Married To The Mum-To-Be

Married To The Mum-To-Be
Helen Lacey

She's late. That kind of late…Kayla Rickard always planned to marry and start a family–with the right man. Then she met Liam O'Sullivan. Once she sampled passion in his arms, she forgot the feud that separated their families for decades. Now Kayla's in two times the trouble. She's secretly married to–and pregnant by–public enemy number one.After eloping to Vegas, the scion of the O'Sullivan empire wants to come clean. Liam wants his wife–at his side, in his bed. He'll do whatever it takes, even get to the bottom of the feud. But are he and Kayla prepared for the bombshells they'll uncover? They have no choice–because in nine months their little secret will be born!

She’s late. That kind of late...

Kayla Rickard always planned to marry and start a family—with the right man. Then she met Liam O’Sullivan. Once she sampled passion in his arms, she forgot the feud that separated their families for decades. Now Kayla’s in two times the trouble. She’s secretly married to—and pregnant by—public enemy number one.

After eloping to Vegas, the scion of the O’Sullivan empire wants to come clean. Liam wants his wife—at his side, in his bed. He’ll do whatever it takes, even get to the bottom of the feud. But are he and Kayla prepared for the bombshells they’ll uncover? They have no choice—because in nine months their little secret will be born!

“You’re a fraud, Liam O’Sullivan!”

He looked at her as she spoke. “Tough guy. Calm, cool and collected. Ice in your veins. All the things people say about you? None of it’s true.”

“Sure, it is.”

“Yesterday I thought you were in control and ready to find out we’re having a baby. But today you’re more nervous than I am. Let’s face it. Your family’s going to be as shocked about this as mine. And equally disapproving.”

He reached out for her. “I don’t care about that. I only care about you and the baby you’re carrying.”

“But we can’t disregard their feelings. We knew going into this relationship that it wouldn’t be easy, considering our history.”

“We don’t have a history, Kayla. It’s our parents’ history. We were both raised with hatred for each other’s family. But this child will end that cycle. Or his grandparents won’t be part of his life.”

“You know me. That can never happen.”

He shot her that smoky look that got her in this predicament in the first place. The one she could never resist.

“Oh, I know you,” he said in a throaty voice. “I know every inch of you...intimately. And I can’t wait to know you again.”

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The Cedar River Cowboys: Riding into town with romance on their minds!

Married to the Mom-to-Be

Helen Lacey

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

HELEN LACEY grew up reading Black Beauty and Little House on the Prairie. These childhood classics inspired her to write her first book when she was seven, a story about a girl and her horse. She loves writing for Mills & Boon Cherish, where she can create strong heroes with a soft heart and heroines with gumption who get their happily-ever-after. For more about Helen, visit her website, www.helenlacey.com (http://www.helenlacey.com).

For Robert

To the moon and back... always.

Contents

Cover (#u8a9f4f34-1fa1-56c5-8b41-950c9367df7e)

Back Cover Text (#u9ee31485-b999-5e2d-9bca-015f8d775a81)

Introduction (#u3fdf812f-7ec0-5702-9c60-602867792256)

Title Page (#uda7b88e8-ad37-5e61-b5f1-40f0975719c3)

About the Author (#u5925eeae-9d20-5981-8c82-8db4a9a9ca21)

Dedication (#u4de38619-8527-5219-9ade-2b27b849df38)

Chapter One (#ue260d4c7-1411-5f0e-8361-edf783f92f90)

Chapter Two (#uc64d05c5-de33-5422-b23a-63332ccd7891)

Chapter Three (#u67384b40-f2cc-5d86-abf1-ee65b458397e)

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Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter One (#u841d7ca3-3b13-5fa0-ac29-bb930d1f677b)

“I think I’m pregnant.”

Kayla Rickard hadn’t planned on announcing the news to Liam O’Sullivan that way.

But the unexpected craving for pistachio ice cream at nine that Tuesday morning, followed by a surge of nausea that had her racing to the bathroom to lose the contents of her stomach, and then staring at her pale reflection in the washroom mirror, had her realizing one undeniable and alarming fact.

I’m pregnant.