GRAEME UNCAGED is the second volume in the Taming the Billionaire Series. It continues the story of Graeme Browning, the Billionaire head of the Browning Banking Group, his life and loves. The first book, TAMING GRAEME, introduced a group of believable characters who live interesting lives, to say the least.
GRAEME UNCAGED begins as Graeme returns from his honeymoon with Olivia to a piled up desk and a sobbing daughter. It’s what happens after the “happily ever after”.
PART ONE begins with the return home, home to piles of work and a sobbing daughter, a distraught cousin, and thwarted enemies plotting more ways to get their hands on the money, lots and lots of money. Graeme’s ex, Francine, schemes to reinstate herself into Graeme's affections, life and wallet. Very rich and very powerful do not always equate to very calm and peaceful, especially when you have a daughter like Louisa!
An excerpt from
Graeme Uncaged: Part One
Graeme’s daughter arrived a moment later.
Louisa was blonde, beautiful, wonderfully groomed, pale, with red eyes. Without a word, Olivia hugged her, and that was all it took for the tears to start again.
“Hey, princess, no crying now. I’m taking the two of you to the Savoy Grill. You love that restaurant, don’t you, Louisa? Whatever is making you unhappy can be dealt with over lunch.”
“Yes, Daddy,” sniffed Louisa.
Louisa waited until they had ordered to start her tale of woe.
“Oh, Daddy, William has a girlfriend.”
“No?” said her father, carefully. “Why do you think that, princess?”
“I went to a Young Riders of Great Britain Committee Meeting on Friday at the Four Seasons, and was walking across the Lobby when I saw him with his secretary.
“They were holding hands and giggling and while they were waiting for the lift, she was kissing him.”
“Oh, Louisa,” said Olivia softly. “How awful for you.”
“How can he do this to me, ‘Livi? I’m nearly six months pregnant! He’s such a bastard. I bet all his Friday squash games are squashing her into the mattress! Probably his Tuesday games as well!”
“How did you get through the weekend, Louisa?” asked Graeme.
“I stayed with Julia and Nick,” she replied. “I texted William and told him I was staying the weekend with Julia, to help her with the wedding arrangements.
“He texted me straight back to enjoy myself and he would go fishing with his mates, the lying bastard.”
Louisa paused for breath.
“Nick played detective for me, and William and that slut Maxine were at the Four Seasons until this morning. Room 2914, Daddy.” Louise was calmer now.
“What do you want to do about it, precious?” asked her father.
“I want to divorce him as soon as possible. Make him move out of the house and just get rid of him. Erase him from my life. Start again as if I never met William James Peter Spenser, never married the bastard.”
“That can be arranged,” said Graeme drily.
“Then I want you to help me find a suitable husband. Somebody who isn’t such a moron, who understands me, who loves riding as much as I do. Somebody who’ll be a good father to my baby.”
“I’ll get Legal to arrange a solicitor for you, Louisa, but surely you don’t want to rush into another marriage?”
“Daddy, I want my baby to have a father who is a good example for him. It’s going to be a boy, I decided to find out…and I don’t want William near my son.”
“Sweetheart, it’s his baby as well, and you know his family will be determined to be involved.”
“Well, I want them involved as little as possible. And I want to be remarried before he is, to a rich, handsome man who will stick in William’s craw.”
“I doubt William will rush to the altar again, Louisa,” said Olivia gently.
“He’s so stupid he’ll probably marry the little slut,” said Louisa. “I couldn’t bear it if he married her before I had somebody else. Somebody super who is besotted with me. Somebody who likes doing the things I do.
“The only thing William and I ever had in common is sex, and he isn’t very good at that anymore, he drinks too much.”
Graeme smiled thinly. He was not impressed with his daughter’s attitude. Louise was so shallow. He’d never seen her like this.
…But perhaps that was his own fault, he’d spoiled her from the minute he met her, always fixed her problems, always given her what she wanted.
No wonder she expected him to instantly produce a stellar second husband for her.
He sighed. Well, he’d do his best, but he would either have to find a very strong man to take over the care and guidance of Louisa, or teach her how to stand on her own feet.
On reflection, finding a very strong man to take care of his headstrong youngest daughter would be easier.
And he was relieved that William would no longer be his son-in-law. William wasn’t bad, just weak and stupid. Well, who could really blame William for what he was when he was John Spenser’s son and had that example to follow? At least William didn’t have his father’s ego…yet.
