Marooned With The Maverick. Christine Rimmer

      

       About the Author

      USA TODAY bestselling author CATHERINE MANN has books in print in more than twenty countries with Mills & Boon Desire, Heroes, HQN and other imprints. A six-time RITA® finalist, she has won both a RITA® and Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. Mother of four, Catherine lives in South Carolina where she enjoys kayaking, hiking with her dog and volunteering in animal rescue. FMI, visit: catherinemann.com

      Marooned with the Maverick

      Christine Rimmer

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      ISBN: 978-1-472-00503-8

      MAROONED WITH THE MAVERICK

      © 2013 Harlequin Books S.A.

      Published in Great Britain 2020

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

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       Contents

       Cover

About the Author

       Title Page

       Copyright

Note to Readers

       Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       About the Publisher

      For my dad.

       I love you, Dad.

       And miss you so much!

       Chapter One

      At 2:10 in the afternoon on the Fourth of July, Collin Traub glanced out the great room window of his house on Falls Mountain and could not believe what he saw in the town down below.

      He stopped stock-still and swore under his breath. How could the situation have gotten so bad so fast? He probably should have been keeping an eye on it.

      But he’d been busy, his mind on work. And it was later than usual when he stopped for lunch and came upstairs.

      To this.

      He could kick his own ass for not paying more attention. It had to be about the wettest day on record in Rust Creek Falls, Montana. The rain had been coming