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Автор Marsh Nicola
From bump to baby and beyond….
Whether she’s expecting or they’re adopting, a special arrival is on its way!
Follow the tears and triumphs as these couples find their lives blessed with the magic of parenthood.
Rescued: Mother-To-Be
by Trish Wylie
“I don’t want your money!”
Anger scorched across her face and she calmed with obvious effort. He could see it in the unclenching fists, the softening of her shoulders, and he bided his time, watching uncertainty war with pride, fury battle vulnerability.
“What do you want, then?” he finally prompted, increasingly uncomfortable with standing in this tiny room not knowing what to say or do, clumsy in his efforts to help.
For a moment he wondered if she’d heard him, as Maya’s attention remained fixed on Chas, the intensity of maternal love etched on her face taking his breath away.
“I do want something from you. A commitment. ”
His world tilted as the impact of her demand hit him full-on. …
Inherited: Baby
Nicola Marsh
For Dad, who thinks horses are the best thing on four legs! And thanks to Trish for her horse expertise.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
MAYA EDISON STOOD ramrod straight, oblivious to the huge society crowd that had turned the funeral into a farce. She stared at the casket containing her dead fiancé as it was lowered into the ground, wishing she could cry.
Wishing she could feel something other than the soul-deep weariness that had seeped into her bones around the time she had moved in with Joe Bourke, fallen pregnant with his child and bought his phoney lines about wanting to get married.
Wishing she didn’t feel the slightest hint of relief that her nightmare with Joe was over. Or the overwhelming guilt at her role in his death.
Loving Joe had been a rush, a whirlwind romance that had plucked her up and deposited her in the eye of an emotional hurricane, leaving her to pick up the pieces less than two years later.
‘You okay?’
She turned at the light touch on her elbow, nodding mechanically, gaining some comfort from the genuine concern in Riley’s deep blue eyes.
Riley Bourke, Joe’s serious older brother, the only person at this funeral who had lent a helping hand after Joe’s death, the only person who seemed to care.
