Best Man...with Benefits. Nancy Warren

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      He found himself touching warm, soft female skin...

      What?

      Oh, she smelled good.

      Jackson eased closer. The curving line of her shoulder captivated him. He couldn’t resist—he put his lips where her shoulder met her throat. A pulse beat there, slow and steady. His hand moved downward to capture her breast.

      And then she made a sound like a purr and turned to him.

      He raised his head to look at her more carefully in the darkness of the hotel room and at the same time she opened her eyes.

      His heart stopped. Her eyes opened wide.

      Holy hell...

      He knew this woman’s name perfectly. And most of the time wished he didn’t.

      What was Lauren doing in his bed?

      Dear Reader,

      If you’ve been to the famous Hotel del Coronado near San Diego, then Hotel Messina might seem a little familiar. I love that part of the world. When I dreamed up my latest Mills & Boon Blaze I was living in Southern California, so it was natural to incorporate my favorite places, including Napa and San Francisco.

      When I thought about plot, I drew on the best plotter of them all, Shakespeare. This is my riff on Much Ado About Nothing, with the cynical couple who banter and snipe at each other, but are deep down crazy about each other, and the second couple, the ones who are in love with their ideal vision of love, but the minute the going gets tough they start to fall apart. Naturally, this is a modern and much sexier tale, but I owe William for the initial inspiration.

      As always, I love to hear from readers. Please come visit me on the web at nancywarren.net.

      Happy Reading!

      Nancy Warren

      Best Man...with Benefits

      USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

      Nancy Warren

      

www.millsandboon.co.uk

      USA TODAY bestselling author NANCY WARREN lives in the Pacific Northwest, where her hobbies include skiing, hiking and snowshoeing. She’s the author of more than forty books and novellas for Mills & Boon and has won several awards. Visit her website at nancywarren.net.

      For Elizabeth Jennings and the Matera Brainstormers.

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       Introduction

      Dear Reader

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       About the Author

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      QUESTION: HOW DO you know when someone is truly your best friend? Answer: you love her enough to put up with her semi-douchy fiancé and his completely douchy best buddy.

      Asked and answered, Lauren Sanger thought, as she sat on a private patio of Hotel Messina, the swish resort located on a small island off the California coast where, in a few hours, she’d be maid of honor in her best friend’s wedding.

      Built at the turn of the century, Hotel Messina had housed royalty and A-list celebrities, and been the setting for movies and thousands of weddings.

      Amy Ruehl had dreamed of getting married here since she and Lauren had first seen the hotel in a movie back when they were kids. Her parents could afford the outrageous expense, and all the guests had made the trek over to spend the night, celebrate Amy and Seth’s wedding, and then go back to their much more mundane lives.

      Or maybe that was just Lauren.

      The wedding would take place at four in the afternoon. That’s what it said on the СКАЧАТЬ