An Unexpected Christmas Baby

An Unexpected Christmas Baby
Tara Taylor Quinn

She’s not looking for the love of her life… Tamara Owens has been tapped to discover who’s been stealing from her family business. Suspect number one: tantalising top trader Flint Collins, who’s suddenly thrust into fatherhood when his orphaned baby sister arrives. And Flint is soon under Tamara’s spell…

She’s searching for the man defrauding her father.

Not for the love of her life.

It’s not such a merry Christmas for Tamara Owens, tapped to discover who’s been stealing from her family business. Suspect number one: tantalizing top trader Flint Collins, who’s suddenly thrust into fatherhood when his orphaned baby sister arrives. Tamara’s sworn off babies forever, but she has the magic touch with infant Diamond. And Flint, too, is soon under her spell...at least until he finds out the truth.

Having written over eighty-five novels, TARA TAYLOR QUINN is a USA TODAY bestselling author with more than seven million copies sold. She is known for deliver-ing intense, emotional fiction. Tara is a past president of Romance Writers of America. She has won a Readers’ Choice Award and is a seven-time finalist for an RWA RITA® Award. She has also appeared on TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning. She supports the National Domestic Violence Hotline. If you or some-one you know might be a victim of domestic violence in the United States, please contact 1-800-799-7233.

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An Unexpected Christmas Baby

Tara Taylor Quinn

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ISBN: 978-1-474-07837-5

AN UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS BABY

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Published in Great Britain 2018

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For my mom, Penny Gumser, who is

still showing me the meaning of the word mother.

And who still reads every word I publish. I love you!

Contents

Cover (#u36b71d7f-f645-5c04-b589-e6e9cc64e192)

Back Cover Text (#ubc047bba-6d68-5329-a5ac-33489cae7ecc)

About the Author (#u75e15597-d35a-552a-9f33-d234b5ff8836)

Booklist (#u36c91f21-9caa-56fa-b2b6-d24b12b120fb)

Title Page (#u51f1b59c-1e0a-533a-be07-2b0bca1bb5f3)

Copyright (#u2d537e96-5adc-57ee-b9ec-1aa30d093293)

Dedication (#ubde66548-82d8-5796-aa17-6f13bdb1c6ee)

Chapter One (#ud4a22724-8d46-5206-a6ee-d5fef022437f)

Chapter Two (#ufc0c73dc-34e7-59c0-ad09-532f98d20b1c)

Chapter Three (#u334b99f7-45af-56a0-8e28-2c55c2f419c2)

Chapter Four (#u958318c3-099c-5429-a36f-6a8d8333410f)

Chapter Five (#u2b4f963d-3fb4-5141-973b-89141fe16b21)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)