A Bachelor and a Baby
When corporate dynamo Rick Masters returned to Bedford, he had to see if old flame Joanna Prescott was still in town. No sooner did he reach her street than he saw Joanna's house going up in smoke! Rick rescued the pregnant beauty from near death, then helped bring her baby into the world.Although she'd never stopped loving Rick, Joanna focused on finding a new home for herself and her baby girl. She couldn't resist the generous offer to live with Rick–as dangerous as it was to her heart…and her hormones. Soon, Joanna and Rick were again setting each other on fire in the bedroom. But had he truly forgiven her past mistake, and did he long, like her, for a shared future?
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“Rick? What Are You Doing Here?” Joanna Asked.
The desire to kiss her was almost overpowering to Rick. But it was at odds with the renewed feeling of betrayal that seared through him. She obviously had moved on with her life and was now carrying some other man’s child.
“Are you all right?” he asked, his voice harsh with anger, with hurt.
She started to say something and had her breath stolen away before she could utter an intelligible sound. Her eyes widened as her hand flew to her abdomen.
“What’s the matter?” On his knees beside her, concern pushed aside his anger.
“The baby,” Joanna gasped, pushing the words out as best she could. “I think the baby’s coming.”
“You mean later.”
“I mean now.” Joanna clenched his wrist.
“Hold on,” Rick told her, beginning to rise to his feet. “I’ll go get help.” The death grip tightened on his wrist, yanking him back down to her.
“Rick, you are help.”
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MARIE FERRARELLA
earned a master’s degree in Shakespearean comedy and, perhaps as a result, her writing is distinguished by humor and natural dialogue. This RITA>® Award-winning author’s goal is to entertain and to make people laugh and feel good. She has written over one hundred books for Silhouette, some under the name Marie Nicole. Her romances are beloved by fans worldwide and have been translated into Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Polish, Japanese and Korean.
To Joan Marlow Golan, with thanks for the homecoming
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
One
Rick Masters wasn’t given to cruising around in his car. Certainly not in what was considered to be well past the shank of the evening.
It wasn’t as if he was at loose ends with nothing to do. A stack of reports waited for his perusal, a pile of documents needed his signature and hundreds of people had lives on the cusp of being rearranged, all on his say-so once he made up his mind about the relocation of the present corporate headquarters for Masters Enterprises.
This wasn’t the time to be driving around aimlessly on deserted streets.
Well, not aimlessly.
He hadn’t been aimless in a very long time. And no matter what he tried to tell himself, he knew exactly where he was going. He’d finally given in and looked her up in the telephone book an hour ago.
She still lived there. In the old house. The one he still dreamed about on balmy nights when his mind gave him no peace.
Like tonight.
Maybe it was a mistake, coming back. Maybe this was the one challenge he should have turned his back on.
Too late now.
Besides, leaving a question unanswered was too much like letting the challenge win. Ever since he could walk, he’d always been too competitive to allow that to happen.
He’d taken that light a little too fast. Rick raised his dark eyes to look in the rearview mirror. No dancing blue and red lights approached.
He had to be careful, he told himself. There was no sense in letting his emotions run away with him, stealing away his tendency to be careful.
The way they once had, leading him down a path where he was vulnerable.
