Definitely an upper-class playboy.
Though his olive skin and amber-coloured eyes were just a touch too exotic for him to be English.
âI really shouldnât bââ Lily began as he opened the French doors, guided her onto the balcony and closed the doors behind them.
âShh.â He placed his forefinger against her lips, his touch gentle yet firm enough to tell her he meant it. No more protesting.
And then he held her gaze and traced the tip of his forefinger across her lower lip. The lightest, sheerest contactâand yet Lily couldnât move. Didnât want to move. There was something compelling about him, something that drew her to him. From the look in his eyes, she had a feeling it was exactly the same for him.
Instant attraction.
Spark to a flame.
A single touch would be enough to ignite it.
She should leave now.
But for the life of her she couldnât walk away.
TO TAME A PLAYBOYHot, sexy, and double the pleasure!Modern Heat⢠introduces Kate Hardyâsnew playboy duetLook out forPLAYBOY BOSS, PREGNANCY OF PASSIONComing in May 2009 from Mills & Boon>® Modern Heatâ¢
Praise for rising star author Kate Hardy:
About BREAKFAST AT GIOVANNIâS, winner of the Romance Novelistsâ Association Romance prize 2008
âBREAKFAST AT GIOVANNIâS is simply terrific! Sexy, funny, tender, passionate and romantic, this engrossing tale features a loveable heroine and a gorgeous Italian hero who will make you swoon! Kate Hardy is a writer readers can count on in order to deliver an entertaining page-turner which they will devour in a single sitting, and BREAKFAST AT GIOVANNIâS is certainly no exception!â
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About ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY
âHardyâs ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY is a terrificattraction-at-first-sight story. Heâs hot, sexy and vulnerable, and sheâs patient because in the end she knows heâll be worth it.â
âRomantic Times BOOKreviews
âRomantic fiction does not get any better than this! Fresh, funny, heartwarming and absolutely unputdownable, ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY is vintage Kate Hardy! Featuring a lovely heroine, a gorgeous hero, sizzling sexual tension, an adorable cast of secondary characters and steamy romance, ONE NIGHT, ONE BABY is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter night!â
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Kate Hardy lives on the outskirts of Norwich with her husband, two small children, a dogâand too many books to count! She wrote her first book at age six, when her parents gave her a typewriter for her birthday. She had the first of a series of sexy romances published at twenty-five, and swapped a job in marketing communications for freelance health journalism when her son was born, so she could spend more time with him. Sheâs wanted to write for Harlequin Mills & Boon since she was twelveâand when she was pregnant with her daughter, her husband pointed out that writing Medical⢠Romances would be the perfect way to combine her interest in health issues with her love of good stories. Now Kate has also ventured into Modern Heat⢠Romance too, and SURRENDER TO THE PLAYBOY SHEIKH is her ninth novel for this series. Kate is always delighted to hear from readersâdo drop in to her website at www.katehardy.com
Kate Hardyâs latest Medical⢠Romance title, THE CHILDRENâS DOCTORâS SPECIAL PROPOSAL, is also available this month from Mills & Boon>®
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Kate Hardyâs Medical⢠Romance duetâThe LondonVictoria:
THE CHILDRENâS DOCTORâS SPECIAL PROPOSAL
THE GREEK DOCTORâS NEW-YEAR BABY
Dear Reader
Thereâs something about a playboy. Itâs the charming smile, the sexy glint in their eyes, the fact that they know how to have fun⦠And I had enormous fun writing the To Tame a Playboy duo.
Starting with my very first sheikh, in SURRENDER TO THE PLAYBOY SHEIKH. Iâd had a yen to write a sheikh book for ages. So I pitched it to my ed. The deal was: no sand and no robes. So Karimâs a very modern sheikh. One whoâs spent half his life in England. Heâs tall, dark and handsomeâand, being a Kate Hardy hero, heâs also clever and has a big heart. (Actually, that could also describe Luke, the hero in the second of the duoâLuke is Karimâs best friend, and has a completely different background, but heâs just as much of a playboy.)
Both Karim and Luke are strong. Theyâre in command (of a country and a company respectively); theyâre movers and shakers in their world, respected by everyone who works with them; they work just as hard as they play. Both of them enjoy a challenge, and both of them have a personal set of rulesârules which their heroines recognise are holding them back from their full potential, because theyâre rules which stop Karim and Luke from giving their heart to anyone.
And so we have Lily and Sara, who proceed to break those rules and show Karim and Luke that they can indeed have it allâwith the love of their life right by their side.
I hope you enjoy reading their stories as much as I enjoyed writing them!