The M.D.'s Unexpected Family. Cindy Kirk

      

       “What’s this?”

      Cassidy lifted their joined hands.

      Tim pretended to study their fingers, his straight-cut nails and her purple-tipped ones. “It’s me touching you, something I wanted to do all evening.”

      She didn’t smile or shoot back some pithy remark guaranteed to make him grin. Instead, she pulled her hand from his.

      “You don’t have to do this, you know,” she said softly, her expression serious.

      “Do what? Be nice?”

      “Pretend to be interested in me.” Cassidy stopped at the edge of the driveway and faced him. “While I appreciate it, we both know you’re only hanging with me now because of the bun.”

      Tim cocked his head. Sometimes it was as if she spoke a foreign language.

      “In the oven.” Cassidy patted her flat belly.

      He almost grinned but pulled the smile back at the last second.

      Her blue eyes were so serious and there was an uncharacteristic frown between her brows. He also saw fatigue and weariness in the way her shoulders, normally so straight, drooped.

      He raised his hand and cupped her cheek. “I’m with you because I like you.”

      * * *

      Rx for Love: Just following doctor’s orders…

      The M.D.’s

      Unexpected

      Family

      Cindy Kirk

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      From the time she was a little girl, CINDY KIRK thought everyone made up different endings to books, movies and television shows. Instead of counting sheep at night, she made up stories. She’s now had over forty novels published. She enjoys writing emotionally satisfying stories with a little faith and humor tossed in. She encourages readers to connect with her on Facebook and Twitter, @cindykirkauthor, and via her website, www.cindykirk.com.

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      Contents

       Cover

       Introduction

       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

       Epilogue

       Extract

       Copyright

       Chapter One

      Cassidy Kaye knew the instant Tim Duggan walked into the Green Room. Though she was busy doing hair for those participating in the Jackson Hole Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction, her spidey senses never failed to alert her whenever the handsome doctor was nearby.

      Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him pause in the doorway, a tall man with a thatch of hair the color of mahogany. His hair was cut stylishly short above a face with a strong jaw and straight nose. His hazel eyes looked green at the moment, but she knew they could turn a mesmerizing golden brown in a heartbeat. He was boyishly handsome, down to the sprig of freckles across the bridge of his nose.

      His gaze scanned the room, his expression solemn.

      When she’d first heard Tim would be filling in for his friend Liam Gallagher, she’d been stunned and disbelieving. Unlike the other bachelors up for bid this evening, Tim was a family man, a widower with twin seven-year-old daughters. He certainly wasn’t a party animal. Other than escorting librarian Jayne Connors to a few social events now and then, he didn’t even date.

      When his gaze settled on her, something that looked almost like relief lifted his lips and she felt warm all over.

      “Back in five,” she told Zippy Rogers, a young woman whose thick dark hair practically begged to be placed into a sexy twist.

      Cassidy wove her way through the small area just off the main ballroom of Spring Gulch Country Club, loving the energy in the air. With each step closer to Tim a different kind of excitement filled her. Embracing the sensation, she sidled up to him.

      “Hi.” Cassidy cursed the odd breathlessness that attacked her whenever he was near. To compensate she offered him a cheeky grin. “Word on the street is you’re up for bid on the meat market tonight.”

      He winced.

      She could almost see his mind spinning like a hamster wheel as he attempted to come up with the proper response to her not-so-proper comment.

      “Liam had an allergic reaction.” He shifted from one foot to the other. “Right now his face is puffed up like the