Just Say Yes!

Just Say Yes!
Leanna Wilson

ALWAYS A BRIDE!Twice-jilted Annie Baxter is finally getting married. That is, until the best man comes to tell her that her groom has hightailed it out of town! What is she going to do? After the pity party everyone threw her the last time she got left at the altar, she has to leave town as a married woman! And eyeing hunky Grant Stevens, her erstwhile groom's twin brother, she decides she's going to….NEVER A GROOM!There is no way Grant Stevens is going through with this wedding–even if he is only pretending to be his brother! But Annie is so desperate, so determined–and so irresistibly sexy! Before he knows it, Grant finds himself a happily married man–sort of. And while he hadn't planned to play such an active role in the wedding, he fully intends to enjoy his honeymoon….

“You can’t get married without a groom,” Grant said, shaking his head

Annie grabbed his arm, her fingers crumpling the sleeve of his tuxedo with desperation. “Please. You’ve got to help me. All you have to do is pretend to go through the ceremony as your brother. Then you can just drop me off at the airport and that will be the end of it.” She paused and looked pleadingly up at him. “I just can’t face this town as a deserted bride again.”

Taking a step closer, she touched his chest, reminding him of the sizzling kiss they’d just shared. A kiss that struck Grant as far from brotherly.

Damn. “Okay,” he said. “I’ll play along.”

Annie’s face transformed into a dazzling smile. Before he could brace himself, she hugged him close, her body colliding with his, her curves reminding him how good it felt to hold her. Her musky scent whispered to him like a lover’s invitation, and he felt the tug of desire. His gaze dropped to her mouth and he remembered how sweet and tempting she tasted.

“Thank you,” she whispered before he could dip his head for another forbidden sample. “You won’t regret this.”

But he already did.

Dear Reader,

When I was a small child, my mother gave me a precious gift—the love of reading. While she sewed dresses for me, she read aloud my favorite stories, like Go Dog Go, over and over again as I turned the pages. When I became an adult, my sister suggested I should turn that “gift” into a profession—writing. And it’s changed my life. Now that I’m a mother and a writer, I spend nap time and late night hours weaving stories. At all other waking moments, I am trying to pass the “gift” on to my two toddlers. I can’t imagine a better life!

I’m especially thrilled to be part of the Get Caught Reading campaign, a national promotion created by North American publishers to encourage reading for the sheer pleasure of it. I’m sure my heroine, Annie Baxter, wouldn’t mind being caught reading…but as the book opens, she’s more worried about being caught without a groom! I hope you enjoy Annie’s amorous adventures. And I hope even more that I’ve passed the “gift”—the love of reading—on to you.

Enjoy,

Leanna Wilson

Books by Leanna Wilson

HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION

763—BACHELOR BLUES

SILHOUETTE ROMANCE

1305—HIS TOMBOY BRIDE

1378—BABIES, RATTLES AND CRIBS, OH MY!

1430—THE DOUBLE HEART RANCH

1484—THE THIRD KISS

Just Say Yes!

Leanna Wilson

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

For Kathy, Frank, Jacob & Laura.

Thanks for all the love and support.

Contents

Chapter 1 (#uf4326363-a3f7-57be-bcfc-3ec789d24875)

Chapter 2 (#ue8511279-ff6b-5a3e-a890-481550444d2b)

Chapter 3 (#u35cadf5f-5a2c-5d4a-b1fe-8804dca7ed70)

Chapter 4 (#litres_trial_promo)

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)

1

“YOU SAW HIM?” Annie Baxter worried her bottom lip. “You’re sure? Positive? No mistake?” She knew she sounded paranoid, but she’d earned the right.

“All tuxed out and ready to marry you.” Aunt Maudie grinned, revealing a smear of hot-pink lipstick across her front tooth. She stuck one final bobby pin into Annie’s blond hair to secure her veil then stepped back with a “Voila!”

Surveying the effects of the cascading veil, Annie felt a pinch in her chest. Would it really happen this time? Without a hitch? Maybe today she’d finally wed and be off to her new life.

Aunt Maudie fingered the satin trim along the veil and read Annie’s expression in the mirror. “You don’t like what I did with your hair?”

“No, no.” She touched her wispy bangs and smoothed a lock behind her ear. She’d worn her hair in a pixie cut for years. There wasn’t much that you could do to mess it up. Taking a tissue, she erased the lipstick off her aunt’s enamel. “My hair’s fine. This is simply…unbelievable.” She took a steadying breath. “I can’t believe it’s really happening this time.”

“Of course it’s happening. Now quit your worrying. You need to stop listening to those old windbags in town. You should know it’s only idle gossip.”