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Can a marriage of convenience lead to Happily Ever After?
Nikki Rowen desires a family of her own - but first comes love, then comes marriage. She thought she had the former, until the moment she mentioned the latter and her boyfriend left her with nothing but a broken heart. Just as she's beginning to doubt she'll ever have a 'til death do us part Happily Ever After, she meets her new neighbor in the most unexpected way.
In Sam Mallin's experience, the word family is synonymous with abandonment; he's more than content on his own. Yet, in less than a week, he finds himself caring for an infant dropped on his doorstep, and playing house with his beautiful next-door-neighbor. When his feelings for Nikki deepen, he fears he's nothing more than the ready-made family she so desperately wishes for. How can a self-proclaimed loner hold onto the two females most important to him without history repeating itself in a world of heartbreak?
EXCERPT:
He swung the door open and smiled his welcome at the pretty blond. His gaze dropped, then froze. Where he would've preferred a pie, she held a baby carrier - complete with baby.
Damn, she had a kid. After what his mother put him and his sister through, he didn't do women with kids.
"Samuel Mallin?"
He lifted his gaze up from all that pink to a pair of guarded blue eyes. Forcing his lips to maintain their upward curve, he answered, "I prefer Sam. And you're Nicole, right?"
"Nikki." She frowned. "How'd you - "
"I had some of your mail in my box yesterday," he admitted.
"Ah."
Her wry smile was appealing enough to make him forget about the baby. But it faded fast as she took a breath, shifted her stance, then extended her arms, carrier and all.
"Sam, this is yours."
There was a crumpled envelope clutched between the fingers of her right hand. Tilting his head, he read his name in the crinkled address field and removed it from her grasp with a laugh. He liked that she'd chosen to bring his mail over personally. If he'd been thinking, he'd have done it first - and found out about the kid.
"Thanks," he said as her baby began to fuss. "I just put your stuff in your mailbox."
Nikki lifted the carrier higher with an exasperated huff. "You don't understand. She is yours."
In the middle of stuffing the folded envelope into his back pocket, his gaze dropped to the baby. Blue eyes, just like her momma. It took his brain a moment to make the connection, and then his pulse jumped as his eyebrows shot skyward. "Uh...I don't think so."
The baby sucked hard on a pacifier, her eyes shifting back and forth as she squirmed in the confined seat. Oh, hell no.
~~~
Love finds a way during the four seasons in the Romancing Wisconsin Series. Starting with Christmas/Winter, then moving on to the rest of the seasons, check out this bestselling, heartwarming series set in small town Wisconsin, where hope springs eternal for each happily ever after. Sexy military heroes, runaway brides, surprise babies, single parents - meet the Rileys, the Walshes, the Sullivans, and best of all, Butch...a.k.a. Santa Butch. The mischievous matchmaker makes a cameo in each story - adding a touch of magic to the lives of everyone he loves, and even those he's just met.
Romancing Wisconsin Series
Mistletoe Mischief
Mistletoe Magic
Mistletoe Match-Up
Mistletoe Rules - short bonus story
Autumn Wish
Autumn Bliss
Autumn Kiss
Autumn Glimmer - short bonus story
Spring Fling
Spring Serendipity
Spring Dreams
Spring Spark - short bonus story
Genre: Romance
Nikki Rowen desires a family of her own - but first comes love, then comes marriage. She thought she had the former, until the moment she mentioned the latter and her boyfriend left her with nothing but a broken heart. Just as she's beginning to doubt she'll ever have a 'til death do us part Happily Ever After, she meets her new neighbor in the most unexpected way.
In Sam Mallin's experience, the word family is synonymous with abandonment; he's more than content on his own. Yet, in less than a week, he finds himself caring for an infant dropped on his doorstep, and playing house with his beautiful next-door-neighbor. When his feelings for Nikki deepen, he fears he's nothing more than the ready-made family she so desperately wishes for. How can a self-proclaimed loner hold onto the two females most important to him without history repeating itself in a world of heartbreak?
EXCERPT:
He swung the door open and smiled his welcome at the pretty blond. His gaze dropped, then froze. Where he would've preferred a pie, she held a baby carrier - complete with baby.
Damn, she had a kid. After what his mother put him and his sister through, he didn't do women with kids.
"Samuel Mallin?"
He lifted his gaze up from all that pink to a pair of guarded blue eyes. Forcing his lips to maintain their upward curve, he answered, "I prefer Sam. And you're Nicole, right?"
"Nikki." She frowned. "How'd you - "
"I had some of your mail in my box yesterday," he admitted.
"Ah."
Her wry smile was appealing enough to make him forget about the baby. But it faded fast as she took a breath, shifted her stance, then extended her arms, carrier and all.
"Sam, this is yours."
There was a crumpled envelope clutched between the fingers of her right hand. Tilting his head, he read his name in the crinkled address field and removed it from her grasp with a laugh. He liked that she'd chosen to bring his mail over personally. If he'd been thinking, he'd have done it first - and found out about the kid.
"Thanks," he said as her baby began to fuss. "I just put your stuff in your mailbox."
Nikki lifted the carrier higher with an exasperated huff. "You don't understand. She is yours."
In the middle of stuffing the folded envelope into his back pocket, his gaze dropped to the baby. Blue eyes, just like her momma. It took his brain a moment to make the connection, and then his pulse jumped as his eyebrows shot skyward. "Uh...I don't think so."
The baby sucked hard on a pacifier, her eyes shifting back and forth as she squirmed in the confined seat. Oh, hell no.
~~~
Love finds a way during the four seasons in the Romancing Wisconsin Series. Starting with Christmas/Winter, then moving on to the rest of the seasons, check out this bestselling, heartwarming series set in small town Wisconsin, where hope springs eternal for each happily ever after. Sexy military heroes, runaway brides, surprise babies, single parents - meet the Rileys, the Walshes, the Sullivans, and best of all, Butch...a.k.a. Santa Butch. The mischievous matchmaker makes a cameo in each story - adding a touch of magic to the lives of everyone he loves, and even those he's just met.
Romancing Wisconsin Series
Mistletoe Mischief
Mistletoe Magic
Mistletoe Match-Up
Mistletoe Rules - short bonus story
Autumn Wish
Autumn Bliss
Autumn Kiss
Autumn Glimmer - short bonus story
Spring Fling
Spring Serendipity
Spring Dreams
Spring Spark - short bonus story
Genre: Romance
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