The Pregnancy Clause. Elizabeth Sinclair

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      “You’ll father my baby?”

      He nodded. “But we do it my way, on my terms, or not at all.” Kat looked directly at her. “First of all, we get married.”

      “Married!” Emily stared at him, openmouthed.

      “Married. As in old shoes, rice, orange blossoms. Married. As in legitimate mother and father for our child.”

      Emily didn’t like the emphasis he’d put on our, but she hadn’t recovered enough to retaliate.

      “Second, I won’t agree unless the baby is conceived the old-fashioned way.”

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      Melissa Jeglinski

      Associate Senior Editor

      The Pregnancy Clause

      Elizabeth Sinclair

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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Elizabeth Sinclair was born and raised in the scenic Hudson Valley of New York State. In 1988 she and her husband moved to their present home in St. Augustine, Florida, where she began pursuing her writing career in earnest. Her first novel reached #2 on the Waldenbooks bestseller list and won a 1995 Georgia Romance Writers’ Maggie Award for Excellence. As a proud member of five RWA affiliated chapters, Elizabeth has taught creative writing and given seminars and workshops at both local and national conferences on romance writing, how to get published, promotion and writing a love scene and the dreaded synopsis.

      Books by Elizabeth Sinclair

      HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE

      677—EIGHT MEN AND A LADY

      787—THE OVERNIGHT GROOM

      827—THE PREGNANCY CLAUSE

      ROSE’S BAKED FRENCH TOAST

      1 loaf white bread, cubed

      8 oz cream cheese, cubed

      8-12 eggs, depending on size

      ½ cup maple syrup

      1 cup milk

      Using a 11×13-inch pan, line the bottom with ½ of the bread cubes. Next, layer the cream cheese on top of the bread. Then add the remaining bread cubes on top. Beat the eggs, maple syrup and milk together. Pour entire mixture over bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake at 350˚F for 45 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

      Serves 8

      Contents

       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

       Chapter Fifteen

       Epilogue

      Chapter One

      “You must have a baby before you turn thirty or Clover Hill Farms will be turned over to charity.”’

      A baby? In ten and a half months?

      Twenty-nine-year-old Emily Kingston stared in awe across the highly-polished mahogany desk into the somber face of the young lawyer. Lawrence Tippens recited the conditions of the codicil to her father’s five-year-old will as if he’d just told her to put on fresh lipstick.

      “Why didn’t someone tell me this five years ago, when my father’s will was read?” She felt her eyes widen. “If I have a baby that means I have to…to…”

      A red blush suffused Lawrence’s face. “Yes, well, the codicil doesn’t stipulate how you have the child, only that you have one by the time you turn thirty.”

      Despite