âI want you, and you want me.Itâs mutual. So thereâs a prettylogical conclusion here.â
He traced her lower lip with his thumb, and Saraâs lips automatically parted. âOh, good. Iâm so glad you agree with me,â he said softly, and bent his head to kiss her. His mouth brushed against hers, the contact light and teasing and tempting her to respond. When she tipped her head back slightly, he deepened the kiss, offering and demanding at the same time.
Sara had kissed men before. Been to bed with men before. But this⦠This was something elseâ¦
TO TAME A PLAYBOYHot, sexy, and double the pleasure!Modern Heat⢠introducesKate Hardyâs new playboy duet
About BREAKFAST AT GIOVANNIâS, winnerof the Romance Novelistsâ Association Romanceprize 2008:
âBREAKFAST AT GIOVANNIâS is simply terrific! Sexy, funny, tender, passionate and romantic, this engrossing tale features a loveable heroine and a gorgeous Italian hero who will make you swoon! Kate Hardy is a writer readers can count on in order to deliver an entertaining page-turner which they will devour in a single sitting, and BREAKFAST AT GIOVANNIâS is certainly no exception!â
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About ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY:
âHardyâs ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY is a terrific attraction-at-first-sight story. Heâs hot, sexy and vulnerable, and sheâs patient because in the end she knows heâll be worth it.â
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âRomantic fiction does not get any better than this! Fresh, funny, heartwarming and absolutely unputdownable, ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY is vintage Kate Hardy! Featuring a lovely heroine, a gorgeous hero, sizzling sexual tension, an adorable cast of secondary characters and steamy romance, ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter night!â
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Kate Hardy lives on the outskirts of Norwich with her husband, two small children, a dogâand too many books to count! She wrote her first book at age six, when her parents gave her a typewriter for her birthday. She had the first of a series of sexy romances published at twenty-five, and swapped a job in marketing communications for freelance health journalism when her son was born, so she could spend more time with him. Sheâs wanted to write for Harlequin Mills & Boon since she was twelveâand when she was pregnant with her daughter, her husband pointed out that writing Medical⢠Romances would be the perfect way to combine her interest in health issues with her love of good stories. Now Kate has also ventured into Modern Heat⢠Romance too, and SURRENDER TO THE PLAYBOY SHEIKH is her ninth novel for this series.
Kate is always delighted to hear from readersâdo drop in to her website at www.katehardy.com
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SURRENDER TO THE PLAYBOY SHEIKH*
HOTLY BEDDED, CONVENIENTLY WEDDED SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY BREAKFAST AT GIOVANNIâS
*To Tame a Playboy duet
Kate Hardyâs Medical⢠Romance duetâThe London Victoria:
THE CHILDRENâS DOCTORâS SPECIAL PROPOSAL
THE GREEK DOCTORâS NEW-YEAR BABY
For Michelle Stylesâ
good friend and fellow history aficionadoâwith love
âSO WHATâS her name, Luke?â Karim asked as he and Luke left the squash court.
âWhose?â
âThe woman whoâs distracting you.â Karim gave his best friend an appraising look. âWhy else would I beat you by this much of a margin?â
Luke smiled despite himself, recognising his own question thrown back at him. The difference was, when heâd asked, there had been a woman distracting Karimâthe woman who was now his wife. It wasnât the same for Luke, who had no intention of letting anyone that close to him. âNot my social life. Work,â he said economically.
âSounds as if you need some TLC, Lily-style. Come back with me and have dinner with us.â
âWhat, tonight? Itâs hardly fair, dumping a guest on Lily at the last minute.â
âYouâre not a guest.â Before Luke had the chance to protest further, Karim had already speed-dialled home. Two minutes later, he hung up and, in his best attempt at Lukeâs East London drawl instead of his own cut-glass accent, said, âSorted.â
Luke, knowing that Karim was laughing with him rather than at him, gave in gracefully. It wasnât as if he was going to find a replacement for Di tonight. The temp agency was sending someone first thing in the morning, and hopefully the temp would stay long enough for him to find proper maternity cover for his personal assistant.
Even though that was going to take time heâd prefer to use more profitably, he was just going to have to be patient.
Ha. Patient. A word that barely existed in his vocabulary. When Luke wanted something, he went for it. He didnât waste time. And having to wait around on other peopleâs schedules was the quickest way to drive him crazy.
To his relief, Karim didnât press him to talk on the way back to his home. Karim simply let them in, headed straight for the kitchen and kissed his wife lingeringly.