A CHILD TO CARE FOR
April, 2007 UK release (www.millsandboon.co.uk)
June, 2007 US release (www.eHarlequin.com)

The surgeon, the nurse, and a child in need...

Caring for Molly, a child orphaned and injured in an accident, offers Thea Quinn a new lease on life. She realizes how important it is for Molly to be reunited with her uncle who, blaming himself for the accident, has withdrawn from everyone.

Molly's uncle turns out to be Thea's ex-colleague, Logan Kincaid - a dedicated surgeon, someone she has had secret feelings for. Thea's determined to show him how much he's needed, both by Molly and the locals. With Thea's support, Logan starts living again - but will his recovering heart ever have a place for Thea?

Excerpt:

"You didn't sleep long, " he said.

He was so close to her she could feel his breath on her cheek. "Logan?" she whispered. She was in his arms. Propped in some awkward fashion against the wall, leaning heavily into his arms, her head pressed to his chest. She liked the feel of his stretchy undershirt against her cheek, and the masculine, slightly musky smell of him in her nostrils. "What's going on? What are we doing here?"

"You were sleeping, and I was trying to."

"On the floor?"

"Actually, I'm the one who's on the floor. You're the one who crawled on top of me."

"How long have we been here?"

"Just an hour."

"You've been holding me like this for an hour?"

Logan snorted. "More like you've been pinning me down for an hour."

That was true. She was mostly on top. "You undressed me, didn't you? I think I remember..."

He clear his throat brusquely. "You were wet, I had dry clothes, and you were asleep. At least, I thought you were."

His voice was so clipped, so strained. It would have been nice lying here in the arms of the Logan Kincaid she knew, and admittedly, that little fancy had played out in her dreams more than once over the year she'd known him. He was strictly hands-off, though. Hide your heart because if you didn't... Well, suffice it to say, the last thing she needed in her life was a womanizer, and in that respect, Logan had the reputation of reputations. Admittedly, the first time she'd heard the stories she was shocked. He didn't seem the type. But then, she wasn't the best judge of those things, was she? Still, Logan? Hard to believe, instincts telling her something else altogether. Even so, save him for the fantasies...