How Not to Mess with a Millionaire

Regina Kyle

Jun 2021 · Sold by Entangled: Indulgence

About this ebook

Interior decorator Zoe Ryan’s life resembles a bad country song. Her boyfriend dumped her, her car died, and she was recently handed a pink slip. What’s a girl to do? Leave everything behind for a bit....in Positano, Italy. And when she gets there, she finds a surprising extra—millionaire restaurateur Dante Sabbatini in the kitchen. In his underwear. Making coffee. It’s suddenly not only hot outside, but exactly what is he doing inside, in her temporary kitchen?

Dante’s plan was to escape to his family’s beach house for some quiet and privacy. What he didn’t know was that his meddling, matchmaking nonna rented the entire house to a sexy stranger at the exact same time as his stay. It took him months to clear his schedule—there’s no way he’s leaving now.

With both refusing to leave, Zoe and Dante agree to be temporary roomies, but secretly aim to try to drive the other out. He plays his music as loud as he wants and will wear as little clothing as possible, and she’ll just go ahead and adopt that pig she fell in love with in town. But suddenly their game of one-upmanship takes a very sexy detour, and they can’t believe what happens next.

Ratings and reviews

Dante and Zoe find themselves forced housemates when his Nonna forgot to block the calendar with the rental agency. Each tries more and more extreme measures to antagonize the other into leaving while fighting their ever growing attraction. Love Dante's feisty Nonna and Houdini the pig! This story will keep you entertained from start to finish!

This book is sexy and fun, with moments that had me laughing out loud. Zoe's plan was to escape her life for a month in Italy. Unfortunately, the house she rented is already occupied, but the very sexy, and very naked, Dante is unwilling to leave his own home. Both unwilling to leave, the games begin, with each trying to re-up the other to force him/her to leave. Once the games begin, both Dante and Zoe become invested in winning, with hilarious results. Props to the author for the unique contrasting of Queen and opera......two things that almost never go in the same sentence, lol. The stakes get raised when Dante's nonna shows up unexpectedly and with a plan - a plan that they can't get out of and that works exactly as she wants. I thoroughly enjoyed this lighthearted romance and found myself wanting them to get a HEA ending. While entirely predictable, the author has such a delightful way of telling a story, that I loved this book anyway. If you enjoy the genre, you will love this book. It's the perfect beach read and out just in time for summer reading. The author is on my must read authors' list.

Zoe Ryan has recently suffered a string of bad luck. Her boyfriend dumped her, her swarmy boss is stealing her interior design ideas and claiming them as his own, and her family is using her. So, she packs her bags and heads to Positano, Italy for a month. Zoe hopes the distance will force her parents to actually start acting like parents to her younger sister and become more responsible with their finances. She also hopes to figure our her life while immersing herself in the renown interior designs of the villa she’s rented for the month. Until she encounters a very grouchy, naked Dante… Dante, millionaire restaurant financial officer, is hiding out at his villa in Positano, Italy. He’s approaching the one year anniversary of the accidental death of his fiancé. He wants to be ALONE. His Nonna, grandmother, has other plans. It’s not the first time she’s tried to play matchmaker, but it may be her last. Although Dante tries his hardest to make Zoe so uncomfortable that she’ll leave, she’s extremely headstrong. She’s not going to let Dante scare her away! As they draw closer and she works her way under his skin, Dante makes a HUGE mistake. Regina Kyle wrote an AMAZING, heartfelt story of lost love and working through heartache to open oneself up to love again. I laughed, cried, swooned…Houndini was almost as cute as Wilbur—no piggy could ever beat Wilbur, but he was a close second! I loved that Nonna came in to kick butt and straighten Dante out! I loved that Zoe wasn’t a pushover and called Dante on his bull****, but was also kind and an excellent listener. The scene in the opera box had me thinking of Pretty Woman. This was one of the best Regina Kyle novels I’ve read! Loved it! I read a gifted copy and all opinions stated are my own.

About the author

Regina Kyle also writes for Harlequin Blaze. She is a 2016 Booksellers' Best Winner (Triple Dare - Erotic Romance) and a 2015 NJRW Golden Leaf Finalist (Triple Threat - Best First Book). Regina knew she was destined to be an author when she won a writing contest at age ten with a touching tale about a squirrel and a nut pie. By day, she writes dry legal briefs, representing the state in criminal appeals. At night, she writes steamy romance with heart and humor. A lover of all things theatrical, Regina lives on the Connecticut coast with her husband, teenage daughter and two melodramatic cats. When she’s not writing, she’s most likely singing, reading, cooking or watching bad reality television. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America and of her local RWA chapter.