The Surgeon's Marriage Demand

The Surgeon's Marriage Demand
Maggie Kingsley

Consultant surgeon Seth Hardcastle is furious when Dr. Olivia Mackenzie gets the E.R. director's post. And it gets worse when he not only has to work with Olivia–but live with her, too!Seth is way out of his league with Olivia. They don't agree on anything; he can't seem to charm her. And he can't get her out of his mind. In fact, the handsome consultant realizes Olivia is the woman he wants–forever.The question is…can he get Olivia to agree?

Seth Hardcastle was breathtaking sex on legs. And trouble and heartache

And she’d had more than enough trouble and heartache to last her a lifetime.

But not enough breathtaking sex, her body whispered. No, she wasn’t even going to speculate about what sex with Seth would be like, and she quickly eased her fingers free from his, praying her cheeks weren’t as red as they felt.

“I really must go,” she said, backing up a step.

“I must, too,” he replied, not moving at all.

“I’ll see you tomorrow, then,” she mumbled. He nodded and she walked briskly down the corridor.

I am not going to look back, she told herself. Looking back is what teenagers do when they’re desperate to know whether the boy they’re interested in might be interested in them, so I’m not going to look back.

But she did.

E.R. DRAMA

Blood pressure is high and pulses are racing

in these fast-paced, dramatic stories from

Harlequin® Medical Romance™.

They’ll move a mountain to save a life

in an emergency, be they the crash team,

E.R. doctors, fire, air and land rescue, or

paramedics. There are lots of critical engagements

amongst the high tensions and emotional passions

in these exciting stories of lives and loves at risk!

E.R. DRAMA

Hearts are racing!

Maggie Kingsley returns to the

Belfield Infirmary with this sparkling story

of doctors at work…and in love!

The Surgeon’s Marriage Demand

Maggie Kingsley

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE (#ub06d2a8f-c361-52c8-8a45-24f02a54367f)

CHAPTER TWO (#u24d28279-4afb-5e37-a567-aabb86c9911b)

CHAPTER THREE (#u2604ed9c-03cf-5295-8897-e654a1d10222)

CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ONE

DEBORAH would have said she was crazy. Deborah would have taken one look at the peeling paintwork, the worn and scruffy floor of the waiting room of the Belfield Infirmary’s A and E department, and said, ‘Liv, are you out of your mind?’

A small smile curved Olivia’s lips. Maybe her sister was right. Maybe she was crazy, but this was what she wanted. Not a pristine, state-of-the-art A and E department, but a place that needed her as much as she needed it. A department where all her organisational talents could be used to the full. She couldn’t wait to get started.

‘They’re moving very quickly today, aren’t they?’

Olivia turned in her seat to see an elderly woman smiling at her, and smiled back. ‘Quickly?’ she repeated.

The woman nodded. ‘Madge on Reception said she didn’t think I’d have to wait for more than two hours today.’

Olivia’s smile vanished. Two hours? OK, so the waiting room was crowded but according to the head of human resources the department had two consultants, a specialist registrar, a junior doctor, plus a full complement of nurses. If they couldn’t manage a fast turnaround on a wet Sunday afternoon in September, how on earth did they manage at Christmas, New Year and during the summer holidays?

‘What are you here for, dear, if you don’t mind me asking?’ the woman continued, and Olivia coloured guiltily.

‘Stomach pains,’ she muttered, and the woman tutted sympathetically, which made Olivia feel even guiltier, but she could hardly tell her elderly companion the truth. That she was snooping. Snooping to find out how efficient—or otherwise—the Belfield’s A and E department might be.

It had been her sister Deborah’s idea.

‘Why don’t you turn up incognito before you officially start work?’ she’d said when Olivia had told her she’d got the job. ‘It’s amazing what you can find out when nobody knows who you are.’