Christmas Bride For The Boss

Christmas Bride For The Boss
Kate Hardy

Wedding planner – to wife and mother? Jamie Wallis needs a replacement nanny for his daughter – fast! So when a stunning young woman comes to him with a business proposal, he has a different proposition for her…Securing Jamie's investment is essential, but Sophie Firth wasn't expecting to be asked to care for his daughter! However, once they meet, Sophie can't help adoring little Sienna. And, as Christmas approaches, Sophie quickly becomes part of the family – and Jamie can't resist letting her into his heart!

Wedding planner—to wife and mother?

Jamie Wallis needs a replacement nanny for his daughter—fast! So when a stunning young woman comes to him with a business proposal, he has a different proposition for her...

Securing Jamie’s investment is essential, but Sophie Firth wasn’t expecting to be asked to care for his daughter! However, once they meet, Sophie can’t help adoring little Sienna. And, as Christmas approaches, Sophie quickly becomes part of the family—and Jamie can’t resist letting her into his heart!

Sophie knew the hug was a mistake as soon as she’d done it.

She could smell the citrussy scent of his shower gel and feel the steady thud of his heart against her. And the surge of sheer attraction, tempting her to jam her mouth over his and let him lose himself in her, forget his pain for a while…

This was insane.

It had to stop.

Now.

She dropped her hands and pulled away. ‘Sorry. I overstepped the boundaries. I just thought you could do with a hug.’

‘I could. Thank you,’ he said.

‘I...um...I’d better get going.’

‘Thank you for today,’ he said. ‘For everything you’ve done. I appreciate it.’

‘No problem. I’ll see you Monday.’

Panic skittered across his face. ‘Sophie, I know it’s pushy of me to ask, but... I don’t have a clue what to do with Sienna tomorrow. There’s only so much story-telling and colouring we can do in a day.’

‘You could always do something messy,’ she suggested. He looked horrified.

He looked horrified.

She frowned. ‘Didn’t you do that sort of thing as a kid?’

‘No. My mother didn’t like mess.’ Her thoughts must have shown on her face, because he said, ‘There’s nothing wrong with liking a tidy house.’

‘And there’s nothing wrong with a bit of mess, either,’ she said. ‘It doesn’t take that long to clear up.’

She left without finishing her coffee, and before she did anything really crazy—like sliding her arms round his neck and kissing him stupid.

Christmas Bride for the Boss

Kate Hardy

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

KATE HARDY has always loved books, and could read before she went to school. She discovered Mills & Boon books when she was twelve and decided this was what she wanted to do. When she isn’t writing, Kate enjoys reading, cinema, ballroom dancing and the gym. You can contact her via her website: www.katehardy.com (http://www.katehardy.com).

To Gay, my much-loved stepmum, who’s the living proof that stepmothers are AWESOME.

Praise for

Kate Hardy

‘I was hooked… Her Festive Doorstep Baby is a hearttugging emotional romance.’

—Goodreads

Contents

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Introduction (#u9cd5e114-8c7b-5b5e-9619-0d00c9731c77)

Title Page (#u384e7b75-39af-5cad-8ade-732f08ed05ae)

About the Author (#u5936aa6b-5e94-51c2-a1c4-25c647190d99)

Dedication (#u3d6fdd87-674c-57ca-b09f-8de957de0563)

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