To Love An Older Man. Debbi Rawlins

      “We both know something is going on between us.”

      David glanced around and raked a nervous hand through his hair. “This isn’t the place to have this discussion.”

      “No denial?” A grin tugged at Beth’s mouth. “Well, that’s progress.”

      “Don’t get any ideas.” He pressed the remote and unlocked the car doors.

      “Too late.” She laughed when he rolled his gaze heavenward, and reached for her door handle. And then he muttered something about the impulsiveness of youth. She stopped, thought a moment.

      Impulsive, huh? She’d show him impulsive.

      She opened the door, flung her purse onto the passenger seat, and then before he could climb in, went around the hood and threw her arms around his neck. He stumbled back in surprise, his hands going to her waist.

      She smiled up at his shocked face. “How’s this for impulsive?” And she kissed him.

      Dear Reader,

      What better way to celebrate June, a month of courtship and romance, than with four new spectacular books from Harlequin American Romance?

      First, the always wonderful Mindy Neff inaugurates Harlequin American Romance’s new three-book continuity series, BRIDES OF THE DESERT ROSE, which is a follow-up to the bestselling TEXAS SHEIKHS series. In the Enemy’s Embrace is a sexy rivals-become-lovers story you won’t want to miss.

      When a handsome aristocrat finds an abandoned newborn, he turns to a beautiful doctor to save the child’s life. Will the adorable infant bond their hearts together and make them the perfect family? Find out in A Baby for Lord Roderick by Emily Dalton. Next, in To Love an Older Man by Debbi Rawlins, a dashing attorney vows to deny his attraction to the pregnant woman in need of his help. With love and affection, can the expectant beauty change the older man’s mind? Sharon Swan launches her delightful continuing series WELCOME TO HARMONY with Home-Grown Husband, which features a single-mom gardener who looks to her mysterious and sexy new neighbor to spice up her life with some much-needed excitement and romance.

      Best,

      Melissa Jeglinski

      Associate Senior Editor

      Harlequin American Romance

      To Love an Older Man

      Debbi Rawlins

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      This is for Bernadette, my partner in crime. I’m still waiting for you to write the next chapter.

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Debbi Rawlins currently resides with her husband in Las Vegas, Nevada. A native of Hawaii, she married on Maui and has since lived in Cincinnati, Chicago, Tulsa, Houston, Detroit and Durham, N.C., during the past twenty years. Now that she’s had enough of the gypsy life, it’ll take a crane, a bulldozer and a forklift to get her out of her new home. Good thing she doesn’t like to gamble. Except maybe on romance.

      Books by Debbi Rawlins

      HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE

      580—MARRIAGE INCORPORATED

      618—THE COWBOY AND THE CENTERFOLD

      622—THE OUTLAW AND THE CITY SLICKER

      675—LOVE, MARRIAGE AND OTHER CALAMITIES

      691—MARRY ME, BABY

      730—THE BRIDE TO BE…OR NOT TO BE?

      741—IF WISHES WERE…HUSBANDS

      780—STUD FOR HIRE?

      790—OVERNIGHT FATHER

      808—HIS, HERS AND THEIRS

      860—LOVING A LONESOME COWBOY

      881—HIS ROYAL PRIZE

      927—TO LOVE AN OLDER MAN

      HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE

      587—HER MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

      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

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Epilogue

      Chapter One

      “Hey, Boss, it’s eight-thirty. Aren’t you ready to pack it up for the night?”

      David Elliot Matthews looked up from his day planner at one of the firm’s younger lawyers poking his blond head in David’s office. “What are you still doing here?”

      Todd shrugged. “Jason and I have the Sandburg’s Metal fraud trial coming up next week. We’re trying to get a head start on the case.”

      “Any problems?”

      “No. Everything is under control,” Todd said quickly, tugging at his loosened tie. “We just want to be prepared.”

      David suppressed a smile. They were young, only two years out of law school, and eager to make a good impression. As soon as he set foot in his private elevator, they’d head for Houlihan’s bar on the first floor.

      Fourteen years had passed since he graduated from law school himself, but he remembered those days when Houlihan’s had just opened. His father had been head of the firm then, and found no amusement in the fact that his only son would rather party than practice law.

      David Sr.’s first heart attack had been a sobering wake-up call for David. The second fatal attack changed David’s life forever.