Drive-By Daddy: Drive-By Daddy / Calamity Jo

Drive-By Daddy: Drive-By Daddy / Calamity Jo
Patricia Knoll

Cheryl Anne Porter

Drive-By DaddyA funny thing happened on the way to the delivery roomProfessor Darcy Alcott prided herself on being able to take care of herself. But that was before she ended up stranded on the side of a desert road–in labor! Just when she really neeeded a hero, a drop-dead gorgeous cowboy wearing a white hat–really–came to her rescue. He delivered her baby…and stole her heart. But could she convince him not to drive off into the sunset–at least not without her?Calamity JoThere's a new man in town and she's hot on the case …Jo Quillan could smell a story a mile away, and a famous detective in her midst smelled really ripe! Plus, if she could get an exclusive on whatever sexy Case Houston was investigating, it could be her ticket out of Hicksville. But Jo was an accident waiting to happen, so Case knew right away she was on his tail–standing on it, practically. And all he wanted was a vacation! Still, she was maddeningly attractive, and she was right that something&#133unusual…was up in Calamity Falls.

Dear Reader,

A funny thing happened on the way to the delivery room isn’t how most women talk about the miracle of life, but the phrase perfectly fits Cheryl Anne Porter’s story Drive-By Daddy, Harlequin Duets #21. Yes, the hero really does deliver a baby by the side of the road…but leaving mother and child behind is more difficult than he expected. Then Patricia Knoll weaves a charming tale of the eccentrics and matchmakers in a small town and the intrepid girl reporter who is trying to get herself out of Hicksville in Calamity Jo.

In Harlequin Duets #22 Liz Ireland returns with The Love Police. Sure, police officer Bill Wagner is a hunk of burning love, but that doesn’t mean he has the right to interfere in Trish Peterson’s love life—or does he? Then, fans of Colleen Collins will enjoy the return of Raven from Right Chest, Wrong Name (Love & Laughter #26). He’s changed his rough and rugged image slightly…but magazine editor Liney Reed wants to pull out the animal in him to sell her magazine. Only problem is she finds herself far too attracted to the primal man he really is.

Treat yourself to a good time with Harlequin Duets.

Sincerely,

Malle Vallik

Senior Editor

Drive-by Daddy/Calamity Jo

Drive-by Daddy

Cheryl Anne Porter

Calamity Jo

Patricia Knoll

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

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Drive-By Daddy

“She looks a little like that cowboy who brought you in yesterday.”

Her mother had a one-track mind. Darcy shifted…painfully…in her bed. “Oh, stop that Mother. He delivered her. He didn’t father her.”

“Well, I wish he had. I saw him, you know. A handsome man, with that white hat and white truck. It’s all just unbelievable. And in the newspaper. See,” she said, handing Darcy the folded newspaper, “big headlines. And a nice picture.”

“A picture?” In her mind, Darcy again saw the camera flashes as she and her baby, wrapped in a Navajo blanket, were carried in by the cowboy whose unbuttoned chambray shirt had bared his chest to her cheek. “Dear God, I must have looked a fright.”

Her mother waved her hand. “With that gorgeous cowboy in the picture, nobody will be looking at you, dear.”

A Note from the Author

Heaven forbid you ever find yourself in Darcy Alcott’s, the heroine of Drive-By Daddy, position. But if you do, I hope a tall, strapping cowboy like Tom Elliott happens to be driving by in his white truck. In my book, you just can’t get any better than a guy like him. When I was a little girl living in Tucson, I had a thing for cowboys. I dreamt about them day and night. So I was thrilled that this book gave me the chance to do a little more “research.”