His Destiny Bride. Christyne Butler
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Название: His Destiny Bride

Автор: Christyne Butler

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Короткие любовные романы

Серия: Mills & Boon Cherish

isbn: 9781474041218

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       Girl, get over it!

      Another familiar refrain, one she’d repeated daily to herself over the last few weeks, echoed in her head. Getting back to normal—whatever that might be— was harder than she thought.

      That morning after Nolan left, she’d cleaned up the room as best she could. She then hurried home, determined to live up to the agreement they made. To make sure everything stayed the same. Between her and Nolan. Her and the Murphys. Her and the job she loved so much.

      Easier said than done.

      Yes, her actions had been dumb that night. Not just dumb, but careless, too. Hey, it wasn’t the first time she’d done something stupid in her never-ending search for—

      Nope, don’t use the L word.

      What happened that night had been a combination of lust, booze and foolishness. She’d been lucky the man she’d fallen into bed with had been someone like Nolan.

      To allow herself to think one night of great sex would lead to … to something … was crazy. He’d made his feelings about their night together clear when he said they should go on with their lives as if nothing had happened.

      Nothing. Yeah, right.

       Welcome to Destiny:

      Where fate leads to falling in love

      His Destiny Bride

      Christyne Butler

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      CHRISTYNE BUTLER is a USA TODAY bestselling author who fell in love with romance novels while serving in the US Navy and started writing her own stories in 2002. She writes contemporary romances that are full of life, love and a hint of laughter. She lives with her family in central Massachusetts and loves to hear from her readers at www.christynebutler.com.

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      To my sisters Peggy and Jennifer

      and the sisters of my heart,

      the Gamma Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.

      Thank you for letting me borrow your names

      to populate the characters, businesses

      and locations in my books …

      The yellow roses are always for you!

      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

       Extract

       Copyright

       Chapter One

      Friday night before Halloween

      It was time.

      Katie Ledbetter unscrewed the lid to the almost empty mason jar, offered a quick salute and shot back the last mouthful of tequila, lime, triple sec and crushed ice.

      Wow, that burned. Still, the heavy layers of self-inflicted what-was-I-thinking and why-didn’t-I-see-this-coming fuzziness she’d suffered through since the end of summer were finally gone.

      Now she was ready to trudge back into the eighth layer of hell, otherwise known as the dating world. It’d been two months. A long enough sabbatical to nurse any heart, even one as used and bruised as hers.

      What better night than when people dressed in costumes to hide their true selves?

      At least here amid the noise and crowd at the Blue Creek Saloon’s annual Halloween party the deception was on purpose. Tonight one could pretend to be anyone or anything. From sexy to humorous to superhero—even happy.

      Then there was the dashing pirate on the other side of the room.

      She’d first seen him not long after she arrived, but that’d been a fleeting glance. Since then, she’d spotted quite a few in that same popular costume...

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