200 Harley Street: The Soldier Prince

200 Harley Street: The Soldier Prince
Kate Hardy

A Royal surprise…Injured war hero Prince Marco is desperate to be back in the field, fighting alongside his men. However, healing comes first, and he finds he’s in good hands with physical therapist Becca Anderson—the woman he once shared a magical forbidden summer with long ago…!Becca can’t believe the boy she once fell for is actually a prince! Marco never told her… But Becca has secrets of her own—and her fear of their discovery makes staying out of the royal limelight essential! Resisting her heroic soldier prince, however, may be harder than she thinks…200 HARLEY STREETGlamour, intensity, desire—the lives and loves of London’s hottest team of surgeons!

Praise for Kate Hardy (#u4c19fae4-4cf9-52de-9913-0066b366f05f):

‘When you pick up a romance novel by Kate Hardy you know that you’re going to be reading a spellbinding novel which you will want to devour in a single sitting, and A CHRISTMAS KNIGHT is certainly no exception.’

—CataRomance.com

‘Kate Hardy has written an awesome story with an amazing build-up.’

—HarlequinJunkie.com

‘NEUROSURGEON … AND MUM! is a spellbinding tearjerker readers will want to read again and again. Written with plenty of sensitivity, understanding and heart, NEUROSURGEON … AND MUM! is the latest winner by this outstanding storyteller!’

—CataRomance.com

KATE HARDY lives in Norwich, in the east of England, with her husband, two young children, one bouncy spaniel and too many books to count! When she’s not busy writing romance or researching local history, she helps out at her children’s schools. She also loves cooking—spot the recipes sneaked into her books! (They’re also on her website, along with extracts and stories behind the books.)

Writing for Mills & Boon

has been a dream come true for Kate—something she wanted to do ever since she was twelve. She’s been writing Medical Romances™ for over ten years now. She says it’s the best of both worlds, because she gets to learn lots of new things when she’s researching the background to a book: add a touch of passion, drama and danger, a new gorgeous hero every time, and it’s the perfect job!

Kate’s always delighted to hear from readers, so do drop in to her website at www.katehardy.com (http://www.katehardy.com)

200 Harley Street:

The Soldier Prince

Kate Hardy

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

Dear Reader

I love writing continuity stories, as it’s a great excuse to work with my fellow authors and bounce ideas around. When my editor suggested this one to me I leapt at the chance. Special thanks to Louisa George, Amy Andrews and Scarlet Wilson for letting me take liberties with their characters, and being so brilliantly accommodating. Thanks to my son, Chris Brooks, for answering questions about military stuff, and to Chris Craig for technical advice about the kind of workouts that Marco could do post-injury.

Becca Anderson and Prince Marco come from completely different worlds. And although there’s a lot of attraction between them they also need to learn to trust each other before they can reignite their past love and get their happy ending. I love the way that Becca’s managed to rise above such an awful past and a total lack of family support—and that she eventually finds the support and the family she deserves in Prince Marco. I also enjoyed giving Marco a tough time; for someone who’s used to a life of action, having to wait and let things take their natural course is really, really difficult. And Becca most definitely teaches him patience …

I hope you’ll enjoy Marco’s fabulous house on the edge of Regent’s Park. And the tango at the salsa club (we learned a couple of new steps in the tango at dance class while I was writing this, so it was great to do a bit of personal research!). But most of all I hope you’ll enjoy seeing Becca and Marco fall in love all over again and this time learn to trust each other.

I’m always delighted to hear from readers, so do come and visit me at www.katehardy.com

With love

Kate Hardy

Dedication (#u4c19fae4-4cf9-52de-9913-0066b366f05f)

For the 200 Harley Street authors—I loved working with you! Also, special thanks to Chris Brooks for technical help with military stuff, and to Chris Craig for technical help with workout programmes following injury—much appreciated, guys :)

Table of Contents

Cover (#ue24d16fa-b4ed-58f9-9538-07de6682e1ca)

Praise for Kate Hardy

About the Author (#ueba93deb-7e2f-5514-b972-b41f38b6d345)

Title Page (#ub5ea10d6-ebcc-5f34-b47c-eab0683e3260)

Dedication

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

EPILOGUE

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

PROLOGUE (#u4c19fae4-4cf9-52de-9913-0066b366f05f)

THAT WAS THE last of the men.

Safe.

Or were they? The rescue had been slightly too easy for Marco’s liking. The insurgents didn’t usually give up that quickly. And this definitely felt like a false sense of security, he thought as he drove the Jeep back towards base.

‘Pedro, I need you to keep a close eye out on the way back. Anything that makes you even slightly uneasy, you tell me immediately,’ he said to his second-in-command.