Praise for Dixie Browning
âThere is no one writing romance today who touches the heart and tickles the ribs like Dixie Browning. The people in her books are as warm and real as a sunbeam and just as lovely.â
âNew York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts
âDixie Browning has given the romance industry years of love and laughter in her wonderful books.â
âNew York Times bestselling author Linda Howard
âA true pioneer in romantic fiction, the delightful Dixie Browning is a readerâs most precious treasure, a constant source of outstanding entertainment.â
âRomantic Times Magazine
âEach of Dixieâs books is a keeper guaranteed to warm the heart and delight the senses.â
âNew York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
âDixieâs books never disappointâthey always lift your spirit!â
âUSA Today bestselling author Mary Lynn Baxter
Dear Reader,
Welcome to Silhouette Desire, where every month you can count on finding six passionate, powerful and provocative romances.
The fabulous Dixie Browning brings us Novemberâs MAN OF THE MONTH, Rocky and the Senatorâs Daughter, in which a heroine on the verge of scandal arouses the protective and sensual instincts of a man who knew her as a teenager. Then Leanne Banks launches her exciting Desire miniseries, THE ROYAL DUMONTS, with Royal Dad, the timeless story of a prince who falls in love with his sonâs American tutor.
The Bachelorette, Kate Littleâs lively contribution to our 20 AMBER COURT miniseries, features a wealthy businessman who buys a date with a âplain Janeâ at a charity auction. The intriguing miniseries SECRETS! continues with Sinclairâs Surprise Baby, Barbara McCauleyâs tale of a rugged bachelor with amnesia whoâs stunned to learn heâs the father of a love child.
In Lukeâs Promise by Eileen Wilks, we meet the second TALL, DARK & ELIGIBLE brother, a gorgeous rancher who tries to respect his wife-of-convenienceâs virtue, while she looks to him for lessons in lovemaking! And, finally, in Gail Daytonâs delightful Hide-and-Sheikh, a lovely security specialist and a sexy sheikh play a game in which both lose their heartsâ¦and win a future together.
So treat yourself to all six of these not-to-be-missed stories. You deserve the pleasure!
Enjoy,
Joan Marlow Golan
Senior Editor, Silhouette Desire
Rocky and the Senatorâs Daughter
Dixie Browning
is an award-winning painter and writer, mother and grandmother. Her father was a big-league baseball player, her grandfather a sea captain. In addition to her nearly 80 contemporary romances, Dixie and her sister, Mary Williams, have written more than a dozen historical romances under the name Bronwyn Williams. Contact Dixie at www.dixiebrowning.com or at P.O. Box 1389, Buxton, NC 27920.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Epilogue
The suite was small, the acoustics brutal. The guests were a mixture of media types, politicians, wives and significant others. All were talking at once; few, if any, were listening. At least there was no band to overcome. The noise level had hit him when heâd first stepped off the elevator. Considering that until recently, as an accredited journalist, Rocky had covered nearly every noisy, crowded hotspot on the globe, it shouldnât have been a problem.
It was. He wanted out.
From across the room he watched as the honoree edged past two network anchors, who appeared to be comparing pinky rings, and absently handed his glass to a well-known syndicated sportswriter.
Rocky waited. He had come to help honor his old bureau chief. So far he hadnât managed to get close enough to pay his respects.
âNot leaving yet, are you?â
Dan Sturdivant, retiring bureau chief at Graves Worldwide, had trained a surprising number of the reporters in the business today, including Rocky. Now pushing seventy-five, he had a heart condition, ulcers and essential tremors. Which was the sole reason Rocky, even though he hadnât worked with the man in years, had given up his quiet Sunday evening for this bash at the Shoreham. Heâd been a hungry young idealist fresh out of college when Dan had taken him in, sifted through his headful of useless garbage, refilling his brain with a few basic tenets, and set him to work covering court news.
Welcome to the real world. Everything he had gone on to achieve, Rocky owed to this man.
âHeard youâd quit the business,â the old man said by way of greeting.
âNews travels fast.â It was a standing joke between them. âCall it a sabbatical.â
âSkip the euphemisms. Youâre too young to quit.â
âIâm tired, Dan.â
âYou and me both, son, but tired wonât cut it. You gotta have a better excuse than that.â
He had one. And, yeah, tired would do it when a man had been carrying a load of heartbreak for eight years. Dan knew the story, but it wasnât something either man had ever discussed.
âStick around, this bash canât last forever. God, what did I ever do to deserve this kind of punishment?â He shook his shiny bald head and tried to look as if he werenât loving every minute of it.