His Surprise Son

His Surprise Son
Wendy Warren

FROM SUMMER LOVE . . . TO FOREVER FAMILY?In all her life, Izzy Lambert has only told one lie–fourteen years ago. Now that her teenage summer love is back in town she's on a mission to cover it up. But how do you hide a gangly fourteen-year-old boy?Years ago, when golden boy Nate Thayer left Thunder Ridge, he never looked back. Izzy was from the wrong side of the tracks and they weren't ready to be parents to their unborn baby. Adoption was the answer. Now Nate's back home and seeing Izzy is like pouring gasoline on a fire that never died. But an even bigger surprise awaits him–finding out she wasn't the only one he left behind….

“I’d like to get to know you again.”

His eyes turned serious when he added, “How about if we start fresh, pretend we just met? Could we do that tonight?”

She tried to speak but could get nothing past her throat, not even breath.

You can’t pretend that, her conscience protested. Tell him about his son. He needs to know.

“Nate,” she finally managed. “I think it would be best if—”

He touched her lips. “Think less. This one time.”

He pulled her chair closer, close enough for him to cup the back of her head. “On second thought, you should know my intentions before we set our plans in stone.” His voice was so soft.

Her heart beat so hard she could barely draw the breath to speak. “What are your intentions?”

Tenderly his lips settled on hers, soft as down. How could she have forgotten the feel of them, the scent of his skin? It was a homecoming.

She kissed him back with yearning and passion and a hunger she couldn’t satisfy on a neighborhood porch.

This is wrong, her conscience cried out.

If it was, it was an exquisite, magnificent mistake.

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The Men of Thunder Ridge:

Once you meet the men of this Oregon town, you may never want to leave!

His Surprise Son

Wendy Warren

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

WENDY WARREN loves to write about ordinary people who find extraordinary love. Laughter, family and close-knit communities figure prominently, too. Her books have won two Romance Writers of America RITA

Awards and have been nominated for numerous others. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with human and non-human critters who don’t read nearly as much as she’d like, but they sure do make her laugh and feel loved.

For my daughters, Liberty and Elliana, beautiful through and through. Thank you for being my teachers, my miracles, and for having the best laughs in the world. I love you.

Contents

Cover (#uc683584b-2a38-5f3e-9096-3a04990b5e53)

Introduction (#u0eb19023-6f1c-584a-9691-33d1f2afa200)

Title Page (#u3c859087-0bbe-5b34-b3d0-f554d2f0f32f)

About the Author (#ufc4423e3-68aa-5d26-a0e3-b5350d6a26a9)

Dedication (#u9c09d797-ebe4-59cd-8593-062b13bee2cf)

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Epilogue

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#u956479e5-3906-5364-8993-202a47e0b0ca)