Under Her Skin. Susan Mallery

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      Rave reviews for New York Times

       bestselling author

       SUSAN MALLERY

      Praise for Sweet Spot

      “Mallery is in top-notch form as she takes troubled and stubborn individuals and portrays their emotional growth. Drama and trauma abound in this winner!”

      —Romantic Times BOOKreviews

      “I strongly recommend Sweet Spot, especially to readers who like their family melodramas spiked with lots of laughter and hot romance.”

      —The Romance Reader

      Praise for Sweet Talk

      “Sweet Talk is one sweet read! Susan Mallery delivers a deliciously satisfying first book in her new wonderfully written Bakery Sisters trilogy.”

      —The Romance Readers Connection (4 ½ stars)

      “Amusing, heartfelt and wildly romantic, Sweet Talk is the perfect romance.”

      —Joyfully Reviewed

      “Susan Mallery provides a powerful passionate backdrop to a fine contemporary romance.”

      —Harriet Klausner

      Praise for Accidentally Yours

      “Mallery has once again proven to be a superb writer; romance novels just don’t get much better than this.”

      —Booklist

      “If you’re looking for heart-tugging emotions elaborately laced with humor, then Mallery is the author for you.”

      —Romantic Times BOOKreviews

      Praise for Tempting

      “At turns witty and poignant, this hard-to-put-down book will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers.”

      —Booklist, starred review

      Praise for Sizzling

      “[A] tasty dish…Mallery’s prose is luscious and provocative, and her characters worth following from book to book.”

      —Publishers Weekly

      “Sizzling is simply dazzling! You’ll laugh, you’ll hoot, you’ll raise your eyebrows, and yes, you’ll cry buckets, so have those tissues handy…. Highly Recommended!”

      —The Romance Readers Connection

      Under Her Skin

      Susan Mallery

      

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UNDER HER SKIN

      CONTENTS

      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

      CHAPTER TWENTY

      CHAPTER ONE

      “IT’S ONLY TWO million. Is that going to be a problem?”

      Lexi Titan forced herself to smile. “Not at all,” she lied, wondering if John, her banker, had lost his mind. Two million dollars? She had to come up with two million dollars in twenty-one days? Oh, sure. She would just go home and dig around for loose change in her sofa. There had to be a million-dollar bill or two stashed under the cushions.

      “You could always ask your father,” John said, studying the papers on his desk as if they were the most interesting thing in the world.

      Lexi smiled. “Thanks so much for the information,” she said as she rose. Ask her father? Not likely. Even if Jed Titan was willing to bail her out, having to go to him would cause her carefully executed three-year plan to crumble and die. “I’ll get back to you.”

      “Soon, Lexi,” John told her, standing and shaking her hand. “You only have three weeks to come up with the money or you lose everything.”

      Having the ability to sum up the disaster of her life in a single sentence was quite the gift. She hoped John appreciated it.

      “I’ll figure it out,” she told her banker. “Talk to you in a few days.”

      John looked uncomfortable. “Actually I’ll see you tonight, at your sister’s benefit.”

      Where he would spread the news of her failure far and wide? “Are bankers like lawyers? Do you have to keep this sort of thing to yourself?”

      “Yes,” he assured her. “There’s a code of ethics. I won’t say anything.”

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