And Father Makes Three

And Father Makes Three
Kim Watters

“YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS YOU.” She’s saved countless lives, yet there’s one person emergency room doctor Elizabeth Randall can’t rescue—her adopted daughter, Jordan. Perhaps meeting her biological father, Blake Crawford, will be the lifeline Jordan needs. The handsome, guarded firefighter takes risks every day.But facing the daughter he never knew—along with lovely Elizabeth—has him thinking about family. With fatherhood thrust suddenly upon him, there’s no way he can turn his back on his sick child. Will working together to give Jordan a second chance at life also lead them to a second chance at love?

“Your daughter needs you.”

She’s saved countless lives, yet there’s one person emergency room doctor Elizabeth Randall can’t rescue—her adopted daughter, Jordan. Perhaps meeting her biological father, Blake Crawford, will be the lifeline Jordan needs. The handsome, guarded firefighter takes risks every day. But facing the daughter he never knew—along with lovely Elizabeth—has him thinking about family. With fatherhood thrust suddenly upon him, there’s no way he can turn his back on his sick child. Will working together to give Jordan a second chance at life also lead them to a chance at love?

“You can’t save Jordan?”

Anger and despair warred in his blue eyes and held her in her seat. And behind that she sensed a parent in need of something. She’d seen it too many times in the E.R.

She leaned forward and clasped her hands over his. “I can’t, but you can. Maybe. If you’re a match.”

What if he contested the adoption? What if he sued for custody? Yanking her hands away from his, she clenched them together and held them on the table by sheer force. What she wanted to do was bang them up and down to relieve the tension exploding inside her. Elizabeth wondered how long she had to stay. Her feet already pointed toward the door and it wouldn’t take much to convince them to flee.

“What do you want from me, Blake?” Elizabeth forced the words through clenched teeth.

“To see my daughter. To be her father.”

KIM WATTERS

At twelve years old, Kim fell in love with romance after she borrowed a Harlequin Romance book from her older sister’s bookshelf. An avid reader, she was soon hooked on the happily-ever-after endings. For years she dreamed of writing her own romance novel, but never had the time until she moved from the hustle and bustle of Chicago to a small town north of Phoenix, Arizona.

Kim still lives in that same small town with her two wonderful children, three cats and one neurotic hamster.

And Father Makes Three

Kim Watters

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

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known; along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;

I will turn the darkness into light before them

and make the rough places smooth.

These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

—Isaiah 42:16

For Carol Herra and her entire support team.

They never gave up, and through the grace of God, Carol is here today with us because of

the willingness of a bone marrow donor.

I’d like to thank the following groups and staff

for all their help with my research for this book.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, www.lls.org/

Be The Match Foundation, www.marrow.org/

The National Marrow Donor Program,

www.marrow.org/

And all the others who tirelessly answered

my questions and didn’t want to be named. Thanks.

I couldn’t have done it without you.

Disclaimer: Any errors or inaccuracies contained within this are the sole responsibility of the author and not of the organizations listed above.

Contents

Chapter One (#uf88c509a-468d-5478-9fc1-bf62b2791868)

Chapter Two (#uf4a32c64-0121-507f-906b-2892df35d05f)

Chapter Three (#ueea553ef-321f-51e2-922f-c19ede9bc676)

Chapter Four (#u5cb06bc3-c37c-5952-a285-cf4783a0f178)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Dear Reader (#litres_trial_promo)