The Marine Meets His Match. Cathie Linz

      “Does the ring fit?”

      Rad slid it over her finger and the feel of his hand holding hers, the way he bent his head to watch what he was doing, all seemed like images from a real engagement, from a man presenting the woman he loved with a token of his intentions to spend the rest of his life with her.

      Serena swallowed the sudden lump in her throat.

      The ring fit.

      Perfectly.

      Her eyes met his. The intensity she saw there caught her by surprise.

      Then he smiled and said, “Mission accomplished.”

      If his mission had been to invade her heart, it looked like he was succeeding.

      Dear Reader,

      From a Texas sweetheart to a Chicago advice columnist, our heroines will sweep you along on their journeys to happily ever after. Don’t miss the tender excitement of Silhouette Romance’s modern-day fairy tales!

      In Carolina’s Gone A’Courting (SR #1734), Carolina Brubaker is on a crash course with destiny—and the man of her dreams—if she can survive their summer of forced togetherness! Will she lasso the heart of her ambitious rancher? Find out in the next story in Carolyn Zane’s THE BRUBAKER BRIDES miniseries.

      To this once-burned plain Jane a worldly, sophisticated, handsome lawyer is not the kind of man she wants…but her heart has other plans. Be there for the transformation of this no-nonsense woman into the beauty she was meant to be, in My Fair Maggy (SR #1735) by Sharon De Vita.

      Catch the next installment of Cathie Linz’s miniseries MEN OF HONOR, The Marine Meets His Match (SR #1736). His favorite independent lady has agreed to play fiancée for this military man who can’t resist telling her what to do. If only he could order her to really fall in love….

      Karen Rose Smith brings us another emotional tale of love and family with Once Upon a Baby… (SR #1737). This love-leery sheriff knows he should stay far away from his pretty and pregnant neighbor—he’s not the husband and father type. But delivering her baby changes everything….

      I hope you enjoy every page of this month’s heartwarming lineup!

      Mavis C. Allen

      Associate Senior Editor

      The Marine Meets His Match

      Cathie Linz

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      For all the booksellers who have supported me over the years, including Judi Brownfield and Ellen Fryer from Books at Sunset (whose bookstore inspired my heroine’s store), Maureen Greene from Borders Books, Kathy Baker from Waldenbooks, Cindi Streicher from Waldenbooks, Betty Schulte and the gang from Paperback Outlet, and Sharon Murphy from everywhere <grin>—to name just a few. Your enthusiastic handselling has made all the difference in the world, and I appreciate your hard work more than I can say!

      Acknowledgment:

      Special thanks to United States Marine Corps family Susan and Harry Frank for

       answering my many dumb questions. Any artistic license that I may have used is my idea and my fault, not theirs. Semper Fi!

      Books by Cathie Linz

      Silhouette Romance

      One of a Kind Marriage #1032

      *Daddy in Dress Blues #1470

      *Stranded with the Sergeant #1534

      *The Marine & the Princess #1561

      A Prince at Last!#1594

      *Married to a Marine #1616

      *Sleeping Beauty & the Marine #1637

      *Her Millionaire Marine #1720

      *Cinderella’s Sweet-Talking Marine #1727

      *The Marine Meets His Match #1736

      Silhouette Books

      Montana Mavericks

      “Baby Wanted”

      Silhouette Desire

      Change of Heart #408

      A Friend in Need #443

      As Good as Gold #484

      Adam’s Way #519

      Smiles #575

      Handyman #616

      Smooth Sailing #665

      Flirting with Trouble #722

      Male Ordered Bride #761

      Escapades #804

      Midnight Ice #846

      Bridal Blues #894

      A Wife in Time #958

      †Michael’s Baby #1023

      †Seducing Hunter #1029

      †Abbie and the Cowboy #1036

      Husband Needed #1098

      CATHIE LINZ

      left her career in a university law library to become a USA TODAY bestselling author of contemporary romances. She is the recipient of the highly coveted Storyteller of the Year Award given by Romantic Times and was nominated for a Love and Laughter Career Achievement Award for the delightful humor in her books.

      Although Cathie loves to travel, she is always glad to get back home to her family, her various cats, her trusty computer and her hidden cache of Oreo cookies!

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven