Regarding The Tycoon's Toddler...
Guess who was left holding the baby!Lindsey Atherton was furious with CEO Zane Holden's attitude toward the company day-care center. But when she stormed over to tell him so, she found the usually cool, controlled exec with panic on his face and a child in his arms. The man she'd called a heartless playboy had inherited…a toddler! One look at bachelor and baby, and Lindsey's defenses crumbled.A woman like Lindsey was dangerous to Zane's carefully calculated plans. But he desperately needed her help. Could he work with the tempting beauty long enough to learn to be a father–and leave before she taught him about love and forever?Just for Kids: a corporate day-care center where love abounds…and families are made!
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The next thing Lindsey knew, Zane was saying her name softly through the darkness, a gentle, low, seductive sound
Slowly she opened her eyes, and he was there, in the soft shadows of the room. He was bending over her and the child, close enough for her to inhale the scent of soap and freshness that clung to him.
“How is he?” Zane whispered.
“Sound asleep.”
“It’s a miracle,” he said, and smiled at her. That was seductive, too, almost as seductive as his soft “Thanks to you.”
She had to get out of there. She was off balance, and wasn’t at all sure how to regain her balance with Zane. She was shaking just thinking about how much she wanted him to kiss her. A man who had the power to destroy every dream she had for the day-care center.
Dear Reader,
Welcome to Harlequin American Romance. With your search for satisfying reading in mind, every month Harlequin American Romance aims to offer you a stimulating blend of heartwarming, emotional and deeply romantic stories.
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With Valor and Devotion, the latest book in Charlotte Maclay’s exciting MEN OF STATION SIX series, is a must-read about a valorous firefighter who rescues an orphaned boy. Will the steadfast bachelor consider becoming a devoted family man after meeting the little boy’s pretty social worker? JUST FOR KIDS, Mary Anne Wilson’s new miniseries, debuts with Regarding the Tycoon’s Toddler.… This trilogy focuses on a corporate day-care center and the lives and loves of those who work there. And don’t miss The Biological Bond by Jamie Denton, the dramatic story of a mother who is reunited with the child she’d been forced to give away, when her daughter’s adoptive single father seeks her help.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mary Anne Wilson is a Canadian transplanted to Southern California where she lives with her husband, three children and an assortment of animals. She knew she wanted to write romances when she found herself “rewriting” the great stories in literature, such as A Tale of Two Cities, to give them “happy endings.” Over a ten-year career, she’s published thirty romances, had her books on the bestseller lists, been nominated for Reviewer’s Choice Awards and received a Career Achievement Award in Romantic Suspense. She’s looking forward to her next thirty books.
Books by Mary Anne Wilson
HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE
495—HART’S OBSESSION
523—COULD IT BE YOU?
543—HER BODYGUARD
570—THE BRIDE WORE BLUE JEANS
589—HART’S DREAM
609—THE CHRISTMAS HUSBAND
637—NINE MONTHS LATER…
652—MISMATCHED MOMMY?
670—JUST ONE TOUCH
700—MR. WRONG!
714—VALENTINE FOR AN ANGEL
760—RICH, SINGLE & SEXY
778—COWBOY IN A TUX
826—THAT NIGHT WE MADE BABY
891—REGARDING THE TYCOON’S TODDLER…*
LynTech Corporation
Corporate Towers
Founder: Robert Lewis
20th Floor—Executive Suite
Zane S. Holden, Chairman & Co-CEO
Matthew R. Terrell, President & Co-CEO
Rita S. Donovan, Executive Assistant
Jackson D. Ford, Executive Senior Vice President
19th Floor—Legal Department
18th Floor—Accounting and Financial
7th through 17th Floors—General Services,
See specific floor directory
6th Floor—Just For Kids Day Care Center
Lindsey Atherton, Child Care Director
Amy Blake, Child Care Coordinator
3rd through 5th Floors—Marketing and Public Relations
2nd Floor—Security and Maintenance
Lobby Level—
Information, Conference Rooms and Employment Opportunities
Contents
Chapter One
Monday
“What am I supposed to do with a child?”
Zane Holden stared hard at the city of Houston, twenty stories below his office at LynTech Corporation in downtown Houston. The question held the very real annoyance and impatience he felt over this interruption to his schedule.
He turned to Edward Stiller, an attorney from Florida, and watched the slender, gray-suited man shrug. “Sir, your wife is dead—at least, I mean, your ex-wife.”
Zane was still trying to grasp the idea that Suzanne was gone. That she and her new husband had died in a multiple-car crash in southern Florida. The man sat in one of two leather chairs that faced the huge executive desk cluttered with paperwork. “You already said that,” he said. “And I am very sorry that Suzanne and Weaver were killed two days ago. But we haven’t been married for more than two years. I haven’t even talked to her in all that time. Now you’re here. Explain it to me so I can get a grip on this.”