“So you want to divorce him and save face at the same time, Louisa. Aren’t any of your horse crowd suitable second husbands?” asked Olivia.
“Not really, ’Livi. I’m not attracted to any of the available English ones. They aren’t impressive enough to live up to me. I think Daddy knows so many businessmen, there have to be one or two handsome, rich hunks who will support my ambition to ride in the next Olympics. Who like horses, who can look after my best interests.
“You know, ‘Livi, at your wedding I watched William drink far too much, and listened, really listened for the first time to the nonsense he was spouting. He’s not capable of managing Twenty Pounds, let alone the Twenty Million in my trust fund. And when I realized at that dinner where Julia and I met you that William was even thinking of selling our present house, well!
“I mean, we’ve been married nearly two years, he signed the pre-nup, he surely realized that house is in my name only, but here he was thinking he could sell it and put the money in the stock market! The investments he’s made for us so far have all taken a nose dive. I’m sure if he wasn’t working for his father, William would be unemployed. I married in haste, and now I’m repenting at leisure. God I’m glad you insisted on the pre-nup.”
The waiter brought their food. As soon as the plates were on the table, Louisa continued her monologue.
“So, do you have anyone in mind for me, Daddy? Too bad your friend Michael isn’t interested in riding, isn’t it? I know he’s a bit older than me, but he is rich and handsome.”
Louisa sighed. “Too bad. He’s so masterful. Maybe I need an older husband, Daddy? Somebody strong…”
Graeme frowned. “Michael would not be a suitable husband for you even if he liked riding, Louisa. He has a lifestyle quite different to yours.”
Louisa nodded. “I know, I just think he looks wonderful, handsome and so muscular. Don’t you know anybody in his league that I might fancy?”
Olivia smiled to herself. Graeme’s daughters were charming, beautiful and great fun, but oh, how different to Graeme himself! She wondered, not for the first time, what Carrie, their mother had been like.
Graeme ran through all the single men he knew, frowning.
Didn’t he know anybody he could trust with Louisa’s heart and fortune?
Hold on, what about Rod? His marriage had been annulled about January or February, hadn’t it? He might do…at least they’d have horses and sex in common…and his old friend came from a fortune almost as large as the Browning family holdings.
“Hmm, perhaps I do know someone you’d like, princess. We were at University together. He’s Espagnolian, wealthy, handsome, and he’s a accomplished equestrian. Rod is a cousin of the Espagnolian royal family, I believe.”
“How old is he, Daddy?” asked Louisa eagerly, tears forgotten.
“He’s a couple of years younger than me, princess. Thirty six. Same age as Michael actually, now that I think of it. Very intelligent man, never misses an opportunity. So, you’d be thirteen years younger than him, but there’s more of an age gap between ‘Livi and I, and it doesn’t bother us at all, does it, sweetheart?”
“Not at all,” smiled Olivia.
“I always forget you were nearly ten years younger than Mother,” said Louisa. “I forget I was five when we met you, Daddy. I can’t remember our life before you.”
“You were very young, Louisa,” smiled Graeme fondly.
“But back to your friend Rod…What does he do?”
“He has a rather large estate and stud farm and looks after his family’s investments as well,” answered Graeme. “I’d have no hesitation turning your trust fund over to him. He’d manage it very adroitly.”
“He rides?”
“He rides competitively on the Continent, plays polo, and his marriage was annulled early this year. No children. He’s Catholic of course, so you would probably have to convert.”
“You don’t mean Rodríguez de Velaquado you, Daddy?”
“Yes, do you know him?”
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Welcome Back Graeme
How long have I waited for this sexy couple to come back. So in this book we get to catch up on Graeme and Livis life right after they come back from their honey moon. I miss dominant Graeme we didn't get to see much of that but we do have old flames and new people trying to ruin the newlyweds happiness.
In this book we get to learn about Graeme daughter boy is she a handful and we get to catch up a bit on some of the rest of their friends. I hope we get to see Livi get stronger and not let others ruin her happiness. I cant wait to read the next book and I hope that Graeme come back with a Vengance.
Hot and sensual storytelling! Very enjoyable story with lots of interesting characters and subplots. Reading this story is like watching your favourite soap opera only with intensely hot sex interwoven between scenes of family, gossip, easily manipulated villains, and the unexpected intimacy of the workplace. I loved it!
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Kate now lives on the West Coast of Canada, just south of Vancouver. She has been writing spicy and erotic romance for over a year now, and has books available at Amazon.com in the Kindle Store and soon in paperback.
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