Billionaire Bachelors: Garrett
Because of the terms of a will, Garrett Holden had to share his stepfather's tiny cabin in Maine with Ana Birch for one month.A hardened businessman, Garrett was lost moments after meeting the beautiful stranger, and he knew spending thirty days together would be pure torture on his libido. But as hard as he tried to resist Ana's charms, the die-hard bachelor was quickly captivated by her compassionate nature, her zest for life and her tempting curves.Still, Ana's true identity remained a mystery - who exactly was the lovely Ana Birch, why was she named in the will and how could he walk away from her once the thirty days were up?
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She Was Not Going To Fall For Garrett Holden.
He was a bully and a brute and a mean, hateful person…but that hadn’t been true for the five days since what she’d come to think of as The Television Truce. And if he smiled at her one more time, and spoke to her in that deep, dark, honey-over-whiskey voice, she might just grab him by the hair and kiss him until this ridiculous fascination was slaked.
She was not going to fall for him.
She didn’t feel that way about Garrett.
Yet.
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Billionaire Bachelors: Garrett
Anne Marie Winston
ANNE MARIE WINSTON
RITA>® Award finalist and bestselling author Anne Marie Winston loves babies she can give back when they cry, animals in all shapes and sizes, and just about anything that blooms. When she’s not writing, she’s chauffeuring children to various activities, trying not to eat chocolate or reading anything she can find. She will dance at the slightest provocation and weeds her gardens when she can’t see the sun for the weeds anymore. You can learn more about Anne Marie’s novels by visiting her Web site at www.annemariewinston.com.
For Lucie and Missy, the original roadkill kitties,
and for the staff of the Waynesboro Veterinary Clinic. For many years of excellent care and for services above and beyond the call of sanity!
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
One
Garrett Holden strode up the cracking sidewalk and stepped onto the low front porch of the dilapidated half-house. He shook his head in disgust as he looked around the tiny dwelling. This was what he got for insisting that he be the one to notify the woman mentioned in his stepfather Robin Underwood’s will of Robin’s death.
This wasn’t an area of Baltimore he usually frequented, with its tiny, narrow duplexes all crammed together on the streets across from the far reaches of the Johns Hopkins University campus. The front yards were minuscule. The backs, as he’d discovered when he’d driven down the alley behind the house on his initial pass, consisted largely of concrete slabs, not a blade of grass in sight. He’d been relieved to find a parking space within sight of the address where he could keep an eye on his imported sports car. Though he hadn’t seen anyone suspicious, the area looked like a prime target for crime. He couldn’t imagine how on earth Robin had gotten involved with anyone from this locale.
The lady apparently had a green thumb, he thought as he surveyed her small square of earth. Late summer flowers were everywhere, blooming in great untidy bursts of color all around the border of the little yard, growing through the sagging picket fence. A pink rambler rose completely blotted out the sunlight from a full half of the rickety board porch that stretched across the front of the place. There were a few rotted boards on the porch floor that had broken through and he stayed close to her front door, hoping that the owner had had the sense to keep the main entry where people walked in better repair than the rest.
He put his finger on the bell and pressed hard. No answering sound alerted the occupants of a visitor. Pulling open the torn screen door, he rapped sharply at the wooden door. A surprisingly clean white lacy curtain blocked his view through the window in the upper part of the door. Still hearing no sound of anyone walking toward the door, he rapped again. “Hello? Anyone home?”
“Just a moment.” The voice was feminine, faraway and distinctly frustrated.
He waited impatiently, glancing twice at his watch before a rustling at the curtain preceded the opening of the inner door. A face stared out at him.
Garrett stared back. She wasn’t what he’d expected. At all. Actually, he hadn’t known what to expect, but this—this wood nymph wasn’t it. It was a fanciful thought for a man who dealt largely in numbers, but it was strangely appropriate.
