For Jane Whitmore,
agreeing to switch identities with her best friend seems like innocent fun, but
spending a romantic night in Paris with a man who doesn't know her real name
turns out to be a lark gone bad. When their one night of passion proves to have
lasting results, tracking down Gabe Sutton and telling him he’s about to be the
father of her child is just another calamity Jane would rather avoid.
After years of avoiding long-term romantic entanglements, Gabe has found a woman he might just be able to build a life with, only to have her disappear. When he finally finds her, his belief in happily-ever-after staggers under the weight of deception, and looming fatherhood leaves him with two choices: fight her for custody of his future child or cling to the promise of true love.
After years of avoiding long-term romantic entanglements, Gabe has found a woman he might just be able to build a life with, only to have her disappear. When he finally finds her, his belief in happily-ever-after staggers under the weight of deception, and looming fatherhood leaves him with two choices: fight her for custody of his future child or cling to the promise of true love.
“Michael said you were lovely. He didn’t do you
justice.”
Chaos
erupted in her belly as if thousands of butterflies had suddenly taken flight.
Setting down her glass, she dismissed the manic fluttering and dragged in a
calming breath. The dark-haired devil sitting across from her with intent green
eyes and a come-to-me-baby drawl would fluster any woman with a pulse, even one
with a natural cynicism for situations like this. She might be a round plug in
a family of square holes, but she’d been raised in the world of corporate
finance and recognized his words for what they were. Gabe Sutton thought he
was flattering the daughter of a very powerful business associate. As the only
daughter of Thomas Whitmore, CEO of Whitmore Financial Industries, Jane had
been on the receiving end of similar praises over the years…for exactly the
same purpose.
A
wry smile curved her lips. “That’s kind of you, but, about…my father. I’m sorry
he roped you into including me tonight. He means well, but he can be pushy.”
A
trace of humor flashed in his eyes. “He isn’t exactly subtle, is he?”
“No,
he isn’t.” She shrugged. “We’ve met, which is what he was after. Once he learns
his plan didn’t work out, he’ll move on to the next…candidate.”
He
sprawled back and his thickly lashed eyes narrowed as they roamed her face.
“Candidate? This isn’t the first time your father has set you up like this, I
take it?”
Wife,
mother, and really young grandmother,
Mackenzie Crowne lives with her high school sweet heart husband, a neurotic
Pomeranian, and a blind cat. She calls Phoenix home because the southwest feeds
her soul. Though her friends claim she’s a princess, she disagrees. After all,
one can’t raise two rambunctious boys to wonderful men without getting a little
dirt under their nails. A lover of the romance genre, her resolve to share her
stories with others was sharpened by a bout with breast cancer. Today she is a
multi-published, award-winning author and seven year survivor, living the
dream.
Her friends call her
Mac. She hopes you will too.
Thanks so much for sharing my release, sweetie. You rock!
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