Mistletoe Not Required

Mistletoe Not Required
Anne Oliver

This Christmas Olivia Wishart is determined to throw off the shackles of her past and have fun. And nothing says fun like a glamorous Christmas party!So, wearing a brand-new red dress and some seriously high stilettoes, nervously clutching glass of champagne, she’s finally ready to start living life to the max… Olivia had thought that pre-party nerves would be the only thing to get her heart racing… until a view even more spectacular than the glow of Sydney Harbour catches her eye.The drop-dead-gorgeous man with the steely black eyes is everything Olivia has ever wanted—and this Christmas she’s not going to wait meekly under the mistletoe!

Then as if fate stepped in, her eyes snagged on the lower half of a man descending from a pretty spiral staircase that she’d not noticed earlier.

Even if men weren’t a priority for Olivia, a little blip of pleasure registered on her radar. Black-trouserscovered legs that went all the way up—and up—the fabric lovingly clasped around muscled thighs, a firm, rounded, super-hero-in-tights butt. Nice.

A girl deserved a little lust blip every now and then and this blip was brightening by the second.

His gaze met hers as if she’d summoned him to look her way. And he didn’t look pleased about that. His eyebrows lowered, his mouth firmed and a muscle clenched in his jaw.

Steely black eyes with the power to tempt. To persuade. A shiver rippled down her spine. The power to take her will and flex it between his long slender fingers like so much overcooked spaghetti.

And Olivia felt hot, like she did when standing on the steaming deck of her yacht on a mid-summer’s day in Barbados. In the eye of a tropical storm even, because her usually strong sea legs were wobbly.

She was still looking at him and he was still looking at her and she swore she saw him mouth, ‘Trouble’.

Praise for Anne Oliver

‘This sweet and sexy story has engaging characters

that will captivate readers from the very first page.’

—RT Book Reviews on There’s Something About a Rebel

‘Quick paced, this story has a sensitive hero that readers

will easily fall in love with.’

—RT Book Reviews on Her Not-So-Secret Diary

‘This attraction-at-first-sight story has just the

right blend of adventure, passion and heartfelt

emotion to make you want to spend time

with this terrific twosome.’

—RT Book Reviews on Hot Boss, Wicked Nights

Mistletoe

Not Required

Anne Oliver

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

ANNE OLIVER was born in Adelaide, South Australia, with its beautiful hills, beaches and easy lifestyle. She’s never left.

An avid reader of romance, Anne began creating her own paranormal and time travel adventures in 1998, before turning to contemporary romance. Then it happened—she was accepted by Mills & Boon in December 2005. Almost as exciting, her first two published novels won the Romance Writers of Australia’s Romantic Book of the Year for 2007 and 2008. So, after nearly thirty years of yard duties and staff meetings, she gave up teaching to do what she loves most—writing full time.

Other interests include animal welfare and conservation, quilting, astronomy, all things Scottish, and eating anything she doesn’t have to cook. She’s travelled to Papua New Guinea, the west coast of America, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the UK and Holland.

Sharing her characters’ journeys with readers all over the world is a privilege and a dream come true. You can visit her website at www.anne-oliver.com.

This and other titles by Anne Oliver are available in eBook format—check out www.millsandboon.co.uk

This book is dedicated to anyone whose lives have been

touched by breast cancer—mums, daughters, sisters,

aunts, grandmothers. And the men who support them.

That’s pretty much everyone really.

With thanks to Wendy for making my time in

beautiful Tasmania even more enjoyable.

With thanks to my editor, Suzanne Clarke, for

putting in the hard work on my hero.

Contents

Chapter One (#u05e17c17-3ea6-587b-8868-8d4fe482145d)

Chapter Two (#u695e9a24-b2f9-52bf-bb9a-873dac7eb88f)

Chapter Three (#u6611d32b-cb74-5a51-a302-0251b67e7d87)

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 Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)