When the Cameras Stop Rolling...

When the Cameras Stop Rolling...
Connie Cox

On-screen doctors, off-screen fireworks!On set they make a dream team, but when the credits roll the sparks fly between TV celebrity doctor Eva Veracruz and her brand new co-host Dr Mark O’Donnell. While Mark’s arrogant manner gets under Eva’s skin, his smouldering glances have her heart racing for all the wrong reasons.For widowed Eva and recently divorced Mark the last thing they need is an off-screen relationship. So why is it so hard for these medics to take their own advice?

“Fine. I’ll go.”

Now Mark narrowed his gaze at her. “I don’t need a pity date.”

“That’s good, since I don’t do pity dates. I only do pepperoni, extra onions.”

“Extra onions? You don’t do goodnight kisses, either, then, do you?”

“Never on a first date to a pizza parlor.”

“Is it the venue? You need a more upscale wine-and-dinery?”

“Nope. It’s the first date thing. Why waste a good kiss if I’m not sure about a second date yet?”

“Right. Because kisses are in limited supply.”

She cocked an eyebrow at him. “Mine are rare, which makes them extremely valuable.”

“Then I’ll treasure it properly should I ever decide to accept one.”

“Should you decide?” She gave him her best smoldering look, along with a very deliberate lip-lick. “I could make you beg.”

“I’d like to see you try.”

His answer was flippant, but the widening of his pupils told another story. Eva would bet anything his pulse was racing.

At least she wasn’t lusting alone. She found herself leaning forward, as if she were being sucked toward him.

Dear Reader,

Have you ever met a man who makes your heart race, your nerves tingle and your world a more exciting place to wake up to?

From the moment Dr Eva Veracruz saw Dr Mark O’Donnell swagger across her talk show studio and flash his smile at her cameras, she knew he would be trouble. And she’d had enough trouble in her life to know better than to go looking for more.

But her only choice was to smile for the camera. After all, the show must go on.

Experience had taught Mark O’Donnell that smart and sexy meant trouble. Instincts told him Eva Veracruz was trouble with a capital T. But instincts were overruled by the way Eva’s deep dark eyes sparkled under the bright lights.

The chemistry they share in front of an audience doesn’t stop when the lights go down. In fact, that chemistry turns to an offscreen passion that Eva and Mark keep from acting upon.

But real life isn’t scripted with witty sound bites and perfect people who solve their dilemmas between commercial breaks.

When their life stories have more conflict than the most dramatic of stage plays, can their made-for-TV romance survive?

What really happens when the cameras stop rolling?

Connie Cox

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About the Author

CONNIE COX has loved Harlequin Mills & Boon® romances since she was a young teen. To be a Harlequin Mills & Boon® author now is a fantasy come to life. By training, Connie is an electrical engineer. Through her first job, working on nuclear scanners and other medical equipment, she had a unique perspective on the medical world. She is fascinated by the inner strength of medical professionals, who must balance emotional compassion with stoic logic, and is honoured to showcase the passion of these dedicated professionals through her own passion of writing. Married to the boy-next-door, Connie is the proud mother of one terrific daughter and son-in-law and one precocious dachshund.

Recent titles by Connie Cox:

HIS HIDDEN AMERICAN BEAUTY

THE BABY WHO SAVED DR CYNICAL

RETURN OF THE REBEL SURGEON

Available in eBook format from www.millsandboon.co.uk

When the

Cameras

Stop Rolling…

Connie Cox

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

CHAPTER ONE

DR. EVA VERACRUZ glanced at the clock for the fifth time in as many seconds.

The buzz from the live studio audience for Ask the Doc was upbeat. A good sign.

The guest speaker was not yet in the studio. A bad sign. A very bad sign.

“Where is he, Phil? Where’s this supermodel doctor you found who’s supposed to catapult our ratings past our competitor?”

Her producer, Phil, shrugged. “He’ll be here.”

“Our viewers trust us to give them good medical information and I respect that trust. I thought you did, too. I’d much rather have an accomplished speaker who knows our topic, regardless of looks.”

“If we don’t get our ratings up during sweeps week, our viewers won’t get any information, good, bad or otherwise.”

Ask the Doc might only be a local television show, but local in the New Orleans area translated to quite a large viewing audience.

Eva had heard rumors of syndication, rumors she wholeheartedly supported. Bigger and better, right?

That had been before their competitor station had decided to run a reality show against their time slot. Eating bugs and getting knocked into the water by giant blow-up fists was trumping good, solid medical advice.