Engaging Alex

Engaging Alex
Kristin Gabriel

One year after being left at the altar, Paige Hanover has a new wardrobe, a new apartment and a new attitude. She's going to take another chance on love…but the last man she expects to want that chance is her long-lost fiancé, Alex Mack. He's claiming that it was all a mistake, that he never stopped loving her. But Paige isn't about to be fooled again. Armed with the "man-magnet" skirt, she intends to break his heart this time. Only, she doesn't know that the skirt's powerful attraction can work both ways.…

She’d fallen in love with a jerk

A handsome, sexy, charming jerk, but a jerk all the same. Paige blamed herself for indulging in a whirlwind romance. For agreeing to marry a man she’d known for barely a month. For letting him break her heart.

She blamed Alex for everything else, though. The cowardly way he’d run off before the wedding. All the silly hype that had followed. But most of all, she blamed him for the way he’d made her doubt herself.

So it was time to put him in the past, once and for all. Carefully pulling her chain over her head, Paige undid the clasp and a diamond ring fell into her palm. The platinum band glistened in the waning sunlight. She closed her fist around it…then hurled it over the balcony. “Goodbye, Alex.”

She leaned over the railing to watch the ring fly through the air. It bounced down the sidewalk several feet before she finally lost sight of it.

Gone forever. Just like Alex. A perfect ending to what she’d once believed was a perfect love.

Paige headed for the door, ready to step into her new life…and saw Alex Mack standing on the other side.

“Hi, honey,” he said with a sheepish grin. “I’m home.”

Dear Reader,

Most women have had one, at one time or another—an unforgettable love affair with a sexy, irresistible guy who steals their heart…and then steals away. But what would you do if that man came back? Would you let him in, or would you barricade the door?

Paige Hanover not only remembers the man who left her at the altar, she’s ready for him when he makes the mistake of coming back. She wants revenge on Alex Mackopoulos for romancing her under false pretenses—and under a phony name! Alex says he’s willing to do almost anything to make her love him again. Anything…except tell her the truth.

I hope you enjoy Alex and Paige’s story. It’s set in San Francisco, which was voted one of the sexiest cities in America on the SINGLE IN THE CITY Web site. You can find even more information about this popular Temptation miniseries at www.singleinthecity.org. And be sure to watch for Cara Summers’s Flirting with Temptation, the final SINGLE IN THE CITY book, available next month.

All my best,

Kristin Gabriel

The SINGLE IN THE CITY miniseries

860—MOONSTRUCK IN MANHATTAN—Cara Summers

864—TEMPTED IN TEXAS—Heather MacAllister

868—SEDUCED IN SEATTLE—Kristin Gabriel

892—SKIRTING THE ISSUE—Heather MacAllister

896—SHEERLY IRRESISTIBLE—Kristin Gabriel

900—SHORT, SWEET AND SEXY—Cara Summers

928—MALE CALL—Heather MacAllister

932—ENGAGING ALEX—Kristin Gabriel

936—FLIRTING WITH TEMPTATION—Cara Summers

SINGLE IN SAN FRANCISCO—Cara Summers, an eHarlequin online read

Engaging Alex

Kristin Gabriel

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

For Ann Auten—thanks for the party!

Contents

Chapter 1 (#u8efebd96-41d7-50cd-bd63-ef5a228e5032)

Chapter 2 (#u4ad43abd-74e8-50f0-9a53-e8a17bf58644)

Chapter 3 (#u8cb78a0e-29ff-5f61-b38b-437246a3a4d2)

Chapter 4 (#uf8968fb8-b1b9-5331-8b32-10684046cb0d)

Chapter 5 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 6 (#litres_trial_promo)

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)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

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