Oh, Baby!

Oh, Baby!
Patricia Kay

Two Babies… One Future?Counsellor Sophie Marlow broke up with her first love to raise her sister Joy – so when Joy falls pregnant, Sophie knows she’ll support her. The problem? The father of Joy’s baby is Aidan – whose uncle, Dillon Burke, was Sophie’s teenage love…Sophie knows she must talk to Dillon… but resisting him has never been easy. And soon there’s not just one pregnancy in the family… but two! With two babies on the way, Sophie and Dillon might be able to forget their past and build the family they always dreamed of… together.

So … no.

Sophie was not for him.

Who cared if those plump lips of hers just begged to be kissed? Who cared that her curves still had the power to cause him to squirm? Who cared if he couldn’t seem to banish her from his mind … or his dreams?

Because he was dreaming of her. The other night he’d relived the first time they’d met and the first time they’d made love. It had been so real, he’d been unable to shake the feeling that his subconscious was trying to tell him something.

No.

He couldn’t go there.

He had to forget about her.

There were plenty of other sexy, beautiful and intelligent women out there. He did not have to get entangled with someone who would cause him only grief. He could do this. He could forget about Sophie. It was mind over matter, just as everything was.

Decision made.

Dillon would shove sexy Sophie out of his mind.

Permanently.

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The Crandall Lake Chronicles: Small town, big hearts

Oh, Baby!

Patricia Kay

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

Formerly writing as Trisha Alexander, PATRICIA KAY is a USA TODAY bestselling author of more than forty-eight novels of contemporary romance and women’s fiction. She lives in Houston, Texas. To learn more about her, visit her website at www.patriciakay.com (http://www.patriciakay.com).

This book is dedicated, with much love, to my three sisters: Gerri Paulicivic, Marge Ford and Norma Johnson. And to my sisters-in-law, who are equally wonderful: Susan Kay Ardale, Beverly Kay, A. Kay Kay and Theresa Kay.

I am so lucky to have all of you in my life.

Contents

Cover (#udca4828a-4992-5698-a07e-af694ae23acf)

Introduction (#ua3475ea1-3b22-54ed-b109-fe10d655af20)

Title Page (#u52288e53-8ef7-5f44-9c38-be6576fdad34)

About the Author (#ue08b69d6-299f-556d-a89e-aedf51a0795c)

Dedication (#uac63a094-6bb5-5acd-a0af-78fa513e5dce)

Chapter One (#u1c9e8765-7b0e-5981-9707-7ce14eb55c14)

Chapter Two (#u29d1a76d-1cf0-57fd-9fa7-caaa7d7739ea)

Chapter Three (#u7f280cb8-8b8d-56d8-bd01-1935ad58f26e)

Chapter Four (#ud2cf63d4-23bd-5cc3-9420-c427ee62695e)

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Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter One (#ulink_06bb18e9-5f48-5632-9999-0578cb7a9be5)

Crandall Lake, Texas—early October

Sophie Marlowe sneaked a glance at the clock. Eleven thirty-five. Twenty-five minutes until her lunch break. Suppressing a sigh, she turned her attention back to the student sitting in front of her desk. “What are you going to do, Kaitlyn?”

The unhappy senior shrugged. “I don’t know.”

“They’re going to have to be told sometime. It would be best if you just tell them now while you still have options.”

The girl nodded, her eyes bleak. “They’re gonna kill me.”