title: Greatest Moments of Rugby
author:  Ian Welch 
description: <DIV><DIV>Ian Welch is an accomplished author who has written over ten successful titles for Green Umbrella.</DIV></DIV>
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  **Susan Stephens**
  
  
  **THE RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE’S VIRGIN**
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  SOME said confidence was the most potent aphrodisiac of all, but for the man
  the world of rugby called ‘the Bear’, confidence was only a starting point.
  Confidence took courage, something Ethan Alexander proved he had each time he
  faced the world with his disfiguring scars.
  
  
  A change swept over the Stadio Flaminio in Rome when Ethan took his seat to
  watch Italy play England in the Six Nations rugby tournament. Men sat a little
  straighter, while women flicked their hair as they moistened their
  immaculately made-up lips.
  
  
  Without the Bear, any match, even an international fixture like this one,
  lacked the frisson of danger Ethan carried with him. Tall, dark, and
  formidably scarred, Ethan was more than an avid rugby supporter, he was an
  unstoppable tycoon, a man who defied the standards by which other men were
  judged. His face might be damaged, but Ethan possessed a blistering glamour
  born