Her Soldier's Baby

Her Soldier's Baby
Tara Taylor Quinn

Will the truth heal him—or tear them apart?The baby she gave up for adoption long ago is a secret Eliza Westin has concealed from her husband. With good reason. Wounded soldier turned police Pierce Westin was Eliza’s high school sweetheart. He’s also her son’s father.Seventeen years ago, Pierce went off to war unaware that he’d fathered a child. Eliza's shot as a contestant on the Family Secrets cooking competition show is her chance to reconnect with the past. But once she finds her long-lost son, she can only hope that Pierce will embrace their newfound family. Or will Eliza lose the love of her life all over again?

Will the truth heal him—or tear them apart?

The baby she gave up for adoption long ago is a secret Eliza Westin has concealed from her husband. With good reason. Wounded soldier turned small town police chief Pierce Westin was Eliza’s high school sweetheart. He’s also her son’s father.

Seventeen years ago, Pierce went off to war unaware that he’d fathered a child. Eliza’s shot as a contestant on the Family Secrets cooking competition show is her chance to reconnect with the past. But once she finds her long-lost son, she can only hope that Pierce will embrace their newfound family. Or will Eliza lose the love of her life all over again?

“I have something to tell you.”

Eliza blurted the words before they could be stifled. Now she was on the front line without a shield.

He studied her. “Okay.”

“I have a secret, Pierce. A big one.” Clasping her hands together in her lap, she swallowed. In spite of all of the hours she’d spent thinking about this moment, preparing for it, she had no idea what to say.

Her heart pounded while her lungs tightened around the air she couldn’t seem to get enough of.

“But before I tell you, I need you to promise me that you won’t shut me out. That you won’t just go away and refuse to discuss it.”

“I’d never do that.”

“You have no idea what you’ll do. You don’t know the secret.”

“I know you. And I know how completely I love you.”

If only life were that easy.

Dear Reader (#ucc7f806e-1278-584b-abdb-3f3f430e767c),

I feel like I should put a warning label on this one. I sent one to my editor when I turned in the book. She wrote back that she understood why when she sent the revision letter. It’s just that kind of book. One I think you wouldn’t want to miss. But my advice is to find a quiet place—and some alone time—to read it.

Her Soldier’s Baby started out as a somewhat typical, exactly-what-you-want romance novel. It has a lot of the elements we most like to read. A soldier. A secret baby. A nurturing woman with a backbone of steel when it comes to protecting her family. A bed-and-breakfast. Add in a little celebrity status when our heroine is chosen to appear on a reality cooking show and it clicks.

This story has all of those elements. It’s what Pierce and Eliza did with them that changed everything. I had no idea what I was getting into when I sat down to tell their story. I am still feeling every aspect of their journey, thinking about their choices, wishing they were real and I could invite them over for dinner. Or to be my best friends. I want to follow them into the future...

Instead, I give them to you.

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All the best,

Tara

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Her Soldier’s Baby

Tara Taylor Quinn

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

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

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Contents

Cover (#u7b943335-63a7-5327-80d2-74f512486baa)

Back Cover Text (#u51bfcb55-e48c-5fc7-ba4e-3caa78b8e181)

Introduction (#u216cfd0c-5696-5abd-b98e-5e3ea60fb10c)

Dear Reader (#u3b0d828d-c9ff-5ec8-9c69-adaed0aece2a)

Title Page (#ub2d2774c-419c-5773-bee0-e1ab3e0acad0)

About the Author (#u3411b791-b44a-5802-8050-082e6f252706)

Dedication (#u5bead8ca-a44e-560b-80b6-f535fd5f2d60)

CHAPTER ONE (#u378a19f0-8069-53ac-9769-f28b67010bd1)

CHAPTER TWO (#u14ad5e00-9dd7-598e-b00c-e946bdceb691)

CHAPTER THREE (#uaaeed7da-422e-5e01-b9df-c92dbf2d7f83)

CHAPTER FOUR (#ub4795cf6-1e08-5b2b-af47-229c2f0c320e)

CHAPTER FIVE (#u6a59e5dc-c0d3-51a8-8d65-75b5fb4ebd80)

CHAPTER SIX (#ubf998591-60c9-5669-b7b4-ed0789f82c1b)

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