Abbie's Child

Abbie's Child
Linda Castle

Abigail's Child…Widow Abigail Cooprel had been devastated by the news that her daughter had died at birth and been "switched" with a healthy baby. Now, six years later, she cherished her son as if her were truly her own, and there was nothing she wouldn't do to keep him.The years he'd roamed the Colorado mining camps searching for his long-lost wife and the child he'd never seen had taken their toll on Willem Tremain. Lonely and bereft, he'd almost given up hope, until Abigail and her blue-eyed boy made him ache to love again.

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ueb376707-4a7d-5c7e-b5ea-75e612bd7963)

Excerpt (#u04e2d1bf-9069-5abd-9674-454beffbf4a6)

Dear Reader (#u056bfff4-e197-5306-907e-ab92912e6bfc)

Title Page (#u83bfe2cb-93a0-5765-b644-2060bcadc08a)

About the Author (#u985d5c5b-6ca1-5f19-b362-d5ffe21d9449)

Dedication (#u96e05d7a-3267-596b-9a3d-668d64832781)

Prologue (#u349d29f2-ab63-526e-8329-f02166116fd3)

Chapter One (#u47dab9c2-ee93-5867-81d6-950d05302ade)

Chapter Two (#u5524f2df-0315-549f-a2f1-fee58fd4621b)

Chapter Three (#u20de274b-6943-58d9-bfc2-d3a88876eba4)

Chapter Four (#uc2b81579-1b2c-589b-92f3-d5a85eedd6e2)

Chapter Five (#u4a25c088-b50f-52ae-8308-9dbe3cabf6c3)

Chapter Six (#u7e839d63-4f2d-5658-986c-019e4bfe9679)

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)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Author Note (#litres_trial_promo)

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Abigail had the most singular urge to touch him,

to slide her palms over the contours of his body and see if he felt as hard as he looked. The idea that Willem Tremain was dangerous gained more substance with every passing moment. Suddenly she felt downright feverish and more light-headed than the time she drank too much of Lars’s dandelion wine.

Unable to stop herself, she raised her fingertips to touch the coin hung around his neck, lightly brushing against his warm, moist skin. Every inch of his body went rigid, and he sucked in his breath with a sharp hiss that made her own skin prickle in response.

“Abigail.” Her name was spoken in clear, sharp warning. She jerked her hand back in alarm and shifted her gaze to his face. An emotion unlike any she’d ever read there before burned in his eyes. His jaw was clamped so tightly, his cheek muscles were jumping in rhythmic fashion, and his mouth was drawn into an uncompromising line.

She took a step backward. Something wild and raw had glowed in his eyes, something that made her tremble…

Dear Reader,

When Abigail Cooprel suddenly comes face-to-face with a man who is the very image of her adopted son, she realizes that she will do anything to keep her child, even marry a stranger. Abbie’s Child is the second book from talented newcomer Linda Castle, whose first book, Fearless Hearts, was released during our annual March Madness promotion in 1995, to loud acclaim. Don’t miss this month’s title, and be sure to keep an eye out for her next book, The Return of Chase Cordell, coming in December.

Multigenre author Merline Lovelace can make any time period come alive, and in her new release, Lady of the Upper Kingdom, she does just that. This dramatic story of forbidden love brings together two strong-willed people as they struggle to overcome the treachery and distrust that exists between their two cultures, the Egyptian and the Greek.

The new Medieval from Catherine Archer, Velvet Touch, the sequel to her previous book, Velvet Bond, is the bittersweet story of a young nobleman who is sent by his king to arrange a marriage and settle a feud, only to fall in love with the intended bride. And three-time RITA Award winner, contemporary author Cheryl Reavis, is back this month with The Bartered Bride, the moving story of a pregnant woman who must swallow her pride and marry her sister’s widower, set in Civil War North Carolina.

Whatever your taste in reading, we hope you will enjoy all four Harlequin Historicals, available wherever books are sold.

Sincerely,