The Marine Meets His Match

The Marine Meets His Match
Cathie Linz

He'd faced enemy fire with more courage than his general's daughter's advances–and U.S. Marine Captain Rad Kozlowski wasn't afraid to admit he was in real danger. The only way to evade her was to find a fake bride. And he knew just the beautiful blonde to play the part….Experience had taught brainy bookseller Serena Anderson to steer clear of military men. But when Rad offered her a too-good-to-be-true deal in exchange for "marriage," Serena agreed to a little pretence. After all, since neither wanted to settle down, the only thing at risk was a few kisses–and then a few more…

“Does the ring fit?”

Rad slid it over her finger and the feel of his hand holding hers, the way he bent his head to watch what he was doing, all seemed like images from a real engagement, from a man presenting the woman he loved with a token of his intentions to spend the rest of his life with her.

Serena swallowed the sudden lump in her throat.

The ring fit.

Perfectly.

Her eyes met his. The intensity she saw there caught her by surprise.

Then he smiled and said, “Mission accomplished.”

If his mission had been to invade her heart, it looked like he was succeeding.

Dear Reader,

From a Texas sweetheart to a Chicago advice columnist, our heroines will sweep you along on their journeys to happily ever after. Don’t miss the tender excitement of Silhouette Romance’s modern-day fairy tales!

In Carolina’s Gone A’Courting (SR #1734), Carolina Brubaker is on a crash course with destiny—and the man of her dreams—if she can survive their summer of forced togetherness! Will she lasso the heart of her ambitious rancher? Find out in the next story in Carolyn Zane’s THE BRUBAKER BRIDES miniseries.

To this once-burned plain Jane a worldly, sophisticated, handsome lawyer is not the kind of man she wants…but her heart has other plans. Be there for the transformation of this no-nonsense woman into the beauty she was meant to be, in My Fair Maggy (SR #1735) by Sharon De Vita.

Catch the next installment of Cathie Linz’s miniseries MEN OF HONOR, The Marine Meets His Match (SR #1736). His favorite independent lady has agreed to play fiancée for this military man who can’t resist telling her what to do. If only he could order her to really fall in love….

Karen Rose Smith brings us another emotional tale of love and family with Once Upon a Baby… (SR #1737). This love-leery sheriff knows he should stay far away from his pretty and pregnant neighbor—he’s not the husband and father type. But delivering her baby changes everything….

I hope you enjoy every page of this month’s heartwarming lineup!

Mavis C. Allen

Associate Senior Editor

The Marine Meets His Match

Cathie Linz

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

For all the booksellers who have supported me over the years, including Judi Brownfield and Ellen Fryer from Books at Sunset (whose bookstore inspired my heroine’s store), Maureen Greene from Borders Books, Kathy Baker from Waldenbooks, Cindi Streicher from Waldenbooks, Betty Schulte and the gang from Paperback Outlet, and Sharon Murphy from everywhere <grin>—to name just a few. Your enthusiastic handselling has made all the difference in the world, and I appreciate your hard work more than I can say!

Acknowledgment:

Special thanks to United States Marine Corps family Susan and Harry Frank for

answering my many dumb questions. Any artistic license that I may have used

is my idea and my fault, not theirs. Semper Fi!

Books by Cathie Linz

Silhouette Romance

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* (#litres_trial_promo)Daddy in Dress Blues #1470

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* (#litres_trial_promo)The Marine & the Princess #1561

A Prince at Last!#1594

* (#litres_trial_promo)Married to a Marine #1616

* (#litres_trial_promo)Sleeping Beauty & the Marine #1637

* (#litres_trial_promo)Her Millionaire Marine #1720

* (#litres_trial_promo)Cinderella’s Sweet-Talking Marine #1727

* (#litres_trial_promo)The Marine Meets His Match #1736

Silhouette Books

Montana Mavericks

“Baby Wanted”

Silhouette Desire

Change of Heart #408

A Friend in Need #443

As Good as Gold #484

Adam’s Way #519

Smiles #575

Handyman #616

Smooth Sailing #665