{"id":3041,"date":"2020-01-06T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3041"},"modified":"2020-01-06T16:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:40:40","slug":"redeemed-by-his-stolen-bride","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/portfolio-item\/redeemed-by-his-stolen-bride\/","title":{"rendered":"Redeemed By His Stolen Bride"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-opsdw6-0277e45d2e31378b3596d79105548fd2 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-3041'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mjn8qu-1c2645dfc8d24888d49efcfe4f4340d0\">\n.flex_column.av-mjn8qu-1c2645dfc8d24888d49efcfe4f4340d0{\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-mjn8qu-1c2645dfc8d24888d49efcfe4f4340d0 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k52o8wwi-3ae6981b8ff0c2c08246ad5aa1b08647\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k52o8wwi-3ae6981b8ff0c2c08246ad5aa1b08647{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k52o8wwi-3ae6981b8ff0c2c08246ad5aa1b08647 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k52o8wwi-3ae6981b8ff0c2c08246ad5aa1b08647 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k52o8wwi-3ae6981b8ff0c2c08246ad5aa1b08647 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Married for revenge&#8230;<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jxrivs0d-0c830b1b21698bb7f1d388d9a6dc2a66'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>But is she the key to the Spaniard\u2019s redemption?<\/p>\n<p>Seeking vengeance, billionaire Gabriel isn\u2019t above stealing his rival\u2019s fianc\u00e9e for himself! His plan seems complete when, to support her struggling mother, sweet, penniless Leonora agrees to his ruthless proposal. But at his luxury villa, he\u2019s blindsided by their powerful attraction\u2014and her innocence!<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel only offers passion, but behind his arrogant pride, Leonora discovers his loyalty matches her own. She sees the honorable man Gabriel could be, if he\u2019s prepared to give her more than just pleasure\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-23dbs6-f8ec9e57542a200d4e82b9d56811b7c5-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '><a href='#excerpt'  class='avia-button av-23dbs6-f8ec9e57542a200d4e82b9d56811b7c5 avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium avia-position-left avia-color-dark'  ><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue84f' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Read an Excerpt<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jd8dfa-7e6e9cf64778cc784c142a186ba04527\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-jd8dfa-7e6e9cf64778cc784c142a186ba04527{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-jd8dfa-7e6e9cf64778cc784c142a186ba04527 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  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><p>Leonora Flores del la Vega couldn\u2019t seem to take her eyes off the man standing at the back of the crowd in the glittering ballroom. He towered over everyone around him putting him well over six feet.<\/p>\n<p>He was also scowling which only made his hawkish good \u2013 looks even more forbidding and intimidating. And even from here, Leonora was aware of his sheer masculine magnetism. As if there was an invisible thread tugging her attention to him whether she liked it or not.<\/p>\n<p>She knew who Gabriel Ortega Cruz y Torres was. Everyone did. He came from one of Spain\u2019s most noble and oldest families. They owned huge swathes of the country and generated an income from banking, vineyards and real estate just to name a few enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>He was an intensely private man but even so, he had a reputation for being as ruthless in the bedroom as he was in business. Single, he was considered one of the most eligible bachelors in Europe, if not the world. But he appeared to be in no hurry to settle down. And when he did? It would be to an undeniably well \u2013 connected woman who breathed the same rareified air as he did.<\/p>\n<p>And why should that even concern her? Leonora chastised herself. She might come from a family almost as well \u2013 connected as Gabriel\u2019s but there the similarity ended. They\u2019d lost their fortune and had been subsisting on scraps and funds from opening up their Castillo just outside Madrid, to survive. An ignominious state of affairs. And one that was becoming increasingly unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p>She had never spoken to Gabriel Torres and was never likely to. A man like him wouldn\u2019t lower himself to consort with someone from a family of very faded glory.<\/p>\n<p>But, she\u2019d always been aware of him. From the moment she\u2019d first laid eyes on him when he\u2019d been about twenty \u2013 one and she\u2019d been about twelve. She\u2019d watched him play polo \u2013 this was before her family had lost everything due to her father\u2019s gambling habit, a long \u2013 standing source of shame that had kept her parents from venturing out in public for years.<\/p>\n<p>She hadn\u2019t been able to take her eyes of Gabriel that day. He\u2019d been so vital. So alive. He and the horse had moved as one, with awesome athleticism and grace. But it had been the expression on his face that had caught her \u2013 so intense and focused.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019d overheard one of the opposing team say, \u2018Hey, Torres, lighten up, it\u2019s just a friendly game.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d said nothing, just glowered at the man. Leonora could remember an ache near her heart, as if she wanted to soothe him somehow\u2026make him smile.<\/p>\n<p>Which was ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>She became aware of the hubbub in the ballroom. The hundreds of eyes looking at her. And suddenly she came out of her reverie and back into the present moment. A moment that was going to change her life forever. A spurt of panic clutched at her gut and she breathed through it. <em>She was doing this for her family. For Mat\u00edas. She had no choice. <\/em>She was their only hope of redemption.<\/p>\n<p>A light sweat broke out on her palms as she forced her gaze away from the man at the back of the room and found the man she <em>should <\/em>be looking at. Her fianc\u00e9. Lazaro Sanchez. He was devilishly handsome with overlong dark blond hair and mesmerisingly unusual green eyes. Tall \u2013 he was almost as tall as \u2013 she shook her head briefly. <em>No<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She had to stop thinking about him. She was about to become engaged to this man. This man who\u2026she hardly knew, if she was honest. They\u2019d had some dates. She didn\u2019t feel anything when she looked at him. 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