Another Man's Child

Another Man's Child
Tara Taylor Quinn

9 Months LaterHer baby. His heartache.Her baby. His heartache.Marcus Cartwright is rich and handsome. What's more, he's in love with his wife. And Lisa Cartwright adores her husband. Their marriage, however, is falling apart.That's because Marcus can't give Lisa the baby they've always longed for.Now he's determined to give Lisa her freedom–to find and marry someone else. To have her own child. It's a freedom Lisa doesn't want, but she can't convince Marcus of that.So Lisa decides to take matters into her own hands. She decides to have a baby. And she's not going to tell Marcus until the artificial insemination procedure is over….But will Marcus be able to accept another man's child?

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ud5676a31-1cf8-5608-91c2-f298cf0d49b1)

Excerpt (#ue8b0e58b-3ab1-5c5c-90b0-74eb3cd327a5)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (#u5654c909-6816-567c-9cad-51d705828eaf)

Title Page (#u662fc9d4-3875-5759-b067-ed96ea2192da)

Dedication (#uf25e44bb-f2c7-5c32-b997-9d9bd9beaec7)

Epigraph (#u8dcf43b2-7db4-5422-a3e1-e0c9b358cb0c)

CHAPTER ONE (#u9c7d1905-c422-5c30-9995-bf8ba731e863)

CHAPTER TWO (#u571f997d-a3b8-5201-ae8f-143461f5643c)

CHAPTER THREE (#u963c3272-6f8b-5a61-aa67-e7d4edeb1bee)

CHAPTER FOUR (#ubebc93c3-312d-5cd2-a4d2-093d7db4bb1b)

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 ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

“It’s our baby, Marcus. Yours as much as mine.”

No! his mind screamed. The child she was carrying had nothing to do with him. He couldn’t pretend otherwise.

He stared straight ahead, wishing she’d leave him to his numbness. He didn’t think he could hold on much longer. His wife was pregnant with another man’s baby. He felt sick.

And betrayed.

And jealous.

He stood up abruptly and headed for the door.

Jealous. What kind of man did that make him, that he was jealous of his own wife’s ability to conceive? Jealous because she was having the baby they’d always wanted—because she wouldn’t have to pretend that she, not someone else, had created their child.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (#ulink_e7862677-8fc5-5d52-845d-16f7eb507b6c)

Tara Taylor Quinn knew nothing about artificial insemination until she began the research for Another Man’s Child. On the other hand, she went through premature birth with a friend of hers, an RN, whose niece was born at five months. In fact, baby Stephanie’s picture—complete with wires, tubes, tape and a warning bed—was beside Tara the entire time she wrote this book. Readers will be glad to know that Stephanie is a healthy child now.

Tara loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at P.O. Box 15065, Scottsdale, Arizona 85267-5065.

Another Man’s Child

Tara Taylor Quinn

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

For Michael Scott Gumser

It’s the ties that bind, and our knots are forever, little brother. I love you.

A very special thank-you to Cinci Davis and Stephanie Noel Alston

May the strength that brought you through your first two years be with you always, little Stephanie.

And may you always be surrounded by people who love you as much as your Aunt Cinci does.

Happy Birthday!

CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_1c6079a7-87b2-5cfb-a2db-a31b79b3cd25)

THE WOMAN HAD A BODY that practically begged a guy to come out and play, a glint in her eyes that dared him to win.

And she was looking at Marcus. There was enough money among the businessmen she was addressing to buy the eastern United States twice over, but it was Marcus with whom she made eye contact.

He shifted in the cushioned armchair he’d chosen midway around the table. He knew Julie Winters. Had always admired her genius. She had a helluva mind for numbers and for manipulating those numbers, making her one of the most successful forces on Wall Street.