Her new bossâs dark eyes were inscrutable when he spoke to her.
âYouâve got a baby boy coming in two months, and I know you want to make sure he gets here in good shape.â
Gayle stared at him, frowning. He was practically a stranger. And yet he knew all about her situation, even the sex of the baby she was carrying. No one but the clinic doctors should know about what had happened. So how had Jack Marin known about her case?
Gayle wet her lips with her tongue and took a deep breath. âMr. Marinâ¦â
âCall me Jack.â
âJackâ¦â She studied him, trying to get some answers from reading his face. But that wasnât easy. He merely cocked one dark eyebrow in amusement.
She blinked at him, totally at sea. âJack, who, exactly, are you?â
His ebony-eyed gaze held hers. âWhy, Gayle, I thought you knew. Iâm the father of your baby.â
Dear Reader,
As senior editor for the Silhouette Romance line, Iâm lucky enough to get first peek at the stories we offer you each month. Each editor searches for stories with an emotional impact, that make us laugh or cry or feel tenderness and hope for a loving future. And we do this with you, the reader, in mind. We hope you continue to enjoy the variety each month as we take you from first love to foreverâ¦.
Susan Meierâs wonderful story of a hardworking single mom and the man who sweeps her off her feet is Cinderella and the CEO. In The Bossâs Baby Mistake, Raye Morgan tells of a heroine who accidentally gets inseminated with her new bossâs child! The fantasy stays alive with Carol Graceâs Fit for a Sheik as a wedding plannerâs new client is more than she bargained forâ¦.
Valerie Parv always creates a strong alpha hero. In Booties and the Beast, Samâs the strong yet tender man. Julianna Morrisâs lighthearted yet emotional story Meeting Megan Again reunites two people who only seem mismatched. And finally Carolyn Greeneâs An Eligible Bachelor has a very special secondary characterâalong with a delightful hero and heroine!
Next month, look for our newest ROYALLY WED series with Stella Bagwellâs The Expectant Princess. Marie Ferrarella astounds readers with Rough Around the Edgesâher 100>th title for Silhouette Books! And, of course, there will be more stories throughout the year chosen just for you.
Happy reading!
Mary-Theresa Hussey
Senior Editor
The Bossâs Baby Mistake
Raye Morgan
To Marie Ferrarella.
Look under âfriendâ in the dictionary. Iâm having your name inserted as the first definition.
has spent almost two decades, while writing over 50 novels, searching for the answer to that elusive question: just what is that special magic that happens when a man and a woman fall in love? Every time she thinks she has the answer, a new wrinkle pops up, necessitating another book! Meanwhile, after living in Holland, Guam, Japan and Washington, D.C., she currently makes her home in Southern California with her husband and two of her four boys.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Epilogue
The voices were swirling around Gayle Smith, and at first they didnât make any sense. She frowned, trying to get this straight. The baby she was carrying wasnât her late husbandâs? How could this be?
âWe are so sorry, Mrs. Smith. Nothing like this has ever happened here at Jollaire Medical Labs before.â
She shook her head, as though she could shake some sense into it. They had to be wrong. This was impossible. But the faces that stared down at her all had such worried looks on them.
âThe lab assistant involved has been firedâ¦.â
âIf you would please sign this release form andâ¦â
She winced and pulled back. The doctors were crowding her. Sheâd dealt with most of them over the long weeks of attempting to get pregnant, and sheâd liked them all. Theyâd seemed caring and friendly. Theyâd been especially compassionate when her husband had died suddenly and left her alone to follow through on the childbearing plans theyâd laid together. But now these people looked like strangers.
And she was alone. Without her husband here beside her to help make sense of this, without anyone in her corner, she felt badgered and isolated. A deep, lonesome feeling filled her soul, the same feeling she remembered from her childhood when sheâd often been left alone in the isolated Alaskan cabin where sheâd been raised. She winced and put her hands protectively over the rounded belly that held her child, fighting back that familiar feeling of desolation.
âWeâre here to help you in any way we canâ¦.â
She took a deep breath, steadying herself. This was no time to panic. She raised her hand automatically to smooth back her auburn curls, and the short, very round man in front of her flinched, as though he expected to be hit.
She stared at him. They had done something terrible. And now, what did they want from her?
âPlease sign this form, right here by the X.â