Tempting Kate

Tempting Kate
Jennifer Snow

Everything depends on this one dayWould anyone hire a wedding planner who was left at the altar? The answer, Kate Hartley has found out, is no. It’s been nearly a year since her fiancé abandoned her at their destination wedding, and Kate’s career is nearly toast. Unless she can pull off the wedding of the century for her new clients, a Hollywood power couple. So why is the groom’s brother, sexy-as-hell resort owner Scott Dillon, trying to stop the wedding?Scott wants to do the right thing—the bride-to-be is keeping a secret and Scott’s brother deserves the truth before he says “I do.” But if Scott doesn’t stop trying to stall the wedding, he’ll ruin Kate’s career, not to mention any chance he has of being with her.

Everything depends on this one day

Would anyone hire a wedding planner who was left at the altar? The answer, Kate Hartley has found out, is no. It’s been nearly a year since her fiancé abandoned her at their destination wedding, and Kate’s career is nearly toast. Unless she can pull off the wedding of the century for her new clients, a Hollywood power couple. So why is the groom’s brother, sexy-as-hell resort owner Scott Dillon, trying to stop the wedding?

Scott wants to do the right thing—the bride-to-be is keeping a secret and Scott’s brother deserves the truth before he says “I do.” But if Scott doesn’t stop trying to stall the wedding, he’ll ruin Kate’s career, not to mention any chance he has of being with her.

“How’s the water?” a deep voice asked.

Opening one eye, she sighed, her relaxed muscles immediately tensing. “I was enjoying it better before you arrived.”

“Well, I was enjoying a lot of things better before you arrived,” Scott said, his voice tight. “Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve changed my mind... You can plan the wedding here.”

She grinned, opening both eyes and sitting a little higher. “I know. Your mother told Liz an hour ago.” That was the only reason she was trying to relax in the hot tub instead of going another twelve rounds with him in his office.

His eyes narrowed as he approached the edge of the hot tub. “Here’s the thing, Ms. Hartley. You can go ahead and plan a wedding here, but that doesn’t mean my brother will actually be getting married.”

“We’ll see about that.” Clearly he had no idea who he was up against. She closed her eyes again, dismissing him, but the smell of his musky cologne continued to mix with the jasmine and eucalyptus. A long minute later, she heard the splash of Scott getting into the hot tub.

Dear Reader (#u0bfca7ac-ee89-50ce-a6d4-251d17386d96),

The last time we saw wedding planner Kate Hartley, she was brokenhearted from being left at the altar at her own destination wedding. In Tempting Kate, she just may find the happiness she deserves. But not without a few...roadblocks. Very few books come to me as fast and hard as this one did, but the moment Scott and Kate met on the page (on the side of a snowy road in Big Bear), they took over. Their chemistry was instant and their back-and-forth banter when they discover that they’re on opposing sides of this Memorial Day–weekend wedding made for such an enjoyable two hundred pages to write. This one is a little hotter than I usually write, so I hope that’s okay. ;)

I hope you enjoy reading this one as much as I enjoyed writing it.

xo

Jen

Tempting Kate

Jennifer Snow

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

JENNIFER SNOW is an award-winning romance author living in Edmonton, Alberta, with her husband and six-year-old son. She is a member of the Writers Guild of Alberta, the Romance Writers of America, the Canadian Authors Association, shewrites.org and FAVA. She has published articles in Mslexia magazine, Westword magazine, RWR and Southern Writers Magazine. Her publishing credits include her six-book Brookhollow miniseries published through Harlequin Heartwarming and an MMA sports romance series published through Penguin Random House’s Berkley/NAL. Her new small-town hockey series will release this fall through Grand Central Publishing’s Forever imprint. More information can be found at jennifersnowauthor.com (http://jennifersnowauthor.com).

To the authors of my favorite Blaze books—Joanne Rock, Tawny Weber and Karen Rock—for giving me so many sizzling-hot love stories to get lost in!

Acknowledgments (#u0bfca7ac-ee89-50ce-a6d4-251d17386d96)

Thank you as always to my agent, Stephany Evans, and my brilliant editor, Dana Grimaldi, who loved this book from the beginning. And a very special thank-you to award-winning boutique wedding planner Jennifer Bergman for a glimpse inside the world of wedding planning.

Contents

Cover (#u2bb5e706-50e4-5ed7-bc0f-beeb3caffe4e)

Back Cover Text (#u43ffaf14-9758-534c-93a3-92872ddbedf7)

Introduction (#u32a12a30-23ca-533b-8fa2-4beef4f7fff0)

Dear Reader (#ua092eda2-6313-5d7c-9031-0c6f8d94b4a5)

Title Page (#ud44350e1-fd65-50f1-8774-350508ef6f40)

About the Author (#uaecec2b8-7577-5e7d-8e1b-39f8e67b486f)

Dedication (#u808d9bf0-dde6-55bc-90d6-6f6734aaade3)

Acknowledgments (#uf4829946-64e4-53bd-af46-cb12105ac896)

Chapter 1 (#u4e22e1e5-8c53-53a5-a7d1-e3690db5fd7c)

Chapter 2 (#u196aafa5-fc68-5125-99a0-c5d1ec6335ad)

Chapter 3 (#u35621326-133a-5297-90a8-ed357838981e)

Chapter 4 (#u6eb26915-92c5-5e97-9016-d4c870c1ad92)

Chapter 5 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

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