Playboy Doc's Mistletoe Kiss
Flirting with festive temptationAfter her twin sister stole her fiancé, midwife Jessica Black vows to stay single. But with her family’s Christmas visit looming Jess needs a way to convince them she’s so over her ex. She’ll need a ‘boyfriend’ for the holidays!Hospital heartthrob Dr Dean Edwards never gets close enough to break any hearts—especially his own… So stepping in as Jess’s fake date should be simple, no-strings fun. Until they’re caught under the mistletoe! Suddenly, ‘no-strings’ is the last thing on his mind…Midwives On-Call at ChristmasMothers, midwives and mistletoe—lives changing for ever at Christmas!
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â⦠a tension-filled emotional story with just the right amount of drama. The authorâs vivid description of the Brazilian jungle and its people make this story something special.â
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Midwives On-Call at Christmas
Mothers, midwives and mistletoeâ lives changing for ever at Christmas!
Welcome to Cambridge Royal Hospitalâand to the exceptional midwives who make up its special Maternity Unit!
They deliver tiny bundles of joy on a daily basis, but Christmas really is a time for miraclesâas midwives Bonnie, Hope, Jessica and Isabel are about to find out.
Amidst the drama and emotion of babies arriving at all hours of the day and night, these midwives still find time for some sizzling romance under the mistletoe!
This holiday season, donât miss the festive, heartwarming spin-off to the dazzling Midwives On-Call continuity from Mills & Boon Medical Romance:
A Touch of Christmas Magic by Scarlet Wilson
Her Christmas Baby Bump by Robin Gianna
Playboy Docâs Mistletoe Kiss by Tina Beckett
Her Doctorâs Christmas Proposal by Louisa George
All available now!
I love Christmas. I love the decorated trees and the coloured lights and all the yummy scents that go along with the holiday. So when I was asked to take part in Midwives On-Call at Christmas, I jumped at the chance. And Iâm glad I did. I had so much fun with this story. My characters were all I could have hoped for, and I even sneaked a sprig of mistletoe into one of the scenes. Absolutely romantic!
Thank you for joining Jess and Dean as they make their way through this festive season and tackle some serious issues (all the while treating the tiniest and most adorable patients). Maybe theyâll even share a kiss or two under that mistletoe â¦
I hope you enjoy their story as much as I loved writing it.
Love,
Tina Beckett
A three-time Golden Heart finalist, TINA BECKETT is the product of a Navy upbringing. Fortunately she found someone who enjoys travelling just as much as she does and married him! Having lived in Brazil for many years, Tina is fluent in Portuguese and loves to use that beautiful country as a backdrop for many of her stories. When not writing or visiting far-flung places Tina enjoys riding horses, hiking with her family and hanging out on Facebook and Twitter.
To my husband, who is willing to drop whatever heâs doing to sip hot cocoa and stare at the Christmas lights with me. I love you, honey!
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Dedication
JESSICA ANN BLACK was used to chaos. As she arrived at her fifth case of the dayâa home birthâthat was exactly what she found. Chaos.
Daphneâs birthing coachâwho was also her husbandâwas on the ground beside the bed, out of commission. The womanâs mum was doing her best to calm her daughter, but the shaky voice and panicked expression said she was in over her head.
Taking a deep breath, Jess waded into the fray, her training kicking in. A senior midwife at Cambridge Royal Hospital, she wasnât called out to many home births, but sheâd followed Daphne through two successful deliveries in as many years. When sheâd begged Jess to see to this one as well, she hadnât had the heart to refuse. All had gone well with the other two, so sheâd expected the same with the third.
Except it wasnât.
Daphne gripped the bed, panting in quick breaths. Hurrying over to her, Jess gave her mumâs shoulder a gentle squeeze and asked her to see to Daphneâs husband. Then she focused all her attention on her patient.
âIâm going to check you, love. Give me just a moment.â Snapping on her gloves to measure her patientâs dilation, she found instead the baby had crownedâhead pressed tight against her fingertips.
Alarm bells flashed through her system, but she suppressed them. Jess had learned to school her features into bland indifferenceâno matter what she was faced with. So much so that the hospital often asked her to step in when there was a particularly tense or emotional situation. She somehow had the ability to defuse them.
Maybe because she had plenty of practice doing just that in her own family. Especially with her sister. Only it didnât always work, as sheâd learned the hard way.
âHow long have you been like this?â Jess grabbed several towels from the stack of clean ones Daphne had readied at her bedside and laid them just below the womanâs bum.
âHours.â The word was accompanied by another moan.
Since Jess had only gotten the call fifteen minutes ago, she knew that wasnât true, but it probably did seem like hours to someone who was scared and alone. Well, she wasnât alone, but she might as well be.
