From Boardroom to Bedroom

Prologue

“And the estate, businesses, and all holdings will go to Miranda Dupree.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me.” Sophie Blackwood refused to stay silent. She didn’t know exactly what to do, what to say, but she couldn’t just sit there and do nothing.

How in the hell did her father’s ex-wife—his very young ex-wife—manage to sweep the entire inheritance? She was nothing but a gold-digging socialite.

Unacceptable.

Sophie and her father had never been close, but to will everything to the much younger woman who was no longer even his wife was a slap in the face.

Buckley “Buck” Blackwood continued to disappoint her even in death. Sophie glanced over to the woman in question who actually had the nerve to look surprised. Please, like she hadn’t dug her claws so deep into Sophie’s father... She knew this moment was coming.

the will that their father’s lawyer, Kace LeBlanc, kept right

to stay and listen to this nonsense. She loved her

her narcissistic step-monster didn’t have a whole camera crew here to document this portion of her life. Being one of the star of Secret Lives of NYC Ex-Wives—New York’s version of The Real Housewives—seemed to rule Miranda’s life.

scenario really grated

the money and not the ranch. Granted, Sophie didn’t need it, either, but damn it, she

woman Miranda truly was? There had to be a way to prove she wasn’t all high and mighty like so many believed. Sure, the reality

of anger in her gut, she met Kellan and Vaughn’s furious stares as she exited

she was too furious to think, or to concentrate on what their next steps should be. She just needed to get away from

Sophie made her way out into the bright, sunny day, she slid her sunglasses off her head and onto her face. She needed a break. She just wanted an escape even if for just a few days. Royal, Texas, was such

was a hotbed of gossip, and this latest bombshell her father had dropped on them was bound to be the talk of

If she played her cards right, maybe she could turn the situation to her advantage. All the talking everyone would be doing about the scandalous Blackwood inheritance would lead to lots of talk about