Orphan

<p>Annika</p><p>I've never known the love of a family.</p><p>Orphaned since infancy and abandoned by my closest relatives I grew up fighting to survive in a system that promised to spit me out the minute I turned eighteen.</p><p>My hopes were bleak. My dreams felt unattainable.</p><p>Until the day I lost my heart to him.</p><p>Oliver Warbrick is the wealthiest man in New York. He's an alpha male a self-made captain of industry who has clawed his way to the top and strives to help his fellow man. I should know. I've followed his career read his book religiously and watched him from afar quietly dreaming of the day he'd be the daddy I never had.</p><p>A different kind of daddy.</p><p>Weeks before my birthday with the threat of homelessness hanging over me I uncover a bright light at the end of the dark tunnel. Oliver's assistant visits St. Mary's Girls' Home and offers one lucky girl a full-ride scholarship to the college of her choice.</p><p>It's the perfect opportunity to prove my worth.</p><p>And my one chance to make him mine.</p><p>Oliver</p><p>My intentions were honorable until they weren't.</p><p>But she was so sweet young forbidden and untouched.</p><p>From the moment I clapped my eyes on her I knew she was mine.</p><p>Mine to protect. Mine to cherish. Mine to claim. And mine to enjoy.</p><p>When Annika asks me to choose her I convince myself she wants more than a benefactor.</p><p>She needs a home. She needs a family. She needs a daddy.</p><p>And this daddy needs his little girl.</p><p><br>Orphan is a steamy taboo retelling of Annie with a DD/lg twist and a guaranteed HEA. Content includes a 20-plus year age gap.</p>