The Rival's Heir
The best of both worlds…Darby Brogan has goals: single motherhood and a successful career. Yet when Darby accepts a job with rival architect Judah Huntley, there are strings—caring for the baby on his doorstep! But when playing house gets hot and heavy, will temporary turn into having it all?
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She wants a career and a baby...
Can her sexy boss give her both?
Darby Brogan has goals: single motherhood and a successful career. And she wonât be distracted...even if rival architect Judah Huntley is the stuff of fantasies. But when Darby accepts a job with Judah, there are stringsâcaring for the baby on his doorstep! But when playing house gets hot and heavy, will temporary turn into having it all?
JOSS WOOD loves books and travelingâespecially to the wild places of Southern Africa and, well, anywhere. Sheâs a wife, a mum to two teenagers and slave to two cats. After a career in local economic development, she now writes full-time. Joss is a member of Romance Writers of America and Romance Writers of South Africa.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07697-5
THE RIVALâS HEIR
© 2018 Joss Wood
Published in Great Britain 2018
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This book is dedicated to anyone who has struggled
with infertility. I get how hard it is. You have my love and prayers.
Contents
Callie Brogan looked around the lavish crowded function room at the Lockwood Country Club and edged her way to the side. Sheâd attended, and hosted, many parties in this very room and knew all the escape routes.
A few steps backward and her back was against the floor-to-ceiling glass doors. She fiddled behind her and yep, there was the handle. Callie pushed it down, felt the door swing open and as quickly as she could, ducked onto the small balcony that ran the length of the ballroom. She closed the door behind her, allowing her eyes to adjust to the darkness.
She didnât mind the dark, nor the coldâin fact she welcomed both. Anything was better than loud music, louder laughter and incessant chatter. Staring a new year in the face, she needed a few minutes of quiet, just to think.
Her beloved husband, Ray, was gone. He had been for many years.
It was time to let him go.
She couldnât hold on to him while she had an affair with the man sheâd come here with tonight. It wasnât fair to either of them.
Callie looked down at the ring Ray had put on her finger over thirty years ago. She turned it around and around again. It was time to take it off, to put it away or at the very least, move it to her right hand. She wasnât Rayâs anymore.
And while she might be sleeping with Masonâadventurous, inked and hotâshe didnât belong to him either. She needed a new life, one that was hers alone. She wanted more. She no longer wanted to be the person she was, but she also didnât know who she wanted to be.
She had to reinvent herself.
But how?
Before she could finish the thought, a soft coat settled on her shoulders, broad hands on her hips.
âAre you okay?â Mason asked, his warm breath on her ear.
âFine,â Callie answered, wincing at her terse answer. Sheâd just wanted five minutes on her own, to figure things out.
