Not-So-Secret Baby

Not-So-Secret Baby
Jo Leigh

LIKE FATHER…LIKE SONThe empty crib, the warning note–Jenny Granger recognized the signs that her secret life had been discovered. To save her son, she became the willing captive of a man arrogantly convinced that her baby was his child. But proof of paternity lay in the birthmark on her baby's back. One just like his real daddy…Nick Mason had always seemed too honorable to be a corrupt man's henchman. After all, he'd helped Jenny to escape once…but not before branding her his. Now, Jenny prayed that Nick could be trusted again, especially with a truth that could get them all killed.

“He’s mine, isn’t he?”

“Yes.”

Nick rolled over on his back. Patrick was his son.

No wonder he’d liked the boy so much. Damn, he was a bright kid. Good-looking, too. He’d be a heartbreaker, that’s for sure. Just like his dad.

He was a father. He had a child with Jenny, who meant more to him than any woman, any person, ever had.

He rolled back to his side and found Jenny staring at him with wide, frightened eyes. He touched her cheek, lifted a tear with his index finger. “We have a kid,” he whispered. “How do you like that?”

“I like it fine. How about you?”

“I’m knocked out,” he said. “Patrick’s an amazing kid. And you. You’re…”

“I’m what?”

Reality set in just then, and his mood darkened. “In danger. We have to get the hell out of here before we’re caught, before they know the truth….”

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Not-So-Secret Baby

Jo Leigh

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

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jo Leigh lives way the heck up on a mountain in Utah with her own personal hero and her many chipmunk friends. She loves to hear from readers at http://www.joleigh.com.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Jenny Granger—She escaped from a madman once, but now he has her baby!

Nick Mason—With the world’s safety at stake, how can he blow his cover and help the woman he loves?

Patrick Granger—Two and a half; the innocent child born in secret.

C. Randall Todd—Casino mogul, billionaire, killer.

Henry Sweet—Todd’s right-hand man, with an itch to get rid of Nick Mason.

Contents

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

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen