The Captains' Vegas Vows
They gambled on a long shot. Will the bet pay off?They have nintety days before the state of Texas will grant these strangers a divorce from their impetuous Vegas wedding. Captain Helen Pallas is certain she's not cut out for marriage.And Captain Tom Cross doesn’t believe in love.Yet working in the same unit – and assigned to married quarters – Helen and Tom know the attraction is real. It’s a long shot, but could they be betting on happily-ever-after?
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They gambled on a long shot
Will the bet pay off?
They have ninety days before the state of Texas will grant these strangers a divorce from their impetuous Vegas wedding. Captain Helen Pallas is certain sheâs not cut out for marriage. And Captain Tom Cross doesnât believe in love. Yet working in the same unitâand assigned to married quartersâHelen and Tom know the attraction is real. Itâs a long shot, but weâre betting on happily-ever-after.
Despite a no-nonsense background as a West Point graduate, army officer and Fortune 100 sales executive, CARO CARSON has always treasured the happily-ever-after of a good romance novel. As a RITA® Award-winning Mills & Boon author, Caro is delighted to be living her own happily-ever-after with her husband and two children in Florida, a location that has saved the coaster-loving theme-park fanatic a fortune on plane tickets.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07827-6
THE CAPTAINSâ VEGAS VOWS
© 2018 Caroline Phipps
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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Contents
The first time she woke up, she was surrounded by diamonds and gold.
It was magical. It was right.
She smiled because she wasnât awake enough to laugh, then she slipped back into sleep.
The second time she woke up, she blinked in the night, awake enough this time to be aware of the sounds of a city beyond the room. Beside the bed, diamonds and gold reflected the lights that filtered in, color after color, as if there were a party outside, turning the diamonds into a kaleidoscope. Since her pillow was very soft under her cheek, and since her whole body felt wonderfully soft and relaxed, too, she fell back asleep.
The third time she woke up, the diamonds and gold were brilliantly lit by the steady, white light of the sun.
She stared at the bedside table, an entire piece of furniture made of gold. The clear base of the lamp upon it was filled with diamonds. Why would anyone fill a lamp with diamonds?
Her brain began to grind into gear. The table had to be brass. The diamonds had to be crystals. That was only logical; no one had the money to fill a lamp with diamonds.
She wasnât in her own bedâalso logical. Of course she wasnât in her own bed, because sheâd moved out of her lonely house in Seattle and was driving 2,500 miles to Texas, staying in a different hotel in a different state each night.
