E-mail Enticement

He'd finally decided to end the marriage born of his gin soaked rebellion and his soon-to-be ex wife's abundant love of his bank balance. But on the last day of the divorce hearing, the belle bitch calls her half sister, 17-year-old Rachel, as her final witness. Had Sue's circling sharks been paying attention to anything but the deep pockets they hoped to lighten, they wouldn't have missed his tender concern. In seeking to avoid the family tradition of falling in love at first sight, Greek billionaire Alixander Angelis stepped right into fate's twisted path.After his ex's bed hopping wins his freedom, Alix romances Rachel privately while he waits for her to mature. But she's a Carolina girl who grew up hard and she's older than her years. She gives him an ultimatum - he must court her publicly and claim her fully. Alix intended to dabble in courtship until she matured but after her demand, he realizes that she is right. Mother Nature doesn't operate by a watch or a calendar. Besides, since Alix retrieved Rachel from a bad foster home after Sue ignored Social Service's pleas, he's been afflicted, beset and bedeviled by much more than love at first sight. Love brought with it a potent craving for Rachel that's nearly driven him insane.When he meets her demand, Alix gets arrested and charged with enticing Rachel by email. To defend himself at trial he must display his helpless adoration to a national TV audience and a Myrtle Beach jury steeped in Bible belt tradition. The statute he's charged under provides that at Rachel's age consent is a defense. She could clear him but she disappeared -- after leaving a letter filled with lies.Had he risked his heart and his business empire for love or an elaborate con?