Rescued by the single mom
As a nurse and single mom, Izzy Halliday has her hands full. The last thing she needs is the distraction of a manâeven one as irresistible as new hospital director Nicholas Macpherson!
Former army doc Mac has come to Wetherby to heal his soulâbut the sparks flying between him and stunning redhead Izzy arenât bringing him much peace! Mac is in search of a quiet life, but time with Izzy and her daughter soon teaches him the unexpected joys of a chaotic family life...
âWhatâs the problem?â
âWell, at the risk of sounding embarrassingly ridiculous, Iâd like you to understand itâs just dinner...not a date.â
Macâs eyes twinkledâand her stomach churned.
âI donât date, you see,â Izzy added, hoping to stop the churning with practicality. âWell, not at the moment.â
âSo dinner...not a date. Thatâs okay.â
The smile playing around his words only added to the stomach-churning!
She sighed again, shrugged, and finally said, âI canât be late home.â
And if he thought she hadnât noticed the satisfied expression on his face as she finally agreed he was wrong.
Used to getting his own way, was he?
A sure sign this was a man to be wary of.
Dear Reader,
In this book youâll meet Izzy, a foster child brought up by an extraordinary couple who have opened their home and their hearts to waifs and strays, fostering many children over a long period of time.
The house is quiet now, the children all grown up, though Izzy remains living in The Old Nunnery with her foster parents and daughter Nikki. But because of the love they received from their foster parents, Hallie and Pop Halliday, the children are all close, and in the next three books youâll meet more of themâLila, Stephen and Martyâand follow their lives and their loves as they meet the people who will help them create their own families.
These storiesâLilaâs in particularâhave been in my head for a long time, and somehow this seemed the right time to tell them. I hope you enjoy meeting âthe Halliday Mobâ, as they were always known around town, and following their lives as they seek families of their very own.
Meredith Webber
MEREDITH WEBBER lives on the sunny Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, but takes regular trips west into the Outback, fossicking for gold or opal. These breaks in the beautiful and sometimes cruel red earth country provide her with an escape from the writing desk and a chance for her mind to roam freeânot to mention getting some much needed exercise. They also supply the kernels of so many stories itâs hard for her to stop writing!
Books by Meredith Webber
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
Wildfire Island Docs
The Man She Could Never Forget
A Sheikh to Capture Her Heart
Date with a Surgeon Prince
The Accidental Daddy The Sheikh Doctorâs Bride The One Man to Heal Her
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When my sister and brother-in-law discovered they were unable to have children they began adopting babies and fostering older children, eventually adopting six of them. The family they blended together became very specialânot only to each other but to our wider familyâand brought fun and joy and laughter to all our lives. This particular sister has been my greatest support as a writer, and the first reader of all my books, so to Jenny, and all her family, this book and those that follow it are for you.
Praise for Meredith Webber
âThe romance is emotional, passionate, and does not appear to be forced as everything happens gradually and naturally. The authorâs fans and everyone who loves Sheikh romance are gonna love this one.â
âHarlequin Junkie on
The Sheikh Doctorâs Bride
CHAPTER ONE
IZZY PACED HERSELF on the run along the coastal path, which, right now, bordered a small sheltered beach. Ahead, the path rose high over headland cliffs, and further on it wound through coastal scrub. A truly beautiful part of the worldâthe place she loved, the place she belonged.
Sheâd been working nights, so this early-morning run was in the nature of a reward. A little treat before returning to her real worldâmaking sure Nikki was ready for the start of the new term, catching up with her parents to get the latest family news, walking the dogs across the lush paddocks around the houseârelaxing!
Nikki!
Her daughter would be thirteen next monthâthirteen going on thirtyâsensible, loving, doing well at school. So why was there always a little knot of worry tucked beneath Izzyâs sternum where Nikki was concerned?
Izzy stoppedâwell, jogged on the spotâpeering down onto the beach where an unidentifiable lump of something lay just beyond the lapping water.