His Destiny Bride

His Destiny Bride
Christyne Butler

Something About the BossThat handsome masked stranger Katie Ledbetter got very, very close to after the costume party? Yeah, that would be her boss, Nolan Murphy. Super-embarrassing, but par for the course in her ill-fated quest for love. That’s when she comes to a decision to give up the romance rat race and have a child on her own.When Nolan catches wind of her quest, the sexy single dad suggests she test out if she wants to be a parent by watching his teens while he’s away. Then he comes back—and suggests she stay. Could this be the instant family Katie’s been looking for? Could she be fated to be a bride for her boss after all?

Girl, get over it!

Another familiar refrain, one she’d repeated daily to herself over the last few weeks, echoed in her head. Getting back to normal—whatever that might be— was harder than she thought.

That morning after Nolan left, she’d cleaned up the room as best she could. She then hurried home, determined to live up to the agreement they made. To make sure everything stayed the same. Between her and Nolan. Her and the Murphys. Her and the job she loved so much.

Easier said than done.

Yes, her actions had been dumb that night. Not just dumb, but careless, too. Hey, it wasn’t the first time she’d done something stupid in her never-ending search for—

Nope, don’t use the L word.

What happened that night had been a combination of lust, booze and foolishness. She’d been lucky the man she’d fallen into bed with had been someone like Nolan.

To allow herself to think one night of great sex would lead to … to something … was crazy. He’d made his feelings about their night together clear when he said they should go on with their lives as if nothing had happened.

Nothing. Yeah, right.

Welcome to Destiny:

Where fate leads to falling in love

His Destiny Bride

Christyne Butler

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

CHRISTYNE BUTLER is a USA TODAY bestselling author who fell in love with romance novels while serving in the US Navy and started writing her own stories in 2002. She writes contemporary romances that are full of life, love and a hint of laughter. She lives with her family in central Massachusetts and loves to hear from her readers at www.christynebutler.com (http://www.christynebutler.com).

To my sisters Peggy and Jennifer

and the sisters of my heart,

the Gamma Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.

Thank you for letting me borrow your names

to populate the characters, businesses

and locations in my books …

The yellow roses are always for you!

Contents

Cover (#ua04e6abd-6902-54e6-9afe-abb64d9f86af)

Introduction (#uf7ad8592-eedf-5359-a7e3-4b4b3602c3c7)

Title Page (#u2866e2fe-7aa7-590d-a9a9-3d4de93758ec)

About the Author (#u68b23f53-820b-5192-9ab6-33bfe9cf898f)

Dedication (#ue3de2318-e0b2-52be-a5a2-f582e2d03310)

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#ue028b547-d14a-5621-9229-cf54a7da48a2)

Friday night before Halloween

It was time.

Katie Ledbetter unscrewed the lid to the almost empty mason jar, offered a quick salute and shot back the last mouthful of tequila, lime, triple sec and crushed ice.

Wow, that burned. Still, the heavy layers of self-inflicted what-was-I-thinking and why-didn’t-I-see-this-coming fuzziness she’d suffered through since the end of summer were finally gone.