Found: His Family

Found: His Family
Nicola Marsh

A successful businesswoman and single mom, Aimee has everything she wants in life–especially her little boy. But Toby is sick, and Aimee now needs the one person she thought she'd never see again–Toby's father, Jed.When Jed left Aimee five years ago he thought he was doing the right thing. But he hadn't realized Aimee was pregnant–or how much it would hurt when he walked away. Now that Jed has found his family he's determined to make up for lost time. He wants to prove to Aimee that he can be the father Toby needs and the husband she deserves.

“Aimee, will you marry me?

I want us to be the kind of family

that Toby deserves.”

This couldn’t be happening….

Five years ago she would’ve jumped up and down on the spot and flung her arms around his neck, screaming yes from the top of the tallest peak on Dunk Island.

Five years ago she’d dreamed of a proposal, and soon learned that life didn’t live up to expectations.

And as the fog of shock cleared at his spontaneous gesture, reality intruded, sharpening previously blurred edges till she wondered how she could’ve been so blind.

Jed didn’t want her; he wanted Toby.

He’d said as much. His proposal was talking about family, not about love. Yet for one brief, heart-stopping moment she’d almost believed in dreams again.

NICOLA MARSH

has always had a passion for writing and reading.

As a youngster, she devoured books when she should have been sleeping, and later kept a diary whose content could be an epic in itself!

These days, when she’s not enjoying life with her husband and son in her home city of Melbourne, she’s at her computer, creating the romances she loves in her dream job. Visit Nicola’s Web site at www.nicolamarsh.com (http://www.nicolamarsh.com) for the latest news of her books.

Found: His Family

Nicola Marsh

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

Silhouette Romance® has the pleasure of introducing you to new, young Australian author…

Nicola Marsh

Nicola will entertain you with her chatty and lively style.

Don’t miss her next book,

Inherited: Baby #3926

Coming in December from Mills & Boon Romance®

Maya Edison is doing just fine on her own. She doesn’t need a man to hold her hand…or a part-time father for her son. But single businessman Riley Bourke is starting to nudge his way into their hearts.

So Maya gives him an ultimatum: either he’s properly part of their lives…or there’s no place for him at all! Riley’s about to discover how it feels to have a family of his own!

Special thanks to two people who helped make this

book happen: Ola, for her medical input, and

my editor, Emily, for her enthusiasm and patience

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE (#u6e5e9a3f-e8d0-5722-b1f7-252b0c3f80da)

CHAPTER TWO (#u4b926805-06a3-55bd-965a-65065119bc6b)

CHAPTER THREE (#ua46733e9-33bf-5c7b-ba45-6bd24a7588aa)

CHAPTER FOUR (#u71d7c2aa-7ed8-58f1-bfba-4b78a736b080)

CHAPTER FIVE (#u5a5859c2-3828-5b85-8c77-5afd54ac403b)

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)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ONE

AIMEE PAYET loved chocolate.

She loved savouring the melt-in-your-mouth texture on her tongue, drinking its delicious sweetness and kneading the sticky bits of heaven with her nimble fingers as she produced yet another masterpiece for Payet’s Patisserie, the cake shop she’d successfully managed for the last two years since her parents’ death.

Today, however, even chocolate couldn’t ease the deep sense of impending doom that hung over her like a storm cloud about to dump its deluge in a catastrophic downpour.

She glanced at her watch, the same action she’d done every few minutes for the last hour, her stomach churning as closing time grew nearer. Jed had left a message saying he’d be here at six, and if he hadn’t changed since she’d last seen him, he’d be here on the dot.