we both fell head over heels in love with our strong yet vulnerable heroes and hoped readers would too. But we never expected such an amazing outpouring of love for our books! It has been, and continues to be, one of our greatest pleasures to write about our Mavericks, the women they love, and the families they have built.
We are so pleased to let you know that the series will be continuing far beyond seven books—but before we say too much, we’ll let you read more about the heroes and heroines you have to look forward to meeting in Unforgettable in Love. We hope you absolutely love Lyssa and Cal’s story, which might very well be our most requested book to date!
Many of you may recall our reader letter in Reckless in Love in which we told you about two wonderful ladies, Doris Beach, Jennifer Skully’s mother, and Judy Moffett, after whom we created Francine Ballard, Charlie’s mom. Francine is heroic, suffering from debilitating arthritis, yet she never gives up, walking a mile a day despite her pain. And that’s what Doris Beach and Judy Moffett did: They pushed through, kept going day after day, kept smiling, kept laughing, kept everyone around them laughing. So much more than just our inspiration for Francine, they inspired our lives. This past year we lost Doris and Judy, both at the age of ninety-five and within a month of each other. They will be greatly missed, but they will always be in our hearts and continue to inspire all the people whose lives they touched.
With love,
Bella Andre and Jennifer Skully
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Dedication
To Doris Beach, loving mother, and Judy Moffett, dear friend.
Devoted friends for thirty-five years.
Chapter One
Lyssa Spencer had flown in sumptuous private jets before. But this was by far the nicest plane she’d ever been in. The carpet was plush, the seating was upholstered in the softest leather, and the onboard bathroom was so large and luxuriously appointed that she could have quite happily lived in it.
“Did one of my brothers get a new plane?” she asked Cal Danniger as she settled into a leather armchair, making herself comfortable for the long flight to London.
Across the cabin table, Cal shook his head. “No.”
“I didn’t realize any companies rented private jets this nice.”
“As far as I know,” he said in that deep voice that made all of her nerve endings come alive despite knowing he was off-limits, “none do.”
It finally dawned on her. “You own this jet?”
He nodded.
She felt all kinds of embarrassed. As if she’d implied that Cal was nothing more than an administrative lackey for her brothers, rather than an incredibly successful businessman in his own right. Especially when she knew exactly how it felt to be undervalued in the shadow of her amazingly successful family.
Her whole life, she’d been seen as nothing more than an extension of the Mavericks. Most people didn’t realize that, apart from Daniel, the Mavericks were actually her foster brothers. But blood ties didn’t matter—they had grown up as family, which meant that she had five big brothers. Six, if you counted Gideon, who, upon entering the fray, had immediately treated her like a little sister he needed to protect.
“I didn’t mean—”
She would have continued her apology, but the flight attendant stepped into the cabin. “Would you like coffee, Mr. Danniger?” The woman had zeroed in the entirety of her attention on Cal, and her gaze on him was like a caress.
And why not? Cal was an extremely attractive man. In his mid-forties, with a few strands of gray streaking his chestnut hair, he was tall and fit, his eyes a penetrating silvery shade that made Lyssa feel like he could see all of her secret hopes and dreams and longings.
This summer at Ari and Matt’s wedding, Lyssa had drunk just enough wine to let her guard down with her girlfriends and voiced her appreciation of Cal’s taut muscles and toned body. Unfortunately, Daniel had overheard and gone Neanderthal on her. Her brother’s words still rankled: He’s not for you.
It was precisely how the Mavericks had always taken care of her—by trying to make all of her big decisions for her while also dictating everything she could and couldn’t do. She knew they loved her to pieces and would do anything for her. They had already done so much. They’d looked out for her growing up in Chicago and supported her in her choice of majors at college and then in her career as an accountant. And she loved them without reservation. Even if they too often treated her like she was still fourteen years old, rather than a twenty-six-year-old woman who was perfectly capable of taking care of herself and making her own decisions, big and small.
Cal smiled at the flight attendant. “I’d love some coffee. Thank you, Delilah.”
“I’d love a cup, as well,” Lyssa said, even as she wondered if he had any idea how sexy his smile was. Delilah had certainly noticed.
“It will be my pleasure,” the flight attendant said to Cal with absolutely no subtlety—and not even the slightest glance toward Lyssa—before she headed back to the galley, her hips swaying.