From Fortune To Family Man
WHAT TO EXPECT…WHEN YOU WEREN’T EXPECTINGKieran Fortune, vice president of Robinson Tech, knows his strengths. He’s good with technology; he’s good at making money and at making love. But he doesn’t know one thing about parenting. And he’s just become a father. To a toddler.When the ever-so-sexy millionaire agreed to sign on as legal guardian to his best friend’s daughter, he considered it a mere formality. But now Zach is gone and Kieran is…Dad. In a fit of desperation, he reaches out to Zach’s ex-girlfriend. Dana Trevino is a serious-minded graduate student who is great with little Rosie. She is also Kieran’s polar opposite and the very last woman he should be interested in. It isn’t fair. It isn’t right. It's also just about inevitable…
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What To Expect...When You Werenât Expecting
Kieran Fortune, vice president of Robinson Tech, knows his strengths. Heâs good with technology; heâs good at making money and at making love. But he doesnât know one thing about parenting. And heâs just become a father. To a toddler.
When the ever-so-sexy millionaire agreed to sign on as legal guardian to his best friendâs daughter, he considered it a mere formality. But now Zach is gone and Kieran is...Dad. In a fit of desperation, he reaches out to Zachâs ex-girlfriend. Dana Trevino is a serious-minded graduate student who is great with little Rosie. She is also Kieranâs polar opposite and the very last woman he should be interested in. It isnât fair. It isnât right. Itâs also just about inevitable...
Meet the Fortunes
Fortune of the Month: Kieran Fortune
Age: 31
Vital statistics: Oh. My. Hunk. Smart, sexy and rich.
Claim to Fame: Vice president of Robinson Tech, voted Most Likely to Break Hearts.
Romantic prospects: Excellent. Or at least they were until little Rosie came into his life. A three-year-old is not exactly an aphrodisiac.
âIâll admit itâIâm not the nurturing type. I should have said no when Zach asked me to be Rosabelleâs guardian if anything should happen to him. But what were the odds?
Now Iâve got this crazy-cute toddler and no idea what to do with her. Iâm lucky that Zachâs old girlfriend, Dana, has offered to help. I wish I had half Danaâs maternal instincts. To be honest, I wish I had Dana in my armsâno, in my bed. But even I have more scruples than that. Zachâs barely cold in the ground, and Dana deserves more than I am able to give her. My fantasies of playing house with her need to remain exactly that...â
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Since 2002, USA TODAY bestselling author JUDY DUARTE has written over forty books for Mills & Boon Cherish, earned two RITA® Award nominations, won two Maggie Awards and received a National Readersâ Choice Award. When sheâs not cooped up in her writing cave, she enjoys traveling with her husband and spending quality time with her grandchildren. You can learn more about Judy and her books at her website, www.judyduarte.com, or at Facebook.com/judyduartenovelist.
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Contents
As Kieran Fortune Robinson stood with the other mourners at the Oakdale Cemetery, the Texas sky was a stunning shade of blue, the sun was bright and a cluster of birds sang from their perch in the nearby magnolia tree. But the spring day was dismal, the mood somber.
Three weeks ago, Zach Lawson had been thrown from a horse and suffered a skull fracture. As soon as Kieran had gotten word of the tragic accident, heâd rushed to the hospital to visit his best friend and to offer his support to Zachâs parents.
âOnly family is allowed to visit patients in the ICU,â a nurse had said.
Zachâs father had slipped an arm around Kieran and clutched him with a firm grip. âThis is my second son.â
In a way, that claim had been true. Sam and Sandra Lawson had treated Kieran as a family member ever since Zach had brought him home to visit during their first winter break at college. A born and bred city boy, Kieran had actually enjoyed the time heâd spent at the Leaning L, even though his busy schedule hadnât allowed for as many visits as he might have liked.
Oddly enough, he and Zach hadnât had much in common, other than a quick wit, a love of sports and a competitive spirit. Theyâd met on the football field their first semester at Texas A&M and had become fast friends. Other than that, they were as different as a cowboy and a techie could be.
Zach had been an only child, while Kieran had seven brothers and sisters, although that number seemed to be constantly growing, thanks to his dadâs years of philandering and the illegitimate half siblings whoâd increased their ranks.
And there lay their biggest difference of allâthe men whoâd fathered them. Sam Lawson was a rancher of modest means who owned a small spread outside Austin. On the other hand, Gerald Robinson, a quirky tech mogul whoâd once been known as Jerome Fortune, had built a computer company into a billion-dollar corporation.
After graduation, Kieran had become a computer analyst and eventually the vice president of Robinson Tech. On the outside, it might appear that heâd done his family proud, and in a sense he probably had. But to this day, he felt a lot closer to Zachâs parents than he did his own. And that was why Samâs announcement to the hospital staff that Kieran was his second son had touched his heart in a warm and unexpected way.
