The Ryders: Jared, Royce and Stephanie: Seduction and the CEO. Barbara Dunlop

      

      BARBARA DUNLOP writes romantic stories while curled up in a log cabin in Canada’s far north, where bears outnumber people and it snows six months of the year. Fortunately, she has a brawny husband and two teenage children to haul firewood and clear the driveway while she sips cocoa and muses about her upcoming chapters. Barbara loves to hear from readers. You can contact her through her website at www.barbaradunlop.com.

      The Ryders:

      Jared, Royce

      and Stephanie

      Seduction and

      the CEO

      In Bed with

      the Wrangler

      His Convenient

      Virgin Bride

      Barbara Dunlop

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       About the Author

       Title Page

Seduction and the CEO

       Dedication

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

       Eight

       Nine

       Ten

       In Bed With The Wrangler

       Dedication

       One

       Two

       Three

       Four

       Five

       Six

       Seven

       Eight

       Nine

       Ten

       Eleven

       His Convenient Virgin Bride

       Dedication

       One

       Two

       Three

       Four

       Five

       Six

       Seven

       Eight

       Nine

       Ten

       Epilogue

       Copyright

       Seduction and the CEO

      Barbara Dunlop

      For my amazing husband—cowboy, pilot and businessman

       One

      Journalist Brandon Langard’s blunder was the talk of the bullpen at Windy City Bizz. The odds-on favorite for a promotion to feature writer, he’d struck out in his attempt to get an interview with Jared Ryder.

      Melissa Warner and the rest of the sixth-floor magazine staff watched the fallout with morbid fascination. The managing editor’s door was closed tight, but through the interior window, it was obvious Seth Strickland was shouting. His eyes snapped fire, and his face had turned a mottled purple. Brandon’s head was bent and still, his shoulders hunched.

      “They’ve already designed the cover,” photographer Susan Alaric stage-whispered over the low barrier between her and Melissa’s desks.

      “That’s because Brandon swore it was a done deal,” said Melissa, remembering his swagger last week when he’d announced the plum assignment.

      “Nothing wrong with that man’s confidence,” Susan returned with an eye roll. Brandon’s habit of bragging, flirting and ogling the female staff had long since alienated them.

      “I was sure he’d pull it off,” Melissa had to admit. Brandon might be obnoxious, but he was also driven and hardworking. And like all the journalists at the Bizz, he knew an in-depth article on Chicago’s most elusive entrepreneur and bachelor would clinch the promotion to feature writer.

      That Jared Ryder had made a fortune in the Chicago