Father Found. Muriel Jensen

      “You lied to me.”

      “Some of it was true,” Bram disputed.

      “You told me I proposed to you,” Augusta said, “and that isn’t true. I remember clearly that you proposed, and I turned you down because I was afraid we’d be incompatible.”

      “Yes, the schoolteacher and the spy. It seemed like it shouldn’t make sense. But love isn’t a logical thing. Remember the night before I left? We had just made love and you were crying because I had to leave. Remember what you said to me?”

      She tried to put the scene together. “I don’t think I could live without you now,” she said aloud, hearing their voice in her head and repeating the words.

      “That’s right. And what did you say after that? It was very direct.”

      Augusta groaned. “I asked you to marry me.”

      “Yes, you did,” he said with obvious satisfaction. “I didn’t lie about that.”

      “But you did lie when you told me we were married three days after we had our blood tests.”

      “I dreamed,” he corrected….

      Dear Reader,

      Welcome to Harlequin American Romance…where each month we offer four wonderful new books bursting with love!

      Linda Randall Wisdom kicks off the month with Bride of Dreams, the latest installment in the RETURN TO TYLER series, in which a handsome Native American lawman is undeniably drawn to the pretty and mysterious new waitress in town. Watch for the Tyler series to continue next month in Harlequin Historicals. Next, a lovely schoolteacher is in for a big surprise when she wakes up in a hospital with no memory of her past—or how she’d gotten pregnant. Meet the last of the three identical sisters in Muriel Jensen’s WHO’S THE DADDY? series in Father Found.

      Bestselling author Judy Christenberry’s Rent a Millionaire Groom launches Harlequin American Romance’s new series, 2001 WAYS TO WED, about three best friends searching for Mr. Right who turn to a book guaranteed to help them make it to the altar. IDENTITY SWAP, Charlotte Douglas’s new cross-line series, debuts with Montana Mail-Order Wife. In this exciting story, two women involved in a train accident switch identities and find much more than they bargained for. Follow the series next month in Harlequin Intrigue.

      Enjoy this month’s offerings, and make sure to return each and every month to Harlequin American Romance!

      Wishing you happy reading,

      Melissa Jeglinski

      Associate Senior Editor

      Harlequin American Romance

      Father Found

      Muriel Jensen

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      To Patricia Teal, agent and good friend

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Muriel Jensen and her husband, Ron, live in Astoria, Oregon, in an old Four-Square Victorian at the mouth of the Columbia River. They share their home with a golden retriever/golden Labrador mix named Amber, and five cats who moved in with them without an invitation. (Muriel insists that a plate of Friskies and a bowl of water are not an invitation!)

      They also have three children and their families in their lives—a veritable crowd of the most interesting people and children. In addition, they have irreplaceable friends, wonderful neighbors and “a life they know they don’t deserve but love desperately anyway.”

      Books by Muriel Jensen

      HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE

       73—WINTER’S BOUNTY

      119—LOVERS NEVER LOSE

      176—THE MALLORY TOUCH

      200—FANTASIES AND MEMORIES

      219—LOVE AND LAVENDER

      244—THE DUCK SHACK AGREEMENT

      267—STRINGS

      283—SIDE BY SIDE

      321—A CAROL CHRISTMAS

      339—EVERYTHING

      392—THE MIRACLE

      414—RACING WITH THE MOON

      425—VALENTINE HEARTS AND FLOWERS

      464—MIDDLE OF THE RAINBOW

      478—ONE AND ONE MAKES THREE

      507—THE UNEXPECTED GROOM

      522—NIGHT PRINCE

      534—MAKE-BELIEVE MOM

      549—THE WEDDING GAMBLE

      569—THE COURTSHIP OF DUSTY’S DADDY

      603—MOMMY ON BOARD*

      606—MAKE WAY FOR MOMMY*

      610—MERRY CHRISTMAS, MOMMY!*

      654—THE COMEBACK MOM

      669—THE PRINCE, THE LADY & THE TOWER

      688—KIDS & CO.*

      705—CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY

      737—DADDY BY DEFAULT**

      742—DADDY BY DESIGN**

      746—DADDY BY DESTINY**

      756—GIFT-WRAPPED DAD

      770—THE HUNK & THE VIRGIN

      798—COUNTDOWN TO BABY

      813—FOUR REASONS FOR FATHERHOOD

      850—FATHER FEVER**

      858—FATHER FORMULA**

      866—FATHER FOUND**

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten