The Millionaire Next Door. Kara Lennox

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      “I really should go.”

      “How many times are you going to say that?” Hudson asked.

      “Until I convince myself to follow through, I guess.”

      “I like you, Amanda. I also want you. I guess that’s no big surprise. But maybe it would be better if we didn’t go there.”

      She nodded. “Much wiser.”

      “Good night, then.”

      “Yes, good night.” She turned, got as far as the door, actually had her hand on the knob when she turned to look at him one more time.

      The naked hunger she saw in his eyes did her in. No man had ever looked at her like that, as if she was the last morsel of bread on earth. And Amanda could no more deny her own desire than she could stop breathing.

      “Don’t look so glum about it. I have to lower my blood pressure, too. We can work on it together.”

      She brightened. “Could we make it a contest? Whoever lowers their blood pressure the most gets, um…” Gets to kiss the other one senseless.

      The Millionaire Next Door

      Kara Lennox

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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Texas native Kara Lennox has been an art director, typesetter, advertising copywriter, textbook editor and reporter. She’s worked in a boutique, a health club and has conducted telephone surveys. She’s been an antiques dealer and briefly ran a clipping service. But no work has made her happier than writing romance novels.

      When Kara isn’t writing, she indulges in an ever-changing array of weird hobbies, from rock climbing to crystal digging. But her mind is never far from her stories. Just about anything can send her running to her computer to jot down a new idea for some future novel.

      Books by Kara Lennox

      HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE

      841—VIRGIN PROMISE

      856—TWIN EXPECTATIONS

      871—TAME AN OLDER MAN

      893—BABY BY THE BOOK

      917—THE UNLAWFULLY WEDDED PRINCESS

      934—VIXEN IN DISGUISE *

      942—PLAIN JANE’S PLAN*

      951—SASSY CINDERELLA*

      974—FORTUNE’S TWINS

      991—THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR

      Rx

      Name: Hudson Stack, M.D.

      Diagnosis: High Blood Pressure

      General Instructions:

      • Take a vacation in a small Texas town.

      • Spend some quality time with your adorable daughter.

      • Learn how to fish.

      • Fall head over heels in love with your beautiful blond neighbor.

      Signed: George Blake Stimson, M.D.

      Contents

       Prologue

       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

      Prologue

      Hudson Stack, M.D., sat in the office of George Blake Stimson, Chief of Surgery at Boston General, his irritation rising as he learned the results of his mandatory physical.

      “Your blood pressure is in the red zone,” George said, continuing a long harangue. “Your cholesterol is off the charts, your triglycerides are completely out of whack. Your caffeine consumption is three times what it ought to be. Your reflexes are slow, you’re sleep deprived, and you’re irritable. And no doctor, I don’t care how famous or how popular, is going to operate on patients in my hospital when he’s falling apart.”

      “Are you telling me I’m fired?” Hudson asked, alarmed. He’d had these little discussions with George before. Usually the crusty old surgeon warned him to take it easy, eat healthier, get more sleep, that sort of thing.

      Hudson had believed his job was secure. He’d recently become the hospital’s best public relations tool. Inventing an artificial valve that was going to save millions of lives had put Hudson’s name in the medical journals. Saving the mayor’s life with an emergency quintuple bypass had put his name in the headlines. Most recently, Boston Life magazine had named him “Boston’s Hottest Bachelor,” ensuring he remain in the public eye far longer than Hudson would have liked.

      “Of course you’re not fired. Administration would tar and feather me if I did that. But you are going on vacation, starting now.”

      “I can’t,” Hudson