Matt yanked open the door
Then froze as he came face-to-face with the woman who had haunted his dreams for three long months.
Camille stepped a little closer, leaned against the doorway, and her signature scentâlavender and brown sugar and sweet, ripe strawberriesâwrapped itself around him. Still, he didnât say anything. Didnât touch her, though every instinct he had demanded that he grab onto her before she pulled another vanishing act.
âItâs good seeing you, Camille. You look great. But Iâm a little busy. So if you wouldnât mindââ
âI do mind.â
âExcuse me?â
âI should be in Florence right now, combing museums with a glorious man named Stefano and eating pasta on the patio of a little trattoria.â
âSo, why arenât you?â
âBecause Iâm three months pregnant.â
And just like that, his world imploded.
Dear Reader,
Iâve always been a sucker for stories where opposites attract because I believe the differences keep the sparks alive and the sparks are what make everyday living an adventure.
In Beginning with Their Baby, I bring back Matt Jenkins, the best friend and business partner of Reece, my hero in From Friend to Father. Matt is a stand-up guy. He plays by the rules and does the right thing. Camille Arraby is his polar opposite in every wayâsheâs capricious, refuses to settle down and flits from one temporary job to another as she travels the world. Sheâs so commitment-phobic that the idea of signing a six-month lease on an apartment makes her hyperventilate. Yet from the second I put these two in a room together, sparks flew!
Writing their story reminded me of my own marriage. My husband is an electrical engineer and Iâm a writer. Heâs an introvert and Iâm an extrovert. Heâs all about making a plan and I love to fly by the seat of my pantsâand these are just the superficial differences. There are many more that go so deep that when we got married, no one thought it would last. Yet here we are three kids and fourteen years later, still going strongâand still striking sparks off each other.
I hope you enjoy reading Beginning with Their Baby as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please, visit me at www.tracywolff.com or on my blog, tracywolff.blogspot.com and let me know what you think.
Happy reading!
Tracy Wolff
Tracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks, and has been known to forget whereâand sometimes whoâshe is when immersed in a great novel. At six she wrote her first short storyâsomething with a rainbow and a princeâand at seven she forayed into the wonderful world of girlsâ lit with her first Judy Blume novel. By ten sheâd read everything in the young adult and classics sections of her local bookstore, so in desperation her mom started her on romance novels. And from the first page of the first book, she knew sheâd found her lifelong love. Now a writing professor at her local community college, Tracy is thrilled to be writing novels for Harlequin Superromance. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three young sons.
For the Pitts, the best group of women I know.
Thank you to Wanda Ottewell, my wonderful and intrepid editor, for always knowing what my books needâeven when I donât.
And to my fabulous agent, Emily Sylvan Kim, who sticks by me no matter what.
Youâre the best!
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
âDO YOU HAVE TO GO?â
A twinge of uneasiness worked its way down Camille Arrabyâs spine at the words, though she continued to load her overnight bag. âMy flight leaves in two hoursâIâve got to get to the airport.â
âThatâs not what I meant and you know it.â Matt Jenkins climbed off the rumpled bed where theyâd just spent another incredible night, and walked toward her.
She watched him prowl across the room, his long, lean, nearly naked form a truly beautiful sight this early in the morning. His dark auburn hair had fallen over his eyes and his too-full lips were curved in the sexy grin she loved.
The twinge got a little more pronounced and for the first time that she could remember, Camille regretted the fact that she had to go. She wasnât nearly as ready to leave Austinâand Mattâas sheâd expected to be.
But Brazilâand Carnavalâwere in full swing and they wouldnât wait forever. Besides, it was better to walk away now, on a high note, than wait for things to sour as they inevitably would.
âSo what did you mean?â she asked lightly, as he circled her waist with his hands and pulled her close.
âI was asking you to stay.â He nuzzled her neck and she sighed, letting her head fall back as desire moved through her all over again.
âI canât.â
His mouth moved lower, to the hollow of her throat, and she actually felt her knees tremble. âYou can.â