âPerhaps this is a good time to explain that I wonât walk away from my child.â
âFirst things first. I need to confirm the pregnancy. Then weâll discuss the best way to handle the situation after that.â She rose, the dame at her most grand. âNow, if you donât mind, Iâd like to go home.â
He did mind. He minded more than he could express.
Chase relaxed back against his chair and studied Emma, while making a swift analysis. She didnât work, mainly because she didnât have to. Sheâd been raised with a silver spoon in her mouth. And she was the last person heâd ever have chosen as mother to his child.
The irony didnât escape him. But unlike his father, Chase wouldnât allow Emma to give birth to a bastard, to force his son or daughter to deal with the sort of snobbery heâd dealt with his entire life.
Whether she realised it or not, he was going to take control of both her and her pregnancy.
Starting now.
USA TODAY bestselling author DAY LECLAIRE is described by Mills & Boon Books as âone of our most popular writers ever!â Dayâs tremendous worldwide popularity has made her a member of Mills & Boonâs âFive Star Club,â with sales of well over five million books. She is a three-time winner of both a Colorado Award of Excellence and a Golden Quill Award. Sheâs won RT Book Reviews Career Achievement and Love and Laughter Awards, a Holt Medallion and a Booksellersâ Best Award. She has also received an impressive ten nominations for the prestigious Romance Writers of Americaâs RITA>® Award.
Dayâs romances touch the heart and make you care about her characters as much as she does. In Dayâs own words, âI adore writing romances, and canât think of a better way to spend each day.â For more information, visit Day on her website, www.dayleclaire.com.
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To Charles Griemsman, editor extraordinaire, who
worked so long and hard on this project and added immensely to the concept. Thank you for everything youâve done to put together such a fun and exciting series! Itâs been a true pleasure working with you.
Dear Reader,
I have to say itâs been an absolute pleasure being the launch author for Modern>⢠Romanceâs latest continuity series, THE TAKEOVER. This particular series is overflowing with hot, sexy, amazing characters and exciting plots, and is written by some of my favourite authors. Itâs been wonderful working with them on this project.
One of my favourite parts of this story was the interaction between the various characters. I adored how the hero and heroine clashed over all that kept them apart, while moving from passion to a deep, unwavering love. I loved the way they came to terms with the heroineâs pregnancy ⦠together. And I really loved how they dealt with the various problem people in their lives in order to resolve the differences between them.
What could be better than reading about wonderful characters who find solutions to their problems and all the while discover something we all want in our own lives ⦠the love of a lifetime!
Sit back, curl up with something hot and delicious (whether a beverage or a personâitâs your choice!) and spend a few lovely hours falling in love. I thoroughly enjoyed writing this book and hope youâll enjoy reading it.
Warmly,
Day Leclaire
She was here.
Chase stood in the shadows of the portico just outside the banquet room of the Vista del Mar Beach and Tennis Club. The room glittered and sparkled with both people and jewelry, the people in full cocktail-party mode, the jewelry, too, he supposed. Dead center in the middle of all that glitter and sparkle stood Emma, the woman heâd spent a single incredible night romancing, seducing ⦠and then losing.
While dance music played in the background, voices rose and fell, determined laughter taking the edge off the rocky undercurrents that flowed around the room. Ostensibly the cocktail party celebrated the impending sale of Worth Industries to Chaseâs stepbrother and closest friend, Rafe Cameron. But old grudges and past secrets stirred restlessly beneath the surface. As his brotherâs money manager and one of those involved in negotiating the purchase of Worth, tonight marked the start of a rough and treacherous passage.
Chase studied Emma while he sipped a thirty-year-old Laphroaig that his brother had stashed for those not interested in the free-flowing champagne. The single-malt Scotch whiskey went down as smooth as silk. Almost as smooth as Emmaâs skin. She had a good portion of that skin on display, the pearl-gray silk dress she wore clinging to curves heâd do just about anything to uncover once again.
Her dress appeared vaguely Grecian in style, one shoulder bared while the silk draped from the other shoulder across her breasts. It hitched in a clever knot on her hip before flowing to just beneath the knee. Continuing with the Grecian theme, she wore toothpick-heeled sandals with straps that wrapped around narrow ankles and trim calves. With her ice-blond hair swept into an elegant chignon, she looked like a goddess. Like a player.