Princes of the Outback: The Rugged Loner / The Rich Stranger / The Ruthless Groom
Three gorgeous Australian brothers need babies…and wives! A sensual trilogy from Bronwyn JamesonThe Rugged Loner Angelina was scandalised that, after she’d offered to bear the Carlisle heir his father’s will demanded, Tomas had dared to suggest that they make a baby…without sharing a bed. Well, she wanted him to choose a better, more intimate way. She wanted the man she loved…The Rich Stranger Desperate Catriona McConnell had gambled her debts against marriage and a baby – and she’d lost! So now she was handsome tycoon Rafe Carlisle’s wife, destined to have his child, and she’d suddenly realised she wanted more. The Ruthless GroomHe needed a wife and he needed her tonight. Enter Zara Lovett with her killer legs and explosive chemistry, but it wasn’t the fireworks between them that drove Alex – he needed to meet the terms of his father’s will. All he had to do was make Zara say yes!
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PRINCES OF THE OUTBACK
Fan-favourite Bronwyn Jameson brings you three compelling, classic romances!
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Princes of the Outback
by Bronwyn Jameson
Featuring
The Rugged LonerThe Rich StrangerThe Ruthless Groom
Bronwyn Jameson spent much of her childhood with her head buried in a book. As a teenager, she discovered romance novels and it was only a matter of time before she turned her love of reading them into a love of writing them. Bronwyn shares an idyllic piece of the Australian farming heartland with her husband and three sons, a thousand sheep, a dozen horses, assorted wildlife and one kelpie dog. She still chooses to spend her limited downtime with a good book. Bronwyn loves to hear from readers. Write to her at [email protected].
Table of Contents
Prologue
Charles Carlisle knew he was dying. His family denied it. The herd of medical specialists theyâd employed kept skirting around the flanks of the truth like a team of well-trained cattle dogs, but Chas knew his number had come up.
If the tumor mushrooming inside his brain didnât finish him off, the intense radiation therapy he was about to commence would. The only other soul willing to accept the truth was his good mate Jack Konrads. Not surprising since as an estate lawyer Jack dealt with human mortality every day of his working life.
Chas supposed his lawyer friend got to deal with plenty of unusual will clauses, too, because his face remained impressively deadpan as he digested the changes just requested by Chas. Carefully he set the single sheet of paper aside. âI assume youâve discussed this with your sons?â
âSo they can make my last months a living hell?â Chas snorted. âTheyâll find out once Iâm six feet under!â
âYou donât think they deserve some forewarning? Twelve months is precious little time to produce a baby from scratchâeven if any one of them was already married and planning to start a family.â
âYou suggest I should give them time to wiggle out of this?â They were clever enough, his sons. Too clever at times for their own good. âAlex and Rafe are past thirty. They need a decent shove or theyâll never settle down.â
Brow furrowed with a deep frown, Jack perused his written instructions again. âThis wording doesnât seem to exclude Tomasâ¦â
âNo exclusions. Itâs the same for all of them.â
âYou donât have to prove anything to those boys,â Jack said slowly, still frowning. âThey know you donât play favorites. Youâve always treated them as if theyâre all your sons by birth. Theyâve grown into fine men, Chas.â
Yes, they were sons to make any father proud, but in recent years theyâd grown apart, each wrapped up in his own world, too busy, too self-involved. This clause would fix that. It would rekindle the spirit of kinship heâd watched grow with the boys as they raced their ponies over the flat grasslands of their outback station. Later theyâd roped cleanskin bulls and corporate competitors with the same ruthless determination. He was counting on that get-it-done attribute when it came time to execute this will clause.
âIt has to be the same for all three,â he repeated resolutely. He couldnât exclude Tomasâdidnât want to exclude Tomas.
âItâs been barely two years since Brooke was killed.â
âAnd the longer he stays buried in grief, the harder the task of digging his way out.â Jaw set, Chas leaned forward and met his friendâs eyes. âThat, I know.â
If his father hadnât forced his handâtough love, heâd called itâChas would have buried himself in the outback after his first wifeâs death. He wouldnât have been forced overseas to manage his fatherâs British interests and he wouldnât have met a wild Irish-born beauty named Maura Keane and her two young sons.
He wouldnât have fallen completely and utterly in love.
He wouldnât have married her and completed his family with their own son, Tomas. Their son whose grief over
