Taming of the Two. Elizabeth Harbison

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      “With any luck, we won’t have to do this again,” he said

      He trailed his fingertips lightly down her arms. Her skin was soft and smooth. He didn’t think he’d ever touched such soft skin as hers. He lowered his mouth onto hers. Her mouth was warm and soft, her breath sweet. She responded to his kiss immediately.

      “Good. Now look like you’re enjoying yourself. This is looking more like sexual harassment than love.”

      “It’s…not…love,” she breathed.

      “No kidding,” he said against her skin. “But if you could possibly act like a warm-blooded woman, you might not ruin everything we’re trying to achieve.”

      “Maybe you just don’t warm my blood,” she said haughtily, but her voice quivered at the end.

      “Sweetheart, I haven’t even turned the burner on and you’re boiling.”

      Dear Reader,

      As the days get shorter and the approaching holidays bring a buzz to the crisp air, nothing quite equals the joy of reuniting with family and catching up on the year’s events. This month’s selections all deal with family matters, be it making one’s own family, dealing with family members or doing one’s family duty.

      Desperate to save his family ranch, the hero in Elizabeth Harbison’s Taming of the Two (#1790) enters into a bargain that could turn a pretend relationship into the real deal. This is the second title in the SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE trilogy. A die-hard bachelor gets a taste of what being a family man is like when he rescues a beautiful stranger and her adorable infant from a deadly blizzard, in Susan Meier’s Snowbound Baby (#1791)—part of the author’s BRYANT BABY BONANZA continuity. Carol Grace continues her FAIRY TALE BRIDES miniseries with His Sleeping Beauty (#1792) in which a woman sheltered by her overprotective parents gains the confidence to strike out on her own after her handsome—but cynical—neighbor catches her sleepwalking in his garden! Finally, in The Marine and Me (#1793), the next installment in Cathie Linz’s MEN OF HONOR series, a soldier determined to outwit his matchmaking grandmother and avoid the marriage landmine gets bushwhacked by his supposedly dowdy neighbor.

      Be sure to come back next month when Karen Rose Smith and Shirley Jump put their own spins on Shakespeare and the Dating Game, respectively!

      Happy reading.

      Ann Leslie Tuttle

      Associate Senior Editor

      Taming of the Two

      Elizabeth Harbison

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      Books by Elizabeth Harbison

      Silhouette Romance

      A Groom for Maggie #1239

      Wife Without a Past #1258

      Two Brothers and a Bride #1286

      True Love Ranch #1323

      *Emma and the Earl #1410

      *Plain Jane Marries the Boss #1416

      *Annie and the Prince #1423

      *His Secret Heir #1528

      A Pregnant Proposal #1553

      Princess Takes a Holiday #1643

      The Secret Princess #1713

      Taming of the Two #1790

      Silhouette Special Edition

      Drive Me Wild #1476

      Midnight Cravings #1539

      How To Get Your Man #1685

      Silhouette Books

      Lone Star Country Club

      Mission Creek Mother-To-Be

      ELIZABETH HARBISON

      has been an avid reader for as long as she can remember. After devouring the Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden series in grade school, she moved on to the suspense of Mary Stewart, Dorothy Eden and Daphne du Maurier, just to name a few. From there it was a natural progression to writing, although early efforts have been securely hidden away in the back of a closet.

      After authoring three cookbooks, Elizabeth turned her hand to writing romances and hasn’t looked back. Her second book for Silhouette Romance, Wife Without a Past, was a 1998 finalist for the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® Award in the Best Traditional Romance category.

      Elizabeth lives in Maryland with her husband, John, daughter Mary Paige, and son Jack, as well as two dogs, Bailey and Zuzu. She loves to hear from readers and you can write to her at c/o Box 1636, Germantown, MD 20875.

      To Miss Erin Sears, a heroine-in-training and Trey Sears, my boy’s best pal

      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

       Epilogue