A Daddy Sent By Santa. Susan Carlisle

      When a small-town mom...

       Falls for a big-city doc...

      Nurse Lauren Wilson is used to doctors coming and going in her Oklahoma town—and doesn’t expect prestigious Boston doc Paxton Samuels to be any different. Until they’re snowed in together and their sensual tension reaches boiling point! But knowing Paxton is due to leave after the festive season, can Lauren risk giving him her heart and her little boy a daddy for Christmas?

      “With detailed prose that sparkles with wit and engaging dialogue that sucks you in, it would be impossible not to lose your heart in Rex and Tiffani’s strong, passionate romance!”

      —Goodreads on Redeeming the Rebel Surgeon

      “Susan Carlisle skillfully interweaves the field of medicine with personal matters to create an abundance of compelling situation.... There are a wide range of feelings expressed, and each one is genuine and pulled me even more into the lives of two people who must search deep within themselves for what will make them truly happy.”

      —Goodreads on The Brooding Surgeon’s Baby Bombshell

      SUSAN CARLISLE’s love affair with books began in the sixth grade, when she made a bad grade in mathematics. Not allowed to watch TV until she’d brought the grade up, Susan filled her time with books. She turned her love of reading into a passion for writing, and now has over ten Medical Romances published through Mills & Boon. She writes about hot, sexy docs and the strong women who captivate them. Visit SusanCarlisle.com.

       Also by Susan Carlisle

      His Best Friend’s Baby

      One Night Before Christmas

      Married for the Boss’s Baby

      White Wedding for a Southern Belle

      The Doctor’s Sleigh Bell Proposal

      The Surgeon’s Cinderella

      Stolen Kisses with Her Boss

      Christmas with the Best Man

      Redeeming the Rebel Doc

      The Brooding Surgeon’s Baby Bombshell

      Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk.

      A Daddy Sent by Santa

      Susan Carlisle

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      ISBN: 978-1-474-07545-9

      A DADDY SENT BY SANTA

      © 2018 Susan Carlisle

      Published in Great Britain 2018

      by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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      To Katie

      Contents

       Cover

       Back Cover Text

       About the Author

       Booklist

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       CHAPTER ONE

       CHAPTER TWO

       CHAPTER THREE

       CHAPTER FOUR

       CHAPTER FIVE

       CHAPTER SIX

       CHAPTER SEVEN

       CHAPTER EIGHT

       CHAPTER NINE

       CHAPTER TEN

       Extract

       About the Publisher

       CHAPTER ONE

      PAXTON SAMUELS’ DECISION to leave Boston had been calculated. Volunteering for the temporary medical position in western Oklahoma hadn’t given him