The Best Laid Plans. Amy Vastine

      

      She planned on falling in love. Just not with him!

      Emma Everhart’s life is going according to plan. Finish nursing school with flying colours... Check. Get a great job in the ER... Check. Marry a handsome doctor and have two babies, three years apart... Not quite yet. But with a dreamy new doctor joining the hospital staff, she’s so close she can almost taste the wedding cake. Now is not the time to let the tall, dark and flirtatious paramedic Charlie Fletcher distract her! He may be the best date and best kiss she’s ever had, but he’s definitely not part of her plan. No matter how he makes her feel...

      “There are tons of great love stories out there. It happens. It could happen to you.”

      “Absolutely.” Emma licked some more ice cream off her spoon. “I don’t care what my sister says. I know I’m going to have one heck of a story to tell someday.”

      Emma was a hopeless romantic, and Charlie liked the idea of being written into her love story. He just had to figure out how to get the part. So far, this new strategy seemed to be working.

      “Mr. Right could be closer than you think,” he said with a wink. So close she could literally reach out and grab him if she wanted to.

      “Oh, he’s close all right.” Emma’s eyes lit up and her smile was back in full force. “There’s this new doctor at the hospital, and we’ve kind of hit it off.”

      Dear Reader,

      I am so excited to have the opportunity to continue telling the story of the Everhart sisters. Lucy, Kendall and Emma are the kind of sisters I wish I had. They’re honest and loyal. They’re always there to provide a shoulder to cry on or to share a laugh.

      Emma is the youngest and the one who has never had to worry about how her life is going to turn out because she has a plan. Her plans include marrying a doctor and living happily ever after. There’s only one problem: Charlie Fletcher. Emma’s not supposed to fall in love with the nice-guy paramedic. But sometimes even the best laid plans go awry.

      I hope you enjoy Emma and Charlie’s story as well as the other love stories in the Chicago Sisters series. I love connecting with readers. You can find me at amyvastine.com and on Facebook (AmyVastineAuthor) and Twitter (@vastine7).

      Amy Vastine

      The Best Laid Plans

      Amy Vastine

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      AMY VASTINE has been plotting stories in her head for as long as she can remember. An eternal optimist, she studied social work, hoping to teach others how to find their silver lining. Now she enjoys creating happily-ever-afters for all to read. Amy lives outside Chicago with her high school sweetheart turned husband, three fun-loving children and their sweet but mischievous puppy. Visit her at amyvastine.com.

      To Jake, Alyssa and Ryan. I love you today, tomorrow, forever!

      Contents

       Cover

       Back Cover Text

       Introduction

Dear Reader

       Title Page

       About the Author

       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

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

       CHAPTER NINETEEN

       CHAPTER TWENTY

       CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

       CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

       Copyright

       CHAPTER ONE

      “WHAT KIND OF hospital is this? Why aren’t you sewing my ear back on?”

      Emma felt guilty for wanting to laugh. She thought she had seen it all. Working in the emergency room at Saint Joseph’s was never boring. In the four years she’d been a nurse there, she’d seen a little bit of everything. Babies delivered in and just outside the waiting room. College