Millionaire's Christmas Miracle. Mary Anne Wilson

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      The box moved as the cries increased

      Quint crouched down, shocked to see a baby in the box. Acting on twenty-year-old instincts, he reached for the baby and its pacifier. Straightening, he cradled the child in his arm and offered the pacifier. The cries stopped.

      He looked around the garage, but no one was there. He tried the back door to the child-care center. Locked.

      Within a few minutes, the door opened and Amy was there.

      “What are you—?” Her words cut off as her eyes widened. “That’s a baby,” she said. “Who…where did you get a baby?”

      “Outside your door.”

      She eased the baby out of his arms, then cuddled it to her. She was meant to be a mother. The gentleness in her, the caring, was almost tangible. “I don’t understand.”

      Quint’s chest tightened and his mouth felt dry. “That makes two of us.”

      Dear Reader,

      Welcome to Harlequin American Romance, where you’re guaranteed upbeat and lively love stories set in the backyards, big cities and wide-open spaces of America.

      Kick-starting the month is an AMERICAN BABY selection by Mollie Molay. The hero of The Baby in the Back Seat is one handsome single daddy who knows how to melt a woman’s guarded heart! Next, bestselling author Mindy Neff is back with more stories in her immensely popular BACHELORS OF SHOTGUN RIDGE series. In Cheyenne’s Lady, a sheriff returns home to find in his bed a pregnant woman desperate for his help. Honor demands that he offer her his name, but will he ever give his bride his heart?

      In Millionaire’s Christmas Miracle, the latest book in Mary Anne Wilson’s JUST FOR KIDS miniseries, an abandoned baby brings together a sophisticated older man who’s lost his faith in love and a younger woman who challenges him to take a second chance on romance and family. Finally, don’t miss Michele Dunaway’s Taming the Tabloid Heiress, in which an alluring journalist finesses an interview with an elusive millionaire who rarely does publicity. Exactly how did the reporter get her story?

      Enjoy all four books—and don’t forget to come back again in December when Judy Christenberry’s Triplet Secret Babies launches Harlequin American Romance’s continuity MAITLAND MATERNITY: TRIPLETS, QUADS & QUINTS, and Mindy Neff brings you another BACHELORS OF SHOTGUN RIDGE installment.

      Wishing you happy reading,

      Melissa Jeglinski

      Associate Senior Editor

      Harlequin American Romance

      Millionaire’s Christmas Miracle

      Mary Anne Wilson

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      To Taylor Anne Levin

      The real miracle in my life…

      XOXOXO

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Mary Anne Wilson is a Canadian transplanted to Southern California, where she lives with her husband, three children and an assortment of animals. She knew she wanted to write romances when she found herself “rewriting” the great stories in literature, such as A Tale of Two Cities, to give them “happy endings.” Over a ten-year career, she’s published thirty romances, had her books on bestseller lists, been nominated for Reviewer’s Choice Awards and received a Career Achievement Award in Romantic Suspense. She’s looking forward to her next thirty books.

      Books by Mary Anne Wilson

      HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE

      495—HART’S OBSESSION

      523—COULD IT BE YOU?

      543—HER BODYGUARD

      570—THE BRIDE WORE BLUE JEANS

      609—THE CHRISTMAS HUSBAND

      652—MISMATCHED MOMMY?

      700—MR. WRONG!

      714—VALENTINE FOR AN ANGEL

      760—RICH, SINGLE & SEXY

      778—COWBOY IN A TUX

      826—THAT NIGHT WE MADE BABY

      891—REGARDING THE TYCOON’S TODDLER*

      589—HART’S DREAM

      895—THE C.E.O. & THE SECRET HEIRESS*

      637—NINE MONTHS LATER…

      899—MILLIONAIRE’S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE*

      670—JUST ONE TOUCH

      THE TEXAS TELL-ALL

      Dec. 24, 2001

      Last night’s holiday reception at LynTech Corporation was an interesting mix of powerful entrepreneurs, investors and parents whose main concern is the corporation’s thriving day-care center, Just For Kids. And just as the party was heating up, in walked Quint Gallagher, the hotshot consultant from New York, who turned a number of female heads (including mine!). Word has it that the devilishly good-looking Mr. Gallagher has returned to his hometown of Houston in an effort to revitalize LynTech. However, business seemed the last thing on the millionaire’s mind as he and sexy single mom Amy Blake, coordinator of Just For Kids, talked and flirted the whole night through. The twenty-year age difference between the two hardly seemed to matter, and even this reporter could see the sparks flying! My prediction? Mr. Gallagher’s return to Texas will prove to be very strategic in matters of business…and of the heart.

      Contents

       Prologue

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

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