Sexy single-dad billionaire meets temporary nanny...
When Tate Harperâs sister disappears, the globe-trotting TV host is suddenly the caregiver for her infant niece. She has to find her sister ASAP! Enter single father and sexy CEO Linc Ballantyne, her sisterâs ex. Heâs a family man to the core, and heâll help Tateâif she agrees to be his temporary live-in nanny.
Soon sheâs juggling a baby, a toddler and a growing attraction to the billionaire Ballantyne. But when itâs time to go back to her real life, will she pack her bags or stay and find out what being a family really means?
âI want you, Tate. Badly.â
Lincâs big hand covered her cheek and he placed his thumb in the center of her bottom lip.
âI want you, too,â Tate admitted. âItâs inconvenient and crazy and there are a thousand reasons why itâs a bad ideaââ
But she didnât have the strength or the willpower to walk away. This one time, she couldnât resist temptation. But, because she had to, she could protect herself. So she did what she always didâshe laid out the rules of engagement. That way, there couldnât be any misunderstandings.
âThis is a very temporary arrangement, Linc. Weâre just two adults who are wickedly attracted to each other.â This couldnât be anything more and he needed to know that. âThis is temporary. So, no expectations, okay?â
âUnderstood,â Linc said.
The fist clenching her heart relaxed. She could do this, and she would be fine. She had to beâanything else wasnât an option.
âSo, to spell it out, I look after the kids and youâ¦well, you do what you do. Do we have a deal?â
Linc smiled. âYes, we have a deal.â
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The CEOâs Nanny Affair is part of Mills & Boon Desireâs No. 1 bestselling series, Billionaires and Babies: Powerful men⦠wrapped around their babiesâ little fingers.
JOSS WOOD loves books and travelingâespecially to the wild places of southern Africa. She has the domestic skills of a potted plant and drinks far too much coffee.
Joss has written for Mills & Boon KISS, Mills & Boon Presents and, most recently, the Mills & Boon Desire line. After a career in business, she now writes full-time. Joss is a member of the Romance Writers of America and Romance Writers of South Africa.
One
Tate Harper had eaten deep-fried crickets in Thailand and snacked on guinea pig in Peru. Sheâd been lost in a jungle in Costa Rica and danced the night away in a run-down cantina in a Rio favela. Sheâd been propositioned by both rich and poor men in every corner of the world. As the host of a travel program exploring different food cultures, sheâd faced some unusual situations in her life.
But nothing gave her the heavyhearted feeling that a meeting with Kari did.
Tate pushed her fist into her sternum and gripped the handle of the door to the diner. It was a wintry Wednesday afternoon in early January, and sheâd touched down at JFK just after six that morning. After already having spent the morning with the executive producers of the travel channel she worked for, discussing her options for hosting a new travel series, she was mentally and physically exhausted. She simply didnât have the energy to deal with her older-in-years-but-still-a-child cousin.
Adopted sister. Whatever the hell Kari was.
Not for the first, or hundredth time, Tate wished that she and Kari were closer, that they were each otherâs best friends, but, despite she and Kari sharing the same house since she was eight, theyâd never really clicked.
That old familiar wave of resentment twisted Tateâs stomach into knots. She looked down the snow-dusted road and thought about walking away. She was tempted; her life was so much easier without Kari in it. She shook her head. She wasnât tough enough to ignore Kariâs request to meet, and, while she knew she was risking being disappointed for the umpteenth time, a part of her still hoped that they could establish an emotional connection, be a family. Resigned, she pulled open the door to the diner and stepped into its warmth. She shrugged out of her coat, pulled the floppy burgundy felt hat from her head and looked around the diner for Kari. Because their mothers were identical twins, they looked more alike than most sisters did. They shared the same wavy light brown/dark blond hair and long, lean build, but the last time Tate had seen Kari, sheâd dyed her hair platinum and was the proud owner of a new, bigger pair of boobs sheâd conned someoneâprobably a boyfriendâinto paying for. They also had the same generous mouths and high cheekbones, but Kari had the twinsâ bright blue eyes while Tate inherited her grandfatherâs cognac-colored eyes and straight nose.
Not seeing Kari, she caught the attention of a waitress rushing past. âSorry, excuse me? Iâm looking for someone who looks a lot like me. Her text said she was here, waiting for me, but I donât see her.â